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[Contmue d f rom pa g e 2) Wendover . Uta h ha s asked . in a Bill before t he state's legislature, for a $1 million Bonneville m use u m , to includ e memorabilia fr om Sa lt flat speed events along with relics of prehisto ric Indians and .loca l p ioneer history . Utah bikers attended he aring to supportthe bill , HB172 . Attention all contributors: Assistant Editor Dale Brown will be coordinating all assignments. So write or call and let him know what you're going to be doing or want to do. . After his Peerless Parker Prognostica tion plopped flat on its pace , when the Brooks brothers didn't make it to th e first check , th e staff soothsayer h as retired . Cyclerama in San Antonio, Texas plans to host the Womens ' Invitational World GP (w it h a g uaranteed $2000 purse) th e weekend of M ay 27-28. If this seems like a lot of advance notice, remember it sometimes takes some lengthy politickin ' to get i nvited to one of these things. Drawing for start times in the Dirt , Diggers' 'Red Garter National Enduro will be held at 8:30 p ,m. Ma rch 9 in Lord Byron's Pizza Pub , Fox Hills M'al1, Cul ver. C it y , Ca . F ind a post er/ entry blank and get 'em in, because entries recei ved after, th e drawing go to t he en d of the line , M ike Curoso confirmed recently that he's signed up and. will go to England to race for the Hull Vikings speedway team t his year. On the p hone, Mike said "It ' s definitely the best thing for my career, and financially, it's about 300% better than last year." It's in his contract to obtain a works four-valve Jawa when the machines become available in quantity. Until then, he' ll rely on his trusty Ne il Street conversio n. According to a Uni versi ty of. Utah study, you' ll find it easier to hear a police siren wea ring a helmet th an if yo u ' re b a r e -h e a d e d . ( A m ixed blessing, no?) At 60 mph ,wearing a helmet decreases win d noise at th e rider's ea r fr om 100 db to 80 db - a ' fou rfold reduct ion in noise int ensity. AMA District ':f1 Motocross/Powder Puff" Steward Dee Granger won approval for a special CRC Womens _Division to complement. but not conflict' with, t he ' regular 0-37 Womens Division . The new division got its first airing at the CRC Renegade GP, February 20 at the Dunes. Semi Pro motocross for 0 -37 also rece ived Sports Committee approval during the Feb. 9 meeting. -, KRW Helmets has pledged up to $1 0,000 wort h of co ntingency money for Ca mel Pro , AMA Region al - Dirt T ra ck a nd AMA Na tiona l Mot ocross for 197i . For deta ils contact KR W at (714) 556 -6965 . PR-Iand revisited: ("Beat Bast or Bust" item) It turns out that U.S. Speedway Champion M ike Bast will not be going t o the Daytona Speedway series, because he 's set to ride in -t he International Test, Matches in Ca liforn ia du r ing Daytona Speedweek. Mike sent an inquiry to the Daytona series promoters, but when they never answered, he assumed they were running an all-Division Two show, li ke last year. He was surprised when they began using his name (Mis-spelled) in promotional press releases. AMAcreates Racing Czar, Ros~n elected V.P., Hull named to board. ciNCINNATII , OH. , FE B. 18 T wo major it ems of business were ac ted upon at the annual February meting of the AMA .boa rd of trustees . Class A regional trustee Mark Rosen . wa s el e cted to t he post of vic e president of the AMA succeeding Joe Pa rkhurst. R ose n , an insurance executive from New Jersey had recently won re -election to his AMA Board of Trustees position . Rosen was instrumental in the legislative fight to open both the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway to motor cycle traffic as well as a strong forc e . behind legisla tion for repe al of mandatory helmet and lightsron laws in several east coast states. In other AMA offi cer el~ctions, Robert Cra ig of Goodyear was elected tothe pos t of treasurer , a position held by John Harley of H arley-Davidson for many years. -. Bob Ru dolph of Bates Industries , Graham Kirk of Kawasaki Motors Corp. and Kei th Van H a rt e of U.S . ' Su zuk i Motor Cor p . retained their respec t ive p