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I'd like to co mmen t o n th e le tt er
from Virg il R. Cray c raft, C.L. U. , wh ich
yo u printed in a re ce n t issue of y o u r
paper.
I p ers onally have no way to co m p ar e
th e ad vantages o r d isad van tages of CMC
as o p posed to AM A . b ut , since M r.
Craycraft h as made an issu e of the CMC
insurance p rogram, I'd lik e to take th is
op portu nity to clarify some o f hi s
misco nceptions.
We take p rid e in the fact that, in
ad di tion to CMC , we also insu re th e
S RA , ACA, ACE, AH RA, Ame rican
Racing Co ngress, Ame rican Midget
Racin g Associati o n , an d m an y other
gro ups to o numerous to m e n tion with a
resultant t otal of over 7,000 in sured
ra cing even ts of vario us ty p es pe r racin g
se aso n .
We feel tha t th e program arran ged
through our firm b y ' th e CMC is
particularly go o d becaus e :
( I) We have a m a ximu m d educ tib le
o f o nly S 100 which see ms to be
m o re equitable than a $ 1,0 0
ded uctible.
(2) In ad dition to rid e r medica l we
also h ave an excelle n t spe c tato r
liability p ack age avail ab le wit h
limits avai lab le up to 5 m illion
d oll ars .
(3 ) I t's my unde rstan di ng that th e
AMA rid e r m edical in suran ce o nly
p ays 6 0% of th e lo ss wh ere we p ay
up to 10 0% of th e lim it sh o wn on
our p o lic y . .
(4) O ur premiu m charg e to th e CMC
is S 105 not S III per d a y. I d o n ' t
beli eve they h ave an y " h id de n "
ch arges as Mr. Cray craft allegates,
Mr. Craycraft states in summary that
"The AMA m embe rs n at io nall y have o n
th e average received $ 2 in ben efits fo r
ea ch I in premium paid:' I submit th a t
it doesn't ake a geniu s to figure out th a t
wi th loss ra tios such as th ese it's
amazing th a t th e AMA ' d ed uc tib le ' is
not d oub le the amount it is today, or in
fact that an underwrite r who is a
businessman first , would eve n co ns id er
the AMA p rogr am at all .
Our co rp o rate statistics show that
with 'th e lo sses we 've h ad co mp are d to
the
p rem ium
ch arge d
o ur
u n derw riters
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showi n g
an
un de rw ri ting pro fi t.
In closing I suggest to I\-Ir. Craycra f t
th a t so meo ne can , and o b viously has
do ne a better job . I wouldn 't like to
men tio n any n am es but his initials arc:
Stu Pet ers and , CMC . We appreciate
yo u r b usin ess.
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GO R DON G . GAR RITTY
Vice -Pr esid e nt
Inte rnati onal Racing In su ran ce Serv ices
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I am bothe re d b y th e fact tha t th e
Cycl e Ne ws "Em pire" has purc hased
new Ch evrol e t van s, but ye t are
rel uct an t t o have Cycl e News painted o n
th e sid e o f su ch van s.
It has always b e en impre ssive to
p articipate in ra ces and . see a red van
with Cycle News writte n on the side ,
not o nly ad ve rti sin g Cy cle News, bu t
also adve rtisi ng th e fact th at Cy cle News
is aro u n d to c o ve r so me thin g news y in
m o torcy cling. I hav e been told that th e
reason fo r n o t paintin g Cycl e News on
th e van s is b ecause o f th e a dde d expense
o f a n ew p ain t job when it is tim e to
resell th e vehicles. Als o , .I ' ve noticed
that these vans are wi nd o w vans, so
your in te n ti ons are to paint Cycle News
on th e windo ws.
I sim pl y wish to say th at th e thought
o f bu yin g a wi nd ow van a nd th en
co ve ring th e wi n dows wi th a sig~ se c.ms
silly; also , the expense of a pain t Job
see ms rathe r tri vial wh en co mp ar ed to
th e d oll ar val ue o f adve rtisin g p er week,
per m an th, per year t!'at is g~ned b y
m an y bike rs and n on -bike rs see mg a red
Cy cle New s van. I beli eve th e adv ertisin g
more th an o ffse ts th e me re cos ts o f a
piddlyp ain t j o b wh e n it co me s tim fo r
resale. (If you 'd leave . Cycle New s on
th e van, it w o uld pro bab ly se ll at a
p remium. )
So, I th ink it is poor ma nagem e n t ,
poor economics , a nd ra th e r " d um b " fo r
Cycle News to pu rc hase th ree new vans
an d be relu c tan t to p ain t Cycle News o n
th e side of each . I beli eve the adve rtisi ng '
will m ore than j ustify the me re c ost of a
new paint j ob.
J AM ES F. R USSE L L, J R .
