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I'M TIRED OF WAITING
Saturday Motocross at Corona
Raceway has a lot going for it, but
something must be done about the long
waits for the ambulance to return.
Surely something can be worked out.
(Another ambulance maybe?) Before I
join their organization they'll have to
show me something better than
shortened motos due to the long waits.
D.M. POPE
Buena Park, Calif.
YEA, ALHAMBRA!
The city of Alhambra has opened a
cycle park for minis and motorcycles up
to I25cc. After a lot of effort the park
is now operating weekends and
holidays, nine to five . The course is very
tigh t with lots of jumps. We have had
little publicity but are doing well
co nsid ering t hat the city has no budget
for the park. All o pe rating expenses
must co me from wh at the park makes.
MARKCOSTEL
Alhambra, Calif.
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DIRTY DAN SA YS
More R. Dunn! More Richard Creed!
More Texascross! More! More! More!
DIRTY DAN EMERICK
Los Angeles, Calif.
M. CROSS?
Cover more motocrosses held in
Northern California. Keep checking on
that Kawasaki 450 motocrosser.
The Marin County Motorcycle
Association is having another trial event
at Marshal so you might want to check
that one out.
M.CROSS
CHASING LITTLE RIBBONS
Last weekend I had the thrill and
excitement of chasing down little
ribbons at , the "J ester" family poker
run. My husband with his 400 in first
gear and our five-year-old on his tank
followed my 175 with our
three-year-old on the tank. We must
have lo oked a sight, but we had the time
o f our lives.
Now I know the fun and freedom of
following a marked course just like
desert racers.
Cop yrigh t €) Cycle News. Inc . 1972
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We belong to a family club. The
fellows race and get the finishing pins.
The girls get the gas cans.
The J esters provided a welcome
change. We'll be at the "Smugglers" race
looking for another great time.
,
JUDY ADAMS
Southern California Brush Crushers
machines. I live three miles from the
Long Beach Marina, and I can hear the
boat drags.
RANDY S. GOMEZ
Long Beach, Calif.
MOTH ERS' MARCH .
T HERE'L L ALWAYS BE A N
ENGLAND !
I have stopped going to the desert
races with my husband because we have
two small children, and I'm so afraid
that they will be hit by a pit racer, We
even had pit racers at the Viewfinders
Grand Prix, and the letter we received
said it was a no -no .
I feel that the District 37 committee
could help with ' the problem, but it is
up to everyone who enjoys the sport,
Norton take umbrage. In your
Daytona report you say our "pit
facilities were primitive... filling Phil
Read's Norton using a cut-out cocoa
tin."
The fuel container you refer to so
deprecatingly was made, at 24 hours
notice, by Moon Equipment Co . - it is
a scaled down version of the successful
NASCAR type.
KOOKIE FAN CLUB For ye ars I have followed the
adven t ur es o f "Kookie the Super D og " .
A ft er this many ye ars, I can trul y say
that La ssie is no longer my idol. It was
hard fo r me , a mutt, to break awa y
fr om the A.K.C. approved idol.
It all started when my master cam
home one weekend a fter going for a ride
on his Iron Horse, stating that he saw a
human riding around with a dog on his
gas tank. I, of course, laughed. A few
weeks later we all were taken to a noisy
dirt field where my master and others
were trying to climb a hill. Some
humans got to the top, then they came
down. This was the first time I saw
Kookie. He was sitting on 'th e tank
telling his master where the rocks were
on the hill. They went up and down
several times. If a rider did not make it,
Kookie would check to see if he had
water-proofed his tires.
When I got home, I raced around to
all my friends in the neighborhood
telling them about Kookie. The
, Frenchie next door, who can only sit up
was astonished. Kookie's fame traveled
from Dominquez Hills to Las Vegas. If
there was a race, he was there. My
master has pinned up pictures of him in
my dog house for me. Dogs in my area
came over every week to hear about
what Kookie has done that week.
Keep up the great image, Kookie, for
you are the J.N. of us dogs . It has been
proven that you too have a deep voice!
P.D. LEBO
Kookie Fan Club
Carson, Calif.
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VO
ICES OF THE WEST
We have to start somewhere or else
there just might be a Mothers' March in
the desert because I'm not the only
worried mother.
LANNY LEHIGH
Saugus, Calif.
SPORTSHIPMENT
I would like to thank Wes Anderson
Sr . and his friends for taking down the
tent for the two young riders who were
out helping my husband and son bring
in No. 245 Novice who was down way
out on the track. Helping each other
will keep our sport together though all
else may fail. "Good brotherly concern
and sportshipment."
"MARTIE"
Sand Sailors
BEST THIN G WE'VE HEARD
ABOUT SINCE THE PIGS ATE
GRA NDPA
We are offering, free of charge,
photos from th e movie "Chrome and
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wishes.
AREJAS VITKAUSKAS
World·Wide News Bureau
Jersey City, N.J.
LESS SOUND, MORE INDIAN
DUN ES
Anyone who saw the news on
. Channel 2, Sunday, March 12 will no
doubt be quite upset.
It is unfo rtunate that CBS chose
Indian Dunes to report on. It seems that
Indian Dunes is the only place in
Southern California that you can ride
without a silencer. By not requiring
silencers, Indian Dunes has struck
another death blow to our diminishing
riding areas .
