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Cleveland Nat'l Forest. Bikers who want to serve on ORV planning work groups should contact Forest Superv isor Donald H. Smith, 3211 ·5th Ave., San Diego , CA 92103 by June 2 . Th is means you, if you ride the area and don't want to be shut out. Out o f $7 mill ion in hi ghway safety money th e Feds funded for th e Stat e of Iowa (subjec t to blackmail, o f co urse), about six-tenths o f one p er c ent was earmarked fo r m otorcy cle safety p rogram s. Nea t, h uh? West German Dieter Braun, w ho finished second to Giacomo Agostin i in last year's 350cc World Championship battle, is giving fou r wheeled raci ng a go. Braun is racing a March in Formula 2 events, just a step below the elite competition of the Formula 1 GP ci rcuit. Mike " Th e Bike" Hailwood and John Surtees were the last motorcycl ists to make a successfu l conversion. In preparation for a world title round bid in 1976 the Brazilian Federation will hold a th ree day mee tin g in October (exact date to be set) at th e Gioian a Circuit near Brasilia in central Brazil. The event will pay app roxi mately $50,000 in p urse m on ies with a first prize of over $9,00 0. The tentative program for the 350cc "celebrity event" will be three 36 mile legs run on each of three da ys using a points per leg scoring system to determine an overall winner. Kenny Roberts, Gene Romero, John Cecotto, Walter Villa , Ken t Andersson and other world class riders are said to already have signed contracts. Gary Fischer has been doing development work on the H arley ·Davidson 2505 for the Milwaukee factory . He'll ride one both in club races on the east coast and at the Lagu na Seca National, providing "money talks" work out. So fa r, all his work has been on a "freebie" basis, which he likes not at all . Ron Pierce working for th e factory team to improve the Kawas aki 250 's power band ("!t's a little too narrow, and if you're not car efu l, you get yourself off the power band real easy ."), views Yamaha's Kenny Roberts and Harley-Davidson's "maybe" Gary Fischer as his chief co m pe titi o n for Lagu na Seca, What about Gary Scott? " If my Kawasaki's good, I do n' t think I' ll have an y problem ." What is Super Cafe class at CMC? It 's what you enter when you own a cafe racer and are not a beginner. Camber Company offers $500 worth of cafe goodies to the season h igh point man in the class , too. Watch fo r " Killer Testi " fro m Ital y at future club races in Oregon. Third edition of the GPBS pin is out black 8< brown. Bruce Flanders has teamed with International Raceway Parks and plans to revive short track in So. Cal. The series should start around mid-June with 250cc & under sh ort trackers run nin g at Irwindale and O.C.I.R. Call (714 ) 552·5511. Seen in the Lone Pine Canyon area, not far from Wrightwood: A busload of rangers and a small ' doze r hacking out beautiful three-foot w ide trails for horses and hikers only bikers verboten. Talk about bikes tearing up the environment, Jeez, at least we can ma ke . our own trails w ithout all that flap (and expense, which our taxes front forI. 2 BLM published results from Citizen's wo rkshops held at Tro na, Ridgecrest, and Los Angeles, Calif. Thought you'd be interested in the total comments received on the alternatives of relaxing or restricting ORV use regulations. Trona: Relax . II , Restrict - 24 . Ridgecrest: Relax - 13, Restrict . 76. Los Angeles: Relax - 54 , Restrict · 8. They will review all this June 7 at California City, so mark the date and Git Yore Butts Out There! If you have been usin g either the Red Rock or Ocotillo Wells area, or used to ride there, w rite a letter saying so to Rea l Estate Div., State of California, 915 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814. Red Rock users, mark your letter Rm . 