VOLUME VIII
NUMBER 9
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INSIDE ACTION
Industry Takes Hold
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3,
1971 - In a major, 48-hour
meeti ng of t'he Motorcycle
Industry Council ('MIC),' plans
were formulated for a nation-wide
attack 'on the current rise in
legislation against oft-road vehicle
use. Actions which will aftect
every cyclist in the United States
are currently underway on local,
state and federal levels. For
important details see page 3.
Smith Breaks Into 8's
BAKERSFIELD, CAL., Mar. 7,
1971 - Joe Smith of West Covina,
Cal., powered his 102-inch, fuel
burning Harley-Davidson to a
world's fastest qualj,fying time of
8.975 seconds and went on to win
the Top Fuel Eliminator at the
13th Annual Bakersfield March
Fuel and Gas Championship. Tony
Nicosia took top Street Eliminator
on a Kawasaki H-1.
(See page 6)
Elsinore Draws 100,000
By Ron Schneider.
ELSINORE, CAL., Mar. 7-8, 1971
- There may be races in California
that are tehcnically more
sophisticated, or better
determinants of a rider's ability,
but there are certainly none that
are more popular with the
spectators than the collosal show
at Elsinore. Even on Saturday for
the secondary event (the
lightweights), spectators lined all
but the most remote areas of the
course, sometimes several deep,
and since the course is almost 10
miles around, that's a lot of
bodies. At the starting line there
was a crush of people that is just
all but unknown in the
motorcycling sport.
To assure the proper
Bachinnalian atmosphere for the
festival, hundreds of bright
balloons were released, planes and
helicopters flew low over the
crowd, and there was even a
carnival, that gaudy lights and
popcorn symbol of mid-America.
Banners and ribbon were
everywhere. Adding their own
color and colors to the event were
a couple thousand road riders, all
decked out in everything
Superglide pink brocade to iron
crosses and cut-ofts.
(Please turn to pg. 16)
TOP: Elsinore's only double winner in its four-year history is
John DeSoto (CZ). BOTTOM: The hectic start of 100 miles
of pavement-and-dirt racing through the hills and streets of
Lake Elsinore, Calif.
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