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Biker turned hiker? Was that the same Marge R. (Voices, Issue 124) that used to sit out with us in the shade in th e desert and discuss the damn Sierra Club and th eir demands? Did she forget how they tried to sto p our Silver Bear hare and hound . flying their lawyer to Kern County. California City. and th e BLM? (Lots of expenses for a nonprofit club , and he failed .) Marge, we are not a minori tyl You now are. You m entio ned fa cts and numbers . Marge . Where th e he ll do you thi nk all th e anti-desert b ike p~ came from? From th e m inority, tha t's where! And I don't mean hikers. Some day wh en you are hiking in the dez and come across a family of campers ' and riders, be sure and ask for water and di rections. I'm sure they 'll tell you where to go . o 00 0') 1""""4 WIST America's only weekly motorcycle newspaper Sha ron Clayton. Publisher. Carolin e Gen dry, Executive Secretary to the Pu blisher, Na ncy Co ra k. Marketin g/Prom otions Executive Secretary. 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Ad vertis ing rates a nd circula tion info rm ation will be 5C' I upon ~ uest. SeeS.R.D .S. D Copyright Cycle News . Inc. 1980. Trademark Cycle News reg istered U.S . Patent Office. All rights re served. ON THE FRONT PAGE: It took 10 years for it - an American 4 winner in the Carlsbad 500cc USGP - to happen. and a privateer did itl LOP's Marty Moates captured both motos of the a.Ray USGP. Complete coverage begins on p. 10. Photo by Charles Moray. 4Oyeersego I found this clipping in an old L .A. T imes, and I thou gh t you might like to Accounting Mike K lin~. Manager. Jea nne Hammond. Accts. Receivable , Don na Bryan. Asst. Acces. Recei vabl e. Terry Da iley. Credit Manager. We 're sure that family of riders a hiker might come across in the desert would not only provide water, but also an in vitation to dinner. Everybody has a nght to th eir oum type of recreat ion in the desert, just as no one has a nght to arbitrarily close it . . . Editor . do a 40 Years Ago p iece. 0-38 enduro updete Kerry Sta ndifer is leading the D·!l8 enduro point standings at the midyear b reak. Kerry, with his fourth p lace fin ish in the jailhouse Enduro and 10th place finish in th e Bush Bu nny Enduro has a total of 870 poin ts. Second is Bob Borton, fin ishing 14th overall in both endures with 800 points. W ith two excellent enduros behind us now , the jailhouse with its wet sand dunes, and the Bush -Bunny wit h its long 55 m ile loop, end uro riders are anxiousl y awaiting the next event in October. The Bush -Bunny Enduro turned ou t to be the toughest enduro Distric t !l8 has seen in this area . We saw some good mud hills. sand dunes and the "rock garden." It tired both man and motorcycle. However. it also was the first Bush-Eaters M .C . en du ro ever zeroed by any rider. which there were three , H arley Vande Loo , Ma rk Da vis and Tom DiDomenico. District !l8 Enduro applications are coming in slow. Only 19 riders hav e signed up at p resen t. Rem em ber, to receive points for the past two en duros you entered , you must sign up before the O ctober 12th Horney Toad Enduro. District !l8 Enduro section receives 50~ a rider for each rider .enrered in ea ch event . We will be giving ou t jackets and trophies for the to p 10 riders earning po in ts. W e need your suppon . There are a lot of enduro riders out there that have more poin ts then some of the riders in the sta ndi ngs at th e presen t tim e . Overa ll winners can ea rn a total of 500 po ints. We are now averaging !ISO riders an en d uro. W it h two m ore end uros yet to be scored , I wou ld like to see a few more of you enter th is competition for top end uro rider of the year. Corne-on fell as , don't be sh y to sign up . Ge t yourself in the limelight. You can earn po ints for the October Horney Toad Enduro . and the jailhouse Enduro in january will be a dual point even t. This event will fin ish out th e 1980 season and also po ints will be applied for the 198 1 season. T he Horney Toad Enduro will be he ld in th e Yuha Desert area betw een H wy. 8 and Hwy. 98. This might be th e last event held in this area if it is closed by the BLM . T he jailhouse Enduro will be in the Superstition Mountains with a lot ofsand and.. .? In February we will hold the award banquets in conjunction with the desert riders. It is an excellent affair, with awards presented. dining and dancing. and of course the never ending race talk, A word of advice.. .there are very few clubs putting on desert races and endures any more. They need a lot of help and they get very little praise for all thei r hard work. Financial rewards are not as great as they may seem . Desert events are promoted because of interest by club members in th e sport. Lets no t let our sport fa de away. We need more clubs to put on desert races and enduros. So remember. stop and think before you harass a club member. he could easily be doing something else with his spare time besides working at a race event. Come out and enjoy what we have and let the clu bs know you a re enjoying their event. BRUCE SANFORD D·!l8 Enduro Steward Sa n Diego. CA Preirie City not e golf course The H idden Valley area of Pra irie City OHV Park has been closed sin ce the Hangtown N ational Mo tocross. The reason given is th at the area h as bee n re -seeded, I say let the riders who paid for and suppon th e park use it. All of it. Nature will take care of the landsca ping. Prairie Cit y is an OHV park, no t a gol f course. jiM SWANSON Carmichael. CA NOVEMBER 7, 1938. AI Laurer Wins Cycle Hill Climb AI Laurer, Sacra mento, won the motorcycle hill climb at Barney Oldfield's Ventura Blvd. country club yesterday with "Windy" 'Lindstrom, Oakland. Coast cha mpion, fin ishi ng secon d. -Bob Keller, popular "flying mailman" of Los Angeles, and Sou thern Californ ia champion, was th ir d. Joe Petrall, Milwaukee, 1938 national champion, was down to fifth place in final standings. Non e of the daredevll -Iockeys succeeded 1n pointing th eir "twowheelers" over the top of the 82 per cent precipice. but Laurer had the highest mark. Mor e than 5000 fans a ttended. I have read Cycle News for years a nd I've really enjoyed your 10 Yea rs Ago column. I was in high school and racing then and can rea lly rel a te to the names th at were (and still are) m y heroes. I'il bet a lot of readers would enjoy reading a bout racers , races a nd tracks of yester-yea rl T IM CRABB Taft, CA Fillmer cleera the eir 1 want to stop speculation and rumor on the W inston Pro cir cui t about my separation from Steve Eklund and Zanotti Enterprises. I was not fired or "cu t loose " as some have asked me. We could not agree about money. I respect and admire Steve Eklund's abilit ies and hope that he and Ma rio ca n get back int o the winner's ci rcle . CRAIG FILLMER San Carlos, CA American USGP winnerl Way to go, Marty!