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IN THE WIND By Pap_a_eal-i.-ey W KANSAS HARE SCRAMBUS ��� KORR C"ship Seri... .t��Ma 2-Hr. n. CALIFORNIA MINI ROAO RAC E April 2 H Green Acres Raceway, M .S. arion. Info 316/382-2915. KANSAS HARESCRAMBUS OREGON MOTOCROSS K SA. l��Man. 2��Hr. Wichita Jeeps M AMRRA. Adams. R iverside. Info 714/548��8429. CO LORAOO MOTOCROSS way. Ponland. lnf' 503 /620�� 1020. M XNW Series. Portland lnt'lRa ce- MI t. Wichita. Info 3161772-5364. KENTUCKYMO TOCROSS ��� SRAC Serie Erie Track. Erie. Info s. 303/988��7722. OElAWAREMOTOCROSS O��71First State Racing. Delaware State Fairg rounds. Harrington. Info . April 3 Adv enturespo ns. Bluegrass MX. Bardstown. Info 5021'13 7��7433 or 833��2706. NTUCKY MOTOCRO SS KE KTMXA. State Line MX. Mu . rray Info 5021759 -' 588. MARYLANO HAR ESCRAMB L��S AMA/0��7. Budd' Creek MX. Budd' C reek. Info 301/ 475��2000. MASSAC HUSmS MOTOCRO SS NE C'ship Seres. Midd SC i leboro. Info 4 131772��0685 . MISSISSIPPI EN O URO 3021678��2440. GEORGIA SUPE RCROSS CALIFORNIA SHORT TRACKm Whitesburg M Whitesburg. Inl X, o BRA. B sfield Raceway. Ba aker kers- 404/ 920��8004. ILLI OIS SWAP MEET N J & P Promotions. 11th Annual MI field Inf' 805 /399 -7877. . CALI ORNIA STAOIUMCROSS F ��� CMC. Sacramento Raceway. Sacra- C Parts Extravaganza. Will County Fairgrounds. Pecten Into 319/ 462�� e. menlD. InlD 916/ 363-2653 " 363�� 2645. ALIFORNIA SPE EDW AY C 6011. KE NTUC MOTOCROSS KY ��� International Speedway. Orange County Fairgrounds. Costa Mesa. Into 714/49 2-9933. TEXAS MOTOCROSS AMA/SERA. Masterli nks camp- ground. Wiggins. Info 601/928- Mosier Valley M XPark. Euless. Info 4049. NEVAOA MO TOCROSS 81 7154 0-0815. ��� CM C /On Trae Events. Silver State April 4 MX.Carson C Info 702l B83��6111 ity. or 267��4392. NEW YORK MOTOCROSS CALIFORNIA GRANO PRIX Diam ondback Moto cross. Inc. D ��37/Calitorni a Tr Rides. 500 ail U SGP Dual Sport R ide. Glen Helen OHV Park. San Bernardino. In 714/ fo Mo dena. Info 914/56 5��365 1. NORTH CAROLINA MOTOCROSS AMA/ 0��13/Elizabeth C MC ity . Compet tion Part Elizabeth City. Info i 919/335��5489. NO RTH CAROLINA MOTOCROSS 846��1241. CALIFORNIA MOTOCROSS ��� 6Ft Super Sat. Perris Raceway. Perris.lnl07 141788��5853. C ALIFO R MO CROSS NIA TO AMA / Caro lina Spring .Series. Devil's Ridge MX. Sanford. Info 919/ ��� CMC. R iverfront Park. Marysville. 776��2412. NORTH CAROLINA E URO NO SETRA C'ship Senes /UnifuutTrail- Inf, 916/ 695��2727. CALIFORNIA MO ROSS TOC bike Club. Brown Mountain. lenoir. Carlsbad. lnte 619 / 4B4��1441. C O IA MOTO C ALIF RN ROSS ��� Racing Ent. C arlsbad Raceway. Inf' 704/872-1 B20. O MOTOCROSS HIO B Guy Promotions. Huron Cycle ig CR . Malv Sport Park. Malvem. A ern Par , Huron. Inf' 209/945��3106 . k Inf, 216/262��4945 . OHIO HARE SCRAMBLE eRA Spring Series. Meadowlarks FLORIOA MOTOCROSS ��� ProSpon, USA. Oriand' MX Park. Orland'. Inf, 4071333-2356. FLORIOA MOTOCROSS Me c1ubgrounds Amherst. Info 216/ . ' 988��9100 or 