Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

M M '" 16' • AMA Execut ive Board Vetos Anti-Noise Rule for Pro Road Racing WES T E RVI L LE . 011 10 . Jan. 4, 197 3 By a one- vo te mar gin . t h-e-. man u r a e 1 u r e r -do m inated Ex ecutive Board o f th e A merican ~l o t orcv cl e As sociation th re w o u t th e rulin g th at w o u ld set n o ise limit s on m ot orc y cl es used in pro fessi onal ro ad raci ng . A s e nac t ed b y th e rid er- el ec ted Co m p e titio n C o ng ress las t O ct o b e r. th e rul e wo u ld h ave require d 250cc n oi se e mission to th e p a in th resh old in 19 73 . and 75 Occ road ra cers w o u ld have had to com p ly fo r th e 19 74 racing season. Ad vo ca tes of th e n o ise limit p o in ted ou t th a t soun d le vels n ow pre valent in pr o f e s si o n a l road r a ci n g cause p e rm a n e nt d e a fn ess, driv e aw a y sp ect a to rs . a n d have h ee n th e c h ie f reaso n for th e c a nc el la tio n of ma n y p r o'f'c s s i o n a l r aces , includ in g o ne X a rio n al last season. Th eir vie ws w e re hea rd an d unders tood b y th e Congress, which vo te d to brin g profe ssional roa d raci n g in lin e w ith all o ther fq rms of A ~ l" ra cing w h ic h n ow set d ecibel limits th at are t o le rab le to h u m a n b eings. . Prop o n e n ts of th e wi de -open s tinger and m e gap h on e p ol ic y a rgued w it h e x e c u t ives to the con t rary, th a t spec tators are a t tra ct e d b y li mitl ess no ise. th at to p sp e ed s mi gh t b e redu c ed by qu ie te r exhaust syst ems an d that some m a nu fac turers ' racin g d epart m e n ts w e re un ab le o r unw illin g to underta ke th e d evclo pme n t ne cess ary to c o m p ly wi th th e ruli n g. T he la t ter viewpoin t p re vai led at th e lat est A1\I/\ E xec u tive Board m e etin g, an d th e b o a rd e xerci se d its ra re ly -u sed power to ve to th e Con gre ss. (S ee edi to rial o pinion in this issue . ) AMA Grand National Champ ion Approaches Six -Figure Mark in Earn ings "'4dnginr. Holiday Inn Biking In ~Iarch and Ap ril, j u s t ab ou t the time that mot orcycle t ourin g season opens in m o st of the c o u nt ry , H oliday Inn ~ Iagazine will be publishing a feature article on th e growth a nd exci temen t of m o t orcy cl in g, Presen ting th e sport in a very favorable ligh t, the m ag azin e w ill be distrib uted w o rldwide in m o re than 200,000 guest roo ms and have a total circula tion of m o re than 1,100.000 co p ies, amou nting to on e of the biggest an d m o s t p ositive public re lations boos ts that motorcy cling has ever received. H ol id a y In n Ma gaz in e is publishing six ti m es a year , so th e story will remai n c u rre n t for tw o m o nt h s. I t was w ri tte n by Associate D ire ctor Ed Y o un gbl o od and illustrated fro m t he ph oto fil es o f the A~ I:\ ~ ews De p ar tmen t. For the first time. Bultac o has m ade available to Al\Il\ p rofession al ride rs on B u lta c o m o tor c y cles c o n ti nge nc y mo n ie s for A~IA Professiona l rac es , 1s t Place: :'>at'l T.T .-Houston $500 Nar 'l . Short Track c-Houston $500 N ar'l . Short Track -Santa Fe 5500 Hi gh Point: Dirt Short Tracke r in Nation 5500 Novice in the Nati on S250 Indoor Sh ort Track Championship Series $ 250 1s t Plac e: Daytona Speed Wee k Short Trac k $20 0 ( Eac h Nigh t] ~ e .., '" ~ Z No . 