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wise, he was in good condition. The bike and camera had been totalled. Starr helped develop a special "lip mike" for this film which enables the rider to wear it underneath a full face helmet and describe just what is happening while it happens. With a camera rolling on the bike and the rider telling you what is going on in a choppy, stacatto voice, a new dimension is added to the scene. Starr used the mike on Roberts at Riverside and was amazed at how calmy he spoke while at racing speeds. "Kenny was going around Riverside with the mike and lapping at 1-2 seconds under the absolute recordl" he exclaimed. "Paul Newman was there watching the whole thing and shook his head and said, 'He's crazyl I would never share the same garage with him'''' For a multitude of crashes per day, it's hard to beat a hillclimb. Starr shot one at DeAnza Cycle Park in southern California. He found the participants quite enthusiastic and more than willing to ham it up a bit for the camera. When they discovered that their event was being filmed, each competitor threw in $5 to a pot which grew to $200 with absolutely no prompting from the film crew. The money would go to the rider who came up with the crash of the day. There were many crashes on the treacherous-looking hill that day ranging from simple stepping off the rear of the bike numbers to the more common flipping over backwards routines. But the crash of the day went to the man who, in predictable Hollywood fashion, saved the best for last. In the fmal crash of the day, he earned the $200 pot for his spectacular get-off in which the bike jumped up as he fell off the back and somersaulted, the bike landing behind him and a freeze frame capturing the action's peak. Though sore, the $200 undoubtedly helped soothe the pain. Shooting on location, of course, almost guarantees that problems will be encountered and shooting delayed due to inclement weather. When fIlming former European Trials Champion Mick Andrews in Buxton, a small Englis!t village, it rained for five days solid. The hotel in which the film crew stayed had a small pub on the first floor and for five days, all they could do was stay inside, playing darts and drinking beer by day and sleeping up in their rooms by night. When the weather finally did break, it was beautiful, and the crew completed all the shooting in one day. One of the mall fascinating segments of motorcycling, at least from a mechanically technical aspect, is drag racing. Starr worked with Russ Collins, the Top Fuel record holder whOlle exotic creation dubbed "The Sorcerer" proves to be an exciting place on which to mount a camera. Watching Collins light up the fat Goodyear dragslick and hearing (almost feeling) the crackle of the double Honda-engined sprinter is breathtaking. "Russ broke his record with the camera on the bike," boasts Starr. Unfortunately, the run and "new record" was unofficial due to the rules on. what constitutes an official record. There is much, much more that the film covers. Nearly every form of motorcyling and more than a dozen of the top personalities in the sport (including Roger DeCoster, Barry Sheene, Scott Autrey and Debbie Evans-Leavitt) are shared with us on the screen. Starr artfully blends in music by Foreigner, Arlo Guthrie, John ~cEuen, Jean Luc Ponty and others to complement the mood of each scene. I can highly recommend Take it to the Limit which starts in selected theaters on the east coast on Mar. 5 and in Los Angeles on May 28.• o 00 0') PRESENT THE " CHAMPlDNSHIP 1 $25,000.00 ~:~n~:~~,~ SEE 180 minutes of the best motocross racing SUNDAY ~e:;K~~~~ETT .- . 3-30-80 . MARTY TRIPES JIM WEINERT -l< DARRELL SHULTZ MIKE BELL BROC GLOVER ~ '~:~!~i~~?~E , A N D MORE.. m:DLII.ICE 4 'UK C~~I~~~~'IA (fa . "" -' " E ITS AT! .,-- SAOOLE'ACK (II] IiiA&UiiA\ -4:~~~5E:;:::'~,·~~:;,'MIiiRK ::..___ "" <';" ~~, '""' ~ '.: 'i,""~ "~., lllfflllllJ!lJl ' PRACTICE STARTS 10 A. M. Il1llfJ1IlI!e'g I .......... SA. M. GATES OPEN RACES, START GEN, ADMISSION FORN'O, 1 P. M. $10. 213-868-8112 Stre-e-tcb your weekendRide your motorcycle to work Monday! a £ o A ~ f()lllI I SEE DETAILS ON PAGE 29 Nc£EtllllllSN f#€R"Ftllfft/Ac II ",Gil T sr5TEM5, LAS VEGAS. NEVADA M ,~ v MANUFACTURERS DISTRIBUTED NATIONWIDE TWO STROKE & FOUR STROKE CUSTOM EXHAUST SYSTEMS • CONES. CONE SETS TO YOUR SPECS. SILENCED MEGS • SILENCERS: WELD ON OR CLAMP ON COMBOS ~ BOSCH NOWI at our own NEW _.~. SPARK PLUGS manufacturing & testing facility ~ COMPLETE L1NEOF MOOOTEK COl Kits AIRCONE INC. 5901 Emerald Ave. LAS VEGAS, NV 89122 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED (702) 456-4177 13