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~ :d seve n poin ts located on t he 390 mil es of race co urse. says, " Man y of the Kings in dependent bike riders can't afford the luxury of having exclusive pit crews. So we hel p one another." Each entrant using the King pit crews donates one crew member and these fellows along with some of King's fri ends such as Fred and Jim Quhn com p le tely donate their time to helping the bike co m pe ti to rs. "There is a kind of camaraderie among bike riders," says Kin g. " Even though the y co m pe te vigorously agai nst one another in the race, it is no t un common for them to stop and help a friend. I've seen an entrant bring another rider, who has lost his lights , to th e checkpoi n t in the beam of his own head lamp. " Kin g, wh o is operations m an ager for Cycle Bat tery Supplies, Vic tor Plastics and Cycle Dealer Supply co mp an ies in Santa Fe Springs, began h is volunteer efforts as a hobby in 1969 . It is th ro u gh his arrangements th at many of the supplies from spa rk plugs to oil are do na ted to t he racers to fill t he ir needs as they go th ro ugh the pi t sto ps. Robert Nor Velie joins CyCle News, Inc. Robert L. Nor VelIe, 34, formerly with Beck / Arnley Corporation of New York, has recen tl y j oined the staff of Cycle New s, Inc . as Gen er al Manager. Mr. Nor Velie brings to Cycle News over seve n years of experience in the motorcycle industry. An avid motorcycl ist, Mr. Nor Ve lle also serves on the American Motorcycle Association's Board of Trustees. Upon assuming his posi tion as Gen eral Manager, Mr. Nor Velie stated that, " Cycle News has a tremendous p otential fo r growth and leadership within the m o to rcy cle industry and 1 am proud to be associated with it ." Speedway League delayed by CCC decision LONG BEACH, CAL., MAY 19 Speedway Motorcycle League President, Sharon Clayton , today an nounced that the initial season of the League was being postpo ned , probab ly until the spri ng of 1976. This del ay was necessitated by tec hnical legal diffi cu lties now being nego tia ted with the California Co mmission of Corporations, . These difficulti es we re be cause o f the decision of the State of California Department of Commissions that the Speedway Motorcycle Leagu e should be registe red as a franchise opera tio n. Sin ce none of th e recent sports leagu es formed in California have so registered , S.M.L. declines to set a precedent. Due to t he time required for the process of negotiation, S.M.L. will h ave • to postpone. The old tim ers t alk abo ut t he days when th ey woul d ride the ir bikes t o th e tr ack, ta pe up the headlight , and win t he ir heat. Yo u can st ill do that now.. ..except for get th e part abou t winn ingl You know that to be co mpet it ive now, it t akes a whole lot more. If you want to win nowadays, yo u have two choices: CHOICE No. 1 Buy a super trick engine, expensive frame, spool front wheel, quick change rear wheel, disc brake , f iberglass seat /t ank combinati on , handlebars, specia l t ires, exhaus t pipe, switch the shift lever over, and hope it all comes ou t right. . . .o r CHO ICE No.2 Buy an ASTRa because it comes race ready! Professiona l sho rt t rack racing has felt the presence of ' t he 360 ASTROS for ye arsl all over the United States, th e most respected names in short track racing have depe nded on the ASTRa for their consiste nt h igh placings. Ride rs like Terry Poovey, Guy McClure, Joh n Gennai, Jay Springsteen , Ken Sp ringsteen, Bubba Rush, Roger Crump, Mike Eades, Freddy Spencer and Garth Brow have added th eir names to th e ever growing list of ASTRa win ners. 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