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• DIST 35 STA YS IN THE AMA Th e s pe cial meeting of AMA Dis trict .Mr . Owe ns th e n r ead a letter fr o m 35 was held on January 21 , 1968 at the William T . Berr y Jr., Executiv e Dir Visalia Rambler s clubhouse in Visalia, .9;' ecto r of the AMA, which exp lained the Calif. A majority of twelve clubs lls - (""J 'ne w na ti onal poin t system fo r s po r ts man ten ed as last Octobe r ' s minutes were go r iders . Mr. Berr y e xplained that th e ne w read by Arlene Owens, secretary- trea - &l- point sys te m i s for Exper ts only r ight s ur e r of Distri ct 35 Sports Co m mi ttee . now and that if the hom e off ice can Red Owe ns , Dis trict 35' s sportsman iii' handle it, th ey m ight take on Am a teur s Refe r ee / Commis s ioner , s ugg ested that ~ an d Be gi nners numbers nex t year. Th e Dis tri ct 35 r etir e number 32 from th e ~ letter went on to say that fo reign r ide r s sportsman's number s an d r eserve it for were welcome to ride AMA events 'bu t Sid Pay ne in hi s honor . Th e s uggestion that the y must buy an AMA card, and a wa s put into a motion by F r ank Roseprofe s s ional li ce nse if it we re a pr oberry. (Sproc ke ts MC) an d was ca r ried fes s ional event that they were go ing to unanimous ly by a vote . ride in . Re d Owe ns then r ead a lette r from the Th e ma in topic of the meeting, whether AMA s tating that Mike Lane was s us or not Dis tric t 35 was going to stay in pended fr om AMA profes s ional e vents the AMA, was then discussed a short until further noti ce be caus e he had while . Chuc k Ramage (Fresno MC) ma de falsif ied his birt h certificate in orde r to a motion that Dis t ric t 35 s tay in th e AMA obtain a pr ofes sional llcense. A discusand s e nd in the ir s a nction fees for 1968. s ion followed afte r whi ch the delegates Moti on wa s seconded by Ave ry Hen sley ag reed that Distr ict 35 would r e com m e nd and carried unani mously by th e deleto the AMA home office that Mike Lane gate s. The general feeling of the delebe suspe nded from s ports man compe ti gates was that changes were takin g tion fo r a per iod of six months. place within the AMA and that District DISTRICT 35 HEAVYWEIGH T 1 POINT 968 STANDINGS 1. Lanny ~1 ayes 2. Ke ith Thomas 3 . Tim Thomas 4. Clinto n Howe 5. Rick Elisa rra ras 6. Ca rroll J a cks on 7. Earl Ba chant 8. Louie W ood 9. Bo tc h T urner 10 . J . F . McCollo ugh U . RaY Ande rson 12 . Bob Robichea ux 13 . J im McCracken H. Ed Lambe rt 15. Richard Rollman 16 . Cha rli e McC ra ck en 17. Wayne Hicks 18. Joe F. Brown 19. Ski p sartor 20. Ga ry Gi bbs 21. Ron Spillman 22. Richard Andrade 23. Ron Cl a wso n 24. Claren c e P itman 25. Charie s Rowen 26. Donald McKay 27. Clay Holland 28. Mike Keen 29. Alvin Grirtith 3 0. Harold Williamson 31. John Hessick 32 . Sid Payne 33. Darrell Graham 34. Darrell McCaulley 35. George Holland 36. Terry Simms 37 . Don Wilson 38 . Jim Lawler 39. Fred Gregory 40. Gary Smart 41. John Laster 42. stan Sibley 43. Wayne Westbay 44. Orvis stacey 45. Wendayl Aragon 46. Jerry Ca s k 47 . Jim Chisum 48. Danny Green 49. John Scantlin 50 . Don Moore 51. Fernando Romero 52. Eloy Garcia 53. Jim Baker 54. Bob DiFrancisco 55. Bob Day 56. Lynn Campbell 57. Dale Graham 58. Chris Brown 59. Butch Hazelaar 60 . Marvin Heath 61. Ron McGuire 62. Joe Gordon 63. RaY Covey 64 . Ted Mainini 65 . Mike Robinson 66 . Larry Garbon 67. Van Lewis 68. Ray Cla us e n 69. Howard Ri st 70. Ray Yinger 7 1. Al Grouleff 72. Tom Lynch 73. Wes McAllister 74. Louie Garcia 7 5. Jack Monger 76. Ray saterstad 77. Jan Val enc ia 78. Bob Lepp ek E E E E E E E A E E E A E A A A B E E A A A A E A A A A E A A E A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A E E A A B A A E B B A B A A A B B A B B E B B B A B A A B B A 79 . 