Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

aJI~1 III " ... " e I.w. NORTH en ;: w 2 w ...J (.J >- (.J FREMONT • by Bill Spe ncer FREMONT, CAL. , Ma y 18 - While most of th e ho t shoes th at are after a wh ite plate were a t Petaluma, so me stran gers returned t o th e Fremont 'A mil e sh ort track to wh oop it up, su ch as District 36's ' t op rid er Butch Davidson . winning the 10 lap main even t ove r Pat McCaul and li ttle brother T ed Davidson. T he n ight's ac tivi ties were once ag ain b roken by m an y cras h es an d falling as th e fast track keeps co m pe titio n very kee n . T h at an d a larg e entry has m ad e th e pro gram ra th er leng thy. but on e full o f ac tion an d su per racin g. For th e firs t time in the min i racin g effor t, th ere were enough 60cc bi kes to clas sify th e troops by me rit. Ri ck y Bap tist a beat o u t a hard charge from J im Filice an d Larry Andros wh ile Mickey K ru seman wo n his' first trophy in ne arly a year over Robin Lon g in the Novice affair. Wit h m o re riders trying thi ngs o u t each we ek . the mini class wi ll defi ni tely be o n the up swing and before to lo ng, a National effo rt migh t be in order. T he 200 Ju nio r b attle was just th a t to nig ht writh Jim In go glia havin g his h an ds fu ll with Gary C ooper. Gary h as been unable to co nvince enough. riders to ride a 175 class fo r his Bultaco to run in and so he keeps o n trying to d o in th e 200 's, all th e w hile man agin g to stay in th e hun t. Th e large 250 Novice en try su ffe red the m ost in inj u ries but th e win n ers ca me ou t almost th e same wi th Dave York . John Nu nnes and Chuck Do xier th e t rophy men in th e firs t d ivision. T he second 'was sto ppe d early due to tec h nical di fficul ties by refere e Sh orty Stanncill and th ey are still a rguing that Gary Cooper rides his 175 t o a trophy win w it h as muc h st yl e as the late acto r. ••• d eci sion . S cott P e a r s on co n ti n ued hi s domin ation o f th e 250 Ju nior class by win ni ng another terrific sh ow over Dan ny Yo un g and Don Malley. Scott is also winning all the other racing an d will make the Expert ran ks in short o rder. . Hendric kso n devel o ped engine problems and dropped o u t. Scism m o ved into th ird and the race for first was n ow whittled d o wn t o three. Conestonal pulled ahead so me . an d a battle fo r se c o nd devel oped between D uan e Hen dri ck son and S cis m wit h Hendrickson ab le to h ang on for th e chec ke red in second p lace . Conestonal wo n . to produce the finest team of lubr ication products fo r competit ion and street motorcyclists; and we've done it . But we're no st rangers to hard work. For close to 30 years ou r techn icians have been 'so lving the most difficu lt and complex lubrication problems for major companies all over the world . Among Bel-Rav's achievements are : FIRST to develop liqu ld-oxvqen inse nsit ive lu bes for NASA; FIRST to develop heavier-than-water greases; FIRST to develop one-year lubes for the kilo ind ustry; FIRST t o int-roooce moly. bdenum disu lfide aluminum complex greases; FIRST to develop specia l coolants for t he military. T he Novice T ro phy Dash saw R andy Scis m. sp on so red by Burien Ho nda. take th e lead and go all th e way t o win . Con est on al p lace d secon d. Now young blood in our company has appl ied the experience and technical skills of our staff and fac ility to formulate a highly special ized line of products to meet the uniq ue demands of the motorcycle ind ust ry. Our highly respected testing and development techniques have gone int o each of these products and have yie lded the f inest line of lubricants o n the motorcycle market today : Bel-Ray's Performance Team. Th is team of products has been competit ion t est ed and proven on some of t-his country's most gl1:lel. ing race courses, and you'lLsoon be hearing alot more. D TELL ME MalE•••• about pr oducts, enclosed is 50¢ to cover po sta ge and handl ing . N a me Md re ss City FIM G ra nts Fo u r 19 7 4 International Sanctions to AMA WESTERVlL LE , 0 ., Ma y 17 - T h e Federation Intern ati onale Moto cy clist e (F IM) h as gran te d the Unit ed States permissio n to h old four major even ts under in te rnatio n al san ction in 197 4. . t o be AMA/ Fl M T he e ve n ts san ct ion ed are: the 5 00cc World Mo to-Cr oss Championship at Carl sb ad, Jun e 14, 197 4; th e Form ula 750 Fl M Pri ze R oad Ra ce Even t for th e Unite d Sta tes, Oc tober 6 , 19 74; the Uni te d . States 125 cc MOIO·Cross Championship , July 28 , 1974 in Misso uri , and . an J n t e rn at i on a l O bserved T'r i a l s Championship . 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