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racing and tb e spec ta t ors do see th at (o r
Il,e lack of it ), Racers aren 't powerfu l
eno ugh 10 deman d th at trac ks are
resurfaced,
bu t we can run longer
fen ders on o ur bikes in a n effo rt 10
co ntrol th c sp ray. So I'm going to ru n a
full fen d er nex t year, ma ybe so meo ne
will join me , and if it works we ca n stop
dodging sp ray and wearing tea r-offs and
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race h arder. Hell , ma ybe we can start a
tren d and gel a lo t o f th e lillie th ings
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improved . There's
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at on ce, bUI we all kn ow them, We all
deserve better, and guy s as fa st as Ga ry
Scott deserve a lot better.
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J AM ES F. DAVIS
69E
Ft . Polk, La.
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Right on Rick
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['m a Ric k Dela cy fa n so I think your
Cy cl e Ne ws Nor t h covera ge in
December issu es and th e point list in gs
a re gr ea t. R u n n e r u p s fo r th e
" Whi te- P la te " ch ampionship, Greg
Fergu son and Mike Fari a are fo xy and
swift.
Excep tio nal reports on road raci ng,
scramb les, Pt. Rich mond, th e Diane Co x
story , and the Cowbell En d uro resul ts
give a wid e ra nge of co verage o n th e
Northern sce ne. ...
J AMES BRAMMER
Ho ng Kon g, BCC
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Apo logia
I would like to ma ke a public
apolog y to th ose presen t a l th e Dec.
15th EL TRIA L DE ESPANA fo r not
info rming th em of th e results in th e
Exper t class. Also m y sincere apologies
to the Ex pert rid ers fo r they we re n o t
given the credit they so greatly
deserved. The Expert res ul ts wer e th e
last to b e co mpu ted an d were no t
rec eived un t il a few m inu tes befo re the
an nounce men t of the win ner o f th e
Bultaco Sh erpa T . As soon as the winner
was an no unced all the spectators and
90% of the riders left, leaving only the
pr ess p eople and a few riders 10 give th e
resu lts to.
:'l an y t h a nks to t hose that
partic ip ated an d again m y apo logies for
the oversigh I .
GARV CH R ISTIAN
A.T.A . Pres.
Oran ge , Calif.
P.S. My he st wish es 10 jerry Wience k
1975 Pres. A.T .A .
Pats on the head from Momma
On
b e half
of
t he
Ana heim
Moto -Cro ss Team, I w ish to e x press o ur
de ep ap preciation fo r th e cooperatio n,
co verage etc . th at yo ur sta ff h ave given
to High Sch ool Mo t o Cross. Vo ur
_ coverage has b een o utstand ing. I refer to
th e Dec. 17 , 1974 editio n. Th e issue wa s
a com p lete deligh t .
Th e chee rleaders o n th e fr o n t fr o m
left to righ t are Robin Ch apman , Pam
Cifin , Kar en Nelso n , Kath y Sumner and
Melinie Horton , th e lead er. Diane
Gom ez, wh o by th e way is o n th e
Scb ool An n ua l and h as managed to get
High School Moto Cro ss in this yea r,
was th e inspiration and got the girl s
together . She also took time fro m her
bu s y sc he d ule to tr an sp ort th e
ch eerlea ders to th e race. We, as a team
were also fav o red w it h a sho t o f Geo rge
Cava na ugh of Anah eim Moto Cross
Team o n th e cover.
Do yo u wond er why we app recia te
yo ur paper ? We all wish yo u and y ou r
sta ff a Happy New Vear and h ope y ou
keep u p th e go od w ork .
PUSHEY MOMM A
Ana heim Moto-Cr oss Team
Anahei m , Calif.
Another fan
I f ee l J a nu ary seven th "Free
Wh eelin g" was o ne o f yo ur best 19 74
articles . Please keep Lan e o n lo p o f th e
real " cafe racer s" , :'l erry Christmas.
BOB WEST
No . Ho llyw ood , Calif.
P.S. How abo ut more o n th e Nation al
road racers and their new con trac ts?
(Continued o n page 11)
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