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Read y for a S late Park mo to cross? A t Misso ur i's Finger Lak es Sta te Par k, t he Par k De pa rtment is pl anning a m ot o c r o s s to cele bra te its 50 th anniversary. Th e ACA road race set fo r Willow Springs, CA on A t-gust 18 has been ca n ce lie d. T hey 'll be run ni ng at Carlsbad A ugust 25. Pete St arr j us t called in with the latest " Bad Rock " TV bookings: WTAF. Philadelp hia. Pa, Aug . 18. i p .m . WRAI. Raleigh. :'\.C. Aug . 24 ,4:30 p.m. WNBG Birmingham. Ala . ept, I. 4:30 p. rn. KCST San Daegu. Ca. Sept. i, 4 :30 p. rn , Future bo o kings, Bo ston : Detroit; New Yor k: Portl an d. Or: Gr and Rap ids, :' Ii: Clarlo tte, N.C. If yo ur local stat ion isn 't doing it , ca ll 'em an d ask wh y no t. Bob Mauriello and the Sonny Routt double-Triumph took Top Fuel honors at the July 27·28 AMDRA/NHRA Nation a l Drag Championships at Columbus, Oh io . T .C. Christenson had set fast time at 8.80/148 with his double-Norton, but he unloaded after t he trap and all bu t destroyed h is Top Fueler. T .C. escaped with " no more" than a bad case of asphalt rash. Terry Vance (Honl took Top Fuel ; Son ny Routt (Tri ) won Junior Fuel; Jun ior Gas wen t to Eraldo Fer racc i (Hon l and Mike Bruso broke h is Nati onal reco rd on the way to Pro Stock honors. Th e sidecar rally told of in last week 's Poo p is n o t the traditiona l Griffith Park si decar rally. The genuine Doug Bingham affiliated rally will be in October, not Se pt ember. MOT OJ OU RNALI ST EMPLO YMENT AGEN CY: Out of the p rint world recently are Len Weed (ex of now defu nct Mode rn Cyde ); Bill Ocheltree (t ired of Mot orcyclist); T .C. Brow ne (rec up erati ng in Tah it i from t he effects of Cyc le Guide ) ; I van Waga r (burea ucrated out of Cyde Wor ld ); Dave Hetzler (crashed off Big Bike); Bob Braverman (ed itorially d irec ted away f rom def unct Cyde R ider) ; and Sam Moses (d own f rom the Cyde Guide mount ). Bye bye miss American rag. Gary Nix on J r. seem s to enjoy having his dad at home instead o f read ing abo ut him racing arou nd t he wo rld . Gary Nixon Sr., whil e he enjo ys spendin g time with his fa mily, will trad e yo u two ar m casts and a leg cast for a ticket to an ywhere. Pho to b y J ohn Waascr. BONNEVILLE SP EED WEEK : Bru ce Fl and er s rep or ts t hat ou t-o f-sta te pre-entries fo r the annual Salt Flat week ou tnu m ber Califo rnia en tries for th e first time in t he 26 yea r history o f Spee d Week. Highl ight ing the entry list is the st reamliner of Don Vesco . Vesco ap pea rs rea dy to br eak the m otorcy cle land sp eed record with t win- Yamaha TL700 four-eylinder s powering his oft run lin er. T he Aug ust 18-24 week will fea ture. fo r the first tim e, two courses . One for t he big n umbe r top en d entries and one for the slowpokes - our editor incl ude d. NOISE POLLUTION : The Oregon Department of Environmental Qual ity met on July 19 in Salem, Oregon and ad opted state ·w ide regu lations pertaining to noise pollution. Max imum noise levels for motorcycles were set at 86 db (A) for 1975 models; 83 db (A) for the 1976 model year; 80 dIJ (A) for 1977·78; and 75 db (A ) after 1978. After listen ing to strenuous object ions to the inclusion of off-road motorcycles by both the MIC and Oregon Motorcycle Dea lers Association; the powers that be included off-road bikes. A vas t . mo re s ha k e u p s i n t he mo te-jo urn alism wor ld ! Mike Curley, Edi to r of Motocross Ac tion Magazine, h a s ab ando ned H igh l y-Torqued Publica tio ns fo r a serene sea t as editor of th e Canadian Motorcycle Association Maga zin e. Yurpeen l\IX e xpert, general good guy, and super edi to r John Huetter has left Cycle News for th e world of free lan cing agai n . Engl ishman John DeFazio is test ing a center-hub steering conversion o n a BMW chassis that may see lim ited production. T he British pres s is highly enthusiast ic over its ha ndli ng q ualities. T ransportation Research Center, a pr ivat e faci lit y . has opene d ex tensive testi ng gro unds nea r East Liberty. Ohio. Shown recently to :\.\ IA officials, t he cen ter incl udes a crash simu la tor, high spe ed oval test track, ski d p ad, vehicle dy na mics pad , an d braking tes ti ng areas. Anyone in the ind ust ry interested in tes ting or reco rd attemp ts at TRC sho uld call Mr. J am es Leckro ne or J am es Beatty at 513/666-201 1. A caller noted for Papa that the Hopetown property (Si mi Valley, CA, site of the Hopetown Classic) is st ill not sold at an asking price of 53 million . Let 's see, for California's 1.5 million motorcycles, that's two bucks a head , cash money. Just a thought . . . Yes. as far as we know , the Second An nual Last Hopetown Classic is still on. Randy Riggs, Senior Ed itor of Cycle World, is form ing a motorcycle pre ss association. Among other . th ings, the group will work to put an end to the hassles photographers and reporte rs seem to always get when