Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

~ ~. ~ ,(V~ , Hand Wash able ~~ Stay Soft Othman Dist ribu t ing Co . 18 227 Lud low St . Northridge. Ca. 91324 Ul • • • Riding • Rac ing • S treet GLOVES a'lll Dea ler Inquiries Invited 1213136 3-623 0 Dea lersh ips Availab le co ntact Bonanz a So uthwest 7252 (D) Eton St. P.O . Box 323 Canoga Park, Ca. 9 1303 24 h o ur phone (21 3) 3 47 -5880 , (2 13) 884-8802 z W ..J U >U -No Imitation Stuff I ••• Central BONANZA i: w R fOR SURE MX EAL Joltn M aynard '.s.ralee says B v Max ' Ph il' Da wso n GRAND JU NCT ION , CO LO., May 7, 1972 - It lo o ked like a Figu re ' 8' R ace in the Bookcliff hills today as several local and out-of-town boys took on a "r e a l -For-sure" - "Hey Mr. Dealer" We carryal l t yp e s of ins ura nc e coverage - garage l iab i l ityfir e - t heft &d ea le r bonds Califo rni a tran sp lan t, Cliff Euler , on his rapid Mo ntesa, raced hi s las t time in th e 25 0 Amateur slot to day . He m oves up to th e Ex perts . due to hi s firs t pl ace in to d ay's actio n . Pe ter Helfter held it ' all to gether again today, and nailed down second spot. Like a hungry pa ck of greyhounds afte r a h arri ed hare, th e 250 Expe rt troops pursued Jim Draper (Mo n) over hill an d dale all afternoon , never quit e ca tc h ing their prey. Fighting it ou t on every curve and straigh t, Paul Rice (Yam ) and Roy Vela squez (CZ) flew through the fin ish second and third. Cycl e mech an ic T on y Plesek n ever looked be tter, as he ou t jump ed, o u tslid, and just pl ain o u tran 'em all to wrap up firs t overall spot in today's Open Expe rt races on hi s slick an d swif t 400 Suzu ki. Kenny Lee, climbing hi gh er eve ry race , herded h is 400 Hu sky in to a hard-wo n second spot. Moab, Utah 's Rio Algo m en try, Peter Harvey, b ossed his b ig an d brawny 500 Beezer around th e b umpy berms, taking thi rd place m o ney b ac k h om e to the colorful canyonlan d co un try. A great d ay in the desert! Scramblers club member Gary Ph illips laid ou t a real-fo r-sure mo to cr oss circuit this weekend . It h ad an average of three cu rves for every straightaway, and of gullies, d ips an d p lenty whoop-de -doos, to keep everyone up on th ei r pegs and ' on th eir toes'! JOHN W. MAYNARD INS. 3441 Motor Ave., L.A., Ca. (213) 836-5211 MOLLY BLU E gives you more th an you ex pected to get SA L ES - new & used ' ::J"Tq(y' SE RV IC E - compet it ion en _ ou r specialt y 0 PA RTS-com plet e Bultaco lin e ACCESSO RIES - for Yamaha and Honda $~~~g~h~;:~~;- Expert service on all makes , of motorcycles . 10% RACERS DISCOUNT 2255 HARBOR BLVD.; COSTA,MESA, CA. (714) 646-4655 Husqvarna Pe nton lochrs Sales &-Senice 6624 Atlantic,Bel/tea. (213)58 J-3983 "'Hl ON HA .LEY CH ~r.$ W I1DCATS ~ .." ·of ~~ D & R CYCLE, lne, DON • Vrv lA N 718 1 W ESTMIN STER AVENU E WE STMINST ER. CA LI FORN IA (714) S'iU·262 3 mo to rcycle CUSTOM PA INTING 'i.~"rI helm ets, ta nks, fai rings, et c. by Charlie Soderstro m 44 E. Market St .• Lon Beach , Ca. 90805 2 13 422· 1908 Hodaka Montesa Greev es t~y~: "~J _ . '#v.