Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

0> ~ 25 LAP NATI ONAL CHAMP IONSHIP TT. $14 ,100 pu rse. Castle Ro ck Frgrnd s. Ca stl e ~~~~na1s~~~n/J6/2 7~~V~Al~ time trials Fri. ENDURO. CE R A . Pt s. S ta rt S a t . n lt e 1 0 pm. 80 mi. Li m ed fro m US 66 & Ce ntra l B a r st ow e xit . S la sh X Bar Ran ch . St r ee t legal reco mmen de d. Drawi ng 7 -6 at 8 p m at 7 922 V alley V iew . B u e n a Pk , $6 mall , $7 post. C E R A m em os $1 less. 3 man te ams $1 mo re per r id e r , 2 SASE to NR VR A. Box 22 41. Cypress , Ca . 906 20. SCRA MBLES, Ca stl e Roc k F rgrnds, Castl e Rock, W ashington. 2 06/2 7 4 -6 8 8 1. SUN DAY , JULY 30 M O TOC ROSS , Va lley V iew , Co lumb u sj, N eb r . 1 pm, N MA. B o x 2 2 . B r a i na rd . N eb . b 8626 . MOTO C ROSS, Twin Wheeler . O xn ard, C a. Pac. Coast Hw y to Hueneme R d , W to Arnol d Rd . $4 ma il, $ 6 p o st . $2 sp ec . U n der 12 free. Pr ac 8 , r ace 9 :30. 2 SAS E to 3 36 H ar v ard sr ., Ox n ar d, Ca . 9 3 0 30. 8 05/485 -1688 . SAT . & S U N., J ULY 15& 16 FRIDAY, AUG. 4 H OOT OWL RO AD TOUR . St o c k t o n Me. Limed from Mari posa exit. Hwy 99 or Charter Way exit, 1-5 . to clu b h o use . S ign a-rnpm. S t a r t anytime. Mail $ 5 (7 /8) . Po s t $7. S e c re t SHORT T RA C K . Vallejo w at c h . Sign 5 , race 9 . SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 SU ND AY , J UL Y 16 RO A D RACES, Oregon Motorcyc le R o ad Racing A ssn . West D elta P k ., Po rtl and, O r e. Pr od .... G.P., S id eca r, B o x 1 3454, Portl an d, Or e. '03/ 282-4 2 1 5 . d e stina ti o n . N o x 18 43, Stock t on, Ca . 9520 1. 2 09/462 -042 0 . POK ER RUN, S alinas R amb l ers R o ad 408 / 63 3- 204 1. R un . PRO TT . $3 0 0 0 p u rse . Oregon Sid ew i nd er s t rack , E of SE 82n d D rive o n La wnf ield R d near Clac k am a s, O re. 6 pm. 5 0 3/6 59.1022. 13706 S. Car us Rd, Orego n City, Ore. 9 7 0 4 5 . s oc wv, $3 ri de , $2 RO A D RA C E , AC A , Wi llow Sp rin gs, Ca. Sig n 8 : 3 0 , race n o on. Mail $8 $1 ea . a dditional c lass. $1 5 post . 10 6 N or 1 Cl aud i n a..t Suite h 312 , A n ah e i m, Ca . 92 805 .714/774.32"'2. : 'y c lle) C : iel'W" N s SCRA MBLES, NMA . Brai nard, N eb rask a. 1 p m, B o x 2 2 , Braina rd, Neb . 686 26. O BSERVE D T RI ALS, VO T E & S OTR . Sad d le b ack Pk. Ora nge, Ca . Si gn 8 :30. All c las ses In c. Nov . Start 10. Spar k arresters 21 3/848-738 0. . Advertising that works TT/ FLA T TRA C K. CM C U t ah . Powderkeg Rcw y , Ut ah. FRI.·SUN., JULY 21-23 12 5 MILE N ATION A L C HA MPI ONS H IP ROA D R AC E , "Ka was aki Super B ike I n te rnational " . Laguna seca. Monterey , Ca. $2 0,00 0 pu r se nr c s contin gen cies. Tickets availa ble from Kawsakl d ea le rs. Tl cketron. Pra c Fri •• N ov s & Jr / Ex 2 5 0 Sa t . Su n Jr 7 50 & E xper t. Nattonal-For rn uta 750 In t " . 408 / 372 -1 51 6 . S UNDA Y JU L Y 23 125 MILE NA TIONAL CHAMP IONSHIP ROAD RACE, "Kawa sak i Superbl ke N ati onal". $ 20,000 pu rse Plus con ti n gencies. Lagu n a s eea, M o n t e rey , Ca. CRACK -O-DAWN ENDURO SRA. Helendale. Ca . Start 5 am. 60 m i . Fai rl y easy cou r se. Sta rt b y p ostma r k. 6 p er m i n. All SRA classes . $7 + 2 SASE t o B ox 3882 T o rra n ce, Ca. 90510. 213/320.1015' 714/735 -4641. ' FRIDAY,JULY 28 MOTOCROSS, CMC U tah. Powcerk ea Rcwy, Utah. Box 1505 5~ Sa l t L ak e C ity, Utah 84115 .801/262 · 2409. SATURDAY,JULY 29 N AT IO N A L CHAMPI ONSHI P 20 LA P H A LF M ILE. $15,000 purse. R o o sevel t Rcwy, Woodbury . Lo ng Island, New York, ~OLE84 ~ c...