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Kawa sak i is providing rider ed uca ti onal mate ria ls, motorcycles and oth er forms of assista nce to loc al community educators thro ugh their dealer ne twork . O ver 250 suc h program s are in op eration aro und th e country and , the y say, th is is just th e beg inn ing. Carl F asr ad o f th e Invad ers ~I.C . rod e j and linish ed every A ~ I A Distri ct 37 desert race of 19 74 o n a 3-year-old 125 CZ. Is this a first? Probabl y . - Want a st uff a ba llot box ? AMA clubs are voting to elect the Typ ica l Fem a le Ride r. Let 's all cast our ballots for Dolores Monington of the Wedded Wheels M.C. With Kawasa ki 's new Ameri can factory situa ted nearby , the Pine Ridge Cycle Assn . o f C h adron, Nebraska is schedu ling a 24-h o ur Endurance Race January 25 and 26 and Kaw riders are specifically invited . See the Calen da r this issu e. Jim Patronite, pre sident of Azusa Engineering, a well ·known motorcycle accessory manufacturer, has just been , appointed to the city council of Pico Rivera , Californ ia. Waytogo, Jim! WHAT WE . HO PE IS THE LAST, FINA L ENTRY R ECEIV ED IN OU R LA T EST F I N IS H T HE FUNNY CONTEST: " You're never too old to get hung up on motorcycling!" by Bruce Cox. Bingh amton, N.Y. Rokon , the Keene, N.H . maker of automatic transmission motorcycles, will enter all the 19 75 International Six Days Tr ial qu alifier s. Team Shiftless ride rs include Tom Clark , J im Fogle, Jim Hollander and Dave Mungenast. Our Texas cousins are telling us of a 10.000 pro motocross with S I 000 fo r lirs t place to be laid on for March 28-29. 1975 at a new tra ck near Midla nd. Texass, Interested pros should call (915) 332·1504 for info. More s w ift ies from Cen tral : A Texas-based road racer's association is taking on a four-race "Central" ser ies for the AMA Amateur Road Race Championship in 1975. Good news fo r AT A sec tion checkers. a T L125 is to be do nated as a che cker's do or prize to he d ra wn for in J an uary. One neat thing about the Trial de Espana was that they ran the press/industry class throu~ a mixed bag of Beginner, Novice and Amateur t raps . Something for everybody . Andre Plou ffe (whose picture a pp ea red in CN issue No . 50 co verage o f El Trial de Espan a) had to wat ch helplessly lat er that day while his h ike burn ed to a cris p when the ta nk sp lit, do using the hot engin e with fue l. Mark Eggar's new Ho nd a ride reflects th e latest factory trials de velopments. It repo rtedly we ighS 23 0 po u nd s wet an d displaces 3 07cc. . Goodyear ls Carroll Shelby Norton has given up on its land speed reco rd a ttem p t b ecau se of he avy ra infa ll in Bonneville . Too had , Den n is Poo re could have used th e glory . Poo r Denn is ca lls it a " te m po ra ry del ay " and vow s to ALANDERS Y E L LOW OR BLU E NO N-S LI P O URY BULTACO KAWASAKI Dealer Inq uitles tnvuec 12 131 363~230 213-538-291 4 14 01 So . Bea ch, La Habra, CA 71 4-870-9 990 01" 213-943-6116 retu rn w ith th e st rea m liner co me spring " and with a ny luck at all snat ch the record fo r o urselves. " ;;;;'R 8RC. E: VI J . Russell Penny, th e Californ ia State Director of the BLM, h as retired fro m federal service after 39 ye ars. Mr. Penny was the chief archit ect of the Californ ia Desert Program. No successor has been named . ~Cyde En!llneerln!l & Supply 1 140 · .6, N . K ~"'I: ""' E R .... ""'...... IE I~ . c .... 9 2 806 j.C. Park hurst . pu blish er o f a maga zin e about pickups. vans and four-wh eel Carabe la Hodaka Indian M M aico ontesaPuch Steens "'" drive vehicles , go t h is van stuc k in th e Westminster Baja "IOd last week a nd spen t all day trying to dig it o ut. Fortu nat ely h e h ad a b ike in the van a nd used it to ride for help. (Co ntinued on pag e 2S ) :,.__ \.. SportCl~l! 7219WllSlminSie Aw .• WnlminSlet . CA(1141893-1057 r ( 7 14 ) e3 0 · ~720 BAY AREA BULTACO Sales S er vice 3