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Fourth Letter:"Jim,
While we were talking today Max provided much info from his collection for Marc and I to dig into later, and I found the following account in the December 1975 issue of The New England TRAIL RIDER magazine concerning Max at the 1975 ISDT:
"Youthful Max (Markowitz) was a victim of a crash with a car on the first day, and spent the balance of the week hanging on to his Bronze Medal, despite further incidents and a badly bent frame. Max got lost on day 1, regained the route, and was slowing for a turn off a road when he was hit from behind by a car. After getting himself back together from this, he carried on, but nearly an hour late, and irrevocably down to a Bronze Medal. Team Manager (Marcia) McDonald applied to the FIM Jury for restoration of his lost points on the basis of the fact that he was not at fault in the accident, with proof supplied by the local police, but the Jury declined to restore the points on the grounds that no provision existed in the FIM rules for such an eventuality. Max carried on anyway, and on the third day set the second fastest time in the speed test. Not bad for a teenaged rider in his first ISDT on a bent motorcycle with aching bones."
Grateful Thanks to Max for his time, help and interest.
below are some Yankee Z 500 race results (continuing):
1974, Connecticut Dragway ( ! ) - Marc Belleville, Trophy, 1st Place, "C" Stock, Yankee Z 500 ( * we'll get to that...)
1972, May, Birkshire International 3-Day Trials- Dave Eames, Silver, Yankee Z 500
1972, Oct 16-17, Birkshire International 2-Day Trials- Dave Eames, Gold, Overall Win, Yankee Z 500
Dave Belleville
2-9-02 Saturday evening"
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