- Open Experts come out of the hole, Tony Plesek 15m) took the class. MUD AND CASTROl By Carol Witt \\lCHITA, KANS., May 7, 1972 Nin ety-eight riders signed up for the Castr o] 60 0, spon sored by th e local Cast ro I de aler, Art Distributing. despite the heavy rai n we received Satu rd ay. We've heard several detrimental remar ks about th e Kan sas dust, but I for one w ould have welcomed a little dust tod ay. Water was standing in holes on the tr ack , and certain areas of mud on the track was of the con sistency of wet cernen t, making th is more of an end urance race than a speed race. In the 125 Novice class. Jim Beeb e, wh o rid es a Yamaha, came back for th e secon d t ime to o ur track (also his second time to ra ce) and took first for th e day. Edward Klein, on a Penton took secon d, and third went to Th ad Davis ridin g a Yamah a. T he 12 5 Exp ert class h ad 15 riders, all o u t for the money. J ohn Thurst on, riding a Suzuki took first in all th ree , rn o tos, but had a close ca ll on th e sec ond m o to . Mist ak ing the las t lap flag fo r the checkere d flag (m ud was flyin g eve ry where), h e p ulled off th e trac k and into th e parking lot b efore a spectator fina lly go t h is a tt ention and told him he had o ne mo re lap to go . Back on to th e track he raced, and arou nd one more time and then go t hi s che ckered flag fo r first place. Not on ly wi ll th is b e a d ay Thurston will re me mber " flag-wise" , b ut he also got hit by a low -flying duck. Ye s, a low-Flying duck . It re ally happen ed. Despite all the handicaps , h e still made it in a good quarter -lap ah ead o f Mark Herrington, second place man. Herrington rides two clas ses, 125 plus th e 250 o n a CZ. His comment was "We d on't have mud like this in Texas." .T hird place went to David Dixon, on a Yamaha. In the 250 Expert class. 17 riders started out the rubber band. Mark Herrington got off first, Gary Witt, second, and Bill Blair, third. By the third lap Witt's cycle had be c ome thoroughly water-logged and he had dropped ba ck to fourth. Rob Knoettgen, on a CZ, had taken the lead with Herrington se cond and Blair third. The riders h eld these positions throughout the ra ce . In the third mota, Witt and Knoettgen fough t furiously back an d forth, un til the final mu d hole as Witt slid sideways and Knoettgen cen terpunch ed him. Knoe ttgen was up and off. rand got back in first within two laps . The mishap co st Witt a broken throttle, but he did manage to push his b ike ac ross the finish lin e fo r las t p lace poin ts for th at mota. llIai r came in second an d Burnett took th ird, giving Knocttgen overall fir st for the day. Open Sr. class was o nc e again won by Mik e Krebs on his 400 CZ , second was won by Ga ry Witt riding a Yamaha 250, thi rd to Shan Moore on a Maic o, (Re sult s on page 38) Motorcycles f# . ..... ' .. f# ~ ~t-Ie~M Sport Cycle - Guy R. L ouis (114) 893-1D51 72 19 Westm inster Ave.• Westm inst er . Ca . c o u rse , afte rnoon . Sare Up To 25% (§J motocross dampened a tad by rain . The 250 Expert and Open Exper t classes ca me u p with some exciting h ea t races. Suzuki-mounted Tony Plesek had a de te rm ined Kenny Lee (Hus) and Pe ter Ha rvey (BSA) on hi s tail all th ree heats, in the Ope n Expert class . Ge tting an ear ly lead on the hard-charging 250 Experts all th ree motos paid off fo r Scram b lers club p rexy, Jim Drap er (Man) , as h e monopolized firs t p lace all Start of the Firebirds 80 mile H & H, fast, fun, not too dangerous. THE Most Fun By T erry New fa rmer Photos by Judy New fanner JERICHO, UT AH. May 7 , 1972 - The most fu n motorcy clin g there is win din g on a t rai l thro ugh juniper t rees in Utah - was o ffered in ab undan ce in the fonn of an 80-mil e hare scrambles, sta ged by th e Fireb ird M.C. Fo r th e m ost part , the running order of the 285 competitors was decided by a five -mile stre tch of sand that had to be

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