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.... .... D1ST 37 From Front Page • •• .. r • ,. '" 0 /) selves out here and to hell with Columbus . " Applause agai n. An official pointed out that District 37 is a governing body, making a l ot of its own t ul es. . Cl ub repres en ta tives fired questions fast. Wh.v had the Di ggers los t their sanct io n? W it because they i ntende d as to a llo w profes si onal riders to co mpete in the ir eve nt , or because they had joi ned an ot her orga niz ation and int ende d it to be a dua l s anc tio n run ? Th ey had be en as ked to a special meeting with the Sport s Committee bef ore t he event took pl a ce in which club P res iden t Don Kemp wa s told that if they gav e up their · outla w" sanct io n they co uld hav e th eir AMA one back . Th ey had refus ed the ultimatum. Pr e s id en t Carter observe d "the AMA ne ver has allow ed any dual-sancti on of eve nts. He wa s a sk ed where in the rul e s is t her e an y rul e re gardi rig dua l s a ncti ons? J ean Carter reminded Don Kemp that when his cl ub ap plied for a n AMA cha rter they a greed to abide by the rul es. Repres entative s kept s ayi ng · W t rule s? " AMA National Competiha ti on Committeeman Earl F land ers was asked to clarify the point on t he rul e of dual sanction s. In reply he as ked the riders to s how him whe re in the rul e book It s a id that yo u co uld hav e a dual sanctio n. secreta ry Bill Ada ms the n too k the Iloor to say that he thought Don Kemp and the Dirt Digger s had pos s i bly hurt someon e ' s feelin g when In one of thei r letter s to the AMA, they stated that they coul d find no particula r benerits from bel ns an AMA cl ub. He s uaaested that they go ahead an d reapply for the i r cl ub s anction, and pointed out that If the y n ew off the handle and caused tro ubl e It would undo tbe fifteen ye ars of good work tha t the AMA ha s bee n d0Ing, A su ggestion came from the n oor that Dis tri ct 37 write a l ett er to Col umbus bac kin g up the Di rt Di !:!:ers' ap plicati on an d explai nln!: the ci rc ums tances out he re . Th is was offered as a motio n, vot ed upo n and pass ed unan imous ly . W hen asked a gain if District 37 ne eds the AMA, Bill Adams rep lied tha t they would slcken and diewithout it. lt was also brought up that the new AMA secretary , Bill Berry will be out her e for the Nati onal and it was suggested that he be invited to a meeting to explai n first hand Columbus ' stand o n t hese problems . When the discussion started , Di s tric t 37 Sportsman Referee Larry Reed left the Dire ctors tabl e to take a stand with fellow Dirt Di gger members , an d Pr es ident Carter now asked him to re take his c hai r. Reed declined , saying that he bel onged to a not he r association now , In dire c t violation of AMA rule s , and did not feel It pro per to pres ide at the tab l e as a committee man. Ca rt er repli ed that no Dirt Di gger was bei ng penalized indi vidua lly, they wer e stlll AMA members a nd asked again that Reed tak e his positi on. Reed de clined again, s ay ing that he wouldn't s erv e untl! th e club's position was c l arifie d. Charli e Kurtz of the Checke rs M.C. was then asked to fill the ref eree va can cy for the remaind er of the me etin g. A c lub repres entat ive as ked if AMA !"':mbers would be s uspe nde d if t hey [oi ned or rode ACA e vents as indl victual s . Jean Car ter again ca lled on Earl Fland ers to clarify. Flander s repli ed rather mysterio usly , • As long as yOU co nduc ted yo urself as a goo d AMA member . you would not.· SOmeone e lse bro ught up the rumor that at one time Pr e s ton P etty was 10vol ved In a simila r case whe re the AMA tri ed to suspend him for rid ing for a not he r orga nizatio n and tha t hi s fathe r who is a lawyer , prepared to s ue a nd t he case was dropped. Earl F lander s suggested that he had bet ter check ove r his fact s a nd get the m corre ct befo re maki ng s uch stateme nts. Mr. P etty was una vailab le for c omments. lOO cc Novice Cl ass for ' 67 It was la te by this time , J ean Car ter c a lled a halt to t he s ubject and went on with old bus iness . Dar win Ballard of t he Compe tit ion Commit t ee was as ked for his rep ort on creati ng a Novice 100c c class. Ballard rep ort ed that ent ries di d warrant a ne w c l as s f or t he Nov i ces, but becaus e of the poi nts that had a lrea dy bee n ea rned this year , it woul d be unfa ir and impos sible to begi n it now. It wa s voted that i n 1967 there will be a class fo r the Novice 100cc rid er. A letter was rea d from Bell o Realty of Upl and offe ring 72 ac res in San Bernardi no Coun ty su itable for a mot orcycle a rea , t he cost of same being $80.000. One Plate for Prado J ust prior to en di ng the me et in g a que s tion a bout t he ruling for thre e number plate s for Pr a do P ark was asked. Darwi n Bal lard s too d a nd said t hat th e Dis trict 37 rul e is one number plate. Th e idea of having thre e ca me from one i ndi vidua l in his cl ub (Cal i forni a Gophers) who pos ted it at the trac k with out discus sing it with anyo ne or brin gin g it up bef ore the cl ub body. 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