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While we're all in favor of cheap motorcycles, Cycle News doesn 't want to enc ourage price wars between dealers wh o are alrea dy being hurt by a basically unhealthy situat ion. It 's for this reason th at we're no longer accep tin g ad vertising th at carries the prices o f new m otor cycl es. Used bikes in th e want ad s are a differ ent story. Cen tral readers heads up ! Mid-America Raceways near St. Lou is has joined the W/ ERA road racing program with May 1·2 and August 14-15 as definite dates; Oc tober 9-10 a s a probable . Mid·A me rica joi n s Te xas Wor ld as the Weste rn Division 's " Cen t ra l Region," wh ile Fasttrack in Phoenix and Willow Spr ings in Califo rn ia are set up as "Pacific Region" or something like that. ~ '..,....; 0 Gary Nixon stood up at W/ERA's awards banquet and told Eastern riders he 'd help lead a team in a ten tative East/West ch allenge race some ti me in 1 976. He seemed to think that California riders would b e no problem. Is th at tru e, folks? Is enduro fever catching western road racers? When CMC's Pat Manning suggested running a 12-hour "Race into Darkness" he got a ro using chorus of "Yays" at a recent Willow Sp rings ride rs meeting, along with one guy who yelled, "Yeah, but with stock lighting only!" (Sad ist.) Now W/ERA is co nsidering a series of Saturday 4-hour q ual ifiers for a to-be-announced l ,OOQ.miler . •W/ERA will be at Kent, Washington 's Seattle IntL Raceway as many as five dates, according to a re cently signed letter-of-intent. West ern Coordinator. Steve Riley has been on the road (in case you've tried to re ach him, lately) talking to Ontario, Laguna, Willow, and points northeast. The full 26-event Western Region calen dar should be firm by February. R ick Hock ing (abo ve) w ins Hou st o n N ational C h a m p io n s h ip TT to lead 197 6 point standi ngs. Hocking was the seco nd fastest q ualifi er. Num ber t wo in 19 75 Nat ional s ta nd ings, Kenny Roberts (ce nter! p laces seco nd in Ho uston , Ro bert s was the fastest Qualifier . Last year's top Jun io r in Mid we st regio n, Ted Boody (r ight l w ins Ho uston T rophy rac e. We are preparing an all ou t 50cc road race article covering as many makes and models as available. If y ou have a 50cc fi be rglass flyer of inte rest please contact the teacup editor. Lect ron makes winners. Just ask Rick Hoc king. Kenn y Roberts and Ted Boody. They agree that Lec tron . ..th e fi rst and on ly solid-fuel syste m carburetor in th e wor ld . . .gives them a def inite edge on competition . Known as the "H eavy Breath er." th is h igh-per fo rmance Am er ican -mad e carburetor lives up to its nam e. Things have been . awfu l quiet in th e continuing saga of J ammin' Jimmy Weinert. Now officially o ut of a Yam aha ride the world awaits the inevitable announcement. Will it be door number o ne , door numbe r two, or the ever pop ular n um ber three? _ Lec tron Carburetors com e in sizes 30mm to 40mm at a 's uggested retail price of $79.5 0 . Harley-David son. Tr iumph and Yamaha kits are availab le as low as $ 89.5 0. And t h er e 's Lectr on 's revo luti on ary carburetor bow l at $9.95_ Round number two of the National T rials Champion ship will be held at County Line Cycle Park between Dallas and Ft . Worth. The sponsoring club is the North Texas T rial Association and info rmati o n on the May 29th event can be obtained by Writi ng NTTA, 2 Elm Lane , Plano, Texas 75074. Fuel-Vu, the op t ional tr ansparen t Check out th e carbureto r that 's about to sweep the mo to rcycle world. , - See yo ur de aler o r write: AMERiCAN MADE Produ ct s. Ine .• 1800 St ephenso n Highw aV. Trov, Michiga n 48 084 Pierre Karsmakers spent his off time this winter at home in Euro pe. At home in Europe? Visiting in Europe? After all Pierre still plans to become an American citizen doesn't he? When you drink the beers . Don't shift the gears Do not Armor-All your street tires on rainy days • . 1976 Yamaha The 3rd Sunshine Cycle Nationals, originally .scheduled to run at Ormond Beach, Fla., will be held March 4-5-6 at the Central Florida Dragway, 14 miles east of Orlando and 10 m iles west of the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. For more info., contact the AMDRA offices, 213/772-2774. YZ Owners l ~':.~~~~ Di~¥~:~: MX. Desert length to 36" - , Any We'll sh ip an ywh ere in U.S. Gary Fisher, Reg Pridmore and Steve Mclaughl in will become Team Butler & Smith for t he Production go at Daytona. 164.95 Brad Lackey will give the Florida Winter-Ser ies a pass to go in to he avy train in g in Swed en for the upc oming Grand Pri x sea son. Ken t Howerton trained with Brad righ t afte r the 500 series and said th at he and Brad used to go running. Ken t wo uld get tired and hit ch hik e hom e while Bad Brad kept on going. 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