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M ORE G RO U N D Internal Specs INTERNATI ON AL: Saarinen 's Imola 200 : SPEEDWAY : Australia Seaso n O pene r at Bakersfield Barry Briggs in Engla nd EDITORIAl/O PINI ON: M.O.R .E P RO HALF·MI LE : Asco t Record Set P RO TT : Ascot by night and Bo ise by day TR IALS : T ight turns CA LEN DAR : What's happening _ RE S U LT S: What happened T EST: Pu rsa ng 250 . : EN DUR O : Fallen Timbers National S HOW: T riden ts ' a nd Cycle World : ISDT QUA LIF IER : Modern A rmy G ree n DESE RT : Barons' B - buste r : _ : This letter can't be much reward, but it is a st art at saying "Thank You " to all the gre at people who belped in o ur successful search for a lost rider at II i Vista th e w ee kend of A pril I st : th e San Bernardin o Cou n ty S heriff's office and their Search and R escu e Team, the o wners o f the Hi Vista Store, th e two guy s with th e dune buggies, th e L.A. County Sheriff' s Office, the lady at th e Alt a Vista Store, and mos t importan t o f all, th e District 37 Sear ch and Rescu e T eam, all of whom mi ssed a t least one day's work to help , and thanks to all the members and friends o f o ur cl ub wh o ca m e out to se a rc h : You all proved again what a cl ub and de sert racing are all about. FO lJR ACES M.C . 8 12 14 15 16 1B 20 26 28 32 36 39 .4 0 45 .46 FIR LADIES ARE ALL RIGHT _ I would like to thank you for running our even t in your Calendar of even ts , It read San Berdoo Fir Ladies Poker Run, which must h ave been the reason fo r a fantastic tum-out. Pe ople came to see just what a "fir lady " lo o ked like . I don't know if they were shocked or n o t. We h ad a good run an d lots of give-aways. I'd like to thank all the different Fire Depts , from North Hollywood to Sa n Die go . Your paper really ge ts th e word ar ound. A go o d word sh ould be said for the B.L.M . who co ope rat ed all th e way. T h ey o n ly as ke d th at we pic k up our ribbon, whi ch we did, and leave th in gs clean. Eve ry one showe d th at th e ma jority o f bikers d o leave thin gs better th an when tb ey go t th ere. PENNY TER R Y Pr esid ent S.B .F.D . La d ies A ux. VOICES OF THE WEST T est of the GP-w inn ing Bultaco 250 Pursang begins on Page 36 . Color photos of aviating Managing Ed itor by Dave Schoonmaker. HANGTOWN HACKS APPROVE S peaki ng of Hangt own (which yo u we re in the April 17 issue o f CN), th e Sou the rn Cali fornia Side-Hack Assn. would lik e to thank th e Dirt Di ggers No rth an d all th e sp ectators for a m o st enjoyable trip/weekend. We would like to co rr ec t the results, h owever. J ohn Pal frey rnanjj o e Gardner on a 6 50 T ri u mp h Wasp did win the first mota and take fir st for th e da y. BUT the second moto saw Tom Ridyard /Dean As hton on a 360 Yamaha (the sm alle st machine there] pass both Palfreyman/Gardner and t he 750 H onda Wasp o f Mon ahan/Ramsden o n th e b ack straigh t to t ake the lead and the win. It 's not easy to catc b all the ac tio n at an y track, but you co ul d have been in town and heard th e cro wd chee r that little tw o-stroke on ! We think th ey d eserve a lo t of cred it for a su pe rb j ob of riding! NANC Y PERSON Secre ta ry Side-Hack Associa tion NOVICES RACERS AREN'T ALL PIT T his letter is in re gards to th e " so cal led . pit ra cing Novice th at almo st end ed Rick _H o ck in g' s caree r a t th e Asc o t Half-mil e open er." I, "the Novice," was o n my way from th e staging a rea to my parking pl ace at a very slo w first gear speed wh en a van pulls o u t in front o f me . The van sto p pe d at the e xit from th e race track, co mp le tely bl o cking my view of th e e xi t. I started to pull along sid e of th e van so ' I co uld ge t in a better position to see the exit when two Junior riders came off the truck at a h igh rate o f speed. O ne was trying to go between me and the van and to avoid a co llisio n I let out th e c1ut cb moving me m ore to the ce n ter. As a resu lt h e missed me and it also killed my engine. At that tim e , Rick Ho cking came around th e van as fas t as th e other and coul d not avo id bitting m e. I d on't like being called a pit ra cer. I have b een rac in g for five ye ar s and I ..... canno t stand pit racers. JIM STEINBACH Novice 6 3R VIVA LOS ANCIANOS S 12.5 0 5 2 2.50 5 30.0 0 5 .5 0 Publ ish ed week ly ex cep t th e fi rst a nd l ~ LOST AND FOUND T he Cactus Cats Co ron a M.C. he ld a be nefi t race o n Sunday, J anuary 2 1, 197 3. T his race was- originally held to su p port th e EI Cajon M.C. in th eir stan d agai ns t th e B LM. S