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6 THE FINISH LINE BY' ROXY ROCKWOOD ( Continued from page I) like opening day at a nudist camp with so many sizes and shapes of cycles never before seen on a speedway. Th e promoters for Long Beach have a 190 piece band and a flock' of movie stars lined up for the opener. Some of the longtime winne rs on the dirt may look like novices and some first timers may look like old salts. The fans will be well protected for the indoor event. Nobody, including the offidais. actually sit at, track level. All will he up a deck and looking down into the track . Just like the Romans used to do when thev fed Chris tians to the lions a few years ·a~o. INDIANS ON TRIUMPHS This weekend- finds professional racing ge tting unde rway with one long standing event, the Ascot 11, and one first-timer, the indoor short track at Long Beach. Ascot features a new look at the old pros and over 100 new novi ce riders. The pit ca te storming starts early Sund ay morning. just a few hours after they clear the Long Beach short track. Around Ascot, ''T['' stands for Triumphs and more Triumphs. E x-Triumph man, Pete Colman, who now heads up BSA· in these parts. is trying to pu t together a little surprise for his former mates with two or three potential winners on his brand. Triumph won everything around here last year except high poin t AMA honors. Jack Simmons and his powerful Norton edged Eddie Mulder in the AMA standings by one point. Both riders scored weekly at EI Cajon and monthly at Ascot. Simmons again takes on the role of General Custer while the Flock of Tri umph • riders led by Mulder, Hammer and Van Leeuwen, are once again cast as the Indians-no offense to Sammy Pierce. Close to 200 riders already have thei r racing license in the state and without a doubt most will be on hand at Ascot this Sunday afternon. Aggie is expecting so many riders that the star ting time for the novice hea t races is stepped up to 1:00 p.m. We should get to the amateurs and experts bv 3:00 p.m. Slide and tum on Saturd ay night , jump and turn on Sunday afternoon. Th at's the 7. OP. MIC POSTERS : Idea proposed ear ly in '65. OP. MIC Administr ator and RRC completed project in '66. Successful. 8. OP M I C Pin Program : To make available Red & White pins signifyinlt support of OP M / C . Successful. Re-evaluation due in Feb. '66. 9. DEALER MAILING LIST: Th e compilation of a complete list of Southland ~l/C dealers . Successful. 10. PEACOR MEMORIAL AWARD ; The presentation of a gold medal for outstanding efforts to better motorcycling. 1st presentation in '00. 11. PROP BOOK; Th e crea tion of a book of pictu res showing road rid ing as it is. Original copy; successful. Multi ple dupllcation; failed. 12. RRC POSTER : To put a poster advertising the RRC on all dealers' bulletin hoards. Failed. 13. ANGEL REB UTTAL : Te legram to Presiden t Johnson. Success unknown. 14. MURRAY CH ALL ENGE : Respond ing to a caustic column by Jim Murray, the CBM offered to take him on a moto rcycle rally. No response. 15. KENNY THE CLOWN: Cha irman Ken Jones made up like a clown atte nded seven rallies where he frat erni zed wit h the public and dispensed can dy to the children. His efforts to improve the image of motor cycling are considered very successful. 16. STICKERS: To distribute stickers reading "Motorc ycling is a Family Sport " for use on cycles and autos. Project successful. 17. CYCLE DISPLAY : To display outstanding motorcycles in various shopping centers advertising motorcycling and the 29 Palms Rally. Failed. 18. PU BLICATI ONS: 13 information sheets were handed to RRC reps informing them of various subjects needing atten tion. Success un known. 19. JOE PYNE SHO W : To obt ain air time to rebut statements made by outlaw cyclists. Failed . 20. EDITOR EDUCATIO : To issue at regular intervals information sheets to area news edi tors emphasizing the good side of cycling. Failed . SCRAM8LIN' AROUND By Maureen Lee rac ing menu for this weekend. That winter layoff from racing was not so long afte r all. was it??? CBM ( Continued from page I ) torcycle operation. Still in work. 5. SANTA ON A MOTORCYCLE: Fai ling in '64, this idea successfully bore fruit in '65 with the RRC Hope House Project . 6. ROAD RULES: The compilation of a set of rules suitable for road-riding failed in RRC. Chairman Gay completed the draft. Adoption in work. Half the big names in Dlst, 37 nearly had hea rt failure a couple of weeks ago when the AMA Bulletin for District Referees was publis hed in February Cycle magazine. It said that Am-Exp riders holding 1966 competition licenses cannot ride in scrambles, etc. Everyone was wondering about this one, so we decided the only thing to do was to 1(0 righ t to the top and get the word from Burt Brundage himself. Burt is the Dist, 37 AMA referee. He said tha t as far as our District is concerned it applies right now to the dea l -IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S A SUPER· HA WK" - JOHN R. DOING THE HONORS. Sv fl ~8. 13D. • & l~ SUMDI\'tE\I~V ~()NTH ~1: .L (2 ~ ~ a~RRA~~""1' ~ • Au. C L.J\Ss.ES """ TR~C.\C. wR"l>El> p,,,,~ O'~£b "0 ,..,,\.\. Er£AR't4(r ~~b't(AL IeN.6S"S 'e: E4uif'MENT "PR"C~ic£J..~AC.E" C:~ASS ALL NEW 175cc Campera Trail 17 hp @ 6500 198 Ibs. Matador Gea r . Ratios New 5 ~/I Travel Front Forks for your Built-to-go Dea ler nea rest Ca ll PO 9-0441 or TR7-2400 q~ <""' X .2~ ~ U.S. HGw "l So to ~iLf40T~ . TURN NOR' ",} ':o~~o"" S'iGIltS • ERSTSiDE CYCLE PAIK IUCSON- ARiZGHA ,