Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

CRC MOTOCROSS Running Spri ngs. Cal. May 27 ,1972 MINI Chris Fromme Mark Kiefer Lind ley Kistler POWDER PU FF Dawn Fo ley . Christine Hopkins c " .., :J ~ W Z W ...J U >U ' L ln d a: F lo e y " 100 BEG ·16 Gordon Tamm Michael Perry Harlan Kistler 100 NOV ·16 Pat r ic k Hubbs John C lark Robert Fudge 100 BEG Dave Neis John Perry Scott Spr ing ·12 5 BEG ·16 Dave Kahn Jackson Kistler Tim Grotness 125 BEG Mark Wronsk i Richard Thompson Michael Kiesler 125 NOV Dave H opk ins Rick Clark Paul Dube 175 BEG Dennis Klnda Ron Milts Randy Nelson 2 5 0 BEG ·16 Mike Huhn Mike Strode A . Hernandez 250 NOV ·16 Vo n Pet er son Leon Baird 250 BEG Will iam Patton C hris S haw K ev i n Neiswender OPEN BEG George Gaither Charles Lewis Robert Perez OPEN NOV Ben Del Campo Bill Pasewark OLDTIMERS 250 OPEN Don Carey R. Gabbert R ich Swain OLDTIMERS 0-175 Mik e Po l ka Ron Pcrrv TT SCRAM B L ES B lythe. Ca l if. By Alec PeH er so n MINI BI K E Han Yam Yam Yam Suz Yam Yam Yam Yam Yam H an Bul Pen DKW Han Put: Yam Yam DKW Yam suz Yam Bu l AME Yam Hus suz Yam Yam Yam Yam CZ Ear l Blose Marc N u ss Doug Beard 100 Larry Moss Ed Blose Alec PeHersen 125 Steve Holdread Ron Adams Cra ig Bird 250 Joel Blistlen Greg Stoner OPEN Joel BUstien Dennis Hamilton Lawrence W illiam s 250 AM Lawrence Sorenson 250 EX Ray Beck 350 OPEN NOV Scott Archibal d 350 OPEN AM Pat Richter 350 OPEN EX ~6~k~~~~W~ I Kevin Bognuda Jim i.eaen 100 NOV DIV II Jim Beebe Fred Scott 125 NOV Tom Talvola Tim Herman Steve Boyl 100·125 A M Lawrence Sorenso n 100cc Jim Johnson 125cc Ray Olsen, J r . 125cc 2 00 AM/EX D en n is Axelse n Ray Crivello 250 NO V DI V I Ke n Seeber E d Mann 250 NOV DIV I I Mike Sawyner Lawrence Williams 250 AM John Smith Pat Richter Lonnie Foster 250 EX Ray Beck Jay Stradley Gerald ~ergQ~ls! NATI ONA L POIN T STA NDI NGS 350-oPt.N N U V Dana B r ay Scott A rch iba ld D av id Swigert 35o.QPEN A M Pat R i c hter Stan Thrash 35o.QPEN EX Cla r en ce Oliver D en n is Pa l m e r 250 NOV F.T. DIV I Chuck Lockett Steve Flke 250 NOV F.T. DIV II Dale L indholm Michael Bresee 250 AM Lawrence Sorenson Fred Pugh Joh n Sm ith 250 EX Ray Beck Gary Thomp son Jay Stradley KAWASAKI SUPERBIKE NATIONAL ROAD RACE . SANTA ANA, CAL., May 23, 19 72 Kawasaki Motors Corp . annou nced here today that they had completed negotiations with Trippe-Cox Associates as promoters of the forthcoming road race National to be held at Laguna Seca for Kawasaki to sponsor the AMA-FIM sanctioned in temational, The even t which is part of the Kational calendar in California takes place on July 22 and 23 at Laguna Seca on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula. The event will be known as the Kawasaki Superbike International. I t was announced that Trippe-Cox Associates had agreed to take over completely the promotion of the Laguna Seca event and that their tie-up with Kawasaki and Laguna Seca would not be limited to this y ear only. This announcemen t gives American road racing a well deserved shot in the UNIT"U RACING A SSN' Easy Enduro II ~~b~H\?UST Dale & Mark Hanson Roger & Greg Stolke John & Diana Lamarr Ken Lovejoy R.A. Pawling Ray Koerner Brian Fabre Harry Monroe Steve Lewey Kurt Lewis Walt Harper Howard Classo n Gene O veren Alan smethurst V e r n o n Martin H e r bert Miner Do nnie H a r ri son Leonard Jones Ro vert Kennison F rank Vaugh n D o n Lackie T.W.smlth I II Gary Millikan K .E. Blludnlkas Grant Polenske Rod Meuck Craig Bare Drew Milan Diana Lamarr Barbara Wh itney Patricia Liddle Billy Robinson Jerry Monger John R ichardson Robert Pawling Ray K oerner Ray K eela n Tim R o slan . Ken L ov ej o y N orm Bl ac k m lr e Dick B ogert Art G unck el J o h n L a ma r r Thomas M a r shall Thoma s Br ic k ma n .. Bob T o rr a n ce L ET T ER A ND PETITION CA MPA IGN BY A MA M EMBERS GAIN S MOM ENTUM · Chet Winter, Legisla tive Dire ctor o f th e American Motorcy cle A sso ciatio n , rep o rts th at letters p ouring in to the White House are having an influence on govern men t officials en tru sted with im p lemen ta tio n of Presid ent Nixon's Executive