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I'm glad to see that I' ve won some
type of prize for my writing, inasmuch as I've always felt it is probably not as polished as it should be.
But of course, "constructive" criticis m such as above is always a big
help. I always try to report on facts
as they are presented to me by the
people involved. Since Mr. Parkhurst
does control a great deal of power
through his publication, my informants now deny having anything to do
with the 24 hour record run, so please
disregard my article of last week,
s ince it really never happen ed!
Last Saturday night, I observed
the short track racing at Long Beach
aren a. I would like to say it was an
e xce llently prepared and run race.
We're glad to see some of the old Class A rules come back to motorcycl e
racin g, s uc h as the amateur, novice
and experts runn ing together, the progres s ive heat race, semi-main and
main event s ystem being us ed. Th is
is t he closest thing to FIM rules in
speed way racing that we have observed in many a ye ar, and as we've stated before, maybe things are finally
changing after all these ye ars.
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sary if the RRC is to provide area
leaders hip for the s port. Several
clubs voiced approval ranging from
wary to enthus iastic. One 'o utrider',
J olin Gustafson and his wife req uested the floor and enthusi astical ly approved the rules and their need, citing several examples to support his
position. The question was tabled
until the March 1st meeting for the
second read ing required for By-Law
additions.
The Centaurs moved to send a copy
of the proposed rules to the A\IA for
an opinion of their legality. This
motion was approved by vote.
The Cruisers moved to take up the
tabled question of RRC poster designed to increase the membership.
Motion failed.
BREEZEF1~DER CUSSED A~D
DISCU ED
Breezefinder was hotly discussed
following demand for an answer to
him. The Centaur reps expressed resentment of the criticism levied, both
to their club and the RRC. Other
reps thought that Breezefinder may
have provoked some serious sou lsearching among the various cl ub
members. No formal answer was formulated .
"NOT ALL FREELOADERS"
A flye r publish ed by Orley Sprag ue
and Doc Wright , cri tical of the RRC
and soliciting outriders to organize
was assailed by several re ps in both
humorous ' and serious voices. One
HONDA SALESMAN
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agency in LA. area . M us.t be thorough ly experienced in ' motorcycles
and mo torcycle sales (others need
not apply ) . Apply to Dan Doy le.
Honda of Wilm ington, 530 W . Ana he im, Wilm ington, Calif orn ia.
WlllO SPRINGS
CHAllE GEl
In contrast to the weather which
So. California has been havi ng during the last several months, Willow
Springs Raceway was clear and s unny, with very little wind, eve~ thoough the temperature stayed In the
middle 60's throughout the en tire day.
A little over 100 riders turned out for
the second annual A.C.A. in which
the race is run counter-clockwise instead of the traditional clockwise.
Leading twenty 5(}.I00cc racers into turn I was Yoshio Itoh on his e ight
speed 50cc Suzuki, hotl y pursued by
the 100cc road rac ing champion. Barry Herrman on a Yamaha, followe d by
Jeff Pasternak on a 100cc Yamaha.
At the end of the third la p, P asternak
was able to pas s Herrman and move
into 2nd place . In lap 4 P as tern ak
went by ltoh on Turn 7. In lap 4, P asternak led , Herrman was second,
and ltoh was in third place. Throughout the remain ing laps of the eve nt ,
the champi on, Barry Herrman continuall y tried to pass P asternak but
just didn't have e nough.
acid comment that "all outriders are
freeloaders" was later modified to
"not all outriders are freeloaders".
Most re ps felt that outriders forfe ited
any voice in club affairs by the ir
choice of not be longing to a c lub. It
was generally agreed that if the outriders did organ ize into a c lub, the y
would no longer be outriders and
would shortly encounter the same
problems that plague every club and
confro nt the RRC.
I Howard
Ebl e apologized for the
cancellation of the Highway Kings
Poker Run Sunday the 6th. His club
felt that the route was too dangerous
to ride in the rain.
You're in
Good Company
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The second event and poss ibly the
most e xciting event of the day was
for the 350cc machines. Throughout
the entire heat race Eric Dahlstrom
eil, continually changed
and Lan ce W
positions and the fans realized that
when the main event came around for
this class there would be quite a race between these two excellent riders . Lance Weil spent last year in
Europe racing and brought back a 350
L orton Manx, probably the fastest 350
Manx ever seen in this country, Eric
Dahlstrom, #80, has pretty much dominated the 350cc class in GP racing in the W
estern part of the United
States during the past two seasons,
but from the heat race on it was felt
Eric knew he had his work cut out
for him. At the start, Dahlstrom's
Honda got away quicker and shot into the lead. In Turn 1. it was Dahls trom, Weill, Kilgroe, P .J. Bosarge,
Wayne Blanton and Bob Bakker. The
riders he ld thei r positions into and
including lap 4. Throughout the first
four laps, Lance Weil and Eric Dahlstrom were running wheel to wheel.
In the 4t h lap in Tum 4, an up-hill
right hander Lance W passed Dahleil
strom on the inside and moved into
first place. Throughout the remainder
of the race, Dahlstrom was in continual hot pursuit of Lance W and at
eil
the end of the event. there was only
two seconds separati ng the first and
second machines. Third, fourth and
fifth machin es were so me 20 seconds
behind. Lan ce W il rec ei ved tremene
dous appl ause and cheers from the
spectators when he won the event.
The third event of the day was held
for the 125 and 175cc classes. Fr om
the bump start and throughout the
first lap, Dave Allee took the lead.
Many fans will re member that Dave
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has pretty well dominated the 175cc
class on his Honda throughout the
last part of the '65 season as well as
the first event of the '66 season. A
hot co ntender for Allee's record was
Bruce Shaw on his Honda and Steve
Pederson on his Bultaco. Peder son
has pushed Allee througho ut the entire season but has had some mechanical problems which have forced him
out several times when it looked as
though he might win the event. Coming into lap #2, haw passed Allee
and moved into first place, putting
Allee into second, Pederson in third
and tev e M
cLaughlin in 4th. Peders on and McLaughlin were pushing Allee throughout the entire second lap .
Coming into lap 3, haw still continued to le ad, Pederson had passed
Allee on a down-hill left hander and
M
cLaughlin had got past Allee at the
same time, putting Allee in 4th place.
Terry McCarty was runni ng in 5th
place. On the 5t h lap, Pede rso n continued to close the gap on Shaw, hotly pursued by McLaughlin and Allee.
On lap 6, P ederson, co ming down the
long straightaway, seized his eng ine
and was forced to retire. McLaughlin
developed mechanical tro uble and
was forced to retire as well, putting
Dave Allee back into second place
and moving M
cCarty into 3rd and
Chie f Galbraith into 4th. with his
brother Ste ve Gal braith in 5th place.
The next event of the day was for
the 250cc class which has been
heavily dominated by the Yamaha
TDI-B which looks as though it will
be contes ted in the near future by the
new uzuki Hustler. At the start of
ilcox, an ex-Norton
the race , Roger W
Manx rider, broke out into the front
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ri ders would rather
w in than switch!
VAN OWEN ST.
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