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Ake Jonsson and Hakan Andersson will ride the 1974 Trans AMA series fo r Yam aha , along wit h Pie re Kars ma k ers and Ti m Har t . Mike Hartwig has ret urn ed to Husqvarna . Norstar has provided ten pairs of th eir MX boots to winners in the September 5 high schoo l MX su mmer series fin al at Sadd leba ck's Raceway (formerly OC IR) . Yamaha's press preview of their 1975 models wasn 't bad at all. They're making a sincere effort to establish an honest relationship with the pub lic through the motorcycle media. No non-bike flakes were invited, either. EPA uncertainties have induced Yamaha to redesign its twi n rotor rotary in order to avoid "ad on" stuff need ed to pass new EPA standards. The same thing has spurred Yamaha into the four st roke business, and they expect a whole batch of the four cycles in this country in coming years. "By 1980 it will be virtually impo ssible to bu ild two stroke street bikes meeting EPA standards in this country" said one spokesman. Doyle Disbennett (BSA) won the AMA Class A National Hillclimb at Muskegon, Michiga n eclipsing defend ing Champion Terry Kin zer 's (Tri) :05.733 lat e in the day with a :05.614 second ru n at the 350 foot san dy hill. 2 Triumphs f or export are ro lling off the line at Meriden , now that the workers' cooperative there has a five-million pound loan guarantee from the British government allowing the workers to buy plan t and inventory fr o m Norton·Villiers ·Triumph. ' Look for some multis fro m Yamaha next year, around 650·750 cc range. A CHP spo kesman suggest ed Papa carry a bunch of race entry forms with him when transporting his race bike, to prove to The Man that he really is entitled to a California Green Stickie exemption. The British press was suitably impressed with Suzuki's RL-250 trials bikes, now ar riving i n quanti ty over there. However, they did fin d Suz uki's name for th e br eake rless CDI: "Pointless Electronic Ig n itio n" .. . rat her pointless. AFM is considering another two day road race meeting at Ontario, possibly the weekend of November 9-10 or November 16-17. There isn't any mo re Yamaha TX 750. A comp letely new mod el to replace it will be introduced in 19 76. "Well, I'd been warned about the size of your tiny American tracks, but I just couldn't believe it when we arr ived at Ventura Speedway - the track looked about as big around as a bloody w as teb ask et l " Two-t ime world speedway champion Ronnie Moore of New Zealand put it that way· after making h is American debut at the Ventura County Fairgrounds track. Scott Autrey made it through the Anglo/American/Nordic Speedway cha mpionship round , qua lifying seventh Overa ll. In o ne heat he finished second to Overall winner Ole Olsso n (Denmark) an d in another to fo rmer World Champion Ivan Mauger. Next ro und is in England on a relatively short track, which is very much to Scott 's liking. No more energy cr isis means the Mint 400 is back on for March 16-19, 1975 with a $100,000 guaranteed purse. More info from Race HQ, Box 2160, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 . September 1 is the fi ling deadlin e to app ly for a n AMA 19 75 national or international motocross sanction. More on that pro motocross league. Interested riders should send a resume of thei r racing record to National Professional Motocross League, P.O. Box 594, Cornwells Heights, PA 19020. So far, riders' choice is open as to the team t hey 'll ride for.