Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

r-·--------------------------------- '" 1973 International Grand Prix Calendar I I I I L I o 125cc MOT OCROSS 0 0. . Belgium .. . ... ... . •. •. . . . . • • . . . 0.• • . .. . Czec hoslovakia 0. . . . .. . ..... .. ... .. . • . • • : • .. • . . .Finland . . • . . .. . . . . .. . . : 0. .. •.• . . 0 .Swe den . .. . 0... . . .. .. . .... . . .... • .• .. ... .. Denmark . . ... . .•• • .. . . ... .. 0. 0. 0. . •.. . . . 0.• . • Po land 00 0 0. Holland . . . . • . .• • • . . •. 0. . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . • U.s.A. Group B April 15 . . ... . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . .•. . • . • • ... .. . . . . . ... .. . • . • . . •.. . France ROAD RACING April 22 . . 0. • .. . . . 0... . • • . •. • • • • . • . . .. .. • . ... . ..... . ... . ... . .. France May 6 .. •.•.. •..... .. . . . . . . .. • ... . . .. • .. • •. •. • • • • . . ... .. . . ... Austria May 13 West Germany May 20 •. .. .. .. .. . . • .. . .. . .. . . . .. . . . • . • . • • . . . •. .. . . 0. 0. 0. . 0. . .. Italy I une 2-8 . .. ..... • . • • . •. • .. . .. . .•.. . . . . . • . . .. .. • .. • . 0... Isle of Man TT [une 16- 17 . . .. . .• . . . ..• . .• . . . . .. . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Yugoslavia I une 23 . .• •.• . .• • • . • . . • ... . . .. .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . •. . . • . . . . . Holland I uly 1 • . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . • . . • . • . • .• . • . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . .. . .. .. Belgium luly 15 . •. .. ...•.. ... • . • . . . ... . . . • • •.... .. . . . . .. . .. • . • . Czechoslovakia July 21-22 0. ... ... . .. ...•. •..•. ... ... . 0 0. 0. 0 Sweden I uly 29 ·30 . . • . . .. ••. .. . .. 0. . .. 0. . . . .. • • . . . • . . •. : 0. 0. . 0 Fin land September 22-23 .... ... • . • •. •. . .. . . . ..... .. . . 0 0 Spain 500cc MOTOCROSS April 1 • . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . .•. . . . 0. 0. 00... .. . . . •. . . . France April 15 0 0 0 0 0Austria May 20 0 0 0. 0 0. 0.. 0. 0. 00 0. 0 00. o inlan d f May 27 0. . . . . • . . . . 0. 0 0. . 0. 0 0 0 0 000Italy I une 3 00. 0... .. . .. ... . .. . . . •.. .. . .. . .. .. 0. 0. 0. 00 Czechoslovakia June 24 000. 0. 00 00 0. 0. 00 0. . 0 U.SoAo August 5 0 0 0 0. 00. 0. 0000. 0. 0000. . 0. 0 Belgium August 12 0. . 0. . 0. 0. 00. 0000. . 0. 0 0. 0000. 0 00. .Luxem bo urg August 19 0.0 00 0 00. 00. . 0 0. 00 0.. 0. 00. 0. Ho lland 250cc MOTOCR OSS April 8 0 0. . 0 0 000. 0. . 0 0 Spain April 15 0. . 0 0. 00. 0.. •... .. . 0.. 0 0 0. 0. 00 000. . 0Ital y April 29 . . 00 00. 0. 0. . 0. . 0. . 0. . 0 0 0. 00. 0.. 0 0 Belgium May 6 . . 0.. 000. . 0• . . . .•. .• .. .. 00 0. 0. . 0. . 0 0. 00.. 0. 0 Switzerland May 13 0 0.. 0. 00. . 0 0 0. . 0. 0. 0. 0 Poland May 20 0.. ...... •. . . .. ... .. 0. . 00. 0. 0 0 0 Yugosl avia June 17 0 00 00 0. 000 France August 5 .. 0. . 0 0. . 0 00. . 0. 0 0. 00 0. 0. . 0. .F inland August 12 0 0. . 0. 0 .Russia August 19 . 0. 0 0 0 0. 0.. .Sweden Au gust 26 0. . 00. . . . . . .• . . .•. . . . . . . . . .• .. . •• . . . Austria _ to Take Part i n I nternat ion ally WESTERVILLE , OH. - For the first time since World War II, the American Moto rcy cle As sociatio n, in conjunction with the Federal Interna tionale Mot o c y cl iste ( F IM ), will sanc ti o n spe ed way ra ces. Announcemen t of the sp eed way sanctio ns w as made b y AMA Direc tor o f C ompetition Don Woods. Four races will c om p rise th e E ast CRC Motocross at Arroyo Cycle Park • e, .... M '" g .. c -, ~ w Z ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~~~ .~~~:~ ~a:e~ w .... tJ June 17 0 0 0. .• . . . • . