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Mark Brelsford is in Ohio St ate Universi ty Ho spi tal , 4 10 West Tenth Stre et, Columbus, Ohio , still under treatment fo llowing his ge toff at the Half-Mile National . A card o r a ' gram wo uld sure ch eer him up . Cal-Mart Plat ing of Los Ange les not only supplied all the finis her pin s fo r the M.O .R.E. Bene fi t en duro July 6, but also j ust pitch ed in and donated fini sher pins for the 19 74 Cy cle Ne ws Political End uro. We th ink they' re swe ll guys. We hear the Sidehack Association is having regular exhib ition races at Ascot's Fr iday nil#lt show in Gardena, California, us ing the TT track layout. Far out! Ken Maeley. the Steel Shoe Kin g, fell off w h ile trail riding and staw be rried h is shoulde r. Ken doesn ' t bel ieve in sleeves. We know for sure that Hurst Performance, Inc. acquired Hallcraft's Industries of EI Cajon, Calif. (cycle wheel mfgr.) and 'tis rumored that Gu lf & Western recently bought Action Supply in Houston. Mo to-jou r na lis m has its ligh ter moments. Ever get an invitation t o a facto ry press b ash in a used sak i bot tle? National Minicycle Association has announced its own G rand National Circuit with the first race in the ser ies set for Orlando, Florida on July 13-14. Also on the tour are Tuskegee, Alabama, Houston, Texas (w here one of the prizes is a live steer!) , Phoenix, Arizona, and the finale in California at Saddleback. Ju ly 2 7, "The Good Guys" (Ro n Burpo and Wheelie Wheder) invite ne w rid ers on an organized st reet ride , 170 miles past Lak e Isab ella an d Red Rock sce ne r y , to California City, and guarantee to give you a tr ophy j ust for making th e rid e. When are p romoters going to stop having those " d isc jockey races" before the b ig events? Seems like every t ime somebody gets hurt. Y am ah a estima tes th at there are 120 ,000 b icycles in So uthern California tri cked out fo r b ycl e (moto)cross. Papa v is ited one big motorcycle distributor near Los Angeles recently and counted 400 cars ' in the employee park ing lot. Know how many motorcycles? Seven. It was a nice day, too. Cycl e News' banker is a member of the Brush buster s M.C. Thanks to every reader who responded to the urgent call in last week's paper and put the heat on their California state Senators . AB3839 passed; racebikes don't have to pay ORV registration fees. Ain't politics fun when you win? Double your money ? If yo u' re a fast Expert at an Al\IC race , yes. S tarting Ju ly 19 all AMC !\IX en tries are $5 , with 20 0% Expert payback. Thei r nex t t hree races are $5 0 0 purse even ts , too. Look for some con troversy over the d irectio n of Honda's trials dev elo pment. Rece ntly h ired Sammy M ill e r was quoted in the British press as saying he wants Ho nd a to use the ca nti lever mo nos hock frame he d e veloped for Bulta co , wh ile Bo b Nickel se n, wh o co nsu lts wi th American Ho nd a on thin gs bog w h e el is h . says n uts. Mo nos hocks go where the air bo x sho uld , so Bob woul d rather see Ho nd a go w it h gas struts and ab out fou r-and a-half inches of travel . Who sez racers don ' t ride t rials? See n acqui tting himself well at bo th AMA Nat io nal ro unds in Califo rn ia was dirt-t racker Elliot Sch ultz . T he bug hit him some th ree years ago , now he 's quit his jo b to te am up w ith Bob Nickelsen in a nation wi de series of trials schools. Larry Wat kins and fa mily have reloca ted ' to Florida to go to w or k wi th E.C. Birt a t his new facility. Larry j us t received two new Maic os to ride fo r Maico Eas t. an d will also be helping E.C . on develop me n t of the Tyran 125. Green 5tickie exemptions reinstated LONG BEACH, CAL. ,JUNE 28 Th e following all po in ts tele ty pe bullet in was sent by t he California Department of Mo tor Vehicles to all D~IV branch offices. Cycle News received this informa ti o n 4: 0 0 p .m. today, a scant tw o days be fore the mandat o ry registrati on of all o ff-road vehicles was to go in to effect. Legislation hils been passed which adds the foUowing exemptions to the regist ration of off highway vehicles: 1) Any motorcy cle manufactured in the year "1942 or prior. 