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Motorcycle Industry Council is offering a $1000 contingency for the 10-race Trans·AMA motocross series - $100 to the QUIETEST finisher in the top 10 at each race. Wrap your airboxes in marshmallow, guys. 0-37 Competition Committee rei tera tes that a 12 5 m ay n o t be sleeved down to 100cc in the district. The tension mounts as the hot shots in both 0·37 and ORA get ready for the Great Challenge race on August 30th at California City. We have heard rumors from certain people that promoter Ron Burpo is putting his money on the District race rs. Grossi wins Ohio; leads 500cc National series RAVENNA, Am on g o ther things, Suzu ki's "power reed" makes a pretty ni fty kazoo. Tum to page 38 for th e Rl\1 250/370 riding imp ression, tech briefing, an d all so rts o f harm oni ous jazz. lHE LATEST iPO BY PAPA WEALEY Road racers John Boote, Paul Smart, and Cliff Carr are seeking a low-bucks sponsor for Ontario. They'll paint your business name on their fairings and everything, and it's deductible. Uncle Sam pays. Sponsors, call Gerard at (714) 752-6686 to apply. Be at Carlsbad Raceway this Sunday fo r th e Pac·AMA Regional Championships promoted by DB Promotions an d PopCyc1e mote-monthly. 156 k \ IA Am at eurs have pre-en tered fro m all o ver in this series to sort out the number one non -profe ssional MXer . Results are in from the seventh AMA National trials round at Denver, Co lo : 1. Marland Whaley [He n]. 2. Mark Eggar (Hon ). 3 . Don Sweet (Yam). 4. J. Gugl ielmelli (Hon ). 5. Lane Leavitt (Bu ll. 6 . Bernie Schrieber (Bull . 7 . Steve Darrow (Yam). 7. Marvin Heath (Bull. (Tie .) 9. Bob Nickelson (Hon). 9. George Sm ith (Hon). (T ie.) The August 24 Can -Am MX qualifier set for Richmond, California was cancelle d . In its pl ace will be a Septembe r 7 event at Spillway Park in Santa Mari a. Other venues arc Carlsbad Augu st 3 1, an d Puyall up, Washington September 14. Th e Na tio nal final is October 12 a t Wheelsport, Bald win, Kan sas. 6 So. Cal. M.C. invite s everybody to have a good ride Labor Day weeken d at t heir two-course des ert scramble s. Women and Sen iors (t hat 's us old folks) get it on at noon Sunday and Monday. Orange County International Raceways' F riday night motocross program, beginning August 29, will merge AMC, CMC, and NMA racers under one banner for the weekly races . Pros will go for a 200% entry payback, and , the class spread should accommodate just about everybody. .5 0 0 c c AMA N a t i onal motocross sta ndings after Axton , Virgina, August 17, 1975 : 1. Jim Weinert 330. 2. Steve St ackable 23 0. 3. Kent Hower ton 20 1. 4 . Bill Grossi 200. 4 . Pierre Karsmak ers 200. 6. Marty Sm ith 180 . 7. Gary Sem is 170 . 8 . Brad Lackey 150 . 9 . Gaylon Mosier 72. 10. T ony DiSte fan o 60 . 'O n e more candidate for Western Region's AMA Trustee is Ezra Ehrhardt, perpetrator of Ehrhardt Mimeo-mail, a 62·yeard·old biker who rides whenever he can . Ezra is a charter member of Lod i M.C., a Life Member of AMA , and a succes sfu l Lodi politician . Local newspapers are starting to prin t p ix of the L.A . Cou n ty Sheriffs dirt patrol, who go after off-road evildoers and "head 'e m off at th e p ass." Finally figu re d out how they ex pect to mak e a bust, as in th e following scenario: Ace biker sp ies this guy in pressed brown pants, spi tsh ined shoes, sho rty hel me t, sunglas ses. gu n and ni ght stick bo unding in h ot pu rsu it on st reet-legal Yamaha. Bike r laughs so h ard he falls off and is apprehended. Cycle News North has a new fu ll-tim e re s ident correspondent/ coordinator/road man /whateve r. He's Jerry Mathel of 161 Harrison St., Ashland, Oregon 97520. Go t a race you want covered? Want to cover races yourself? Give Jerry a call at (503) 482·8370. Jerry will be he lping us build our coverage in upper California, Oregon , Washington , and Idaho. Bill