hortly a fter th e be n efi t race. the EI Cajon M.C. se t tl ed th ei-;-case with th e BLr.f, a nd we d id not choose t o forward th e funds o f th e ben efit race to th e EI Caj on M.C . in view of the wa y the y settled. We therefore chose to tak e a stand agai nst the BLM in an other way. We have c o m plied with all of the con d ition s o f th e land use permit issued by the BLM with the ex ception of payment o f the S I per rider fee ... .. We feel , f rom a legal standpoint, the BLM is o ut of lin e to co llec t this fee. We have retain ed Mr . Martin Hildreth to carry this to whatever level ne cessary (Mr. Hildreth we felt is ideally suited to handle this as he -is a desert rider and and active me mb e r of a District 3 7 cl u b). We will us e the funds raised in the benefit race to settle this matter, which we fee l will ben efit aU users of t he d ese rt. We urge you r support of this action. CACTUS CATS CORONA M.C. Box 88 1 Coron a . Calif. Sin ce I reserve th e right to co mp la in abou t the bad, I feel I h ave th e d uty to sp ea k o ut ab out the good. I re cently took my 25 0 Pursan g to John's R acing Cy cles in Costa Me sa for repair work and t o have a D & H reed valve installed. Greg, the servic e manager was qu ite helpful and t o ok th e time to explain what was inv o lved and how lo n g th e work would take wi th frie nd ly , honest answers and suggestions. - When I picked my bike up I was really impressed by the q uality o f work. It loo ked as if the 36 Bin g and reed valve had been a fa ctory installation . The performance of th e b ike was great. On T uesday morn ing when I go t to work I received a call from th e service manager. lie wan ted to know how th e bike ran in S und ay 's race, if I was satisfied . and if th ere was an ythin g else he co uld d o . That kind o f service is rare and hard t o find. DAVE SHAF ER Covina, Calif. It sure is... Ed. CATS WON'T PAY It was - m y ple as u re last we ek end, Ap ril 7 and 8 , to rid e the First Lo s A ncianos M/C Tecat e Quin iento s (o r Tecate 50 0) Enduro in Me xico. Cou rse la yout a n d markin g were sup erb and s h o~e d im agin ati ~~ . T:-:: insuran ce liability', was we lc om e and the free gas an d o il at th e c hecks was a God-se nd n ot t o m ention th e free lu n ch " both da ys. A sp ecial thanks to the Web co tru ck for givin g me th e st o p leak for my tire on Sunday morning. I would have never starte do n time without it. With only 80 riders this year I predict a sell out next yea r after everyone he ars about this one . CHUCK BENNETT Secretary EI Caj on M/ C THIS DH REED WORKED! POWDER PUFF RESCUE I w ould lik e t o th ank th e 13-year o ld girl who helped my wife rid in g in the SRA California City G .P. wh en sh e unl o ad ed h ard en ou gh t o b e uncon sc ious for 3 0 minutes. Th is girl (No. 628 ) stayed with m y wife until she came aro un d an d go t he r on her bike and rode in the last seven mil es with her; It is a good thing she stayed with my w ife be cause when she came to, she was lo on y to be bl u nt. It is pe o ple like he r that c on tin ue to rest o re your faith t hat the kids we are raising are no t so bad . J ACK & MARY SP EARS Dirtflie rs M.C. NOISE: The sound that kills the sight. CYCLE SWAp·O·RAMA EXPECTED TO DRAW SELL-DUT CROWD The Cy cle Swap-O-Rama , largest ~~~ ~~~~ meet : ~ ~t~ world, is rapidly be comin g so ld -o u t as far as dealer space s go . , " As of last Thursday , April 19th, we h ave paid rese rvatio ns o n all dealer spaces excep t two, " said prom oter Vic Wilson . "One hundred unres erved spaces for both d ea lers and p rivate parties will go o n sale the da y of the event at 2 PM. However, we anticipate no probl ems in filling in swappers as late as 6 PM Friday, using all available space" added Wilson . ' The event will be held inside the huge New Prod ucts Pavilion Building of the Orange County Fa irgrounds on Friday, April 27th from 5 PM to midnigbt in co nj unc tio n with th e 19 73 Speedway season opener. Admissi on for buyers is S I with ch ild ren under 6 free . For information , c all 714/6 37-18 35 . mOl.0..rcyc:!t; 1973 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Thi s ye a r ' s Wo rld Speedway Championship Final is scb ed uled for Poland. The date is Sunday, Septembe r 2 and the venue is propo sed as th e Sil easian sta dium at Ch o rzow, near Katowice and 150 mil es fr om War saw. The stad iu m is capab le of h olding 130 , 0 0 0 p e ople a nd t he Po lish au thori tie~ ar e confide n t o f packin g it to capacity fo r sp eedway's premier even t.