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Portugal Jul y 1 0 0. . . . • . • . . . . .. . . . . . . . 0 0. . .. . . . . ... . .. . . • Spain Jul y 15 0 0. . .. .• . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . • .• . ..San Marino Augu st 26 00. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . •. . • • . 0. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . • Switzerland September 2 0. 0 0 ' 0 Italy Final . September 23 ... 0. 0. . 0.... . . ... . . .. . • . . . .. . . . • . . . • . . . .. ... 0 Yugoslavia SIDECAR MOTOCROSS May 1 0 0. . ... ... . .• . . . . . . .•. . .. 0• . . . . West Germany May 6 0. , 0. 0. . 00. 0 0 0. . 0 Holland May 20 0.. 0000. . 0. . • . .. . 0 0 00 Denm ark May 27 00 0. 0. . . . . •. • . . . . . .. • . . . .. .Swede n May 31 0. 0 0• 0• . 0 0. ... .. .. . • Norway June 3 0.0 . . 0. . 00 0. 0 0 00 0 France I uly 8 . . 0 0 ~ 0. . 0. . 0 0.. 0 0.. 0 0. . 0.. England Ju ly 22 o. 0000. . 00. 00. 0. 0 0.. 0. . 0 00 00. 00 Belgiu m August 5 . 0. . 0. . . .. • . . .. 0. . 0. . 0 0. 00 00 Switzerland August 19 . . 00 00 0 0. . 0 00. 0. 00 00. 0. . Austria EUROPEAN TR IALS February 17 0 0 0. 00 0. 0. 0. 0 Ire land February 25 .. 0 00 0... •.. .. .. • 0 00. 0. Belgium March 4 .. 0 0 0 0 0. . • . .. . .. 00.. • .. Sp a in Apri l 1 ... 0. . • . • • .. . . . . .. ..... ..... .. . . ... . . . . 0. . . . . . . .. . . . • . . France May 19 ·20 0 0. . . . .. . . . .. .. . .. .• . . . . .... ... . .. . . . . . . . Poland June 3 . .. ..•. . . .•. . .. . . . . . .. 00.. 00.. . . • .. ... ... . . •.. . . .• .. . .. • . Italy August 19 0 0 0.0 Finland August 26 0 0 0. . . • . .sweden September 23 Swiuerland September 30 0 0... . . . . . . . . . . • ..• . . . . . . . . . . ..• . ..• West Germany 0 AMA .& April 8 . . 0. 0.. 0. .. • . . 0 May 9 . • . .. . . . . . . . 00.. . . May 27 . .•.. • . •. ... 0 May 31 . . 0. . . . . .. .. . . ... June 11 . . .. . . . .• .... . . . . June 24 0. . July 22 00 00 August 5 - . ..... .. .. .. ... . >o I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' Sa n c t io ned Speedway Races - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Coas t In vita t i on a l S p ee dwa y Championship and will match the top AMA dirt trac k race rs against the top American and w o rld speedway ri d ers. T he fir s t rac e w ill take place M arch 3 a t Holiday Downs in A tl an ta , G e orgia. The remaining three events in th e series will be ru n in Ormond Beach, F lorida, o n _ by Th e Shadow In the Open Novice race , Steve C asagrande (M ai ), r olle d 10 overall DEVORE, CAL., Jan. 13 , 19 73 - T he victory via the grand slam route wi th turnout Saturday coul d best be classed second place going to Don Ronningen as "light", as the California Racing Club played host t o its regu lar Saturday (M ai) . and third to Skeeter M cMurray motocross card at Arroyo Cycle Park. (Hu s]. The name Ronningen b rought It was a day of grand slams, seven of m em o ri es of the song " D id your th e I I e ven ts being decided via that chewing gum lose its flavor on the route. Of the remaining four ra ces, two bedpost over nigh t ?", and (I never miss found victors short of perfection b y a chance to get most an yone with the only 3 0 points and two found the name " S kee ter" o r "Pee \Vee" in a w inner with 390 points, just 60 points story.) off the perfection pace. Rounding out the Saturday effort, Chris Radtke (S u z) , got things off in Don Miller (M ai) z ap ped the 250 N o vic e step , grand slamming the 100 Beginners field with an overall victory, Chuck (und er 16) race. The battle' for sec o n d Berry (Y am), did lik ewise a t 2 50 pl ace was the en tire show of th e day, Veterans, and Wally Cobun (B uI) , proved he was just a bit better than with