Adams was endo rsed by th e 0 ·37 Board of Directors as a cand ida te fo r AMA Tr ustee. Bill was the first AMA Competit ion Congre ssman an d did a good jo b. Could you dig a watercooled 360ce version of Suzuki 's RM motocross engine in a low-cost "c1ubman" road racer? How about a street-legal TM 400? B1ue·sky barnstorming aside, there's a revival in two-stroke road-rasher singles brewing even as the government moves to outlaw all street two-smokers. Check out the Islo by Jones on page 19. "Killer DKW, " pro tested at th e August I 0 A FM Sears race where it was ridden by Wally Karpynec , was measured , fo un d legal, and the skeptics paid. A Harley dealer in Indianapolis reportedly offered Gene Romero a ride for Terre Haute. Even after all those words about getting one of those orange and black things, Gene politely declined, for now. Utah, one o f th e sta tes under D.O.Ti's h am mer, has ask ed for a tw o-year waive r after their sta tewide survey c o n cl u d e d , " Hel m e ts . d o n ot sign i fi ca n t l y a ffect head injury severity," Th e same study determined th at motorcycle acci den t fatalities occurre d in the exa ct proportion to registrations - six percent o f the total. Ca lifornia's Congressman Glenn M. Anderson is a member of the House Surface Transportation Subcommittee that will soon begin scrutinizing Federal transportation pol icy . One object of scrutiny will be D.O .T:s threat to cut off the state's highway safety funds over the helmet issue , a move that Anderson, a former speedway rider, is strongly opposed to. District 3 7 da te board meets September 18 at i :3 0. Bring a date . Or bring an even t an d get a date. It looks like the ORA is making a class ic out of the Californ ia City GP . It has now been announced th at the dates for th e event will be Octobe r 4 and 5. The en try is limi te d to 1400 and they are expecti ng a spectator turnou t of around 30,000. on., AUG . 24 Suzuki's berserko boy wonder, Billy " Sugar Bear " Grossi took the over all win at Ohio In ternation al Race way Sunday, wra pp ing up the day wi t h a two-one score. Following Grossi, Honda rider P ie rre Karsmakers put in a th ree-two total for the afternoon. Steve St ackable rode his Maico to third with a four-five showing. B r a d La ckey, last week's winner in Virginia, wo n the opening mota at OIR, but was unable to back it up with a strong placing in round tw o. Grossi's win puts him on top of the 5 00 c c N ati on a l MX Champi on sh ip ' se rie s points s t andin gs. Pr e vi ou s le ader, J ammin' Jimmy \Veinert was able to finish only a distant 16th at Ohio. Th e . final 500cc National round at New Orle ans will decide the new champion, and th e honor could fall to any of the top four riders in th e curren t points list: Grossi (350), Weinert (33 5). Stackable (330) or Karsmakers (320). The further adventures of Steve McQueen By Chuck Clayton The guy with the bushy be ard and long frizzy hair didn't attract an y more a tt en tion than the two cleancut, ne ck tied dudes that accompanied him in th e buffed and burnished co rrid ors of th e California sta te capito l. The whiskered one hesit ated a t the door to th e Go vernor's office. " Rob, y o u tak e a look first and co me ba ck and tell me what it ' s like, " he said in a familiar -so und ing voice . Rob Rasor, on e of. the American Mot orcycle Asso ciation st aff. took a look and reported, "The place is sw-arming with reporters. There must be 60 cam eras. " "W e didn 't call them," Gene Wirwahn, the MIA legal ch ief su rm ised . "The Governor m ust have. " " Look." Tha t unpaniced, fa mi lia. voic e aga in. " We don't want anybody to say I'm just looking for publicity ." lie held an index finger to his wh iskered lip s. Turnin g to a state desk worker nearby, "M ay I use the tel eph one ?" he asked. " Do n't be too lon g," she snapped, barely glancing at th e h airy old man she