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Sandak Racin g Assn: Elsinore D-37 point run schedule d for March 2 rescheduled for March 16. Semi-Pro $3 00 pu rse. Reschedule d because of Asco t Pro TT on March 2. The National Motocross Assn_ has an opening for a top Women's Division MXer on a racing tour of Europe in May. Rider must provide her own transportation there and home, and spending money. A Bultaco 125 will be sponsored. NMA phone number is (913) 626-3575. Jeff Smith and his Can-Am Competition Sehool heads west and will hit San Pedro, California May 5, Merced May 11-1 2, Goleta May 16, San Luis Obispo May 17, and Sunnyvale May 24-25. Any rider may enroll in the one -day sessions for S I 0 each at local Can-Am dealers. A series of motor-drive pix showed that Jim Odom's handlebar and clutch lever came afoul of Dave Aldana's fork leg as Jim got int o the marbles at Houston. With this evidence, the AMA appeal board revoked Aldana's suspension, re-instating his points and prize money from the event. Suzuki's cash rebat e program will run through April 30. U.S. Suzuki will make the rebate directly to the purchaser o f a new (1975) GT 750, GT 550 or GT 380, providing the bike is bought fro m an authorized Suzuki dealer. Make yo ur own deal on the bike, this does not affect the size of the rebate. Larry Langley is NOT a member of the Sylmar Squids. Dave Thorpe, in his fITSt international ride since signing with Bultaco, won the cham pionship season opener (Th e Hurst Cup , near Belfast, Ireland) with a record low nine point score. He was clean the entire first loop. his rear tire shredded. Th e young Britisher underwen t surgery on Monday morning and is in in tensiv e care at the Halifax Medical Center in Daytona. Suzu ki flew Billy Gross i bac k to Flo rida from the Dallas Super Ser ies MX last Saturday in ho pes that "Sugar Bear" would clinch the 250ce class series t itle in the Orlando rou nd of the Florida Winter-Am MX series. Their effort paid off as Gross i did just that . In case you missed the "Hangover MX" at Valley , be it known that as of February 15 Mike Hannon (Westem Bultaco rep and 0-37 No. One MXerl and Teresa Martin (Lovely race reporter and riding inst ruct or.) became, as t hey say, hitched. Congratulations, you two. 2 Suzuki's Barry Sheene was severely injured at Daytona on Friday during a test session. Th e 1974 Formula 750 champ suffered a broken left leg, collarbone, rib, and wrist fractures in a 170 mph get-off at the start-finish when Scholastic Assn. of Motorsport has a major high school team MX set fo r May, 197 5. Qualifiers start March 15 and info comes from S.A.M., (2 13) 321 -8859. Though Cycle News reported Ron Pierc e the 125 GP winn er at a Februa ry 23 AFM road race , and Jim Doyle unleased a press release declaring his protege Randy Mamol a th e winner afte r Pierce was disqualified, th e truth is, th e results of th at race are still under protest. Not that Rand y 's achievement is diminished. Not everybod y finishes second to Pierce first time out. Legislative Analyst Rob Rasor rep resented AMA members at the unif orm traffic law session February 27 which discussed dropping the federal blackmail over the helmet law. AMA is against mandatory helmet laws. Intercontinental Lubricants Corp. (Spectro Oil and Dixon products) is the doll ar forc e behind National Number 15 Mike Gerald. Mike's "Ragin' Cajun " T-shirts are available for $3.50 from Box 208, Brookfield, Connecticut 06804. The Conejo Valley Trailriders sent $60 from t heir coffee kitty to M.O.R.E. even though the club treasury stood at on ly about $150. Kawasak i (the man , not the bike) and Romero crashed in practice for Daytona, bending their factory TZ700s, but walking away still fit to ride the 200. Business Communications Co. pr edicts th at motor cycle sales in the U.S. will reach $8,400,000 ,000 annual value by 198 2. That 's an annual growth rate of 15.4 % per year. Sounds right