235-9524 . O KLAHOMA MOTOCROSS Winter Series Round #7. M01orcyere Raceway. O klahoma City. Inlo 405 /75 1-6616. O KlAHOMA C ROSS COUNTRY Oade CityRaceway. O C Info ade ity. BI 3/ 986��4950. KENTUCKY SHO T TRACK R Paducah Oirt Riders. Inc. Paducah. Inl, 5021444��6438. NORTH CARO LINA MOTO CROSS O CCRA Series. Draper lake. O kla- Ea Bend Speedway. E Bend. st ast hcma C Inf, 405/632 -3370. ity. lnto 919 /699��3629. O REGON GRANOPRIX OKLAHOMA MO TOCROSS MX WSeries. TillamookSXTrack. N RBH . Motorcytle Raceway. Ilkla- Tillamaa Inf, 503 /B 42��7419. k. PENNSYLVA SWAP MEET NIA J & P Promotions. 4th Annual MI hnma City. lnf, 405 1751��66 16. C Pans Extravaganza. Farm Show C omplex. Harrisburtl. Info 319/ 462- 615/573 -5425" 986�� 1617. TENNESSEE MOTO CROSS 1 ��40 M Park. lenoir City. Info X 6011 . . PENNSYLVANIA HARESCRAM BLES April 4-5 AMA/0 -5. Spring Series. Flyi ng Dutchmen MC. Pine Gr ve. Info 7171 o 345-6340 or 345-8918. C ALIFO RNIA H LC IL LIMB State C'ship H Carnegie SVRA .C. Park. Tracy/livermore. In 510/ fo SO UTH CAROLINA MOTOCROSS FMC M XSeries. law Country MX. Hardeeville. In 904/3 99-0213. to 455�� 1318" 209/ B35��338 1. FLO RIOA MOTO ROSS C SO UTH CAROLINA SU PER ROSS C Riv erside Slt Marietta Info 8031 . 836��6B55 or 836��8900. TENNESSEEMOTOCROSS Spring Series. Rough Country MX. Henderson. Into 502/ 521��7884 or / 8121897 ��3800. KE NTUC KYMOTOCROSS AMA. Season Opener. Daniel Boone MX Park, london. Int 6061 o . 52B -0130. KENTUC MOTO KY CROSS Pendleton County MI C Park. Gardnersv ille.ln f, 606/ 472-3442. MARYLANO HAR ESCRAMBLES Antietam Motorcycle Clu b. Hagerstcwn. fntn 3011797��8686. MASSAC HUSmS MOTOCROSS NESC C's hip Series Southwick . . Info 413/ 772��0685. MICHIGAN SWAP MEET Giant MIC Swap Meet. G rand C enter. Grand Rapids. Info 616/ 9410815. MISSOURI HARE SCRAM8L S E MO H.S. C ship Series. Ozark ' Mountain R acing. C ollins. Inlo 417/ B65��5127 . NEW YORK MOTOCROSS AMA/D��3. Broome-Tioga Sports Center. Binghamton. Info 60116484997 or 849-961 5. OHIO HARE SC AMBLES R Silverdome Series. Delta MolarSports Pari. O ta. Inf, 419 /666 -8413 or . el 822��3286. O HIOMOTOCROSS CRA Spring Series. Malvern M ota Spo Park, Malvern. lnto 216126 2�� rt 4945 . OHIO HARESCRAM8LE C A Spring Series/P rotter PromoR tion Cable Creek.Toronto. Into 21 6/ s. 53B ��2220. PENNSYLVANIA HARESC RAMBLE S AMA/0 -6. Flying Ilutrhmen MC. Pine G . Info 717/ 345��6340 or rove 345 ��B918. PENNSYLVANIA MO TOCROSS AMA/0 ��5. Steel City USA. Oel�� m'lIl. Inl' 304 /594�� 1157. PENNSYLVANIA MOTOCROSS AMA/D��6. Hurricane H s Sports ill Center. Cliff'rd. Inl, 7171222��9290. TENNESSEEMOTOCROSS 904 /39 9-0213. OREGON RO AOR ACE AMA /Victory Sports. Tri-State C'ship Series. Hidden Acres M . X K ingspon. Info 6151245-4919 or OMRR A Series. Portland lnt'I R aceway. Portland. Info 50312211487 . TEXAS ROAO RACE 5497. TENNESSEE HARESCRAMBLES AMAI Wi, eco I Vamaha I Yo ko�� CMRA Series. Texas World Speedway. C ollege Station. Info 1��800��423- hama GNCC Series. loretta . lynn Ranch. Hurricane Mills. lnlo 304l " 8736 " 713 /3 42-9032. 