Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

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Broadwav Glendale Ca _91204 Hand Washable • Riding • Racing • Street GLOVES Stay Solt Oth man Distrib ut ing Co . 18227 Ludlow St . Northrid ge. Ca. 9132 4 Dealer Inquiries Invited 1213 1363-6230 HUSKY 5 ....11" 9 A r m , Torque Arm, & Bra k e Rod g ctenceo S 18.~O Honda Seals In Your Forks $ 13.50 seals mc fu de d . GANNOSS E N GI N EER ING 222 1 W. 2nd St. 2 13-532-7374 Santa An a, Cal, f. 9 2702 ( 714) 541·4010 A mer i ca's t op i nte rna tio na l speedway .rider, Ric k Wo ods, h as re tu rne d to Cal ifornia afte r . a highl y su ccessfu l early -seaso n run in th e Briti sh Leagu e. Woods , who ro de for th e Fi rs t Division Newport team in Wales, was sickene d by the decision of the British Speedway Control Board not to allow hi m and fellow Americans, Scott Autrey and Sumner M~night, to co n tes t the qualifyin g rounds of the prestigious Wo rld Spee dway Cha m pions hip co m p e ti tio n . The ban o n the three A meri s an s h as stun ned wo rld speedway a nd com e s as a shock to internatio n al o bservers wh o have lo ng claime d th e ch ampions hi p as a true , u nbiased m eans of d ecidin g the best speed way ride r in the wo rld. The si tuation is a bsu rd and well me ri ts so me fast action in high pl aces befo re n ext season. An d international observers say m o re powe r to A meri ca over t his petty- m i nded ne ss of official dom th at h as de p rived he r ride rs of th e chance of enteri ng the greatest co mp e ti tion in th e world . App ar entl y it goes lik e t his: Am eri can s are classifie d as ' for eign e rs' in Britain ... becau se the y require work permits to ride in league speed way there. T h us, as foreign ers, th e y a re banned from co mpe ting in British wo rld c h a m p i o n s h i p qu ali f y in g ro unds ('!Pp are n tly it's not go o d en o ugh th at the y are t he re for th e season, do miciled and helpi n g out league te ams ). An d they are to ld to re t u rn h ome to their o w n co un try to co n test their o wn rounds as are the Swedes, Danes, e tc . But, o f c o u rse , n o sp eedway qu alify ing ro u nds are held in America! Th e Ar-IA is affiliated to th e FIM an d c ou ld run such sanctioned e ve n ts, bu t speed wa y is co n trolled b y th e SRA, and the SRA , in tum , is NOT affiliated with th e A:\IA! The in ternal politics co uld well be sorted out by nex t season now that high-standing speedway o ffic ia ls in the States have their backs up . Bu t it doesn 't ge t away fro m t he ludicrio us fact th at the three leagu e rid ers th is year h ave been d en ied their righ tful opp o rt u nity of rid ing in th e c o m p e ti tio n . Wo ods , wh en h e learned the b an was to be e nforce d, packe d hi s b ags an d booke d a p lan e flig ht home fro m L ondo n, One can u nde rs tand his se n ti me n 15. He said : ':1 Was sick whe n 1 Was told I co uld n ' t rid e in the ch am p ion ship . Tha t w as the m a in re ason I w en t to Eng lan d . Even th ou gh 1 kn ow I w ould n ot h ave go t through th e Final , 1 - wan ted th e ch ance to h ave a go. 1 co uld n' t b elieve it wh en 1 Was tol d 1 was b an ne d . A nd 1'm sti ll sore abou t it. I' ve n o q uarrel wi th Ne wpo rt and I e njoyed myself in Engla nd, b ut to m e there was nothi n g left to rid e for wit hout th e ch am pio nsh ip. I c an earn so much m ore racing at h ome ." Brigg s Banned T oo! The Californ ian s are n't the o nl v o ne s ban ne d fro m th is ye ar's 'wo rld cham p io nship. Sh oc k numbe r two cam e whe n th e British Spee d way Contro l Board also banne d fo ur ti mes world c h a m pio n, Barry Briggs, of Ne w Zealand, fro m co m pe tin g. Briggs, who now lives in Eng lan d , retired from Bri tish lea gue ra cing earlier thi s year but s till kep t hi mself available for all othe r m e e tin gs. After mo re th an 20 . years of buildin g up British spe e dway, Bri ggo decided he'd h ad enoug h of th e gipsy life o n the ro ad and so op ted o ut of the rigours of leagu e rac ing. T he n th e Bo ard dropped its bombsh ell : any rider wh o had n o t sign ed a co n tract wit h a leagu e te am would n o t be pe rmitted to contest the qual ifying rounds. Briggs im m ediately signed a con tra c t with his o ld club, Swindon, only with te rms which excluded hi m fro m league ma tch es. Then he applie d and begged to be all owed a chance at clai ming h is fif th world cro wn. An d ce rt ainly he' s o ne of the very few super stars left ca pab le of relieving the Ivan Ma uger- Ol e O lsen d ominance of the title. Bu t the British Sp e ed w a y Pr om ote rs' A ssocia ti on re fu sed to re cognize his co n trac t and the . Con tro l Board rejected his appe al. Barry Briggs - o ne of speedway ' s greatest eve r riders - de nie d th e chance of entering the world c h ampio nship . Un believab le ! What 's mo re , he was n o t invi ted to co n test th e grand Wills In tern ationale a t Wimbled o n last week, an d it is rum o u r e d t ha t th e BSPA h as • recommended that its members d o not b o ok him fo r fu rther o pe n meetin gs! The two mo st likely con tenders fo r th is year 's World Ch ampionsh ip . Ole Ol sen (left) and Ivan Mauger . Yet, crazily paradoxically, he will be permitted to ride fo r Ne w Zealand in the forthcomin g World League in Britain if h e so d esir es. A case, it would appear, o f wh atever sui ts a u t hority at a particular tim e. In th e m eantime, qualification rounds are under way for th e wo rld cham p io nship in Britain, Scandinavia an d Eas t ern Europe. This yea r the Final is sched ule d for Pol an d o n September 2 and it ' s go ing to be a long, hard haul for British riders. Of th e 16 fin alist s. o n ly I 1 "ill qualify from the last st age - t he Eu ropean Final . T he other five will be Pol es. Ivan Ma uge r is again tip ped to d o well an d al l ey es will be o n his ma in rival s, Ole O lsen (Dc n m a rk ) and Zen on Piech , th e 19-year-ol d Po lish Champi on who could be th e darkes t h orse th is year. PIech is re ceiving ra ve re vie ws from European critics a nd is bein g rated as possibly th e first Comm u nist world champion .

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