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Mountain High explains BINSIDE ~ t CMC/Suzuki Golden State MXSeries 6 Lacky, Staten, Turner slashSacto How t o ride like the Hurricane 8 Pep and practice Desert hotJine - 10 Euro scramblers and CRC desert delights Western hotline 12 AMEflaunts big bucks Close encounters of the fourth kind -. . .. 14 Dealingwith government officials National Papers . 15 Camel Pro predictions . Northern dateline National Enduro Schedule Results Calendar. . . . . . . . . .. . . . WantAds Motocross Cat Dealers and Service Directory 18 20 21 23 27 30 31 ON THE FRO NT PAGE: Hurricane Hannah begins his eight part how-to seriesas told to Jim Gianatsis. Photo by Charles Morey. In memorium: Larry Carpenter We wish to express our thanks to Yamaha Motor Corpora tion and all the other companies associated with the motorcycle industry who offered , their sympathy over the loss of Larry Carpenter. Their concern and help was a great source of comfort to the family during this time of sorrow. We 'll all miss Larry very mu ch, but it is heartwarming to kn ow just how many friends he had . THE FAM ILY OF LARRY CARPENTER Bellflower, CA CMC Criticism Hataahita . Donna Gaba rd . Ty pography, The CMC Golden State Series is perhaps the most poorly organized race series in history. The Saddleback race, Jan. 8, was a royal burn. The gate fees were increased, races we~e four laps long, some races were run In the dark and some races never even ran. This late-starting. ill-run and poorly promoted event , th e entry fees were raised a nd the rnot os short ened . The second event was mercifully rained out. CM C a nd Su zuk i seem to have teamed u p to give the Juniors and . Int erm ed ia tes less while asking us for Dennil Creme. Laboratory Prod uction . more . Charln C. Clayton , Presiden t Bobi Scott . Asst. to t he Presiden e Sha ron Clayto n. Publisher Edna Mewton , Secret ary 101M- Publisher Advertising Jim Ryan. Saln Mgr. Lo"}' Link. S.I .. Mgr. Cbria KoltNet . Auistant . Editorial Charles Morey , Managing Editor. Da~ Brown. Editor. Brian CAotge. Asaist.. nt Editor. Graphics and Production Sue Morey. j an Gill, Prod uction . Marion Accounting Mikr Klinge r, Mana~r. Jeanne Harmnond. AcctJ. Receivable. Pamela Dicke rson . Aut . Aceu . Rettivablr. Juanita Blanton, Colltction and Credit . Circulation Rthba Smith. Managtt. Diane Felten . Debbie Draydrn. Robin Holbert . Sandi McKay. Kathy Boaz. Assistants . Services and Support J ERRY MORRISO N Fullert on , CA U.S. Suzuki put up 13,300 in point fund money for the Golden State Series and had nothing to do with th e event promotion. whic h was handled by the CMC .. .Editor Linda Baca . Rtcrpc:ionist. Jim Pisareu. SItS . West %%0 1 CMrry Ave., Long Beach , CA P.O . Box 498 . Long Brach . CA 90801 (%1') 4%7-74": L.A. Li n. 6'6·8844 . East 4190 Fint Ave .. Tucker, GA , P.O . -Bo x 805 . Tucker, CA 30084 . (404\ 934· 78W . Subscription OnC' year, seco nd cb .51 mail. SIS; 2: yran . K'COnd class mail. $27; 5 yean. second class mail. $" .50 . Copyright © Cycle N ~ . Inc . 1978 . Tradema rk Cydr N~ registered U.S. Pa ten t O ffice. All rilChts rMC" ~ . Pub lished weekly exce pt chI:' fint and last Wttlt of the ca lendar yea r by Cyck N t"WI. Inc.. P.O . Box 498. Long Beach . Ca lifornia . Second class pos tage paid at l ong Beach . CA 90801 . Cycle News welcom es u nsc -" licieed edit orial ma terial incl ud ing seories. c artoo ns . ph otos. er e. Su ch mat e rial . if publ ished . beco m es the exclu sive co pyrig ht prop e rty of Cycle N ew s . Su ch a ccepted ma ter ial is subjec t to revision as is nrceuary in the sole discreti on of Cvcle News. Unso lic ited ma terial which is not u~d will be returned if accompanied by a se lf -addressed sta mped envelope . All unsolicited ma teria l will be hand led with reason able ca fe . however Cycle N~ ;l!i5 U tr\O no rnponsibiJity for rhe R frty. . 