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MOTOCROSS at Bay Mare Perk. Mall $3 entry to BCA, 13902 Ham! in St., Van Nuys, Cal. 91401, $5 post. 7-9, reca et 9:30. Mail clo.. Dec. 9. 125/25-/0pen, Nov/Am-Ex. Di.t. 37 pts. ~ MOTOCROSS by Slow Spokes M.C. in Helvecia, Ore., Sunset Hwy (26) W. from Portland to Helvecia Rd. cutoff, follow signs 8 mi. to track. S~try to P.O. Box 5025. Aloha, Ore. Signup 10:30, race 11 :30. 125/200/250/0pen 2·stroke/Open 4~trokelmini bike. Info: (503) 246-7580. ,\ (Contirrued from fHIIfe 2) ~ ~~~ros~~g:.To~~~~:~.B=~~~ wand Monterey Hwy. Warmups at 7 p.m., racing at 8:30; l/lOth mi~asphalt track. Info: > 14 Camp Evers, Santa Cruz, Cal., 95060; u (408) 438·3210. d CAl. TRAIL81KE CHAMPIONSHIP, cross country, limed N. of Adelanto on Hwy 395.3 courses. 0·100cc. Nov/Am/Ex/PP/Under 16/0ver 40/Non-<8cers. Nov. go 60 mi.; Am/Ex. 75 mi.; others 30 mi. Trophies, finisher pins. Mail $6 entry on any standard blank to RV Enterprises, Box 3882, Torrance, Cal.. 90510 - add $2 for sponsored rides eligible for awards & publicity. Info: (213) 370-8234. (714) 735-4641. SAT. & SUN., DEC. 5 & 6 PONDEROSA HARE SCRAMBLES by Greyhounds M.C. starts 15 mi. E. of Lanaster on Ave. "J". Race at 10, 40% trophies to trail/125/0pen plus conti"gencies. Info: (213) 367-2907. LAGUNA SALADA 200 for m/c and cars called "On The Sunny Side Of Baja" near Mexicali, B.C. Mexico, 30 mi. from the port of entry at Calexico, Calif. M/C run on Saturday, start at 10 a.m. 125/175/250/5OOcc and Open. Two loo-mile laps. $100 entry, 40% purse of receipts. Mail entry to 8ill Martin, P.O. Box 1803, Calexico, Calif. $125 post. Starting position by drawing. SUNDAY, DEC. 6 MOTOCROSS at Daroga Park. Orondo, Wash.. 23 mi. N. of Wenatchee. E. side of Columbia River. 3 15-mln. motos for 125/250/0pen/14-under (125 limit). HARE SCRAMBLES by Cycliers of Bakersfield limed from Bakersfield Speedway on N. Chester Ave. AMA sanct. $4 entry. Noon start for 126cc and over. 12:05 start for under 125. Info: (805) 831-4333. MOTOCROSS by Amarillo Motocross Pit in Amarillo, Tex., take Interstate 40 E. to Juett-Atterbury exit and look for signs. $4 entry includes gate to 3516 Hawthorne, Amarillo, Tex., 79109. Gates open at 10:30, race at 2. loo/125/250/0pen. $300 purse. money to first three, trophy to next three if class full. Info: (806) 352-{)567. MOTOCROSS by EBRA in Enseneda. $3 entry. Race at 11. Info: 8-3237. MOT'OCR'ClSS by HRA""at Huntington IlWch Cycle Perk. Mail $3 entry to Box FA, Westminster Cal. 92683, closes Dec. 2. $6 post signup 8-10. 3 correct HRA plates or ride Expert. Info: (714) 897-4458. TT RACES by HRA at Huntington Beech Cycle Park. Signup 9·10:30. $2.25 members, $2.50 non. 3 correct HRA p1.tes or ride Expert. Info: (714) 897-4458. LAST CHANCE ENDURO by CEA limed from Red Mountain, two 45·mile loops. AMA sanct., Dist. 37 pts. Mail $6 entry to CEA Inc., 7813 S. Blackford St., Whittier, Cal. 90606, begins Oct. 26, closes Nov. 28. Incl ude 2 self-eddressed stamped envelopes. Limited to 500 riders, Post $8, add $1 for each team member. Rescue 3. Drawing held Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. at Sid's M/C Service, 11015 Lower Azusa Rd., EI Monte, Cal. MOTOCROSS by Oasis M.C. limed from Court House 5 mi. N. of Fallon, Nev. AMA Sanct. sign up & practice 8-9:30, racing at 9:30. All classes. $1 donation; $4 to ride. SATURDAY, DEC. 19 INDOOR FLAT TRACK, First Annual Yamaha Silver Cup Series, by Trojar. Enterprises at the Long Beach Sports Arena. AMA sanct. with $1200 Concrete. guaranteed. Practice 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $5 entry with signup at 6; gates open at 6. Info: 435-10t3. SAND SCRAMBLES at Indian Dunes Park, 2 mi. W. of Castaic