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They're a hell of a lot of us who ride DRA and CRC races. How come no coverage? I SIDE Nationa l Road Race E.A.IvIUNDY Pomona, Calif. 6 We just had another letter asking why DRA gets such good coverage and D-37 gets such "terrible" covCTage. Are you sure you read Cycle News ? .. Ed. Roberts' talent at Dry Lake Int'l. Off-Road Race 8 Bikes beat Baja and buggies American lrrt'I, MX .. 12 , 15 Zdenek zaps; Tim wins in N.Y. False advertising 16 Editorial/Opinion TV Time On june 28 my son raced in a motocross race at OCIR. There were two guys out there taking pictures. They said they worked for Cycle News. I paid them $2.50 to have a picture taken of my son in the race. They said I wo uld ge t the photo in the mail. I haven't gotten it. I would like to hear fro m Cycle News about this. 18 North Four-lappers and muddycross 22 Desert American desert; European scram. Results 30 , Checkin' scoresheets SoCaI Whizbang 34 Kickapoo 45er Technical .. •.. .... .. . . 35 EARL HANNEMAN Garden Grove, Calif. Cheap Husky parts Test 36 Dual Rickman street racers Calendar :rl Crystal ball ON THE COVER: Steve McLaughlin (Kaw-83) leads Reg Pridmore (BMW-63) and Yvon DuHamel (Kaw-17) into turn seven of the first Open Production lap. Yvon won. Oohn Ulrich Photo.) Rinky Dink? Dear John letter A c urren t ad in your classified section reads "Street Legal MX'ers: Do it yourself . .. Rink a Dinks Yamaha, Lakewood, Colorado." I wrote for information only regarding the ad, and next thing I knew I was supposed to come up with $ 12.00 for a C.O.D. package from Rink a Oinks. This sort of modus operandi seems a little suspicious to me . (Maybe they can't read.] Draw your o wn conclusions but in any case (I) I 2 bucks seems like a hunk of change for that type of info, and (2) not knowing what's in the package, I'd sure hate to shell out for a piece of paper that says "Hold a flashlight in your teeth and glue a giant Schwinn reflector to the rear fender. BILL HARRISON Temple City , Calif. Readerdorn has been ripped off. Remember way back in April '73 when goo d 01' CN featured the im mortal "Killer Honda?" and promised, in t heir infinite benevolence, to give it away as first prize in yet ano t her squid contest? It never happened, buddy boy! Oh, this wasn't just another turkey project bike. No, the "Killer" was the ultimate. It had the aggregate qualities of the t orque of Mt. Everest, the power of a slightly over-carbureted Tote Gote and the legendary handling of a bookmobile. (Gordon jennings, eat your heart out.] I'm sure both CN subscribers sp en t more than 2 .43 to ensure good 01' CN would continue to arrive weekly so they could be in on the biggie contest. If this is the way you plan to get subscription renewals may a diseased yak leave a present in your Full Bores. Don't try to tell us some nurd staffer stacked up the "Killer" while lapping DeCoster, either. We know the "Killer" lives because it graced the cover of the April 9, 1974 issue of good 01' CN which was disguised as the non-descript "Moto-monthly Magazine." . If yo u guys ever come up wit h a Killer Kontest 111 be glad to donate what is possi bly th e only mach ine in existence which dare challenge the "Killer." It 's the ominous Mono-shocker Lambretta 125 F o f 19 53. If you don't , m a y a hundr e d hairy 'hackers Hazlewood your Hus ky hoo ker . tt Sharon Clayton; Publisher Thomas R. Culp; General Manager; Edna Mewt on ; Secretary to Publisher. Woody Witte of Rink-A-Dinks states that this is not the company ) usual method of operation. He suggests an error was made . . . Ed. Advertising Thomas R. Culp; National Director Motocrossing thanks Editorial Charles Clay ton; Editor. J oh n D. Ulrich: Associate Editor, John H uctte r; Fea ture Editor, Lane Campbell: Cale n da r Editor. Art & Production Ca th erine Lam pt on ; Art Director. Nancy Gray: Adver tising Art Director. Hector Aguilera: Lab Tech nician. Marion Hatashita: Typographer, Melvin Phel ps: Assistant Typographer. Circulation Rhcba Smith; Manager. Pam Hobbs & Chris Andrews ; Assistants. Accounting During the practice session this past Sunday at CMC's Sad dleback MX, I blew a shift an d en d oe d over a newly formed steep j ump on the fastest p art of the co urse, The res ults included a disloca ted shoulder and ripped apart ligam en ts. I wish to thank the guy who took my battered bike bac k to our truck, an d the man parked next to us for giving me a drink and helping my Dad load up our truck. I'd also like to express my disgust at CMC for not being good enough to refund my $10 entry. Gaye Zaionz; Manager. Chris Kolber & Twi la Wheeler; Assis · tants, Rosemary O1andler; Collection, Daryl Christian; Assistant. BARRY NACKOS CMC 78A Covina, Calif. Services & Support Mike Coliw, Randy Davis , Bill Runyan, Jeannie Dunivan; Re ceptior- tst . West P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 9080 I (213) 427-7433: LA 636-8844. East P.O . Box 934·7850. 