As sociate Di r ecto r
Lyndon B.J oh nson School o f·
Public Affa ir
The Unive rsi ty of T ex as a t Austin
We're only ed itors and d o n 't know muc h
about such th ings . but it seems eve n stra nger
to us to pain t t he side of t he vans and then
have it peel off wh ich is wh at is ".o w
hap pen ing.
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THI S IS YOUR LIFE
Now that th e speedway season is on ce
agai n in full gear, I· though t it would b e
an appro p riate time fo r this questi o n: Is
there any ch ance oi speed way co m m g
to Kan sas City ? I recently m o ved to
K.C . fro m Mission Viejo, Califo rn ia , and
I went t o th e Co sta Mesa races as often
as I could.
A lso I would lik e to than k so me
peopl e' wh a fi rs t in traduced ~e to
cy cl ing an d others th at stayed WIth m e
wh ile I con tin u o usly talked abo ut
cycles. Firs t, Mik e S nyd er o f Missio n
Viejo an d h is paren ts who took me to
my first race at th e O .C. Fiargrou nds .
Others wh o d eserv e big thank-yous a re
Patti Peq uet, Caro le C o oper, a nd A~na
Ki en y who we nt t o th e races alo ng WIth
me. Especially Miss Kieny wh o also
wen t to th e El T rial d e Espana and
en d ured th e co ld for seven h ou rs.
I 've ridden a m o t o rcycle o nly three
times an d I' ve been ad di cted for nearly
three ye ars. So , I'd lik e to th an k Sco tt
O'Keefe for m y firs t tw o rid es o n a
m o to rcy cle. My on ly so lo ven t u re was
co u rtesy of Mitch Wiggenh o~ wh o
risk ed h is wife's bike to le t me rid e last
Ch rist mas d a y.
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All m y friends, m y b ro th e r, and
mysel f a re Mike Bast fa ns a nd fro m the
rea ctions fr o m the c ro w d . w e 're a rare
gro up. So we all ho pe he has a good a
year as last , o nly tha t h e wins th e N 0 ', I
ba ck. 1971 was no fluke, he d eserved It.
A NDREA MARSHALL
Kansas City , ~I o .
REX WAS SUPPOSED TO
O ne o f your readers n o ted in th e
J une 12 issu e of Cycle News th at Re x
Bea uchamp a nd Mike Kidd fa ile d to
appear in th e May I S regional half-mile
at A sc ot as adve rtised.
Under the n ew pla n fo r A me rican
Mo torcycle Asso ciati on regio nals, rid e rs
p re-e n ter th rough AI\lA itse lf. It was a n
ArotA o ffi cial wh o b rought Rex' s signed
en try to As co t ° a d va nce o f th e ra ce . In
in
Kidd ''s case , a r epre sentat ive o f the
m a n u fac tu re r o f h is raci n g b ik e ,
perso nally talk ed to hi m an d the n to
Ascot officia ls.
T he picture of Re x Beau champ used
on th e co ve r of th e program was based
on th e good fa ith of a personally signed
en try bla nk. O bvious ly, it wo uld n't ha ve
m ade se nse to sell p rograms with a co ver
pi ctu re o f so me one who wasn' t in sight
on race n igh t.
Roth th e program and the ads we re
prepared well in ad van ce o f the even t.
Had there be en a ch an ce fo r a last
mi nu te switch of pictures, it would have
be en don e. Then: was n o n o t ifica tio n o f
a ch ange of p lans o f any of th e riders ;
co nseq uen tly there was no' c han ge of
pi ctur es ••or explan ati on for the
"no -sh ows,
I can assu re yo u that J . C . Agajania n
felt as let d own as th e reader for th e
p roble m, bu t h e wasn ' t aware th at th er e
had b een one u n til h e re turned f ro m th e
qu alifi cations for th e Indian apo lis 500.
BEN FOOTE
Public Rela ti on s Director
CLEAN UP!
P.V.D .R. h eld the Gran ny run 2. The
Members and their fa mi lies worked hard
to have a good run. After standing in
the hot sun, eating dust, we had to
spend h o u rs p icking up trash le f t on the
d esert. BLM was th e re an d offered to
hau l the trash o ff, if we would put it in
large plastic bags (more fuel for BLM) .
How lo ng would it take ea ch perso n
to pic k u p th eir o wn trash an d take it
home ?
Le ts Keep our Dese rt Open .
DOT rl E STEFFENSEN
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G ra nd Pr ix-V iew - The U.S . GP
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DESERT : T he Baja 500
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. S ECTION: No rth
TEST : Yamaha 's 100 & 125 motocrossers
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NATIONAL MOT OCROSS : Brad comes back in Ohio
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PRO S MOOTH TRACK : Ascot to Ho rton
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POLIT ICAL : Can A la n Cranston mean it?
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NAT ION A L: T he Lo uisville Hal f Mile .. . ... . . .. .... . . . .. . ...• . .. .3 4
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NEWN ESS : Sam e O ld new Prod uc t s
CALE NDAR
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