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ACA ROAD RACES - Calsllad
R....,. All ACA c1asse. IIId" ' 1 lIIe Jllkc c1 . . AI.. .lW
.
race. for lIIe prodactIoa clans.
PrKtlce be&las It t:30 - . Eetrl.s
cl_ It 11:30 LID. Races stat
It 12: 00 p.lll.
MOTa-CROSS SCRAMBLES ACA op..... It Naw Irwin Park
CoWSL Naar Santa ADa CaoYOII
APRlll, 1966
Rd. 10 ..i1.s w.st 01 Cllrona.
Grass, sand, _... Kaobllies
FLAT TRACK - Start of 1966 .-co_dad. Fill rul.s, lull
ni 1111 half-ali I. seaSOll at Ascot lut"'s ,.~ired. EIltrles clGSe
Pn, 1J9llI and V _ i. Ga'daaa. at 10:30. All IIc.lISes ok. No pi.
plat. 1Il.....s.
TT SCRAMBLES-HI Boots M.C. at
Deb.sa. From 1~1 Soulll take H..,.
au East tIIroalll EJ Caj.... Get off
F..,. on 2nd Street cainc South to
Jamatha St. FollowincSincinc Hills
sips past country club to DeIIasa
IN.. Follow DelI.sa Into llarbiSOll
Canyon. Lim. starts at Dellasa.
SATURDAY, APRll2BII,
TT STEEPLECHASE-Ascot Park ,
SCRAMBLES-Falrflald EaCI.slLe.
at Dlxoa. Dlst. 36.
1I9tII and Vermont in G.... a.
Slats at 7 p....
SCRAMP'c..\\·~: ~tanislaus
....t.~• . ,st 36.
SUllDAY, APRIL 3RD
ILC. at
MOIEY SCRAMBLES Bay . . .
track.. Limed from V...tura Fry &
ItwJ 34 offr_, near Caman 110.
HILLTOPPERS NATIONAL
HARE & HOUNDS RESCHE·
DULE. Limad Irom Y al LucarDa, and also Irom Barslow.
10 a.m. Sharp. Souvanlr ·and
flnlshars p in. A.A points run.
FUN FIELD IIEET -Prospectors
ILC. at EI IIlraca Dry Laka, 15
..i1as _sIal AdalaGto. All
v1sltDrs . .IClIm•• Fa, further Inlo
call 323-7933.
SCRAMBLES-Imp..ial ValllIJ 1Le.
."Calil.MId-wlnl.. Falrcr-ds
i. lmp8rial. Practica9:00 a.m. FIrst
raca 1:08 p.... CIass C Traction.
No _ .. or childr.. In pits. Dlst
37-A points.
SCRAMBLES- 11111 Capitol
II.C. at DIllOn
CI"
SCRAMBLES - IIodasto •• C. at
IIodesto Raservo lr DIs!. 36. Taka
H.., 132 from lIndasto to Waterford
Limed from Wat .lord.
.
HILLCUlIB - SportSllao Class
Hillcll .... at Ospltal Caoyon.. DIs!.
36.
SUNDAY, APRil 24tll,
HARE SCRAMBLES - Natloaal
Cbamplaasllip bJ SImi ValllIJ ••e.
DI st. 37 points. 10:00 a.nL start.
Entry $4.25 includlac _bal-.e.
lea. 1Ia11 In aslac ualforll entry
blank, doslaC date April 10lIl. Post
..try will be 55.25. Trail blll.s
aod sidHacks walCOllled. Wmed
from Caillomla CI".
LT. WEIGHTS. - Wcbtwellllt Flat
Track at Antlocll bJ Wanderlust
•• C.
ROAD RUI-Poker RIlIL Navy Ci"
ILC. at Vallajo. Dlst. 36. Sica-up
10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Bett... court's
Me SbIlP, 420 .arin St., Vallejo.
FRIDAY, APRilS, 1966
IIDOOR SHORT-TRACKllamorlai
CoilHWII, Portland, Or.. N.R.A.
saocti.ad. FIrst race 8:00 p....
SATURDAY, APRIl9tll,
HARE SCRAMBLES-Am..lcll!' FlI" Assoc. IV an I lor trail bikes.
TWII cI as s as, 55cc and 1OOcc:.
