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Bil l HIli (Iell) pres ents Bi ll William s with trophy lor high point Sliver CIl}' Scra mblers European
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The Southern Nevada Motor cycle Association presented Its 5th annual Robin
Spllsbury Awards Banquet Saturday, Jan.
27th at the Las Vegas Municipal Country
Club banquet room . A turnout of over
seventy motorcycle enthusiasts were
there to cast their ballots for the recipient of the Robin Spllsbury Award.
The even ing started at 7:00 p.m ....1th
a coc kta ll hour, followed by a well prepared steak dinn er . Gene Drew then
opened the awards presentation with the
Introductioos of the newl y elected orrtcers of the association and other honored
guests. The Silver Queens Motorcycle
Clu b led off with a wards to Al Titus for
his help at all the races In furnis hing
the flne P .A. system . Th e most valuable
club member a war d was pr es e nte d to
Shirley Fuller. Th e next award was to '
Gene Drew for his assistance to the
Sllv er Queens ; it read to the " Dir ty
Old Man."
The Vegas Valley M,C, awarded Jim
McDonal d the most valuable cl ub member trophy and John Siegal the high
point award. The next awards were from
the Groundshakers M.C. with Tom Scales
an d Ken Came r on ti eing for mo s t valuable , A very ni ce trophy went to Kibby
Scales , Cyc l e News , La s Vegas des er t
correspondent, for his valued assistance
to the club. Casey Folks received the
club high point trophy. Then awards ot
the Sllver Ci ty Scramblers, the trophies
tor their tirst race of the year , were
given. Casey F olks received tirs t 100c c
Expert, Ken Cameron first Ama te ur and
Duane Benneti firs t Novice . Then into
the 101cc to Op,en, with Max Switzer tirst
Overall and flrst 250 Expe r t, Ken Ca me r on ti rst 250 Amateur , Bill Willia ms tirst
250 Novice an d Gary Ste wart 2nd 250
Novice . In the Ope n clas s Red Van
Buskirk took flrst place. Club high point
award went to Max Switze r . Ca s ey Folks
presented awards from the association ,
opening with high poin t Super Lightweight
track John Siegal, Li ghtwei ght Bob Tooley , Open Ron SaUer, high point de ser t
Supe r Lig htweig ht Danny Darlan, Li ghtweight Casey, Folks , Open Gll vaaa,
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Smiling broadly, Casey Folks carries off his
award for high point 2S0 cc dese rt rider.
Gem W
iley (left) awards to Shirley Fuller the
SIlver Queens lI.C. trophy lor m
ost valuable
assi stan ce from a club member.
The next award was to the Sportsman
the Year; thls a ward was ins ti luted
last year and donated by Herb Hill, for
the most sportsmanlike rider In the area
and is voted on onl y by his fellow riders .
Gene ann ounced the recipient and no
more deserving is there than Mike
Snider, who had to work and was unable
to make the banquet. The next awards
were from the Dlrtdiggers Grand Prix,
2nd 250 Expert Bob Tooley and 3rd 250
Expert Max Switzer. Ge ne Drew then
Introduce d Wes Cooley, pr e s ide nt of the
American Cycl e Association who gave a
very nice Introduction to Max Switz er for
taking second In the 500cc class In the
ACA Sll ver Cup s eries.
Now the award everyone was waiting
tor - The Man of the Year , the winner of
the Robin Spills bur y award. Casey Folks
r ead the name Gen e Drew and Gene
suddenly was speechle ss . After a .few
attem pts at a word Gene was able to
gi ve a fine acceptan ce addres s and a
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Gille Drew received tile coveted Robin Spllsbury award lor hi s many ello rts to promote
racine In tile Las Velas area - Includlnl
sta rting all tile area races, holdlnl Presl·
dency 01 tile Silver Clly Scramblers, and announcln, eVlllts at Craig Road Speedway.
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Max Switzer (rllbt) receives from Bi ll Hili
one of four trophies he received - for firs t
overall In Europ ean Scrambles, c lub high
point. 3rd 250cc Expert at Hopetawn and 2nd
SOOcc prolesslona l In tile ACA Sliver Cup
series.
heartfelt thank you . No thanks necessary,
Gene , It takes a lot of hard work and
grea t dedication to the spor t to be the
recipient of this award a nd no one Is
more de s er ving . Again, congratulations
Gene. The festivities then adjourned to
the bar whlle the band set up for an
evening of dan cing . It was a very enjoyable eveni ng for all an d unti l next year
I will close with best of luck to all my
good friends In Las Vegas and see you
soon,
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