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The hottest rumor of the week is so widespread that it must be true. Brad Lackey has signed to join Jim Pomeroy on Team Honda . Pomeroy is expected to sta y in America , whil e Bra d will be returning to Eu rop e to con test the GP's. . Give red,white and blue for Christmas. The Brad Lackey s ign ing is int erest ing because Brad got the j ob that Team Honda rider Pierre Karsmakers said he wanted, don't be surprised to see Karsmakers back in Europe on a Yamaha. Holiday giving is espec ially rewarding when the gift is from Hondaline !" Good looks, superior comfort and durability are what Hondaline riding gear is all about. It's design ed by riders, for riders, So suit them up for Chri stmas , now at your Hond a de aler 's TEAM HONDA HEADQUARTE RS. Team Honda Helmets. Display the winni ng colors and get protection , too , Multilayer fiberglass shell with lightweight polystyrene liner. Open-face and full-cove rage sty les, Meet all applicable Snell and DOT requirements, Goggles. Full eye protection plus co mfort. Flex ible frames give contoure d fit. Adult. yo uth and over-the-glasses styles, Many replacement and optional lenses, too , MX Leathers. Wear the Team Honda colors. Nylon lini ng ; pre-curved knee design with re movabl e cups and padded shins. Red with blue stripes or blue with red str ipes. MX Gloves. Supp le cowhide with double-stitched , pr e-curved fingers. Elastic wr istband helps keep out dirt, MX Boots. Advanced no-buckle Velcro" closures mean easy on. easy off, Metal toe plate and reinforced instep sidewall' for adde d toughn ess. In black enduro and red or black MX styles. If there can be a top per for these two bits of gossip it co u ld be the retu rn of much travelle d Marty Tripes. Seems like Marty h as been with every com pa ny a t lea st once. The on ly company he ha sn't ridden for is Vespa and Harl ey , Marty will be on a Vespa . . .. oo ps make th at a Harley next yea r as a teamma te of Rocket Rex St at ens , It is very early in the season to start speculating on teams for next year, but next week we will delve into our crysta l ba ll to prognosticate all the future signings. What we don 't know for sure we will make up. Mit ch Mayes, still hospita lized wit h t wo crushed verta bra e after a T hanksgi ving weekend crash , is in for a long . hard seige . Frie nds have asked that ca rds & letters to Mitch be sent to his ho me. 38558 Ma lbv St. , Palmd ale . Ca. 935 50 . And as on e ca ller said , " If you'r e a heav y pra yer , we ca n use that , too ." Three riders were inj ured. one ve ry seriously , in an accident after dark ou t at t he desert. None had headli ght s, one didn't hav e a helmet . Now let 's re member to park 'em after dark if they don't have lights, OK ? On t he Sa turda y fo llo wing Th anksgiving , an editor of Cycle an d a n ed itor of Cv cle N ews ea ch fou nd th emsel ves in unus ua l sit ua tio ns . Om- went to jai l for running a road blo ck : Oil" go t m a rri ed . We'll let you decide who did what , a n d whic h sh uat io n is HONDALINE TRAVELERS CHECKS. This gift certificate is wh at to give if you don 't know what to give ! See your Honda dea ler and let the rid er on you r list pic k out exactly what he wants for on- or off- road ridin g. worse . Regularly Scheduled Events is no more. Send individual race listings to the Calendar ed itor. _.,M ..A.......I111111. . . . . . . . . . Designed by riders. For riders. "Hopetown" moved to Dunes Th e troubl ed Din Dig!?ers Hopetown Grand Prix ran Into more trouble Dec ember 2 (just over a week before the start of the already postponed event) , when th e Ventura Count y Board o f Supervisor s denied them a cond itiona l u se perm it t o hold the rac e at Hopetown. Although Bob Hope and his people "tried like Hell" to help the Diggers , even spending 5800 for an Environmen tal Impact R eport. th e Board voted 5-0 to den y th e permit. They cited opposition from two landowners. It was also reported by Digger Skip Kreps that an attorney for t he Ba ym ar e promoter had complained because the Diggers wer e getting a pe rmit whi le his client had been denied one . The Board a lso stated a t the hearing that the Diggers " had created an attractive nuisa nce ." Upshot of all this is that in' a lastditch move , the Diggers will transplant their Grand Prix , mudho le and all , to Ind ia n Du nes, to run as-scheduled, Decem ber 11·1 2. • See t he Yellow Pages fo r t he H o nd a dealer nearest yo u . C 1976 American H o nd a M otor Co .• Inc . 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