only a scant 30 points separating Marv Coburn (C Z) . in the Open the next fo ur places. D avid Rose Veterans race, as he won the event by (D KW) , grabbed second p la ce ; Mark 70 points. It was also just a bit better Detter (Y am) , took third; Steve than second p lacer R ic k C o b urn (B ul) , Mosiman (K aw ) nailed down fourth did in the 250 Beginners race. place; and G reg Barb a co vi (Y am ), was a fifth place finisher, It really was neat to watch . Baby Bikes, The Silent Majority? In the 125 Beginners class, Robert Challman (Y am ) , was steady all d ay , On Saint Patrick's Day weekend, taking only one first p la ce, but never March 17th and 18lb, Arroyo Cycle finishing below second, grabbing first Park will host the First A nnual 125cc overall in the class. Chuck Welch (Mnk) N a ti o n al Championship Motocross. It is grand slammed the 125 Beginners, being called a l25c c National under 16 class, with Joe Miller (Yam) , Champions hip in lieu of an AMA and Dan Me d we d (Yam), fighting it o UI san c tio n . for second, a p la ce w h ic h finally went " I fell that 125s needed th eir o w n to Miller. even t , their own recognition th emselves Reggie D unlap (H·D) , experienced ·and the public", said promo ter Ted practically no d ifficulty in grand Moore , "We ' have $3 ,000 cash purse s slam m in g the 100 Novice class, but quite oflen in Southern California n ow, David Williams (Yam), did have a little bUI the 125cc guys u sually get very trouble in the 125 Novice ra ce. T h er e Iit tl e of the publicity with th e 2 5 0 and Mike Perry (Y am), an d Richard Bacon 500cc Pros, and , very rarely do th ey (H u s), let Dave know they were there all parti cipate in their righ tful orr- t h ir d o f day. Perry eventually aced o ut Bacon t h e pur se . Inasmuch as I am for second place overall b y , get this, a guaranteeing $3 ,250 c ash just to 12 5 mere 10 pain ts. -Experts, I feel that this event is A poor second malo really hurt Pee equivalent to a $ 10,000 c o m b in ed Wee Nuskin (C Z), in the O p e n Beginners event. " class. Neat ol d Pee Wee, thanks to the Moore feels that the event will be a lapse in speed, h ad to settle for a second success, but predicts he needs a healthy lIlace overall finis h, as Rob ert Alford spectator turnout t o break even, "What (Hus) , nosed him o u t b y 50 points, . with paying the cash and 100% trophies thanks mostly to strong ri d es in his first for l25cc Juniors on Sunday, and 100% two m o to s. trophies to 100-25 0- and 500cc ri ders Jim Ball (Hus) , had p le n ty o n the on the p rior Saturday, Ted hopes that b all (Pard on the j o ke , Jim.), grand "every entrant b rin gs their families, . slamming the 250 Be ginners class. neighbors, and p as tors." Ma rc h 6 , 8 and II. All are even ing races sc h ed ul ed 10 begin a t 8 p .m. Rick Wood s, cu rren I U .S . Speedway Champion , and S teve an d M ike Bas t , b oth fo rmer U.S . Speedway Champio n s, will be racing in the ev en ts . Also in c o n ten tio n for t he Sp e edw a y Champ ionshi p title w ill be Bill Cody, the h igh p oin t ri der for the 1972 California season; Ber t Harkins, a S c o t tis h speedway ride r ; and Barry Briggs and Iv an Mauger, b oth of whom hold fo ur Worl d Speedwa y Championship ti tles ap iece . Mauger is the curr en I World Speedway Champion . Dave A ld an a, o ne of th e top AMA dirt trac k riders , will als o be racing the sp eed w ay even ts. n o~ono~ononQno ~o~o~ c. . b r o 1" T~O " ! il'!!IIli "SPECIAL OF TH E WEEK" 350c1 8 CHENG SHIN KNOBBY 400 x18 CHENG SHIN KNOBBY ANY SIZ E INNER TUBE t o YAMAKA t 0 t~, $1 2.95 15.95 1.50 r " LIMIT TWO EACH WITH COUPON 24020 NA RBONNE AV E•• LOMITA. 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