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8 x 10 Classic Glosy photos

Relive a piece of history with one of these 8x10 photos of Mert doing his thing on the dirt track.

Autograph included upon request at no extra charge.

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AMA Vintage Dirt Track Racing, Rounds 5&6

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 21st 2010

AMA Vintage Dirt Track Racing, Rounds 5&6
Second date added to AMA's new series!

AMA Club Of The Year for 2009, the Square Deal Riders from Harpursville, NY, is proud to announce that Friday June 25th will
be added as a second date to make the June 26th date a double-header event.

Highlighting Saturday night's racing will be the The 4th Annual Larry Weiss Memorial race which promises to once again be jam packed with
action for the racers and the fans. Motorcycle racing legend and star of the movie "On Any Sunday," Mert Lawwill, will be the special guest both days. The Memorial race will be on Saturday night in Class 9: 1977-1988; 250cc 2-STROKE; 504cc 4 STROKE SINGLES ONLY. The undefeated Larry Weiss Memorial champion,Tom Morgan, said "I'm excited to come back to Square Deal Raceway and defend the honors of our great racing friend, Larry Weiss." No doubt, Tom is hard to beat at the SDR track. All riders are invited to come out and try to take the handmade trophy home.

Riders will not only be racing for trophies and bragging rights, but victory champagne will be awarded to the top three riders in
each class on the SDR podium, and presented by the popular MetroRacing.com trophy girls.

Special rider gifts will be available at sign up and limited-edition Larry Weiss Memorial shirts will be on sale throughout the event.

High visibility sponsorship packages are still available. Make sure you get in on one of the country's best vintage dirt track events! Contact Peg (570) 663-2105 for more information.

Mert's Hands New Non-Profit Corporation

Mert's Hands New Non-Profit Corporation

January, 2010

Mert's Hands is a new non-profit corporation founded upon the belief that disabled motorcyclist

and bicyclist who have lost an appendage can regain normal mobility and independence in their chosen sport and everyday life. Specially made prosthetic devices attach to any vehicle that uses a handle bar and connects the rider to the vehicle. Mert Lawwill has been manufacturing prosthetic devices for disabled riders for over 10 years. During the last few years, numerous requests have been made from individuals that cannot afford these devices. Mert's Hands aims to provide these devices and services at discounted or no cost to qualified individuals. Lawwill's small manufacturing firm does not intend to profit from this collaboration, but only desires to cover the cost of manufacturing. Funds raised by Mert's Hands will be used for operating expenses and purchasing of devices at cost from Lawwill's manufacturing firm.

Mert's Hands intends to subsidize or donate prosthetic attachments to qualified, disabled riders and U.S. Military Service Members who have lost appendages and help them use the device to ride safely on their motorcycle, bicycle or snowmobile once again.

The first person to receive a subsidized hand was a gentleman from Kansas who was going to have to sell his truck to get one, but due to help from the Mert's Hands fund he now can ride his motorcycle once again.

If you can donate to Mert's Hands to help any of these people in need, please send your tax-deductable check payable to:

Mert's Hands
148 Rock Hill Dr.
Tiburon, Ca. 94920
www.mertshands.org

Long time friend CR Axtell passes away

Here is the letter written by Mert that Cycle News Published in the current CycleNews:

I am saddened to learn that my old friend and mentor CR Axtell has left us for the big race track in the sky as he would say. I met Ax at the Ascot raceway in Gardena Ca. in 1963. He was a very private person and it took a year before he really trusted me but we became the very best of friends that lasted until present. He was the first person that I knew to have a flow bench which is a testing device for measuring how much air you could get through a motorcycle head. The more air the more power and he was an absolute scientist at porting heads for more power. Everything he did was done in a very scientific way and he studied everything before he would do it. As I was building my own race engines and needed more power he was the best person for me to learn from and we spent literally thousands of hours together learning how to get more power from an engine. He taught me how to build race engines and was also good at frame design. Most of what I learned over the years came from Ax. The dyno sheets alone must have been in the hundreds. He always said that one day there would be a time to move on and he always called that special place The Big Race Track in the Sky. God speed Ax.

Mert Lawwill

9-2-09