80. 81. 82. 83. 8 4. 85 . 86. 87. 88. 89. !!O. 91. 92. 93 . 94. 9 5. 96 . 9 7. 98 . 99 . 100. 101. 10 2. 103. 104. 105 . 106. 107. 108 . 109 . 110. Ill. 1I 2. 1I3. 114. 1I 5. 1I6. 117. 1I8. 119. 120. 1 21. 122. 123 . 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. HI. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147 . 148 . 149. 150 . 151. 152. 153. 154. 155 . 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. 163 . 164 . 165. Steve Simms Larry W s en berge r ei Home r Wilson '1 Myron Kitchen Ce cil W i s ili Dav e Ca rri ge r Larry Dunha m Mike T hompson Ce cil Bailes E rnie Smithey Ke n Muther Bill Ski nne r Wayne Sumner Roosevelt Summerline P a ul Karpin sk i Dick L ytell Dave Moo ney Lyman W dcoc k oo Robert Bennett Alex Chrzanows ki J ohn Dool ey Greg GrouleH Frank L on gac re Al e x Me tzler Gene Smi tfJ J im Bell a cb Gerald Ferreira Albert Hazelberg Rod Morton Rory Randall John Bass William F. Brud er BllI Ca s to r Henry Patrick Louie J . Arias Bob Elisarra ra s Leeman Robbins Ronnie Randell Joe Roseberry Mike Valencia Don Chi sh olm Tom Hughes Don Noia Juiain sanchez Bill Williams F.R. Hedgecook Ray Remy Jimmy spiker Dan Thompson J .C. Hartis Wayne Head James Reed David Trent Midge GriffitfJ Allen Lane Jack Mwphy Cal Powers Ronald Orff Leonard Reed Joe Villanueva Charlie Witrado Ed Bearcroft Del Col by Don Cameron Mel Gunha Fred Cummings Jack Glandon Ronnie Johnson Bob Quinton John Shaffer Ste ve Furtney Cl a re nc e Ki ssinger Wayne Mason Nic k Nepingsen Louis Russell Jay Bellach Larry Cunn ing ham Richard Metzler Mike Lage Frank Newman John Pierson E ddi e Powers JoE. Rinehart Gary Sha fe r Tom Sto ckstill Ca rl Vollm er Max Carpe n te r 8 A B A B B .A A :\ B A A B B B E B A B B B 8 B 8 8 A 8 B B .A A 8 A B B B B B E B B E B B B B B B A B A 13 B B B B A B B B B B B A B B B B B B B A B B B B B B B B B B B B A B B 166. 167. 168 . 169. 170 . 171. Dan ny Ca tter Robert Fa ~ kes Harold O. Johnso n John W. McBee David P riddy E d L e e Salyards 1 I" Mike Lane 2F .l o e F . Brown 3F Tod Sloan 4F Randy Smith 5F Wayne Schmidt 6F Do n Hu ghe s 7 F Billy Ezernack 8 F Ha rve y Bakker 9 F Mike Middle to n 101" F rank Ros eb erry 11 F Jack Monge r 12 F J im Kee ner 13 F Tracy Bri ght HF Ro ndy O. Smi th 15 F Guy B. Smith 16F Larry Coday 17F Bob Ki ng 18F J immy Hood 19 F E verett Brinkley 20 F Ri ck Blake 21 F T om Church 22F Mike T ay lor 23 F F re eman Coui ter 24F P ete Willis 25F Steve Davi s 26F Earl Lloyd 27 F Arnol d Tull 28 F Carl Nelson 29F Richard Loewen 30F Tim Thomas 31F L .Co Crain 32F Richard Pereira 331" Wayne Sumne r 34F Butch Turner '35 F Ga rvin Brown 36F Bill King 37F Dennis Baron 38F Joe Garcia 39F Norm McKenzi e 401" Roy Spik er 411" steve Bray UF Albert Sta cy 43F Gene Auston 44F .Ma x Carpenter 45F Butch Bi ven s 461" Richard Newby 47F Don Byrk e 48F Ernie Winslow 49F J im O'Hara 50F Robert Moores 51F Richard F ried 52F Larry Rog ers 53F Art Carter 54F Mike Couch 55F Avery Hensley 56F Dwaine Shockley 