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not hav e to undergo surgery a second time. The do ctors advised me that the vertebraes are fusing themselves, and that they thought I do have some movement on m y o wn, which made m e very happy , As soon as th e vertebraes get str o ng enough I will start therapy treatmen ts. /I I will attend races whenever possible, probably as a spec tato r for awhile. Than ks again to every o ne . BINSIDE ~ t Upshot Winter·AMA 5 6 Fin al Flo rida flu rry Florida Winter-series 8 T ony D and y ou ng Hannah aga in Western Hotli ne MARK WILLIA..\1S Natio nal No. 70 Springfield, Ore . 10 WIE RA road race end uro Don Vesco 16 Catch him if y ou can Desert Hotl ine Happily ever after 18 Where is Billy Barkfeather and his Pit Tootsie Latrina Sn apsaddle? Are they married? Are th ey helping Santa? What re ally happened? I've heard that since Barkfeather has mastered motocross and sky ju mping that he has turned to sidecar racing. Is this true? P.S . Pardon the crayon. S. HOLLAND N. Hollywood, CA . District dueling Political Lifeline 20 For whom the Feds toll Indoor MX Championship 22 A Pre-Memorial Invit ational? Bultaco 250/370 24 The privateers revenge Northern Dateline 26 The most from the coa st Yamaha IT 400C 36 Th e Barkfeather story is a sad one . He reached th e top too fast, it went to his head, and after several scandals he f aded in to obscurity. Latrina left him for a professional Flam ingo dancer righ t after Barkfeather appeared on the cover of th e National Singl es R egister . . . Editor Oriental enduro and six-day delight Central Pipeline 38 MX, trials and cli mbing in Texas O N THE COVER : Yamaha's IT 400C got light headed while Larry Langley's camera eye got saucer size . More details on p age 36. Thanx we needed that .... Yo u sure touched on my sen timen t ali ty with yo ur Fe bruary 17 Valentine cover. Not only was it my husband Ben on the Husky, but our third wedding anniversary was Feb. 14':' Thanks from Ben's m ost dedicated ! p it crew! .L t DEANNA BOWER Mt. View, CA. I Sign on the dotted line Sharo n 'Clay ton , Publ ishe r Rohe rt L. No r Ye lle, General Ma nage r Edna Me w t on , Secretary to Pub lish er Ad ve rt ising Linda Clark, Ad vertisin g Man ager Ch ris Kol bet, Ad ver risin g Assista nt Ed ito rial Lane Campbe ll. Sen ior Ed itor. J u d y Weisel , Edito r, Boh i SCOll. Ed ito r . Art and Prod uction Cather ine Lamp ron, Art Dire c tor : Barbara Miz un o, Ad ver-tisin g Art Dire ct or : Dennis Cox , La b 'I'ech n ic ian ; Mar io n Hat ashi ta. Typog rap her . Circu lat ion Rh e b a Smith . Man ager: Pam Green an d Ca llie S mi t h, Ass istan ts . Account ing Gayle ne Za io nz , Manager : Jud y Fouts, Mik e Klin ger , J e anne Hamm o nd , Assistants: To m Hunter , Rh on da Van Doren, Cre d it Depart me nt. Se rvice s & Support Bill Ru n yan , To m Lu e hm an n , Juanita Blan to n , re ception is t. West P.O. Box 498 . Long Beach, C A 9080 I. ( ~ 1 3 ) 427·7433; L.A. Line 6 36 ·8844. (Telex 6>.6·330) East P.O. Box 80S, T uc ke r. GA 3008 4. GA 30084. (4 04 ) 934·7850. (T el e x Remember the Marty Smith poster that yo u gave away in Cycle News about eight months ago. Well the auto grap h of Smith is wrong. The S in Smith looks like an H and 11 looks like an S. Is that really Marty Smith 's autograph? This is r • bugging me. STEVE SANDOZ Escondido, CA I It had to come ou t sooner or lat er:: lI- Z 'a:" « 1Il..... H do n 't no rmally ride that wild, I got a wasp in m y helm et!" I Say it isn't so Have you seen Kenn y Roberts o n last month's copy of the National Sin gles Register? Has Pete Sch ick seen Kenny Roberts on the last issu e of National Singles Register (availab le at y o ur lo cal Post Office, m y God wh at has this co un try co me to?) Has Mrs . Roberts seen Kenny Ro berts o n th e co ver of the National Sin gles Register? What ever happened to Bruce Bar on ? DAV E RAMSEY CMC RR No .51 Bruce is still trying to get on the cover of t he Na tiona l Si ngles R egister . . .,Editor 54~ .777 ) Subscription O ne year. second class m a il $ 12.50 ; 2 years, secon d class m a il. $2 2.50 : 3 years, secon d class mail. 13 0.0 0 : Si ngle copy pr ice , 5 0 ce n ts . Co py righ t Cy cle News . Inc . 