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Of aJI dumb times to end up back in
the hospital, I had to pick the perfect
weekend; Carlsbad. So there I was,
dammit, nat on my back, muttering old
English curses and thin king of all the
fun I was missing. Ah well, can't win
'em all. One nice thing happened this
trip. My room-mate and I were talking.
N aturaJIy, the subject got around to
bikes and her great grandnephew is a
local motocross shoe, Brian Lightfoot,
who is fast coming up. Within a day
there was a "get well"card from Brian.
I'll say it again: Bike people are the
greatest.
How do you like the fact that
NORRA is running a buggy race the
same day as the Barstow-to-Vegas? I
don't know, but it seems to me that
there was a little failure in planning
there. After all, everyone knew the date
for the Barstow-Vegas event from the
day the date board was set up, and
here's NORRA throwing an event the
same day, running' the opposite
direction. It caused quite- a flap for a bit
and we sat mum on the rumors and
stories floating around but everying is
now go: The cars will stop at Stateline,
but if you're riding that one and see a
big cloud of dust heading right at you,
watch it! There could be something
by Ron Schneiders
The image of any sport or form of
contest is enhanced when it can produce
a champion with whom participants and
spectators can iden tify. Baseball was
"made" by Babe Ruth. People "}'ho
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