Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

., '" l1. '" M .... ex> '" '" ., c .., " ttl CMC Saddleback by Buzz Baty IRV IN E, CA L., J une 3 - A we ll prepared course and a da y that d idn't get too hot or too cold greeted another whopping turnout of CMC riders at Saddle back. For the fo urth week in a row, 36 250 Experts signed in, twenty-eight ending up racing fo r that 10 0% pa yback. First round actio n fo r th e middle wei gh ts sa w a six t een-y ear -old kid riding in a pair o f je ans an d wor k shoes, co me fro m as far b ack as n in th a t th e start , to first pl ace o n t he eigh th lap , winning go ing away. Bu t th en this you ngster has a pre t ty fa miliar name: Marty Tripes. Mar ty arrived at the track fresh off an airplane from Georgia, wh e re he won th e 250 National championship eve nt. T he ai rline go t Mar t y he re in time, b u t not his luggage , which of course co ntained all his ridin g gear. Gayl on Mosier ridi n g steadily also came from far back in the fiel d to second with hi s Maico beh ind Marty ' s E lsinore. Rich Ele rsted t is n o w riding fo r AI Anders Bu ltaco and was d oing q uite well until he p ut the Bu lt aco on its side. He go t rest art ed b ut co uld only salvage 69 p o in ts ou t o f th e fir st moto, When it came t ime to ge t sad d led up fo r th e second m oto, th e word quickly spread th at Marty Tripes was n ot goi ng to ride. T he ru mo r was correct; Marty was n ot go ing to ride th e second m o to. When I asked hi m why , Mar ty 's only an swer was tha t he was j ust too tire d. Could be, after all nobody can feel ano the r p erson's p ain , bu t for th e life of me, I simply cannot imagine any real p rofessional giving up wh en he 's o ut Hmerican 'I'ri-HlhBBI Il!lcJng Hssociation RACING CA LEND AR ;;: W Z W ..J U >- U July I - Desert Family Poker Run Soggy Dry Lake - 2 -20-Mile Loops 7 A .M: S ta rt - F inisher Pin s-Prizes-Trophy S8 Mail- SIO Post -S 7 Me m be rs Mail En try cl ose s J un e 16 - Send two (2) self-ad d res sed sta m pe d e nve lo pes with y o ur entry . July 14 - Moto Cross - ESCAPE COUNTRY - Si gn -in : 7-8 A.M . R ace sta rts 9 A.M .-S 6 Ma il-S IO Po st-S 5 Members+Gate fee Mail En t ry closes Mo n d ay pri or t o eve n t . July 2 1 - T .T. - 395 CYCLE PARK - Sign -in: 5 :30·6:30 P.M . R ace starts 7 :30 P .M. - P ra c tice from 6-6 :45 S6 Ma il -SI O Post-S5 Membe rs + Gate F ee Mai l En try clo ses Monday prior to event July 29 - Moto Cross - MUNTZ CYCLE PARK - Sign-in: 8 -9 A.M R ace starts 10 A.M . S6 Mail - SI 0 Post - S5 Mem ber s + Ga te F ee Mail Ent ry closes Mo nda y prior to eve nt ' I MAIL YOUR ENTRY FEE TO : American Tri-Wheel Racin g Association P . O. Box 3 727, City of In dustry, Calif. 91744 For infonna ti o n , call: (2 13 ) 330-5653 (iET READ Y FOR THE ' 73 TRANSAMA & PRO MI . RACES WITH YOUR PRO-AM MI SHIRTS fro nt, It's a must that yo u have a name and number fo r all PRO AMA RACES $12. 9 5 ea ch F EAT URES: Ny lo n vente d • . padded el bow s . • w ei ghs le ss t han 6 oz . Shi rt c omes wit h na me and number on back and na me of bik e on front . \1.0 . or (TIl I '1l n ll T Ii til : 110 1:1. 11 SI'O lt I S I' lmlll' (" I s . \tle . n l PW) - \\1 P rn d u c,t s . lI i ehl alHI s: Send y our name, bike and number J il l' . \\h i lt' .""i1.... I ~ '! I \ I :)h ll l ( ;n·prp .... n :.:. . 1' 1'1111.1. 1~ ( ( '01.0 11 : ('hoin' _ I 1 I t-------------I SU I.: I I S I I \1 ( ) I. I I .\ 1. :!nd dlOic '" _-------1 PLEASE SEND ME_PRD-AMM,X. SHIRTS DEA LER S AND DISTR IBU TORS CA L L (412) 836-1302 N~E ADDRESS CITY · . STATE -------- 1 1 1 ZIP_ _ 1 Wh en th e ga te d ropped, Rich Eie rst ed t p ulled h is Bultac o to th e fro n t and st ayed the re all th e w ay to the chec ke r d espite bein g p ressed th e en tir e twe lve lap s b y Mo sie r. A lt hough Eie rsted t won , h is crash in th e fir st m o t o put hi s Bu ltaco second in th e final stan dings, be hi n d Gayl o n's Maico. Even tho ugh Mar ty d idn 't ride the second mo to , his first m o to win and 400 points was enough 10 give hi m third overall. T he 500 Experts had a st ranger in their midst today, red headed and personab le Na tio nal numbe r 98, J ohn H a teley, John, who doesn't. ride a whole lo t o f mo to cro ss, did n 't c ut any fa t ho gs in the first ro un d, b u t came bac k in the second roun d fo r a