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• • • • "MINI· TRAVRfR" POPULAR WITH EXCLUSIVE FLASH! •• BRUNDAGE STEPS OUT AS LOCAL REFEREE, MOVES UP TO REGIONAL STATUS A colorful ten-year reign as Refer ee or AMA protesslonal racl lll1: came to a close last Novembe r but it was not official until last wee k. Bert Brundage , who was appointed AMA DIstrict 37 Referee In January of ' 58, has decided to call It quits on the local racing scene tor various busine ss reasons but is expected to remaln COllnec ted with raci ng In other ca pacities that will be announced at a later date. (Se e below .) Over the ten-year span that Brundage guided local raclng the sport has taken many jumps tor the better. He has retereed nearly 500 area race meets during tha t ti me and has watched dozens of r iders from the time they were rank beginners to the most poll s hed Expert. Along the way he has built what ls considered the best crew of officials In cycle racing and the rapid-ftre order or running ort races at Ascot has become the guideline s tor all other events. Dur ing the ten years as Refer ee he has di r ec ted a total of seventeen Nalional YOUNGER SfT Championship events, more than any olber active Referee. . Over the years Bert has mi ssed only two races, ooe due to a death In the !amiJy and another due to AMA business oot or town . Another recor d tor pr esent and future Refe r ees to shoot a t, When asked wbo he considered the best all around rider that be has eve r seen on a race track he quickly r epli ed, " Joe Leonard., t We also asked what was the best race that be had ever witne ssed at Ascot and again the quick lUlS1Iier was the lap after lap duel between Bart Markel and DIck Dorresteyn early In the ' 50 season wben both tell off after a collision on the rtnal turn of the final lap. It ls a race well remembered by many or the long ti me fans . The mild but fir m mannered Brundage was an Expert profes sional racer tor man y l1luslrious years before becoming Referee and wI1l again lurn to cycl es and get In some long-sought-after trail riding now that time allows . He Is employed In the Engineering Dept. or Walt DIsney Studios In Burbank. Bert's r eplacement wI1l be Chub Kellam. DIstrict 37 Assistant R le r e e. t- WEBER HARDWELD BIKE CAMS LAST LONGER PERFORM BETIER The n e w stirn-line cycle " Mini - Tra veler" from Para- Pale fills the need tor protection of smaller articles with sateb against loss, thert or weather. Thus It Is gaining favor with yo unge r people, who find It Ideal for carrying books, llOtebooks, pap e r s , records, s tereo ta pes, gi r ls' purses, sweaters and jackets - or anythlng else which fl ts within the Mlni-Trave1er 's 15-1/2" x 13- 1/2" x 5-1/2" dimensions. Preclslon- mol ded of heavy flberglass, Impregnated with lltetime color , the petite carrier Is fl tted with a keyed lock and weatherproof neopr e ne seal. Easily mounted on any standard rack even a bicycle rack - with the bolts and brackets pr ovi ded. Available In plain white or black, at $29.9 5, or In gleamIng metallic l1aIte silver, r ed, blue, gold or gun - me tal at $31.95. Available at most cy cle shops or wr ite Para-Pak, at 12822 Yuk on Avenue, Hawthorne, canr, 90250. e Brundage wI1l most certainly go Into the books In the " Job Well Done Department." LATER DATE A pbon e call from A... A Executive . D1reclor BlJ1 Beny on Monday. January 29th , nol 0Il1y confinued the re si_ tion o f Bert Brundace as Districl37 Re fer ee , ...1 outlined future plans for the supera-peIeDI official. Brundage'S new title will be AMA western Re gion al Direc....., an d he will be re SllQlL'Si llIe fur the conducl of all atioaal Championship races run within the western Re gion. whlcb i ncl ude s Califnrnia, Wasbinc ton , Ore con , Idaho, Montana, Ifyond nc, North Dakota, Sou th Dakota, Colorado. ew Mexico , Arizona , Utah and Nevada. "I1Iere wi n aI!lO be Re ct onal Direclors and s tarters for the Easl and Midwest, 10 be lUIDOUII Ced sbordy. Re gional Start.e r In the Western di vi sion Is to be Ascot's own Ray ( Whi tey ) Lyons. In hi s new capacil,y , Brundage Is no w on the hidlest level of AMA Refereesbip possible , holding forth o ver all Dis tri ct Referees and Starters under hi s j urisdiction. A IIIC step forward, nol only for a IIIOSt deservinc Bert Brunda ge, ...1 for progreSS and uniform! b In the AMA as Ten yurs Dlstrlcl 37 AlIA R.f..... Bwt BRlndap now proC"SHS to n.w position n AlIA W.st.m R.Clonal Dlr.ctllr. p.m. A. 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