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Rosso and Don Cichocki on the Suzuki AMA Qualifier squad. Team Honda's Mike Hannon topped the Lu bb ock Trail Riders' Apr. 16 AMA 125·mile National Enduro in Post, TX. just outside of Lubbock, with a 24 point total. KTM rider Bill Geier followed with a score of 28, and Team Suzuki rider Herluf Johnson picked up third with a 29 point loss, Don Sanford backed up the Honda effort with a fourth -best 30. and Bob Popiel put a Husky in the top five with a 33 point tally . AMA National Enduro Series leader Dick Burleson had a rough day, finishing 13th after a painful crash left the " King" with a badly bruised shoulder. Daniel Joseph Greene. the nation's newest motorcycle photographer. was born on Apr. 15. DJG is none other than the son of Cycle News West la b technic ian Denn is Greene and his wife Annie. He weighed in at nine pounds with' a 20Y," wheelbase .. . or was that focallength7 Bob Balen tine (KTM) won the AMA D-37 Prospectors hare and hound at Lucern e Valley, CA on Apr. 16. Behind Balentine were Chuck Pettigrew (Ma i) , first 250cc Brad Henson (Ya m) and first Amateur Chuck Miller (Yam) . Gary Charters (Suz) took the "C" bike cla ss and Kenny Dodd was first Trailbike. Chris Harris (Hus) was first overall Novice while Dan Sutton topped the Beginners, Complete coverage next week. Presstime Bulletin Sea rs Point RR rained out; rescheduled for July 15-16 By Dale Brown SONOMA , CA , APR . 15 Heavy rai ns in th e San Francisco area forced ca ncellation of the AMA Gr an d Nationa l Cha m pionship/ Ca mel Pro Ser ies roa d race tha t was to have been ru n this past weekend at Sea rs Point Int ernati onal Raceway. T he new date for the Sears Point race is the Jul y 15-16 weekend . T his will ca use some reshuffling of dat es for some of the Camel Pro dirt trac k events sched uled for Jul y in Cal iforni a , bu t the AMA did not ha ve the schedule completed at press time. They expec t a final decision on the Jul y sched ule lat er this week. The reshuffling will involve two rac es promoted by J.C . Agajani an - th e Sacramento mile and the Ascot TT - and as we went to press, cont ract negotiations were goi ng on between the AMA and Agajanian , according to the AMA's Bill Boyce . "T he tr ack was unraceable," said Doug Mockeu. AMA Commissioner of Professional Racing. The decision to ca ncel was made Saturday morning by AMA referee Chub Kellam . At the race tr ack Saturday, Mel Parkhurst , AMA Professional Competition Man ager said, "T he first turn is this far und er water," gesturing a heighth of about six inches. "We're not going to send 60 motor cycles around it. " There was also mud on the tr ack, according to Sears Point officials . The rain cont inued through mu ch of the weekend . • Brad Lackey won the Apr. 16 Austrian 500 cc W orld Championship MX Seri es event held in Sinendorf with a 1-2 score. According to Team Honda mechani c Bill Buchka , Brad topped the first mot o and was leading th e second with onl y three laps to go when he was momentarily blocked by lapped rid ers on a parti cularly steep hill . On e of the riders had turned back and was riding down th e hill for another run at it; Lack ey swerved to avoid him , going off th e co urse , That's all Roge r DeCoster needed , Suzuki 's RD passed for the moto win . DeCo s t e r had experie nced shifte r pro blems in the f irst moto a t S ittendrof and DNF. Maico rider Herbert Schmitz fin ished second o vera ll w ith a 2-3 score w h ile re igning SOOcc World Champion Heikki Mikkola took third w it h a 36 t o tal. 6 Lackey 's Austrian ride brings him to within two points of Mikkola in the 500 cc World Championship MX Series point sta nd ings . T op 10 (ac tually I I with ties) point standings follow : I. He ikki Mikko la (45) , 2. Brad Lackey (43), 3, Roger DeCoster (35), 4 . Herbert Schmitz (22) , 5. (three-way tie) Gerrit Wol sink lJaak Van Veithoven 1Andre Malherbe (21). 8. Andre Vrom an s (16). 9. Graham (Tie) Noyce ( 13) . 