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SANTA ROSA OPENS INDOQKM~!~~!! '. INSURANCE THE MOTORCYCL E INSU ~ANC E WR ITER Since 1937 JOHN W. MAYNARD 00 se .... '" A vs.. L.A. 9003 4 3447 MOT ._- - - - - - _. ·5211 I IASUMIOll I Desiped Exclusively for air cooled engines. Novice ri ders helped to produce a good opening night Indoor show at Santa Rosa. Montesamou nted Don Castro (102z) takes revenge on Jerry Clark (258z) by leadi ng the Main Event all the way alter Clart won til e Trophy Dash. Al so shown are Charles Andrews (219z), Ed Edgged (113) and Con Saxelby (263z). The ONL Y 011 speclli calll made for 10,000 plus rpm performanc e. FOREIGN RIDERS COMPETING IN AMA PROFESSIONAL EVENTS Distributed Nationally by KASUMI O CO. IL 25th Ave. Sa Mateo, Calli. n 'Phone - Area Code (415) 585-6240 or 771-4535 FOR OEALER INFORMATION THE TWO-WHEELER ~68 Really For Inmediate Delivery! 867 W. Colton Ave. San Bernardino , Cal. (714\ TU 5-3445 uki- mounted Bobby Self (22Y) and Bultaco ri der One of tile lew spills at Santa Rosa found Suz T ony W li ams (62y) down as n 5y Paul Bost rom (Honda) j oi ns t hem. Riders found the track il narrow but with qui te a good asphalt surface. "o~~\l r.Ii.\lc.'" and \l~S~ Story a nd Ph oto s by W illiam M. Cla rk develop ment co. .l 69 ORA NG E AV E • • G OL. E T A .C ALlF • • 93017 p" . a05-96"-e919 THE HOME OF CHAMP IONS! •••••••••••••• WORLD MOTO-CROSS CHAMPION AT YOUR SERVICE I Marcel Mun ier, 2 years World C ha mp ion Mot e- Cros s racer, is yo ur me chanic . Bring your serv ice pr oblems to A-I Serv ice Dept. comp res sio n relea s e s expe rtly i nstalled . Used parts at bargain pri ces. INTERNATIONAL M C CO. I Trill11ph Yamaha Hodaka Moto-Beta 7233 Can oga Ave . , Can oga Park open T ues . through Sa turday (213) 346-3100 •••••••••••• A very cold fog settled over th e Sonoma County Falrgrounds at Santa Rosa, Callf. on satur day evenin g, Janua r y 6th as the first indoor shor t track r aces were run. The weather did not ha mper the heat of competi ti on or the specta tors' enthusiasm for the event. The track Is quite narrow but the floor gives quite good traction and only one rider got off during practice . Butch Corder, #92y fr om sacramento, suffered a real heart breaker when his Triumph just qui t while he was leading the semi -M ain. Butch has not found San Jose to his li king an d the former short track champion hasn ' t produced hi s us ual wins . Perhaps Santa Ros a will provide him with the chance to get back in his winning ways. Bill Jamison of San J ose earned the pole position for the Main Event but had to settle for se c 0 n d as Mike Yarn slipped by to lead a very fast fie ld to the fln1s h lin e . Mike won the Trophy Dash at Santa Rosa af ter taking the dash at San Jose the night befo re. Phil Can cilla lost a chaln half- way through the race to be s ide lin ed to watch. Ken Weakley did a beautiful job of holding off Bill Lyons to take third while Blll was paid for four th . liTo ins ure that ....·.·······-1• II might be i nteres te d in learning how to • repai r my motorcycle. Please send me I complete inlonnation! • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ............... • I Name- -- - - -- - - I : City _ State_ _ Zip_ _ • Make & m odel of m c I amm interested / ost • in learning how to repair r -:-_ _ I . • 01 splacement cc. : Major mechanical problems I would most like • instruction on - - - -- - - - - L earn how to do it yours elf and save tim e , mo ney , a ggravation . Th e fi r s t j o b you do can pay for th e entire cours e . Ca lifornia accredit ed teaching staff. e ve ni n g classes . Each make & model wil l be covered Indivi dually TRADE: 1964 Maico 250 s crambler, new factory engine, ne w knobbies, cle an lig ht & fast for smaller bike , Hodaka, Honda S-90 or step thru. trail . ( 805) 252- 4654. Pre-race prayer at tile altar of speed? No, Con Saxelby I s j ust try ing to work out a leg cramp alter the Novic e Mai n. Anotller rI del' s wheel gave him a good whack, but Con stili managed to lake fourth. Z)t~ '4, tion, perform a valve jo b, the ea sy way to fix a Oa t MOTORCYCLE SALVAGE Obsole te Harl ey-D avid son P arts 10'll> parts dl scount to students Fill out coupon and mall It to ·Mechanlcs School" clo Cycle News, Box 498, L ong Beach, Calif. 