tryi ng to cover races. :nterested genuine moto-journal ist ' and photographers can contact Randy at Cycle Wor ld , 714/646-4455. Papa 's gonna join. TI, e ot he r shoe has dr opped fo r cho ppe r builders. now that t h e U.S. Veh icle Equipment Safety Co mmission has construct ion / a p p roved m i nimum equipment r e q u i r e rn e n t s for motorcycles. and the news is not all bad. There's no ban on modified machines or extended front en ds, allowable rake and trail covers a multitude of sins, and component bui lders won't be held liable un der law as manufacturers who produce an entire mo torc ycle. Thank the efforts of National Custom Cycle Safety Instit ute in thei r work wi th the Commission. Bultaco has done a sin gle production run of 1, 00 0 360cc Montju ich repli cas, the wo rld 's t ot al sup ply f or the durat ion . Lat ch onto one and it's like owning a proof set of rare co ins. Reader Bill R yer no tes, af te r rea din g the rec ycling pl ug in Papa 's co lumn, th a t San D iego , CA a rea bikers can drop o ff their tired old Cycle New s (or wha tever) in th e recy cling box at Cris is Hou se, 12 7 W. Main s r., EI Cajon, CA. Today , moto ne ws , t om orro w Northern QUIZ TIME : Grab a copy of the September issue of Cyde Guide and immed iately turn to page 42. Who's that slid ing that Ossa Phantom? Wrong. It 's Edd ie Mulder. America's favor ite stuntman , TT / Desert / Half-mile/ Mile and just about everyth ing else race r. Starting Augus t 7, Speedway fans who missed the Division TwofThree d o in 's at OCIR Wednesday nights can listen 10 a rundown of the happenings on a special tape, just by calling 714 /559-0580. Little kno w n fa ct: Theresa Martin, girt racer and stu nt lady, was banished f rom t he Brownies in he r ear ly y ea rs because , she was "such a hooligan." Roge r DeCo ster and Heikki Mikkola are still loc ked in a ba t tle fo r the World 500cc Cha mpionship. DeCoster won a t Belgiu m A ugus t 4, and no w th e fin al rou nd a t Lu xembo urg August I I will decide wh o will win . Results from the Belgium GP are in the Results Section . Full st ory next week. Hooray for bi kes! Let 's ge t 'em on TV! A nice star t wo uld be to write to Peter Diam ond, ABC , 1330 Aven ue of th e America s, NY, NY 1001 9 an d tell him yo u want to see some action. This week, let's ask fo r so me desert or grand prix action, eh ? GET YOUR MONEY : We owe these people money, but lack their addresses. Bob Bow, Sally Carpenter, R ic Delgado, Blain & Ma ry D ickson, Alex Giroux, A nd re Ney , Joh n Overton , Gary Sch mythe, Mike Slau ghter, Becky Warner, Les Zimmerma n. Pops Yosh im ura is no longer with Yoshimura Racing. In addition, all th e Yoshimura mechanics imported fro m Japan ha ve quit. and bikes carrying the Yosh imura red and white logo have become somewhat shorter lived lately. Sam my Mille r is still not 100% satisfied with Honda 's tri a ls engin e , but when he is, he'll likely put it int o a fra me of his own des ign, according t o good friend and neighbor Gordon Farley. Gordon seems pretty certain the Miller/Honda will not be based on the monoshock frame shown to the Briti sh press earlier. The Califo rnia trials troops are all going aro un d aski ng each ot he r , " Are yo u going to th e Ute Cup?" in ho pes of working o ut a shared ride. In sp ite of t he lon g mile age a nd high cos t o f gas, t he Augus t 1 7-18 Colorado event draw s a heavy crowd of "tourists" eac h year. Th e Baja Racing Association ha s wit hdrawn fr om p ro moti on of t he Baja 1000 off ro ad race , after sin king a mo nth 's work int o the course a nd ob ta ining pledges of over 575,000 in purse and cont ingen cies. Reas o n given is " We we re told to stop wo rk o n t he race until further notice" on July 15, with no word since th en . A CB Sport Special featuring th e Lagun a Seca National will be air ed August 18 . Check your local directory for times. The Champion Spark Plug Classic is return ing to Ontario th is year. Both Italian Giacomo Agostini and Finn Tuevo Lans ivouri have already signe d to ru n the AMA National. Bruce Penhall is making his retu rn to Speedway (after an injurious cr ash June 27) at Irw indale August 15 . Mic key Thomps on 's S.C.O .R.E . is still taking en tries fo r a Riversid e Raceway off-reader (set for September 28- 29 ), b ut not for lon g. The list is fill ing up th at fast. Separate events will be run for bike s and four-w heelers. Call (213) 4 37 ·0466 for details . Con trary to what Rex Reese re po rt ed in error las t wee k, Rich ard Mat a did not finis h his mot o af ter a hard cras h a t the DeAn za Do llarcross. Mat a is sti ll in serious co ndition in the Redlands, California Hosp ita l, Bloo d don ors are nee ded. Pierre Kar smakers stuffed h is han d int o his Yamaha's chain tryi ng to work a lo ose shift le ver back into place during th e KOI L motocross near Omah a , Nebraska August 4. He was treated fo r a badly chewed-up finger and released. Tiss ue! 3