197 6 . T rade mark regis ter ed U.S. Patent Offic e. All rights reserv e d . Published weekly e xcept th e fir st an d las t wee k o f th e calen da r yea r b y Cy cle Ne ws, ln c.. P.O . Bo x 49 8 , I.on g Be ach , Cal ifo rn ia. Second class p ostage p a id at Lo ng Beach , C A. 9 0lW I . Edi to rial sto rie s. cartoons, p ho tos. e tc. .LTC we lcom e. Addre ssed. sta mpe d envelope assures ret urn o f un purch ascd editorial ma tt e r. Reprin tin g in who le o r p.LTt u nly by perm issio n of the pu blishers. Adverti sin g rat e s and circulu non in fo rm a tio n will be se n t upon re q ues t. See S. R.D .S. 4 Postal blues Today, February 20, 1976, I pic ked up the new edition of Cycle News. I don't want to say you screwed up, so I'll j ust say you b lew it . . . . th e date on the cover was February 24, 197 5. E RIC NORQUIST Los An geles, CA We knew the U.S. Mail was slow, but that is too m uch . : . Edit or ..J spent at the track and with the club t hrough out the 1975 season. Secondly to all the workers who came out to help and ma ke racing possible. Thanks aga in for making the 1975 season a great success. We're go n na be even bigger and better this 1976 season!!! BARB LINCOLN Pleasan t Hill, CA The word is out Sa d times have co me to the desert. You go out to en jo y the weekend arid try t o put on a de cent race only to have your ca mp ripped o ff when yo ur ba ck is turned. I im agine t hat we aren 't the first club th at has had th ieves visit in the nigh t . We would ap preciate th e re tu rn of the remaining two jeep cans of the three that were taken, (o n e wa s found during clean u p ). There were also a couple of two gallon cans, on e pair of Hondaline boots kids size, and two ice ch ests. Any leads to the re covery of the items mentioned will be deeply appreciated by all. SUSI E EL LSWO RT H 4 Aces MC Marty Sm ith 's real name is Marty Hm its. Honda has been trying to keep it qu iet because th ey wanted to advertise an A merican champion with a real American nam e. Just th e oth er day J uan Weinert and Tonio DiStefano and I were . . . Editor Any takers . All the people in th e Cen tral section gripe cause the pictures are small, et c . . . Shucks you don 't even print what is sent in by the go o d '0 1 folks in the So. Cal. Side Hack Assn. We're real people who have a lot of fun and to prove it we'll give you a fre e ride around th e track of you r cho ice. . } How abou t th e Nu rburgring? . .. Editor Encore Those bogus T.Z. Whippy ads (Feb . 10 . 1976) are th e funniest things I've seen in a long time. I haven't laughed th at hard fo r y ear s. Mr. Miller deserves congratulation s for his work. P.S. Pleas e send Buck et. " Williams returns I What about us? I recently received t he San Francis co Chapter of the AFM's Perpetual T ro p hy for the Outstanding Worker. I was so taken by this award that I ne glect ed to thank the many people th at m ad e it possible. I would like to t hank Bill and Joann Ralsto n for the countless hours I once again want to th ank all the very nice people. clubs, org anizat ions, raci ng fan s, and racing buddies, fo r all the su p p o rt, ca rd s, letters, donations and etc. I trul y feel if I had not had all the support behind me that I received it would have been a tough climb back. I want e ~~ryone to know that I am grateful. I am getting better and stronger. ! Ilili ,. The views ex p ressed in this colu m n and o th er columns appearing on th e; following pages are sole ly those of th e authors and do not ne cessarily reflect the official position of Cycle News West or Cycle News, In c. Qualified readers wishing fre e and equ al rebu ttal space should contact the Editor.