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The British riders seemed to be more on the ball than the previous week and settled more readily on the Brisbane tr ack. H ow ever. the local knowledge of th e Australians told in the final re ckoning. Again it was Captain John Boulger, who spearheaded the defense. Britain rode mo re as a team ...but just failed to Rain the necessary points to whip th e Aussies. The Lions' performan ce afte r the debacle of a week before was a t least enco uraging. Biggest dampener on the ma tch was an inj ury to 21 -y ear-old London whiz , Barry Thomas. Th omas crashe d heavil y early in the meeting and sus tained a b adly cu t left knee which required 15 sti tc hes. He was to ld n ot to race for at least a m on th but last reports were th at he w as returning t o Sydney to recuperate before th e seventh and final test a t th e Sh owground a fortnight hen ce. / During th e fo rtni gh t. th e rest o f th e te am are faced with a hectic sched ule, racing thousands of mil es ap ar t in the sweltering north of Australia at places like Townsville and Ro ckhampton. It is possib le they may meet up with world class stars. Ole .Olsen (Denmark) and cu rren t World Champ ion . Ivan Mauger (New Zealand), on their northern travels. The Big Two of world speedway are presently engaged in a se ries of ' o pen ' meetings around Australia and New Zealand where their superb styles have ca p tu red the imaginati on of so me of the lar gest audiences seen in these parts for so me y ears. t '" ~ $3 .79 Loca ted b y R iv er sid e F w y . at Imperia l Hwy . (714) 993· 5070 - 3, 3 0 ·9, 0 0 n .rn, Weekdays . 9 · 5 Sa t urda y . 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The most sign ifi can t ch an ge and on e that will have gen uin e impact on the AMA is the proposed revision to the code of regul a tion s that now provides tw o Class A mem bers on th e Executive Boa rd . Class A (for th ose of yo u who h ave fo rgotte n) are the m aj o rity of the mem b ers of the AMA. th ose who pay twe lve dollars a y ear. T he two Class A represe ntatives will be ele cted by th e members themselves with five suggested can d ida tes nominated by th e Al\IA sta ff and provisi on s for write-in votes . These ballots will be sent ou t via th e AMA Newsletter on March first and vote s will be coun te d af te r March 3 1sL Th e tw o with the high est votes will be . th e representatives fo r the year. After this initial year, ballots will be taken in January of each y ear so that the Class A reps will b e at th e annual meeting and will go in to the Executive ' Board me eting at the st art of each year. These representatives can no t be employed by or affiliated with a Class B member, wh ich furth er removes indust ry con trol over th e AMA. Great th ings ca n now be gin t o h appen. esp eciall y if we begin to .see cam paigns fo r th e Class A voting p o sitions. T o end so me of th e problems on deciding Nati on al Ch ampionships, a stan d ing committee o f eigh t was formed to make decisions all yea r. The eigh t will be the Competition Congress c h a i r man , three Executive Board m embers (R o x y Ro ckwood of T rium ph , Robert Hansen of Kawasaki and Ivan . Wa ger of " Cy cle World"), three promoters (on e from each area, voted from their own ranks), and on e professional rider to be ap p o in ted by the Co m petition Congress yearly. T he job of this co m mittee will be to scree n and select Nationals , establish p urse s, set da tes. resear ch race tracks, and mee t when necessar y . T his comm ittee is t o make no rules or change the order of events at any race. The Competition Congress has now be en ch an ged t o be called the AMA Congress. and district sports co m mit tee s will now be called district organizations, The board of trustees ele cted to the ' E xe cutive Board, J. R . Kell ey, pr e sident, Robert H ansen, vice president, John Harley, t reasurer. K. Luhmann, secretary, Pete Shick, assistant treasurer. The re st o f th e members of the board are: Paul Garnant, John Penton . Tom Sargent. Ivan Wager. R. Morrow and D. Bums. After seven hou rs of dis cussions and voting the impact of th e Cl ass A decision w as summed up by J. R. Kell ey. presid ent. " It is passed. Wow !" . /,REVELL SPECIALIZING IN RAC ING ENGI NES & CUSTOM CHAMB ERS, FOR THE M.X . RACER : COMPLETE LINE RACING ACCESSORIES SPECIALS G.P. BOOTS $54.95 UNBREA KA BL E M.X . TAN KS $39.95 32 MM MIKUN I RR T YPE $28 .95 AKRONT RIMS $22.95 DOWN PIPE WITH BUILT·I N SI LENCER, TUNED TO YOU R ENGINE SPECS (AN Y BI KE) $45.00 SEE - THE NEW 250 M.S. COOPER - BY REVELL! 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