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1996 GRAND NATIONALS

OUTLAWED ONCE AGAIN

Now after the 1995 race at Swamps. Tiny and Willy went to the county in an attempt to solve the zoning problems that existed with using the old broccoli field. They are informed that Unicycles are considered motorized vehicles and that motorized race tracks are not allowed on agriculture land so they would no longer be allowed to use the broccoli field to race their beasts further having a band was also a zoning violation as they would need a concert permit. Tiny and Willy explained to the county officials that although the sport had been born in the swamps of Samsula it had captured the attention of the world and that they would like to find a home for the sport so that it could continue to grow. Over the next 10 months Tiny and Willy worked hard with the county to find just the right spot for Unimotorcycle racing. Although several sites were suggested and considered one by one they were eliminated for one reason or another. It was then that the county informed Willy that there would be a campground opening up next to the Cabbage Patch a traditional hot spot of Bikeweek activities and that this would be the perfect place for the Unimotorcycle races as the event could have permits as an attachment to the campgrounds. Willy contacted the Promotor of the Dreamweavers campground and leased 5 acres of land on which to hold the Unimotorcyclists Bikeweek gathering. Over the next three months Willy and Tiny attended several meetings with everyone from councilmen to representatives of the Sheriffs department and all agreed that Dreamweavers was the perfect site for the event Based on this positive response the Unimotorcyclists set to work creating the finest track to date. It took many truck loads of dirt to raise the old cattle field and almost a week to level it but it was worth it for they had found a permanent home. Over a half a mile of barrier fencing was bought and installed to control the anticipated crowds. Adds were placed in both National and International magazines. Willy was spending a lot of money over $10,000 in the formation of three corporations and the construction of the track along with one million dollars in liability insurance for the event but he knew it would all come back in time or so he thought.

The final approval for Bikeweek events usually rests with the county council but for some reason this year that responsibility went to the Planning and Land Development Regulatory Commission who in a matter of minutes voted down the campground and the Unimotorcycle races by rejecting the special exception request based on a petition from the residents of A Quiet Place In The Country. This petition (with signatures from people as far as seven miles away from the site) objected to the race based on the additional noise and congestion expected. Since the area is located next to the Cabbage Patch that has about 25,000 people daily this objection seemed more than a little ridiculous. Willy was advised by his attorney that his not for profit corporation could still utilize the rented land to recoup his losses through T-shirt sales and membership sales although they could not charge a gate. The unimotorcyclists also had the right to test their Beasts on the track as long as they did not charge a gate. However the Sherrif obviously saw things in a different light, because on Wednesday of Bikeweek, as six of the unimotorcyclists gathered at the track to test their beasts a large contingent of county Sheriffs,with lights flashing and sirens blaring, swarmed into the field in true swat team style. As everyone stared in disbelief one motorcycle cop jumps his 1000cc cop bike up onto a stack of plywood and ever sooo…. coolly snaps down his kickstand. (neat trick Willy thinks) Now as this Defender of Justice descends the stack of plywood (glaring from behind his Foster Grants), he suddenly focuses on Les Defoe who is standing next to his beast Les is a 60 year old pilot who travels all the way from Canada each year to attend the races. The Deputy strides up to Les and snatches his beer can away and with all the power of a hydraulic can crusher squeezes the beer can an inch from Les's face, covering him with beer! "What the hell did you do that for?" ask's Les. "Because I thought it was a bomb!", growled the cop. Well this is more than poor old Les can handle and as he breaks up laughing and says "well you Americans really are stupid if you can't tell a beer can from a bomb!". At that point the conversation degenerates to where the unimotorcyclists are informed that unimotorcycles were considered illegal in Volusia county and that they had ten minutes to leave the field or it would become a very unhealthy place for them. Not wishing to fight over a cattle field they set to the task of finding a place to race (They always race).

LES DEFOE

Tiny and Willy contact the Great American Rodeo and an agreement is reached to use the arena after their event and so on Friday of Bikeweek 20 pilots ran well into the night on one of the coldest nights in Bikeweek history. Bob Scheskie's new Beast THUMP IT a 500cc Yamaha single performs flawlessly as he regained the world record with a run of 2.45sec. Nelson came in second on TRIPPLE TROUBLE with a run of 2.49sec followed by Randy Turkey Turner on TENNESSEE TRASH at 2.98sec. Everyone was treated to some spectacular crashes by Jim Archer on the WEED WACKER and Eric Carrol on the ATOMIC UZUK. Eric in spite of loosing part of his landing device decided to give it one last try which turned his Beast into a one wheeled pinwheel which sent Eric on the longest and most spectacular launches to date as his Beast sent him over 25 feet down the track