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Here 's a picture we left ou t of last wee k's Sac ramento gallery. In 1969 Gene Romero (20) led it. So did Dick Mann (2), Jim Rice (251, and eventual winner
Chuck Palmgren (38 1. Photo by Dan Mahony .
7. Fernando Munoz (Bul, 123.07).
8. Steve Gra ham (Yam, 125.031.9. J oe
Guglie me lli (Yam, 134.051. 10. Bob
Nickelsen (Hon, 135.011. 11 . George
Smith (Bul, 147.07). 12. Guy Van
Gaasbeek (Bul, 441.1 There were only
12 official f inishers.
MULIEBRITY : There are getting to be
so many women in motorcycle racing -
so many good ones - that it is hardly
anything getting excited about if you're
familiar with the sport. This thought
occurred
to
us
when
we
were
app roached by someone who was
writing an article for a women's
magazine and wanted a list of all the girl
riders . We are aware of just a small
fraction . It 's probably about time that
some guys got used to getting beaten by
the, uh , lighter sex .
T he Evel Knieve1 d oll b y Ideal Toy Co.
(" J u mps your wh ol e se t of
encyclopaedias fro m A to W") sold its
whole pro duction ru n of fou r milli on
the first week and was ano the r four
million back-ordered before Christ mas.
Evel's Snake Canyon ju mp is tentatively
set fo r J uly Fourth, 1974.
The follow ing results from the
Bultaco -dominated " Cycle World"
Int ernat io nal t rials are now official, but
th ere are so me pro tests whi ch will be
decided at th e F IM spring con gress
where one of two things can happen:
1 I The congress can OK the results as '
they now stand, or 2) They can throw
out the whole thing, in which case there
may be some second thoughts about
having another trial in t he U.S. Anyway,
here are the results as they now stand :
1 . Alan Lampk in (Bu l, 84.061.
2. Malcolm Rathmell .(Bul, 89.09).
3 . Yrjo Vesterinen (Bul, 9 1.09).
4 . Charles Cou t ard ( Bul, 92.0 ).
5. R ic hard Sunter (Kaw, 100.09).
6. Gordon Farley (Suz, 105.08).
itself. Both the se guys have also signed
with the Oldman-Gold water PR firm .
With th e new lower speed lim its on
freeways, we think that the laws that set
mini mum horsepower or d isplacemen t
limits f or freeway-lega l motorcycles
should be amended downward to
somewhere in the neighborhood of 10
BHP or 100cc.
The mini "sma ll world" championships
at Ind ian Dunes have been aborted
co m pletely after only one day Uanuary
6) of a two day program. Everybody
loses. It will be rescheduled for April 6
and 7.
WHER E ARE ALL T HE BUMPS AND
BUSH ES AND ROCKS ..• ? Jim Fishback
may get into speedway. CZ gave him a
bike and he may try a short, smo oth
one if he figures out how to hang on
when there aren't any bumps.
On January 22 the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors will be considering
what may be known as the " Great LA
County Green Stickie Controversy."
For the second t ime the Boa rd will
debate whether to use the cool 100
grand LA County has rece ived from the
Green St ickie ORV regist rati on program
to chase away d irt riders or to build
ORV parks. The local fuzz favor
chasing, and the lo cal bikers favor
building. You might want to show up at
the Hall of Admin istration, 500 W.
Tem ple, Los Angeles (across from the
Music Center) in ro om .38 1 at 9 a.m.
J anua ry 22 to cheer on y ou r side .
One of the problems with ow ning a
Hon da 750 is that if you set the keys
for it and your car on the seat while
yo u 're checking the oil, they will
pro bab ly fa ll in the o il tank, and, since
they aren 't magnetic, you'll have to ask
yo ur mother for a ride to work. Keeps
the keys from corroding, tho ugh. And
you always know where they are. Saves
HONDA'S GOI:-