How about it, Indian Dunes, less
sound more ground?
DA VID & TERRY MICKELSON
Garden Grove, Calif.
I accept that we lost third place
because of a 26.,;econd pit stop, but this
delay was due to an internal air lock in
the petrol tank of the machine, NOT
due to our primitive equipment - after
all, this tank (and bike) were seeing the
light of day for the firs t time and
everything was too jolly new!
Upon reflection though, our
"antiquated Norton twins" had a happy
week and it is our sincere wish that
Yamaha are able to start racing th eir
750cc multis just as soon as there are
200 in the countJ:y...
MIKE JACKSON
General Manager
Norton Villiers Corp .
EAR 'OLE RS T AK E NOT E
I thought you might like to print a
little information about a club that has
been recently organized. It is called the
Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing
Association, and is an AMA chartered
club . This group will be sponsoring
AMA amateur road races at West Delta
Park in Portland, Oregon. The dates are
April 30, May 28 , August 6, September
17 and October 8. Production, Grand
Prix and Sidecar classes will be run, as
well as beginners' class. Anyone wishing
information about the club or its races
can write Oregon Motorcycle Road
Racing Association, P.O . Box 13454,
Portland, Oregon, 97213, or call (503)
2824215 .
G. DEAN NEWTON
Treasurer
IN IT FOR TH E MONEY
Elaine Smith of Bakersfield has a
point when she says that the Elsinore
Chamber of Commerce is in the GP
business for profit and gain.
We do greatly appreciate the respect
you've shown for the Gripsters M.C.,
yet we encourage riders and spectators
to support this event. Thanks, Elaine.
STEVE YOUNG
Secretary, Gripsters M.C.
SIL ENCE BOATS
THAT DID WHAT?
I am 13-years-old, and I would like
to know why we (motorcyclists) have to
have silencers on our b ikes when racing
mo tocross, desert , scrambles. The drags
and boat drags make more noise than
we do, and they don't silence their
All right, Papa Wealey, that did it!
You're still rubbing salt into the wound.
Like I told you every time y o u beat
me it wasn't superior riding skill. It was
that tuner you had, Rod Breaker that
gave you that extra edge.
I've decided to come to the states
and set up residence in Lawndale, Calif.
I'll be riding out of Precision Cycle
'cause I've contracted that famous
tuner D.C. Bird to tune my scooter.
I surely hope I get a better reception
than W. Schutz got.
OLE POOP
Wsqunav, Sweden
DEAR CLETE :
Enclosed is a copy of a letter we sent
to KNXT Channel 2 News regarding the
very biased report they gave on Indian
Dunes. We were there when they filmed
the sports short. They gave the '
impression they were interested in the
sport; but when it was broadcast, it was
presented in an entirely different light.
We think the letter speaks for itself.
MR . & MRS. JOHN MAL FITANO
Tujunga, Calif.
Mr. Clet e Roberts
KNXT Channel 2
6121 West Sunset
Los A ngeles, California
Dear Mr. Roberts:
We want to tha nk y ou f or an other
shining exam ple of your " un biased "
n ews reporting. We are referring to y our
short and not-so-suieet coverage of
Indian Dunes.
It em I: You made a defint e point of
bringing the noise fa ctor to the
attention of t he public. . Is...it ., mrre
coincidence that you picked one of the
few places not requiring silencers? Is it
more mere coincidence that you make
no mention of the fact that
motorcyclists are encouraging and, in
many cas es, demanding that
mo torcycles have silencers? And is it
still more mere coincidence that you
pictured a family trying to have a quiet
meal without ever mentioning the fact
that this is not a park devoted to
picnicking, but rath er to off-the-road
vehicles which your picnickers had
probably just parked in order to eat
their lunch?
It em II: In regards to your scars on
the landscape - would you care to go a
short distance down th e road and see
th e scars created by the cement of a
camping park? Would you care to go up
into our own hills and see the scars
cr eated by home dev elopment
companies? Would you care to look
nationwide and see th e scars left by
miles and miles of concrete freeways causeways, tollways, etc? What about
th e scars left o n people suffering from
emphysema, etc . by our ever-present
smog?
But then, there is always th e case of
money. And A.M.A. obviously did not
have the backing to counter your
one-suiea story.
One wonders, if you wer e a dirt
, rider, if this story would not have
shown other things. Such as: In getting
out to the desert by riding dune-buggies
(wh ich you failed to show),
motorcycles, dunies and dune-cycles,
th e whole family can go along and be a
part. The kids can run and yell without
fear of disturbing the neighbors. Mom
can ride or relax without a TV blasting.
A nd Dad can work out the kinks that
build up during the week as a result of
working in this rat-race of a wonderland
we laughingly call "Sunny" California.
You also neglected to mention th e giant
clean-up done voluntarily by
mo torcyclists at High Vista.
According to Federal law, each
candidate is entitled to eq ual time.
Before you vote bikes, etc: out, how
about the other side of the coin ?
One last tho ught: If this area was
doing so red-hot as a green grassy valley
with cattle gazing, why did they choose
to change?
Very truly yours,
Mr. & Mrs. John Malfitano
cc: Pat O.Reilly
Bill Eames
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