th ird p lace finish to gai n him fi f th overall. With th e kin d of co mpe ti tio n he was up again st to day , I wo uld say th at th e redhead co uld b e one he ll of a motocro sser if he would wo rk at it. H usk y m oun ted Terry Cla rke, Wayn e Bo yer (CZ ) an d American .1\l o to c ro ss Maico ride r, Re x Staten p u t o n quite a pair of races for the on lookers. Terry led th e first five laps of mo t o one. As Boyer crashed, State n got by 10 win it wi th Cla rke second. I n ro u nd two. Terry led it for six lap s with Rex ge lling a bad start and crashing on lap one. Boye r took h is CZ past Clarke at the halfway p oin t , t akin g th e chec ker firs t , b u t o n ly sec ond o verall. Clarke wo n it , I don 't know who is d o in g the wo rk o n Bruce McDougal 's Me ltco Pen ton , be it Fred H ayes o r Charli e Bower, but that little hummer d o es ge t with th e program. As fast as it is, Mar ty Sm ith ' s Monar k , and o r the bl o ssoming talent of Marty gave the first m o to win for the 125 Ex perts 10 Marty. In the second round.Tt was l\lcD ougaI ail the way fo r tw elve laps , bu t for the firs t six, yo u could n't ha ve put a sheet of tis sue pape r be tw een Bru ce and Mart y . But th en a t the h alfway p oint Mar ty 's Mona rk seized up an d Bruce w as h ome free wit h th e win and fi rs t o verall. AMC North MX at Saddleback Park by Scott Heid b rin k IRVI l' E, CAL., June 10 - T his week, AMC hel d an unusually great race, with aroun d 350 riders co ming o u t fo r th e event. Among these there were so me pro fessional h o tsh o ts co ming out to take a shot at the $800 p urs e. T he h ottest ac tio n of the day came fro m th e A merican J awa Ace, Greg R obertson. Gr eg entered both th e 250 and 5 00 classes to d ay, a nd cleaned u p in b oth . In the 250 he h ad lit tle trouble in th e firs t m o to , aft e r working o ff a fair start . Ab oul one th ird of th e way through th e m o to Greg pulled into firs t, never to sec anothe r bi ke co me up behind h im agai n fo r 20 minu tes. But in the second moto , 1\Ir. Elec tric Hair, d Bruce Baron . v ecid ed th at he would take his Bonda on a fas t spree and try to catch the flying R ob e rtson. Greg, thinking that he had it in the bag, started to lo af a bit, th en h ad a touc h of trouble down the start h ill which w as all Baron needed 10 p ull up o n his rear fender. T his w en t on fo r about five lap s, with th ese two wh eel to wheel , until Bar on gave up an d let Robertson win . Holding d own th ird and fo u rt h wer e CMC regu lars Tim Batten sch lag and Greg Parker. In the 500 class, R ob ertson almos t won it, but by on ly pl acing second in the seco nd m oto , he an d Jim West were tied on poin ts, with the win ne r being the high est placed in the last mo to , Bu t Greg di dn't give up, Re cently, Saddleback started using the tower hill again, and Greg is the m as te r of this m o un d of d irt. Coming up it he sails, an d going down it, he d oe sn ' t touch ground for a good fo rty feet !!! Any far th e r and h e coul d qualify fo r his pil o t ' s license. In third was co nsistent p lacing J eff Sz ue ber o n a b ike I've been calling a YZ· p ro to ty pe , but is act ually a p u re stoc k Yam mi e, wi th a YZ tan k and p ai n t job. Fo r a stoc k b ik e, co mpe ting agai ns t factory bik es, I would say th at third p lace is almost a mi racle. Tim Lunde do m inate d th e 125 Experts on his super Pen to n , with Bruce Bar o n taki ng second. Bruce would h ave probably won it had it not been for som e squid cutting h im off as he attempted 10 lap him , putting Baron off into the toolies, and down q uite a fe w places (no t to mention the money he lo st by one kid's du mb m o ve). Ro un d out th ird was another CMC regular, Barry Po rte r. 9 BIfid lflcHey sflyS.•• " I' m from Califo rn ia whe re the top 'd irt riders use TORCO GEAR O IL 80 in the ir t ra nsm issio ns . I o nce thought 80 we ight gear o il wa s too he avy for my motorcy cle, until I disco ver ed that gear o il n u m bers are di fferent th a n mo tor oil numbers - 80 doesn't m ean heavy . BRAD L ACKEY 1972 AMERI~N MOTO CROSS CHKMPtON KAWASAKI RACING TEAM Ge ar o il 80 is t h in Iike 30 weight moto r o il. Yo u o ugh t t o use TORCO GEAR 0 1L 80 in your b ike 1 know you 'll like it ." 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