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Cord is Bro oks knows enou gh not to d o h is rac ing In the pits.
just b e th e most fun in th e wo rld ?
"Cry Califo rn ia" in a n ar ticle by
Do y o u kn ow what pit racin g is? It is
Richard A. Grant, Jr., "The Fight fo r
riding, either on th e road or off, in an
the California Des ert."
area wh ere o th ers are ca mped , at
Mr. G rant con tin u es to qu ote -M r.
danger ou s speeds. A d ang erous speed is
Penney as saying, "The mer e fact th at
one a t wh ich yo u w ould not be abl e t o
th er e were 1,974 seriou s acci de n ts and
avoi d th at kid on th e minibike wh en he
17 5 death s in 1971 o n our d eser t lands I da shes o u t into the road. Most kid s
s ho ws w e are not me eting our
d on' t even look b efore th ey charge o ut.
resp on sibili t y in th is field. " If th ey do and they see yo u coming at
Mr. Penn ey enjoyed th e article so
th em at forty MPH they pan ic an d
much th a t he sen t reprin ts to th ose o n
forget where the b rakes are and end up
his m ailing ' lis t with a cover le tt er
ou t in the road in fro nt of yo u any way.
add resse d to " Dear Friend of t he
And the result is the sam e. Yo u find
Calif o rni a Desert".
you rself explaini ng to some kid 's cryin g
N ow y o u and I kn ow tha t tho se
mother how you broke her baby 's leg.
d ea th s an d se ri o us injuries w ere n ot all
Pract ice st ar ts. Last week two of my
ca used b y motorc y cles. In fa ct, m o s t o f
club memb ers were p rac t icing th e
us know th at of the 200,000 AMA
unusual st raddle the wheel start. That
members ridi ng in 1972 there were only
was a great id ea except that there were
50 killed. And those , include street
·several p et dogs and a bunch of pet kids
riders, pro fe ssional an d amateur ra cer s.
around our camp ing are a. N ow we all
Neverth eless , th ose "friends of th e
bring the kids out to enjoy a little fresh
desert," are go ing to th in k th at it was
air and it isn 't fair for the kids to have
lI S , crazy mo to rcyclists that we are, out
to stay within the circle of th e campers
killing and maim ing o ur selves.
to keep so me idiot fro m running over
The airplanes (two o f th em ) flying
th em, but I know that if I was
ove r th e pi ts and ra ce c o u rse a t the
resp ons ibl e For a ch ild I certainly w oul d
Deser t l\l'.C. Hare an d Ho und may o r
not let him stray from m y view for fear
may not have been fro m the BLM. I
one of yo u n u ts would r un over h im .
stro ngly suspec t that th ey we re. Big
For that m atter , I have m y ow n
Brothe r up th er e che cki ng up on us.
p roblem s ridi ng and wh en I am
And wh a t d id th ey see ? A bu n ch o f
sq uirrelling alo ng a road an d so me b ig
maniacs wh o don ' t h ave th e sense to be
lug goes bl as tin g by, it really fri gh ten s
on a m otorcycle , ra cing aro u n d through
me . On severa l occasio ns I h av e d ropped
the pi ts, terrorizin g kids, d ogs an d
it, addi ng th e p ain o f skin ned kn ee s to
w ives .
my o ut rage a t being run off th e road .
Well, it is.tim e fo r th e tribal chiefs to
I'm o fte n seen sc ram b lin g ar o und o n th e
tigh ten th e rein o n the yo ung bucks.
gro un d af ter o ne of these ep isodes and
T wo we eks ago Rescu e 3 p ick ed up
I'm su re obse rve rs t hin k I'm havin g a
wh at was left of tw o pit ra cer s and th e
seizur e. I'm looking for a rock to th row
amb ulan ce h aul ed th em off to the
at th e guy wh o almost ran over m e!
hospital. On e h ad a leg whic h was
Cu tt ing dou gh -nuts aro un d camp is
han gin g b y a thread an d the other had
.. another form of pit racin g. Even if you
serious h ead injuries an d br o ken
are fa r e n o ugh a way t o a voi d being a
shoulder, ar m, w rist an d leg. If th e one
dan ger, you are still to o clo se to be
d oesn 't lose hi s leg it will be a mir acle
pleasant. Nob od y like the n oise an d the,
b ecause you could h ave st u ck you r fist
d ust you create. If you feel you mu st
in to th e h ole in h is thigh. N ow are you
imp ress so mebody wi th yo ur riding
going to put a stop to this se nseless
ab ili ty, take th em out away fro m the
slaughter o r is the BLM going to co m e
cam p an d pu t on your show.
in an d do it for you ?
