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lIDW 1955 and 56, wbeD Cal Boltumplcked hIo w1Ds In a row. Not 0IIl7 are
McCartDe:v and Bottmn tbe 0IIl7 riders
to wtn hIo consecuthe derbles, but tbe:v
are also the only ones to wtn It twice.
Bottom was back again this year hoping
to be Ibe Clrst Ibree time wlnner. Last
year's wlnner, Bob steffan, also l.kes
the magic number "3", but wbat be
wants 15 to be the third two-In-a- row
winner.
There were 350 starters In thts, tbe
shortest of all Cactus Derbies. Tbls
year's run was 154.2 miles, which Is
quite a bit short of Ibe longest won In
1947 by Dutch sterner after 436 miles.
As In everything, there Is always a
run had a 57-year gap between youngest
and oldest riders. Lloyd Larson, who 15
now 67, was on band to ride bts Triumph
the complete dtstance, and lo-year-old
Larry Roesler rode his Yamaha over the
first loop which was the only one required for trail bikes.
The star! for this year's enduro was
at Slash X, which is a cafe about eight
11111 Is 110 place to rac.. ,-nowS. Just
WlItc11 lIlat schedule.
DISTRICT 37 SPORTS
COMMITTEE MEETING
By Maureen Lee
The yearly blow-up over the HopetownCorriganville race took place at the
Thursday nJght, Oct. 5th Dlst. 37 meeting,
with President Jean Carter tina11Y
leaving the table so that he could speak
trom Ibe floor after turning the meeting
over to VIce-president Lynn Wineland.
Earlier, several other subjects were
due to be dtscusses as correspondence
and committee reports were read, but
once the Hopetown event squabble started
there was no time for anything else,
althougb a couple of things were settled
before Iben.
One important letter on which there
was no aeuoo taken was a request from
the SImi Valle:v M.C. requesting that all
competition bikes should have Ibe same
safety features conforming to one uniform standard with ball end levers,
folding pegs etc., so that the Dlstrtct
would not have to keep on walvtne rules
wben special events like a Grand Prix
came along wilb desert and scrambles
bikes running together. The club felt
that In the interest of safety there was
no difference between a mass start
desert event If a crash occurred and a
scrambles event.
The Competition Committee bad voted
down two requests for fee increases. One
trom the san Gabriel M.C. for their
National Hare and Hound and one from
the Dirt DIggers for an Increase to
$'7.00 for Hopetwn. However, both events
were discussed on the floor with san
Gabriel M.C. explalnlng their extra expenses amounting to a neighborhood of
$800 as It is a 160-170 poInt-to-polnt
run event, and that without a good turnout the:v could be in trouble. The club
representatives agreed and over-ruled
the Competition Commtttee'srecommendation overwhelmingly, allowing Ibe fee
to be $5.00 for pre-entry and $6.oopost.
Don Kemp (striped Crusaders) explained tbeIr expenses such as rental for
the ranch of $1,216, baybales, fencing,
extra toilets and the tact that Ibe club
gets no gate fee thts year. Once again the
body moved, and the majority voted for
the Increase to $'7.00.
II was at thts point that carter turned
the chair over to Lynn Wlnellllld and
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"Whadu)'a mean we're 5 minutes late7"
miles south of Barstow In the Stoddard
Valley. The first group was out at 7:01
a.m. Idcking up dust across the desert
In a northeasterly direction toward Daggett. The ribbons and lime led over the
desert Ooor, mountain peaks and through
the city dump before doubling back to
the west below Barstow. The course
turned south following the general direction of Highway 66 for about 30 mUes
and then cut over Stoddard Mountain for
a gas check back at Slash X.
The second loop also star!ed to the
northeast. II crossed Daggett Ridge and
then turned south following Ibe mountains until It crossed Stoddard Wash
where It turned west passed the New
Deal Mine and back to Ibe start for
noon check.
The afternoon course was the first
to star! on Ibe west side of the highway. II started to the north and then reversed to the soulb crossing loop #1
by stoddard Well and then across Ibe
highway Into the Ord Mountains. Here
the riders toPPed the one mile elevation
mark before swtnglng back to Ibe north
for the ride home.
The first rider was due In at the finIsh at 2:59 p.m., and shortly after 3:00,
the low number riders began loading
their equipment and heading for home.
ttat
stepped down. He POinted out
ble
District had Just thrown a run and had
ended up with money In the bank and
although he likes the Corriganville event
he still can't see the necessity of raising
the rider fee to $7.00. (Note: Fee was
$3.00 In 1964; $5.00 In '65; $7.00 In '66.)
Kemp replied that running an event the
size of Corriganville, due to the location,
the owners of theranchandotber expenses
that only come up there, they just had to
make the entry fee $'7.00 as It was the
year before and that last :vear the:v ended
up $42.00 In Ibe hole. All this, he added
was wilbout paying any of IbeJr members
anything as Carter bad one when he paid
himself Ibe $250 for running the Dtstrtct
37 Grand Prix. Applause followed ibis
remark.
The argument over the increase In
fees stemmed from the tact that both
san Gabriel and Ibe Dirt DIggers bad
tbeIr posters out before the Increase
was approved. Ron Sloan (Rams) made
Ibe point that tbe DIst. 37 Grand Prix
posters went out too wilb an Increase
w1tb no approval trom the body.