~ pARk C L SREQUIREEO I I L E N C RS -:J .." I June 25 - ACA Motocross "\~ Ju ly 2 - CMC Mot oc ro ss 9 - Mini Bike Nati onals Open 7 days 8-5 ' (7 14) 63 9 ·58 32 A few years ago a man wit h a dream of foundi ng a humanitarian type cl ub, consisting - of a two-way radio commun ications ream, me t in a Pan oram a City , Californ ia resturan t , with about twe n ty -tw o p eopl e , an d asked for a c1uh name t o be chosen . This man told ho w he h op ed for sister te mas to eve n tually spring up all over th e nation , in hopes of promoting safety in all types of sanctioned races. Th is was th e inc ep tio n of th e INTERNATIONAL RACING RADIO CR EW, p roviding emergency tw o -wa y rad io co m m u nications in th e even l o f ac ci d e nt o r injury to rid er an d/or sp ec ta to r. Approximately sistee n pe ople sign ed th e o rigin al charte r , an d th en th e work began. First to build member ship, repu tation, and grow in the knowledge o f how to get the j ob done. Through ten giant steps forward an d of co urse five o r six backwards, b y -law s were in stitu ted and our purpose was se t forth . Bec ause w e were made up of all types o f people and were h u m a n , we sometimes mad e mist akes due to o u r greenness. Today we ar e som e seventy .five members strong, have a lo t DRA Dese rt Racing Associat ion School is out-Vacation T ime Try it... You 'll Like it! T he Ne xt Beginner Novice Race AUGUST 6 New Lo catio n . Watc h the Ads. p .O. B ox 437, Rancho M i rage. Ca. 922 7 0 MOTO CROSS 2S0cc (-Z SUMMER SERIES 72 Set-up & prepa red by PETER G. MALY of Coast Moto Cycle Newport Beach 1st 1972 250cc C·Z 2nd Bill Walters MX Leathers Premier Full Coverage Helmet Top Gear MX Boots 3rd 4 t hru 10 Premier Full Coverage Helmet Top Gear MX Boots MX Gloves Premier Full Coverage Helmet J&N Silencer MX Gloves 11 thru 15 Preston Petty Fenders Fron t & Rear SER IES DATES J uly 2 - Carlsbad July 9 - Sadd leback Aug. 6 - Carlsbad Aug. 13 - Saddleback Sept. 3 - Carlsbad . Sept. 10 - Saddleback 16 thru 20 J&N Silencers 21 thru 25 MX Gloves " . '" ... '" 0> e, ~ w Z W ..J U ~ U International Radio Racing Crew F RI DAY,JULY 2 1 SC RA MBLES & F T, Re dwood A cr es Racwy , Eurek a . Ca. Sign 5, p r ac 6 , race 8 p m , $ 2 A MA m emes. $3 o ther . $2 watch. nasty wash. I saw the danger ma rks, also saw a few of the riders th at didn't. From there, ac ro ss a sligh t ridge and back on th e d esert. Across the desert again a nd o nto a super-fast road fo r 1% miles into check two. Out o n to a cu rvin g, TT-slid in g road. A little m ore desert and yo u h ave com ple te d th e full 25 mil es. O nly to go b ack o u t an d d o it agai n. Boy, wh at a n eet ride ! After the 9 am start , Ronald Pin io n led it all th e w ay to check 2, wh ere his 250 Yamah a gave up and left him sitti ng . R. Fish e r th en to ok o ver th e lead on his 25 0 Yamah a an d led into th e pits. Fisher was followed in to th e pits by 450 H usky-mounted Tom Hu d so n , wh o had taken a b ad fall after ch eck I , but was sti ll co mi ng on strong, Dave Kl ohr, who had wo n RA T RACE II aft e r d o ing a b ad e ndo, repeate d hi s First-Ove r-All win today. Dave was abou t tenth at th e smoke bomb and m oved his 4 00 H usky stead ily o n the firs t lo op . It w as just a fte r th e h ome chec k th at Dave moved into th e number o ne slot. Dav e held that lead th e rest o f th e race fini sh ing I Y min utes ah ead of hi s , team -m ate T om II udson . T om was second o ver-all an d second in th e class. R . Fis he r w as firs t 250 Novice and [Cont'd, from page /8) third over-all, 2% minutes