2) Motor Vehicles opera ted solely on priv ate pro perty if the mo tor vehicle is owned b y the owner or tenant of the private property. 3) Motor vehicles operated off road in an organized racing or competition eve nt upo n a clo sed course w hich is con ducted under aspices of a recogn ized sanctioning body or by permit issued b y local governmen t au th orit y lu:ving jurisdiction. . Under this legisla tion, desert events ru n u nder permit by the BL\I wo u ld be co nsid ere d closed course events since they are run on mar ked courses, acc ording to DMV sp o kesman and Cycle New s reader J ohn McD o nou gh . When he called us to inform us of the legislati on , he was very anxious to get th e informatio n in print, to " take so me o f th e he at off. " Did yo u ever wonder if wri ting letter s an d sen ding telegrams did some good? "Wh y'ncha co me up an ' see me, sometime .. . " Penn y Miller , 16 of Sun City w ill be o ne of many well-rou nd ed co mpetito rs in th e Firs t Annual Powder Pu ff Nat ional, coming u p .J uly 6 and 7 at Indian Dunes, CA. In leathers, yet. Ain't that a shame? Entries are open until July 5. Super Joe Einhorn was the fe atured en te rtai nment at t he Ju ne 16 Charlesto n ha lf m ile event and he sailed his Ducat i ove r six Pintos, a 20 fo ot co ncession stand and three vans that t otaled 140 feet. His jump was a success but his landing left Super Joe p retty banged up . He addressed the crowd from a stretcher and ear ly repo rts of seve re back injuries have yet to be confirmed. For a poster of last week's wr ap ar ound cover (without the Cycle News herald), prin ted ful l-eo lor on high q uali ty stock, se nd $2.5 0 to Cycle News Pro ducts, Box 498, Lo ng Beach, Califo rn ia 90801. Mark Brelsford had a turn for the better a fter suff e ri n g s eri o u s bl o o d contamination from his Co lumbus Nat ional half-mile cras h. He is still in inte nsive care at State University Hospita l in Co lumb us, Oh io . Gary Sco tt was not allowed to ride the new H-D 250 boiler in the Dutch Grand Prix, due 'to so me sort of techn icality. Gary Nixon was released fro m the Baltimore, Maryland hos p ital Mo nday and is recuperati ng at ho me fro m his Japan road race practice injuries. The whole Phi llips family wou ld like to express great thanks to Rescue T hree for helping Danny Phillips (288x Novice) at the D-37 desert race June 23. Danny has a co nc ussion. bleeding kidneys. and a back broken in five places, bu t is progressing well. Tank t ru ckers' grapevine has it that we're in for another "gas shortage" come August , or th e reabouts. Isn't it 'n ice to know these things in ad vance? Better buy that street scooter while dealer inventories are up and sales are softening. Do n Swee t, who leads the A;\(A Nation al Trials p o in ts series afte r two r oun d s. sk ipped his high school gradu at ion to ride the Pacific Coast leg of the co rne p tit ion. He' ll pick up his diploma af te r the Northwest Ro un d. The Lame Cam el forgot to mention that in his thi rd place ride at the Red Dog AMA Trials round. Joe Guglielmelli turned in the best loo p ride of the day - a SeYOl po in t sizzle r on his second Kenny Roberts competed fo r Yamaha in the 250cc Dutch Grand Pr ix road race last Saturday. Yvon DuHamel rode his Kawasak i in the 500 GP th ere Sunday . The B L M rece ntl y turn ed down Bakersfield P.I.T .S: request t o hol d t he ir win ter t rial in t he Lake Isabella area, sayi ng in effect, " Let 'em ride in the Dared evil Rex Blac kwe ll, 20, se t a new car-jumping rccord by leap ing a BSA o ve r 23 autos at th e SeattJe In ternat ion al Racew ay Ju nc 22. The reco rd Would you bel ieve Kenny Zahrt and "Terry Blue" as "trop hy bo ys" for th e Powder Puff Nationals to be held J u ly & 7 at Native American Du nes? was ce r t ifie d by offic ia ls fO T Guiness Boo k of Recor ds and N IlRA. Exci te d fans ca used $ I 0,000 damage to the cars and ramp. All the local off ices of the Califo rn ia Highway Pat rol have been inf o rmed n ot to enforce green stickie laws. Whew. go-round, desert." One of the h ighlights of the Utah InterAMA wa s the guy who did a "Joel" off a cliff about 40 ft . high to escape f ro m t he brushfire. He was in a pickup truck at the t ime. Other four-wheel