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THE LATEST OP - YPAPA WEALEY B . (Continued from page 2) continue in spite of his son's inj uries. PUMPING POT METAL Pioneer Arena in Oakdale. CA held their first -ever Pro short track on Feb. 19. and Ossa-m ounted Rod Spencer came away the winner after surviving a last la p challenge from Ca n -Am ri der Alex Jorgenson . Rick Graham scored a third on his Yamaha. Rod Su lliva n top ped the Novices. Coverage nex t week. . Hillclimbers rejoice. If a hillclimb purse of 88,000 seems a bit extravagant, it's because the 88.000 pesos offered at the July 1-2 actually translates to $4.000. which still ain't too shabby. A complete fiesta is planned. too, and trophies will be awarded to six places in both Pro and Amateur classes. More info to follow, according to p,:omoter Harvey Evans. former owner of Lake Whitney Cycle Ranch . We'll see . L \ The Dud Perkins Award , given annually by the AMA to a leader in t he motorcycle industry who has made a singula r contribution to the sport, has been presented to J. R. Kelley. president of KK Motorcycle Su p ply Company. .SlJ YlV W-WT 10 fIlETIN S /-dA)PE RJ{( MDTIXIlOSS! ~. ert, Uvex Goggle Co . and Hi-Point Racing Products have put together a $6,200 contingency program f or riders competing in t he ISDT TwoDay Qualifiers and t he AMA W estern Reg ion Nat ional Enduros. Con tact Bruce Yo ung at Hi-Poin t for details. 916/362-4124. ~&b Hond a's CBX turned an 11.46 second quart er mil e recently in a Motorcyclist magazine test ride. 01 Anlj then there's the one ab o ut Karl Dav is from Yamaha of Covina who hop ped on the wrong bike during a hectic LeMans start at a recent 0 -37 hare and hound race . Karl rides an 1T250 but somehow got hi s leg over an other rid er's IT 175 and, to the other gu y ' s astonish m ent, rode away on it. A ll went w ell un til he crash ed later on do w n t he trail and couldn't find hi s bike whe n he got up - just som ebody else 's IT175. Karl fi nally fi gured it out and returned to the pit area where he found the IT175 owner playrid ing on hi s 1T250. At least, that's what Floyd Burk told Papa. CYcle Haven , the Long Beach Safety Council's track on Terminal Isla nd, has extended its main course to a full mile. A new set of tricky turns, including one hairy off-camber, and a new " Rocket La u ncher" j ump were added . Fourth Sundays are still the only race d ays for the Haven , run with the help of the DMG people. O'ran ge Co un t y Int ern at ional Racew ay is st ill not ready f or t he scheduled Friday Nig ht Motocross. M anager Ke nny Gree n, told t he CMC t hat t he third week of. M ar ch is the target for the reop ening ceremonies. . Bette Lasker of the AMC is tryi ng to get Wednesda y nights a t OCIR to run night MX in addition to her Ca rlsba d sched ule. V iva D istributing Co .. In c. i s offering cash awards to Montesa riders who place in the top 10 overall in AMA National MX, Trials or Enduro competition. Winners get $500, w ith second place worth $400, third $300. fourth $200, fifth $100 and $50 go ing to sixth through 10th. Local Montesa riders can receive parts bonus coupons if their 1st. 2nd or 3rd place finishes are rep orted in publicat io ns like Cycle News. KTM -rid ing Bob Balentine won the Sobob a Gr and Prix he ld near Hemet , CA . Larry Roeseler , riding with a shoulde r injury su ffere d in a motocross two weeks ago , finished second with Jim Fi sh b ac k uno ffi c iall y th ird . Com plete resu lts and sto ry next week . after the Enduro Squid recovers from th e grueling course. Yrjo Veste rinen contin ued his w i nni ng ways on the World Cha mpionship T ria ls circ u it . plonking hi s Bu ltaco to victory over Ulf Karlsson in the English roun d. Yamaha -r id ing M ick A ndrews was t hird, followed by Martin Lampkin (B ull. Jo hn Re y no lds (SW M) and Rob Edwards . A me r i c an Be rn ie Sc hreiber (Bull fini sh ed ei g ht h. ahead of n ew Su z u k i rider Malcolm Rathmell. Pat Ric hter, one of the top privateers on th e National motoc ross circuit the past two yea rs, suffered a broken leg in the final round of th e CMC/Suzuki State Series 'a t Helvetia Park. Richter fell on the first lap off the 125cc Pro event . His leg is broken in three places according to Richter's sponsor, MotoX Fox . Yamaha Race of Champions will hi ghlight the Mar. 24-26 8th Annual World Mini Grand Prix at Racing Wo rld in Irvine, CA. Twelve ident ical Yamaha YZ80 minibikes will be prepared for t he t hree-m ot e event - a format similar to auto raci ng ' s Internatio na l Race of Champions - an d riders will draw lots for bikes t o be ridden in each moto. Th e winner gets a Yamaha Gold Cup and his choice of one of the race machines. Contact the National Minicycle Association at P.O. Box 4424, San Fernando, CA 9134221 3/367-1777 for details. 27