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.... •..•.......... ... .. ... Left: Scott Clough (Yam) said he'd win the Ligh tweight Production race. He took ove r fro m Bo b Tigert at about mid-race and di d just that. Center: The race with in the Heavyweight race . Steve McLaughli n (83) and Yvon DuHamel T E-LATEST (7 1) drafted each other for sec o nd-third the latter h alf of the race. Steve tucked un der in turn two-three o n the white flag lap to win th e duel . . . but th is (right) is all any body saw of Reg Pridmore . Did you know that there has been for several years, a pigeonholed plan to t u m road rashers' favorite Mulholland Drive int o a four-lane freeway? ' Lur king on the hori zon : Californ ia Governor Reagan signed a new law th a t will allow the Air Reso urces Board to adop t emission controls for m otorcycles beginning with the 1976 model year . It's going to be bad news for two-strokes if they act like th ey 're talking. A " Citi ze ns Advisory Committee on Transporta tion Quality" met in Washington , D.C. recently. Wonder if anybody told them how motorcydes can save gas and reduce congestion in an optimum vehicle mix. Hmmm? How bout it, AMA? MIC? AMA's Rob Rasor will address o ne session of the National Safety Co ngress in Chicago, a gathering of so me 16,000 de legates . His topic will be " Public Motorcyde Parks: Safe ty T hrough Planning." Final top IO AMA Gra nd National Championship point standings for the 19 74 season after Saturday's Ascot half-mile are: (u nofficial) I. Ken ny Rober ts. 2286. 2. Gary Sco tt. 1467. 3 . Gene R om e r o , 1 132. 4. Rex Beauc ham p, 8 12. 5. Mike Kidd, 677. 6 . Chuck Palmgren, 649. 7 Co rky Keener, 641. 8: Hank Scott. 522. 9. Rick Hocking, 490 . 10 . Dave Alda na , 452. On ly Larry Huffman (while announcing the Ontario road races) has the poetic license to turn Peter Starr 's " Bad Rock " Two -Day film int o th e " Black Rock S ix Day ." And Peter, he was circulating about and above Ontario's speedbowl (at times hanging from the struts of a helicopter) filming a half-hour special fo r TV. A reporter (wh o had to be from a daily, somewhere) phoning in his report of the Onta rio National "Donnie Castro hits the wall at 100 MPH and lives! That 's the Ontario National story . . . " Oh , my achi ng media. What do you call a speedbowl full of media flakes - Hype Krisp ies ? The 1975 BMW R-90S is "Daytona Orange." Flashy ; but not as classical as "SilverISmoke." Next year yo u gotta have discb ra kes if yo u want to be in . holey Spea king of E.C. , address any "A sk E.C." quest ions to E. C. Birt , 5 09 Industrial Avenue, Boynton, Beach , F L 33435. 2 The next time vou see E.C. Birt , ask him about the 't im e he shot a Maico with his 30 .30. Poor BLM can 't seem to please anybody. N ow the Env ironmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club and Society for California Archeology have sued on the agency claiming its Interim Desert Plan isn't hard enough on ORVs. They wan t us kept out of the desert altogether, no less. Another e nvi r o n-rn ental case, Dr . Robert Stebbins of the Universi ty of Califor nia, complains, "ORVs are appearing in the mass media along with other prod ucts as symbols of virility. Showing good loo king, vigorous people tearing up soil and vegetation and sp lashing through woodland streams with ORVs is likely to erode the developing ecological conscience of adults and will make more difficult the task of instilling respect for the land in our young." Oh yeah? Kenny Roberts earns more money , to keep, than any other motor racer - cars or b ikes . The British press blew the cover recently on a Husqvarna 250cc, DOIIC, four-valve, four-stroke under test in the firm's R&D department. Ca ms are bel t driven, induction is by a fuel injector wit h the fuel pump driven off the rear ca mshaft . Horsepower output is said to be im pr essive. Coul d Husky be covering their bets in case pe nding U.S. emissio n co ntro ls virtua lly o utlaw two-stro kes? Energy Crisis road racing sure is neat. BMWs coast in a strai ght line better than anything. Pasadena Fire Department 's 1I00k an d Lad der Enduro now