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MX riders who don't qualify for the Grand National Championship Motocross event at the Astrodome on Mar. 19 by placing well at a local qualifier will.have one last chance to make the program. On Mar. 18. at Rio Bravo Park in Houston. TX. the National Semi-Rnal Qualifier will be held. Contact Jerry Surber at 233 Palm Aire Dr.• Friendswood, TX 77546 for details. Papa Wealey heard that the entire Yamaha motocross team will be riding at the Feb . 11 CRC Saturday race at Indian Dunes . Sounds like good spectating, bu t racers bette r be prepared to settle for second pla ce or lower . Chris Haines has replaced Alan Hahn tuning Tony DiStefano's works Suzukis for the 78 season, a result of Hahn making the move to Team Honda. Chris, a former speedway rider and mechanic. tuned Bruce Penhall's sideways sliders for the past two years. . Correction: We inadvertently printed the wrong phone number for Oran ge County International Ra ceway in a CMC calendar listing . It seerns .that OCIR has changed phone num bers since the one we printed was submitted for the calendar listing. The number you ma y ha ve been calling now belongs to TPM Data Services in Tustin, CA. The new phone number for OCIR is as follows: 714/552·551 I. Our apologies to TPM and to ou r readers. Yoshimura R&D of America has opened a retail outlet at 1958 Placent ia . Costa Mesa , CA. T he new Yoshimura Speed Center will handle the manufacturing of Yoshimura exhaust pipes as well as ret ail trade on Pop 's go· fast goodies. Competitors in the 55 major AMA Pro MX events on the '78 schedule will be vying for nearly $1 million. the largest awards total in the history of American MX. according to AMA MX Manager Mike DiPrete. Corona Raceway will host a benefit race for the Riverside County Juvenile Hall Auxiliary. Included in the triple-header show will be a short track. a half mile and a TT scrambles. Sidehacks. too. Call 'em for info at 7141735-1705 or 689-1913. Including purses. contingency awards and point funds in the AMA/Mr. PiBB Motocross National Champion, ships , the Trans-AlvlA International Series . the Winter-AMA - Series , the 125/250 /500cc Grand Prix and the AMA /Toyota Supercross Seri es, the total figure for '78 is $970 ,000 . If you wear Super Seer Goggles , and if you win a major AMA Pro MX event , you' ll be $500 ric her. Ca ll Don Emde at 505/674 -6665. or see Don McGee at the races for more details . (Second place is worth $100 , third is $50 and fourth through eighth will get ya $20. Broc Glover and Chuck Sun have both signed with Super Seer for '78. The 78 AMA MX bucks total exceeds the 77 figure by over a $ % million; not too shabby for a sport that's only been in the U.S. for 10 years. Kent Howe rton's mechanic on Team Suzuki is Steve Bradshaw . Ste ve sold his share of an ownership in a Texas dirt bike shop to move to Cali forn ia and becom e a part of the crazy . National MX circus. Marty Tripes is receIving partial support from Honda in the form of a CR250R production machine. He'll ride the Seattle round in the Toyota Supercross Series on a race team-prepared CR25OR, and it's possible that once he's shown Honda how fast he can be. he'll earn a fulltime slot on the MX team. The Honda: CR 250R MX machine, by the way, was del ayed approximately three weeks in delivery and should hit the deale rs' floors in mid -February. MXer Terry Clark dropped his ride with Can-Am and is now on a Maico under the Cole Bros. banner. A source from" Cole Bros. Motorcycles told Papa that Clark and Can·Am weren't getting along. apparently because Clark wanted to modify the bikes and they In a Feb. 1 press conference. Toyota Motor Sales. USA. Inc. corporate marketing manager Alvin H. Hagen (insetl confirmed the firm's plan to sponsor the newly-named AMAfToyota Supercross Series. In addition to the $50,000 Supercross point fund. Hagen also announced the Toyota Amateur Motocross Series but did not elaborate on the details of the"grass roots amateur program." Specially modified Toyota official trucks of the American Motorcyclist Association will be used for support duties at major AMA events throughout 78 and will be in the AMA display at the Cincinnati and Daytona trade shows. wanted them contest the AMAIMr. PiBB ship MX Series as his wrench. stock. Clark wilt 250 and 500cc National Championwith Steve Gordo T ria ls ace Mick Andrews has bee n dropped by Yamaha, his employer for the pa st five years. Andrews, who won three European trials cham pionshi ps for Ossa , said , "After ridi ng for 1 years . I felt I need ed to do some thin off my own ba t. Yam aha has agreed t supply me with TY 250 engines whicH will convert to 520cc using new liners an d with my own frames." Andrews will market the bike. q The MXUNML Winternational MX J Series finale January 28-29 at ' Diamondback MX Park in SharpeS• . Florida found Don Kudalski (Yaml. continuing his winning ways, Kudalski swept both Open class ' motos to Clinch the series title' Monte McCoy (Yaml got the day'sT 250cc class win. but Joey Gratton (Mail took the series title. Kippy'. Pierce (Yam) locked up the 125cc title while Tim Ealy (Suzl took the _ day's win. Ken Keylon. 125ccr Amateur titlist, was named the outstanding Amateur rider. ~ The latest word from the Stadium':> Motorsports (Mike Goodwin's office )ls that the Anaheim Supercross will be aired on N BC someti me in February. Look for Russ Darnell, motocross instructor extraordinaire, to 6 e teaching · school Down Under. in Australia. probably around March. 1 Feb . 22 th e Cali forn ia Air Resources Board (CARB) will open hearings o~ em issions warranty for vehicles anq replacement parts. Dealers and ride rs., be the re or beware: CARB has some unpleasant surprises in store for us. The hearing is 10 a .rn . at the Hotel San Francisco on 1251 Market St. Debbie Evans. the Rrst Lady of the Bogwheelers. is confirmed to ride' the Scottish Six-Days Trials ori May 1 through 6. :>y, Thursday night, Feb. 16, Sacrament County (CA) Dept. of Parks & Re d will sponsor a first aid program by th e; National M /C Patrol beginning at 8 ' p .m. in the ORV park's Moon Room. It 's free . Call Floyd Lewis for info at (916) 566-2061. f , We have a winner in the Name the Park Contest, and his name is Dennis Keyser, Citrus Heights. CA. The winning name for the Sacramento ride-and-slide facility is still a secret. The suspense is killing me. Endo Acres? WFOrest1 ; r Ca lifornia allotted another $114,000 for planning the Ritter Canyon State Recreational Area in L.A . County. Total projec t cost will be $5,575 ,57 5. Reliability Trials are the route to the U.S. ISDT rider selection. Any· one who wants to qualify for the ISDT team cut must send in a letter of intent to AI Eames at the AMA headquarters by April 22. About Americans will get to go to Swedento represent America in this year's "Olympics of motorcycling." Desert Rid ers M.C . are smoking ciga rs cou rtesy of Richard and Candy Goetz , r celebrating th eir new KTM rid er Ryan Lee , born Jan . 2. 'IG'::> Jl 2 395 Cycle Park near Adelanto. CA f will not continue operating. OWing' to the unt imely death of its owner. Don England. The family hopes t heir custome rs w ill understand.' and not be inconvenienced.