594��11 57. TEXAS MO TOCROSS April 5 Burleson MX Park. Burleson. Info 817/ 295�� 1760 or 295-8908. ALA8AMA MOTO ROSS C County line Raceway. Be ssemer. WASHINGTON MOTOCROSS Squisher R acing. H Rapids ORV orn Info 205/477-68 48. C ALIFORNIA ROUGH SCRAMBLES Park. R ichland Info 509/8 37-3595. . WASHINGTO G ANOPRIX N R ��� AMA/D-36/ Abnormal Promotions. Stockton Fairgrounds. Stockton. lnlo M XNW Series. Wa shougal MX. Wash,ugal. Inf, 503/ 673-1671. WISCONSIN SWAP MEET J & P Prom otions. 11th AnnualMI 209/B38��3200. . CALIFOR MOTOCROSS NIA ��� Moto We Weekendof C st/ hampions Series. Holli ster Hills GP Track. 323 ��5497. TENNESSEE MOTOCROSS KTMX Assn. T-N��TMXPark. M . ilan Info 901 /9 87-3029. TEN NESS EE MOTO CROSS Christiana Raceway. Christiana. Inf' 615/8 96-3245. TEXAS C ROSS C OUNTRY Texas C ross Country Racin g A ssn. Flying P C ycle Ranch. Weatherford. Inf' 2141790�� 1221. WASHIN GTON SC AM8LES R Woodland M XPark.Woodland. Info 503/667 -570 1. WASHIN GTON ENOURO NMA Enduro Series. Sparkplug En duro. Bremerton Cruisers MC. Bellfair. 206/275��6344. WASHING N MOTOCROSS TO C Pans Pans Extr avaganza. Dane County Expo Center. Madison. Info Hellister. lnte 4081238��B20B,,637�� M XNW Series. Washougal MX Track. Washougal. Info 503/ 673- 319/ 462-601 1. 2073. 1671 . ------------------~------------, FREE CALENDAR LISTING Calendar listings are a free service. Type or legibly print all the information asked for below and mail alendat listings cannot be accepted to Cycle News Calendar. P.O. Bo' 49B. long Beach. CA 90801��0498. C overthe phone; we mus have a complete C t alendarlisting form. E vent date: _ Type of event: _ E vent sanction/promoter/ sponsoring club: _ Location of event: -.., CityITown: Phone number '''"' ... ""',' Your name: -''''- -'- --'- rac ing gear. But alo ng with his new helm et , gloves and leathers, Pegram spo rted only one new boot. On his right foot was an ol d, dingy, blue boot. " It 's my favori te boo tl I' ve worn it for years," sa id Pegram. " No matter what I do, I can' t ge t a new o ne to feel as good on the brake peda l." A number of motocrossers shed their riding gear after the Daytona Supercross by H on da an d dro ve over to Mun icipal Stadium to spec tate at th e Dayton a Short Track on Saturday , March 7. Amo ng the motocrossers on hand were Damon B r adshaw , Guy Cooper, J eff Stanton and Brian Swink. " I love this stu ff! Short track used to be an even t at the Flor ida Wimer Olymp ics," said Brad shaw. "I used to have a Yamaha YZ80 set up j ust like that , I' d like to get out there and try it o n a real dirt tracker some tim e." Like Bradshaw, Coo per has a ' Iittle dirt trackin g experience under hi s belt. " I raced a Ho nd a CR500 DTX bike a few years bac k and it was a blast," said Cooper, wh o came to cheer for hi s fellow O klaho ma n Ronnie J one s . " Right now, I pl ay around o n a Suzuki RMX250 DTX