has two new motorcycles and over 54000 worth of prizes donated for the event. se t for October 27. with proceeds going to the County Burn Ward. Response from donors has been unbelievable . AMA clubs: Be on the lookout for notice of your d istrict sanction meeting . It will be scheduled sometime between October 26 and December 14 to thrash out your 1975 points-paving events schedule. The cu rrent issue of " Psychology Today" features an article o n pe ople who e ngage in h igh -ris k sports (particular ly race drivers a nd sky-divers), noting among o ther things tha t the compulsive risk-taker is general ly in the upper 15 percent in intelligence, and is highly aware of both the dangers and re wards of his sport. Maybe Right to Risk is still a viable issue in this country, after all . District 36 annual meeting will December 7, 1974. be Look for a major motorcycle manufacturer to introduce a volume production. turbocharged superbike in the coming two years. Would you believe, a major A merican finn? Promoters are stepping in where school ad ministrations fear to tread. Now Corona Raceway in California ha s put together a le a gue rac ing package involving 20 schools in five leagues. Signups are averaging 25 riders pe r school (Ramona·Riverside signed 60) . The ser ies opens Thursday n ights, moves to Fridays in November, and will run through spring. The gen uine Sidecar Rally is set for October 26-27 in the Mine ral Wells area of Griffith Park near Los Ange les. Over 1000 o utfits are expected . ove rnight camping perrni ts have been issued . fre e movies and awards have been laid on , lo a . Russ Co llins ' t rip le Honda fu eler shu t ou t Bob Mauriello on Sonny Routt's double Triumph fo r Top Fuel h o nors at the NHRA/AMDRA Atco National s over the October 4-6 weekend . Winning run was 8.473 sec./171 .42 MPH. A record $53,0 00 has been post ed in a dva nce by Daytona International Spe edway for the 19 75 ru nning of th e D a y t on a 20 0 . Conti nge ncy mon ey co uld stuff the pot to $65,000 . Loo k o ut f o r those l e a n an d h u ngry Europeans! ' Our cctton-pick in' cousins Cyde News East are co-sponsors of the Road Atlanta Trans·AMA round October 20. Pass the grits . Kawasaki may be the next manufacturer to come o ut with a mote-bicycle. There is a spoke torque wrench available from RaceCyde, 701 North Keyser Avenue , Scranton , Pennsylvania 18508 for $9.98. Fits all sizes, they say . J.C. Whitney has one too, for only $6.98. Desert Racing Assn . annou nced a new Pro dass for 1975. Their December 28, 20·Mule Team 200'miler at California City will pay $3.500 to first p lace, $2,000 to second and o n down the line. En try fee will be $200, whet her you enter the bike asi a two-man learn or solo. So unds fun. And a tug of the Wealey duckbill to L&M cigarettes for the neat spectator kits they pass out at some of the races. Such 'attent io n m ight persuade Papa to switch to their brand . Leading the AMA Regio nal Championship standings going into the last race are Bill Eves. Greg Sassaman and William Purv is in the East. Corky Kee ner, Jay Springsteen and Larry Beall in Central and Mark Williams, Bruce Hanlon and Mark Smith in the West. 'Twould be fun to race a runoff among the top five in each region. Maybe some promoter will think of it. POLITICA L ENDURO fo:- Riverside, Norco and Corona, California readers : Assemblyman Walter Ingalls is "the ma n that must be de feated" in the general election in November, according to Rus s Sanford of M.O.R .E . Ingalls is the new chairman of the state Assembly Transportation Committee and he vows to "see to it t hat a mandatory helmet bill is passed next year." Inga lls also stated that he "would like to see motorcycles prohibited from the highways." His opponent, Mr. Ed Shepard, has agreed to work with M.O.R.E . if elected. Please contact Mr. Shepard's office and offer to work fo r his campaign. Ingalls must be beaten. Keith Code is loo king for a 250cc GP ride. Interested sponsors ca n usuallv fi nd him leadi ng the p ack at Griffiti, Par k. New Jersey Gub Brendon T . Byrn e vetoed the bill to allow motorcycles on the Garden State Parkway .