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Clea r or Polanzed le ns Un brea ka bl e fra me , L Vented with foam filters /' Extra wide band .. H ow to Win Mo tocross , copyri ght 19 74 by Gary Bailey. is being serialized eogi eeped . SCOTT . in Cycle News. Th e best-seller , now in its second pri nt ing, is condensed for this serializa t ion. Th e comp lete boo k is availab le for $6 from Cy c le N ews Products. See ad in this issue. co m pa red to how w ell th e o th er guys ride . For exa mple. the inside po sitio n on the sta r ti ng lin e ma y b e th e fastes t way to the comer and arou nd it. fo r you. BUl if some body else takes th e m iddle pos itio n o n the line hut bea ts yo u to the corner and goes inside. you are going to be shut off. If a b unch of guys bea t you to th e t urn. you are goi ng to be sandwiched. None of those guys is going to move over to let you go through . If you start on the o utside and beat the traffic to the turn, you ca n go th ro ugh a ny way you want ' to and p ick your fas test line . If you do n 't ma ke it there first. and yo u are o n the o utside, yo u are n ot tra p ped by the cro wd . If there is a big pil eup o r if everybody sta rts slo wing everybody else do w n . yo u can just go on aro und the o utside an d some times it will pay . Wh a l it b o ils d own to is - you h ave lo asse ss yo ur o wn abil ity to ma ke a good s ta r t - a nd d o it ho nes t ly because o ther w ise it will just ge l you in tro ub le. If you a re prcuy sure you ca n ge t d o wn to th e turn first . .>!:tr t in the b est positio n yo u can get and g~ fo r the inside o f th e turn. If yo u ar e not su re ab o u t it . start nea r th e m id d le o f the lin e a n d th e n yo u ca n go eithe r way as yo u ap p roach th e tu rn . If yo u are pr etty su re y o u will get th er e be hi nd th e p ac k, sta r t o u tsid e and p lan t o go o u t sid e an d may b e yo u will get a ro u n d so me of th em th at a re h u ng u p in th e co rn er . I f I were in an internatio nal-class race . I would not ex pec t to be a ble to sta rt o n th e fa r o u ts id e a n d be at those guys to the tu rn. And if I d idn't beat th em and got to the corner w ith it full of p eople, I wou ld h ave to go all th e way aro und o n th e o u tside a n d wind up we ll b eh in d the lead ers. But it 's better to d o th at th an win d up in a b ig first ·turn cra sh all in a ball w ith a lot of o ther guys an d m oto rc ycl es. H owever in top-class racin g, fir st -turn c rash es do n't happen very often . Th erefo re in a race with guy s who are at least as go od as I a m - an d probabl y better - I w ouldn't ever think I co uld star t o n th e o utside an d b ea t th e m to the corner. I w ouldn 't s ta r t o n the far inside be cause I would b e pr etty su re some o f th o se rid ers would beat me t o the co rn er a nd then I would be sh u t o ff. I would sta rt somewhere ne ar the middle of the line be cau se th at gives me some ch anc e to gel there first b ut also some Ilexihi lity so I can go outs ide if I have to. If I am racing with good rid er s wh o don ' t cra sh a lot, but rid ers I thin k I can beat, then I wo uld ge t o n th e in side and expect to gel to th e turn first . riding witb avera ge If I am competitors , I go on the o utside . Most (Co ntinued on page 55) SCOTT Goggl es are engineered for profession al riders. Th at' s wh y Rolf Tibblin . Brad Lackey. Mi tc h Mayes, Gary Sem ics. and many othe r top pr os use SCOTT. Stop by your d eal er or acce ssory shop and try a pair on and youl! un derstand why we say that SCOTT Go gg les are ENGINEERED. .~ /~ '-" .... ~~ P.O. Box 187 . Sun Valley. Ida ho 83353 Saddleback Motocross Champion Pierre Karsmakers, No.1 Rider, purchased his Honda Civic from Bill Krause Honda-Saab, No.1 Dealer, located in Westchester. Why don't you! Bill Krause Honda . 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