bike th at was a Cycl e News proj ect bike." Sunset Ramblers Me. Galion. Into 4 19/468��7228 or 683-3102. O MOTOCROSS HIO AMA/0 -12 & 14/ G lass C MC. ity AMA .lorenalynn's Area Qualifier. MX of Marion C ounty. R eddick. Inlo AMA Southeaste rn Regional C's hip. M ega Seri s. Muddy Creek e R acew Blountville. Into 615/ 323ay. Con tinued from page 4 State: --'- _ _ _ ----------~-------------------_. Appro ximat ely 30 riders turne d o u t for the March 29 me morial trail ride for A I Baker, Jr., who passed away o n Februar y 9. Most of th e participant s were close friends and emp loyees of Baker's bu siness. XR 's O n ly, that is now being run by his father, The 40mil e ride took p lace a t Baker' s Silver . Lakes Ran ch in H elendal e, Ca liforn ia. Husaberg A merica is seeking a few q ualified rid ers to' co mpete in th e World Fo ur-Stro ke Classic race at th e o pe ning ro und o f the Wor ld Ch am pi onship 500cc MX Series at G len Hel en OHV Park in San Bern ardino, Ca lifornia, Ap ril 5. Husab erg will pro vide th e race bikes fre e of charge . For more inform ati on, ca ll Greg Sur dy ke a t 314/93 7-9166. According to Dan White of White Bros., th ey, too , are lookin g for riders to compe te in th e World Four-Stroke Classic. Wh ite Bros. plans o n fieldin g a Iour-rnan team but has o n ly two confirmed rid ers: Greg Zitterkopf and Joe Waddington. Zitterkopf wi ll ride a Husqvarna an d Waddington is cu rren tly sched uled to ride a KTM. One rid er Wh ite Bros. ha s talk ed to and is hoping to sig n is form er 125cc . N ati on al MX Ch ampi on Ron Lechien. If you' re inte rested in a possib le Whi te Bros. team ride, ca ll 714/ 554-9442. KTM Am erica and Ten nessee area dea lers are hosting a KTM Rider T ech Semina r in H urrican e Mills, T ennessee, Sa tur day , Mar ch 28, in conj unc tio n wi th Sunday's ope n ing ro und of the AMA Nat ion al Cham- . pions hi p Har e Scra mbles and Cro ss Coun try Series a t L oretta L ynn 's Ranch. On hand will be KTM factory o ff-roa d rid er s N ati on a l Endu ro Cham p io n J eff Rus s ell and former Nati onal Har e Scra mbles Ch ampion S c o tt Ple s singer, as well as KTM Ameri ca presiden t Rod Bush, and KTM L echn ical reps M ike Ros so and Tom Komar. T he event will get underway at5 p. m. at th e sig n- up area . Th e S cot H a rd en /Tom Moen (KT M) team 'scored the overa ll and VeL class win at the Fudpucker Racin g T eam 's (FTR) Team 200 Desert Race in Plaster Cit y, California, March 8. . J o e y Lane and T r o y Pearce (Ka w/ _ Yam) was the runner-up and 250cc class winning team, while Dewey Belew and Bill Adsit (Ka'w/ KTM) fin ished third overall and first p lace in the Open class . . National Hare & H ound Champion Danny Hamel (Kaw) was the overall and Open class winner a t the Invaders' Saucer Ru n Hare & Ho und in Lucerne Vall ey, March 8. Ham el fi n is hed approxima tely six minu tes ahead of th e runn er -up T y Davis (AT K). Rounding o u t the L five were