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Producer Matt Clmber sights through the cemera while co-star Frank Sinatra makes adjustments. Do it In the dirt will start filming for real at Hungry Valley Oct. 23 with a $3,000 CRC cross-country race•. .liDo It In the dirt" . ,Movie to star soeal hares'n'hounds . By Charles Clayton "H ong Kong doesn't answer," his secretary was trying to tell Matt Cim ber as we entered the movie producer's office on Sunset Blvd . last week. "They gotta answer ," Cimber, a powder keg in a safari suit, insisted, " It's a big movie studio. Keep trying!" as he ushered us into a conference room. ~ . "Tel! us about your movie, we prompted. . ' "00 .it in the dirt is all about a hound and hare, right, Hare 'n ' Hound race from the desert to the top of the mountains and 'back" (like Big Bea r both ways, we thought). "The hare, Jack Ramm , is played by Keenan . Wynn. We've already signed Keenan, he likes the movie" (Keenan is a great biker , too). "Remember Bite the Bullet?" (We missed it, but yeah.) "The movie is about % action , but it's got dramatic development, too . It's about fathers and sons and the tensions . .. it is a family picture. There's even a girl in the race , girls do race, don't they? " We assured him girls do . women too . Matt Cimber seemed relieved .. Matt's movie company , Doin -it , Inc. , has rented Hungry Valley, 80 miles north of Hollywood , for the month of October. They'd like to throw a real hare 'n' hound there , invite all the dirt bikers, and film it for their movie. Why not? we said. They are wiIling to put up a $!l000 purse. and H u ngry Valley, which is primo riding anyway, is slated to become a Green Sticky park soon (we hope) . This wiII be the first major event on HV land. How fitting that it shall benefit our native industry , moviemaking. CRC is handling the race itself. They m oved their O ctober 2!l Cal City event to the new Hungry Valley course, whch is being laid out as this is written. Matt Cimber has made a lot of movies (Black 6 , That Girl from Boston) and he obviously knows his business. We hope. Do it in the dirt wiII be another good movie so we don't have to sit in a theater and cringe, or laugh in the WTong places. Because you might be in it . • A·MA National Roadrace Mt.Pocono· 250cc Expert Lightweight 250cc Novice Dunlop's long history of success at maj or AMA Championship road races and motocross events t ells you why more .cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tire in the world. At Dunlop , we believe t hat a motorcycle is only as good as its t ires. That's .why we offer a full range of race-proven tires for all types of motor. ' . ' cycles and motorcycling. ~~~~:'~~~l:\le~~r.~DU~~~ PO Be, 1109.BuH alo,' New Yerl< '14240 IIIore motorcycles ,ide on Dunlop tires than any othe,ti,es in the wo,ld ~-INCOMPARABUL""""""""""" Savings on 125, 20Q, 250 and 370 PURSANG r $957.00 * $997.00 * $997.00 * $1097.00 * 125 PURSANG 200PURSANG 250PURSANG 370 PURSANG The lightning fast PURSANGS are one of the most compet itive motorcycles out of the crate and now they're at incomparable prices. See them now at your Bultaco dealer. . "Manuf acturers suggested retail FAst and West CO/l.lt, includesfrtighl and 60 dily Buliaco wtlTT4nty. :T'""" r.:)"'G"Y~ m ". 0 ~".-"'..9~.0: 21