Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/141065
.." M '" ~ ... M en " ., " c: ~ SPEEDWAY Z W ..J U >U It Gets Tense > Jim Scott o verta kes Don ald G reen at Irwindale . Gary De nsw o rth loo ks c::>n . event h ad to ta ke the ou tsid e lin e to avoid traffic he go t fifth in th e Handicap Main , fou rth in th e Scrat ch and in each case is looking m ore like th e o ld Woods who won it all back in October ' 72 for the Speedway Crown . Jim Scott has back to b ack wins in the Division Two Main at Irwindale now wi t h a fine ride against R obin Ni ckelous, th e main eve nt winner at Costa Mesa last we ek. Jim h as b een trying to get o n the fir st p ar t of th e program and w innin g two in a row should do it for him. . Steve and Mik e Bast tp ok turns again in taking th e top spots both m ains wh ile the other brother ran secon d . Stev e w on th e Handicap an d Mike too k se cond , th en Mike won th e Scrat ch and Steve to ok second. ·.. ·. , r-s. : . ,...~.~·. i!:;...01'! · ':. •,. ..! ....~...... I ~I i!"l: '~ · ~ '. ' Jo .. . ~ ..-.., -~ ....... . ~ ' ' , : .?;~f!{~0~~~t;~~~~~~." o r 8"'e,+tf:i;·<·~'-;"':;-~9.:fi· ~. el'er'" t1.iln:?iifiXJ~~~;; .T :;:',·r'~};;;:~~;5v.if~~;:." "D ~. 4 , · '· '! "'0U n . O "111'1."I" {'''~'·..~' '·'r~,~':'~~'.",,,,,' "."~ ..,.....:.,. .T ~J~~!/;~t; ~ # about. tw~~'~~' ~y~le oil... COSTA MESA Rounding o u t o ur week o f Speed way we take a lo ok at th e final ni gh t o f action at C osta Mesa. Earlier in th e w eek there was a Match Race b etween Mike Konle and Bill Cody. Konle won and the fans were su re that he was the -fas test of th e two, an d I said that I have seen it go th e other way. Friday ni ght was a rematch and it did go the other way a s Bill won, and n ow they say he is the fa stest. Later that night Bill was to get into th e wall a nd go t o th e h ospital with a b ad ly c u t h and, eliminating h im fr om th e Main even ts . The Handic ap Main wen t to a very h appy Bill y Gray th is was the sec ond t ime this week he cam e in fir st in a H an dicap Main Eve n t. , Th e Scratch Main Even t was to th e be th e last eve n t but th e Friday night figh ts are aliv e ' and in col or at Costa Mesa. Wh at happened was dumb but never th e less it did in the Scratch Main Even t. T h e re w as a lot of rough riding in a very short time, less than half th e la p to be precise , In tum 1 K onle was put down and in to the wall b y a nudge fro m Ricks Wo ods , As big Mik e go t tohis feet he lo oked up j ust in time to see Woods run into Steve Bast, sending him ove r th e b ars. As Mike ran to the aid o f Steve he stopped a nd gave Woods a shot , and at th e this time several Woods fans c arn e ov er t he wall to ge t Konle , When Wo ods m ad e his move to ge t Mike, fans c ame ove r th e wall to p rotect Mike f rom Woods, as th e ambulances tri ed to ge t to him through all th e flying fists. The Jack R abbits Moto rcycle C lub wh o work th e infield were trying to b re ak it up an d the co ps were try ing to get th e people o u t an d o ff th e track. Wo ods and Konle n eve r did get to finish their end of what was ' a poor sh ow of sportsmanship because this was a three-man event Billy Cody was out due to hi s injury and with Steve Bast not being able to start, th e o ff icial • results were given ou t over the PA system. Bill Cody was give n fo u r th be cause he had qualified fo r the even t, Mike Konle was given third even though he was the first o f the three to cras h and Steve was give n the win over Rick Woods because he was the last to hit the ground. This did n o t meet with the ap proval of t he fans, b u t c onsidering wh at had already h appened it was by fa r th e best d ecision. ~;o. ..,;~. ... : \. ;;::)."'" ... -:r::l:i~.r:~ and open your mind . Bel -R ay int ro d uces Me-I. a syntheti c 2-stro ke ra cing o il that o ut perfor ms an y other m o t o r cy cl e o il o n th e market. We know beca use we 've te st ed it in th e lab , on the road, a nd in competition. LAB RES ULTS: Bel-Ray' s MG-I was s ubj ected to four cri tic a l lub ri cati on test s. T he " Fal e x T es t ',' showed M e ·l to have a load carrying abili ty o f 25 0 0 Ibs. Competitive o iLs failed b etween 5 00 a nd 12 50 lbs. The " T fm ke n Tes t" sh ow ed Me ·l to carry a 70 lb. Tim ken O,K. Load . Most tw o-stroke oils on ly carry a t 5 lb. Timken O.K. Load . T he " Shell 4-Ball w ear -Test " showed tha t MG-l prod uced ' th e least we a r o f a ll two cycle o ils t es ted . Oyn o t es t in g sh owed Me·1 to produce a substant ial drop in engine o pe rat ing temperatures a nd an in cre ase in horsepower on a ll cy cle s t ested. FIELD RESULTS: Road racing and Motocr oss competition proved MC-J to b e the most rel iab le two-cycle lu brica nt avail able. Ma ximum pe rforman ce was a ttaine d with a 4;0: 1 ra ti o . But we d on't expect you to take our w ord f or it. We kn ow that the o nly wa y y o u're going t o pro ve t o yourself t hat Me-l is the b est is to put it in your ma chine and te st it , which is exa ctly wha t we 'd lik e you to do. If your mac hi ne d oe sn't ru n faster , run cleaner , and s m o ke less, w e wa nt to k now a bo ut it. No matter what motorcycle o il y o u ar e using now, you o we it to y o urself t o-try t he fin est. Try Bel-Ray 's MG·) . . . it is the finest . . '. '. ~" . t.{M;~2~.\I ; { #