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To st ay in co ntentio n it is impossib le to
st op an d clean yo ur front number plate
be fo re chan ging ride rs. Did anybody
both er to look at th e righ t nu m b e r
pl ate ? There is one there also.
A coup le o f wi ves ap p roach ed on e o f
th e sponso rs 10 see if they needed help .
The sponso r ' s response w as: "Givc these
b as tards their rnonev b ac k." Th at w as
o u t o f line.
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The o nly "S aturday Madness" is th e
p eople wh o ru n th e race . I elil1; racing
o u t a t Fre mont even for fun , bu t b y n o
m e an s can y ou ca ll i t a fu n race wh en
m o st or lh e cl asses are ·fu ll o f top ac e
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pl ace-which was first-a nd then at th e
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(Co ntinue d fr o m page 4)
came in fourth pl ace w he n no b ody
p asse d them ,
BUI w hat m a kes this m ore disgusting
is 10 find ou t th at th e top three wh o
cam e in ah ead of th em were very good
fri ends o f you know who.. ..
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By Maureen Lee
St ill . it wasn"t all b ad . Sunday
Well, it's a shame my co lu m n is
always o ne week d own from wh at the
m orn in g th e p it a rea w as supp ose d t o b e
cu rre n t si tua tio n is, b ut so metim es it
a ll clea re d o f everyone wh en th e Dirt
gives yo u th e tim e to thi nk things o u t a
Digge r con tingen t ar rived 10 se t up th ei r
bi t an d ge t y our h ead cleared o u t .. .li ke
pi ts as pe r ins tr u c tions in wh al was
aft e r a n eve n t such as Elsino re .
sup p osed ly a cleared area. A depu ty
No w , n earl y a week la ter, I still ca n' t
asked the m 10 w ail a l the ga te an d
believe it. If you we re there y o u kn ow
wa ded in and cle ared ou t th e w h o le
wh at I m ean . I'm gla d it wasn "t a
pl ace , then let th e o n es fo llo win g th e
District race . If you re ad th e LA T i mes
ru les in.
acc ou n t of the even t lhey d id a 10 0
G rady L aff e rty ' s In te rn a tio n al Rac in g
percen t job o f d oi n g u s in . Th anks
C rew as usu al had com mu n ica t io n s well
T imes. May all you r rab b iIs di e ! (O ld
under hand, a nd w hatever m o n ey they
Eng lish
curse) .
BUI
h urray
fo r
got for th at race , Elsin ore sho u ld d oubl e
KA BC-TV's Kei th J ac kso n . After h is
it . I' ll tell y ou ano the r thing (da m , b ut
co m m e n ts on th e race he als o said
this soap b ox is c rea king) , I h ave n eve r
so me th ing to the effect th at it was a
gone to a rac e covered by the m where
p ity th at a few bums cou ld give all
w he n I n eeded information I d idn't get
m otorcyclis ts a b ad name . T h ank you
it right o n the spot. In Fac t , they eve n
sir, w e need all the h elp we can get !
go o u t o f th e ir wa y to m a k e sure I kn o w
Especially from rep orte rs su ch as
wh a t has ha ppened if so me th in g goes
y ou rself, wh o find ou t w ha t th e facts
w rong, A bit d iffe rent fro m o ne time a t
a re b e fore spouting ou t e i th e r in print
ano the r even t w he n going to inquire
o r ove r the ai r.
abou t a fri e nd wh o h ad cra shed an d th e
Mai co's Frank Cooper and I h ad a
guy ru n ni ng the co m ma n d p o sl literall y
long lalk S u n day abou t the race .
closed the d o or in my face. A h , well, we
Co ntrary to wh a t so me p eople th in k
all h ave o ur d ay s.
th e re' s n ever b een an y con flic t b e tw een
Well , it's a ll over n o w. A to tally
myself an d Maico o r th ei r rid er s. I'm
unreal sce n e. There 's liab le 10 b e
so rry I've neve r h ad the ch ance to even
another un re al sc e n e , Jim Fox e sai d th a t
tal k 10 Mai c o's n u mber o ne , J e ff Sexton
if you c u t the co urse th ey 'd c a tch you .
as I w as o u t of th e sce ne so much lasl
We ll. rid er s wer e d oing ju st tha t an d
year.. .b u t I'm ge t t in g off co u rse . Fran k .
knock ing a t least four minutes o f th eir
wh o w as o ne of the sm a ll teams w ho
laps b y neatl y disregarding the trail in
handled Ca talin a, h ad so me commeo Is
th e b o on ies al the fa r en d o f th e la ke . If
on th e Elsin ore even t th at I th o u gh t
the re wasn ' t a chec k the re, as prom ised ,
wer e excelle n t and t ol d hi m wi th th ank s
th ere's go ing 10 b e a lo t of ira te ri ders
that I was goi ng to print so me o f them
w ho did ad here to th e trail an d w at ch ed
w hich rela ted t o th e safety of th e ride rs
in di sgu st as o thers sho t o ff in to n o
an d that 's what ma tte rs, the rider.
ma n' s lan d a nd ou t of sig ht. Bo o !
