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Is There A Leather Jacket In Your Family 3

Attention Competition Riders ................................ 5

Competition Committee Minutes 8

Technical Committee Minutes ................................. 12

Eugene Esposito 100-Mile Enduro Champ ...................... 14

Sportsman Lightweight Road Racing .......................... 16

Gene Rogers Champ In 225 National Enduro 18

North Vs South Scrambles Championship ....................... 20

Regular Features

Finish Line ................................................. 2

Leiters ..................................................... 4

Dealer AMA Membership Contest ............................... 6

Motor Maids ................................................ 24

Western Views .............................................. 26

Enduro Riders Advanced To Expert........................... 27

Piston Poppin’ ............................................. 29

District Meetings .......................................... 31

Sanction Schedule .......................................... 31

Trade Notes ................................................ 35

Pit Stops................................................... 38

Classified Advertising ..................................... 44

“Sportsman Road Racing at its best” . . . “A wonderful

course with top flight management and good organization” . . .

‘‘This is the greatest” . . . "Lots of good competition” ... "1

really appreciated the chance to get five laps of practice and

the extra three-lap heat for position” . . . "Great Fun!”

These were comments from enthusiastic riders who en-

tered the Sportsman lightweight races at Vineland, N. J. spon-

sored by the Middle Atlantic Motorcycle Dealers’ Association on

November 5th.

The Vineland sports car course is fully paved, 1.3 miles in

length with a high speed straightaway approximately |4-milc

long, two sweeping full-throttle turns, a tricky switch-back and

at least two hairpin bends thrown in for good measure. A

beautiful clear, warm fall day added to the pleasure of riders

and spectators. As early as 8 a.m., contestants from all parts

of New England, Quebec and Montreal, Canada, upper New

York state, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware,

Washington, D. C., and points south began arriving to line up

for technical inspection that began at nine o’clock and contin-

ued until official practice started at II a.m. One hundred and

eighteen riders checked through inspection and were grouped

in five machine classes with the most popular Class 4 and Class

5 divided into amateur and expert rider classification. Nearly

50 riders were entered in the 250cc Class 5 with no less than

seven different makes represented in that class alone.

With 35 riders on the course in each practice group, die

early spectators were treated to a display of excellent riding

as the more experienced men maneuvered for best position and

steadily improved their lap times as they became familiar with

l ic tricky course. During the hour’s active practice period, no

less than 610 man laps were completed

without a serious spill.

By one o’clock the riders had received

final instructions from the referee and

the pits were cleared. The first three-lap

heat combined Classes 1, 2 and 3 riders.

The Class 4 amateur heat with over 20

riders was anybody’s race until Johnny

Burns of Newark, on a Tiger Cub passed

Calvin Apperson, favorite from Hyatts-

ville. Mike Gargano was third on his

Ducati. In the next heat race for Class

4 and Class 5 experts, the polished per-

formance of the experienced riders re-

sulted hi faster lap times. Ed Fisher was

(he winner of Class 4. followed by Thieme,

Guild and Lloyd. Well known expert

rider Hal Burton on his 250cc Parilla led

the Class 5 group with Jack Creelman,

also Parilla mounted, and Joe Hogan on

a Harley Sprint road racer finishing in

that order. The Class 5 amateur three-

lap heat featured the greatest number of

starters with 36 riders lined up in four

rows in front of the grandstand. At the

flash of Milt Wensel’s flag, they were off

in a tight pack down the half-mile straight-

away, each fighting to gain a favorable

position that would guarantee a front row

starting position in the 20-mile final

event.

Enthusiastic spectators had already wit-

nessed four exciting events by 2:35 p.m.

when the first final event of the day

brought a dozen Class 3 riders to the front

row with Carl Tyson on a Triumph Ter-

rier from Atglen, Pa., winner of the heat

holding the pole position. In the second

row, ten Class 2 riders with Ed Moran

on his “Flying Maico” on the pole flank-

ed by Hap Volkmar, Jim Kelly, Ed Mur-

phy and Horace Volkmar, all favorites,

riding their highly tuned Harley two

strokes. The smallest Class 1 bikes in the

third row featured Klaus Baier on his

twin cylinder screaming Rumi in the pole

position with John Pratt of Lowell, Mass.,

Ed Varnes, and four other riders, all on

the diminutive Rumi Twins. At the...