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p ' by wes Cool ey out of hi s own pocket. I hop e I ha ve an sw er ed Mr. W s on' s il q ue stions . P EGGIE SCOTT 1000 Oaks To Eaeb His Own .. , Sin c e coming to Cal iforni a , T he "Caporld ," A little Ita! of t he motorcycle W over a yea r ago. I have been very disappoi nt ed in the all too few number of organized activities available to the road rider. Sure, there are many, many rallies of every des cr ipti on each wee k but le t 's face it, af ter yo u've seen ~ few they beco me ve ry boring indeed. Nic e for the bloo d thi rsty public , but not too much to int er es t a n active road rider . Aft e r a little inv e sti ga ti on I found that road events do exist , but the promotlng clubs do an excel le ntjo bofkeepi ng th eir runs a secret . WhY ? Quite bY accide nt , I stumble d on a poste r i n one of the local shops adv ertising a P oker Run put on by the Fairfi el d E a gl, s o n Jun e 19. I a tt end ed it e and had a ball . But how does the rider who hasn't th e time to ha ng aro undmotorcyc le s hops waiting for posters to come In learn of s uch e vents? That' s whe re Cycle Ne ws sh ould co me in. P erhaps a grat is or red uce d rate s ubscription to CN s hould be offe red to all the clubs in th e sta te. The clu bs s hould be aware t hat a motorcyc l e wee kly doe s exist and should use it to pu blicize their e vents. One more point of informa tion: The c l ubs in the San Fr an c is co a rea seem ~ us e ~h e Ehrhart Mailin g Serv ice, based In Lodi , to adv ertise their runs . E videntl y nei ther CN nor Ehrhart knows that the oth er e xis ts . Th er e ar e a l ot o f road e vents goi ng on i n Californi a, whY ke ep them a s e c ret? ' LAU RIE FORTI F ort Ord Ed Note : CN Is In close touch with Erhardt Mailio g Service. W are ah.'a,Ys e happy to helpclubspubllcize theireveots - road runs AND races. Unlortuna te ly news is sometimes received too late lor publication. Open Le tter to Neil Keen, President M.RJ. With onlY one TT pe r mont h in s e aso n, whe re do t he TT rider s pra cti ce ? Our sport is one where riders compete . more .tor the enjoyme nt of riding than any thi ng els e . and thi s i ncludes a ll types of motorcy cl e co mpe titio n. We a re a lso not forcing the pros to ride with the non-pros. W ha ve asked to and will e If nec essary hold a sep arate c lass for the professional riders . The riders themselves have not compl ained about rid in g against the professi on al s. T hey like it th e way it was . You state the M.R.1. feels that it is very illogi cal and unfair for a big time professi onal promot er li ke J .C. Agaianian to pay top prize mon ey fo r TT race s if the sam e men ta ke the s ame machine s o ut the De xt day and race for free. This is not co mple te ly tru e . Th er e is a small ent ry fee to pay the promoting c1uh' s expens es an d the fact is that so me of the bigges t name s o n th e professional TT ci rcuits ride th ei r own motorcycles at th e s-cramble s. Also the spo rtsman ent husiast is about 90% of th e paid a ttend anc e at profe s si onal motorcycl e races. BOB HAYES Member Dis t. 37 . AMA {leta 4, 7&1(J ~~ P'ferfl)() Prt'l?J:: ••••• •• • •••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••• • • • • July 3,1966 125ee Am- Ex Mota 1M. Pierce--BUI Also 2, 3 & 4---8ul's 1 ~Oee Am·Ex Mota Runya~BUl J. Also 2, 3, 4 & 5---8ul's 175ee Am-Ex M ota 1 G. Jones--BUI Als o 2, 3, 4 & 5---8 ul's 250ee Nov M n ai 1J. Barry--BUI Also 2 & 3---8ul's Nix, Not Nixon I wa s sorry to s ee that you were so mi s-informed a bout the I S-Mil e Nati onal. I rea li z e that you had me c onfus e d with Gary Nixon , but I do not app rec iat e Gary's publicity. As for my o ve rriding and nearlY e liminating Ch ris Draay er i n the heat, I was not e ven in Chris ' heat . I was in th e fIrst hea t whil e Chri s was i n the s e cond heat with Gar y Nixon. , And as f~r me broadsiding anoth er nder in the final , I did not knoc k Gary NIXo n down. When we we nt into that co rne r it was Nix on , Draayer , a nd then me . Nixo n fe ll and I had to go high to miss hittin g him,i n doin g sO, I fe ll a lso. I did not brea k my co llarbone. I fractured my ankle and di s located my collarbone. I know that you ca n unde rstand my e xpeeti~ a co rrection and apology for th is artic le , I rac e professionally for a li vin g, I alw ay s try to give motorcycli ng a good name, an d this type of fa lse information doe s me no good at all. FRED NIX Addis on , 111. ED ITOR-Sorry about your bad luck ":Ted. Pl e a s e accep t our ' incere apol": pes, and thanks tor "Titing to s et the record straight. ~ 1 J. 250ee Am Main Spra~BUl 250ee Ex Main 1 C. Patrick-BUi Also 2, 4 & 5 ---- Bul's Also 2, 3, 4 & 5---8ul's •• •••• •• ••••••••••••••••••••••• •• •••• •••••••••••• ••••••• 175ee Am-Ex Mota July 10, 1966 U5ee Am Mota 1 M. Pierc~BUl Al so 2, 3 & 4---8ul's 1 J. Dora~IIJL Also 2 , 3 & 4---8ul's 250ee Am Main 1 D. LohoH-BUL Als o 2, 3 & 4---8ul's 200ee Am-Ex Mota 1 J. Runya~.JL Also 2, 3 & 4---8 ul's 250e e Ex Mota 1D. Yerkes- What nsf? Also 2 & 3---8ul's 114 18 aUlaANK aoULfYAID NORTH HOLLYW OOD , CALIF. Tl iongl. 7.2400 • POplar 9...0.t.41 WE'RE MOVING! • • • P. O. BOX 275 2765 EAST HUNTINGTON DRIVE, DUARTE, CALIF. 91010