Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

M Scramblin' Around "> g BURAK TUNING SCHOOL M .... '" M ~ " u, The Burak Tuning School is now operating on a regular bas is. bv Ma ureen Lee It 's been a busy week . We were in vited to J.C. Agajanian 's home in the hill s of Beve rly to see all th e cars , mee t th e drivers, and socialize in general ? ver th e Coli seum Destruction Derb y . And o f course, Evel Knie vel was th ere t o explain his p lan s to th e ne ws m edia, especi ally th e T V b oy s. He had all his equip me nt there and , no doubt, the local gendarmes were wonderin g wh at th e neighb orhood w as coming to wi th Evel's b ig semi parked o n the stree t . Then h e fire d up th at m o n st er w ith the after-burner. Newsmen sca ttered in all d irec t ion s. Up th e block th ey we n t w ith Parnelli J on es, seated on a pi llo w on the rear. Evel was carefu l, though, an d d id n't scare anyb o d y . alt h o ugh Parn elli didn't look to sure abo ut i t all. Parnelli h as eight b ikes in his garage so I sugge st ed he ride th e Baja in stead of . dri vin g it. No wa y , he says , n ot wh en he can use fo ur wh eels and stan d a good ch anc e of winning. T he su per s tar driver s were th ere but it w as Eve! Kn ievel wh o s tole th e sho w. He is beautiful p eopl e , and it will tak e wild h ors es t o keep me away from th e Co lise um jump. It w ill be fabul ou s. Na tchu rally, th e n ewsmen wanted st a te me n ts fr om him o n th e riva rlry b etween h im and Super J oe. T he re is no rivalry . clai ms Evel with " that o the r fell ow ." He has p u t up $25,000 an d $5 0,0 0 0 fo r J oe to jump agains t him and every t im e , n o show. So h e co nsiders himsel f the b est. For my m on ey , he is and always will be even if so me o ther j umper shou ld o u t di stan ce him. He wants to j um p until he 's fo rty an d hopes " t o spe nd every d oll ar I earn so tha t • e, ~ w Z w -' The next series of five lessons will begin on Friday evening, February 23, 1973 orSaturday morning, February 24, 1973. ' U >U Be the fastest wrench on your block! For .more information please call or write. • BURAK BYE-PRODUCTS 15170 RAYMER ST. VAN NUYS , CA . 91405 [213) 780-1768 ~ftlLllG4i&.J~T~ • • so me bum d oesn 't spe n d it com ing into th e fa mily." It's th e th ing no w at the office to gues tirna te wh o will b e Grand Natio nal Ch amp ion a t th e en d of the ye ar . Las t year I went with Brelsford especially wit h his eq uip me n t, and there ' s no reason h e co uld n' t d o i t agai n. But Da ve Al dana has bee n wai ting in the w in gs for a lon g tim e , ' and so has Gary Scott , who gav e it suc h a tremendous go las t year . We h ave great road racers but road ra cin g talen t d oes n ot a cham p ion m ake. Except fo r th e year Dick Mann won Day t o n a and was cons istan t the rest o f the seas on . As fo r road racing bikes, the Norton ' fo r Aldana, t uned by Nick Deli gian as is absol u te ly go rgeo us and th e N orton s go, to o. Triump h is go ing t o have a stru ggle agai nst those exotic tw o-st rokes. Th ey need some th in g li ke over-head cam s, fo ur valves per cy linder, etc. N ow wat ch th em ma ke a liar o u t of me and win Da ytona. But then th er e are th ose little 35 0 Yamrnies that j ust go an d go and go . CHAMBERS , FOR THE M.X. RACER : COMPLETE LINE RACING ACCESSORIES SPECIALS G.P. BOOTS $54.95 UNBREAKABLE M.X . TANKS $39.95 32 MM MIKUN I RR TYPE $28.95 AKRONT RIMS $22.95 • • • DOWN PIPE WtTH BUtLT-tN StLENCER , TUNED TO YOUR ENG INE SPECS T he S andak R ac in g As so ciati on 's firs t sc ram b les at C orona wa s a gre at su ccess w e hear . They had an an no uncer an d eve n a riders mee tin g. No practice starts off th e line or else! T he starte r. Jack Gangever, handled every thi ng with great aplomb . We h ad another incident recen tly 01 a fa ther getti ng involved in a sq uab ble and ge tting his so n d isqualified under o ur new rul e. I ha te to pull o u t the so ap b ox o n th is su bject again but there is a little leagu e syndrom o r so me thing with so me fathers . I've seen more good American tal en t ruined, especially in moto cross, by too much in te rfe rence fro m Papa. We need a good co nten der for a World Champion, n o t rid ers wh o aren ' t allowed to st and up in th eir o wn bo o ts. (AN Y BIKE) $45,00 SEE - THE NEW 250 M.S. COOPER - BY REVELL! The Shop for the Serious IR acer II REVELL'S TWO-SIROKE, Lid. 8 135 San Fernando Rd. , Sun Valley Hrs. 10 a.rn, - 8 p.m, (213) 768 -6970 nonono~ononononono~ b 1' t. (, ., • ! " Corona Short Track and Half-Mile by Elaine J on es Ph o tos by Dennis V o ll CORONA . CAL" J an . 