10S, Attn: Dwight Patterson, Ocotillo Wells letters, Rm. 10S, Attn: Robert Bangs. Under a little-known Supreme Court decision, historical evidence of prior public access helps the state purchase the land of an ORV area at a much cheaper price. Despite last-mi nute opposition and co n troversy, the Hollister Hills Green St icky park has received final approval and should be open by July I. Planning sess ions will open soon fo r the Descanso, Ind ian Flats, Pamo Va lley, and EI Capitan Reservoir areas of NORCAL DIRT RIDERS: A coordinating meeting for ORV planning in all the National Forests of northern California will be held June 9-10 at the Hilton Hotel in Redding, CA. ORV Planning Coordinator for the area is forester Elliot Gresham of Willets, Calif. Twenty of the top fe male motocrossers will race at half-time during the Superbowl of MX, though the libbers among the m are n ' t sure yet whether they'll accept this kind of tokenism . Look for 'Womensports" magazine to doa whole host of features on women in motorcycle racing-if they don't lose the copy. Want to help co mp le te a book on women and girls in racing? Au tho r Grace But cher needs action shots and stills of lady racers young and old, with name, hometown, even t , location and . date noted on the back. Send d irectly to publisher: J eanne Gardner, the Children's Books, Harvey House, 20 Waterside Plaza, New Yo rk, N.Y. 10010. Her deadline is Junc 15. The Sacramento Mile returns as of July 20! That's the word from Wildcat Productions, promoters of the revitalized classic. More info next week. Husky team rider Kent Howerton took over the 250 National Mo tocr oss points lead May 25, at the Blue Grass National in New Castle, Kentucky. Following Howerton to the winner's circle we re Suzuki teamsters Billv Grossi and Tony DiStefano. Full coverage in next week's issue. Montesa announces that the 172 Cota is now or will soon be available. The punched-out cousin to the Cota 123 features the same six-speed gearbox, a 20 mm Amal , and a full 21 ·inch front wheel, along w ith easy on-off lighting equ ipment. FLASH warning from M.O.R.E. Assem bly Bill 1801 (Ingal ls ), though innocently worded, co uld be used to e ffec tively kill off road riding in California . If y o u do nothing else , send postcards to Ingalls (Chmn .), Calvo , Antonovich , Brown, Burke, Chel , Chimbole, Collier, Deddeh, Foran , Lan term an , Lewis , Lockyer, Vicen cia, and Wornum (m em be rs of the Transportation Comm ittee) urging a "No " vote o n AB 180 I. Address is The Honorable- - - - - - . Member, Assembly Transportation Committee, State Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA 95 814. Assemblyman Paul Carpenter's AB 1S09 motorcycle ssafety education bill has been made a "two year" bill, meaning it can still come up in the California legislature in 1976. That's good, because it was almost killed by parl imentary finagling this year. Cali forni a Senate Bill SB 878 (Nejedly) permits Regional Par k Dist ricts to improve, and maintain develop, vehi cular recreation areas (That's us, I\law !) in ad di t io n to other facili ties already provided. It deserves our support, so write anot her letter. Starting Sunday, June 1st, Escape Country w ill introduce it's new rac ing schedule. First Day through Novice w ill race as before, with sign up at 7:30, pract ice fro m 7 :45 t o S:30 and racing at 9 a.m. Intermediate and Expert riders will sign up by 12 noon, wit h racing shortly aft er. Th is new sched ule will be in effect each and every Sunday from now on. Saturday's agenda will re main the same. Trippe, Cox Asso ciates, promoters of the U.S. Grand Prix at Carlsbad J une 22 , have decided there will be no camp in g at the ra ce site. Half the fun of attending the NorCaI round o f the trials nationals each year is returning south via State Rd . 49. Here 's the way the Grand Na tional Series 100 ks after five even ts : CAMEL PRO SERIES TO P 10 388 1. Ken Roberts 2. Gary Scott 272 3. Mark Williams 251 240 4. Randy Cleek 4. Gene Romero 240 6. Dave Hansen 182 7. Greg Sassaman 167 8. Darryl Hurs t 165 15 6 9. Steve Baker 133 10 . Han k Scott MANUFACTURER STANDiNGS I. Yamaha 741 322 2. Harley-Davidson 3. Norton Triumph 291 4 . Honda 182 5. Kaw asaki 93 90 6. Bultaco 44 7. PDV 8. Suzuki 7 Volunteer Baja 500 pits Who w ou ld believe it's all for o ne and one for all in a grueling competitive off-road race such as S. C . a .R. E. ' s "AC-Delco In te macional" (to be run J une 13, in Ensenada, B.C., Mexico)? For the volunteer mo torcycle pit crews ru n by J im Kin g of Santa Fe Springs , t ha t's jus t the way it is! King has organized vol unteer teams of three to five persons complete wi th gasoline and all provisions for bike and ride r. Th e teams are statio ned at each ot