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lik e to di sti ngui sh a resident owner as so meone who calls High Vista their res idence. All the fo lk s I tal ked with had no hard feelin gs ab o ut the bikes. They all seemed to feel that Sunday was t he only day that they had to put up with them . Two sai d most o f the vandal ism took place Monday thru Friday, when the police were n't ar ou nd. One of them went as far as to say that wouldn't be a bit surprised if some people weren't vandalizing their own pro perty. - The main argum ents against th e ORV people seemed to co me fro m t wo people who own ed lan d but di d no t reside there. When we asked why they didn't post t heir lan d, they said th at th e signs had been to rn down. On the other hand, I recall ab o ut two years ago one o f the old timers in High Vist a area had to enter the hospital for a time. Penny at t he store got a hold of our club and we got someone up there every wee k to 100 k after everything. Of course he lived there and took care o f his property. There see m s to be two types of individuals that can 'ge t areas closed , pronto. They are people who own ' property and can't seem to find t he time . to take care of it, and large landowners who own so much that they just' can't be everywhere at once. We are departing from the American con cep t when we allow people of th is type to have so much power. BINSIDE ~ t Dallas Supercross 6 Ellis endures, DiStefano's bike self-destru cts Big Red . •.......... ...8 . . . Garter Na t1 . Enduro Honda sweep Ft. Hood 10 Two days in Texas to Burl eso n 12 Aggie J .c. in control West , 14 Hoo hah Hocking and a bunch of other fast singles Free Lance 20 . .. is not so free Dez 22 Opinion 23 Results ; .. -: .24 North - 27 Central 30 Calendar ........ •' 32 Cat : 36 Happy birthday , babe O N T Il E FRO NT PAGE : Sunrise at Ft . Hood by Jim Gianatsis. MICHAEL CONFORTE Los Angeles, CA For more on the Hi Vista conflab, see "Opinioa " on page 23 • . . Ed it or Burpo: Could you? Would you? Sharo n Clayton. Pu biish e r Ro be r t L. No r Velie, Genera l Man age r Ed na Mewton, Sec retary to Publisher Advertising Linda Clark, Ad vert ising Man ager Chri s Ko lbe t , Advert ising Assistant Editorial Lane Ca mpbe ll. Sen ior Editor . Judy Weisel. Edi to r. Bob i Sco t t, Ed ito r. Art and Produc:1ion Catherine Lampton . Art Direc tor; Advertising Art Barb ara Mizuno. Direc to r; Dennis Cox. Lab Technician ; Mari on Hatashita, T y po gra p her. Pam Gra n t, Assista nt T ypographer. Circulation Rheba Smith . ~tan age r: Pa m Green and Callie Smith. Assis tants. Accounting Gavlene Zaionz, Manag er;Judy Kli nger, Mike Klin ger. J ean ne Hammond. Assistants: Tom Hunter. Rhonda Van Doren. Credi t Department. Services & Support Bill Runyan . Tom Lue hm an n , Juanita Blanton " recep tio nist. Smack our knucks What do you mean Scott goes sm ack? I read y our article o n Daytona an d yo u didn' t follow up on your fro nt page cap ti on . Please remove y our heads and te ll us wh at happened to Nat 'l. No . On e! TE R RY 'S CONCRETE Chul a Vist a, CA .. . Surely it was an oversigh t . .. . DJ.BARNEY Pilo t Hill, CA . . . Pretty p oor coverage on Nat'l. No. O ne. Not on e wo rd on what happened to him at Daytona ... I don 't think I'm alone in wondering what happened to Scott? D. HANSEN Try City, OR . West P,O . Bo x 49 8 . Long Bea ch, CA 9080 1. (2 13) 427·7433 : L.A . Line 6 36 ·8844 . (T ele x 65.6-330 ) East P.O. Box 805. Tucker. GA 30 084 . GA 30084 . (404) 934·7850. (Telex 54 2· 77 7) Subseription On e year. seco nd class mai l S 12 .50 : 2 year s. second class mai l. $22.50: 3 ye ars . second class mai l. $3 0.0 0 ; Si ngl ~ 'copy price. 50 cents. .4 Copy right Cy cle News. Inc. 197 6 . Tr ade mark registered U.s. Patent Office . All rights reserved. Publish ed weekly except th e first and last wee k ··o f th e calendar , year by Cycle New s. Inc., P.O . B' x 498. o Lon g Beac h, Califo rnia. Secon d cl ass pos tage p aid at Lon g Beach . CA. 90MOI. Editcrial stc ries, carto ons, ph otos. e tc. Addressed, sta m ped arc welc ome. enve lope assu res return o f unpurchas cd edi to rial matter . Repr inting in wh ole or par t o nly by pe rmis sion o r the p ublishe rs. Adve rt isin g ra tes and circ ulation info rmation will be sen t upon req uest. Sec S. R.l>.S . Aunight, desist ! Monda y aft er Daytona, we had three editors flailing about meeting deadlines, frrmly conv