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Volume XXXIV
Sha ro n Clayto n, President
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Young provided a list of those companies
and individual s who helped him du ril1f\ his
recot'ery from his accident. The list was too
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01lg to publish in this space. Trust us, he
mentioned you all... Editor.
Jac k Wic kes
Jack Wickes wa s an im portan t ally of the
effort to improve Trium ph mod els, an d
to those of us pushin g to improve sa les
i n the U.S. m ar ke t, ja ck w a s n ea rl y
indispensable. He wa s much more tha n
Edward Turner' s " pencil." as he w as
sometimes referr ed to in his position as
E.T.' s assistan t.
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During th e '5 0s and ' 60s, whe n we
we re pushing hard to im p rove ou r ma rket share in the w es tern Un ited Sta tes ,
jack help ed u s dea l w ith (an d under s ta nd) th e i ra scib le Ed w a r d T urner,
Merid en's in famou s managing director
an d chief d esig ner , who was fo nd of
say ing to us: "Yo u can h ave any co lo r
yo u li ke ... a s lo n g a s it is ba tt le shi p
gray." And he mean t it .
When I visited the factory in Mer iden
to .di scuss busi ness and place orders for
the new year, ja ck wo uld prepare special pa in t sche m es (in secret) a nd he
w ou ld let me set' them before go ing in to
th e "d en " w ith E.T. Alo ng wi th o ther
Meriden sen ior staff, like Bill Robertson ,
Triumph's export manager, he ma de us
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What can I say bu t tha nk you and God
bless you all. I am very tha nkful for the
amoun t of su p port that has been give n
to help me with my injury. My fam ily
a nd I a re very than kful for yo u r su pport. It rea lly ma kes me feel good to
have so many awesome people ou t there
helping me get throug h all of this. Your
praye" and support have been substantia lly fe lt . I wo u ld like to take th is
op portunity to thank you.
Mike Youn g Jr.
Fon tana, CA
Brown was the general sales manager of
jo/1l1soll Motors Inc. from 1956 to 1965...
Editor.
The King and Sears
A s an avid read er (and rid er ), 1 al wa ys
ap precia te the " Loo king Back" section
o f Cycle News. In a recen t issue , you
m en ti oned King Ken ny Ro berts ' o u tsta n d ing rid e at Sea rs Poi nt . Ha ving
be e n the r e , I wa s asto unded a t hi s
charge from last to first. As I recall, his
prot ege Skip Aksla nd sa id, aft er he wa s
al mos t blown off the tra ck, " I though t
Kenny taug ht me everything he kne w,
but I gu ess he sk ipped a few lessons."
Kenny rode the paint at th e ed ge of
the tra ck and wa s often in the dirt. The
ride was incred ible and it left no doubt
that he was the King. I do n't recall that
he ever rod e the re ag ain an d d idn't kee p
track if his hot time is s till in the record
books.
Eric Bickel
San Mateo, CA
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