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VOICES OF
THE WEST
KANSASINTER·AM
Today was one of the days I look forward to. I can rush horne to read my
latest Issue of Cycle News and find out
the news about current happenings In the
world of motorcycling.
Today's Issue held special Interest,. I
race here In the midwest, I have had a
fe w successes, but am by no means a
po te ntial Gary Nixon. WInn1ngfirstplace
in the l25cc class at the International
Mota-Cr oss held some meaning tor me.
The added bonus was that I would be
mentioned in Cycle News . Imagine my
disappointment when you followed the
Internationals across the United States
and skipped WIchita comple tely.
Aside from my personal Inte r es t, the
show down there was fan tasti c. The rain
all day Saturda y made the cours e very
muddy and challenging . All the r iders
were putting for th their best and the.
result was an enjoyable
af ternoon of
racing.
I 's ure want to exp r es s my disappointment, which I am sure Is shared by
others .
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GARY ffiLGENBERG
Ames , Iowa
Results are in this Issue - Ed .
THANKSTO Al l
want to deeply thank Rescue Three
for transpor ti ng my husband to the hos pi tal when he had his near- fa tal a ccident
a t the Rams run November 17.
I also want to thank everyone who has
been In contact with the Jack Ra bbit's
and me offer ing to help.
I will never be able to say how much
It has meant to me and our family to
know there are so many people conc er ned . I know, If my husband pulis through,
It will mean a great deal to him also.
Because of his serious head Injury the
doctors aren ' t able to pr omis e recovery.
But with God's help and all you who are
pulling for hi m I feel be has to make It.
MRS. BARBARA SCARBERR Y
WhIttier, csnr,
THE l EDGE
I am wr iting about my brother Charles
who was inJured In the 200 novi ce class
November 24 a t the point run in Perris.
in order to avoid a fallen r ider he hit the
bike and went over the cllf! at the edge
of the s weeper.
Had the track been sater he would
have walked away. Now he faces six
weeks In the hospital and will be unable
to walk for six months. My point Is:
why s hould a fast track llke Perrts have
a vertical dr opoff of over 10 feet on the
edg e of one of Its fastest cor ner s ?
Inciden tally, the l edge makes a swell
tak e off ramp.
It anyo ne wants to send Charl es a card
or see hi m he Is a t the Or ange County
Medical Cen ter , 101 Manchester Ave.,
Or ange, caur. 92668.
JACK LAMOUREUX
Seal Beach, Cal.
APPAllED BY LITTER
have been Interested In motorcycles
for over fifteen years and have been
participating In des ert events for ten
years.
Dur ing this pe riod of ti me I have been
barraged with ' pr opaganda about " wbat
neat pe ople" we are . However, no mat1er
how "neat" we are, we will be cons idered as "slobs" as long as we persist
in disregarding the fact that the nonmotorcycling public does not know how
nice we really are.
The public only hears the noise we
make, sees the lit1er we leave on the
desert and the general lack of respect we
have for the privacy of others.
Last Sunday, November 17, I took a
member of the Sierra Club with me to
the Rams Hare and Hound. Although he
thonght the race was Interesting he was
appalled at the amount of lit1er that was
left by the participants.
One's first reaction to this Is: " To
hell with the Sierra Cl ub." But reme mber, the Si erra Cl ub doe s not Ir r i ta te the
general public. They do leave a clean
campsite and they are a strong political
force In this country. (There are even a
few of them who ride motorcycles.)
If we are to continue to have unrestrained use of the desert we must present a good Image. One only has to look
at the Image hunters have created for
themselves and the land that Is pos te d
" 00 hunting" to reallze that It woo't be
long before land will also be posted
" no motorcycles."
Ten years ago there weren ' t enough of
us to really be noticed. Today, with the
multitude of motorcycles ustnz the de s ert every weeken