1 O dama ge to suc h mate rial. Rep rinting In 081 r whole or pan only by pe rmissio n of the publ ishen. Advenising rain and ci rcu laric n mformation will be sent upon request . See S.R .D.S. More time. please I have been to many AMA 0 ·36 races this year and it has been the same story at most of the races: Lack of laps or time per moto! Being a local CN correspondent, I've discussed th is problem with many riders in the Expert, Amateur , and Novic e classes , and they seem to agree that this is th e main problem. We ' as riders are spending around $2,000 -2 ,500 to try to advance ourselves to the Pro level of motocross while we get a limited time to race . One of the reasons we have so few 0-36 Pros winning big races is that they are not p repared both physically and mentally. Lots of good , talented racers have quit because of th is reason . I realize there are more riders than ever a nd the promoter is going to much more expense than ever, but we, the rid ers, are getting shafted for it . We Novices and Amateurs spend all day at the races just for 20 ·30 minutes of riding time including p ractice. I'm aware in Southern California some (I don't know about all ) races offer plenty of racing time to all classes. Why couldn't there be some deal for Minis and 100s to race on another track in the area , or have an all-Novice race on Saturday and an all-Amateur and Ex pe rt race on Sunday, say once a month on a trial basis. All of us must get together with the promoters and think of some: solutions or motocross will slowly die out in our a rea. Remember, motocross was originally an ability and en du rance sport, not a short 10 minute sp rint. AN DY MED IN Sacram ento , CA Four stars Don Lem aster gets four stars (my highest rati ng) for the article on Rob bers' Roost . Neat article. I don't know about your other readers, but I like that kind of stuff. Where did he get a completely stock 1970 OT-I ? I didn't th ink th ere were any of th ose left . TIM ELLIOTT Checkpoint M.C . Burbank, CA Look for an article by Don L emaster on the chain of forts that protected sett lers on the perilous j ourney from the Colorado R iver to Barstow during the 1880s in an upcom ing wue of Cycle News . . . Editor All of us at Mountain High Int ern atio nal would like to express our sincere regret . at having to cancel our CMC / Suzuki Golden State Series race on January 15. We were prepared for a normal rain . not the torrential downpour that came so unexpect edl y that weekend . We want to thank the large number of riders and fam ilies that were so very understanding of ou r decision to cancel. Only a handful were not so kind , complaining abou t the money spent to travel to ou r track. We can't control th e weather , and these few people ha ve no idea of th e time, effort and money put into a ra ce that was literally washed a way. We asked for a not her da te on the CMC series and were tu rne d d own . Judging from th e respo nse of th e rid ers wanting to rac e at Mountain High , th is was a very unfortunate and unfair decision. We are sorry we won't be allowed to participate in the ser ies. However, we are planning a big purse rac e on Feb . 26 under AME sanction. We hope you will a ll plan to attend. Flyers will be mailed and Cycle News will have more information . Please call Mountain High at 209 1 291 -8793 and let us kn ow what you would like us to do about your ent ry fees. Again , we thank you so much for your understanding a nd patience. Every day we are find ing out what a -grea t group of peo ple m otocrossers and their famili es really a re . OTIS & DIANE WALLACE Mountain H igh Intl , Fresno . CA Usa Christensen Memorial . The End Does are sponsoring a Lisa Ch ristensen Memorial Motocross at OeAnza Cycle Park on Feb . 5. A unique Parade Lap is being orga nized to honor Lisa's memory - a la p of dignity and care. This la p will consist of all the women riders p resent, whe th er racing or not. Rescue 3, by th e wishes of the C hris tensen family, will benefi t by your participation. I We a re asking each wom an rider to secure one or mor e sponsors to pledge do na tions based on eithe r the n um ber of riders in the parade lap, or the number of laps you com plete in the women's motocross race (you r choi ce) . Each women's class entrant will be listed with her sponsor(s)' name(s) on a la rge placard prominently displayed a t the track. Later the sponsors will be thanked in the results and in the pu blica tions covering our race. We shall bill them after the race and send the total donation to Rescue 3 in Lisa's name. Interested persons can contact Dee Granger at 805 /497-9858 to obtain pledge forms . DEE GRANGER Referee, End Does M.C. Thousand Oaks, CA