behind the leader. Not far behind Fisher was the famous Desert Duck, Guy Weatherwax . Guy said that he fouled two plugs, and ob vio u sly lo st a throttle grip , right glov, and several layers o f skin . Guy was second 250 on hi s Yamaha with that gre at Bultaco rider and San Bernardino Valley member, Bob Shores right behind fo r third 250 Novi ce. At 18th o ver-all was first 125 Novice Fred Delbridge on hi s tru sty Yamah a. Fred w as really m oving to put th at sm all ma chine u p there w ith th ose big sleds. Dan Kl ohr, try ing to sh ow his brother h ow its d one, ro de h is 175 Yamaha to 27th over-all for first 175 Novice. T ed Lind was fir st 125 Begin ner on his Pu ch, R igh t behind was first 175 Beginner Samuel K .O. Lyman on h is Kaw asaki. Samuel w ill be m o vin g up to th e Novice ran ks at th e fu ture RAT RAC ES . First 100 IS' ovice was J im Sca rb erry o n a H-D Baj a a t 23 rd over-all. Firs t 100 Beginner was Bre tt S to kes on a D KW running a t 8 7 th over -a ll. J am e J en se n, at 9Ist'0\"e ra ll , was first girl. J am e wen t b oth lo ops fo r a real fine race . RAT o ffic ials sa id th ey are goin g to retire to th eir h ol es for the h ot sum m e r m onth s. T hey will b e b ac k agai n when th e w eath er cools off. Watc h for th eir ad s in Cycle Ne ws. Info. (7 14) 982-7370 By J . Frobes of h ard h o ur s of work behin d us an d are proud of wh at we rep resent. Thro ugh the efforts of a m an with a dream, Mr. Grad y Laffe rt y, (Presiden t & coordinato r) th e INT E RN ATIONAL RAC ING RADIO CR EW, is a non-p ro fi t organization, licensed wi th th e FCC, Washington, D.C .• give n th e call letters KC~I 75 37. Our fore mos t purp ose is tw o -w ay radio co m m unica tio ns in the e ven t o f accid en t or injury to su m m o n help (am b u lance o r paramedic ) to th e scene of th e accid en t. A per ce ntage of o u r m e mbers vo iced an o pi n ion tha t th e y wan te d to d o ev en m ore , an d provid e im me d ia te first ai d to th e inju red p ers on if he o r sh e were d own at their checkpoin t. Many of our m embers wen t through sta nd ard a nd adv anced first aid and now hold cert ified ca rd s in these co u rses. T he first aid d one b y o u r members is not d one as I.R.R .C. m embers but only as individual people in the faith of trying to be a good samaritan . Around mo st of our homes preparing for an upcoming weekend race ou t co m es everything: tents, lanterns, heavy boots, sleeping bags, jee ps, campers, fo od , fir st aid k it s, and last but n ot lea st in h ot we ather a sn ake bite kit. Alth ough we are a volunteer group, d ona ling our time, and re ceiving award s fr om in d ivid ual race clubs of a p os sible individual troph y fo r ea ch p er son working their race, a T -shirl , fin isher pins, p ossibl e gas m oney fo r each u n it , or a possible d onation to our clu b treasu ry, we get much more o u t of racing th an monetary reward. :\Io_t chec k poin IS can b e reach ed b y s two-w heel d rive vehicles, but so m e req u ire four-wheel drive and member s (the num be r is gro wing rapidly) have o ff- the-road-vehicles such as dune b uggies, j eeps, an d m otor cy cles to be use d at st a ti ona ry c heckpoin ts tha t ride rs m ust p ass. We have wo rke d wi th many d ifferen t organ izatio ns : AMA, A n I , AC E, UN ITED RAC Il\'G AS S!'