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COOLEY'S COLUMN B':,J Wes 7 Mos t peo pl e ac qui re a hobby as a form of re laxation away from probl em s and de c ision-makin g. But i t look s a s If the pe rs on who acquires motor' cyc ling as a hobby h a s not c hosen on e th at is fre e of d ilemm a s . In lookIng over t he c al endar of e ve n ts for e ach we ek end, a rider must be utterly frustrated in de cidin g whic h e ve nts he is either go ing to part ic ip a te in or go in g t o a s a s pec ta to r , a nd it look s as if th e fru s tratio n will Increas e with the te mpo of th e s port. Of c ou rs e, as promoter s , we a re do in g ev eryth ing we can to increas e the va ri e ty of co mpe t i tion available to both the s p e c tato r a nd th e ri der. WEEKEND STARTS ON WED. On Wedn es day ni ght . Ap ril 20th , th e A.C .A . will start its short t rack season a t Or a n ge c ounty Spe edway which is located orr the San Die go freeway. south of T us ti n . acro ss from t he El Toro Ai r Station. This will be the third season for the A.C.A short trac ke rs at O ra nge County Speedway . and th e 50 . 100 and 250cc classe s will again run . T he pit gate will open at 6 :00 p.m. and th e fi rs t event will get und e r way a t 8:0 0 n.m, We ' ll a ls o be a dding T hursd ay ni gh t nat trac k to ou r sc he d ule as soo n a s t he new South Gate Ra c e way e xpans io n Is com ple te d. We thank t he people at Cycle Ma gazine fo r this month 's a rtic le co vering the recen t A.C .A CH ALLENGER held at Willos Sp ri n gs Int e rn a tiona l Ra c eway . Speaking of roa d racing. we 're holdi ng an event this weekend , Sund ay Apr il 17t h at Carlsbad Rac eway . The fi rst ra c e will ge t unde r way at 12 noon , which will gi ve th e spectators a good opp ortunity to see s ome of the re tu rn i ng stars from Day t ona. It looks as though th e Su z uki and Ya mah a dist ributor t eams will be out in full forc e , since this will gi ve som e of thei r rid e rs a good oppo rt unity to ra c e befor e th e A.M.A Cl a s s C e ve nt whic h will be h eld in May on the same - - - cou rse. F rom all report s , it look s as If our firs t A. C .A Moto cro s s at Irvin e was co ns ide red qu ite s uccessful by the riders and a re al c ha llenge to ma n a nd e qui pme nt . Be c au s e of th e ex celle n t way in which th e mo tor c ycle pe ople c ondu c te d th em s el ves an d th e coope ration of the s pec tators , we hav e bee n a ble to sc he dule a nothe r Mot ocross a t Irvi ne on May 1. F .J. M. rule s will be foll o we d as before . E ntries will c lose at 10: 30 . T he course will be c hange d to take a dva n tage o f th e na t ural terrian a nd and al so add to the c h a ll e nge fo r the rid ers . Rid er s and sp e ctators s ho uld remem be r May 22nd a s our F .I .M. s a nc tioned eve nt a t Riv e rs id e International Ra c ew ay. T h e rac e has be en nam ed the U.S . Grand Nati onal Op en. Of c ou rse , If th is eve nt i s s uccessful . Ri ve rs id e Rac ew ay will ap ply fo r a wo rld 's ch ampio ns hi p po ints ra c e some tim e lat e r this ye a r. hop efully j u s t prio r to the Jap a nes e Grand P rix . So, rid ers des irin g to pa rti cipate in this e ve nt s hould o bt ai n their F .J.M . He ens es as s oon as po s sibl e i n o rde r to e limin ate an y d e l ay . If you're like JUNE JEWETT, BSA dealer of Modesto, Califomi a, you'll be just as tiJrilled winning the Noyice Class, as June is doing here in the photograph at the Modesto Reservo ir ScrClTlbles April 3, 1966. Why handicap yourself in your novice year by riding anything but a BSA Victor? You may be a winner... see your BSA .dealer and piace your order now for a .44l cc Victor. - for the name and addre;s of-t6e·dealer n~est yoU,~coit,ct.BSA MOTORCYCLES - ..:WESTtRR 3014 B~.ad...way , Ouianll, cilIt.:- .: EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT ... AMA FLAT TRACK RACING Time Trials First Race - 7 p,m. 8:15 p.m. T. T. STEEPLECHASE RACING First Saturday Night Each Month RACING STARTS AT 1 p.m. Ascot Park 183rd & Vermont - Off Harbor Freeway AVAILABLE NOW: BT & E V ILLIER S DUCATI CLUTCH & PLATES RIDERS SEE YOUR DEALER. WE DO NOT SELL RETAI L. ~i~ ~.o' . ' ••'.'I.I•• 4915 PACIFIC BLVD., VERNON , CALIFORNIA, PHONE: 589-5488