805, Tucker, GA (404) Central P.O. Box 13245, Austin, TX 78711. Subscription One year, seco nd dass mail, $12.50; 2 yean, second class m ail, $ 22 .5 0 ; 3 years, sec on d cwi m ail , $30.00: Single .copy price, 50 cen IS. Copyright Cycle New •• In c. 19 74 . Trade mark rrgistered U.S. Patent Offi ce . All righ ls reserved. Published weddy excep t the fin l and lu t wee k of the C11lendar year by Cycle Ntws. Inc., P.O . Box 498, Lon, Beach, California. Second dan posuge pai d al Lo nl Beach. CA . EditoriAl alorira. cartoon., phOIOS, et c, are welcome. Addreued, stamped env elope usun:. return of unpurchucd edilorial matter, Rtprinling in who le or pul only by pcnnwion of the publiahel'l. Adwrtisinl. rales a nd circ ula tion informalion will be ICDI upon reques t. See S.R _D.s. 4 Any biker 's theme Through the week you 'll find me working But on the weekends I'm ridin g. Up the hills and in th e outba ck , Or sometim es at th e lo cal track. I'm no Lawwill or D eCoster, And Joel Robert I ain't. But I don't care, you can ~ tell me I'm any worse than the rest. I could "cross it up" at th e mile, Or jump a fence McQueen ·style. But I don't want to try it twice Until I get more practic e. Fl l be "Number One " around here No more than a coup le of years. You'll all be surprised when you view My famous name in Cycle News. Then one day I'll be the "World Champ" Or sail my bike from ramp to ramp, A nd of cou rse I'll be asked to say, "Everybody needs milk today. " TODMITCHAM Seal Beach, Calif. TOM MOORE (Subscriber) Torrance, Calif. The husk iest h ooker we ev er saw was Big Bertha in Hamburg last year. Not only did w e not figure out a Honda giveaway co ntest, w e haven 't pick ed a winner in OUT "Donkey Caption" contest with the fabulous 15 first prize. But we're working on it. We've seen pictures of the dreaded monoshock Lambretta in "Motociclismo " but never dreamed it would b e availabl e in this country. We accept th e challenge so on as w e g ct K iller Honda runn ing . . . Ed. BX Why don't you start getting into bicycle moto-x? After all, we do a hard day 's work peddling. You could contribute a page o r so of pictures and writings about us bikers an d get one of the staff d udes to go to the races. They 're a lot of fun. There are a lo t of us o ut here who read Cyclc News, a nd there wo uld b e a lo t more if you had a weekly section on BX. ELLIOT MIU S Los A ngeles , Cali f. We helped get it started, but now · we just don't have the spare space . . . Ed. Never? Ho w come I never see any co vera ge of DRA desert races? Everything in this whole paper is on m o tocr oss, 0-37 races, speedway, or ITs. The employees of Cycle News, Inc. are listed in the masthead on the letters page of each issue. Some free lancers sell us photos or stories. They are not entitled to represent their p hotos as products of Cycle News, 'Inc. If we catch someone doing so , we will stop using their material in the paper and will invalidate their credentials . . . Ed. Starting After being a spectator at the recent short track series held in Oakdale, Calif., I have been left with so me mixed feelings. It is a super short track and the program, on the whole, is well organized. The pro blem seems to be the starter. In my opinion he does not seem to be meeting hi s responsibilities as a District 36 official. He is lac king in consistency and tends to show favoritism towards a few local Expert riders. G ran ted , being a starter is not an easy job, but if you're going to do it, do it right! Give all t he riders the same chance at the line, and help to contribute to a super short track progr am. KATHE KOLO DZI ESKI San jose, Calif. Powder Puff I am anticipating a trip to t he L.A . area to do so me motocross raci ng. I missed the Powder Puff National as I fo und o ut too late. I am tol d I am No. One Northern CA CiviC Po wd er Puff. As I will only have a short time in the L.A. area I would like to bit as many Powder Puff races as po ssible. Any information I ca n obtain will be well appreciated. JAN PARKER C.~I.C. North No . 162 35807 Be ttencourt St. 'ewar k , Calif. 94560 791-09 7 I Burgener answers, Tunney doesn't Recently you asked for letters to be written to Congressman Clair W. Burgener and Senator john Tunney concerning the extradition of Rolf Tibblin. Immediately I wrote both, and I t hought your readers might be interested to know that Clair Burgener answered my letter almost immediately. As I live o ne he ll o f a long way fr om San Diego, I t ho ught this was fantastic. Th ose of you in the 42nd district of C a li forni a mu s t h av e a go o d represen ta tive in Congress. By th e way, Senat or T un ney did no t bother to answer at al l - does th at tell you an thing? J OHN McALPINE Vice President, U.S . GP Boots Nashville, Tenn. We aren't surprised. What really gets us is w hen Tunney says he answers his mail when he actually doesn't. See page 16 . .. Ed.