4175 Husky GP Tank So ld Thro ugh A uthori zed M /C Deal ers a'n ly F o r dealer info . wri te o r ca ll : 5345 T im ken si.. La Mesa . Cal. 9204 1 (714) 46 0-1402/ (714) 460 -6234 G Bailey· Cliff Carr· G Chaplin ary ary Jimmy Chen· Jon Ciener • Sonny Defeo Y von DuHamel· Dave E vans· Jimmy Evans Pat Eyans • Gary Fisher· len Fitch· Ron Grant· Jerry Greene· Fred Gull ner ., Ray H empst ead · Ted Henter • Barry Higgins Ake Jonnson • Gary Jones · Piers K arsmakers Brad la ckey · Peter l amppu • Mike la ne Doug li bby ' Kurt Liebman · John ny long Hans M aisch· leff Ma rch · Duane McD aniels· Steve Mclaugh lin · Bart M eyers Ron Mui r · John Nash · lody Nicholas Gary Nixon · Chuck Palmgren· Dr. Bob Pepper· Ron Pierce· Cal Rayborn · Phil Read· Bob Rechtenwold • K enny Roberts John Sartorious • Tom Schroeder · Merle Shanks · Paul Smart· Daye Smith · Con rad Urbanowski • D enny V arnes · Jimmy W einert · Peter W illiams Congra t Ul a t ions KONI makes it big! At the National Road Races,Encluros, Dirt Tracks, Mota-Cross, \ as well as the nation'S turnpikes and cow-trails! 19 73. Bu l-Dough-Zer ! '" W Attemptin g to co rr ec t th e situ ation th aI h as create d m aj or fin ancial lo sse s fo r the underwriters of th e m embership insuran ce in e ffec t a t sanctio ne d ama teu r events, th e 19 72 A MA Congress h as voted to req uire a c u rr e n t membersh ip c a rd to bind m edical and death and dismemb erment in suranc e while in sanctio ne d act ivi ty du rin g Up o n in ve stigatin g th e c a rr ie r 's loss ove r a tw o -ye ar p eri od, th e C ongress determin ed th at a lack of con trol a t sa n c tio ne d even ts h as e nabled p articipants to enter wi th ou t valid A1\IA m em b ersh ip s, to co llect on cl aims n o t resulting fro m sanctioned ac tivi t y , o r to purch ase m em b e rsh ip su bseq ue n t to inj u ry . A presen tation made to th e Congress by A~I A I n su ran ce Ad m ini s t ra to rs' reve ale d th at the w h ol e program is in j eopardy if stro ng er support is n o t re ce ive d in th e fiel d. Con seq ue n tly , duri ng 197 3 a ride r ma y p u rchase 1\1\11\ m embe rship an d enter a sanct io ned e ve n t the same d ay . However, in suran ce c o vera ge will b e in e ffe c t on ly for th os e wh o h av e e n te re d with a va lid . c u rr e n t A ~ IA m em be rsh ip card . M .... ••• ••• Slick .::~. • • A MA Memb ership Card Becomes Insuranc"e Binder in 1973 Murk Brelsford , 19 72 Grand X atl onal Ch ampion of th e American Motorcvcle Associatio n, h as earned th is year in ' th e neig h borhood of $50 .0 0 0.00 a t th e age of 22, illustrating the in creased purses and popularity that m o to rcy cl in g has enjoyed. Only fiv e years ag o, a top motorc y cl e racer co u ld e arn from 2,000.00 to $5. 0 0 0.0 0 for winning a m ajor eve nt, but n ow a c h am p io n sh ip win can n e t in e xcess of S3 0 ,OOO.0 0 to th e vic to r as it did for Enl'(land's Paul Smart a t the Champion Sp ar k I'lug Cl ass ic in O ctobe r of thi s year. Grand National Champion Brcl sford's earn ing s ap p roach th e S5 0, OOO.0 0 m ark in A~IA ch a m p io n sh ip even ts alo n e . Durin" 197 2 h e c o llec te d 29 ,35 9.0 0 in ch am p ion shi p p u rse s, I 1,9 5 2 fro m th e A meric an Mo to rcvc le A sso ci ation C ham p ionsh ip Point F~nd, and 3 .9 00.0 0 in C on tin gency p ri ze s , tota ling S4 5 ,2 11.00 . Th is figu re d o es n ot in cl ud e earnin gs fro m even ts , prod uct n o n -c h am p io n sh ip endorsements and the sa lary p aid b y h is sp on sor, th e Milw au ke e-b as ud l la rley-Davids on fi nn . c, KON I hydraulically adjustable shocks are engineered to replace standard units when improyed road·holding, cornering and handling are desired. It looks like unv o th e r H onda .. b ut ou t perfo rms e ve r yth ing in its cl ass a n d is a s d e pe nd a ble as a sto c k h ike ! It 's secre t? . . , POW RO L L hi gh pe rformance engine m odi f ic at io ns ! 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