Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

aIIOciated with an organization that gets the publicity and the professional. ism of SCORE, so I feel happy that we were here. Since we only put on one short course event, we have to look at the other extreme of the three wheeler that is going to compete in a long courSe event-the grueling Bajas and the Park· ers and things of that nature-but I do feel they wiD go hand in hand. The recognition that the stadium events wiD bring will clean out certain riders that will want to race in teams; in other words, the tearns themselves will have to race in our race because that's where the proven ability of the machines. I definitely agree with you there. The programs that are Ilarting to come about I still think something is tniuing, say, maybe a sanctioning body for three wheekn and Odyssey. I don't think it will take long before someone decides that he or she wants to do that, but right now SCORE is looking to a sanctioning body and we have pursued the rules to the best of our ability, the input that we have reo ceived from competitors and manu· facturers we hope that SCORE wiD be a part in being the leading sanctioning body for this type of promotions. We have great interest and the pc&i. bility in '82 of putting on a race at Sears Point which is in northern Cali· fornia and it is a stadium type race. We have two events scheduled for Canada, which is in the Montreal area, plus we have been looking at other sites throuJthout the U.S. We put our bid in, and we wouId love to be that mganization that also not only gets into the two wheel but the four wheel vehi· cles and also the three wheelers. It makes the perfect pacltage. What do you. think about the DeW releue about AKA gettiIIg involved and sanctioning three wbeelen? I think ~ biaS done an exceDent job' thrpughout the year,. I haven't been .that clOle to that organization beca~ there is a difference betw4:el1 SCORE and AMA, but they do have the cred,it· ability and die professional organi· zation behind them. If they thi~ it is . more to their advantage, and t1i~ can control it and do the best for the sport" . then I welcome them into the arena. We can't be selfish in our situation; we want to do what is best for the sport which in tum gets more publicity in tum gets more which manufacturers involved and opens up many more new businessess for people that are going to be producing after· market products for these three wheelers, - let's face it; a whole industry wiD grow out of it. It's just been kind of laying in the weeds just waiting for someone like Cycle News and your new publication ATV News to jump in and take it out of there. It'slike a snowball, you know - you roll it down the hill to get it going and as it goes it gets larger and larger and larger. How large do you see this sport becoming? I reaDy see it unlimited, to be honest. I think the key factor here is the organi· ations. We get riders from Europe, national television, we have sponsors from aD over the United States and Europe that get involved, the recognition that is generated not only in the enthusiasm and magazines but in different types of media such as radio, television and daily newspapers, that have nothing to do with our sport. They have to report on it because it is newsworthy. And that is the key. If you keep it within its own confines and its own hard core group, there will be a lot of exposure, but you are going to be talking to the same people all the time and in order for the sport to grow, in order to get out to the masses, it has to • bridge that gap. I ... • ~ ..... CD .J:) E ~ o z en ~ z ~ ;L~~~~~~~~~_-l_--=~~~;':==;-~-l~~~~:=fJ~~=:~1 CH•• ' I ENGINE o Lou_·VentedFront F""" .., _ o Lou_·VontedAir8ollCOVW o c~, Slat CourIe ao GenuineCIIGric>o o Ilacing fori< SPring Kh . .. .. .. .. .. o PJl »-Wt.llacingfoftOiIPt.I o COhooetitioh foft _CIlaa or IlJICIOth 22.95 0 1I_8IodcTot_~ 21.96 D.Cou..-oftS"'-'" 12· to 16-tooth .,.9.95 0 J4.36mm_·JetMiltuniCarb 79.96 o 52llTlUblkillecinIlChein-SPECIFY 29.95 0 J4.36mm IntOke Monifold 21.96 530 Competition Chein Kits SPECiFy: .•.. 69.95 0 Gunner ~ ThrOltle & Cable 2jl.95 Competition Throttle Cable.. .. . .. 1.96~~.j,~· ill' -, « .,..••., " " " . _.. Competition C1utell Cable , 8 ... o Porl

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