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FRESNO INDOOR ACTION: SUPER SQUIRREL SCORES SECOND STRAIGHT KASUMIOll Desiped Exclusively for air cooled ~II8S. The ONLY 011 specifically made for 10,000 pius rpm performance. Oi stri buted Nationally by KASUMI OIL CO. 25th Av•• San MatlO, Calif. Phone· Area Code (415) 585-6240 or 771-4535 FDR'DEALER INFORMATION N.ovlc. Bill Jamison (209) may crash a lot but h. wins a lot, too••• and some subscrlb. to the th.ory that you'll nev.r know how far you can 10 until you 10 !Do lar. H.... he Iuds Experts Ron Krus.man (12x), Phil Cancilla (19y) and Dave Bostrom (23) to Fresno Trophy Dash wtn. He's now taken two Indoor dash.. I n a 1IIw" Eddie Mulder returned to indoor action and resumed his winning ways for the secoDd straJgbt time at Fresno last Sunday night, December 17. Mulder, who had a dry season on the TTtracks,againwas the rider to beat in the_wUd night of action In the 250cc class. The All-American crash tiUe now 15 beJd by Bill Jam lson wbo took his last ride as a NoVice and will be back in Fresno 00 January 7th as a full-fiedged but Well-bent Amateur • The heavy-throttle-banded youngster set new Indoor records of sorts when he went out for the 250 final and crashed three straight times. The first was an endo that nearly sent him over the wall. The second came ontha restart. The third and final f11p came on the far turn when he burled his front wheel Into three other riders aDd took them down on tile deck along with him. The fourth and final attempt to get the 25O's underway finally found Jamison staying upright with a slightly more COD--sarvatlve attitude toward his more experienced brother Amateurs and Experts and he finished sixth - on both wbeels. In the meantime, Mr. Mulder was oft to one of his perfect starts each and every time and breezed his way to the Main Event win for the second straight time and gave the Montesa brand three wins In a row. 250cc point leader; Phil Cancilla, atter being warned by the Referee about rough rldtng tactics In practice, played It so cool that he was bombed out of the Main Event on the last turn In the semi-final by up-and-coming short tracker Ken Weakley who appears to get better every week. Cancilla went to the sidelines with a grit of the teeth and a nat wallet. The more conservative 125cc class again found Cliff Aksland and his Hodaka as the combination to beat. Aksland extended his winning streak at Fresno to six In a row by once more winning the heat race, trophy dash and 12-lilp final for the ultra-lightweight riders. "Tiger" Jamison did manage to salvage some glory, however. He won his heat race witll one of the taster 250 times of the night and then came back on the Les Edward's Snzuld to capture the Trophy IBshfor the second stra1ghttime. Once again he was the only NoVice rider Irrthe four-lldeI field. The brave youngster who is threatening to race at Ascol next season once again lett the Trophy Queen in a breathless state of shock alter being presented with the winning trophy. indoor racing at Fresno now takes a holiday until Sunday night, Jan. 7th. Then they wUJ have the honor of hosting the first professional race in America for the new' 68 season. This will be the first one for the many new Novice riders. (Results on page 26) FREE KAWASAI(I PRIZE AT FREStiO INDOORS Valley Sports Inc., the promoters of the current .serles of Indoor races at Fresno's Selland Stadium, will make some lucky spectator the owner of a new Kawasaki motorcycle at the end of the short indoor season. Purse percentages at Fresno have undergone some changes also, we are told, to make for a more equitable payoff. Two-fifty cc riders will split 75% of the purse and the 125's will diVide up 25% for their efforts. The next Indoor program at Fresno Is scheduled for JlUluary 7. •••••••••••••• WORLD MOTO-CROSS CHAMPION AT YOUR SERVIa Marcel Munier, 2. ~Y.;e::=~~ Champion Mot~C"" your mechanic. Bring your vice problems to A-I Service Dept. Compression releases expertly installed. Used parts at bargain prices. INTERNAnOHAl MI C CCt. Trillllph V_ha Hodaka Moto-Beta _ 7233 Canoga Ave•• Canoga Park o ues. through Saturda,y T (213) 34&-3100 . More Clothing Laws If Helmets Pass SpeaIdng at California Governor' Reagan's Traffic safety Conference at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel last week, Assemblyman John F. Foran, author of California's motorcycle danger bill, admitted that the compulsory wearing of helmets was not the last item of protective clothtng he would try to legislate motorcycle riders Into wearing. In response to a question from the audience, which was largely made up of non-motorcycle riders, DemocratForan said that compulsory footwear and other items of "protective clothing" would be the subject of future legislative proposals. The compulsory helmet law, demanded by the Federal Dept. of Transportation, would open the cbannels for unlimited legislative control of wearing apparel for motorcycle riders and other highway users. • Governor Reagan at the same conference said that California wanted to be a partner with the Federal Government, but not have them telling us wbat to do. He Is a Republican. There Is one faster source of information on the motorcycle scene. The "grapevine," or word of mouth gets the news around qulcker. We keep trying, but a good newspaper has an obligation to check information, verify rumors, get names, facts, exacl quotes. Then we have to clothe the bare facts In the right words, before we publish it. That's why you may hear about It tlrst on the "grapevine" but you'll always see it first In Cycle News .•.andyou can be sure of It. f117f1i1&8 _._. . . MAGAZINE 100 PAGES OR MORE EACH MONTH OF EASTERN U.S. MOTORCYCLE SPORTS NEWS AND ACTION PHOTOS. TWO POPULAR COLUMNS ON TRAIL RIDING AND SCRAMBLING. PERSONALITY FEATURES, TECHNICAL TRYOUTS OF THE LATEST COMPETITION BIKES. EDITORIAL COMMENT ON MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SPORT ON THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVELS. SUBSCRIPTION IS $5 PER YEAR FOR 12 BIG ISSUES. FOR FREE SAMPLE: CYCLE SPORT, 29 BURLEY ST. DANVERS, MASS.01923 ...That Honda's next new model wUJ be a 350cc, double overhead cam, 5-speeder? • * ••• *** •••••••••• .. .Rumor Is that one of the west coast importers Is making plans to build his own motorcycle and put It on the market (It seems that the foreign factories can push some distributors just so far) . • • • • • ••• • • • • • • • • • ...That a western publisher will be elected new president at the A.:'vl.A. ':' • • • • • *• • **• •• •••* '" The high s c h 001 junior Rick Chew, riding a Roehr Bros. Hodaka, has finIshed 2nd In the Elsinore TT 100cc Novice class the last two weeks In a row? •••••••••••• * • * ••