57 F Bob Leppek 58 F Jim McCracken 59 F Stan Mills 60F Jim Campbell 61F Al Loewen 62F Ken Owen 63F Harry Krugh 64F Stan Sweaney 6 5F Ray Tobey 66F John Laster 67 F Robert Dicel ey 68F Tom Brimage 69F Ron Holland 70 F Joe Engleman 71 F Da vid Ga rdne r 7 2F Don Harms 73F John E . Oliver Jr. 74 F Ron Da venport 75F .Ie rr Spe rry 76 F E d W hite BULTACO & GREEVES Headquarters Fibergl ass T anks $40. w/cap 525 N. EI Camino Re a l San Clemente, Ca liforn ia (114) 492-6741 II II B B 8 B DISTRICT 35 LIG HTWEIGHT (250cc) 1968 POINT STANDINGS KAWASAKI BEACH CI TIES C YCLES 35 co ul d not really complain since they got to talk with Mr . Berry and make their fe eli ngs known. Re d Owe ns pointed out that Mr . Berry cancelled Di s trict 36' s sanction meeting and that District 36 will have to vote for th eir r eprese nta ti ve to the Compe tition Cong r es s by MAIL ! . Th e classification of bikes was th en di s cussed a t gr ea t le ngth . Th e following classes were s et up: Bantam Weight: 0-55cc, 56c c - 100cc, 101cc - 125cc ; Light weight; 12 6cc-175cc ,176cc-200cc ,201cc 250cc; Heavy weight; 251cc -350cC, 35Icc500cc. 50Icc -Open. Take note tha t the Heavyweight clas s i s now run on a inchfor-inch basis, regardless whether the bike is overhead valve or s i de valve. It was pointed ' out by Marvin Heath (sali na s Ram bler s ) that some cl ubs were refusing to l et two -stroke m a chi ne s run s hort t r ack with a compression release . The delega te s then passed a rule that it was legal to have a compre s sion r e lease on an y bi ke at an y event at the option of the rider . PL US a complete line of Fi bergla ss pa rts for Bull a co Mail Order to : VE GAS CYCLE CENTER 1020 F remo nt , Las Ve gas , Ne v. 89101 E E E E E E A A A E A A A E A A E A A E A A E A A B A A A E A A E E A A A A B E A A B B A A A A A B A B A A B B A E A A B B E B A A B A B II II E A 8 E B 77 F De nnis Graham 78F Greg Groul eff 79 F Requil Holt 801" Dave Anderson 81 F Don Mc Kay 8 2F SCott Diffenbau gh 83 F Patrick Murphy 84F Ken Reed y 85F Chuc k St romenger 86F Stan Co ffee 87 I" Bob bie Mann 88F George Holland 89F Dway ne Potter 90F Kei th Thoma s 91 F Kenneth Wise 92F Chuck Frey 93F Loui s Russell 941" J ohn W s s on a 95F Dick Da vis 96F Lo re n Hoo ver 97 F J ohn Doe 98 F Terry Lane 99 1" Jack L a ven de r 100F J oh n Stockto n 10 1 F E dwin T homas 10 2F Ke n H eptner 103F Da n Reed 104F Maxwell Smith 105F Ken Bruto n 106F Jay Da vis 107 F R.J . Ike Eige nbrod 108F Howard Gri s ha m 109 F Gordon Herb 11OF How ard How ell 111F Robert L e wi s 11 2F J eff Nolke 113F To mmy Smith 114 F Rich ard Stallcup 1I 5F Don Whitak er 116F Jame s Co gl e 117 F Micky Co x 1I8 F Dick Dickison 1I9F Ronald Gowens 120 1" Mike Keen 121 F Denn is Pangburn 122 F Ed Prince 123F Fred Roberts 124F Don Sperry 125F Ed Swo rtfuguer 126F Francis Tyree 127F Dick Z iker 128F Steve Co l by 129 F Danny Co ll i ns 1301" Bill Donl ey 131 F Ste ve Furtney 132F Don Hibner 133 F Bruce P erry 134F Sam Scole s 135F Gary Stammen 136 F Don Bacot 137 F Donovan Bowman 138F scouv Coy ne 139F Earnest Dean 1401" Les Dilfinbaugh 141 I" Bill Hawkins 142F Bill Parr H3F Don Stoc k ton 1441" Bill W arner 1451" P e te Fire 146F Buddy Murrell 147F Joel P rater 148F Jame s T. Ramsey 149 F Rory Randall 150F Bill Ti dwell 151 F Larry Weisenberl:e r 152F John Wile y 153F Ronald Byrd 154 F Manuel Diaz 155 F Lon am Fo gl em an J r. 