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INSIDE Phoenix, Arizona, Please set th e record straight! It's important. Thank you. JED BATES Phoenix, AZ Baja . ... .• : .. • .. . . . . •. 6 Bonneville or bust Roeseler and Bakken notch another biggie I want to go to Bonneville .Speed Week, but there are a few things l'mnot sure of. 1. Dat e Sp eed Wee k starts and ends. 2. Can you ca mp overnight on the lake? 3 . Do y ou need a pit pass? 4. How far is Wendover from the lake? 5. Best way from San Fernando Valley to get there. BOB SHAW Van Nuys, Calif. Harrington half-mile 8 Keener uncorks one Mammoth MX 10 Sierra Nevada motocross 500 National •. . . . .. . . .12 The Rhinestone Cowboy wins again Bad Rock Two-Day .....14 Jack Penton and Jack Frost Bonneville Spe ed Week will take place August 22-28, 1976. For info on camping, pit passes, etc. write to R ick Vesco , 24 West, First South, Brigham cu-. , Utah 84302 or call (80 1) 723·6934. International Dateline ...16 Marty Smith wins the Danish GP Western Hotl ine 20 Elliott scores Carlsbad gold Northern Dateline Speedway Jimmy Weinert 30 38 40 Jammin' J immy sidelined Results Central Pipeline -; Calendar , 42 45 48 ON THE COVER: Up against the wall in Baja, while Carl Cranke blasts to 125 class win, and Kent Howerton waits to win . Good news from the Rockies Hey there I wanna ask you, if you know where I can get my han ds on a picture or poster of the greatest road racer, Barry (adorable) Sheene ! He's my idol an d r can't see m to find a color picture or anything of him! Can you help? Sheene's Nurnero Uno fan LIBBY WHEELER Santa An a, Calif. Sur e we can, you shoulda k no wn that. Write to Suzuki GB, 87 Beddington Ln. , Croydon, CR04TD, Surrey, England: Attn: Barry or Mervin Wright. No telling what you might get. . . , Ed. Pleasure ride claims life Sharon Cla yton, Publisher ROOCrl l.. Nor Veli e , General :\Iand.~cr Edn a Mewton . Secretary to Publisher Adve rt ising Linda Clark, Advertising Man ager Ch ris Kolber, Ad ve rtisin /t Assi stant Editorial Lane Campbell, Sen ior Editor, J ouy Weisel, Editor. Bolli Scott, Editor. Art and Production Barbar a Mizuno, Production Manager; Pam Grant. Advertising Production Directo r & Assistant Typographer; On Saturday, June 5, the day before the DRA Snake Chase , three women from our club went on a short pleasure ride . A freak accident occurred and Joan Taylor and Sharon Hirsh were seriously injured. The third rider Joannie Polaski rode for help . She searched out Dr. Bro ussard, his daughter, Liz, Diane Beck an R.N ., and Jim Lancaster of the DRA. With their swift assistance t he two women were transferre d to the Antelope Valley Hospital. We wo uld like to express our sincere thanks to these people for their unselfishness in respo n ding to the immediate needs of the two injured women. Sharon regained consciousness Tuesday , but w ith our deepest regrets, earlier that m orn ing Joan succumbed. SODBUSTER M.C. Long Beach, Calif. We want Preston/we want McConnell We were just wondering wh y you never put any pictures of (55) Ron Preston and (188) Shawn McConnell in your paper? They are both really good Speedway riders, so would you, for us , sometime put pictures of them in? OK? THEIR FANS Santa Ana, Calif. The Colorado Division of Parks opera tes an area strictly for m o to rcy cle (Arapahoe Motorized Sta te use Recrea tion Area) and is co nsi dering opening a new area for motorcycle use at Chatfield State Recreation Area. We are trying to promote interest in Arapahoe , and in the sport in general. We are very interested in having organized ra ces at the area and in getting imput about it from various motorcycle groups. If readers have any questions about any of our areas please feel free to contact me or the Metro Region Manager, Bill Brougham, at the Littleton address. RICHARD GRANT Information Officer State of Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation 13787 South Hwy . 85 Littleton, Colo. 80222 We'll try harder. Keep looking . . . Ed. Misplaced Montesa 1 recently read yo ur article on your roadracer the "Unlikely Duckling." Near the end yo u made a reference to a Montesa road racer in Colorado. I raced wi th you in combined cafe at Fastrack, an d I' m fro m Arizona Sports Cycle in The views expressed in this column ana a th er columns appearing on the following pages are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily refl ect the 'off icial position of Cycle News West or Cy cle News, Inc. Qualified readers wishing free and equal rebu ttal space should contact the Editor. Dennis Cox. 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