Going from the Increase In riding
fees to the subject of sanctions, the
tight started 1lP In earnest. Earlier In
the evening wbJ1e stm in the chair and
reporting on the Board of DIrectors
Meeting, Carter said that Ibere would
be no co- sanctioned events as long as
be is President unless overruled by Ibe
body or by BIll Berry, AMA Secretary.
During the course of discussion it
apppeared to Carter that Berry had told
him one thing (no co-sanctions under any
condition), that be told BIll Adams, Ibe
DIstrict Secretary-Treasurer anolber
(poolsble under certain conditions), and
gave the DIrt DIggers a third version.
But as far as Carter was coocerned
there would be no co-sanctloned events.
The Prospectors M.C. rem1nded Garter that he bad told them It would be
okay to run co- sanctioned events as
long as the races weren't mtxed, such
as morning events being AMA and tbe
afterDOOll ACA-FIM. carter couldn't
recall maldng that statement but said
If he bad said It then be would go along
wilb It.
other points brougbt out: Hurd (Footbill Hawks) asked who was getting hurt
by the two clubs running separate races,
such as Ibe DIrt DIggers AloIA events
and the StrIPed Crusaders ACA? DuPUY
(scramblers) said bts club wants to ride
The time has now corne to s1l and walt
while the Bombers compile the points
and see whose name will be etched on
the miner's bard hat alongside the year
1967. Also along with this year's win
goes the California State Championship.
"Let's
make
up
some tlml,
CUlS."
11Ie Cadus Derb)' trail wolllld IIlroulll some of California's most brealblaklne se• .".
me event and just who are be battling?
There seems to be a major contlict between Carter and the Striped Crusaders.
Goldberg (Shamrocks) said let them run
with the two sanctions. The best comment
on the matter came from Dave Lewis of
the Antelope Ramblers, "This club wants
to throw the biggest race In the world,
let's help them!"
After the point was made that it the
Dirt Diggers threw the co-sanctioned
event they would be thrown out of the
AMA and as Kemp said, they want to stay
In, and the tact that there Is nothing In
the rule book about not having a cosanctioned event but reference Is now
made to It on the sanction Itself, it went
to a vote and passed overwhelmingly
that the DIstrict request the AMA to issue
an AMA sanction to the striPed Crusaders
for Hopetown. Request was also made
that a sanction be asked for on behalf of
Ibe Prospectors M.C. for thetr Forst
Ranch event In November.
Before everyone tina11Y almost staggered out of the ball after the meeting
ran over-time, the first nominations for
DIstrict officers and Competition Commttteemen took place. '!bose nominated
and tbelr replies are: President, Mike
Henshaw (yes); steve Hurd (no); Ron
Sloan (yes); Don Kemp (no). Vice-PresIdent, Jack Ross (yes); Lynn Wineland
(:ves); Secretary-Treasurer, BIll Adams
(yes), Recording Secretary, Maureen
Lee (:ves).
TRAV'S PETTON
SUCCUMBS
We are saddened to report that Travis
Petton, Class "C" Expert 146x, lost his
life In an accident during a pre-race
practice session at the Ascot TT last
saturday night, Oct. 7.
Petton, a veteran competitor at 31,
bad long been a leading contender - alwa;vs a threat wherever he rode - and a respected, well-liked sportsman
In every sense of the word.
To his wife Linda who resides at
13620 Temple, Poway, Calif. 92064,
our deepest sympathies are extended.
Her loss Is shared by the enlJre motorcycle racing traterntty, and by all who
knew Travts Petton.
PROSPECTORS
HOST TWO-DAY
G.P. &
MOTO-CROSS
In an ettort to otter DIstrict 37 riders
a variety of competition events, Tony
Larson, President of Ibe prospectors
M.C. has announced the completion of a
1-1/2 mUe Grand Prix and Molo-Cross
course In the castaic area just off
Highway 99.
The Prospectors will sponsor a twoday Grand Prix and International Mota
Cross event, Sat. Nov. 18 and Soo. Nov.
19. ThIs event will give AMA Dlstrtct
37 TT points and also carry AC!- FIM
lnternational sanction. Negotiations are
underway at this time to have several
European champions here to compete In
the Moto Cross event.
A special effort has been made to
give the spectators a panoramic view of
the course. Complete concessions and
toilet facilities will be available. Also,
a drawing will be held Sunday, giving
away a 90cc Hodaka., donated by Crowell's Cycle Shop In Inglewood.
Each rider will run In a 30- minute
Grand Prix event. 250CC and under will
run Sat. Nov. 18 and the big bikes on
Sun. Nov. 19. The ftrst event will be
9: 00 each ~y. The International and
Moto-Cross riders wJ1l run In three
Motos each day.
Club referee Jesse Goldberg stated
this will be a mall entry only event wilb
a limtted entry, In order to as4ure all
competing riders of having a good time
with Ibe maximum of safety.
Entries open Oct. 15 and close Nov.
10. Starting position wJ1l be determtned
by postmark and all accepted riders will
be notified by mall. Entry fee Is $5.00.
Mall wilb any standard entry blank to
Prospectors M.C., 220 E. 641b Place,
Inglewood, California.
The course Is. 30 minutes from downtown Los Angeles and Is limed trom the
Los Angeles County Sheritts Honor Ranch on Highwa;v 99.
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