Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

nne course b anners. Now, you 'v all seen a rider wrap a bunch of course ban ners in the rear wheel, but not like this lit tl e ac t tha t develo ped . go t cle ar without When John stoppin g, he h ad it st rung o n h is fron t wh ee l, a lo ng th e right sid e o f t he machin e, all wrapped up in the rear wh ee l. Croft was so cl ose , th a t he picked u p a strin g o f th e b anner, an d he had a re ar whe el full o f it. Lop ez picked u p hi s share of th e banner, an d three of th e four fro nt running bikes were tr avel in g ad ve rt isemen ts fo r Kawa sa ki Motors Co rpo ra tio n , with banners a ll wr apped u p in th eir bik es. It cost eve ry body a lo t of h ors ep ower an d Bruce Flanders, d urin g h is u su al fantastic job o f announcin g, was b esid e him self trying to find ways to describe th e scen e th a t was taking place , as the banner stru ng bikes strugg led to keep go ing. ( Resu lts o n pa ge 38) - =- . .:;, By Buzz Baty CORONA , CALIF ., Ma y 18, 19 72 C orona R a cew a y 's m ot o cro ss or ganizati o n staged it s second ni ght motocro ss to ni gh t co m p lete wi th its first guaran teed purse of $35 0.0 0 and rewo rked ligh ts. One hundred and seven ty riders ch ec ked in to ride a n d , ,l More MX on Page 21 More Motocross - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CMC at Ascot By Bu zz Baty GARD ENA, CA LI F., May 17 , 1972 C o nspicu ous b y th eir ab sen ce we re m o st o f th e n ame ride rs associa ted w ith th e C1\ lC and Asco t Park. It see m s th at af ter man y o f th e ride rs jou rn ey North ward, they ret urn wi th busted mach ine ry an d / o r b odies. Bu t the n , of co urse , th at _ _ _ _ _ _ AME at Carlsbad By Art Fr ied man CARLSBAD ,- CALIF ., Ma y 2 1, 19 72 It lo ok ed lik e Pete 1\lal y's da y today unti l th e last m oto. Mal y (CZ ) won th e firs t tw o 5 0 0 Expert motos in to day's A1\I£ race and mad e it lo ok easy . T hen he go t off in th e last mot o an d lo st en ou gh time to give Ch uc k Rou se (CZ) the ove ra ll w in . . Desp it e the p o or track con d itio n th e 25 0 Sen iors p o t o n a very good show . At th e en d o f th ree tries it was Dav id Boy dstu n who d id the deed aboard h is Yam ah a. ca pp ing: o ff hi s wi n a t th e previo us d ay ' s D -37 m otocro ss at Saddleba ck. T he 250 In termedi a te eve nt was led by three Richards: Kast ne r , Sander, and Grafton . When th e poin ts fo r ove rall were calculated , Kastne r had it. (Resu lts on page 38 ) makes it easy mon ey pa ydays for th e fe llo w s wh o are read y, willin g and ab le to ra ce . Such w as th e case to nigh t, as David Pessy found little o r n o co m p e ti tio n in the 25 0 and 5 0 0 Expe rt classe s, winnin g both with ease on hi s Ossa. In the last th ree or fo ur wee ks, while the other top Ex per ts h ave be en av..ay , David has ' mad e it p ay . J eff Wright Was fa r and away th e class of th e 125 Experts, as he is, even wh en it's a full field. Jeff w on the 125 Expert Division ton ight, being th e o nly h ot sh oe he ro in the fie ld . J ohn Vo lkman is ba ck ridi n g, but is not ye t in shape to put hi s Bultaco in serious compe ti tio n against rid ers of Wrigh t' s ca lib er and his p otent Puch . Cha ris ma is a' ghostlike, and most tim es indefin abl e in ta ngi b le, th at attaches itsel f , or is p ossessed b y a p er son , pl a ce , or th in g. For wh a teve r rea son . the c h a rism a t hat is As c o t for so man y eve n ts, such as the h alf-mil e , the T' I', and th e four wh eel even ts , is so me how m iss ing th is seaso n for mo toc ro ss, One can on ly h op e th a t so me thi ng is d one , or a spark is generated to pu t th e charisma tha t is A sc o t b ac k into the m oto cro ss even ts. (R esu lt s on page 38 ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Spillway Park By Mike Anderson on a Yamah a. SA NTA :'IARIA, CA L ., May 7: 197 2 ~ T he riders th at di d show up a t Sp illw ay Dav id's bro th er Chuck Czerwin sk i (Ma i) aga in clean ed h ou se in the Open Par k, were n o co mpeti tio n to th e tr ac k Juniors rid