ositi o ns of presi dent , secretary a nd assista nt treasu rer : A major po rtion of the meeting was spent in a discussion and vote by the' Class B members on code changes that will affect professional competition. The members voted to adopt rul es and , formulate ch anges that would provide for a commissioner of p rofessiona l ra cing who would be responsible for all professional activities and wou ld be d irectly responsible to the board of trustees. There would be vario us professional com petition boards consisti ng of five m embers each who would be directly related to the specifi c type of competit ion. These ind ividu als would be selecte d by the president from a field of nom in ees selecte d by the board of trustees. Th ose n ominated wo uld in clu d e riders, promoters, technically train ed individ uals a nd th ose individuals with bu sin ess experie nc e in th e specific com petiti on field . The duly elected boards would be required to hold at least one meeting p rio r to th e annua l A MA board of t rustees meeting in September. T he right of a rid er to appeal decisions affect ing him by following the procedures outli ned in the AMA rulebooks was retaine d. In a su rp rise .m ove Monday, Feb . 2 1, Joe Parkhurst resigned from t he AMA ' board of trustees to become R a cin g Czar , a nd Pr es. Ru d ol p h appointed Roger Hu ll, pub lisher of Roa d Rider magazine . to fill the vaca nt seat. • Post·fire scenes; Pops befo~e the blaze. Yoshimura.injured in.lire, N O RT H HOLLYWOOD , .CA . FEB . 18 . ' Famed four-stroke tuner Hideo " Pops" Yoshimura, 55 , was injured in ~ fire that gutted the dyno room and research and development section of Yoshimura R&D of America. He rerna in ed h ospi t a lized a t R ivers id e H osp ital in' North Hollywood wit h second-degree .b u rns on his fo rea rms and legs , an d first degree b urn s on his fa ce . • Yoshimu ra was injured while trying to extinguish th e flam es after gasoline fumes ignited in the dyno roo m. The blaze started as Yoshimura began to dyne-test one of the I ,OOOcc Ka wasa ki roa d rac~g engi nes he was p repa ring for th e Su perbike Pro du ct ion ra ce at Daytona . ' ' Yoshi mura remained hospit alized four days after the fire . Accord ing to Fuj io Yoshi m ura , ( Po ps' son), Pops would be released wit hin a week . The pa rts wa rehouse and shipping section of t he co m pa ny was not d amaged in th e blaze . According to Fujio Yoshi m ura , day to d ay b usi ness will not be significa ntly a lte re d as a ' result of th e fire. In th e fire afte rma th. spent fir e exti ng uis he rs a nd a ga rde n ho se used by th e siaff... wer,e th e o nly br ight objects inthe b urned a nd bla ckened b uil ding , one of two un its oc cu p ied by Yoshim ura R &D , It created a ' sad contrast to t he h ub b ub of activity usua lly generated by Pops a nd his two J a p a n ese assistants. Besides th e loss of th e b ui ld ing, t o ol s , ca m g r in d e r.. d yn o , and m achi ne ' too ls, a ll of which were insu red . the grea test blow was th e da mage - d o n e to the Yosh imu r a Superbike Pr oduction Ra cin g effort . J ust Febru a ry 13, Wes Cooley , J r. ro de t he Yoshimu ra R&D Ka wasaki z· 1 to a convincing victory over Cook Neilson and Reg Pridmore at Onta rio . W ith the handling finally sorted, ou t , the 130-horsepower Ka wasak i, ridden by Cooley , ha d to be the od ds-on favori te to win t he S upe rbik e Pro d uction class at Da yton a th is yea r . Althou gh ' the frame was save d in its origi na l sta te, the potent engi ne burned on th e d yno . . . Accor ding t o Fu ji o Yoshi m u ra . parts s a lvaged from th e int erior of th e mel ted -case engi ne and two cha rred spares will be assembled for Dayton a. T he work will be don e in shop space loan ed to th e Yoshimura m ech anics by Ka zuo Yoshim a , anot her J apanese super -tu ne r. ..Naturally.... said Fuji o Yoshimura , "t here may be some del ay, but we are p roceedi ng a head a nd will m ak e im media te arra nge ments to co nt inue bui ld ing engi nes for our custo mers . We are confident that we will have everyt h ing under control and back to normal in several weeks." • /' 5