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55000 Ha nd-grenade Dept: Mike Baeder tossed a rod thro ugh the cases on his TZ700 at Phoenix during practice, while Phil McDon ald read t he handwri ting on the wall early enough to bring his in with a run-out big end be aring. He reb uilt th e thing in th e back o f his If-Haul cam pe d out in th e pits overn igh t, won his race next day. BY PAPA WEALEY Busse s will carry spectators to the u.s. Speedway Nationals at the Col iseum from four points: Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa; Orange Show Grounds, San Bernardino; Ventura County Fairgrounds, Seaside Park ; and Irw indale Raceway in the scenic gravel pits. Call (7 14 ) 492-0933 for info and fares. Scott Sivad ge, U.S. 2 1-year-old Speedway 's 1973 rookie of th e year is dynamite. The hi gh scoring sensa t io n fou ght hi s way through a six-race elimination series , topping the best riders America has to o ffe r. He is the top contender fo r th e National ti tle . Ron Pierce reportedly rebroke his arm when a welding tank cap ble w off near him and he insti nctively jerked the a rm back hard . Former eN correspondent mem ber o f th e to the Feder al editor and sometime J o hn Huer te r is a new advisory committee Ene rgy Ad min istration. Watch out for an attempt to sneak a helmet law th rough the California legislature at the last m inu te through a ploy called a "midnight rider." This is an amendment tacked onto a piece of legislation in the closing hours of the session. Two tim e U.S. C hamp io n, Mik e Bast has sco red more win s than any other man in U.S. Sp eedway today. He is th e most dominate rider in Am erican Speed way . Bast was the seco nd highest qualifier in th e seri es, an d th e man mo st likely to th e squ elch Sivadge's march on championship. The Desert Squirrels their November 23rd Buzzards have c hanged 14 th race fro m a Hare European Scrambles . Congratulations for getting back and their new eas ier to read, hurts my eyes! have can celled race an d the t heir De ce mber Scrambles to a to Motorcycle Weekly into the 7-day schedule format. Serif type is but that sh iny paper CRC will be ru nning the N:\IA ~lin icy cl e Nati o nals at Corona Racewa y on No vember 9. A veritable flo od of th e top mini rider s, including J eff Ward , are expected. The even t will pay dou ble NMA p oin ts. AMA Professional Competit ion Manager Mel Parkhurst reports that he is now accepting appl ications for 1976 Regional Championships. The minimum purse requirement is $3,500 for short track, TT and helf-mile races and $6,000 for mile track race s. Steve Bast, curre n t U.S . National Champion is seeking his third title. Steve qualified third in the elimination seri es. If he can repeat hi s last seas on win. he will become th e first rid er to win ba ck-to-back championships since 1968. HosPITal Stop: Dirt t rackers Te ddy Poovey and Barry Pinckert are bo th hospi tal ized in Texas for furt he r trea tme nt of mi d-summer inju ries. The elder Poovey bro th er had a blood clo t removed from his brain and is resting co mfor tab ly in Dallas ' Presb y terian Ho spital. Pi nckert, who lost a han d in a hal f mile cr ash , has been moved to Garland Comm unity Hospital (Roo m 32 7) and vows to re turn to racing. Cards and letters w ould help bri ghten their days. Halfway through the Trans-AMA series, MIC " hush money" contingency prizes of $100 have been paid to four different riders on four different brands. Latest winner. at Omaha, is J im Weinert, whose Yamaha was quietest at 108.5 dbA, The Co nejo T rai l Riders, M.O .R .E.'s first SoC al mem ber club, will host a poker run at the Rand Clean -up at Cal City. It 'll be part of th e Sunday, November 2 fun day. Dave Smith of the British Trophy Team broke out in a rash the first day, doctors diagnosed it as "glandular fever" and put him in the hospital. Later in the week they found out what really was the matter: Dave was allergic to the hotel soap, Ga ry Surdy ke entered the Six-Days o n a new Yam ah a 500 fo ur -stroke , was doing we ll un til a short circu it in the kill wire p ut him out on the third day . Rumor was t hat he so ld the Yam on the spot. Frank Gillespie sponsored American Six-Days ride rs to 120 bottles of his "Supertab" food supplement. According to lo cal so urces. we've seen the last Internatio nal Six- Days Trial o n the Isle of Man , The traffic hazard created by over 300 rid ers m aking up ti me amid regular ro ad traffic , kids go ing to school, etc. finished it, On Saturday , November I, 8 p .m . the concrete walls of Los Angeles Coliseum will again echo with the sounds of Spec:dway for the rust time in 42 years. 16 men will power 175 pounds of nitro-methane and alcohol burning brakeless ESOs at full throttle to the largest purse ever offered for a Speedway event in the world. An estimated 30,000 fans will witness mind-boggling full lock action on the specially prepared granite surfaced track. Three AMA staff members and one other American representative to the FIM will be seeking election to FIM Committee, Bill Boyce, director of competition. will vie for the Technical Committee, Dave Despain, publicity d irector, will seek a seat on the Promotion Committee, Legislative Director Gene Wirwahn will seek re-election to the road racing committee. FIM Congress dates are October 25 through November 1. Bit of clarification on that CB Channel 14 note printed earlier. Th e chan nel is not fo r uni t-to-unit tal k - it will be monitored d uri ng the Rand Cleanup. Anyone needing help , call Joh nny Ho Base Station. National Outdoor Coalition has requested a 6O-day extension on the comment period regarding the EI Paso/Rand Area BLM draft plan. Good idea, since the current deadline is November 17, yet there's a public meeting of the District Advisory Board in December at which the draft plan is expected to be aired. NOC is asking for letters of support for the extension, addressed to BLM's Sacramento office : Tran s-AMA motocross ride rs ar e advised the change in location for of headq uarters for t he Puyallup, ' Vashington . event. The registrat ion site will n o w be the Rodeway Inn , 6802 So uth Sprague, T aco ma, Wash ington. The Puyallup race is t he eighth of lOin t he Trans-AxfA Seri es and is sched ule d fo r No vember 16,197 5. 2 During its recent meeting in Ruidoso, New Mexico, the AMA Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Bob Rudolph, vice-president of Bates Industries, as president of the American Motorcycle Association. Rudolph succeeds Terry Tieman who resigned. The AMA vice president's position which Rudolph vacated was not filled .