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• SAMMY TANNER PRESENTS WRITIN~ 5th ANNUAL LONG TRACK SPEEDWAY RACES I.l ' I A UN Politics, police, and the recreation nation ON THE FAMOUS ASCOT 1/ 2 MILE OVAL _We got troub le rig ht here in RV er city, Accordi ng to t he news last wee k legi timate. law-a bi di ng motorcycle reereatio nis ts and the ir rami'lies were trea te d to Cal ifor n ia state po lice har rassm ent on at least tw o illegi ti mate occasio ns, deliberate van da lism or co urse marki ngs by a " fell o w " off-road veh icle driver and p hysical assau lts o n the trail by some of these same drivers. So fa r, only a fe w broken bones an d so me legal hass les have resul ted fro m wha t we hope is no t .a tre nd. Bu t so mething is wrong. Whose fault is it and what can be done to stop it ? SRA vs A M A CHAMPIONSHIP STARS 8:15 ·P. M. FRI.- - - - - -NOV. 8,1974 ,- - - ---------, • Tickets available at : also available at: Ascot 213-321-1610 213-323-9710 183 RD & VERMONT ~'fR~~~ ~~~~~~y~f GARDENA. CAL. SAVE MONEY! Harry Fo st e r MC Lawndale, CA These dealers have reduced pr ice ti ckets: T he Winner Corona, CA Riversid e , CA Norm Reeves Inc . Downey, CA Dow ne n's Cycle Center Hawaiian Ga rd e ns, CA House of Handlebars No. Lo ng Beach, CA Param o u n t , CA An aheim, CA Cit y Cycle Ce nter Pico Rivera , CA Hockies MC Carson, CA Westmi nster Harley -Davi dso n Westmi ns ter, CA Maywood Ho nd a Maywood, CA Harle y-David so n / Yam ah a of Los A nge les Lo s Ange les , CA Le Bard & Underwood, Inc . La Ha b ra , CA Honda of Gard e na Gard ena , CA SA MMY TANNER DISTRIBUTING lUB I-TECH 213 ·924·2111 Filtron Filters ...J. L. met ric hard wa re ~ 3038, Fullerton, CA~ 5a1l!!i P.O. Box 92634 714-870 -5244 213-697-967 4 YE L LO W O R BL U E NO N -SLI P O U RY Dealer Inq uiries Invrt eo (2 13) 363-6230 COMPLETE .....A CHINE SHOP AND 48:,·__· REPAIR SERVICE ~ ~Cyd. Engln• • rlng & Supply 22 1140· ... N . K RAEMER ... ,.,....... 11£ 1""' . CA . 9 2 . 0 6 (7 14) 6 30 ·5 7 2 0 Goodyear is Carroll Shelby 213-538 -2914 ~ r'~~. ~ THE U A LTIM TEIN PERFORMANCE-HANDLING AT C OMPETITIVE PRICES Pa ulson 's 6111 l00t h SI. SW., Tacoma. WA 98499 206-588-1873 Keeping the cops in line is not easy . as Watergate proved, but it can be done by voting candidates into government office that arc beholden to motor-voters. tasked II.L. Richardson, ca nd id a te for the U.S . Senate from California. if he thinks ORV recreation is an issue in next month's election. "Yes it cer ta in ly is an issue:" Senator Richardson replied (he is presently a member of the state senate) . "The ecology thing has gone too far in many places,' he continued, "especially where BL:' 1 lands are concerned." If elected . which doesn't loo k too ho peful fo r a Republ ica n this November, Senator Rich ard so n would intervene wi th t he BLM on be half o f O RV interests, " I like th e O R V peop le I've met , they're m y kind of people," h e says. So that takes care o f the pol ice pro b lem, just vote fo r the ca ndida tes who take your side of the issue and hop e you' win . Motorcycle clubs co uld make a measurable di fference in the ou tcome of the election by volu nteering to ring doorbells for ca ndidates , registering voters at their meetings and events, or just making sure to inform themselves and vote . It is the American way . As for the va ndalism and assault, I would like to capture one of these peo ple u nh arm ed and interrogate him . I feci certain that t hey are not m e m bers of a ny organized four-wheel-drive group. for I' m like Richardson , I've never met one either that I didn't like. Who is our encm y? And why are they doing these criminal things? If it is something we've done, we want to know about it . Wha tever it is that makes a person exert h imself to cunningly sabotage an enduro course, with all the risk that implies o r, wo rse, a t tempt murd er with a m oto r vehicle o n another vehicle ride r tha t he has nev er seen befo re , we sho uld kno w abo u t it. I hope th at the vand als and m aniacs wh o savaged th e Fo ol 's Gold Enduro will be tr aced through th eir lice nse numbers a nd ca ugh t a nd tried for their crim es. Then per haps we sh all find o ut wh at the m att er is. In the m eantim e clubs mi ght ask fo r pro tec t io n from th e o ff-road poli ce wh o se eq uip m ent is alleged to have been bough t wi th so me of our O RV registra t io n fees. ORV rec rea t io n is a political issue. Let us sec: that it doesn 't become a life -and-death issue. Charles Clayton