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didn't even both to slow down to see what the damages were. In case you're out there, hotshoe, let me tell you that I lost my handlebars. clock, speedometer, headlight and headlight frame and bracltet to your inconsideration, not to mention my chance to gain points that may have allowed me to make a run at winning my class this year. I am only fortunate I did not lose my life or my health to you. My best advice to you is: quit! You are the kind of -person who gives all off-roaders a bad name and makes an already dangerous spon downright lethal. If you continpe, sooner or later You're going to run into someone bigger than me, and then all the points you may have won won't be wonh it.' Again, my thanks to the Checkpoints crew for tru:: event. for their help and for perservering in putting on good enduros in the face of adversit}'. Special thanks to the folks at Check E who helped me and my outof-gas panner to a drink and a safe' return home. 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Ugtmveights' reply In respo~ to Mr. Killian's complaints regarding the Lightweights M.C. half mile on Oct. 16, we would like to set the record straight. 1. Sign-up from 11-5 p.m. - Yes, we did realize the problem. The Friday date was offered by Ascot and it was either then or not at all. We had a completion curfew and it was decided (and advertiSed) to sign up 11-5 p.m. Our club members worked at the track that day from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m., without pay. 2. Entry and pit pass fees were also advenised. The. fees charged were commensurate with anticipated rider entry and known expenses, i.e., track rental, ticket takers, ticket sellers security and ambulance, trophies: media advenising, AMA sanction and liability insurance. Putting on a race is not a cheap or easy undertaking. Ascot doesn't come easy and a rider poll taken last' year gave us encouragement. The bottom line for the half mile was that it was a financial loss. ll. Money races - ' Our advenising said nothing about offering money races. This race 'Was offered as an amateur event as defined by the rulebook. Had we offered a money race the AMA Pro Juniors and Expem (who were in a separate race) would have been eligible. to compete also. This would have been an unfair match of skill and machine. Not one AMA Pro rider complained about the absence of a money race. 4. Entries - Our records show 1511 entries, 71Qt the claimed 200. ~. Ri4er insurance It has not been the practice of the Lightweights, or any other amateur promoter in So Cal, to offer rider medical insurance. This is due to the prohibitive cost to obtain adequate coverage. A sign regarding no rider insurance was posted at sign-up. May we suggest that the next time you are in D-1l5 you inquire about the rider insurance? 6. Trophies - Inasmuch as the race has been over for three weeks. we do believe your "sticker" is still attached. You see, it is a two·stage silkscreen (not a sticker) and wasn't cheap. In addition those riders who received a placque will be receiving a base, with suitable engraving, in the mail. Incidentally, our records do not show you as having entered any race that night. . If you still feel strongly againSt our race then we would gladly welcome your race promotions. The Lightweights busted their butts for many months to bring an Ascot half mile to the amateur riders, and will co~1t~nue to do so. We respect your 0plIDon and thank you for taking the time to read our rebuttal. LIGHTWEIGHTS M.C. Santa Ana, CA Roy's Boys thank you At the Baja 1000 this year, the Roy's Boys R.T. clinched the SCORE International Championship in the 250 (Class 21) and 125cc (Class 20) classes. We would like to thank the following for helping us to make it possible: Roy aqd ~Ienda Pfeiffer, Greg Hogan and PremIer Yamaha. Hallman Racing. White Bros., Dunlop tires and EastWest M.C. And a special thanks to Big AI, Steve and Portipot Pat. Don and the San Matias Bandidos, JK. Lanny. Ronny, Kev, Patrice and all our competitors. ROY'S BOYS R.T. (Scott Pfeiffer/Kent Pfeiffer/Kun Pfeiffer/Mike Goodwin) Yorba Linda, CA Thanks Checkpoints; boohotshoe Many thanks to the great people of the Checkpoints M.C. for the extraordinary task they undenook to move the Bad Mountain Enduro from Gorman to Red Mountain and still put on a terrific event. The course was extremely well mark-' ed. and while it may have been too much for most C riders (even some A riders dropped points on the 67-mile first loop). it was a well thought-out course and included a few humorous signs to break the monotony of rock after rock after rock ... Unfortunately. an event is only as good as its participants. Just past the five·mile markeT. I was centerpunched by someone riding on minute 104 on a white bike (probably a Tr Yamaha). I never got to see who he was, since he Protect the women and the childrenl The Checkpoints have really gone and done it now. Laid out the toughest, meanest. rockiest course in recent Western enduro memory. If the rock gardens of the first loop didn't get you late, the killer uphills. downhills and speed average of the second loop most emphatically did, Did some kind soul say big bikes only? The Nov. 1 "Hour-out" (alias Bad Mountain) Enduro offered exceptionally good ribboning. danger arrows and wrong-way signs. Except for one missing on loop two. checks were well manned and most were impossible to zero. Many small-bore riders felt ·that there should haye been easy/hard alternatives on loop two so they could at least finish, Maybe. Or maybe the finish list should decide that. for next year. Someone also suggested a future bonus for the overworked 200cc .class riders. Hmm .... Guest riding an XR200R. I still houred out of the race and disqualified myself at the last check. But getting through both loops at least made me "feel" like a finisher. Trashed body, two days of wound-licking and the sat· isfaction of competing in the year's biggest and best challenge. I'll be back. Congratulations, Checkpoints, for an event that not only promised but delivered a true National caliber enduro. And the guts to put on an event that featured quality. not quantity of entries. A . special thanks to American Honda's Product Research Team. for a replacement speedo at the end of the first loop when mine lost its reset knob, then broke a speedo cable. Whoever lost their keys in the pit area. hope you were a good hotwire artist. Please call anytime to identify them. and we'll mail them to you. BILL HERNDON,I58C Los Angeles. CA 215/255·5815 Despite houring out. Herndon rrw.de it farther along the course than any other 200cc B n'der and was decw.red the c/Q.ss winner . .. Editor. Published letters do not nece. sarily .reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. 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