Dave Op Ondas (Kaw ), 250cc cl ass winner Jimm y Lewis (KT M) a nd John Rudder (AT K). Motorsports budget cutbacks at the RJ. R e ynolds Tobacco Company ha ve brought a few cha ngesi n 1992. The company has sto pped advert ising th e race ser ies spo nsored by th eir Ca mel brand in motor sport p ublications. Wh ile the year-end point fun ds in the Camel Supercross and Came l Pro series have remain ed the same , the Ca me l Ch all en ge purses at . th e Nat ional dirt track events have been reduced from $17,500 to $ 10,000 . the same amount that the winner of the five-lap dash -for-cash used to win . All o f th e revi sed Ca m el C ha lle nge rewa rds are half of wh at th ey used to be, th e winner is now presented with a chec k for $5000, ra ther th an S10,000 as in the past. Ethan Goodrich, from Brooktondale, New York, broke vert ebrae in h is neck an d back when he cras hed -wh ile trying to pass a slower rider at the March 5 Alli gator Enduro. Goodrich , 23, is paralyzed fro m the waist down a n d is cu r ren tly list ed in serio u s co n di tio n at th e H a lifax Medica l Center in Daytona ��Beach , Florida. According to a close frie nd, Goodrich is in " good spir its," and will undergo surgery March II. A trust fund ha s been set up wi th the Tompkins County Trust Compa ny (Etha n S. Goodri ch Fund, P.O. Box 460, Ithaca, NY, 14851 ). For more inform ation call 607/ 273��3210. Form er Nat ion a l Hare Sc ra m b les Cham pion Mark H yde ha s officia lly sig ned o n wi th T eam Suzuki OffRoad . In add iri on to o verseei ng Suzu ki's race and develo pemen t work o n the com pa ny 's line of DR fourstro ke off-roa d mod els, H yde, a lo ng wi th teammat es Jan Hrehor a nd D a v e B e r tram, will com pe te in selected Na tio n a l En d uro, H a re Scrambles, Cross Country and ISDE Qualifier .event s on th e DR 350 fourstro ke, whi le Randy Hawkins and S t e v e Hatch will still focus' their a tten tio n o n th e Nat io nal End uro and ISD E Q ua lifiers o n the RMX250 twostroke mo dels. Accordi ng to J ohnn y Sa mpson o f Mojave Advent ures, th e March 21��22 Pion e ertown 250 Dual Sport R ide has been canceled. Sam pso n said th at th e necessar y BLM permits ' could not be obtained in time. Dirt tracker ' Billy H erndon cras hed in h is heat race at the March 7 Daytona Sh ort T rack and su ffered torn ligaments in hi s rig ht kn ee. H erndon returned hom e to Fort Worth, Texas , a fter bein g relea sed from H al ifax Medical Center o n March 8, and is waiting to see an ort ho pedic spec ia list. "There's a coup le of th ings definitely torn in th ere - wh en they took my boot off a t th e ho spital, the lower part of my leg started to go with it," said H erndon. "They weren 't sure exactly how much damage I did, I g uess I' ll find o u t when I see the doctor. " Cards a nd letters may be sent "to H erndon at 4000 River Birch Dr., Fort Wo rth , TX 76i 37. --- 61

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