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By Fred Holter
In 1958 when the 5 of us rode into Daytona at night after three days of ice,
snow, sleet and rain, we headed straight to Main Street. At every stop light all
the party people could see we had just arrived and they hollered and waved
and gave us the thumbs up! At the end of Main Street, on a full moon night,
there it was, the Atlantic Ocean. You could drive on the beach then so we all
cut rooster tails in the sand.
In 1957 on our way back from the Dodge City races Cecil lost his foot shift
lever. We went to a Western Auto store in a small town and got a pair of vise
grips to use as a shift lever.
In 1956 on our way to the TT races in Peoria, Illinois Bubble Gum ran out
of gas so we pulled a gas line hose and found a beer can in the ditch and put
gas in Gum’s tank 12 ounces at a time.
In 1958 on the way back from the lake Chuck’s headlight went dead. His
directional lights were on all the time so we pulled the amber lens off and he
followed us home that night.
In 1955 on our way to the Dodge City motorcycle races Ron threw a rear
chain. We found one that would work at a farm equipment store in Hutchison,
Kansas. It was on a big roll and they cut off what we needed.
At the Holt Hill Climb , “The Old Man of the Mountain,“ Jack Barnes broke
a clutch cable, again a pair of vice grips came to the rescue. God Bless you,
Jack Barnes #109.
74 Wide Open
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