Order 11644 co ncern ing recreational vehicles and the use of public land. The Executive Order, released February 8 , 1972, directed the Departments of Interior, Agriculture and Defense, .and the Tennessee Valley Authority to establish guidelines for the use of recreational vehicles on public lands . In response to the order the American Motorcycle Association and the Motorcycle Industry Council launched a letter writing cam paign and distributed petitions to which the motorcycling public ha s responded overwhelmingly. Through combined efforts the AMA and the MIC have distributed over 700,000 individual petitions, and the program still is underway. In addition, the AMA has asked co nce rn ed motorcyclists to write the President, using colorful posters in d ealerships and full-page advertisements in the motorcycle press to spread their request. ¥linter states, "From all indications, the letter are being w rit ten, and are having an influence in Washington. For example, one source in the administration reports to me th at the Council on Environmental Equality has had a special meeting for th e purp ose of discussing the letters co min g in from motorcyclists. Su ch a meeting indicates tha t someone is taking notice . n However, Winter em phasizes th at the ea rly inroads must not be misin terpre ted as success. He stresses, "We may be off to a good sta rt , but that is exactly what it is. Now we mu st keep going. Those co ncern cd motorcyclists wh o have written the Presid ent now must see th at th eir fr iends wri te . Clubs sho uld see that every member d oes h is share by cond ucting a group le tt er writing session at th eir next meeting. Dea lers must post th e AI\IA "A lert" posters and d istribute th e leaflets th at th ey h ave been supp lied wi th . Motorcy cle publicati ons need to support by ru n n ing the "Alert " ads fo r their readers to see. We're in the mi d dle of th e most critical issue ever to co nfro n t o ur sport. an d we can ' t sto p with h alfw ay measures:' \\' in ter reports that pennons leaflets are availab le from Motorcv cle Associati on estervi e . 10. ann an d wi th $5 0,00 0 at stake , makes th is o ne of th e ric hest events on the National cale ndar. T he progress of A merican riders has been highlighted by their performances in the Anglo-American match race series ove r the last two years and Kawasaki feels that by sponsoring a maj o r international road race, they will be contributing in no small way to the advancement of America's international motorcycle racing challenge. Laguna Seca is a true road racing course, twisting and winding through the picturesque Monterey countryside and Kawasaki and Trippe-Cox Associates intend to concentrate on providing an excellen t race and intend to inject their promotion with the relaxed atmosphere of a European international to show the American public that road racing in its proper setting is a close, exciting and colorful event. Wait until Soichiro Honda hears about this l L EAT HER MONEY Bates Industries AMA 1972 International MX Contingency Program: , Inter·AMA Series-Each of Six Events 250cc Internatio nal Class lst Place 2nd Place 500cc Support Event 1st Place Trans-AMA Series-Each of Eleven Events 500cc International Class 1st Place 2nd Place 250cc Support Event l st Place Reserve for spe cial awards, etc. Ba t es Mot orc r oss Pa n ts Bates C he st Pr o t ec t o r Bate s Motocross Pants & Chest Pro tector $100 50 $50 25 $200 10 0 50 25 10 0 SlOO 50 $50 25 $200 100 50 25 100 $700 (T o tal of $7500) Rider Requiremen ts 1. 'Mo tocross Pants Award - Riders must have worn Bates Moto cr oss Pants with "B ates Le athers" emblem prominently displayed throughout en tire event and not have w orn an y Ch est Protector o th er than Bates at an y time through out the even t. 2. Chest Protector Award - Riders must have worn a Bates Chest Protector with "Bates Leathers" emblem prominently displayed throughout entire event. Riders may wear non-Bates Motocross Pants and be eligible for awa rd . However, Riders are not eligible for award if they only wore Bates Chest Protector during part of event, even though Bates was the only Chest Protector worn . 