10:30 a.... start. Wmed frllOl ilia
!lip 01 Cajon Pass at Summil Inn.
ENDURO-125 1111. State Championship bJ Polka DaIs ••C. at Aubam.
ROAD RUN - East.. ED Huot bJ
CIlann.1 Riders. Cali (213) 3362182 lor Inlo.
IIDOOR SItORT-TRACK A.••A.
sanctl.ed Class "A". FIrst rac.
al 8:00 P.lll. LcmC Beath Arona
SUNDAY, APRlllDtb,
SUNDAY, APRlllltll,
HARE SCRAMBLES - bJ Sidellack
Assoc. $3.25 entry Includlnc amiiiilane. I•• On. loop lor trail bikas.
Starts at 10:00 a.m. Pick up markers
fro.....v1l1uonH..,.l38. Appro,,"
24.9 mil.s Eo 01 H..,. 99. 22.3
..1I.s W. of H..,. 6.
SCRAMBLES -Oilers •• e. Benefit
Race lor the Boys Clab_ N.w track..
LI. .d from H..,. 101 aod Imperial
Blath Tumoff. Well-watered aod
craded course.
TT SCRAMBLE5-Los Padres 1Le.
Walch lor data l Is.
TT SCRAMBLES - 13 R.bels 1Le.
Watch lor details.
TT SCRAMBLES-Tacson, at EastPOKER RUI-Road Ramblers. Call
sid. Cycl. Park aear TucSOll. Cali- (213) 865-3655.
fornians invited. Practice 9:00 to
12:00 a.m. H..,. au to Tucson. Go TItAIL .KE FUI RUII - FlrSl III
North on Wilmot to Eastsida Cycle _001 _ t s to _ • lIIe :In
s.u, III .ad1 ..a tIlroa&Il Dac.
Park.
10:. - . pall.. _, LlIO PoL neld
POKER RUN - Part Stockton •• e. . . . . 10 . . . ceatasts. Lob III
" , I u wIUI s,edal ...... lor
run Is cancelled.
,...S1ers aed .MI.s. Free Bultae
POKER RUN -Della Falcons •• e. will be .alled to h~IDt rldar 01
pras...t 3rd AnllUal Easter 'Paker lIIe
1Ia&I_ dlsplac-.t Is
Run.Slen-up 9:00.10 11:00 a.m.lrom 125ee: and all .acII1_s IIIIIst haw
Honda Shop on Hwy. 4 In OaklllJ. . .filers and IIC1l1se plates. Entry
Entry lae $1.00. Lim. d cours•• Is $2. E_t will be caltlIlled 10
Spacial trap", lor Best Decoratad case 01 r.... Location is limed IroeI
Hlways 395 aod 66 (""elao Road).
Easter Helmat.
VERSE OF CALIFORNIA
(Canadian division)
2fiO unde, unsettled skies
Snow covered paths
wrapping up a decade
This oew one is proportioned
and of fine design
Almost everything has been
worked out
Good things man!
A feather touch and a firm seat
unclutte red movement
standing still in motion
So congratulations. cheers.
and thanks to you Charles
& if you had to do it ove r.. •
WM .GEORGETrE
Canada
OPEN lETTER TO MELVIN BELLI
Dear ~Ir . BeU i:
W come to th e " L e t's Publicize the
el
Hell's An gels Club. " It is a fast growing club. co mpris ed of Walter Cronkite,
th ~ "Run F or Your Life" program. TRUE
magazine. THE SATURDAY EVENING
POST, and numerous othe r es teemed
members of our mass media. Th e assumpti',n ', f th is club seems to be that th e
Am ~r i (; C1n pf:opl ~ ar e e xtre mely inter ested
,.a.
in the worst elements oC their society.
There is, of course , some validity in
this thinking. It is the same kin d of
thin king that mad e CONFIDENTIAL
magazine apr 0 fi tab 1 e business. and
keeps the tabloids in our larger cities
in bus in e s s.
The fact that the HeU 's Angels constitute only a fraction of 1% of the motor cycling public is ir relevent . An analogy
might be made to a minister who shoots
his wife. He would be front page news,
while the tents of thousands of Godfearing ministers are never mentioned
in the press.
