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' We spend so much time yelling about the Save-the-Ecology folk and their pressure on motorcycling. we often forget that on issues like oil exploitation and runaway land development, we and they are on the same wavelength and could do each other some good . Sad, no? The land speculators, the oil moguls, and the bureaucrau must really enjoy seeing us at each other's throaU. A motorcycle park is like an am usement park where yo u bring yo ur own roller-coaster, Two-strokes thirst and pollute, besides sounding awful. "II be glad to see the get new lightweight four-strokes popular. Now if only some company besides Honda would get in the act. Maybe it is time for a revised Triumph (formerly BSA Victorl single. Wait 1l you see the new Posterbook (e) that 's genna be wrapped around dealer copies of Cycle News' End-of-theYear issue ! It1l knoc k your eye ou t. Especially th e big color poster of Evel's parachute rid e. Th at alon e is worth $2, but itll only co st $ 1, complete with the newspaper. Speaking of Evel, did you notice haw aII the mass media got the story screwed up about his contretemps with the NBC cameraman? Only the Village Voice reporter had it right. The BLM, having ru n. the Revised Interim Critical Management Progra m for the California Desert up the flagpole and having waited o ut the comment period, made it official as of November I, 1974. Maps and copies of the plan can be requested fromJ.R. Penny, BLM Sta te Director, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825. Road rashers, unite! Sears Point Raceway may be in tr o uble when its use permit comes up for renewal nex t Spr ing . Sonom a County environmentalists are expected to try to block renewal. RETURN OF THE TOURING PRO: Twice world champion Jeff Smith wilI conduct a series of mo tocross and enduro/trials schools at Can -Am dea lers starting in January . Your local dealer shoul d have a schedule soon. AMA has tentatively awarded the 1975 U.S. Grand Prix motocross date to Trippe-Cox once again at Carlsbad, June 22. Bob Bond urant, sport s car dri ver turned schoolmast er, Jim Davis Motosport noseguard Originally designed for Spanish mo tocross riders as protection against the dreaded Spanish fly. This dangerous insect has a bone-like pro trusion on it s forehead ·which, coupled with blinding speed of flight. may cause shattered teeth, d islocated jaw, bro ken nose , wh ip lash, and pierced goggles. It is reco mmended that one wear three guards, one over the nose and mouth, and o ne o ver each eye . A fourth guard may also be worn around th e lower abdomen as an athletic support er. When used thusly, it shou ld be worn inside the tr ousers for the sake of decency, and to prevent cu rious ladies fro m running out on the tra ck d ur ing competit ion . Th is versat ile safety accessory also may be used to protect the knees, elbows , ears, nipples and knuckles. A point of purchase po ster showing noseguards protecting a competition rider in sixtee n vital, vulnerable areas is available to dea lers. To .ind uce riders to seek maximum protection, Ji m Davis Mo t osport offers a free noseguard with the purchase of sixteen , wh ich may be hung from the rear view mirror of one's car or truck. Availab le at all motorcyc le de alers hand ling the J im Davis Mot ospo rt line of pro tective equ ipment. motorcycle dealer's, or you can order one from Cycle News by sendi ng 50t along with the mailing label fro m one of your subcription copies. Camel cigarettes will be sponsoring the entire 1975 AMA national series to the tune of many thousands of tobaccobucks. Details are still being ironed out. Smoke ' 'em if you got 'em. He's everywhere! Peter Starr, th at is. Seems yo u can't go to a major mot orcycle event these days without encountering 2 Subscribers who want a copy of th e Po st er b o o k (e) th at will wrap around retail copies of our big Year-End Issue will have to bu y it for $1 at their Pete r, at a dead runt supe rvising th e filming of the epic for lV. Loo k for the release of a film o n the three West Coast ro unds of the Trans-AMA in the near fut ure. Papa's been absent from the Sacramento power struggle, but one of the outcomes is the award of the Assembly Transportation Committee chairmanship to Riverside, California AsSemblyman Walt Ingalls, an outspoken motor-hater who would legislate motorcycles out of ex istence if it were politically feasible . Bummer. Bodes ill for more Helmet Law hassie in California. Dealers - yo ur ho-ho-ho goes farther with a Cycle News Gree ting Card ad . Boogie o n o ver to Page 3 7 and fill out your order blank, because it 's th e last chance to make th e Christ mas issue th at hits th e stands December 17. w as v o te d Moto rspo rt sman of th e Year by the San Francisco mo to r press for his effort s to keep Sears Point open, in the face of ceo-pressure . . President and Board Chairman of AMA District 36 for next year will be Bill Trumbull. Marathon ace Troy Durham suffered a severed spinal cord when his throttle stuck while he was practicing in a Hayward, Califo rnia q uarry. It was an ho ur before he was fo und - he's luc ky to have feeling below the knee and may be rehab ilitating for over a year. Do n 't practice alone! (Drop him a card at Redwood City Kaiser Hospital , OK?) Contrary to what you may have read here and elsewhere, Tim Witham is not Kenny Roberts' new tuner. Th e Grand National Champion's tuner is still Bud Ackerson : as always. Mr. Witham has a contract directly with Kenny to do development work. 500cc, Th e Lobster, Kawasaki's single-overh ead -cam, 265 ·lb. dirt-burner will "defin itely be available in lat e spring of 19 75 " according to confi de ntial so urces. Rick Hocking geU to drop the " Z" from his number and swit ch digits. Yupp, he's taking Dave Aldana's old 13, as Dave's dec ided to try No.1 0 for a change.