ing in e xpert fonn. Chuck regu lar s wh o h ave bee n d om in ati n g th eir also rod e th e 25 0 J r. class testing th e classes at Spillway fo r the p ast few new Hon da 25 0 single. lie made a good mo n ths . Sh ennan Sch neller (C Z) did his usual thing in th e 25 0 In t/ Ex . cla ss show bein g secon d in p o ints up to th e last mo t o wh en h e bro ke a cha in. win nin g all three m o tos Fl awl essly, His How ever, he probab ly w ouldn 't have o nly co mpe t it ion was in th e second with Ilu l t a c o -m o u nt e d caught th ree-y ear winning J unio r Bo b by rn o t o Intermediat e w inn er Le Ro y Cu sh aw ay . Sw art z (Bul) wh o cleane d h ou se all LeRoy 's y o unger b rother J oe three mot os. Mi ke David co m p letely d omin at ed co n tinued his winning ways ta king hi s th e 125 Sen io rs even though he had lots CZ to a three-moto gran d slam in the o f wind resis tance from all th e nags o n Op en Exp erts. Sco tt Brisb y go t off his hi s helmet. Mike' s Su zuk i was always far Su zuki, changed to a Hu sk y an d it sure seemed 10 mak e the differe nce as h e o ut ahead of the rest of th e p ac k, and to ok first Intermediate just ahead of his he h ad littl e . tro u ble winnin g all th ree good friend David C zerwin ski hi .ridir:>g motos. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AME at Saddleback By Rich Hoffman ORANGE, CAL., May 14, 1972 A merican Moto cro ss E n te rp rises' first race at S addleback . wen t o ff with out a hit ch today as racer s and spec ta tors ce leb ra ted 1\ loth er s' Day w ith suns hi ne an d m o t o cr o ss. Who was it that sa id four-strokes ar e dead ? At the last AC A :'IX her e, Ch uck Minert all b ut ra n away fr om t he tw o-strok es. This we ek, BSA ·m ounted Terry Po wer to ok first o verall in the ho tlv co nteste d 500 Sen io r class. Pow er h ad 'p len ty of co mp e tit ion fr om a p air o f CZ rid er s, Pe te Maly an d J ohn Tack ler . :'I aly , who was rid ing as a Nov ice only a few weeks ago, rod e his first Expert eve nt today an d fi nis hed with a respectab le seco nd overall. T ackl er w o n th e se cond m o to an d c ame from behind to take the lea d in th e third moto until h e lost h is spark for a DNF, giving Pow er th e win . Ever hear o f T im Battenschlag? :'I e neither, bu t T im signed up as an Exp ert and showe d h is co lo rs t o th e rest of th e 250 hotsh oes, incl uding David Bo ydstrum (Yam) and Chuck Lunde (CZ) t o take first overal l. Looks like MX er s may h ave a su p er nam e like th e desert guy s d o in L arry Pu f-wh a tever , Gre g Lee (C Z) o utro de th e 250 J un io rs tod ay to tak e the b rass in th at divi sion . Greg smoked ' the firs t tw o mo to s bu t either go t ove rhea te d o r jus t c ruised in th e last mo to for hi s win . Husky ride r Ken Ehlers took second . Nan cy De Ro sie rs (Oss) also rode in th is division a n d turn ed in a res pectab le 13th o ut of 5 0 e n tr ies, a fte r un loadin g in th e last mo to . Nan cy said the heat was too mu ch for h er and she couldn 't hang o n. Immed iately af ter she told me th is, she p u t on her hel me t to go co wtra iling wi th so me friends . Pract ice p aid o ff fo r J oh n :'l iley (CZ ) wi th a win in th e 5 00 J unio rs. J ohn, hi s wife and d og spend a lmost as mu ch time at Saddleback as 1 d o. It ' s nice to see so meo ne win ning th at h as put in as mu ch effort as J oh n . [Res u lt s on p age 38) Cor na Raceway for the most part, ' enjo yed a fine eve n in g of m o to cros s. John DeSoto unloaded tw o CZ 's to nigh t, and th e Flyin ' Hawaiia n took to th e Corona turf fo r th e first time . As usu al, wh en Big John is on th e sce ne, h e is the man to be at. It makes no differen ce what h e is riding. J ohn won th e 250 Ex per t class over Rich ard Eir ste dt an d h is Maico, an d T erry Clark on hi s Hu sk y . J oh n also was going grea t guns in th e 500 cla ss , wh en dis aster st ruc k in th e fo rm of th e rear wheel o n his CZ, de stro yin g itself, just as it did last Friday ni ght a t Lions. S o, in the second moto, J ohn had a DN F , he w as able to borrow '3 re ar wheel, a n d