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Available from the AMA are 1976 Motocross des Nations Tvshirts from which th eproceeds will go to fmanacing an American win in Europe. The shirts are $5 andcan be obtained via the AMA at P.O. Box 141, Westerville, Ohi o 4 30 81. Mitch Mayes broke his collarbone for the th ird time preparing for the Mint 400. Luck ily Mitch had a zippe r put in the second t ime t o cut down on repair t ime . The 197 6 Trans-MIA ser ies win not end at Saddleback Park as it has th e past few years. Instead a new location win be the fmal venue. Yes Saddl eback win st ill have a Tr an s-AMA. No we won 't tell you any more this week. In the Results section the up-to-date Superbowl Qualifier poi nts Oly standings are listed. The top 12 Novices in each class will be invited to the Superbowl. An Expert rated AMA Professional can win the series, but won't be invited to the Novice Support class. That makes sense . The next Qualifier is in Medford, Oregon on May The opening road race GP rou nd at Lemans, Fran ce started out well for Barry Sheene, who beat challenger Johnny cecotto in the 500 race on a works Suzuki; and fo r Harley·Dav idson works primo Walter Villa, who also beat Cecotto in the 350 round and wo n th e 250 show as well . Californian Pat Evans t imed in as second fastest 250, but was sideli ned by a mech anical failure du ring his race. Story and pix coming f ro m o ur men in Europe. Raul Sanchez of National Hotelera , a co mpany th at owns a chain of ho tels in Mexico. has extende d a ten percen t discount to all AMA members. Given the affection fo r weekend ex cursions to Baja th is should come in handy. Now old Papa would like a ten percent discount on a Cervesa Corona. Don Kudalski, aka R 0 k 0 n Don, Killer Kudalsk i and Team Poland , is back in the sadd le again. The AMA has re-issued his pro license after his recovery from a cervical sprain caused by a Texas Stadium crash. Don will probably be back on Team Honda next week in Georg ia. He ikki Mikkola continues his domination of the 250 GP circuit taking the overall in this week's Belgian 250 GP. The first moto was wo n by Czech J aro slav Falla with Mikkola, Harry Everts. Hakan And erson and Hans Maisch rounding out the top five. Heik ki won the second round with 1975 World Champion Harry Everts (Puc) second. Hans Maisch (Mai) third, Jim Pomeroy (Bul) fourth and Falta (CZ) fifth . The Viewf inders GP will be paying 0-37 and 0 -38 points when everyone takes to the Carlsbad course. Also there will be a four-stroke on ly class. The Baja Intemacional course opens for pre-runs on May I. Those Forest Service recreation maps that used to be free now cost 50 cen t s. The on ly th ing that's free from the government any more is the shaft. California Parks and Recreation Dept. tens us that the mon thly status report is not monthly . They only publish it whe n the situation changes. And since the situ ation for Green Stickie parks hasn't changed much . . . Desert race r-candidate' Bob Hays "Let's make 19 76 the year of the registered voter rider." Amen. SCOR E tells us they have a record 71 bike entries for the Baja Internacional, going up against 308 door-slammers, Beginnin g in 1977. th e FIM win place th e Isle of Man IT in a class of its own - the IT World Championship. Th e world bod y save the British Auto Cycle Union (ACU) freedom to writ e th e rules for the new classification. whi ch is expect to pit " Coupe d'Enduran ce" typ e machines on true ro ad circu its, leaving the T Zs and thin gs to race on artificial circu its. Rumor is th at Ulster, Finland, West Germany and Spain want int o th e sche du le by 19 78. CBS Sport Spectacular will air a 40 minute program on the Daytona 200 on Saturday, Ju ne 12. 50 National motocrossers packed int o a roo m in the Holiday Inn at Houston to watch the Superbowl on TV only to find out that it wasn't being showll at that locale. 2. Seven Cen tral California riders went to Pen City . Alabama for the April 10-11 Two Day 1SDT Qualifier and all br ought back gold medals. Congrats to Dick Mann, Fred Cammeron, Carl Cranke , Larry Thompson. Ben Bower, J eff Ham mond and Ken Harvey . . Indoor short track returns to Long Beach Arena May 8. No ice this time, just Hock ing, Scott, Rome ro, Hateley, Hansen and all the boys doin' what comes naturally. Stadium Sports tells us entries are still open for Junior/Novice riders as well. Call (7 14) 752-0503 for entry info. The highly successful endurance racing _ team ofJiodieI-Genoud has retired from active riding to concentrate on machine preparation. The French team has fitted fuel inje ction to th eir 1.000cc Kawas and, says Georges Godi er, "Tt's as fast as a Yamaha 750 four. " Team riders LucfVi al may be joined in the fall by Yvon Duhamel and Frenchman Jean-Francois Balde . For a special effect in the Brit ish flick "One Away," the film crew doused a Honda XL350 with petrol and lit it off with a couple sticks of dynamite. When the Honda returned to the ground (it says here ), a film technician picked it up, turned the key , kick started it and rode it away. The Enduro Squid would have loved it. May 8 is also a day for a first ever Saturday CMC road race at Riverside Raceway. Same weekend, WIERA puts on its Winow Springs two day bash with 200 -miler on Saturday . Busy. Our road-rid ing cousins at Biker are leaving t he L.A. area June 10 to begin a coast-to-coast Biker-Centenn ial Freedom Ride that will end up at the Laconia National road race classic June 19. The non-profit tour is open to anybody who wants to ride along, starting from anywhere. Send a buck in coin of the realm or st amps to cover mailing costs and they'll send you an itinerary and other details. Ridgeru nners MC of Santa Cruz , Ca. has donated $100 to th e 1976 1SDT Support Fund to assist th e U.S. team in Zeltweg this fall. The mo ney is raised by the club 's semi-pro mo to cross events at Watsonvi lle. Walter Villa' s 350cc GP victory at LeMans came the hard way. He shadowed Cecotto until the last lap, passed him entering the final tum, and as the two ex ited t hat turn, eecotto slid into Villa's Harley, causing both to fall. Villa won the jump-up-and-push sprint to the nearby fin ish line in an effort . reminiscent of the recent Pearson-Petty bash at Daytona. Thursday night motocross at Ascot. Garden a, Calif., will come alive at 7:30 p.m., May 6. Lots of trick prizes and terrific trophies will be handed out and girls attending Gardena High School will be admitted free opening night. Riders will accumulate CMC points and transfers. Chris Agajanian and Don Emler have joined forces to brin g spect ators and riders what looks to be a new slant to the world of night moto cross routines. The Challenge that wasn't - Norton's Cosworth-engine prototype bristles with trick hardware, like the bu ilt-up alloy girder swinga rm mounted to the engine cases and the two-stroke-style tuned expansion chainbers. But in its first outing, it lunched the gearbox