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; III III: ~ t >n TH r-... C"l ....... >n ....... .:- 0- "E L.toeTCR. -< Both th e Baja 500 and 1000 courses are superi mposed on this map fr om the folks at S.C.O.R.E. Though the drawi ng is past, entries are st ill open for the AC-Delco Baja 500 and w ill remain open unt il the day bef ore the event. Posted cont ingencies amount to $20,000 so far, pl us a 50% . payback of the entry in class t o each class win ner. There w il l be three motor cycle classes: 0-125cc, 126-250 cc, 25 1co-Open. Call S.C.O. R.E. Headquarters (213) 437-0466 fo r ent ry inf o. It looks like the Sacramento mile is on the way back. The State Fair board has just given the final approval for the return of motorcycles to the Cal Expo fair grounds. They have already received bids for the event from AI Lower, J .C. Agajan ian, Gary Murphy , Mike Goodwin and Jim Denny. The race is scheduled for sometime between May and July. Americans fo r the Sco tt ish Six Days Trial? Lane Leavitt's an almost sure bet to go over, no word yet o n sponsored Eas te rners like Don Sweet, or o n th e SoCal ATA crew. Buddy Elmore, winner of the 1966 Daytona 200, was killed in a street bike accident near his EI Paso, Texas home on Apri I fourth. Condolences to Buddy's wife Ellen and daughter Kathleen. An y body wh o was ripped off fo r en try to fa ke .. Escondido Grand Prix " slated March 22-23 , please call Gary Pesselt , (2 13) 345-5049. Th ey won 't need to go t o c o u r t o r a nything heavy , but evide nce o f o th er vic tims is needed to get th e Post Office and local bunko sq uad ho t o n the case. Sounds like Dick Mann is into cross country, too, having set up the course for the D-36 Grizzly Bear Run, set for April 20 out of Foutts Springs, near Maxwell, California. Following t he Lopez Basin stalemate, aut horities are examining sites in Mint Canyon, Bou qu et Canyon, and Go rm an fo r a Los Angeles Coun ty Green Stickie park. Want to know why the Sierra Club knows of land use meetings and we often do not? Sometimes it's our own fault, for fail ing to get on the proper mail ing lists. Write either BLM, Federal Office Build ing, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825 or U.S. Forest Service, 630 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 94111 . Ask that you (or your club) be put on the mailing list for all land-use plans, meetings, or proposals. 2 A dis pute over the lega lity (as pe r A~ IA rul es, interp retatio n questionable) of road rider act ivity by a few District 36 clubs th at host both road an d d irt fu nctions, erup te d into a gen uine flo o r r o w at a recent 0-36 Competition CAMALU Committe e m eeting , rai sing doub ts as to whether th e ro ad an d dirt sides of th e dis trict co u ld continu e to c o- e x is t w ith eac h other. Pap a's com me n t: can the dir t a n d r o a d f a ct i on s o f a n y mot orcy cl ing body affo rd n o t to exist in har mony to day ? E IKbSARJO Johnny Cecotto (Yam ). w ith the ink barely dry after h is Daytona bl itz , won both the 250cc and 350cc races at the F re nch GP during Easter weekend, blowing away the like s of Ago , Read , and Villa. Look out! Gianfranco Boncru, Phil Read's ~IV tea m ma te, b ro ke his leg a t a ~l oden a , I tal y meeting, missing o ut on th e French roun d. The American team declined an offer of extra practice time at Mallory Park before the Anglo-American match races, choosing to "rest in London, instead," according to the British press. Rest? Aldana and Romero? In London? Hoo, boy are those Engl ish tongue-in-cheek! A new t rac k is added to the S RA (No rth ) circuit as San J ose's Santa Clara County . Fairgrounds opens a season o f Thursday night speedway on a n ew 29 3 yard cinder track April 24. According to AMA, Husqvarna has withdrawn its factory-supported effort to field an American Silver Vase team for the ISDT, citing the firm's des ire to channel its energies in other, unspecified directions. Unli ke past ye ars, eac h nation will be allo wed only one Vase te am a t th e Isle o r Man ru nning of t he ISDT in Oct ober. Spec ial tests the first five days will be m o tocross ra ces . and th e fina l test wi ll be three laps of th e 5 .2 3 kilome ter Parkfield road race ci rcuit. a return to tarmac special tests after two years ' absence. co ntingenci es. To p indiv idu al earner was 500cc points cha mpio n St eve St ac kable with $77 10 for the three rounds. Fremont Raceway, Fremont, California opens its season 's schedule with Wednesday night D-36 sportsman short track beginning April 16. Entries are open to all 0.36 licensed riders ages seven and up, minis through 360cc. Deadline for rule-change proposals to affect 1976 AMA professional road racing is April 15. Suggestions can be sent directly to AMA or submitted through a committee member. Kenny Roberts and Gene Romero are on the committee as well as dirt tracker Corky Keener, tuner Kel Carruthers, and H-D's Dick O'Brien. General Man ager J e rf J a mes wrote us, "Ru mors .to t he co nt rary, OC IR (Irvine , Califo rn ia ) is going strong with A~IC F riday nigh t J\IX, II S ~IX qu a lifiers S a t u rday nigh ts, and pr actice each Wed nesday an d Th ursd ay 3 to 10 p .m . .. You te ll them rumo rmongers whut fer ... .. OK, what fer, you guys. Che ck th e Calendar Ior more info. Ride rs ha uled off $ 72 ,4 0 0 from th e t h r e c -race Yamaha Super Series of U.S. Senator Alan Cranston ID-Calif.1 is answering his ma il conscientiously, but still seems determined to go ahead with Moto cr os s in pur ses. p rizes. and his bills to add to the wilderness areas in the California desert. Oly Beer is ba ck as a m ajor sponsor of th e Oly Superbowl of Mo tocro ss IV, July 19 Any high school that is interested in setting up their own MX program can contact Dan Skahill at 540-RACE for more information . FREE FREE F REE !!! Spectacular race m ovies of h ikes , buggies and dun ecycles . Clyde Ea rl wi ll be showing th ese films at th e i Beer Cellar in ~I onr o vi a on the 9th or Ap ril at 8 p .rn, The add ress is 942 West Footh ill Boul eva rd . No t rea lly for th e kids. Cycle News ' Central Edition is offering free want ad s, while they last. Send yours to Box 13245, Austin, Texas 78711 . Limit 25 words.