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For ins ta nce . a t th e e nd of t~al lon g
I gOI some n ice q u otes 10 0 from
pit straight there should h ave been so me
No r-Vil's Mi ke .Jackson (w ho al one
type of an escap e road set up , As Frank
time was the no torious Hap S p o o n s
p ointed o ut. shou ld a r ider lose his
when the columns were cl ean -cut and
brakes or a chain a t full speed towards
witty ) . lie t h o u g h t there shou ld
the en d o f th at ru n it w ouldn't be very
have been more p arental c o n ce rn over
he alth y . •\ la rge w all o f h ay s till hurts
allo wing o n e 's youngster to en ter on
when you c ras h in 10 it fu ll bore! I know
m in i-e n d u ro s wh en the big bikes were
c ro w d control would be aw fu l under
also ru n ning, me aning o f c o u rse the
such a situ ati on h ut the Gripsters
250'5. The fast boys a re no t too fussy
managed one year maybe m ore (I can't
when
passing,
e sp eci a lly
on
the
re me mbe r) to have an escape road. I
mo u ntain road, an d ~ l ike witn essed a
stood
there
and
watched
th e
coup le of young' uns wh o got unglu ed as
p roceedings . I I worked fine - and was
they were blasted by b igger machines.
u sed , to o ! A couple of la rge cops an d
David Aldan a 's corn me n ts were j ust as
so m e real m o to rcy cl e peop le can h andle
good but they 're off th e record beca u se
anv of th e othe r b reed wh o tend to
so m e of them do n 't reall v conce rn the
stan d in stup id pl aces. H ow a bou t
run ni n g of th e race ! Bu'l h e d id ask
sea ling o ff th e wh ol e d am tow n and
w h e re the h ell did so me of th e ride rs get
limitin g people to th ose wh o h ave
th e ir licenses 10 rid e? Good p oint. In
d efin ite in te res t in th e rac e? I t cou ld b e
th e Expert class o n Sunday , a guy I
d one.
kn ow fla t to ld me thai th e c ha p sit tin g
En trie s shou ld b e lim ited too. There
tw o d own fro m him o n the lin e w as
were j ust to o m an y b ikes fo r th e safe ty
Idling eve ryone tha t this was h is first
o f the ri d ers. T he s tar ts we re a
race a n d he w as scared 10 d ea th o f the
ni gh trn are an d alt h ough everyone o n th e
star-t, but th e p oli ce s ta rt ed ask in g
line wo r ke d lik e Trojans , th e an im a ls
everyo ne to clea r th e a rea an d cl ear we
cou ld n ' t be ke pt a t b ay . It was the firs t
d id w ith o u t being a b le to check that
Elsin o re wh ere I co u ld n ' t st and an d
one o u t !
w a tc h the sta rt.
Before m ore th o ugh ts "bou t that
Fl aggers cam e u nde r scrutin y 10 0.
wee ken d ge t me eve n bu ggier, my
There j us t we ren' t eno ugh , :" 0 \ \ ' for a
gra pevines h ave been wh isp ering that
S 15 e n try fee a ri de r sh ou ld be ab le 10
avia tio n fu el is b ein g us ed in scr a mb les
rely o n the fact th a t th ere a re en o u gh
b ikes. Very in terest ing . A n y racer with
flagmen . On a race o f th a t magnitude ,
so me rac ing e xperience b eh in d them
to o many cou ld h ardly b e e no ug h . I'm
knows w h at avia tio n fuel d oc s. (y ea h.
p ro ud to say I saw m an y o f o u r District
an d I kn ow it ' s ille gal to o an d ca n be
riders in club co lo rs manning turn s
caugh t in testing] b ut n ow I 'm star ti ng
"because th e re w as n ' t anyone th er e an d
to w onder if so me of th e bike fa ilu res
we've go t o u r guys ou t th ere:' R a y
we've h eard about rec ently cou ld n ' t be
Biennan, o n e of o ur favo r ite peop le fo r
ca u se d by usin g avia tion gas a nd not
yea rs w as in cl u b colors in th c
bein g ab le to get the gas . to-o il rati o
d owntown section S aturd ay bU I u n
correc tly figured n UL •• I' m re ferring to
Sunday sa id h e'd h ad il h elpin g out. I' m
rin g-d ings of co u rse . Hmmm.
so rry if Ih e tru lh h urts , b ut wh y should
We all kn o w h o w successfu l lhe
riders h ave to rel y o n th eir b uddies to
Can-Am car se rics arc w herc therc a re
h elp o u t with l1ag p ositions an d crow d
lillie if an y con tro ls ove r what yo u
control when
lhey e xpec t good
ru n.._and Stirling I\10ss on ee said lhat if
treaune nt fo r lh e m oney lhey pay to
we didn't h av e an y rules lhen no-one
enler. T heir budd ies want t o watch lhe
cou ld c h ea l. A ny hmmm. Maybe
race to o . n o t w ork i t~
Sterling is right !
