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r-----------.. I HEL 0 I I I I I I I I I I I I Before you read this ad. look on the other side of this page and read our offer for the new and exciting 1972 MOTORCYCLE COMPETITION GUIDEBOOK FOR CALIFORNIA. Dig it? Good. Now all you have to do is fill in the handy coupon (on the other side), clip out this whole mess and fold it up so the mail panel shows. Then staple, tape or glue it all together with your money inside and drop it in your local mail box. That's.all. We'll rush you all the guide books you want. I I I No "second place kid" stuff for John Tavis, Jr•...he won again. Kole Back at Winning By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CAL., June 30, 1972 High pain t leader Jerry Kale came back to the winne'r's circle tonigh t after a five week hit and miss. The D & D Cycle-sponsored Bultaco rider has managed to maintain a 150 point lead by placing in the top five finishing spots and not having the likes of Alex Jorgensen and Jeff Davidson around to give him any trouble. Despite that fact, Jerry has had his troubles and in the last five outings has managed two DNF's. Besides his own faIJy-down problems, Kale has been having troubles show up in the form of little Bruce Hanlon, a recent convert from the Junior ranks who doesn't know anything about the seniority system. After only two weeks as an Expert, this A & A Motors flash got a third behind the District poin t leaders, J orgy and Davidson. The next week he came home the winner at Lodi. Tonigh t, Bruce parlayed a come from behind heat win into a sizeable lead in the Main, only to see it all go sliding off his front wheel when he low-sided. He still finished, making the pass on four riders before taking the checkered on the same lap. Turning up for second spot was Steve Eklund who also recently quit the Junior ranks. He trophied as a Junior one week and as an Expert the next. His super trick Ossa has much to do with it but he is a classy pilot, too. Bill Budde won an exciting 650 Expert Main that turned into a thriller when Duane Spence did an Evel Kneivel off the first turn. Mike Van Lienden extended his hold on the 500 Expert high point trophy once again with another wire-to-wire win with Jerry Kale riding a 360 Yamaha to a second. Mark Smith had to settle for a third on his Smith Cycle Haven BSA, but he is vowing vengenance for the upcoming weeks. In the 500 Junior Main, it was a combined event with the 350s and a 350 Honda, guided by Dennis King, was the winner with another 350, Daryl Musto's Bullaco, taking the second. John Tavis, Jr. continued his winning ways knowing that a second place finish migh t just dub him with a ti tie he doesn't want. After learning that he might just come up with the name of the "Second Place Kid", he now only wan ts firsts. Henry Sanchez has become so unhappy about not being transferred to the Expert -class that he will e"ither not want to race or get angry and win the Main by a straigbaway or more. BILLBOARD A New Northern Column By Bill Spencer This column will appear from time to time and endeavor to poin t ou t the facts that make the motorcycling world what it is in the Northern areas of California and Nevada. The good, bad and indifferen t will come forth in these inches of type and hopefully, all will enjoy its verbage. While many will expect pearls of wisdom, the major intent will be to inform one and all of just what is happening in th is area of the motorcycling world. Be 0"[ good humor and the world will humor you. One of the inequities of racing comes in the Orland racing area where a Half-mile track lies waiting to greet the racers bu t the only ones allowed to ride are lightweights. Many of the big bike boys wish they could also get it on, on this rather dry and very warm track. The recent event by the Aragon people was O.K., with too much dust but no real way to settle it. The water truck made its dutiful rounds but it was either muddy or dusty and the racers wanted to race. Mud and K-70's don't get it. One of the star attractions was Mike Kenyon, little brother to National Number AI Kenyon. Little Mike is an artist on a bike and his future is sel. He has a style of his own that includes feet up slides like I have never seen before. Steve Doi of Mt. View Auto Stereo fame has his eye on this young speedster and a sponsorship is in the making. A very sore point is the overall runI\ing of District No. 36, as my teUplitlne"ls cdrlrin-g bfr·the"·£rook wieh' requests for information: How many points do I have? What is racing at what track? What is legal? and so on. It seems that our elusive commissioner has been absent from the scene for some time and is just now getting back to the racing. Remember that this man was elected by the clubs and is perfonning a job for the entire district. In the fu ture it appears that this job will not be handled by just one man but will go toward the District 37 way of running this. As an overall idea that's great, as the number of riders gets close to 8,000. BuL, race fans, it just doesn't end there. Having a bunch of incompeten ts is worse than having just one and even more expensive.. Hopefully, the clubs and the men working on drafting up the incorporation papers and by-laws will understand that infusion of new blood is necessary to keep up with the times. A bunch of old-timers is great, but not when the district is in need of hard workers that go to the races and oversee the situations as they develop. In the past few weeks, the only members of the competition committee that have been present are the ones who really care about the District and they know who they are. They have to pay their own way to and from the race and besides the expense of gping, the hassles that they get would make it seem like it would be better not to go. That would also appear to be true for the big Kahuna who is more afraid of getting hassled by some irate father or being sued for some injurious prob)em. tfi'" _. ,', ....,••. (Pleasc·.fu.m1opagl!-49) RC I I I r------------·FOLD HERE FIRSTI--------------I A~C~~ I I I I I I I I BUSINESS REPLY MAil . I I I I :~;~~:::::'ODUCTI I I a•• I Permit No. 2914 Long Beach, Calif. No pootoge ...... -r if _iled ;ft the Unilwd $tam POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY - Long ch, C•• 90801 1-------------"', 'OCD "'",··-------------1 I I I I IFO ~I , . I ·.. 'I·~ M 1 .... N (l) lEi .., > :; ~ w Z W ...J () > () _