Nmra Announces Member Discounts
NMRA ANNOUNCES MEMBER DISCOUNTS
Officials of the National Motorcycle Racing Assn. (NMRA). a division of NHRA, have announced that members will receive 10 percent discounts on purchases from several firms.
An NMRA membership costs $20 and includes a membership card. NMRA rule book, decal, a one-year subscription to the NHRA newspaper, and eligibility for the discount program.
A pro competition license is an extra $30. and a sportsman’s competition license is an extra $5.
Companies participating in the discount program at presstime included M&M Racing (Kentucky ). Collis Cycle (Florida). CIR Cycle (Ohio). CM Performance (Pennsylvania). Rivera Engineering (California). Whitey’s Cycle Center (Pennsylvania). Wayne Davis Engineering (California). American Turbo Pak (California). Norris Cycle Products (California), H.P. International (California), Dick’s Racer 1 (California). Watson Fiberglass (Indiana). Ron Turner Cycles (Florida). R.C. Engineering (California), Kawasaki of Jacksonville (Arkansas) and Power Motors (Illinois). >
Honda taillight, 21-in. front wheel with light-deflector shield and raked-back fairing, changes that some people felt stretched the IDBA “stock appearing” code for Pro Stock. Pogue used the bike to set a new IDBA Pro Stock record of 8.98 sec. at 147.26 mph earlier in the season, and the controversy set by his bike’s modifications wasn’t diminished when Pogue put the same engine in a more conventional, NMRA-legal Pro Stock chassis and turned 9.16 at Indianapolis.
At an IDBA rules meeting after the season, IDBA officials not only affirmed that Pogue’s bike met IDBA rules for 1979 but also decided to allow even wider rear tires and more extensive frame modifications for Pro Stock in 1980.
Responding to the IDBA rules, Vance, who ran a conventional Pro Stock chassis in both IDBA and stricter NMRA events, said that R.C. Engineering’s Byron Hines would build two Pro Stock Suzukis for Vance to ride in 1980: one conventional chassis and one to-the-rules-limit IDBA dragster-style chassis.
Vance and Hines will campaign Suzuki GS1100 16-valve engines in 1980.
