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Zephyr Films of Lafayette , Louisiana is presently involved in the final editing of a I Y, hour feat ure length film entitled "The Champions." Cycle News con tribu tor Jim Gianatsis, who has been asked to write the script for the film which follows Jimmy Wein ert's 1975 500cc National Championship winning year, described th e action as being " be tter than the 'On Any Sunday' motocross sequ ence." Th e $40,000 production is scheduled to be shown in New Orleans on June I. Distributiori plans have not yet been announced. The AMA Professional Rules Committee will ho ld a single meeting on May 4-5 to establish competition rules for 1977. In prev ious yea rs the committee has met twice. All proposals for changes to the rules wh ich govern all areas of AMA Professional competition must be submitted to committee chairman Bill Boyce, AMA d irector of competit ion, no later than April 4. Interested parties may contact their rider or industry representative or submit t heir proposal direct to Bill Boyce at AMA Headquarters in Westerville, Ohio. Rumor has it th at Pops Yoshimura will be busy doing resear ch and de velopment wo rk . for two major Japanese motorcycle manufacturers. Suz uki, repo r tedly, has already ca n tracted him for four-stroke testing (?!) and Yamaha has approached him to work his magic on their four-stroke 500cc single and the new three-cylinder 750 . A, mail ballot of the AMA Professional Rules Committee has clarified questions raised by elimination of the Junior class for AMA professional road racing. Delegates to the committee by a two-th irds marg in, ruled that : " J uniors that competed in at least two 75Occ: professional races during a season, in 1975 or before, can transfer to Expert and ride both lightweight (25 Occ) and . heavyweight (750cc) equipment." • Planning to run a Kawasaki Z-I ' in th e AFM 6-hour race, April 18? If you're eyeballing the new rear cast wheels on the KZ-900, be aware th at they can be fitted to the rear, but they must be the original 16" wheel. AFM rules which requ ire that the stoc k hubs must be retained will be enforced. Likewise, st ock exhaust m ust be used. Monoshock . BMW's will be shot on sight . HI-POINT BOOTS THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS UKE · BOB HANNAH WINTER-AMA OPEN CHAMPION New Team Yam aha sen sat ion Bob Hannah swep t the winter series by dom in at ing the open class . Bob a nd his teammate Rick Burgen both rely on Hi-Point boots for comfan and protection. I The Hawthorne High School Motorcycle Club is at .it again . On Apri l 8, 7 :30 p.m., they'll be showing a bunch of Clyde Earl's all t ime great racing flicks on the corner of EI Segundo and Englewood Avenues. $2 will get you in at t he door, or pick up a ticket for $1.50 at you r local bike shop. Hawthorne High has it together. -- th e champio ns. make Hi -Poin t yo ur next boo t . 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