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be allowed to drive in that race without
a helmet.
I next talked to Don McKimmey,
Competition Chairman for the event
and member of the Palm Springs Dune
BLiggy Association. I asked him about
Davis.
"He broke down between two
checkpoin ts and for some reason his pit
crew didn't even go look for him,"
McKimmey said, "They were wondering
about him and wanted somebody else to
go get him but they didn't even drive
through ...He wasn't unhappy with the
race. I think he was unhappy with me
because I didn't go and get him. Well we
just can't do that, we don't have the
manpower."
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"Don't you generally sweep the
course after a race?"
"Well, uh, yeah, this is a pretty long
course. This section was 120 miles
between ch.eckp-oints. We nailed him
down to within...He didn't come into
Checkpoint 2 but he had gone through
Checkpoint 1. And I talked to one of
the drivers and he had seen John about
35 miles south of Checkpoint 1 so he
was between there and Checkpoint 2.
This was on Thursday nigbt, however,
and the race had gone on. I was 300
miles south of there. His pit crew went
back up after him. They went back to
Checkpoint 2. I heard that they went
about 20 miles back toward Check 1
and came back....1 told at least three of
the pit crew myself wbere he was. One
of John's pit crew drGve from where we
were, wbich was south of John, a
straight through to Banning. Didn't even
n~."
.
The sponsoring organizations had
four planes between them but all the
planes
were following the race,
leapfrogging the cbecks. None of them
stayed to fly sweep. It's a good thing
Don Eddington decided to go after the
racers or they might be there yet. It's
conceivable that after the race or maybe
after the trophy presentation somebody
might have thought to look for them.
And if one of those guys had been badly
hurt, it would have been tragic.
Cross country racers in races like the
Mint, the NORRA event and this last
thing pay b undreds of dollars apiece in
entry fees. It would seem that the riders
would be entitled to at least the same
protection that any District 37 desert
racer buys for three bucks. Location quickly - injured and stranded riders
should
be
one
of the
prime
responsibilities
of
the
sponsoring
organizations. And if they can't meet it,
they shouldn't be holding races.
Certainly giving riders air-rescue panels
and then not flying a sweep is a very
bad joke, if nOl, in fact, criminal.
Beyond that, it should be made clear to
everyone
concerned
just
whose
responsibility it is to get the rider out
after he's been located. As McKimmey
said, "It's kind of a comedy of errors
that isn't very funny." Yeah.
TV FOR CHAMPS AT SAN JOSE
The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
will come alive, Sunday, Oct. 31, with a
maze of TV cam.eras, wires and lots of
motorcycles as the third annual Race of
Champions gets under way. ABC Wide
World of Sports will be on hand to
record the events for showing the
following Saturday afternoon.
William H. King in conjunction with
Bob Barkhimer have put together
another fine motorcycle program that
will feature the champion motorcycle
racers of the year's National circuit. The
names of Jim Rice, Don Castro, Tom
Rockwood, Gene Romero, Dave Aldana
and Sonny Burres will be featured in a
20-lap Main Event duel that will decide
the Champion of Champions.
Advance sale tickets are on sale at
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Gates will open at 10 a.m. and practice
will get underway at 10:30 with time
trials at noon and the first heat
scheduled for 2 p.m.
The race program is limited to
Juniors and Experts only with three
heats of each scheduled and one Expert
semi leading into a 14-lap Junior Main
and a 20-lap F.xpert Main.
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