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A ne ar press tim e flash from th emallt in th e East is that Mike Kidd (Tri) won the 20th An n ual Billy Huber Half-mile in Reading, Pen nsylvan ia. • • • T he t hing to do if you rid e a big road b ike in Europe Is to get a set of one piece road racin g type leathers and f lat bars. In England t he hot set-up is a Belstaff or Barbou r suit ...an d a new Japanese o r o ld British bi ke . * * * The BMW Riders of America, a clu b with members in every state, has circulated a questionnaire asking me mb ers to rate their local dealer. Dealers were rated in five categories; integrity, mechanical ability, courtesy, parts sto ck and fairness of prices. In each of these five ca tegories the dealers were rated on a scale of one to five. Any dealer rating at least 3.2 was considered worthy of re commendati on. • • • In European road raci ng circles it is j ust an acce p ted fact th at the Yam ah a 35 0's are supe rior to any thi ng on th e track. T hey are faster than mo st machines and those that they can't out-power th ey can ou t-handle and out-last in terms of gas. For th is reason they are not allowed to compe te against th e 750's in man y ' E ur op e an events like th e recen t Anglo-American ma tch series. How ever, Yam ah a is developing a 500 and a 750, both water-coo led fo urs. Ho pefully , th ey won't sell th ese to the public; the y would be aw fully leth al. Bu t if they do, o ur staff road racer wan ts one. NIGHT MOTOCROSS >- :; " en 3: w z W ..J U >U If th e Heavy weight class in AMA roa d rac ing is beginn ing to ta ste o f Yam aha so me what , the 250 class t astes o f n o t h i n g else•..al mo st. Kawasa ki is e xt reme ly int er est ed in getting a w in in that class and h as been de veloping their 350 single int en sive ly. Howeve r, Kel Ca r r uthers, Yamaha's road ra cing ma nage r, has been -putting more time int o t he 250 's than the 350',. Yamaha doesn 't want to see Kawasaki b reak t heir stra nglehold on th at class, a nd Kawasaki is getting very . very close, This class is go ing to provide so me fasc inating competitio n. * * "I \ ~ Beginners. Jun iors. Intermediates. Sen iors. Plus Old T imers & Powder Puffs Every Friday Night (Starting May 4th) Long International Course Bright Quartz Lights Entry at trac k : $5.00 Sport sme n; $10.00 Seniors. 100% CASH Pay bac k to Sen iors. 2 0% T roph ies to Oth e rs. S ign-up 6 :00 P.M.-Practic e 6 :30 to 7 :30-F irst Race 8 :0 0 P.M. SHAR P Added Attract ions : NMA Min ib ikes & Minicycles... Eve ry Friday Night On Min i Moto Course All classes . S ign-up 6 :30 P.M. First Race at 8 :00 P.M. Sp ect at o r s $2 .0 0 Adu lt s; $1. 00 Ju niors (6·14); «res and Parking FREE .Motocross Racing Calendar... Every Fr iday Night : AME 8 :00 P.M. Every Satu rday AME 9 : 15 A .M. 1st Sunday BCA 2nd S unday AME 3rd Sunday CRC 4t h Sunday CMC Mini-bikes & Mini Cycles: Eve ry Friday Nigh t 8 :00 P.M. 1st & 3rd Sunday 9 :30 A .M. Modified Midget Cars: Every Sunday Night 7 :30 P.M. 6th ANNUAL VIEWFINDERS GRAND PRIX JUNE 30 & JULY 1 Family Rid ing on 600 Scen ic Acres ...7 days a week 7:00 A .M. un ti l Dark •.•. En trance To Park On Highwa y 126, Two Miles West Of Gold en Stat e Freeway.... Ba rry Shee ne and Gary Fish er spend a good d ea l o f time do ing w heelies to get he r . Th ey d id t hem two-up at Imola h o p), and Ga ry got off (center) . A week later at Mallory Park they wer e go ing at it agai n co ming o ut of t he ha irp in . Ga ry was filling in fo r t he inj ur ed Do ug Sehl o n Seh l's Har ley . Pho tos b y Art Fried ma n . M .... '" ee comes to. • • • • • * '" ;'" . (805) 259-8000