156F Mike Hannah 157 F Elme r Kuehns 158F John L a s t er 159 F Bill Olive r 160 F David Oli ve ria 16 1 F Lee Ty ler 162F Bill E. Ward Jr. 163F L eon W atts TOM'S CYCLE CENTER YO UR Bridgestone & M ontesa Dealer for Southern Nevada 1230 So Main Las Vegas, Nevo Phone: 38z..66nn The money needed to send Marvin ~ Heath, Dis t r ic t 35' s representative to the 0> Compe ti tion Cong r es s , to Ohio was then ... discussed. Th e delegates all agreed that gf ea ch a ctive club woul d be assessed an equal amount to pa y the exp e nses of the ~ .. representati ve. ~ Th e el ection of offi cer s was then held .2; for the Spo r ts Com mittee . The following ~ peop le were elected to offi ce : P r esident , Keith Th oma s ( Ma de r a Br a ve s ); Vice P r e side nt, Carl Cr ader ( Madera Braves) Sec retary- Treasurer . A r l e n e Owe ns: Southe r n r egion Technical Co mmi tt e e, F r a nk Ros eber ry (Spr oc ke ts MC); Central r egion Technical Committe e, Jack Monger (Visalia Ramblers); Coastal r eiion Tec hnical Com mittee, Tony Elisarraras (Atas cade ro): Northwe s t rezion Techni cal Committ ee, Rober t Robicheaux (Sallnas Rambler s ). Th e meeting was the n adjourned by . Keith Th omas who reminded the de legates that the next mee ti ng of AMA' s District 35 Sports Com mi tte e will be on March 2, 1958, 8 p .rn , at the Visalia Ramblers clu bhouse in Vi s alia , Calif . II B B B A 8 A :\ A 8 B A B E B B 8 B B B A A B B B B A B B B B A A B B A B Il II B A B 8 A B B B A B B B B B A B B B B B B B A B B B B B B A A B B A B A B A B B B B B B B B B B DISTRI CT 35 BANTAMWT. 1968 PO INT STANDINGS IB 2B 3B 4B 58 6B 78 8B 9B lOB 11 B 12B 13B 14B 15B 16 B 17B 18 B 19 8 20 B 21 B 22B 23B 24B 258 26 B 27 B 28B 29B 308 31B 3 2B 33B 34B 3 5B 36 B 37 B 38 B 39B 40B U B 42B 43B HB 45B 46B 47B 48B 49B 50B 51B 52 B 53 B 54B 55B 56B 57B 58 B 59 B 60B 61B 62 B 63B 64B 65B 66B 67 B 688 69 B 70B 71 B 72 B 73B 74B 75 B 76B 77 B 78B 79B 8011 Mike Lane Jimmie Maxwell Randy MattfJews Sammy Holland Ron To be)' Hersch el Spurlock Buc k HOMn Randy O. Smith Fred Gre gory Jeff Johnson Gary Mauld en Dar rell Smith Da vy Matthews Ri ck Blake Ron Quitorianio Ed Princ e Greg Grouloff J. F re eman Shiel ds Harry Krugh Warren sanders Da vid Sprayberry Stan Nunes Horac e Ki ght J ohn Bilye u J im Owe n Bob Mulle r J erry sand ers Larry Melton Bobby G. Owen s Stan sanderson Mike Cra in Patrick Murp hy Mar1l staab Da vid Miller Rog er Cra in Ri ckie Biddl e Crai l: Ingalls Fred Ladd Neil MacDonnald Frank Roseberry Gayle Calhoun Tom Connal ley Albert Nystrom Da vid Williams Harvey Bakk er Bill Caslor Howard Ca sada Mike Keener George Madarias Ernie W inslo w Tom McKibben David Bellina Tom Church Dale Medford Ken Heptner Mike Amato Geor ge Beckett Thomas Coope r Bruce Masterson Joe Upshaw Steve Williams Lester Manson John Oliver Terry Tucker Darrell Chas tai n Don Lockwood J erry Lowri e Bill Connoll y Ste ve Fortney KennetfJ Hale Richard Porter Carl Wilson T erry Cox Jack Jone s Jim McGuire Lonn Miller Ben Lamas Max SmitfJ F rank T homa s Jim Whi ta ker E E E A A A A E A A A A A E A A A A E A A B II B A B A A B B B A 8 B B B B B II E B B A 8 A A B B A A B A A B B B A B A B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B ( E) E xpe rt (A) Amateur (B) Beginne r !.. ~ f SHELL MOTORS 3365 Cent ury Blv d., L ynwood - NE 8-t864 • • • •

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