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I Ward high points Dixie AMA Mini National By Tom my Sm ith TUPELO, MISS., JUNE 2 Honda mounted Jeff Ward took the high point trophy to his Mission Viego, California home following his dominating - performances in the Dixie AMA Mini National m o to cro ss and short t ra ck events. The event, originally scheduled fo r friday and Saturday ni ghts, was extended into a three day affair due to rain and lighting problems. Ward's strongest competition cam e from Noguchi mounted Tennessean Gene M cCay in the Saturday night/Sunday morning motocross. 196 entries contested that event while 183 riders entered the short track program. 8S FIM reprimands road racers for Nurburgring riders' strike I The FlM imp osed a fine o f 20,000 Swiss Francs, ab o ut 6,000 dollars, o n the OMK the organizers of the West German Road Racing Grand Prix, and suspended chief organizer Kurt Bosch from internatio nal duty un til De cember 3 1, 1974, following a pre-race me eting at the Italian Grand Prix. But th e FIM co m mittee also reprimanded the riders for their part in the Nurburgring "strike" and appointed a sub-committee to co nsid er the future of Road Racing World Championships and present their findings at the autumn congress of the FIM. FIM President, Sr. Rodil of Spain , told a press con fere nce Saturday that regrettably he was unable to interfere in the case of the German license ho ld ers who were banned by the OMK for no t racing at Nurb urgring. FlM regulations p revent a rider from appealing di rectly to t hem agai nst the actions of his national federation. Though each national federation is obliged to forward an appeal from a rider, that happens only when the federation is ready to pass on that appeal, and the OMK were in no rush to do that. Consequently, Dieter Braun, the reigning 250 Road Racing Champion John Dodds , Rolf Minhoff and Rudi Kunz were prevented from taking part in the Imola round. It seems, though, the Nurburgring affair is still not over. Fonner Suzuki works rider Bertie Schneider, Chairman of the present FIM Road Racing Committee, left Imola midway through the meeting, furious at the decision to appoin t a sub-committee to do what he considered was the work of his group and other re signations are likely to follow . - There are even rumors, so far unconfi rmed, that major factory may sue the West Gennan federation for banni ng riders as a res u lt of the N ur b urgring strike , and Mr . Billy McMasters , flM Information Officer, was also extremely an noyed abo ut the p rese ntation of the FIM press con fe rence at Imola, He, too . m ay resign . Far from sorting out the difficult situation of the Nurburgring strike , matters are still confused and the suspended riders feel that their fellow competitors were slow to co m e to their support when they had been quick to back them at the German debacle, We have not heard the last of the Nurb urgri ng controversy for sure. • go the distance. And handling and shifting are a snap. Check out the 1974 Chaparrals now. And bring the kids so they can take on one of our championship bikes. . They'll tell youWhen you're on a Chaparral, you're onto something good. Now that school's out, we can promise your kids better grades than they've made all year. And all they need is a gutsy Chaparral sportcycle to take them on. Our new Chaparrals are stree t and trail editions of the bike that proved it ,_ self in last year's Y.A.M.A. ~/ competition its first '/,~.., . , ":':-'(.;~ time on the circuit. So yo u know the y have .. ~ the power to make the steepest grades an d the enduran ce to ~~ ·f!haparra/@ ·Motorcycle s . Bicycles You re onto some thing good. .' ,l;.;)@~@~ ~'';::;;''''i YN~~ CYCLES aan....riwd MIa.d'llrgt 1~ FiRlMint 22726 V_t\IQ Blvd., WoodllndHilb. CA91364 au) 34(1·2191 Mike Patrick's • YAMAHA of CORONA 1101 E. 6th St. - Corona (714) 735-7721 ' a .!6ruN" 1032 w. BROOKS ST. ONTARIO,CA91762 ·714 983-5871 We do Mikuni conversions. ~L.~NO~AS aUL.T~CO 114 0 "G" Cy p re ss, La Ha b r a, Calil. 714 - 87 0 -99110 STRONG DaB Motorcycl. e.rrl.... 1733 Hiawatha Dr . Glendale. CA 91208 (21 3) 247-2850 Dealer Inquiries Invited Good~ear is Carroll Selby 213-821-3436 3