3 . Moto cross Pant s and Chest Prot ector Award - Riders must hav e worn Bates Motocross Pan ts and Chest Protector with the " Bates Leathers" emblem prominently displayed throughout the entire event. 4. Riders winning awards must sign an adv ertising release. AMER ICAN MOTORCYCLE CONGRESS SET FOR OCTOBER The America n Moto rcycle Association's 197 2 Competition Co ngress will be held October 9, 10, I I and 12 at Columbus, Ohio's Imperial Ho use North. . T he fou r day congress has been scheduled n earl y a mo nth ea rlier th an its traditional date in November to provide the AMA staff adeq uate ti me to properly prepare and edit the 1973 competition rulebooks. Concerned motorcyclists should be aware of this date change so tha t they may send changes and suggestions to th eir district congressmen . T he fo llowing is a list of AMA district congressmen and their addresses : D ISTR ICT 25 DISTRICT 14 DISTR ICT I Donald Kennedy 56 Walnut Street West Bridgewater, Mass. 02379 Richard Ra nney 8022 South S t at e Rd . Goodrich, Mich. 48438 (313) 636-2813 D ISTRICT 2 DISTR ICT IS Don Pink 298 Concord Road Yonkers, N. V . 10710 Robert Humphrey 2025 E. 46th St. Indiana polisL I n d . 46205 D ISTR ICT 3 l 317 D ISTR ICT 4 Gil Dosemagen 71 0 55th St. K en os h a ..Wise. 5314 0 (414) 65 /·317 3 Richard DeB Ie 85 Midline Road Ballston L a k e. N.V. 12019 Paul Cole Box 23 Port G ibson, N.V. 14537 DISTR ICT 5 Pete Ze pka 1275 Frankstown Road Johnstown .15902 (814) 536- jPenn 745 DISTRICT 6 Dorothy Va nlno 611 N. wyomiss ing Blvd. Wyomissing, Penn. 19610 (214) 374-6149 D ISTR ICT 7 James J . Kearney 13 Highland Road G len Burnie~Md. 21061 (301) 76 1-0,81 DIST R ICT 8 Raymond Hemps tead 230 80th Ave., N.E. St. Petersburg, Fla. 33702 (813) 5 2 6 · 2 5 9 5 DISTRICT 9 . Powell Hassell 21 5 6 S y lvan R oa d Ea st Po int , Ga . 3 0344 (4 04) 76 1 -7709 DISTRICT 10 Ken neth Thomas 11 03 Mulberry S t. M u r r ay , Ky . 420 7 1 (50 2) 753-6 342 DISTR ICT II D ud le y H. Ste ine r 1 7 5 4 Brerrtne tt Ave. Coturnnus , Ohio 4 3219 (61 4) 253-6796 D I STR I CT 12 Paul Sc h le?e l 5 3 2 5 LeWIS T OledO, Oh io 432 16 419 4 72-684 - sn o am 3 1 7 l 2 5 1 -O~ 1 1 - b u s l n ess 241-6177 - home DISTRICT 16 DISTR ICT 17 William R . Maxey 1148 Cedar St. Rockford. 111.61102 (8151968.7955 - home (815 397-4831 - office D ISTR ICT 18 Earl Widma n 3628 South Broa dway St. Louis Mo. 63118 (314) 631-21 33 -e-n c rne (314) 773·9858 - shop D ISTRICT 19 Ed Wa tkins 6529 D a la r k Dri ve Ba ton R o u ge , L a. 70 8 12 (504 ) 35 7·7125 . DISTRICT 20 J. B . Henry Route 2 Box 132 Belton, tex . 76513 (817) 939 -1261 (817)939-1751 DISTRICT 21 Sta nley E n gd ah l 202 Swed o nia MarQ ue tt ~ , Ka ns . 67464 (913) 5 4 6 -258 1 DISTR ICT 22 Larry E. M c K ee 1421 2Sth sr ., N .W. Ce dar Rapids1.lowa 52405 (319) 3 66-000 1 D ISTR ICT 23 B ernard Larson R o ut e 3 , B o x 3 31 Ca m bri dge , Minn. 55 00 8 (612) 689 ·1909 DI STRIC T 24 Joh n Larsen 61~ V Illage Lane (208) 344-0749 James Z erby Route 1. B o x 121 0 Florence , Colo. 812 2 6 (303) 784·3119 D ISTRICT 26 Deane Kingsford 1627 Rushton Ogden Urah 8 440 1 (801) j 93-5548 DISTRICT 27 Robert J . Sel den 10219 B ar ne s Lane T:8~m5air:~~5 9..!~~me 1206!531.2652 - offi ce (2 06) 537·50 79 - offi ce DISTRICT 28 Homer E. Nichols Route 1. Box 564A B o r in g, Ore. 9 7 009 (503) 068·5387 DISTRICT 29 Ed Rhodes, Jr. Post Office Box 303 Isle of Palms. S. C . 294 51 (803) 886-6476 DISTRICT 30 D el Hoefer Ro u te 1 Fargo , No. O a k . 58 1 02 ( 7 0 1 ) 293·72 72 DISTRICT 31 D o n Co mfort 4 16 E . Wa ve r ly S t . Tucso n, Ariz. 857 05 D ISTR IC T 35 Elbert "Red" Owen Post Office Box 296 Maderat."Callf.93737 (2 0 9 ) 6/3 ·0198 DISTRICT 36 L e r o y M cDona ld 1404 L o m as Wa y Sacramento , Calif. 95 822 (916 ) 428-6 110 DISTRICT 37 B ill Adams 814 Co b b Ave. Placentia , Calif. 92670 DISTRICT 38 Floyd Em de 4140 A cacia St. r70tJ~a2 .f2a.IJ~48 - off ice DI STRI CT 40 A lbert F. Hale Box 4-1 277 d A';u ka (90 7 ) 344· 1136 9950~

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