90801. .a ve KA WASAKI 238 Scr am ble r . Absolutely sh owroom new. Run 200 mUes . Neve r raced. Need ca s h _ $775.00 or best offer . Call (714) 753-7 569, Encinitas, Calif. L earn the proper way to time ignition, tune carb ureti re •••a wealth of technique for e very s ito alion. ,h .. . ... _ WANT ADS Each 15 hour mechanic course will cover one make only. Wilb sufficient enrollment, later courses will cover a single popular model indiVi cklall y. Send this coupon lor inlorma tion . Please do it now! Your needs " ill de tennin.. the curriculum . From Blll Ber ry, Exec uti ve Director of the Ame rican Motorcycle Association, comes the following clarification of the AMA's positio n on foreign riders co mpeting In U.S. events : " Because of recentlnquir iesconcerning the poss iblllty of foreign riders partic ipating in AMA professional competi tion, It ap pea r s necess ary to re-state AI\!A's position in this regard. -The following is offered for your infor mation. "AMA has for many years pe rmitt ed Its profess ional riders to compe te in race meets held in fo reign coun tries and sanctioned by the f o r e i g n governing bodies . section 16 of Ar ti cl e VII of the AMA rule s s tates; •While competing in foreign co untrie s , riders representing the United States s hall obey and come under the jurisdiction of the competition rules of the recognized foreign governing body .' "We are mos t happy to have for ei gn rider s compete in our events. "AMA wlll exte nd every co ur te sy to a foreign r id er wis hing to co mpete in our races. We wlll a ccept recommenda tions as to a r ider ' s classification from recogniz ed foreign sanctioning bodies . "We expect the foreign rider to com pete under the same r ules and r egulation s as the me mbers of this associatio n, just as we ins is t that our riders when competing in a foreign country s hall co mpete under the rules and regulations of the foreign "" n n " ~ _ ' _n »ody . a complete understanding of AMA rules and r egulations we would be most happy to hold a special seminar prior to the race. " We do require all professional r iders competing in our events to be licensed by this association. Fo reign visitors will be expe cte d to take out a $2.00 AMA be expected to tak e out a $2.00 AMA membership and a $20 .00 co mpetiti on li cense . They will be cover ed by our AMRMBA ins ur ance unde r the usual terms and conditi ons." If You Ale Tiled Of Wai'ng for Ofllers To Re,ar Your MotorrJtIes.•• We'll Teach You How To fix " Y--'f. : Address pole- s itting Jerry Clark let hi s Br idgestone pull up in a time- consuming wheel stand and Don Castro jumped out to lead the event all the way . J er ry co uld put a wheel be s ide Donbut Don didn 't mak e that mistake to let Jerry go by. As the race pr ogre s sed Ed Edgyed came out of the pack to ge t nea r the leaders but was unable to threaten their lead. Don particularly enjoyed the win as Jerry had gott en off fir s t an d outran Don in the Trophy Dash . Per haps Jerry knew that Diane Kana moto was to be the Trophy Quee n. J erry and Diane have both raced go- karts out of San Jose for the last eigh t years. Diane' s brother Irving prepares Jay Kanam oto's ver y fast Bultaco. (Rr esult s Appe ared Last Week) NEW * USE D * CUSTOM We B uy Old Moto rcy cl e s 9061 E . A rte s a 925-9054 BONNEVILLE TT Special, no longer manufactured. Boughr new, winter of 1966. Ridden in 1967 TT Scrambles by a little old man fro m Sunlan d - J im Woolwine. In new conditton , Sui tab le for de se r t , too. See Lamoreaux Moto r cycles, 7830 Foo thlll Blvd., Sunland. (213) 3532229. 1966 HI D CRTT RH, le s s engine, r eal sanitary, 7th Dly tona Novi ce & fastest at Gr eenwood in •66, GIY tires , make offer; it's yours . (714) 688-9895. WAN TED: Van Tech , Honda 90, TT bike. Call Scott (213) 693- 2159. 66 BULTACO MATADOR, 1500 mUes . It's to much moto rcycle for me. Call Ann Ma rie at days 370- 5826, eves 5422734. 63 BSA 250 Star Scramble s . Ready for di r t has equip. for s t r ee t, r eb uilt recently . Call (213) 282-8533.