Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

co .'" ~ SAL ES-5ERVICE-PARTS 0> ~ ~ , AUT HO R IZED DEA LER FO R A LL SAN GAB RI EL VALL EY & PASADENA A REA c.. M "l C • JAW - CZ A Cl ill ::l STREET -MOTOCROSS SPEEDWA Y MAC HINES .., E xpe ri enced w it h W o rl d 's CIl ~ a .es t Two St ro ke s S ince 1949 BARU M T IRES C ASTR OL RAC ING O ILS W Z W ..J U S3 hp U . (213) 330-6171 f ront an d j :50 x1 9" rear w heel . 182 Ib s d r y wt . Y, gal1 uel ca p aci t y . >- @ 8 000 r p m . 2 s p e ed 2:7 5 x 2 3 " BERTUS MOT ORCYC LES 1340 N . H u i e nd ~ B l vd •• L.1 P u en t e . C al i f . , ", ~ MONTESA = WARREN WILSON MOTORS • •••••• Moto rcy cle : : Sa les Se rv ice 9000 SEPULV EDA BLVD . So uth o f Nordofl in Sepu lveda , Cali f. ..... (213) 894-9 2 18 , I' ...... . Now w e 'r e go ing t o tel l you t hat th is pi ec e o f sc ra p m etal won over a ll, by a n hour . J o I N .M E . 1~1I11 1~I G ~ £V£~YOI~l£ II yo u have new motorcycle equ ipment o r accessor ies to promo te o r sell, don 't pass up the opport unity to reserve space in SFE 7 3's d ispla y b u ild ing. CONTA CT belt TO D AY Have you a new or used moto rcycle to sell? Do it the qu ick, easy a nd ceotuebt e way thru th e SFE ' 73 Auction. CO NT ACT belt TODA Y Swap spaces are ava ilab le fo r sale o f you r new .. lid used wares. CONT ACT belt TOD A Y Be Sure to'See: SUPERBOWL EX HIBIT S • AUCTION • SWAP N EW • CUSTOM • USE D ~ belt ente-tpti/cu 1147 w_ Holt Ave., Suite 114 Pomona, Calif. 91 76 6 (7 14) 623-8411 Of M T COS July 7th, 8 P.M. - LA. Coliseum OORS The Vespa (nee Piaggio) team fared as well as usual. Oh well. You get all the quality you pay for with . Bill Walters Leathers. Not so with seme others!! BIL L WALTERS LEATHERS BW 445 So . V ictory B lvd . Burba nk, California 91502 no~ono~on,)rionononon ~ t o r " ~o T~O .1 - " SPECIAL OFTH EW EEK" SIX BUCKLE MOT O-X soor $36.95 MX SOCKS $ 1.50 ! ~ ~ ,I; " YAMAHA ! r ~ o t LIMITE D QU ANTITIES WH ILE T HE Y LAS T 24020 NA R BONN E AV E. , LOMITA, CA . 90 717 't <.C' 'tf;" Pho ne (213) 534 -231 1 'fc. " 'te.O T'e.O T< "'tEC) ~ e: t'£C,) "(" (Continued fro m p age 3) as long a ride bac k as ' it would be for so me. Once p e r minute t he bikes headed o ut, an d afte r th re e h o urs they began to blitz in to Camalu. For most of th e peopl e in vol ved in the race (p it crews and co- ride rs], th e lo ngest and po ssibl y m o s t ago nizi ng wai t was final ly producing so me resu lts . Fi rst bike into Camalu was th e Honda (?cc) of Billy Silve rtho rn an d J ohn Ken von. T hey were ha uling, an d the an tici pation grew as th e n on -fac tory entry see med to be p ann ing o u t. T he Niles Ussery-Dic k V ick Husky was the nex t bi ke in on ly two minutes later, but h aving sta rte d three minu tes before the Honda, they were five be h ind . Then c ame so me h igh numbers : Ge ne Cannady with th e 34th minu te bettered every on e 's tim e, and Micke y Qua de (Hus) and Mit ch Mayes (Hu s] followe d close ly in . As mo re time s cam e in , it bec am e obvious that n o o ne bi ke was goin g to run away with i t. A n um ber o f b ikes were sho wing their tee th an d on ly one car see med to be close : Larry Minor in Parn elli 's last ye ar' s Bron co . The q uestion was wh at w as going ' to happe n wh en ' the riders an gle d away fro m the relatively c ool Wes tern coast fro m Santa In ez an d th en ventu red into the dead ly h ot dust b.in of Lake Chapal a (d ust lak e) ? At the halfway poin t, Pun ta Fin al, the te mperature w as ru mored to ran ge as high as I 15 d egre es at mid aftern oon. By fo ur, the riders would be heading o ut of Santa In ez, an d cars, wh ich o ffered a little le ss wo rk, something to dri nk, an d maybe even a little shade, migh t tell the story . S a m Dempsey was firs t out o f Santa Inez aboard t he Dem p sey an d Dem psey 750 Triumph. It took a wh ile for the !mpac t o f the big sled le ading th e c hase to take hold. In credible ! Bu t, Mickey Qu ad e was only two minu tes be h ind, and his act ual elapsed time put him 15 minu tes ahead . Still , th at Triump h was o u t th er e th ro wing d ust at every o ne . Co mi ng in no mo re th an ten min u tes behind them wer e the Silve rt horn -Fetty Honda, t he Ussery-Vic k Hus ky, th e Mayes-Tibbl in Husky, an d am azingly the O len Mumm a-Eddie Foland 125 Hu sky. The bikes were still running a tigh t p ack. Ch ec kp o in t Four had originally been pl anned as Ranch o Ch ap ala , but was eliminated lat e o n in th e planning. Ch ec k Fou r was over th e moun tain s at Pun ta F inal. Pun ta Final was describ ed in vari ou s wa ys, b ut th e m ost c o mmo n was 'he ll h ole.' It was a fors ak en, deadly h ot , dust bin , far eno ugh fro m the co u rse to ge t lost and confusing eno ugh in its entrances and exits to create a few n ear head -on high -sp eed co llisio ns. Heard tell that so me politicing fro m a certain well-to-d o lady down Santa In ez way got it the re. Too b ad , th ere didn' t seem to be any o ne else wh o even rem o tely app ro ved. _ T h e first veh icle was d ue in to Pu nta Final aro un d six. Peo ple wh o had been wai ting in th e sun an d d ust all day lo ng wai te d so me m o re, as the electric atmosp he re b uil t an d built. Riders pace d b ac k an d forth in the ir leathers in the 100 p lus degree heat mumblin g ab o u t their co-ride rs. Eye s dodged up to the to p of the alluvial plain every few sec o nds, straining to see th e first sign of dust d escendin g to the shore line. A round 5:30 a b illo wing cloud came rap id ly down the hill. A b ig cloud , an d it h ad to be a car. Everyone was on their feet. Bu t it was an anticlimax - a Fo rd Eco noline cam e hurt ling in to the pits, very fast. He wasn 't an entra nt, but maybe h e should h ave be en .

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