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pages. More than once I've escaped permanent disaster in the form of a 125 Novice, screaming towards me, handlebars slapping the tank with such speed. It tends to make one dizzy. . Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy . being a corresp o ndent, bu t why do correspondents have to cough up seventy-five cents each we ek to see what they worked so hard and unselfishly for? 1- am not alone in this cry for economic j ustic e. Correspon de nts of th e west, stand up and be counte d! BINSIDE ~ t Voices .. . .. •. . .. . . . . . .4 5 Upshot . .' Syracuse Mile 6 ~ Springsteen nips Bea uchamp O'l Villa and Harley clinch two titles r-- l""""l .-'ot C'J . 1-< U .c International Dateline ... 10 $23,000 comparison test .14 COSMIC CAT Ou ter Ionisphere, CA. From It aly with credit Desert dessert 15 Better Land Mangement? Surviving the fa mily enduro , Larry R oeseler and action E u Meet the team 0.. u The District 37 Barstow to V egas Hare & Hound race has been cancelled due to th e Better Land Mangemen t , because no o n e has written up a rep o rt on th e enviro nm ent o r the course in the area from the last Barstow to Vegas race. I was wondering why yo u gu ys can't ge t someon e to write up a report and send to the Better Land Mangement so us guys ca n race. . Gourmets at Car lsbad ..... rJ:J 20 lOST-debut Western hotline Central Pipeline 28 38 NMA Grand Nat ional Championship Calendar Want Ads .. , . , MX Cat 40 .43 46 BYRON BOSW ELL Garden Grove , CA. ON THE COV E R : Des ert sce nery ge t inspiri ng in the fall as th e hook and ladd er starts to ro ll u p. What happen ed, B y ron, was a bit of organization al black m ail, when the BLM said t o us, "G ee, fella s, we do n 't have eno ugh money and manpower t o d o y our rep ort (h in t, h int)." Maybe w e sh ould vo lu nteer th e serv ices of th e Phan t om Du ck , w ho cou ld do a unique "Du ck's Ey e View " of the env iro nmen t b et ween Barst ow and Las Vegas. Flow 'bo ut it, Du ck ? • . . Ed. Detective story In yo ur Septe mber 7 issue, under Fremont :'I: igh t MX Mini Junior race results, m y last name was mentioned fo r third place. I'm the o nl y g irl in that class and I would lik e to know why m y rust name wa sn't in there? YVETTE HUST ED San J ose , Calif. Sharon Clayton. Publisher Ro bert L. Nor Veli e, Ge ne ra l Mana ger Edna Mewt o n. Secr et ary to Publish er We w en t back through our original copy and found that only y our last name appeared on th e results sh eet ' that was sen t to us. Th ere is pr obably a very logical reason f or the omission , eith er our corresp ond ent co uld n't read the score sh eet becaus e it wasn 't legib le. o r ma ybe th e track o m itted y our first nam e. When y ou fill our your en tr y make sur e yo u w rite neat ly. Get on th e gas and start w inn ing, if you ' d o every bod y w ill know y our first and last nam e real we ll . : . Ed. Advert ising Linda Clar k , Ad vertisin g :\lanaK cr Chr is Kol be t, Ad \' crli sin ~ Assist an t Debbie Wilkins, w estern I{('l(iona l -n a l Old sa lt'! Editorial Lan e Campbel l, Sen ior Ed itor , J ou y Weisel, Edi tor . Bolli Scutt, Edi tor . Art and Production Barbara Mizu no, Production Mana ger : Rit a Drcsscndorfer, Advertising Production ; Den n is ' Cox , Lab T e chn ic ian ; M ar ion Hatas hit a, T ypographer ; Mike Klin ger. Lab and Produ cti on Ass istan t • . Circulation Rbeba Smit h. ~l an a R er ; Pam Gree n and Callie S mi th. Assist an ts . Accounting Gay lene Zaion z, Man ager ; Ken Lorin . assistan t; Jean ne Hammo nd. Acc ts, Receivable ; Pamela Dickerson a nd Caro lyn Branham. assis tants; J udy Klin ger. Cr edit Depr.; Rhonda Van Dor en. Collecti on Dept. Serv ice and Support ~ti eh a d Co likas , Dennis Watts . 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R.U.S. More sidecar fan mail Credit memo My family an d I lo ve reading your newspaper, but we find it very discouraging when you do not give credit where credit is du e ! The article I am t alking about is the ' Rick DeLacy story, printed July 6, 19 76. Yo u told of everyone who's been helping Rick ou t but you n eglected to tell the readers who firs t started sp onsoring Rick, Dan Thu et. This is t he same person wh o is no w building Dan Hogue's bike, t he No . One Class .C No vic e on th e west coast. P. FREY Redwood City, Cali f. From apprehension to appreciation . ' 1 wo uld like to pass m y feelings on to th e S.R.A. Board of Directors and th e riders who participated in our . ra ces at th e Salt Palace in Salt Lake City , July 30-3 1. This was the first attempt to promote Sp eedway racing in Ut ah and I was a little apprehensive. We spent eight months putting the two day race together and worked with S.R.A . t o sanction the event. I can say, now that th e races are .ov er , that the S.R.A. Administration and riders are a super group to work wi th o They traveled 750 miles to put on a very professional show and represen ted their sport in a very admirable way. TE R RY 1::. NISH Sal t Lake City , Utah Count those undernourished f ingers Each w eek, undernourished fingers dig d eep in to a pair of worn o ut Levi' s to barely scrape t ogether eno ugh pennies and nickels t o purchase yo ur fine paper fr om our local dealer. Give us a break ! I am one of your loyal race co rr espo n den ts. Each weekend I give up " bo o zin' w ith th e boys" to give some of the local hotshoes a lit tle coverage. I b attle man-eating bugs at nigh t short tracks and wi ther under sco rc h in g ultra-violet rays during day time TT's. I constantly put my life on the lin e trying to get " the shot" that may grace your I wa s very happy to see suc h excelle nt co verage of t he side car record a tternpt in Talladega. I hav e b een racing sid ec ars for seven y ear s and it sure is neat t o see a lo ng o verlo o ked class of raci ng getting o verd ue recognition , There h as b ee n a lot of co n tr over sy about t he sa d state of ro ad racing, The wa y I see it. the inclusion of sidecars in Alit A Nat ion als would put a much needed European tou ch to roadracing . This ap proach' ha s been proven at Laguna Seca th e last fo ur years wher e the Sidecar National Championship has been a bi g success. Promoters ar e star ti ng to realize what"sp ectators hav e known for years, that sidecar roadracing is one of the most exciting and thrilling G. P. classes of racing there is to watch. . T he AMA Natio nal at Riverside October 2-3 will also feature side car race with o utfits from all over the U. S. co m peting. I invite the press and sp ectators to com e an d see a gr o w ing sp o r t t hat is an exciting experience an d needs t he sup port of every roadra cing en thusia st. LAR RY COL EMAN Ch ico , Cali f. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The views ex pressed in th is colu mn. ana o t " e r colu mns appearing on the follow ing pages are so lely those of th e auth ors an d do not ne cessarily reflect th e official p osit ion of Cy cle New s West or Cy cle News, In c, Qualif ied read ers wishing fr ee and e qual rebuttal sp ace sho u ld contact th e Ed itor.