Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

I Street or race Basic Check $650 By S teve Lamkin h olding a soli d second vic tory in the AD EL A NT O, CAL ., May 27 , 19 7 2 125 TT M ain when he u nl o ad ed in the This repo rter cam e t o a rude aw ak eni n g esse s in lap eight. E nglan d climbed b ac k tonight at 3 9 5 Cycle Park in Adela n to , aboar d and b rough t his Y amah a to a Cal . A s I sat and w atched the TT and sixth p lace in th e 10 lap Ma in . H alf Mile eve nts u nfo ld o n th e track So m otorcycle sports man racing has d u ring , the evenin g's ra cing p rogram , it become ano the r Li ttle Le agu e, ano ther cam e to m e th at th is sport we cal l sp ort whe re the yo unge r gene ra ti o n h as m o t o rcy cle ra cing has re ally changed in tak en over fro m the esta blish m en t. the past ten years o r SQ . In other events a t 3 95 Cycle Park on I look ed d own the list of en tri es to this h ol id ay weekend , w e saw the ,re tu rn ca tc h a name or tw o o f the fl ying of San D iego 's ho ts hoe Earl R olo ff. This hotsh oes on the track in th e 10 0 Novice classy South Bay speeds te r, ab se nt for Half Mile Main. the p ast six w eeks sin ce th e op en ing of O ut in fron t a t th e time was South Bay , de monst rated h is p articu lar 13 -ye ar- old Toby Sweaney (Wome n 's tale nt for cham pionsh ip as he too k b oth Lib !) , d aughte r o f long tim e h otshoe th e T T and Hal f Mile Main s o n a R ip Swe an ey, leading th e pack for the p er fe ctly tu ned Yam ah a, co m plime n ts firs t th ree lap s th en fin ishing th ird after o f the talen ted fo rm er cy cle cham p io n, missing a sh if t in tum 't w o . father Earl. Wan t m o re ? Passin g Toby to take Las V ega s' Jack Smith ca me back second in lap seven was II-yea r-old after a w eek's absence to cl ip the h orn s Steve Sisco, also Kaw asa k i m oun ted , h is of the best of the competition in the legs barely lo ng enough to reach the ground a t th e start ing line . Wh atever 25 0 T T N ovice and Half Mil e Mai ns. Doubles seemed th e ru le of th e evening hap p en ed ' to Girl Sco u t Cookies an d Boy Scout cam p? T h e youngste rs see m as Dave R eese h erde d h is Kaw 125 to wins in bo th Half Mile an d TT rides . t o have a n atural talen t for speed we T he t ruly h ilar ious Allsport th ree never gave th em credit for when m ine wheelers h ad a bal l sliding arou nd on we re gro wing u p . b oth the TT an d Half Mile to the delight Now th e 125 Novices are on the o f th e moto rcycle fa ns . Lester Ellett track , guess w hat? There's I 2 -year-ol d to o k th e checkere d n ag in the Hal f Mile Mark England, w eigh in g in at a scant 58 an d Tom Wentworth too k th e trophies pound s with his ,h elm e t soaking w e t in th e TT Main . lea d ing th e ve te ran K aw asa k i mo unted R acing co ntin ues every Satu rd ay Do n Tallman th ro ugh the half m ile n igh t through Halloween a t 3 9 5 Cycle sweeper. Park in Adelanto . Signup tim e 5: 3 0· 7 , , Eng lan d an d Tallman diced it ou t th rough five laps the n E ng lan d's prac tic e at 6 :3 0 and rac in g sta rts at Yamaha go t a good b ite o u t o f tu rn fo u r 7:30. Overnigh t cam pi ng, n o charge to and h e fle w p ast both Tallman an d Kaw race p ar ticipan ts. 395 Cy cle Park TT m o u n ted Edd ie Drake (ano ther arid H alf Mile co u rse is ava ila ble for you ngs ter w ho lo oked like he sh oul d b e sport riding an d p ractice o n Sund ays fo r win nin g a marbles ch amp ions hip) to $ 1 per bi ke . ta ke ove r fou rth. Mark England w as (Results on p age 4 0) Youth Strikes Agai:n By Karen Oller Ph oto s b y Ce e Cee Wright EL SIN O RE, CAL ., May 2 7, 197 2 Wh en Jim Wright (Bul) wide n ed h is lea d on eve ry lap of all three m o tes to win th e 2 00 Am ate u r d ivision , an yone who didn't know better would th in k he ' d been riding fo r thirty years. Th is fourteen year old m ad e it lo o k so easy, on the slower th an u su al , Els ino re Race w ay trac k th at we can see why he has b een d o in g so well a t the District 3 7 p oint runs. Dana S tettler (Yam) h as been h avin g hi s sh are of trou bles recen tly b ut to night h e sta rted making things up b y win ni ng th e 250 Amate u r, a d if ficu lt fea t unde r the best of circ ums tances and in th is case a real hair ra iser b ecau se Da na ro de with cracked ri bs an d th ree broke n toes. He was challenged tim e an d tim e aga in by Do h Waffle (Oss) wh o cla ime d the second p lace trophy . YAMAHA Sales - Service - Parts A NY MA K E OR MOD EL Soda Pop Instead of Beer LA HABRA Orange County's Only Drive-On M/C Dyno Anah.1m Family Sporteycle 740 N AnaheIm Blvd ., Anahetm, Cahf 92805 17141 n 23080 RUSqVarna~ STREET-MOTOCROSS-D ESERT 841 E. Wh ittier Blvd : La Habra (21 3 ) 69 1-87 16 (7 14) 525·6200 -- - -- IIIE .1111 lili. 1 liE J im Rice's (BSA) victory at th e San J ose