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INSlDE~ School Athletics 7 Me an' Julio crossin' down by the school yard Stickin' it to the BLM ....8 e Showdown in River City 10 Desert On top of Red Mountain, all covered with mo'sickles... (doo. dahl Trans-Am 12 Getting dirty in SoCal 14, 16,19 125 World Championship o et'l .. OJ 'S ... '" o MX ............•.....18 North 20 Bitch, bitch, bitch Speedway 23 The most shocking report that Cycle News has ever 26 printed Dinner with the Champ .•32 Results 34 I' Some powder puffers have weird names o Calend 38 ON THE COVER: Future . skindiver groans in agony as be attempts to turn the nut the wrong way. Photy-graphics by Johnny Huetter. competed at the 3rd Annual Champion Spark Plug Motorcycle Classics this past weekend. As the Public Relations Coordinator of Ontario Motor Speedway, 1 would appreciate hearing froin you with suggestions and copies of the coverage you gave the event. In this way, we can access the degree and field of coverage. We want to make Ontario Motor Speedway "Your Speedway". It is one of the greatest motorsport facilities and we want to continue with the excellent coverage,you have extended us in the past. The remainder of the yearly schedule includes the 4th Annual Supernationals, November 16·18, and the 5th Annual "500", March 10, 1974. Again, thank you for your participation at the Ontario Motor Speedway. SUE OVITT Public Relations Coordinator OMS Dare Va To Print This! 1 have been a motorcycle enthusiast for a good many years on and off the pavement. My wife and I compete in all the District 37 desert events we can. Your newspaper has always been dearest to our hearts when it came to "sickle litterture". But I feel compelled to let you folks know just how we have felt lately about the end result of your diligent efforts. In a word folks...it's pretty drab. I'll admit that your reporting is always beautifully accurate, but at the same time it's painfully predictable. Right now you're probably asking yourself "What the hell does this guy want"? Since my family is very much in terested in the desert scene, let's take that situation for an instance. Of course we wanna know who won the race and all the relevant action. But what happened to the colorful reporting for which you folks are so famous? You'll often even feature a nice large picture of Joe Wellknown even if he DNF's (that's drab!). Usually there will be a caption explaining the bike trouble or whatever. When all the while us guys out there know that the big sponsors tell their hotshoes to DN F rather than finish poorly. My idea of color in reporting is maybe a picture and a mention of a long time Novice making his first point ride after years of trying. After all there's about 650 of us riders out there every Sunday you know. Or how about an honorable mention for the 175 Amateur who won first in class and 20th overall? That fella was hookin' it too. For my money I'd rather see more of the above type of reporting and less of the type that tells me that ole Mitch Fishinrueter broke a foot peg while running 50th at the bomb with accompanying photo. With all due respect for your talent and skill we hope that you can lean a little more toward our point of view. If not - we will search around for something a little more interesting to read and discontinue our subscription. GALE EDWARD EVANS Hesperia, Calif. You're mostly right, Gale. Check the desert coverage on pages 11 and 32. By the way, since you obviously know your way around a typewriter as well as a pucker bush, can we count on you for some occasional non-drab desert reports ?..: Ed. If We Ran Ontario The world's most exciting motorcycle races and the top road racing riders from all over the world You Te welcome. We, too, think that OMS is one of the potentially finest mo torsports facilities in the world. The problem is that it isn't set up for spectators. If Ontario were "Our Speedway" we'd make it better for spectators. Put grandstands down in the turns where a watcher can see. Get rid of some of the tall fences where they oren't needed and only hinder vision or put seats where you can see over the fences from close up. Put bleachers where more than one turn can be seen, like in tum twelve. From there you could see turns 10, II, 12, 14 and 15. The inside of tum nine would be interesting too. Ontario is a superb racing facility, but no one will come to the best racing in the world if they can't see it... Ed. America's No. J W«kly Motorcycle Newspaper Sharon Clayton; Publisher Tom Culp; General Manager Edna Mewton; Secretary to Publisher Tod Rafferty; Managing Editor Catherine Lampton; Art Director Art Friedman; Editor John D. Ulrich; Calendar & Controversy Wendy 'Blanton; Advertising Assistant Rheba Smith; Circulation Manager Pam Hobbs; Cin:uhHion .\ssistant Chery' Steinberg; Circulation Assistant Nancy Gray; Production Assistant Hector Aguilera;- Lab Technician Marion Hatashita; Typogr.lpber Melvin Phelps; Assistant Typographer Gaye Zaionz; Accounting Alanager Twila Wheeler; Ac«.:ounting Assistant Chris Kolbet: Accounting Assistant Chris Hom: Services & upporl Michael Colikas; Services & Support Dav Pauli; Servit,cs & Support Jeannie Dunivan; Rt:c:eptionist National AdvertisifllJ Director; Tom Culp _ West: P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801. (213) 427·7433; LA 636-8844. Telex No. 673-474. East-Dixie: 1623 S. Lamar Blvd.•. \ustin Texas. (512) 444-7548 - Central: 118 West 6th SL, Austin, Texas. (512) 476-7571. Subscription One year, second class mail, S 12.50 Where's Professor Bailey? I am interested in Gary Bailey's MX school, but I do not have his schedule. Would you have this information or know where I could obtain it? \ ANN POWELL Redlands, Calif. Gary seems to do most of his teaching in the east and south, but perhaps he'll head west this winter. We suggest you drop a line to Bultaco International, Box 62452, Virgina Beach, Virginia 23462. They should have his schedule... Ed. 2 years, second class mail, $22.50 3 years, second class mail, $30.00 Single copy price, 504 I"ublished weekly except for the first and last week of the calendar year by Cycle News. Inc.. Post Office Box 498, Long Beach, California. Second class postage paid at Long Beach, CA. Editorial stories, canoons, photos, etc. arc welcome. Addressed, stamped envelope assures return of editorial matter. Reprinting in who~ or part only by pennission of the publishen. Advertising rates and circulation infonnation will be scnt upon request. See S.R.D.S. Copyright Cycle News, Inc.. 1973. All rights rcse~d. 3