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In ter Am Bars and Petrochem Ch ain Life. Thanks also to the bu nch at Mid land Moto rhomes who provided the pits. 102 started the rac e and 17 finished . BRUCE CONRAD & AL THOMAS D-37 No. 22 & No. 28 Santa Fe Springs, Calif. INSIDE Indoor Short Track 6 California St ate Championship Dinosau r TT 8 Roarin g beasts from the past Lake Whitney MX Honest promoter 10 16 Thanks to Pat Man n ing , of Manning Racing in Burb ank, Cali fornia, for his honesty in findin g my wallet (wi th money still in tact ) in th e in fiel d on May 2, 19 76 at Ontario. DEI'\ NIS N. KIPER D.P.M. Inglewood, Calif. 27 Lawson fan unloads 32 Eddie Lawson. smooth and fast Novice Boise TT winner , hails from way across the river in On tario , California, not Ontario , Oregon . Sorry Oregon, you 11 have to get yo u r o wn. Jones-Islo grab Mother 's Day cash International Dateline . . .12 00 ..... Belgian 25 0 Grand Prix Desert Hotline 14 D-3 7 de sert d oin 's Western Hotline Ascot. Ontario . Rivers ide . Saddleback Great Shock Test u p an d down with intent Speedway League action Northern Date line ,. . . . . 34 Results 38 European decl ine 42 TOM BURROUGHS Ontario, Calif. Bike and bods European st yle Central Pipeline Calendar 44 47 Bump and grind ON THE COVER: Gaston Rahier lead s Ro ger DeC oster, Harry Everts and the rest of th e European supermen during the Belgian Easter Trophy . John Hu e tter co lo r wrap-around. Do you know if Pat Manning has the "I crashed at Ontario " bumper stickers ready yet? Or are they all already taken? DAVE RAMSEY CMC/RR No. 51 Orange, Calif. . He pro babl y has a backlog. How 'bout it Pat ? .. Ed. Poop goof Re: Cycle News, Issue 17, May 4, page 2 (Poop column): we don't know what Lane Campbell did with the "Montesa 348" when he disappeared for 20 minutes over the hilI , but the gas cap wasn't missing! Oh, by the wa y, the name is Vic Conaway, not Vic Wilson (he owns Saddleback Park), and the address is: 6236 Mission Gorge Road, San Diego, Calif. 92120. Phone 714/284-7095. Sh aro n Clay to n, Pub lish er Ro be rt L Xo r Veli e. Ge n era l ~wn a.'::c r Edna Mewt on , Secre tary to Publish er Adve rt ising Lin da Cla rk, Advert isin g Man ager Chris Kolbe t, Ad vertisin g Assistant VIC CONAWAY San Diego, Calif. Editorial LtJ1 C' Campbell , Senior Edit or• w eisel . Edi to r, Bobi SCUll. Edi to r. .J od~· Vic, you're better off NOT knowing what he did with the 348. Just feel fortunate he cam e back at all ,. . . Ed. Art and Production Catherine Lampton. Art Director; Barbara . Mizuno, Advertising Art Director ; Den nis Cox, Lab Technician ; Marion Hatashita, Typographer I Pam Grant. Assistant Typographer. Tribute to Ashline My fath er . Robert W. Ash line , passed away two we eks ago . He rode desert with the nu mber one.plate for two years in the early sixties. His best friends were Steve McQueen and Mr. Bast , father of Steve and Mike. He rode with the best of them because he was , in our eyes, the best. He was a beautiful person and passed on his knowledge of motorcycles to anyone who was willing to learn. Circulation Rh e ba Smit h . :\Ian ager ; Pam Green •md Ca llic Smith , Assistan ts . Accountin g Gaylene Zaionz , Manager;Judy Klin ger . Mike Klinger, Jeanne Hammond. Assist ants ; Tom Hunter. Rh onda Van Doren. Credit Department . Services & Support Bill Run yan. To m Luehm an n . J1Jan it a Blant on. receptionist. LAURIE ASHLINE Los Angeles, Calif. West P.O . lIo x 498. Long Beach , CA 9080 !. (2 13) 4 27 -74 3 3 : L. s , Lin e 636-8844. (Telex 656-330 ) Last but not least East P.O. Box 805 . Tucker, G . .. 30 084. Gi\ 30084. (404) 9 34 ·7850. (Telex 542·777) Subscr ipt ion O ne year. second class mail S 12 .5 0 : 2 years. second class mail. 52 2.5 0 : 3 years. seco nd class m ail. $30 .0 0 ; Single copy price, 5 0 cen ts. 4 Copyright Cy cle News. Inc. 19 76. Trade: mark re gistered U.S. Pate n t Offi ce . All . righ ts rese rved. Published weekl y ex cept th e first and last week of the calen da r yea r by Cycle News, Inc.• P.O, Bo x 4 9 M. Lon g Beach, Cali fo rni a. Second class postag e paid at Lon g Beach, CA . 9 0H01. Edit orial sto ries , cartoons, pho tos. e tc . arc welco me. Add ressed , stamped envelo pe ass ures return o f un pu rch ascd edi torial mat ter . Reprinting in wh ole o r P..l1 t on ly by pe rmiss io n o f th e publishers. Advert ising ra tes and circ ulation inf o rmation will be sen t upon request. Sec S. R.U. S. Taylor memorial On April 25. 1976, the family of desert racers lost a member and I lost the best friend I ever had. .John Taylor wa s fat ally injured whil e riding th e first loop of the Semi Valley M.C. Hare 'n Hound. J ohn was a member o f the Che ck ers :\I.C. and one o f th e co -orga nizers of SRA. His efforts in forming and de vel oping a racin g enviro n me n t for the family gro up was a major co n tri b ution to deser t motorcy cle rid ing . ' After leaving S RA he re tu rned to de sert racing wh ich was h is gre at interest. His fa m ily has set up a scho larship fund to help young men with a techni cal education. Contributions can be sent to the Southwest Savings. Cor ona. California. for th e "John Ta ylor Memorial Fund." JOHN H. BOLLINGER 24X Sr. Thousand Oaks, Calif. With a little help A n ote of apprecianon to the foll owing firms who helped us finish 30t h overall in the !\Iint 400. G.S. Sigm an Race Car En gin eering. Dick Allen Yamaha, Sh ell Moto rs Yamah a, I always make it a point to read the latest poop before ' anything else in Cycle News. I was really disappointed when I read the pie ce abou t the Central California riders who went to the Pell City Alabama 2 Day Trial and won gold medals. You left o ut Mike McGowan's name. So far Mik e has ridden three events and re ce ived three go ld medals. He is riding for Rotary Cucles on a 125 cc Hercules 7·sp ee d. I wo uld appreciate it if yo u would mention that he too was at Alabama and received a gold medal. CONNIE McGOWAN Garden Valley. Calif. The views ex p ressed in this colu m n and o th e r colu m ns appearing on the following pages are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official po sition of Cy cle News West or Cycle New s, Inc. Qualif ied readers wishing fr ee and equal rebuttal space sho uld contact th e Editor.