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Achance to dOln the helmet lal The Nation al Committee on Un ifonn Traffi c Ordinan ces, an ar m of th e Fed eral Departmen t of Transport ation, will meet on February 26 to disc uss dropping t he Federal mandatory helmet law standard nation wide. Th is is the statu te , now a pan of Federal law , wh ich allo w s the D.O. T. to coerc e states into ado p ti ng helmet law s by threatening to withhold highw ay funds. Th ey have solicited public com m ent. Bikers are urged to write in divid ual letters to Ex ecu tive Director Ed war d S. Kearney and Na tio na l Chairman David M. Baldwin of the co mm ittee a t 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 4 30 , Washington , DC 20 510. In California, a helmet law protest rally drew up to 1700 ride rs in a peaceful procession th at ended at the Ro ck Store ne ar Los Ange les. A petition sign-in has been scheduled for Lo s Ange l es' Grif fith Park, the Merry-Go-Round are a at 12 Noon February 9. The petition and all signatures collec ted will be forwarded to the D.O.T. co mm ittee. Details 01 AMAteur MX narl. championship The 1975 cham pionship program will include qualifi cation th rough AMA district -level events for a series of Regional run-offs. Th ese run-offs will in turn qualify co mp etitors for a single National Championship meet to be held a t Baldwin, Kan sas, October 12 , 19 75. The Am ateur Motocross National Championship program will be open to an y amateur rider holding a valid AMA co mpetitio n membership. Competitors may advanc e fro m the district level to th e re gional run-offs in . on e of two way s: I. In officially recogn ized AMA districts , the district organ iza t io n shall designate its representatives. non-recogn ized district s, 2 . In ta bu la tio ns of poin t-p ay ing AMA events will be used to determ ine wh ich rid er s advance 10 regional co mp eitio n. These points will be co mp iled by t he AMA staff from official 19 75 referee re p orts received by J uly 6 . (Clubs. get those repo rts in! . . Editor) Nine regi o nal run-o ffs will be held, three each in the Atlant ic, Midwest an d Paci fic regions. Regio nal p oin t standings determ ine the to p 15 q ualifiers in each region in each of t hree di sp lac em ent clas ses: 12 5, 25 0 and Op en. . .Let your eyeballs do th e shopping in the Cy cle News lVant A ds Atlantic Regionals August 24. 1975 Morley 's Motocross Park. On eonta, New York. • Augu st 31. 1975 - La ke Su gar Tree Raceway, Ax to n. Virginia. September 7, 1975 - Trigg Coun ty Recreation Comple x , Cadiz , Kentucky. YAMAHA 360 SINGLE STRA IGHT CUT PRIMARY GEARS W ITH FLYWHEEL FOR FLAT TRACK Midwest Regionals August 16, 197 5 ' (Night) Indian apolis Racew ay Park, Clermont , Indiana. August 31 . 1975 - Spring Creek Park, Millville , Minnesota . September 14. 1975 - Effingham Motorcycle Clu b , Effingham, Illin ois. Pacific Regionals August 24,1975 Richmond Ramblers Motorcy cle Clu b. Richmond. California. 31, 1975 Carlsbad August Raceway, Car lsbad , California. September 14. 1975 - Puyallup Ra ceway Park, Puy allup, Washington. National Fina l Oetobe r 12. 1975 - Wheelsport s Motorcy cle Clu b, Baldwin, Kan sas. • E xpansion C hamber Cone Sets 20 Ga. steel rolled and seam spotwet ced re a d y to design you r own cham ber. 3 Pc , sets, $12. 00. 4 Pc . sets, $14.00. 5 Pc . sets , $16.0 0 . Post paid. Plus Sales Ta x. Quantity d iscounts available . Se n d y our d imensions to A lrco Sheet Metal . 15209 Grevillea Av e . Dept. W , Lawndale , CA 9 026 0.213·675-5290. ~ • MORE HORSEPOWER ~ • MORE TORQUE P R O D U CTS I N C. ?13ol 01..0M I OOlH t~LO WAV 0 M T \l IEW, CA 904043 0 {4151961 · 244 6 M.O.R.E. I I BURAK BYE·PRODUCTS 15110 Raymer 5 1 • \Ian Nuys. CA 12131780· 1768 Maico _ J\,A ~~ of California 1129 N. 11th St. Sacramento, CA 95826 714-525·7606 _ ... Goodyear is Carroll Shelby 21 3-538 -2914 5