to us. Egon Muller, a West Germ an rock star who likes to tr avel ab roa d to avoid mobs of screaming females , is also world lon g tra ck speed way ch ampion. He will repl ace And ers Michanek on the "World" side for th e comi ng West Coast test match series. It 's pretty sticky when yo u get a call from a Little League father an d th e "kid" is 30 years old. Papa picks Kenny over Ago. The Lame Camel picks Burritto. Credit Motor Cycle News, the Engl ish weekly, for the pictures of the Aermacchi Harley and the MV on this page in issue No. Eight. I Harry Everts (Puc) seems to be everybody's choice for th e 250 world championship th is year. Harry "will probably get mo st of his trouble from Falta (CZI. I am putting my money on Harry. Dirt Factory says th e heck with Jim Fox, we are going to win Hangtown, with the world's fastest Penton (engine by Carl Cranke) and rider Ronnie Knarr fresh fro m Rolf Tibblin's body builder. Looking for a flywheel weight for your reluctant trials bike? In the SoCa l area , Lynn Barnes has them for Suzukis, B & B makes them for Yamahas, and Man Pritchard has a set on his Kawasak i KT250 , source unknown. Honda has a little-known lighting kit for TL 125s, includes flywheel, coil, switches, wire harness for $73 list. The Rosemead (Calif. ) City Recreation Department is sponsoring a mo tocross at their Motor Bike Park March 16 . Check our Calendar. Fairway Yamaha of Placentia, California will be sponsoring ex-rnotocrosser Bill Conroy on a 400 monoshocker in the Open class cross-country biggies. Anaheim Hi-Siders M.C. has just formed a Women 's Division for lad ies who are serious about desert racing and club participation. Call Patti Jo Frank at (714 ) 870:0230. Motorcycle Mirror, a badly planned and poorly executed little newspaper out of New York has suspended publication . Should Cycle News Ann iversary Issue? do a Tenth Th e 1975 Hus ky MX team includes Bill Clemen ts on the 250 and Mark Blackwell on the 360 GP. Bob Grossi and Mickey Quade will contest cross -country races and also teach at the Husqvarna Motocross School. Steve Gresham has signed with the British League Newport team and is leaving for the island t his week, to begin the 1975 league speedway season there. At the same Irish championship round, bubbles in the oil injecti on destroyed Mick Andrews' Yamaha, and Sammy Miller, attempting a comeback on a Honda, retired with gearbox failure. There will be a new Greeves 380cc Enduro next year , according to "home islands" sources. Dunlop will launch a KR106 range of slick road racing tires for 125-250cc machines, cast in 484 compound. As Dunlop anno unce their new slick tire line , the British ACU puts a ban on slick tires (logical, considering English weather). AMA approaches the prob lem by banning road races in the rain. How about it, scratchers? Who's right?? Sonny Nutter says " Americans will beat Europeans" at the March 7 Costa Mesa intemational test match. World Champion Ande rs Michanek says " EurOPeans will beat Ame rican s." Maybe. Anders Michanek has a broken leg. Hmmm. Bob Crossman, AFM 350 Production Champion in 1972 and generally fast guy the rest of the time, was recently injured while riding in one of those dangerous four-wheeled co ntraptions. A passenger in a Volkswagen. Crossman suffered a fractured hip when a Belchfire Eight attempted to sit on his lap by forcing its way through the side of the car . He11 be out of racing for at least three months. That wasn 't Philipe DeLespinay in the photo that ran with our " FM Riverside A road race coverage. SoCaI 's American Trials Association may be on the verge of going from three to fo ur skill classes. NorCaI 's P.I.T.S. already ru ns "A" an d HB" No vice classes to accom modate broad d ifferences in beginning rider skill. Don't laugh. Expert trials sections are getting nasty enough that a Novice could get killed in them, and even the Amateurs are developing fuzzy cojones to stay competitive.