It is true that I was invited to attend
your show wben you interviewed Bob
Grant on the Hell's Angels, but Ihe way
the show was handled was completely
without direction as far as I saw it. I cut
a fine Sunday afternoon ride short so that
I could appear , thinking that ...I would
have a chance to represent the other
side of the coin to you r audience .!...
was told to join a large group of people
and applaud when yo u rode in in your
"Hell's Angels " garb. I was under the
impression that I would be invited to
participate in some form of panel discussion. As the show progressed, and
Mr. Grant defended the Angels. I began
to reali ze th at this was not going to take
place and that if I wanted to speak for
the motorcycling public , I 'd better hurry
UP and do it . About th at time it was announced that this was the en d of this
segment of you r show, and the re would
be a bri ef intermission .
I introduced my s elf to members of
your staff and as ked why I ha dn 't been
give n an oppo rtu nity to speak, and they
said that that was what the question
period was all about and that I should
hav e spoken up at that time. It appeared
to me that they were arbitrarily selecting
people at random from the audience. with
no effort at all to have any of the industry 's spokesmen in the group speak.
One lady in the audien ce asked why
the Hell's Ang els s eemed to be thriving
and growing. The answer is very sil1lPle:
they thrive on the notoriety that s ho ws
like yours and Walter Cronkite' s, and
"Run For Your Life's " recent epis ode
giv e th em.
I realize that yo ur show is based on
cont rove rsy . and there is very little
co ntroversy about the av erage moto ....
APRil
ItIS E.- 1_ _
~
SCRAMBLE5-Sprockats LC. AnTri-Slata 5 c ram b la s in
Bakersfl.ld.
SCRAMBLES - Palo Alto ILC. at
Fr.... ant. Dist. 36.
POKER RUNAnaual "H idden
Destlaatlon" .:v_t. Trophi.s and
awards cal....! Starts at 1:00 to
10:00 a.m. at Sao Famando Valley
H-D SIIop, 16113 Sharman War,
Van lujs. Post entry , $1.75.
Mail antr l.s no lat.. til. April
17th, to VallllJ_ .C. " Harkleroad, 675 Watson, SImi , Calif.
lIaIl ..try $1.50.
APRil 28-38, MAY 1,1966
CYCLE WORLD .OTORCYCLE
SHOW - Los AnC.I.s Sports Arona.
APRll3l-MAY 1st, 1966
ROAD RUN-29 Pal ..s Sprlnc Tour.
Call .y number listed at a roael
run eflftt IOf Inlo.
MONDAY, Aprill,1966984321
END OF WORLD - - Hopa you
..joy.d It !
cyclist. Still, I would be grateful t o yo u
if you might s u gges t a place or a vehicle
for airing th e other sid e of the s to ry.
With millions of people now accepting
sportcycling as a Part of their llves ,
s urely an interesting story co uld be told
about whe re they do, what they do, what
it is about moto rcycling that captures
their fancy, why people spend hundreds
of dollars to buy these bikes , and the
many face ts of competition involved in
motorcycling: Le. , hill climbs, scrambles,
hare 'n hounds , roa d races , flat track
races , etc .
DON GATELY
Yamaha IntI.
EDITOR~"r. Gately's re buttal to Grant's
de fen se of th e H.A .'s will air on Los
Angel es T V ch an ne l KTTV at 11 p .m.
Wedne sday , April 6.
After looking over the issues that I
have received so far I notice that there
are hardly any photo's of fuU-dress machines in the papers. Being a road rider
primarily I would like to see at least ~ of
a page out of 16 pages devoted to us road
riders even though we may be in the
minority group.
You ha ve a fine paper and the articles
are very interesting but when almost every
bike yo u look at is either stripped or of
the racing type i t sort of gets to yo u afte r
a while if you hap pen to be the type th at
likes to see a full-d ress machine whatever th e bran d so how abo u t th rowing a
few bones ou r way occasionally . O.K.
Ha Ha. Thanks for yo ur ti me .
~1LLI AM E. S\'i EENE Y
"
Cape Vincent , N.Y .
EDI TOR - F or thos e kind word s , here's a
photo j ust for you.
EDITIO
(the Voice of CAliforniA)
or:
lIlai
SCRAMBLES - 16tl1 Lodi M.e. at
Lodl Cycla Bewl. Practlca starts
at 9:00 a.m. Admission $1.. ride
or wateb.. Dlst. 36 .
FOllY
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CaIhnoia_
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