U.S. MI Team Successful In First Foreign Try
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Roo NeIsoo and J<. Body count was
about 9 down In thefirstturu.Fortuoately nobody was hart In Ibis pile-QP and
Jon Ogilvie managed to survive the day's
events to win b1s class. Kirk Bre1sford
followed In second, with Dave Harrison
In Iblrd.
Len Garcia of Hollister pulled off the
win In tbe 200 Amateur class ahead of
second place man, JolIn Brown (Hon.).
Brown rode a fine race In the main considering the nasty spill he had taken In
the beat.
(Results on page 20)
Th. Am.lcan MX Team didn't rid. at G.nk, B.lelum on March 9, shown In the .. photos. Torsten Hallman won It on a Husky, fonowed byJo.1 (CZ) Rob.rt 2nd, John (BSA) Banks 3rd,
Chris (Husky) Hammarcren 4th and Racer De Coster on Cz. The 2S0cc cia .. was b.Cos.... s.
AMERICAN MX TEAM'S GP SCHEDULE
April 6 - 500cc Motocross, Limoges,
France (Both riders).
April 13 - Spanish 250cc Motocross GP,
Madrid.
April 20 - Swiss 250cc Motocross GP,
Geneva. (John).
500cc Motoao GP of Austria (Ron).
May 4-250 & 500. Vannes, France (Both)
May 11- wedish Motocross GP. Stock·
holm.
Mayl~Club eventtnltaly(not definite).
May 18-Dutch 500cc Motocross GP, The
Hague.
June 8-East Germany Motocross (Both).
June 15-500cc GP of Czechoslovakia
(Both).
J1me 22-Russian 500cc Motocross GP,
Moscow.
July 6-25Occ Motocross, Switzerland
(not definite).
July 13-SOOcc Motocross, France (Joim
only).
August 3-Belgian 500cc Motocross GP,
Brussels.
AugustlO-FiDnisb25Occ Motocross GP,
Helsinki.
Aucust 15--GP of France (Boll riders).
Aucust 17-Busstaa 250cc Motocross
GP, Moscow.
AapstZ4-1laJyMotocro (oot deflalte).
Allcust31-EastGenaa 51OccMotocross
GP, Bed1Il.
Sept. 7-Motoa'oss Des Natioas, Eo eland
Sept. 1:>-2O-IntematlonalSix Days Trial,
Muaicb.
Cycle News will fealure coverace of
aD events the Team enters, iocladinc
later addilioDs to the list above.
LfT'S GO,
A filC NSI
This letter is for the purpose
are very aware that there are other fine
American riders who are capable of
representing America In Europe In tbts
tougn sport and in -the future years we
believe we will see many more of
America's finest riders competing.
'The American Motocross Team fund
must be a success to allow Ibis to happen. Dan, Joe and I have been, and will
be, talldng to some of the most impOrtant people in all fields of endeavor. 'They
are willing to donate money to tbts cause
but all of these people feel, along with
us, that the motorcycle Industry itself
should beJ,p keep the ball rol1lng - hence
Ibis letter.
.
Joe promised one full page once a
month In b1s magazine to be used editorially and with pictures following America's riders tllroughout Europe. With your
donation you'll be on our malling list
for all bulletins.
Artist's sketdl of the "m.lcan Motocross
T... Jacket patdl.
at rais-
ing money to heJ,p two Americans in
Europe to compete in the European
motocross circuit and World Championship races.
Dan Gurney, America's foremost internatiooal racer, ~oe Parkburst, publisher of Cycle World Maga.zine, and I
have had Ibis dream for many years as
it is our strong conviction that America
should be repr_ted In all forms 01
sports inclo1lng motorcycling, whicb is
certainlY a true sport, requiring physical
ability, courage, dedication and training.
One very important llIct is that lron
curtain countries support the sport of
motocross with everythlng they've got
as they realiZe the great propaganda
value motocross bas (even at minor
GrIUId Prix races, crowds of 20,000 are
commoDPlace) so they field teams 01
riders on factory motorcycles, with
trained mechanics and vans to transport
them.
Victor Arbekov, 01 the U.S.S.R., was
world champion In 1967. 'The iron curtain oountrles are doing a good job of
spreading thelr philosophy.
With your beJ,p we will be able tosbow
wbat some great, young, wholesome,
dedicated atbletes can do wben they are
doI:ng thelr best on the battlefield 01
motocross.
Ron Nelsoo and JolIn DeSoto are Ibis
kind at young American that sbould represent our fine country in Ibis sport.
'They are true competitors - honest,
courteous, dedicated athletes In every
sense at tile word. Also, they are exceptionally qualified as tbey won the first
Inter-Am series beld here In tile United
States; Ron in the 500cc class and JolIn
In the 250cc class. Ron and JoIlnalreadY
have raced one race In France with the
best results any American bas ever had
(ED. NOTE: see story Ibis issue). We
Roo and JolIn wiD race next In a 250Cc
championsblP race which will be held in
Spain on AprU 13th. The Montesafactory
has agreed to donate factory works
motorcycles - the very bestMontesabas
to otter - also a trained factory mechanic
and as much heJ,p in other ways as they
can. Tb1s is a giant step for such a small
b.ctory but they belIeft that thelr motorcycles are capable at wtnniag. Ron and
haft been accepted for the 250Cc
race and the 500cc race In Moscow,
Russia.
'The Am ican Motocross Team fund
will give financial he to as many justly
qualified rlders on ANY brand motorcycle as we can. Rou and Jobn are only
the start.
Financial and persooai ~ort so far
bas been Jantastic. Some very well known
sports-miDded motorcycle enthusiasts
that have doratNt thm time, money and
energy are listed below. 'They believe in
Ibis project:
Don
famous Los Angeles Rams
football great; Dick Smothers, famous
TV and recording star; Joe Bihari,
President, Cadet Records; Bill Shatner
01 TV and movies; Bruce Brown, Movie
maker ("TIle Endless Summer").
Please send $5.00 or more. Donations
are not tax deductible. We wtllbeproud to
send you the American Motocross Team
patcb to proudly wear. 'The patch is tile
"Symbol of the Nation" - our Eagle on
the red, wblte and blue sb1eld- clutching
arrows In one talon and olive branch In
the other.
Mall to:
AMERICAN MOTO-CROSSTEAM
P.O. Boz 3276
Hollywood, Californ1s 90028
Our Pledge: ALL DONATIONS WILL BE
USED FOR THIS CAUSE ONLY!
KIM KIMBALL
Los Angeles, Calif.
Paw.
