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iCAR,I.S8ADRECORDS FAt ~ r.:a z r.:a .,J to) >. to) Steve Firestone (1+0) leads Pat Evans (Yam), riding a machine that outweighs him by over 100 pounds. Steve went on to win the 350 Jr. G.P. class. ' Story and Photos by Dennis Greeue CARLSBAD, CAUF. May 24, 1970- The biggest entry of road racers since the A.M.A. national turned out this past weekend to compete on the HU1 and Valley road course, just outside of San Diego. The A.C.A. played host to twenty-two classes of Production and Grand Prix bikes. Junior and Sen1pr Divisions. Rider of the day bad to be Pat Evans, who entered five events and won them all, and highl1ght of the day came when John McG1l11vray set a new track record of 1 min. 10.2 sec., one second taster then Gary Nixon's mark two years ago at the national. John did have several outstanding Iaps in the Ma1n Event, but was one full lap behind the rest of the field when he was forced to chanee a plug on the first laP. The win in the Open event went to Dave Damron on his Honda 750. The Lightweight Production class, as a rule, bas the largest turnover of new riders, as the smaller macmnes cost less and allows the rider to find out if he wants to pursue road racing. Curt Ward one of the newest riders won the lOOcc Production event, on yet another of Evan's bikes. The second time out for Mark Revels, was a repeat of his first race just two weeks ago at Riverside, where he won two events. Revels walked away with toP honors in the 175cc Production class. Senior Grand Prix Lightweight 125cc event was a runaway by Steve Froscbauer, who put his Yamaha out in front at the start, and laP after lap pulled away from the rest of the field. Richard Sherer bad to work for his win in the 350 class, as most of the riders evenly matched, and put on a great race. Good weather, good riding, and, most of all, a smoothly run program by the A.C.A., provided an excellent day or rac1ng. (Results on page 31) c Young Pat Evans surveys his mounts. If Pat rides one more class it will mean a new truck for his dad. We count seven but it could be eight in there. By Maureen Lee Well, two more TI' scrambles cancelled. As you know by now the TT M.C. didn't throw theirs and now the 13 Rebels have cancelled their June 21st run for lack of club membership, so mark that one off.your calendar. One tb1ng we'll say, we'd much rather see a club cancel out than throw a real bad race which always leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth. . The District trophy presentation at Ascot was a great success. It sure was neat to see all our number one's tined UP in front of the Grand Stands and see them receive their just reward of a bard year's work. Half of the pros riding half-mile there came from our local tracks. Isn't it great to see howthe half-mile bas picked up? The crowd was great Friday, the riders have never worn more colorful leathers than they are this season and for a professional purse instead of peanuts. We'll keep change are starting to get paid our fingers crossed that this will continue, It took two Englishmen to raise the standards for the riders there. If you've ever cheated or thought about it (and haven't we at times!) you'd better start watcb1ng it. The Competition Committee is really going to start cracking down. Instead of just losing points there are going to be longer peanlties 1mposed and this comes about from a desert race. Seems some of the troops were doing their scrambling (i,e. to move over rough ground quickly) on a main highway instead of the trail, not to mention some other infractions. To those of you who belong to a club, make sure your representatives attend the next Sports Committee meeting June 4th. It w111 be very interestingl Speaking of the Sports Committee, we'll give a little plug to Mike Hinshaw who was the Vice-President last year and is now a Director. He has opened a small distributing business at P.O. Box 922, Temple City and we think it's nice to support our own as much as possible. One item he carries gave us a giggle but it 's obviously not funny under certaln situations. He bas small leather pads called " Bawl Gards" to fit on the rear gas tank boIt on Husqvarnas. Seems you gentlemen need 'em should you hit a bump and come doWn the wrong way. It's nice too, that each rider gets to keep the trophy now so he'll always have a memento of that magic year he was a numero uno. We just wish the District had a headquarters so all the old traditional trophies could still be kept as there is a wealth of history in them even if some of them are big and clunky. It was decided that the last man to own it would keep it and there go a lot of memories. Maybe a better way would have been to have the rider or the club whose name appeared the most on each one receive it. The heavyweight scrambles trophy would then have gone to Jim Hunter who appears about seven times on it. 'That heavyweight trophy is a masterpiece with names going back on it to the days when you didn't earn it without riding desert and scrambles. How times have changed. Now everyone specJa11zes. a "" ""' - Dave Damron wheelies his Honda 750cc 4 cylinder at speed coming out of dip on Carl sbad road course.