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BillyUhl DIAMO Cont inued/ro m page 7 1-2! Trials game. I j ust love t o ride mo t orcycles a nd th e racing supports m y ha bit . T he racing part o f ridi ng is just in ci d ental to m e, To rid e , i t costs money an d si nce I've do ne a ll types of ridi ng . I ended up with T rials be cause I get to ride a lot more a nd get paid for it. J ust in the six Qualifiers tha t I ran this yea r amo un t to about 400 miles of riding ea ch . T his works out to ab o u t 2.5 00 miles of riding in j us t the Trials series. Add to that another co uple o f th o usan d for practice, playing a ro u nd and co wt rai ling and I'm putting in abo u t 5 ,0 0 0 a year in th e d irt . You ha ve to lov e t o ride to do it. CN : You were Nati onal Cross Country 'Cha m pion one year weren't you ? SU: Yeah, I won Cherry Creek in '68, one o f three National Hare & Hound races that t hey ra n t ha t year. I won on a Sherpa T. 1>ly m o m ca lled Bu ltaco a nd they co u ld n ' t bel ieve it. e N: Mu st ha ve been some na sty co u rse to be a ble to win it o n a "T! " IIU: Yeah . . . there again, i t 's just being co nsist e n t wi th yo ur rid ing . . . the same thing app lies to Trials. Yo u ta ke Carl Cranke an d some of tho se o th er guy s. They 're good a t mos t any type of ridi ng. Ca rl, fo r instance, is a Sp ee d wa y rider a nd he was high point Novice when he was rid in g t rac k. a nd , yet, her e he is, rid ing th is Trials ga me which isn ' t a spec tators race . . . you don 't get glory out of it. You just ge t to rid e ! That 's wh y Carl chose it . He loves t o rid e motorcycles! at t he casrr.. l~ Nlfl'10 Nll I.. 7/1:1/7l1 GARY SCOTT - Team Harley-Davidson 1974 AMA CONTINGENCY PRIZE SPONSOR-we support the sp o rt!! Iv\. ~ - Ask your Dealer for DIAMOND . The Chain of Proven Perform ance! ~ . 402 KENTUCKY AVENUE - ._.. . .- IN DI AN A PO LIS . I N DIA NA 46225 SCUDERIA Trai ni n g CN: Whe n you worked for Penton, did they have you on a strict train ing pr ogram ? S U : Not at all. They're even more lax than me . Jackie does no training at all. I ride to gel in shape. I'm totally against an y ty pe of tr ai n ing and excercis e pro gr am s if it isn't fun lik e riding. It 's neat to wi n and all b u t if yo u're not havin g fun , it's not re ally wo rth it . . . to me. Lik e wh en I was with Pento n , I had t o 'w in whenever I go t o n a motorc ycle. I remember th is Iittle mud ra ce back East and I go t che wed o u t be cause I was pu lling wh eelies , t h ro wi ng mud o n spec tators and ge nerally screwing off. They go t upset be cause I co u ld lose by m essin g ar ound a n d I j us t did n 't care 'cause I was havi ng f un. C N : Did Pe n to n ha ve yo u ride motocross and all? S U: O h , sure ! I rode eve ry ti ng , I'll bet t ha t t h ere wasn 't a m on th total durin g the time I rode for t hem t hat I d id n 't ra ce. That 's fo ur weekend s in over two years. CN: Yeah , I rem em ber Carl Cra nke turn ed up in Bo ise one weeke nd an d showed th e lo cal boys ho w to ride mo t ocross. I mean th is was really a local yo kel ra ce . . . I even rode th at d a y ! S U: I hea rd about that. Carl 's Se rvice Man age r fo r Penton West a nd he was here teac hing se rvice sc hoo ls and just de cided to sto p over an d ride . lie's p robabl y o ne o f the very best me chanics in th e Six Day s. He's very, very good . CN: Cra n ke see ms to be in a n e xt re m ely p ro mis i ng p o sition ... S ervi c e Manager . . . ni ce salary and all o f t hat. B U: O h , yeah. li e m a kes go od mone y . . . eno ugh to live o n. I ma ke enough to live o n, too . If a guy's go t en ough to live o n and st ill be a ble to affo rd hi s t oys and be a b le to rid e . . . wh at e lse d o es he nee d? e N: S om e people see m t o thri ve o n . o r even live fo r acco mp lish ment as far as t heir occ upa tion is concern ed. I t se e m s to m e t h a t if a p erson ca n "t e njoy life, the n it's no t worth living. RU: That 's righ t. If this rid in g e ver be c omes a "job , " 1 go fi nd somet h ing else t o d o. I d o n ' t ha ve t o do wha t I'm d o ing. I do n ' t ha ve to do a ny th ing ! If racing ev er lakes th e: fun o ut o f rid ing . .. t ben I'll probably quit rac ing. I'm no t go in g to d o a ny th ing u n less I des ire to do it! What els e d o yo u need to kn ow ? eN : A re you ever go ing to m a ke it to At lanta ? • IU)(~I' HUSQVA RNA PENTON LA VERDA SAL ES. SERVI CE '. 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