\., FAMILY ENDURO, a nd District 3 7 to name a few . We have been asked to work ra ces in Mexico and Canad a; last but no t least,we have worked th e tw o largest Grand Prix a ro u nd La ke Elsin o re Grand Prix and th e Hopetown Grand Prix. We recently finish ed working th e Parker Dam Bo al R aces in Arizona. Our club is alway s welcoming the possibility of new members, young, old, m arried and single . I.R.R.C. requirements: ( I) S l 5 (entrance club fee -includes radio cre w jacket and p at ch) ( 2) Federal Communications Commission license (infonnation available from club) (3 ) One ci tize n Band mobile radio. • Further infonnation reg a rding the club requirements may be obtained by calling Grady Lafferty (Presid en t) 8 0 5/5 2 6 -3 9 72, Simi Valley , Calif., Dave Wilson (Sec/T res.) 714/842-1086, Huntington Beach, Calif., Jack (Sm okey ) Frobes (V ice Pres .) 21 3/764-1643 , North Hollywood, Calif. If you a re in terested in this type of fun club, but fe el th a t you ma y n ot h ave al l th e ab ove require m en Is listed, at least co n ta ct us a nd we will tell y ou wh ere an d wh en we meet so you can b rin g your intere sted friends an d your fam ilies. wives o r swee thearts. Lions and Draggin' by Keith Arnold I t' s been a whil e since y ou h eard fro m Li ons Drag Strip an d a lot h as been h appenin g. A new fo rma t h as been prop osed for the b ik es a t Li ons a nd it sh ould be a cro wd pl easer. Not only th e forma t h as ch anged b u t also the lo ok o f some of the b ike s. T he new look incl udes suc h m arvels as slid er clutches, re mole stee ring , m o re twin m otor j obs an d p erh ap s th e thing with th e most impact on the world o f b ike ra cing in gener al , a 643 cc tw o st ro ke twin Yamaha. Li o ns Man ager S teve Evans has ann oun ced the in sti tu lion of a re gu la r m onthly Stree t E lim in ato r or Co mpeti tio n Elim ina tor drag race fo r bikes. Also pl anned is the twice y ea rly run ning of o th e r top bikes. T he new fonnat will no t d o aw ay with th e presen t brack et ra cing. It will inste ad bring the p rospect of more bucks to the averag e ra cer. On the new look in bikes, th ere is but o ne rule . a ny th ing go es! R on Teaso n and Bill Bernard have com e with a new Twin -m otored Honda th at will hope to beat Action Fou rs "2 by 4 " in the up and co mi ng Na ti onals a t Bowling Green , Kentucky and possib le th e big NHRA National bash at Oregon. Speaking of Action Fours, these guys are in credible! Pir st st ree t class re cords, then m odified st rce t , th en Alte re d . N ow they a re ru nning a fueler, T om R ytme ye r, fam ed for h is twin motored Yamah a 80 drag b ik e, n ow has a remote stee rin g m achine th at is very trick a nd a little scary. R oger Davis of Yam ah a International h as a new drag bike th at is p owered by a two stroke tw in cy lin de r 643cc Yamah a. Th e bike is eq uipped with a torque conv e r te r and needs no clutch. On with the gas an d the bi ke maintains a constan t rpm. All y ou flat tr ack ers o u t th ere should list en fo r this o ne. The day Ascot sees this o ne will he a new d awning. Mr . Harley-Davidson h as a new toy. Actuall y , h e isn't really related to the co m p an y bu t h e might as well be . He is master e ngi ne builder So n ny Ras lowski, His newest toy is a I 06 in ch fuel-injected su p er trick bomb . This is o ne Polak that has his act to ge th er and t hat act is p oin t her st raight and tw ist o n th e thro ttle. A quarter o f a mil e and 17 0 mph later he has a gian t sm ile o n his fac e . When he makes you a motor, you can't find anybody to ra ce. When the com pe titi o n hears o f y our Polak-powered bike they just disappear. •

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