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Camel Pro and motocross page , 47. THE LATEST on Big Bike magazine went ou t o f bu siness this month . Other Hi -Torque magazines are rumored to be in troubl e ; none of them moto monthlies. however. POOP BY PAPA WEALEY (Continued f rom page 2) Can-Am announced th e signing of Rich Eierstedt, 23 , of Tustin , CA to campaign the new T A 250 in AMA Stadium , Trans-AMA, and 250 Cham pionship motocross during 1978 . Mike ' Stark of Milwaukee, W I will wrench for Rich . Skip Olson and Kevin Snapp of Grantsburg, WI will again campaign Can-Ams on the U.S. Enduro circuit and ISDT qualifiers. Bob Barker is the Can -Am competition manager. Saddleback Park in Irvine, CA is once again open fo r daily trail riding. They solved their in sur ance problem. Steve Wise has signed with American Honda to ride the 125 National MX and 250cc Supercross series , according to reporter Nick Castillo. McAllen Motorcycle Club is proud of fellow member Steve. Planning your vaca t ion aro und t he San Jose mile? Or t he Un ited States round of the 500cc World Championship motocross series ? T hen check out the AMA Professio nal rac ing schedule - U.S . Suzuki Motor Corp. announced a re-organization. Mr. K . Sh imizu, president of U.S. Suzuki, said that the firm w ill be . structured in th ree d ivis ions: Ope ra t io ns, Marketing and Tec hnical. Richard R. Orth will head the Operations division, Gene Trobaugh will be Director of Marketing and M r. T. Miyashita w ill be in charge of the Technical Division. 50cc W orld Champion road racer Angel Nie to broke several rib s and suffered a concussion in a high spee d get -off in a road race in Spa in on November 13. Nieto , rid ing a 750 Yamaha, reported ly ran out of brakes at the end of a straightaway. It's official • Hakan Andersson signed Husqvarna on November 11. Hakan will contest the 500cc motocross Grand Prix . Yamaha appears to be nearly ready to a nswe r Honda in the 125cc road raci ng department . A singl e cylinder two -stroke 125 was ra ced on a on e-race contract by Singapore's Gerry Loo i in the recent Macau Grand Prix. The pai r finished ' ninth in a " ru n wha t ya brung" affair , topped only by 750 a nd 350 m achines. England 's Chas Mortimer described it as be ing " .. .as fast as a stand ard TZ250 - fantast ic." Television advertising for Mr. PiBB will also include a commercial featuring dirt bike action . Plans were f ormulat ed at an FIM meeting in Bru ssels, Belgium on Novembar 27 for sweepinf changes to the present road rac ing World Championships in 1980. A proposal to reduce the classes from six to three was made as was a proposal to lump the F750, TT and Coupe de Endura nce classes int o one . KTMAmerica formed; Penton -eeases motorcycle distribution . Motor cycle Ind ust ry Council ha s a n umber of free booklets about how to control motorcycle noise. For exam pie: " Endu ro Noise Co nt ro l Program" a nd " Race track Noise Cont ro l Program : ' W rite for them to MIC . 4 100 Birch S1. Su ite 101 . Ne wport Bea ch , CA 9266 0 or ca ll (714)7527833. ' LORAIN , OH, DEC . 12 Penton Imports announced today that effectiveJanuary I , 1978, the sales, service, and promotion of Penton Sportcyd es will be the re spgnsibilit y of a newl y formed company, KT M America , Inc. According to a letter mailed today to the Penton dealer network, the fo rmation of KTM America , Inc . evo lved through the .rn u t ua l agreement of J oh n Pent on , president of Pe nton Imports , and Erick T rnnkenp ol rz, p resid en t of KT M Austria . Joh n Penton said , " T he formation was necessary to insu re the fut ure ' of Penton/ KTM. Increased capitalizati on was needed for effective representation. In past years Penton Imports provided 100% of the capita l . required ; in tod ay's market this is sim ply not enough . With KT M of Austria's sup port, the Penton/ KTM cycle will continue to improve and retain its place as on e of the leaders in off-road cycling. It was also announced that Jack Lehto had been appointed general manager of KTM America and that many of the Penton staff will form the nucleus of KTM America. Penton Imports general manager Larry Maiers will serve as general manager of H i-Point. • 1978 Sponsorship of AMA motocross by Mr. PiBB ATLA NT A , GA, DEC . 12 Expanded sponsorship by bottlers of Mr. PiBB of AM A Mo to cro ss was announced Dec . 12 a t the international hea dquarters of The Coc a -Cola Company in Atlanta, GA . " Afie r our successful test market sponsorship of the 500cc se ri es in 1977 ," sai d Ben Hudson , brand manager for Mr. PiBB at Coca-Cola USA , "we are proud to announce our 1978 sponsorship of the Mr. PiBB I AMA Motocross National Championship Series': ' The series will includ e championship competi tion in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc classes . 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