Junction, Hwy 126 in Va1encia, Cal. $5 entry•. no admiss.ion charge to riders. No pts., pie plates OK, trophies to Nov; cash to Am/Ex. Rain or shine. Info: (805) 259-8000. INTER-AM MOTOCROSS at Saddleback Park, Orange, Cal. Info: Joe Parkhurst 17141 639-5832. SUNDAY, DEC. 20 ACA ROAD RACE at Carlsbad Raceway. Pits open at 8 a.m., racing at noon. All Jr. and Sr. GP and Production classes. Info: (714) 528-4290. EUROPEAN SCRAMBLES-POKER RUN by High Siders M.C. at Indio, Cal.; limed from Interstate 10 & N. Jefferson St. overpass. $3 entry; signup 8-9:45, racing at 10; trophies all classes. Info: (714) 347-6588. CMC MOTOCROSS at Saddleback Park. $5 mail entry to CMC, Box 1402, Costa Mesa, Cal. 92626 closes Dec. 15. Post $10. Gates open at 7:30, race at 10.3 No. plates. MOTOCROSS at Deadman's Point. $1 entry plus $2 admission. Gates open at 8, first race at 10, Info: (7141247-7473. HARE SCRAMBLES, 19th Annual Big Hare Run, by Jackrabbits M.C., limed from Y Cafe in Lucerne. AMA sanct.. dist. 37 pts. 240-mi. loops. Bikes leave at 10, trail at 10:15. $3.25 entry. Camping OK but get memo at signup. Info: (213) 869-0600 Pete or Doug at Norm Reeves Honda. SUNDAY, DEC. 13 CMC MOTOCROSS at Carlsbad Raceway. $5 mail entry to CMC, Box 1402, Costa Mesa, Cal. 92626 closes Dec. 22. Post $10. Gates open at 7:30, race at 10. 3 No. plates. EUROPEAN SCRAMBLES by Prospectors M.C. and Bushmasters M.C., limed from Adelanto and Hwy 395. Dist. 37 pts. $3.25 entry. Racing at 8 a.m. Nov/Am/Ex. 100/250/500 - Open/Sidehacks. MOTOCROSS by Dirt Diggers North M.C. at Cal Expo, limed from roadway to Parking Lot A & Racetrack, AMA sanct. $3 entry, $2 admission_ 3 5~ap motos. Nov/Am/Ex; 125/250/0penlSpecial Dinosaur class. Gates open at 7, signup 8-9:30, practice at 9-10, race at 10:30. Info: (916) 783-5676. ACA ROAD RACE at River1ide International Raceway. Pits open at 8 a.m., racing at noon. All Jr. and Sr. GP and Production classes. Info: (714) 528-4290. MOTOCROSS by San Jose Chapter of AFM at Cycle Hills (Uvas Oem), limed from Hwy 101 & Bailey Ave. in Coyote, Calif. AFM sanct. $5 entry, $2 admission. AFM membership required, $2 good for 1971 license. Insurance included. Info: (408) 257-5369. MOTOCROSS by Lompoc Sio-Pokes M.C. at Santa Maria Speedway, Hwy 101 at Jct. 166. $5 entry, $1.50 admission. Signups close at 10:30, racing at 11. AMXT patch to each rider. Info: (805) 736-6362. MX RIDERS LOOKING FOR EXTRA HORSEPOWER? .... Have your BULTACO Dyno Tuned by ... Steve's BULTACO 7627 Van Nuys Blvd. 780-6300 fREE 400" C1 CONVERSION Hard time getting parts and accessories? WE STOCK EM! Lniversity Honda Bultaco Kawasaki & e/z ..= 5908 Roosevelt Way N.E seattle wash 98105 with purchase of a new 360cc CZ. Also available: Nov, 29th - Carlsbad R~ceway ~~ I YAMAHA SPORTCYC(f) NEW & USED SALES Parts-Accessories-Service Financing-Insurance MASTER CHAl:WE-BANKAMERICARD Discount to Ascot Racers GENE H. MYERS 4151 Redondo Beach Blvd., Lawndale, Ca. (213) 542-4047 bOCQ~C Winter . Challlpionships Dec. 13th - Carlsbad Raceway Dec. 20th - Saddleback Park MOTQo~ROSS Dec. 27th - Carlsbad Raceway - RAIN or SffiNE 3= Plates Req'. Gal•• ap.n at 7:30 a.ID., rKlne at to:~ •. m· CIIe IIEIIBERSHIP REQ. S5.00 Mall Entry, $10.00 Post Entry. lIall to CIIe, Bal 1402, Casta Me .., Calif. 92626. lIali. Entries clos. 5 day. prior to .ach ... nt. - (213) 379-3344 SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE ~EVENT' ~ MOTOCROSS ignition South 8a,Motorc,cles -- RIDE WITH THE BEST RIDE Transistorized 34mm Carburetor. folding foot pegs. downswept pipe & skid plate. Motocross Final at Ascot 100% trophies to Junior finalists $500 purse Fri Night Pit late apen 4:30 pm Pit pt•• and .ntrl•• 'Close 6:30 p.m. Gat.. It"n 5:30 pm ht rae. 7:11 , ... CIIe ._rahlp t83,d (, VERMONT UfH:.