3x t han k s
I would like to say thanks to the
people who helped me and offerid
help at the Oct. 8 California Ra ci.ng
Club desert race at Rand Mountam.
Saturda y evening I broke He
swingann on my YZ. Thanks tt? Larry
Upp for letting me use the SWI~
off his spare bike, and to Larry ~
and Rich Zajic for offering me the use
of their bikes if I could not find one.
Also I would like to thank Doug
Beisne; for moving me off the trail ~n!i
staying with me when the ra in :ut ,liell
into turned right and I didn't )
re ceiv ed a concussion and do ' :lOt
remember riding the rest of the ra~.
Thanks again guys .
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ON THE FRONT PAGE: Bob
Henneh cheses Chuck Sun at
Axton: Ron Hell struggles
down a Cel State 100 hill: and
Mike Bast makes it six.
Photos by Jim Gienetsis.
lerry langley and Dennis
Greene.
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J~n,q
"The environmentalists do~'t
really have to worry about motorcycle riders because the mo~or.
cycle riders don't care enouglj to
Accounting
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By Gerry Reagan
Da v Paul i. Produ n ion Managrr . J ~ d y
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Har ash ita . Kare n Fa rha t . T ypography .
Drnn is Creene-, Labora to ry.
Mikr Kl i ng e'r . Manag u . j e anne
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Brya n . Au t. Accts. Receiva ble . Holly
Hair. Co ltecnon and Credit .
lj1JO
The 1978 Camel Pro Series is now
history, and what a great season it was.
First of alii would like to congratulate
Jay Springsteen on a fantastic year
long performance , Springer had so':'le
extra unjustified pressu:res put on him
by certain people this season . but
managed to capture Number One
again , not by using th~ rule book or
urine test results against the other
riders , but by doing his talking on the
race track where it should be done.
That is a true champion. Congratula tions Springer!
I would also like to thank th e many,
many riders who used PJI L?brican.ts
during the season , and especially Skip
Aksland and Steve Eklund. along with
their tuners Terry Sage, Bud Aksland
and Tom Hasler, for doing a fantastic
job.
A big thank you to the people who
made this series all possible: the many
race promoters, and espe ciall y Ralph
Seagraves. Dave Knight. Steve Burge
and Lynn Griffis of the R .J. Re~nol ds
Co . Again , you all d id a su pe r .Job of
putting on the Camel Pro Series for
'781 .
T IM ROCKWOOD
PJI Lu bricants
Woodland Hills , CA
Mo.port comment
Although I did not ride in th~ rece~ll
Canadian F750 World Championship
race, I did attend and I would like very
much to comment publicly on the
event.
The organization at I~.t ~ear's eve~t
was chaotic: the orgaruzanon at this
year's event was virtually non -existent,
In its infancy this track was an
excellent motorcycle circuit, bordered
by reasonable run-off areas and earth
banks. It has evolved into a high speed
slot·car track where almost every
comer is lined inside and out by solid ,
poorly protected Annco barriers and
concrete retaining walls.
In '1973 1 was involved in the first
serious attempt by th e riders at
making those associated with this track
realize how unsafe the track had
become and how little they were doing
to alleviat .. the situation. At that tim e,
a nd sinc e th at time, the management
of Mospon Park has demonstrated
what I can most kindly refer to as an
insincere effort to make a dangerous
race track as safe as possible.
This year one of the fastest comers
of the track, a comer completely lined
inside and out with the inadequately
padded walls and guard rails was
watched over , in timed qualifying
practice no less, by a solitary comer
worker.
The consequences of this lack of
preparation are now well. kno~ in
North American road racing Circles,
but briefly the facts are these: 1) St,;"e
Baker fell in this comer, a fall artributable by all accounts , only to himself.
2) In very quick succession, two more
riders fell .
The critical d ifference between the
first fall and the second two falls was
.t h a t the second two riders had
absolutely no warning that anythi~g
was amiss over the crest of that hili
leading into corner two . They had no
idea that Steve had fallen , that any
slippery fluid had been deposited on
the track by his crash because that one
solitary marshall had left his post to
help Steve and no flag o~ any sort was
displayed to warn oncoming traffic.
It is my sincere hope tha t the ~IM
never again grants World Championsh ip status to any r ace held at
Mosport.
JIM ALLEN
Old Lyme , CT
A v ote of gr at itud e from
Mrs. Doney
My deepest grat itu~e for all the
kindness and help g ive n to Dav e
Doney, 05T, on Oct. 8.
.
Special thanks to th e Sled Riders
members , Rescue S and all the other
good desert people, The many lovely
flowers and phone calls were deeply '
appreciated. Many thanks.
MARTHA DONEY
Yucaipa , CA
Dave Don ey, an enthusiast ic desert
competitor at 68, died enroute to th e
hospitalfollowing a crash at th e Oct . 8
D-)7 hare scrambles. Doney was a
mu ch · loved rid er who, among his
ma ny ot her accomplishments, f inished
the 19 74 Barstow to Vegas race at the
age of 64 on a JOOcc Har ley·Da vidson .
T he desert is a lot em ptie r now that
he's gone . . . Ed itor.
organize. " This . stateme~ll was. ma?e
by a friend of mme.who IS an aVI~ ~Irt
bike rider. At the time he made It· tlie
county board of supervisors had ~t
voted to close some good riding land
and my fri end was upset bec~
Us".
although there were over 200 n95 rs
present to protes t and make
statements at the meeting, rrt he
supervisors had virtually . mader-up
thei r minds before the meeting began.
The motorcycle riders could complain
all night if they wanted to but nobod
heard th em.
This was a very fru stra ting evening
for many people . The off'road
ent h usiasts had com e to s the
supervisors meeting with well thought
solutions to the problems at hand.
They made some good poi~ts ,!~d
showed worthwhile alternatives ' to
. closing th e land. Still , the supervisors
knew where the power was. They Ii.he~
that if they wanted to keep then
positions when the next election rq~led
around th ey had better not open any
land to .motorcycles . And they were
right.
)
In a county with more riders per
ca pi ta than just about any other
cou nty in th e sta te. in a county where
the board of supervisors had publicly
ridic ul ed mot orcycle riders, and}n ~
county wher e th ere is usua lly a.•,,:,c,ry
small voter tu rnou t. th is-same boa rg qf
su pe rvisors was re-elected, except for
two of its m embe rs . Of the five
members of the board, the only two
who had made a ny attempt to listen to
the off-road riders were the only two
who were not re -elected. Where were
the motorcycle riders when it reall,>'
happened? How did these guys ge t
back in office when th ere were enough
votes riding around on mot.orcycl.es to
get rid of them? Was my f~end ngh~?
Is it true that motorcycle riders don t
care enough to do something or is it
just that they don't know how ?
Hopefully, .ir's just that they don:t
know how because the reason for1th,s
series of articles is to show .th a t
motorcycle riders ca n get organiz.ed,
that we hav e the power to make. the
changes we want and that it won 't /be
as hard as it would appear.
.,.,
An organization has been fonned to
make all this possible. (T hey aren't
ask ing for memberships .and th;ey
aren't asking for any donations so It s
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