inced that one of the others was umting about Gary. So we did the next best thing by putting the Gary Scott saga in the pit wrapup the following week. ',' Editor Ride-in candidate In an earlier issue , you . encouraged candidates fo r public office to write. I'm a candidate for the Orange County Fifth Supervisorial District . I've been invo lved in non-competit ive bike ridi ng, hang-gliding, lioating an d other o ff-ro ad interes ts. Mos t of my ti me is spent at Escape Co un try locat ed in Trabuco Cyn . where I live. I' ve worked most of the han g glid er m eets ; I wo uld appreciate yo ur help. G E RA LD M. DICKIE P.O. Bo x 377 Trabuco Cyn., CA 92678 Rocky roads Can Gre en Stickie mo ney be ap propriated to pave Camp Rock Road to Anderson Dry La ke? How about paving Bessemer Mine Road to Soggy? You can go to either of these two places any weekend an d find fr om 10 to 1000 bikers. V AN RATTLE Huntington Bch , CA Not qu ite. Green St ickie money is for the state to buy and improve riding areas. Th ese places are on BLM (federal) land. However. th ere is th e buck a head we pay the BLM at races that could be so appropriated f or all k ind s of good things. . . . Edit or Short and sweet Thanks to Rescue 3 and all the peop le that stopped to hel p me at the Brush Bust ers Hare Scrambles. MA RC CARTWRIGHT 600x Arcadia, CA You're probably welco m e . . . Edi tor Double takers I attended the High Vista meeting, hearing there had be en reports of vandalism and des tructio n o f private property in the area . Over the last three weeks there have been many citations issued for riding on private property , operating unregistered vehi cles on design ated roads, no fo restry sp ar k arresters, no off-road veh icle re gistrat ion and so fo rt h. At no time has law enforcement agency . a ny apprehended any motorcycle rider for destru ct io n of private ' property or vandalism. At one point of the meeting, one of th e bike riders asked the 'Sher iff Sergeant what areas were cl osed. He resp on ded that the entire area was closed. He followed by saying he had received a pe tition with 150 names on it , plus twenty-Six letters very ' cri tical 'of the off-road activities. At that point, one of the motorcycle people asked him to produce these documents. He said he would need time for the petition and when pressed, he admitted that he could only produce five letters: The next day I - talked with five resident owners. At this point I would I . have ad m ired and respected your organization (D RA) for a long time. Yo u have worked hard to keep the desert open for motorcyclists; your races are efficiently run, and you fre q uen tly pay real money to the class winners. However, I, for one, will not enter any of your events until you change the name "powder puff" to something more positive; for instance, " wo men 's division." This bit of news probably won't cause you to hold your breath until you tum blue, but the term " p owder puff" is archaic, falsely de scrip t ive , and downright un-hip, It · ma y seem like a small thing tb you, but many of the women ha ve worked long and hard to establish , themselves as "women racers, n not ding-a-ling "also rans" as the title " po wder puff" implies. M. THUNDERPUSSY Hemet, CA Bloody disapointed fan After reading yo ur article titled " Bloody Febru ary " in the March 2 issue, concerning speed way , I felt that I had to write to you . Is it the AMA 's stand to try to keep o ur rid ers out of world co mpe t itio n ? By . snub bing the FIM riders and not al lowin g them to come over and co mpe te in the "U.S.A. vs The World" mee t, they have not only hurt th e progress of spe edway in this country, but h ave hurt our ch ances of getting' a ride in the world finals. Gould y ou send me the address of AS CB so that I can write to them? They say they have banned the use of nitro and the use of 22 inch tires for 1977. We the fans pay the bill for the riders and promoters. I personally think this is a very big mistake and would like to let them know my feelings. JIM CUSICK Oroville, CA You can reach th e Speedway Control Board c/ o AMA, P.O. 'Box 141, Westerville , OH 43081 .. . Editor The views expressed in this colu m n"and o t h er columns appearing 011 the following pages are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of Cycle News West' or Cycle .News, Inc. Q!talified readerS. wishing free and equal 'rebuttal spa£e should contact the Editor.;