Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

JOURNAL cont. from page 2 15 went to some bars. He gave me s ome I.D. but I didn't hav e to use it . (T ha t made me feel geod . ) Then we went to a nig htclub wher e t hey had a s tri p act . It wa s pre tty good. Jim an d Mark had gone t o the t mc k so I was goin g to s ta y with hi m a nd his wif e to ni ght. His wife had a gi rlfrie nd staying wit h her. After I had met th em (as Rooney) , J oe and I went to get some bee r. When we got ba c k he told me to wa it in th e ca r. He went in to the house but th e doo r didn' t . c lose so I co uld see Ann (t he gi rlf rie nd) on th e co uc h. I heard him say that I was go i n g to spend th e night. Sh e jumped off th e co uch and yell ed "You mean I ge t to s tay in t he s a me ho use as him?" Then they tal ked a bout wher e I was to sleep. Ann said I co uld sleep with he r. I d idn' t . Jim Nlch o lson pick s up the narrative: April 21, 1963 - Sunday AT THE RACES , • • • Last night we drove out to the town of Moor where the races were to be held. Just Mark and I went- Jim had to work . By the way I didn't finish writin g for Friday because th e lantern ran out of gas while I was writing , a nd Jim started writing before I got a c ha nce to finish that day . Anyway, last night at th e show we broke open ou r homegrown supe r duper two-wee k-old ap ple cider which we had bought jus t before we hit Oklahoma City. We got talking about hard cide r an d how it was made, and . how Mark used to mid 'his neighbor's shed for his homemade brew. Then was th e time we decid ed to make some ourse lves . We pu t som e mis ins in it. Last night when we open ed it it sm elled pretty powerful , ' bout 190 proof, but disappointedly enough it didn't even make us a little bit high. I even c hug-a-l ugged a half quart wit h no effect. Anyone reading this he re log of our wild. exciting adventu res over th e United States might get the impression that we a re lazy, s ex minde d alco holics, and they a re wrong. W are only no nnal e American te ena ge rs from we ll cultured families tha t li ke to get t he most a nd finest t hings ou t of life, and that is in my opinion exactly what we a re doing now. Back to Sunday , we got to th e tra c k a bout nine . Nobody was ther e. It looked li ke a rea l good course when I ....ralked around it . except for a jump t hey had in the co rne r. Mark an d I practiced for a while. The run was pu t on by a road rid er club and th ey alm ost d idn 't let Mark rid e beca us e he di dn 't have his AMA card. I rode my heat rac e a nd got fourth and didn't get to ride the main event. It s ure did get me mad, because my bik e was bar ely running in th e heat race but I did get it running good afte r I fixed my high tension lead wire. Mark rode a nd won hi s hea t. He ca me from third pla c e a nd passed a Harl ey for the win. I didn 't think he would win th e main event but he di d, by getting off to the front position at the first turn. Several guys had money be t on him. It was a real good race . We met a lot of ride rs a nd they were real fri en dly. After the race we cleaned up the truck and went to another lake. HOW FAR WILL THE BAT BIKE TRAVEL BY MIDNIGHT, JUNE 15? • T April 23, 196 3 - T ues day • • • Jim got up a nd went to work . I went loo kin g for a job. I got one the fi rst place I went. It is in a photograph studio, the re is a real nice look in g gi rl working there . I met her today . W go t e to talking and when I said I was from Califo rnia s he s a id , "You a ren't with Jim Ashmore a re you?" I said y es I a m. It tu rned out that it was Beth Ann , the girl J i m met at J oe ' s house. I am goi ng to work tomorrow morning. Jim Ashmore decided to go back t o California. He s a id he wanted to rid e his bi ke . He left this afternoon. I gave him $20 .00 . Jim Nicholson's water ski cam e t oda y. We went down to the bus depot and got it . Jim said it was t he wro ng ski but he 's ai d it was a good ski. I gue ss begge rs can't be too fussy. W a re a t e Jim Ryan's house . I go t to go t o work so go in g to bed. Jim Nich o ls on Inte rj ects: Hat Hal He doesn't e ve n have t o get up till 9:00 o'clock. And an other thing, M ark yo u forgot all about y es terday. Boy, som e people su re a re stupid. (Cont in ued ne xt week ) TRAFFIC TECHNIQUE • Place your toes and jinuers on the brakes when app roach in,:! an intersection or any obiect likely to hide a mooing obstacle. 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