Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

Jarno Saarinen, The Fastest Finn question. Everyone thinks: 1 myself, I can never get h urt ; b ut it m ay happe n whenever. But to avoid that as muc h as possible, I th in k it is to try to leave so me ce rtain m argin. so me certain safety m argin . In r id in g, m e c h an ic al trouble m a y co me whenever , you never kn o w. I try to ride with a m argin of safety , m any p e ople in E u rope d o , b u t n o t h er e in th e States. They just go flat out, t hey are n o t very worried abo u t if they get hu rt." The World Champion will not compete a t th e Isle of Man TI Championship Race this year. "Yamaha is n ot going there , and if they were, I w ouldn't. It is too dangerous . Many other ci rcuits ar e dangerous as well, but th e Isle o f Man is so lo n g that it is impossible to remember. Maybe if yo u h ave ra ced there for ten y ears, then yo u ca n rem emb er it. but as a ri der for the fir st time it is impossible l~ re m e mbe r. I ride at other dangero us tracks but t hey are so m u ch sho rte r an d i t is p o ssib le during the p ra ctice to le arn it and to be ab le to reme mbe r w hich places are bad and take it m ore easie r." J am 0 feels tha t K enn y R oberts is possible Wo rld Champi onship m aterial , but he stressed th at "i f he should c o me to Europe , h e sho uld do a t le a st o ne se as on before trying the title, to use o ne season to learn th e ci r c u it s, b e cause they ar e d ifferent fro m American ci rc ui ts. T he y are m ore dan gerous, they ar e more difficult t o ride, s o th e r isk p o ssibility is g re a ter. They should c o me there and forget the Ameri can style and concen tra te. I hope y o u un derst and wha t I m e an . " T h e Wo rld Champion w ould n o t c o m m it hi m sel f as to w h o the greatest c o m pe titio n was that h e ever rode against. He d id in t im a te th at h e felt tha t Cal R ayborn was the be st A m erican at Mallo ry Park 's Race of the Y ear, an d felt that Art Baumann w as pretty qui ck, particularl y with hi s quali fyin g speeds a t D ay to n a. .... N The nigh t prior to the D ay t o n a Classic, J arn o was quite optimistic. He felt that Yamaha would win , be cause of their dur ab ili ty , a n d that the fast 750's w ould brea k . But h e was not very im p re sse d wit h the D ay t o n a circuit a s he fe lt th a t it was n o t that h ard to ri de; th at i t was p ri nci pally th e m a chin e that co u nted . C on cern in g Paul Smart's q uic k p o le -w i n n in g qualifyi ng ti me, h e c o m m en ted that Pa ul "has been here so long that he h as le arned t h a t cra zy A m erican style ." "'\Ve in Europe, when '" :> ~ w Z w -' o >o w practice , we e normally don't take it so fast , w e don't risk s o much until the r a ce . Like y es te rd ay in qualifying, I w ent ab o u t two se co nds slo wer than m y best lap time in p r acti ce , b e cause I didn 't want to crash . I didn 't go 100'>" b e cause th e 0 tra ck was s till wet in a few pl a ce s and th e m ain thin g in qualifying wa s to ge t in the first wave. It doesn't reall y m atter .. , if you are in the first row. or the second ro w , o r even th e th ird r ow b e cau se it is su ch a long ra ce :" H e admi ts to having ridden 100% in th e past but "th e wildest time is o ver , because in 1971 I h ad man y narr ow es capes. " Last y ear, as ide fr o m Ontario, h e h ad few . He als o though t th at th e chicane ad d it io n to the b ackstretch of D aytona was a good id e a a nd b eneficial to him as h e co u ld m ake up some time . J arn o's happies t race ev er ~as the Finnish Grand Prix last year. "It w a sn't my best r ace b ecau se it was too e asy, as all m y riv als had to stop. But 1 w on that ra ce and th e win d e cided my title and when it happened in Finland, it was ap p ro p ri a t e . It m a d e me ve ry happy." J a rno 's bes t ra c e . h e feels was t he German Grand P ri x last year a t th e fa mous Nurbu rg ring "when I beat Agostin i fair and sq uare." The Fl ying ' Finn plans t o co n test Agostini again this year o n the Grand Pri x Circuit. li e h opes that th e Y amahas will be com petit ive against th e MV's. "We'll h ave t o w ait and see." z. f ( At i3ge 2 7, a n enginee ring graduate of the University of Finla nd , road ra ci ng Worl d Cha m pio n, perfect batting average of Daytona wi ns y ield ing $12,OO O·plus. Ja rno Sa ar inen is interested in se ttl ing down an d ra ising a fam ily . Maybe he'll t ry once more t o beat Agostin i. LEATHERS - LEATHERS $25.00 Are yo u short a nd fa t then Good I have so m e t.eathers fo r y ou . 34" & 3 6 " waist , 27 " & 27 " in seam ca ll (2 13) 782-4 9 4 0 . l'I~llalil DKW DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINE Partsv-Parts c-Pa rt s Co mpl e t e S e r v rc e and Sa le s Flfla ll y . • ne w s tep -bY -Slep Introdu c t' On 10 mO to r Cych ng -. co lof t ul spo rt beg,""", M ot a -Cron w h e re 10 beglfl o ..... t h . Th,s boo k telll the chapfer. ()t\ Mote -Cron ... McL aughlin Motors ... 2427 E, Hur-rmqton Dr , Duarte, Ca. 9 1010 (2 13) 3594548 C o m pl e t e Mail O r d er S er vic e Mar, 28 for issue No . 13 on sale Apr. 4 T 9 ,lo.e A.nalySls . Prep illahon & Malo t"N nee . P h YSiC. 1 Cond'I'Oru ng , W h.tl To We l l. RaCing '"r tn,ques W hat "ct To h pec l, Ra ce SI I.'eg y. Rac e O.y l It $ ant he r. , 1'1 th '$ 1 12 ' p.Jge , S ' , ,,1 1·· boolI. , cr am me d WIth phOl ~ and mfOlmat,on ns yours poslpald. tOf 5S 9 5 lAde) 5 1 If BAGNALL PUILI SHING ·CO . Bo. 507, l o ke Arrowhead . 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