Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1960's

DISTRICT 37 SPORTS COU'TTEE MEU'''G P.R. Passes by Maureen Lee Unanimously It was like old times at the District 37 Sports Committee meeting Thursday, wi th upset, roll call votes and complaints about the head AMA office in Ohio. Thursdays. The motion passed unani- The tip-off that it would be an exciting meeting came when President Jean Carter stepped from tbe head table after reading correspondence and turned the gavel over to Vice-President Len Wineland. saying that he had some remarks to make and felt that it would not be proper to be in the chair wbile making them. No Puppet stepping to the microphone, Carter announced that if he had made mistakes in the past he was sorry. but he had -always tried to work toward the betterment- of motorcycling but that he would not be a puppet for anyone.The races at the Ponderosa and Dead Man's Point proved very successful Carter continued. and both promoters asked if they might receive AMA sanctions. At the April District meeting, Mr. William Berry, the Executive Secretary of the AMA had been present and whlle out here on that trip. Carter had brought this subject UP to Berry, Berry felt that the aPplicants should either form a club and join the District or have a club front for them. then apply for the sanctions they wished. During the same period of time the Playboys M.C.. who joined the District at the APril meeting. aPplied to Carter for sanctions to hold Sportsmen shorttrack and TT races on Tuesday and Tbursday nights at the South Gate Raceway. Carter sald he collected fees for these sanctions and sent his personal check to Ohio for them. His cbeck was returned. the objection being that it was a personal one. not drawn on tbe District's own bank account, The sanction was refused. Carter said that Berry objected to Trojan Enterprises applying behind a club and turned down the sanction because it was a professional promotertype deal. This was however, exactly the course Berry recommended to tbe Ponderosa and Dead Man's Point promoters. The Playboys tben discussed with Dist. Sec. Bill Adams how to re-apply and Adams sent in an aPplication with a cbeck drawn on tbe District bank. sanction was granted to one race at Trojan Slieedway. Carter sald he felt that as President all business sbould be conducted through him, not Bill Adams and hinted that if the body didn't have confidence in their president, they'd better elect someone else. Discussion followed on the duties of the Secretary-Treasurer wi th the body showing that any time letters. paper work or the writing of checks was lnvolved then Adams had tull authority to go ahead and attend to these duties. mously with 40 plus voting for and one abstainer, The Playboys were then informed to re-apply for all the sanctions they would need. That subject over. Carter then brought off the table from the previous meeting the old rosiness discussion about the Public Relations office. He made a motion that there be a full time Public RelatiOns man for the District. Tex Myers. (4-Aces) seconding. Discussion was called for and Ron Sloan of the Rams sald that he had been instructed by his club to ask just what exactly would this job entail before casting a vote? Carter spoke on the facets of the job, such as wben someone complains that hikes are tearing UP his land then the man would travel out there to talk to the owner; if a track is having troubles with neighbors then they would be contacted etc. New track locations could be searched out and meetings attended. Public Relations Costs Other representatives brought uP the fact that the $20,000 a year estimate for the job was a lot of money and where would it come from? Auto expenses for traveling around our Districts' five and a half counties could run $500 every 2 months. If the full amount couldn't be raised then the representati ve would find himself out of a job. Kemp of the Dirt Diggers suggested tabling the motion because of Carter's attitude feeling that he might be unfavorable in the job at present. Sloan then made the motion that prior to voting on this office a full and comprehensive repart be circulated among the clubs stating our problems and how they can be resolved. Kouns (Jack Rabbi ts) seconded. Carter was then asked to rescind his previous motion so this could be done. He firmly refused. LeBlanc (Sidehack Association) said his club thought that everything should be put into writing .as to what the office would entail as this was an important matter. Hurd (Foothill Hawks) thought that Carter had made a bad display that evening and, though enthusiastic, was just not responsible enough to go up against the politicians and other people he would meet on the job. The Dist. Gets In Gear, P.R.-Wise The whole thing finally came to a roll-call vote. but only whether to establish the office of Public Relations within the District without naming anyone to the pos t. It passed 3D-15. Representative Sloan (Rams) then made a motion (Allen. Calif. Gophers seconding) that a committee be set to study and report hack on the problems and how they should be handled. to make nominations for the position and perhaps contact public relations firms to see how tliey would handle the problem and for what fee as they are professionals in this type of project. This passed unanimously. It was late and the meeting was adjourned. PASSEnnER FOOTRESTS FOR YAMAHA TRAIL Barnett Tool & Engineering has done it again! First to fill the need for sturdy footrests for the Yamaha trall models, these BT&E footrests bolt right on with the easy Clamp-Tite fittings. The passenger pegs are spaced out on special extenders to fit this particular bike, which comes stock without them. Machined from waffle-pattern aircraft alloy and steel, the pegs are rustprooI' and will keep their neat look on the hardest trailing expeditions. They fold up for safety and clearance, and cost just $5.90 a set at your motorcycle dealer. Without KAWASAKI? lookwhBt yourm missing: 4 miles on all Time For Home Rule? In regard to the Playboys sanction for the twice-weekly events, Carter felt that it was a break-down in communication with Ohio agaln and that they didn't know how badly we needed extra racing room out here or they wouldn't have retused the sanction. He felt our problems must be dealt with through the District and not through Ohio Or Bill Berry. Pennington (Dusters) said that everyone jumped on him and the others when they tried to shut the AMA off six months ago for the very same kind of deals, but now things seemed to be different. Don Kemp of the Dirt Diggers said it scnmded mighty like treason to him and was Carter now for -Home Rule?Carter said he was because of lack of total communication and Kemp brought more of a laugh from the body by replying, "Well, it's taken a long time, Jean." remaininI c:omponents (exduding non-warrantable· items). A Quiet Rebuttal Earl Flanders then quietly took the floor to explain the reasoning of the AMA as to why the Playboys sanction had been granted for just one week of racing. National-level people like himself thought that "if all these events were turned over to promoters that it wouldn't be fair to the clubs who were the District." However. if the clubs wanted pro-promoted SPorting events then they should be gi ven the choice to vote for them on the floor of the Committee. Otherwise someone would be bound to complain that sanctions had been given without tbe clubs being allowed a say. He felt that twice-weekly professionally promoted sporting events might not be good, but the clubs should still be allowed to choose for themselves. That was why the sanction had been allowed for the week prior to the District meeting and only for that until the body could have its say. Pro-Motion Passes! Secretary-Treasurer Bill Adams then asked for a motion as to whether Dis t. 37 should allow the SOuth Gate events, and Carter made the motion with Pennington seconding that there be Sportsman short-track on Tuesday and TT racing financial resources. ... and you're missing the hundreds of "move-up" minded cycle enthusiasts .ki who are now ready to move up to the big ones from Kawasaki. Don't miss out any longer. Write: MllttJrcyclll COrp. P. O. Box 2066 Gardena, California 90247 • Call: (213) 329·1152 American Kawasaki Motorcycle Corp.• A Subsidiary of Kawasaki Aircraft Ltd.

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