m ile marked the third st raigh t national ch a m p io nship win invo lving t he newly-int rod uce d line of fo ur -stro ke e xhaust equ ipmen t ma n ufactured by Bob Bail ey 's. Mark Brels ford (HA R l. us ing ou r newly ma nu factu red equ ipmen t . turned th e same t rick a few weeks be fo re wh en he won t he T .T . national at Ascot . And you ng Stev e Dro st e (YAM) wa s also sport in g Baileymanufactured eq ui p me n t w he n he too k t he checke red fla g for t he jun io r m ile nat io nal at Co lorado Spri ngs . T HREE STRAIG HT NATI ONA L WINS ! That 's a ra t he r im pr essive track record fo r such a new lin e of eq ui p me n t. Fo r inf o rm at io n on t he new 4st ro ke eq ui p men t for TR I, BSA, Y AM. NOR , HA R. and o t her s w rite: BOB BAILEY'S 17124 S. W ESTE R N A V E. G A RD E NA , C A . 9 0 247 (2 13 j 32 7· 8538 HERE'S T HE HOTTEST SELLING PRODUCT IN OUR SHOP . . . T al l and tan and lean and lovely (send her over...ed. } T eri T an ne r (Yam ) d id it agai n w inning in bo th the Powder Pu ff and 125 N ovice even ts. She is so m e kind of a ride r ! I'm , su re th e guys she beats w o uld like to win, but the re is so me con so la tion in w atchin g her lo n g shiny hair fly in th e wind . T w o gu y s a t the Elsinore trac k really sh ine wh en it comes to cons istent winning an d em pathy fo r the o ther guy. Hal Chee twood (Bul) , win ner of the 250 Expert and Sw eep st ak es, and Ro bb y Mac Bwe n (Yam ) who w on th e Special E xp er t. T h ese fe llas are always o n h an d wh en they are n eed ed ; w he ther it' s to lend a w rench o r pass along a few word s of encouragemen t to a beginner. T he guys just starting o u t could do a w hole lot wrose th an lo ok in g t o Hal and Robby as m o d els of good techniq ue and sports ma ns h ip . (Re su lts on page 40) fAMILY AffAIR By T o m Bla ttler SAN DIEGO , CAL ., May 2 1; 19 72 Steep lech ase Mai n Event, as Ward took T he C o llie b roth ers, Larry and Ph il , th e lead in the first turn an d ran away each ran to victories in th e 250 cla ss from the rest o f th e fi eld. Main Eve n ts in th e California Mo tor Earl R o loff, aboard an Imperial Ra cing En te rp rises ' second n igh t Beach Yam ah a , finis he d in th e n u m ber tw o sp ot in th e Open class feat ure with p ro gram o f th e season hel d at ligh tning q uic k South Bay S peed way . Larry too k N o rto n-mo un ted Rich a rd Ribl ey the win in the TT featu re with Ph il grab bin g th ird pl ace . takin g the H alf-Mile Flat T rack M ain . R an dy Elli s, riding a powerful Larry , riding a Beach Cy cle Cente r Triu mph , ran away fr o m the re st of th e Ka w asak i, co llec ted his secon d strai gh t field in the Open class H alf-Mile finale. TT victory and h is t hi rd of th e year at E llis t o ok the lead at th e starting line and h ad a sizabl e m argin a fte r the firs t S outh Bay . Poway 's J ohn All ison , abo ard an lap o f the I O-lap fe ature . R ol o ff agai n Im per ial Beach Yam ah a, went al l ou t t o fin ish ed second in th e Main Eve n t wi th catch Larry in the final lap s an d cl o sed J im Steinbach, on a Trium p h , tak ing the the gap considerably , b ut ju st co uld not th ird p osi ti on . ' ge t close enou gh . San Di ego's Kev in E llis an d Steinbach were th e winne rs Stafford fini sh ed in th ird spot on hi s in the heat races with R in g b reaki ng hi s T ri u m p h in th e firs t hea t race an d Pacifi c Y ama h a. Ph il Collie rode hi s Beach Cycle p ut tin g h im o u t of the evening. Center Kaw asak i to the winner ' s ci rcle In the on ly Sporti ng Ri de r eve nt _o f in th e 25 0 Half-Mile Flat Track feat u re . .the p rogram, Allison rode h is Imp eri al Beach Y am ah a to the win in the 125 Lar ry Collie to ok a bad sp ill in p rac tice and was u n abl e t o co mpete in th e Flat S tee plechase Main Event. G u thrie, also T rac k e ve nt. o n a Yamaha, was the second p lace War d Ri n g, rid in g a Sou th Bay fin isher wi th Brad Ho lt taking the t hi rd Motorcycles T riu m ph, once m ore posi tio n . cap tu red the vic tory in the Open class J Resu lts on page 40) Yes, PACIFIC JAWA'S all new BUFFALO BREATH moto-cross je rsey is a favorltewith many of the top moto-cross riders - l ike Brad Lackey. Th is stylish a nd durab le 100% cotton jersey, with ribbed k nit lo ng sleeves and sing le button co llar is made in New Zealand to PACIF IC J AWA specif ications and is ava ilab le in a w ide range of " wi t h it" colors . Take your choice: R ed/Wh ite/Blue, Black/Gold/Red, Maroon/Go ld/Blue, Maroon/Blue , Maroo nfWhite, Mar o o n/ My rtl e, Maroo n/Navy , Maroo n/Gold , Emera ld/Navy, Go ld/Navy , Myrtle/Navy, Pumpk in/Gray , Myrtle/Scarlet, Pu mpk in/Myrtle , Red/Blue , Black , Navy . O ne size fits a ll. PRICE $13.95 + $1.00 for ta x , shipping & ha nd ling . •. . 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