Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

· "" Page 33 October 23,1973 The 34-mile loop, run twice made for more pitting than normal and to some it was more interesting. DRA's boast of "You won't find a better marked course", was lived up to. The S.C.A.T. Radio crew along with Service Search & Rescue did a fine job, as always. covering the course and retrieving the few injuries. • Results: Top Ten Ex/Am/Nov: 1. J. Orndoff (Open Ex); 2. D. Breker (250 Ex); 3. K. Lohmeyer (250 Ex); 4. R. Lowe (250 Ex); 5. K. Brown (250 Nov); 6. D. Hammonds (125 Ex); 7. E. Johns (250 Nov); 8. B. Johnson (175 Ex): 9. D. Taylor (125 Nov); 10. J. Sands (Open Nov). Class Winners: 1. C. Carson (2 Open Ex); 2. J. Crook (2 175 Ex); 3. A. Conrad Sr. (2 125 Ex); 4. The most welcome sight in desert racing - the checkered flag: It even looks better when you're running first overall like Jack Ordnoff. v.. Van Hook (lIDO Ex); 5. T. Johnson (2 100 Ex); 6. T. Breker (1 175 Nov); 7. G. Martin (2 125 Nov); 8. D. Wyatt (2 Open Nov); 9. M. Lewis (1 100 NOv); 10. C. Greene (2 100 Nov); 11. M. McElfresh (1 Open Am); 12. p. Greenwood (2 Open Am). Top 10 Beginners: 1. P. Nyland (1 250 Beg); 2. B. Coleman (2 250 Beg); 3. L. EnQuist (1 open Beg); 4. R. Smith (3 250 Beg); 5. B. Asbell (4250 Beg): 6. D. Greene (2 Open Beg); 7. W. Lester (3 Open Beg); 8. M. Mlzu (l 175 Beg); 9. D. Jenkins (5 250 Beg). Class Winners: 1. G. Hicken (2 175 Beg); 2. M. Roberts (1 125 Beljl); 3. G. Statter (2 125 Beg); 4. M. Feuerstein (1 100 Beg); 5. E. MacCracken (2 100 Beg): 6. J. Harris (1 PP 175); 7. M. Gregory (2 PP 250): 8. B. Bence (1 Mini 70). Guest Editorial The BLM loses a round By T. G. Zoller "The United States of America vs. the £1. Cajon Valley Motorcycle Club." The phrase must have had an ominous ring to the 28 members of the El Cajon M.C., assembled in U.S. Federal Court in San Diego last week. But on October 9 a small club, in the very small AMA District 38, did the highly improbable. They won. The U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Managemen t was unequivocally denied in its attempt to secure a Federal restraining order to halt a race planned for October 21 hy the El Cajon M.C. The David and Goliath aspects are obvious. This was actually the second time such an injunction was sought, and for the second time it was denied by the U . S . Fed eral Court. There were different judges in each case, but their findings and conclusions concerning the BLM's unsubstantiated claims of land damage were the same: Ulnjunction denied." The EJ Cajon club made a wise choice of legal representation. Attorney Kevin Midlam addressed the issues involved ,vitb scrupulously calculated precision. He overturned every rock in the BLM's arsenal of vague, and often insulting, techniques. When some of the heat that hikers have been subjected to was turned on the government representatives, their originally confident attitudes turned into schoolboy squirming. The Feds were poorly equipped to perform thdr appointed tasks when confronted by truly competent legal ability. The characteristics of current political disorder, especially at the national level, must have many of the top level bureaucrats a bit disillusioned. According to Parkinson's Law, the method by which a small person achieves power, in a tall corporate structure or a vast bureaucratic system, is to acquire assistants; then to give the assistants more ass,istants. It's tough to be a leader without any followers. When the foundation is hroadened with enough bodies, the chief can sit at the apex of the pyramid and supervise the ' elaborate chain of command. Everybody plays the game, and the endless red tape offers the numerous underlings, talented or not, tbe instruments by which they can prevent anyone from making waves. Sound familiar? - With the rapidly developing interest in the desert's vast, untapped geothennaJ power resources, and the growth of recreational land values, the enticements for anyone interested in attaining recognition and advancement in the political hierarchy are numerous and tempting. Hopefully, the court victory of the El Cajon M.C. will provide added encouragement to all ORV enthusiasts genuinely concerned about the future of their sport. If Federal mandates, unsupported by popular consen t, are allowed to stand then we're in trouble. THANKS! I NEEDED THA T FOR A POmR OF ANDY AND A GENUINE, 4 INCH FUll COLOR CLOTH, HRL EMILE., SEND HRL, DEPT. CN., 7340 FLORENCE AVE., DOWNEY, CA. 90240 S1.00 TO: The BLM first sued the EI Cajon club for damage done to the desert in a race last December. At first tb.e figure was $10.000, then it was $9,000 and later dropped to $6,700. How were these figures derived? What constitutes significant land damage? BLM solicitor Burton Stanley admits that, "It takes two years to conduct a true environmental impact state men t." This lends some credence [0 the theory that the BLM is restricting desert events to small areas, and running consecutive races in lhem in order to substantiate their claims of ecological damage. If so, it's up to us to make sure they don't get away with it. •

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