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Why two mile track events? Only those fan s who have never seen a mile would need to ask that q uestion. The San Jose Mile National last year has been cal led on e of the greatest of all time, so why not sti ck with a winner? If a survey of hard-core race fans was taken, the mile would win hands down, so th is ty pe of racing has to im press the first-time cycle fan as well. The second mil e track National at San J ose will be on J uly 7 th . San J ose promoters have lon g been hung-up on the ear ly Jul y dat e, a da te fo r m an y years that found the Na tio nal hal f-mile running. When Sa n J use aske d for and was granted two Nationals o f the sam e type the r e were some eyebro ws raised , especially in th e East, as to why and ho w . First of all , nob ody before ha s ever asked for two Nationals during the same season on the same track. Second, a purse o f S 15.00 0 fo r each event was agreed up on. T he most im portant fact cou ld be tha t th e San J ose mil e last year was table-to p sm oo th and pu t on th e bes t dirt sho w o f th e year. than ks to th e prep ar ation of Harol d Murrell . More seats are being ad de d fo r th e May 19th event an d they will need everyone of th em . Ti ckets wer e o n sale at th e April 7 hal f-mile th ere an d go in st ro ng . T he San Jose May 19 and July 7 miles, p lus the Go lde n Ga te m ile lat er in th e year give t he Wes t a recor sin gle-season o f th ree mile tr ack even ts It is a totally di fferen t p icture from jus a co up le of ye ars ago wh en it looke like th ere wou ld be no miles west of th Mississipp i. T he real ly new hal f-mile is located a th e Ad am s Count y Fai rgro unds on th n orth side o f Denver . It 's a terri fic trac th at has b ee n the sce ne of som non-sanctione d by any body half-mile with a few lo ca l area Den ver riders 0 little o r n o e xper ience trying their luck T he Fair Board has guar anteed th promoter at least 10.00 0 sea ts for th Sunday afternoon . May 26 Memoria Day weekend eve nt. Some of them wil be under th e roof. T he Denver hal f-mil e replaces th Co lorado Sp rings mile. th at was run fo two years. Th at mil e was both sand and rough and th e seat ing was limited The switch should prove to be a wis cha nge fo r Denver and the surroundin ar ea. In addition to the hal f-mile National th e event will also fea t ure a road ride tour that starts on Saturday at Honda 0 Boulder, a firt-time motorcyclist's gol tournament on th e course that adjoin the tra ck , and a carn ival out in fro nt 0 the grandstands fo r the kids. It's a roa r ider's dream, with all of Saturday t get there and all day Mo nday, Memori Day , to get h o me. The promoter ha hired a top-ra ted dirt track man to pu th e track into National cond ition . T he old Colorado Springs mi l co m ple x has undergone a Face-lif'tin and th e plan t now has a short trac half-mile and a T .T . Track where som non-National racing will t ake place 0 the two nights prior to the Nation half-mile an hour up the road. San .Iose and Denver actually kic