24. 197 3 Everything that co uld go wrong d id Wednesd ay nigh t bu t Sandak Racin g Association hel d on to t heir coo l and h andl ed a ll p r oblems an d ke p t every body racing. Jeff Se x ton , motocross gear, bike and all go t it to gether an d picked up win s in b oth th e 175 -200 co m b ine d Short Track and Half-mile events. In th e Sh o rt T rack Jeff hit fo r three with hi s stron gest ch allen ge co min g fr om No vice rider Larry Lam bert, who ran right behind him all th e w ay . In th e Half Mile go it was again Larry Lam bert who ch ased Jeff but in the fir st mo to the tab les we re turned and Larry got o ff o n top an d J eff just co uld n ' t ge t aro und him . J eff cam e back th e next two h ea ts and had th in gs pretty mu ch his o wn wa y. Th e 1I0it Brothers mad e a very loud en t ry in to th e winner's circle . Brad won both th e 25 0 Expert Sh ort T rack and Half-mile. As with Jeff, Brad had t hree fo r three on th e little oval. Se cond place Dennis Cre ason h ad to work a lo t harder. Taking a seco n d for th e first .hea t. Dennis th en en countered some p roblem s an d h ad to settle for a fo urth th e secon d go . Placing d own j us t m ak es Dennis try that much harder an d he cam e b ack in th e final heat to take seco nd an d the sec on d overall. Brad cam e ba c k in an u p fo r gra bs Hal f-mi le eve n t and pulled o u t fir st with o ne first and two seconds . Bren t Ho lt did h is thing in the Op en _ Amateur-Expert Sh o rt Track ra ck in g up tw o firsts an d a second in th e pro cess. Second pl ace Mike Th o mas ta kes the cre d it fo r breakin g u p the fir st pl ace sweep when he got o ut on to p in o ne m o t o an d held it. R ick Boone is makin g a name for himsel f as o ne of the toughest 125 N ovices o n th e Corona o vals. R ick wa s an other rider th at took b o th his Sh ort Track and Half-mil e even ts. In the Sh ort Track Ric k won tw o of his th ree hea ts with Pat Ch arl es making th e bid for number on e by winnin g the second go. lt was sh ort lived as the strain was either too much for him o r hi s bike and he ON Fed the last heat and had to settle fo r third o vera ll. Frank Ridlon , in th ere all th e way finished second. Ri ck dug on the winning so much that h e cam e b ack in the Half-mil e to d o it again .' Bren t Kn au er had a good ni ght. riding three and pl acin g in three. His on ly firs t of th e eve n ing came in th e 25 0 Am a teur Sh ort T ra ck wh er e he o ut ra n J eff Poll astrini and Steve Little. T he 100 -125 Amat eur Hal f-mile saw Steve pi tted ag ainst Joh n Eric kso n and he j us t co uldn ' t find any h ol es t o ge t b y him. It was Vince Mead an d Brian Haycock who kn o cked Bre nt into hi s th ird place finish and th e class was o ne that has been totally d omin at ed by V in c e a l l seaso n , the 100-125 Amateur-Expert Short Track . Mar c Barban i was loaded for bear and al tho ugh he didn't ca tc h an d the furry cri tte rs he did get himself a Vin ce Mead wh o has ruled th e 100-125 Ex pert Half-mil e. T~O 0_1 , • ~I~ ~ YAMAKA t r 0 " SPECIA L OF THE WEEK " Y A MAH A HA N,DL EBAR FA IRI NGS FOR 1970-7 1 & 1972 RS 's & XSI & 2 WAS NOW v c l' E;. $59.95 $39 .95 LI MITED QUANTITIES WH I LE THEY LAST 24020 NARBONNE AVE. , LOMITA, CA . 90717 ~o 't'~,,'t",C''t~(,) Phone (2 13) 534 -2311 " "t", 'te.O "reO T"l;"'t£') t'e.O "('l; (iET READY FOR THE '73 TRANS. AMA & PRO MX RACES WITH YOUR PRO.AM MX SHIRTS It 's a must that you have a name and nu mber for all PRO AMA RACES • FEATUR ES: Nylon vontod , • paddod olbows .. woighs los s t han 6 oz. Shi rt eomos with name and nu mber on back and name of bike on front . 512.95 each \1.0 . u r ( T RI'II I"IIIX K ro : \\UIlLl ) SI'OIlTS 1'1l 0lll TTS , 111 ('. 'l h: . or I·I~() - \'ll)nldu C' ( s . lI i ~ hl a ll d s: \\ h i ll' x i s . ( ; rt"pn!'<. hu n .:. 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