Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

CYCLE NEWS SLIDIN' AL REPLIES Editc ra " CYC LE NtllS" -o.t d1a Lnte r •• t e d specta tor . f o r the ob l igatio n 1a I n fac t -ee r . . . ln poIsed until t he Held ha. U8} En t 19tb. S tre~t Long Beach. caUl oron!. nea r Sir.: 5'9«1'.-1 peo p le b.e_ po inte d o ut a n ar tlcle t o . . 1n t he October 14. 1965 l uue o f "CYCLE Nlll S" that cou l d not go unco-.nted upon by _. 1 vould H u t o preface _ ., s t ate-nt with t be fact : I'leyrr 1n . , e 19 b teee ye a rs o f -ato r c.,cle Inte re s t an d read ing all type s o f _ g az inea . news papers . perlodl u la . e t c •• ha_ 1 rve r been naue. . t e d t o t he point of wr it ing t o t be editors to se t the rec ord strata:ht. The nUcle 1 speak o f is Ti tled ''FULL CII.CU" and Da"id Sbav is U e t e d as au thor . on the a ur f a c e howeve r. 1 _ a _aco line: e no ugh ap pear ing l e d l t o be lie _ tha t Da yid Sh aw is in fact lI\IOn fe min i ne t ha n . .a cu l ine to do his "aobsto r y" and " Dea r Abby" ha ndl i n. of a a i t v a t i on that 1 am closel, f a.n iar v ith, t bat he 1tDovs nothing. 1 r e pe at. nothlnS a bout . na_. bl. your journal credi t . o.vid SbftI la lined .. cOlll e titlon a di tor. Thill ..u a t e ith.r be a p _ilI pr int or se -one occ upy i ng a po .itlon throush shea r a tupidit y, W ite r Sh aw n ates i n h t.a fira t paragraph r that t an ridera were va i ting for the a t a r t of the s emi main at Mco t . a nd in the s econd pa r a grap h o f the intent look o f t he firat alternate .nd Shaw ' . imagined abiU t y to r ead mi nds a nd kn ow ..,hat t he a l t . r nat. v . s t h i nk i ns . There were een ride rs wa i tIng f or the s t a r t of t he semi a nd th b ill the only f ac t that I fin d i n t he ..,hole artic b. How ve r . I ha;;-ne ver Itnown. in my . ixt een years e of r a cing . anyone co ntempla twa doi ng b.ttle on t he oval ..,ithou t a n int.nt l oo k . Thla v11 1 blow ·t he .yth in wr ite r Sh a..,'s lIIind tha t he knev v h. t v a . Al Cunter ' s mi nd a. h. await e d the sta rt of t he a_i, i r onic.lly he ",. s \oIO nd. ring if people v ho write ar tic l e a e _r do it v ith f i rs t ha nd inf ortll&t i on or are t he , cOlllpelle d t o do i t f r Dlll imag ination only. The alt.rn.lt. d i d r ema i n poised .s the nagge r -aunted hie s t a nd. t hou gh vrite r Shaw ' s t it l e " Fu ll Ci r cl." ..,o uld indic ate he knew some th Ing of r a cing he appa r ent ly knows ..... n l.se than the on mw w. PEARSON . 2439 VENICE BOUlEVARD LOS ANGElES 19, CAUF. T~~P!& le ft o therwi •• he ia no .lternate . M • • perla n c.. y ha. been t h.a t 9O'L of t he .I t .mate. ar. ca lled upon .f ta r t be r Id er. h.aw got ten t o tb. ata r-t lng Hne. Aga in vriter Sbav wr on g In his cand id re por t fo r t he t uner a . he call. bbl . (_ , f r10lnd Br i a n Craw f ord who help. _ at t he r acon) and .,.salf 'la t c he d t he s t ar t of t he __ I an d .. lap or two of tbe 'n ee 10 the po .it ion _ occupied . I left fi nt an d _ft C blic.k to wb ere we had our . qulpme~d Br ian soo n fo l lowed . eUL-T=CC 'I.' In h is fourth pa r ag u ph vr i t er Shaw bit. . off a H ons cud v i t h his a tatblen t tbat "'-1 Lacher. Eddie W tb . lIi ll Eu hig an d Kan l., a n i.r ha rdl, a challlpio~ hip fte ld. I haw never seen a . ut of r u l . . detan-ining a chaelptoru b ip flAid .,... If. perhaps wr iter Shaw ha a acce a a t o aalnfor.- tlon tha t I ha _ not an d can detenine a c ha=p i oneh l p fiel d . If so he ke e pa it vell l U8nte d fo r t ba_ ,e t to _e an, knowladgable tb ing co- f ro- ble pen. Hia last i d io t i c s t a t e men t concerning .., r e-av a l of a blue j umpe r . a duconsola t e a l Ullp a ga i n n t he gua r d ra n an d of DIY half i n t e r e a t in a r ace that a t s omet i ae 1 would ha_ a co r ne d 18 up to par with the r e lit of ht. IIlb i nfonnat ion. Th. au . r duU whie h he s pe a k s of t hat I alUftlped againe t should b. caus. f or qu. st i on i na hb e a n i t , for it ia 6" bigh a nd I a n 5 ' 7" a nd Illy 5 ' 7" would make a r a ther ridicuiou ll al ump ag a i ns t a 6" r a il . 1 d i d ",an t to r i de the semi .... in. but I ha y e never a co r n a d i t o r an y o the r rac e • I ha ve s pe n t s i x t ee n ye .rs r a cing mot or c, c l es a nd lIIOat of t he time have en joy.d it . Of these atxte.n y.ar a 1 can r e "lIIber no one who ha a not ha d hie ups a nd downs n o u t t er ~ .!t.P.-the ladde r of suc ce ll" hot c lilllb e d . I n Illy a t r i f. fo r reaUty , I fully na U z e Ill)' pr. s . n t ca p.biUt i. e an d i t u id iots like Sha w t ha t stimulate Illy r e t urn . I sincere ly hope t he ed itora v ho ...." f it to ah. ShaY .nough r oo. t o expound hta idiocy ..,U I alao have the court.ay t o pu t .., lette r i n pr i n t . I fo rb id t he . t o do ao unle .. t he cOIllplete conte.t ie ua .d. Slncerel, . PHOTOGRAPHER Competition Riden Always Wetc- • Alte rna te . Al Cunter cc: BU I . . pall '1'DTOa.CY CLIST" Floyd Cly- r "CYClE' Joe Parkhurat "CTCU WOIlLD" It is unfoTtunate Mr. Gun. ter did not choose to assuage his disgust in the vi ctoTy ciTcle, 'rather than at the typewriter. All of us - myself included wou ld delight in seeing him Teturn to championship form on the tTack. -DAVID S H A W . PAGE THREE GREEYES HONDA We Service All Makes 7 Miles West of CorrIgClllYil1e Jim & Dustyls 794 Los Angeles St. Simi, Callfarnla 526-9955 ULTRA-LIGHT ALUMINUM ALLOY HANDLE BARS STRONG AS STEEL - 2 LBS. 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