came back to win the third and fin al moto, as he had the firs t. But Gary Griffin g wi th a first and tw o seconds o n h is Maico , o u t pointed J ohn fo r fir st ove ral l. J ohn h ad t o se tt le fo r second sp ot, with Dennis Chandler gettin g in fo r th ird. ' J ohn Volkman is ge tti ng back in th e groove, an d with ste ady riding, pushed his Bul taeo into th e fir st over all sp ot ahe ad o f Mark Dobbs (DKW) and J ohn l Ir ynk iewiczs Bultaco, as th e 125 Ex pe rts stage d a fine d uel with th e decisio n still u p fo r gra bs till th e very end . Besides a ki nd sou l loaning DeSoto a wheel for h is CZ, so me o the r m odifica tions wen t o n with an other p air of bikes, to ke ep on e man runnin g. Rich Eirstedt w on th e first 250 Expert rno to , but in d o ing so , b usted the frame o n his Mai co, Gay Io n Mosier finished third in the fi'rst 25 0 Expert, but bu sted a rear wh eel. R ich ard and Gayl on , with th e p erm ission of organiza tio n offic ia ls, an d th e okay o f Big J ohn, wh o had borrow ed a wheel, salvaged th eir en try mon ey like so: Gay lon an d R ich ard to ok the good re ar wh eel o ff o f Rich ard's Maico, an d replaced the broken re a r wheel o n G avl o n's Maic o , Now th ey had o ne intact Mai co, Wh o w as to ride it ? A nip o f th e co in fe ll in Eirsted r's favo r an d Rich ard went o n to p ick u p second spot, an d th ey sp lit the seco nd p lace mon ey. (R esu lts on p age 38) ABBe,: SIGNS A 0 RJD ES Brian Abbott, an A.1\ .A . Ju ni or class rider. ann ounces his re cent con trac t sign ing with T he Bel R ay Co . of Farmingdale, N .J . Bel Ray is the manufacturer o f a co mp le te line o f high quality racin g lubricants an d h as agreed to furnish so me part o f Abbott's expenses in addition to all of their produ cts which he may need. Last year as a Novice, Abbott was one of th e m o st con siste n t riders in the South an d alwavs a threat. However, lat e in the racingseaso n Abbott cru sh ed three vertebrae in h is sp in e. N ow. although he h as co m p lete ly re covered from his injuries he h as been forced to sell m ost of hi s eq u ip men t in o rder to me et medic al e xpen ses. He is now looking for ad d iti on al spons ors to help him con tin ue h is career. In ad d itio n to T he Bel R ay Co . he also ' receives p artial help from K&N Engi nee ring of Riversid e, Calif. An y on e in teres ted in help in g may reach Brian at P.O . Bo x 756, Ph en ix City , A la. 3686 7. SPA R K ARRESTE R S M AN D. A TOR Y A T SADD LE BAC K PARK ORANGE, CAL. , May 10 , 197 2 Effective May 24 , all motorcycl es, m in i-h ik es , e tc ., m us t be equipped with a US DF ap p ro ved sp ark a rreste r when rid in g a t S addleback Park . Lac k of rain fa ll thi s season h as c rea te d a ve ry high fire hazard , an d the C ali forni~ Dep artmen t of Public Reso urces has issued the or de r t o th e p ark for mandat ory use of sp ark arr es te rs. The on ly excep tion will be on race da y s wh en th ose riders racin g in a san cti oned even t - will n ot h ave to u se an a rrest er but will have to be equipped with an ap proved silencing device. Racer s will , h ow ever , b e res trict ed to the pi t area an d ra ce course unless a spar k arreste r is inst all ed a fter th ey h ave fini sh ed racin g. T h e S ad dl eb ack sta ff urges all rid ers to eq u ip th eir mac hines with a F nres try approved arres ter, an d if equipped wi th a st o ck muffler, mak e su re it is sta m ped with th e USD F appro val. Lo cal dealer s can ad vise yo u abou t th e leg ality of yo ur muffl er. The high fire h azard will rem ain un til fu rther n otice. The Saddl eb ac k Park parts & Accesso ry dep artmen t will o ffer approved spark ar reste rs at a re d uced p rice . MATTERHORN HILL CLIMB 1972 ~~y SADDLEBACK PARK See riders scale the almost vertical walls of the M atterhorn! Entry fee $3.00 Gates open 6:30 Sign up 8:00 to 9:30 Riders meeting 10:00 SILENCERS REQUIRED ·Any thr ee bikes make a class All events run on strict schedule!! J --, " '" o ~ l1. .... '" Ol o' M > ~ ::;; ~ w Z W ..J U >- U

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