·~~~FREEWAYS 3 Iarl8 ......b.. # plat•• ASCOT PARK • ----_._-------~--_-----....--...-- __..-....- By Charles Clayton LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSEY is an x-rated version of the Tortoise and the Hare. Little is a man with two strikes against him, going for a base on balls. Halsey Knox seems to be the hero of this yarn. He has cverything America longs for except success, and 'doesn't begin to understand why it always eludes him. He barely ekes out existence by filching food, cadging parts for his racing bike and cashing in his good looks and the mysterious scar across his spine with the local girls in exchange for sex and gas for his skungy Dodge pickup. Finding Fauss an easy mark for his "hero racer" lies, Halsey takes him in as his tuner at 50-50 and together with one of Halsey's girls (this one escaped from a gang of motorcycle "undesirables", to show where the Hell's Angels fit in) they hit the hot dog trail. With Little tending the tools, Halsey wins enough to keep the three going, but Littlc, meanwhile has fallen in love with Halsey's girl and in a confrontation over this, he loses, and they split. Little returns home to Oklahoma. Copying Halsey's style, he beds a local girl and overcomes .his shyness. With his mother holding the stopwatch, Little works on his racing until he feels ready to ride the big National - a road race at Sears Point. There the Tortoise and the Hare meet again, and the race is on. I don't have to tell you who wins, and to its credit, thc movie ends on Halsey's expression when his bike breaks and he hears the announcer exclaim that Fauss has taken the lead. The movie doesn't leave me with thc sense of being, stunned, the way Easy Rider did. There's neither dope nor violence in it. But Fauss and Halsey keep coming back into my mind, for their fate seems more inevitable than Capt. America and Billy's. At fllst both Fauss and Halsey have little to recommend them except Halsey's looks and Little's honesty. But Little's basic meanness, shown as he refuses to help push Halsey's stalled truck when they first meet, comes out again and again to keep one from rooting for the underdog. He may have learned to be a winner, but he is riot a better man. Halscy is shown to be not all bad. His humanity comes through in a scene at the Antelope Valley Hospital where his girl giving birth to his (someone's?) baby. "Your wife, Miss Ncbraska," the nurse says in one of the films typically funny lines, "asked me to tell you, if you arc still here, she'd like to see you." With fatherhood, Halsey seems almost to have settled down. For once he is concerned about someone other than himself. Hollywood has put the microcosm of motorcycle life on film accurately, and without exploitation. Without explanation, too, 1 might add, for all of the critics I have read as well as some members of the audienFe I overheard, seemed puzzled by so many details that they had a hard time understanding the movie. I think perhaps only an enthusiast familiar with the argot and symbolism of motorcycle racing can easily appreciate this fine retelling of the ancient tale. The shabbiness of life among the also-rans is painfully accurate. We have all known characters like Fauss and Halsey and thcir girls. Even the t-shirts and decals on the trucks are authentically up-to-date. Only a few points jarred an otherwise perfect film with technical advicc by Roxy Rockwood and Terry Tiernan and music by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. It is unforgivable to call a racc an enduro, and it is too bad that Scars Point Raccway is not still around to reap the benefits of all this publicity .