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~. This Year'. Top 'unlor Roael Racer Is Looking for an Expert Rlele ' , ' .. I- . '.,. ' .--'.~ ~ . '" N ~ ,.. fv.oW '" ,.. ~ ~ ~ " 0 (/) ;;: w 2 w -' U >U •• ~~ ...~. . . ,,~ ..,dJ At Ontario Jerry waited for the start with one of his closest camp,etitors, Howa.rd Lynggard. Expert." "Maybe if I don't get a ride, I'U ride my 250 in aU the Nationals. What I'd really like is an arrangemen t like [ had this year with [rv doing the tuning. Maybe we could get backed by a factory. If I don't get a ride, I'll probably jump off a bridge." . "]t's going to be hard." HIS AMBITIONS: Jerry admires aU-rounders. His hero is Yvon DuHamel. "I might try short track, and maybe the Mile just for the . sensation. The Mile is some sort of ultimate. "I'd like to go to Europe, the Race of the Year or Spa, for example." The Isle ,of Man? "No. Not th.e [sle of Man. When Iwas young it seemed dangerous and e xciting...They are the same things then, you know. Now [ don't want to."" Cars? "I'd like to stay in bikes. I wish that there was· more money. I guess it would come down to that if I ever received offer." an HISTORY "I wanted to get a National license and they told me that I'd have to get a letter from two of the National riders. I asked several of them, bat they had never seen me ride. Then I talked to Dick Mann. He said the same thing and then asked how I speUed my name. I told him it was with an He" on the end. He had seen my name in the papers from the local races. He wrote a letter for me and got someone else to." "My biggest thrill was winning Laguna Seca. That was the first. time that I could hear the crowd cheering me. It was sheer glory." "My biggest break was getting kicked off the grid at Pocono last year because I didn't have enough tread on my front tire. [was pretty hostile at the time, but I realize now that if I'd won, and I probably would have, that ['d be an Expert this year." "I got into bikes because I wanted to race so badly, and bikes were what was the.re. 1 don't know why I want to race. I tried to figure it out once. Glory? Money? I couldn't decide. I RV KANEMOTO KAWASAKI 500 AND HIS "Irv is the first,guy that I've seen who puts as much efIo,rt into the bike as I feel that the rider does. There has never been a Kawasaki 500 like that one. I think that the tuner-rider relationship is very importan t. [f the tuner is stoked, imagine what the bike will be like. But if the rider just complains, the tuner isn't going to try." "Irv is just a super guy. One of the reasons that I was so happy about winning at Laguna was that when I pulled into the pits, Irv smiled. That was the first time that [rve seen him smile because he was happy, and not just because he was being nice." Hopefully, Jerry Greene and I", Kanemoto will get. their chance next year to add a vital new aspect to the National road racing scene. Jerry Green~ - out in front all by himself.