I for o ne , d o n o t like san d in my
Agreed th at a five MPH speed limi t in
eggs, an d alth o ugh we have to put up
th e pi ts is pre tt y slow, but yo u know
wit h it when th e wind bl ows, we sure
h ow h ard it is to st op yo ur b ike in an
don 't h ave to p u t up with it so you can
eme rge n cy and ho w likely it is that
show off!
so me body 's little kid is go ing to w ander
O. K., you got it ? Anywh ere aroun d
ou t in fr o nt of you.
camp and p it areas a moto rcycle is a
You also kn ow th a t yo u can't see a
m e an s of transp ortation , n o t a racin g
damn thing o n th e pit road with truc ks
m a chine o r a toy .
and ca rs and 600 m o torcycles sti rri ng
Further, p aren ts may n ot b e awa re of
up th e dust. You ar e goi ng to have to
h ow th eir kids are handling th eir
slow down. If yo ur bi ke w on't go th a t
mini-bikes. Well, dad , so me o f th ose
slow maybe you b etter get a pit bike to
kid s don' t hav e good sen se. If y o u
ride to sign up ...or walk .
would put y o ur club colors on th e kids
You realize of co urse that the
you would be surprised at h ow many
spon so rin g club can di squalify y ou for
people will co me up and tell you th a t
pit ra cing. N ot only that, they can take
they saw a kid from your club racin g
half o f y ou r poin ts for the wh ole year.
down th e pit ro ad, j ust ar ound th e
Furthermore, your wh ole club can be
co rn er where y ou can ' t see him. T ry it
penalized for the action of on e member.
for a wh ile. Maybe just knowing that he
Now, maybe y ou had better think abo ut
is easily identified will be enough to
that guy in y our club who is in the
slow y our boy do wn and keep him fr om
running for Number One. Wouldn 't he
killing or maimi ng hi mself .
just love you if you got cau gh t pit
We now h ave three former pit ra cers
racing and cos t him h alf of his points? If
in the hospital : One is a leftover from
your club h as an A.C. Bakken, Tom
the Ram 's race and two are from th e
Smith, or a T o m o r Cordis Brooks in it,
Four A ce s' ra ce just a few w ee ks ago .
you b etter b e doubl y ca reful because
All three are in serious co ndition and
some spons oring clu b is go i'l.g to make
may never b e righ t again. Ar e you go in g
an exam p le o f you just b ecau se
to d o so me thing ab ou ti t now , o r will
everyb ody th inks you are such a
you wai t un til th e p ers on in th e oxygen
powerful club th at yo u can get awa y
ten t is y o ur w ife or ch ild?
with anythi ng. .
A m otorcy cle can b e a lethal
If we do not ge t pi t racing stopped,
weapon. If y o u get hurt racing, th at is
and stopped soon , th e BLM is going to
th e breaks of t he game. You p ays yo ur
ste p in " Fo r Your Own Sa fe ty ," and
mo ney and yo u takes your chanc es. But
you will find th at you can no t do any
u se a little com mon sen se around th e
open rid ing on Saturday an d have to
camping an d p it areas . Do n' t wait un til
push y o ur bikes to th e st ar tin g line. This
you ru n so me body do wn befo re yo u
may go so far as to do as t he City of
realize what you ar e doin g.
Elsino re does and imp ound yo ur bike
D o y o u r racing o n th e course - n ot
th e d ay before the ra ce and give it b ack
in the pits. If wh at I said mad e you
to yo u on ra ce day. Now wouldn 't that
mad, maybe the shoe fits.
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