Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

BRERT Bfllll G 3 & PRIX RIVERSIDE INTLRACEWIIYf APRIL 4, 1976 ~fj) WHU I~ I Ht tst~ I-f Ut)tK I, )l:KAMISLtS, OR MOTOCROSS? CAN A Mx OR SCRAMBLES RIDER GO100 MI. AND WIN? .. CAN YOU?? JO IN THESE RIDERS AND SEE : A .C. BAKEN. DAVID ALDANA, JIM FISHBACK. T O M WHITE, MITCH MAYES, BOB SANDERS, ANDY BOLANDER. JI M SUMNERS. BILL SALTZMAN. CORDIS BROOKS, DON GR IGSBY. JR •• TERRY DAVIS. JEFF WRIGHT. RICHARD MARQU IS. ALLEN STINEBAUGH. CHUCK PETTIGRl:W. TOM B ICE. ANDY KIRKER. TOM DOLTON. TIM WELKER . LARRY ROESELER. Jeremy Lepard works hi s photographic m agic o n Jay Springsteen as Peter looks on. camera an d so u nd eq u ipm ent used in the fil mi ng is entire ly ren t ed which is less ex pe ns ive an d thus mo re p rac tical. It is not u nc o m mon for h im to spend ne arl y 100 ho u rs on the ed itor sh ap in g th e fi n ished produc t fro m the raw st ate to the p o lished co nclusio n. It is also necessary t o spend a good number o f hours synchronizing th e so u nd effects and th e m usic to the film alo ng with th e na rra tio n . S tarr does the m ajority if not all of th e ab ove himsel f incl udi ng the writing of t he scri pt. After ab o u t a n hours preparation ev e ry th ing is r ead y for t he initial shooting and Keen er an d Beauch amp go o ut with S p rings tee n who is to fo llo w them and get some ra cing foo tage. Three l aps in to the sho w Co rky ' s e ng ine suffers a m assive internal hemrnorage ; a fac t which ca uses h im to mumble somethi ng ab o u t luck wh ich certainly must have b een w ith h im d uring h is fo urth p lace ride the day befo re in the National. Lat e r in th e day Lawwill 's engine go es cru nc h , b u t othe r than th at th e d a y progresses as p la nned and brings out th e " actor" in everyone co ncern ed. "Wh at we ' are doi ng today is filming that ca n' t be do ne du ri ng a race for obvio us reaso ns . We've go t so me special effects sho ts lined up to give th e viewer,.... the true feeling of co mp et itio n . We 'll be using a cam e ra m ounted on the rear fen der of o ne bi ke wi th riders following , a k nee mo un ted camera to give a n alm ost ground level ef fect, a helmet cam era t o give th e viewer a ch an ce to sec wh at the rid er sees and vario us other sp ecial shots to ad d to the overall foo tage. We 're also go ing to b e using a m in iat ur e m icroph o n e w hich is attached near the lowe r lip allowing th e rid e r, in t his case Ga ry Scott, a c h a nc e to verball y relate what is h ap pening on the tr a c k a t th e ve ry m omen t it is happening. This is o n ly the second time th is te ch niq ue has been used . T he first ti me was o n th e Bo n nevill e Salt Fl ats wh en CBS Sports Spe ct acular w as film ing Don Vesco ' s land speed reco rd try . T hey got h im descr ib in g h is 2 00 m ph cras h." T he d a y pro gressed easi ly wi th on ly one sm all inci den t. A group sho t o f th e rid ers ex iting t u rn fo ur was being do ne wi th the gr oup enco u ra ged to m a ke it look tigh t a nd exciting . J ay S pri ngs teen m ad e the ac t a little m o re exciti ng th an p lanned wh en h e did a n eas y slide o ut (at a bou t 80 mph) ha ngin g on to th e bike a nd sm ili ng all the w ay as he slid p ast the camera locatio n. This wa s to be t he las t day of ac t ion fil mi ng wi th only a little bit of in tervie wing and so me ho m el ife shots at Mert Lawwill 's to co me . A port ion o f footage o f Gary on a road ra ce r was also shot late r. With th e fi lmi ng co mple te d, the gro up adjou rned t o a nearby steakho use for in ternal fo rtificat io n with the usu al b en ch race banter intermingling wi th "please p ass the b isc uit s." Pet er 's p artin g wor ds on film m a kin g , an d s ucces s w ere su ccinct a nd t o th e poi n t. " A fil m can have th e gr ea test message in the w o rld, but if no o ne sees it the n it is worthl ess." The res ponse to St a rr's p revi o us fi lms h as b ee n steadily in creasin g an d no w tele vis io n statio ns ca ll hi m as ki ng what is in th e w o rk s. It would see m th at in the case o f Pe te r Sta rr Productions th e aud ience knows what it wants. • DON'T DELAY - ENTRIES CLOSE MARCH 7. BHERrHERR BIIIlJID PIUX P.o. Do" 60Z6 Oranee, Ca'if. CLASSIFICATION" • DISTRICT:n CLASSIFICATION FOR DISTRICT 37 POINTS ONLY N O V I CE D IV ISION EXPERT 9Z,667 D ISTRICT .NO. J U N IOR CLUB NONE Phone (714) 636-0CMC or (714) 636-6262 Mail Entry 514.00 a rider - Post Ent ry 525 .00 (Includes 51.00 fo r District 37 Legal Defense Fund ) OTHER ' - IF YO U 00 NOT H A V E A CU RRE NT D ISTR IC T 37 CARD , AT T ACH CO PY O F C LASSIF ICAT I ON F ROM OT H E R ORG A N I Z A T IO.N. 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