10. Wright /Jacques Bruno (8), Continenta l Moto·sports C lub announced that the $1.200 purse s lated for the ra ine d-o ut Apr. 16 race. will be up for grabs Apr. 30 a t Saddleback. Also coming up. said CMC P resident Stu Peters. is a $2.000 purse race sponsored by IRC TIres on May 7 at Saddleback. Bob Meanwh ile . in t h e 125cc World Championship MX Series. Gaston Ra hier was busy whittl ing another notch on his gun handle in t he Apr. 16 Italian round. Ra hier t oo k t he overall win in round two of t he series w ith a 1-2 tally . Second overall fell t o fe llo w Suzuki rider Akira Watanabe who s cored a 3-1. Third was the Ita lia n Maddi. Also on Apr. 16. Suzuki rid er Pat Hennen was doing bu siness in Madrid . Spain winning th e 500cc W orld Championsh ip Road Ra ce Series event . Hennen lead s the 500cc series. Second on th e Jarama circu it was Kenny Roberts. and he was followed by Takazumi Katayama . Johnn y Ce cotto , Barry Sheene a nd St eve Baker. Roberts also scored a second place behind Kawasa ki's Gregg Hansford in the 250cc GP . Tom Penton has signed with Team Suzuki to contest the AMA ISDT Qualifiers and - assuming he qualifies - the International Six Days Trial. Team Suzuki Manager John Morgan arranged the contract t hat Tom s igned on Apr, 17 . Penton joins Ted Worrell. He rluf Johnson. Drew Smith. Mike .. .. .,. .. ... The Environmenta l Protection Agency will be holding motorcycl e noise regulation hearings Apr. 28, Apr. 29 a nd May I . at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA . The EPA noise regs , among other things, could put an end to two-stroke end u ro bikes, force many smaller manufacturers out of business and possibly kno ck four out of five accessory exhaust manufacturers out of business. All that is based on support ing documentation three to 15 years old , Papa wants you at th e hearing; check out next week's Cycle N ews for more details behind the EPA's noise regulation proposals. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation is offering the film " Ba si c Street Riding" free of charge to driver education c lasses on a one-week loan basis. The 19-minute 16mm color film covers safe s treet ridi ng techniques. Call C o ll freel 800/638t 8652 o r write to Motorcycle Safety Foundation. Free Loan Program. c/o M ilner Fenwick. In c., 2125 Greenspring Dr.. Timonium. MD 21093. The Cultura l Heritage Section of the California Parks & Rec Dept. is doing a written history of th e Hungry Valley Off H ig hway Vehicle site, Russ Sanford of ,M,O , R ,E. ha s obta ined permission for the inclusion of motorcycle use data, so drop Russ a line at P.O. Box 26062 , Sacramento. CA 95826 . and tell him when you first started riding in the area , how many days a . year you normally use it and information of that sort. But hurry, Russ has to get it compiled and give it L t~~ ~~rvey' team before May.5. to Readers living in the 33rd Congressional district should know that. in an article in the Whltte, RevIew, Democratic candidate Charles Smith said he believes open areas should not be used for off-road recreation. r..t On the high school motocross scene , Chuck Campbell of Campbell Suzuki is offering help to riders from Ca lifo rnia . Sierra , Lacerna and Whinier High Schools to get their HSMX teams organized . Contact Chuck at 14200 Lambert Rd . , Whittier. CA , 213 /698 -8989. Jim Green of Chris' Cycle Center is offering a similar service for Laguna High. Jim may be reached at 2079 Laguna Canyon Rd .. Laguna Beach , CA. 7 14/497-3030 , The Scholastic Association of Motosport. a southern California HSMX promoter. has a new revised schedule: Apr. 29. May 6. May 20 and the final on June 3. All races will be at Saddleback Park. Cor ona Raceway has scheduled a flat track tri pleheader (h alf mile , T T and short track) for Apr. 23 to benefit the Ri vers id e County Juvenile Ha ll Auxilary. All proceeds will go to the Auxilary to fund the many volunteer programs which involve the children housed at the hall . The benefit was originally scheduled for February, but was rained out. Call 714 / 689 -1913 or 735-1705 for more info, Yosh imura R&D recently pu rchased complete emissions testing equipment and expects t o meet Environmental Protection Agency standards. J Hont Motocross regrets that, due- to a road washout , they were forced to cancel the Apr. 9 premier motocross at the all -new natural terrain Hollister Hills track . It 's been resched uled for Apr. 23. In Ascot Bates Pro Series half mile action Friday night. Apr. 14. Alex Jorgensen (Nor) topped the Experts. Wayne Rainey (Yam) did it to the Jun iors again and the Novice win again went to Jeff Haney (Yam) . Complete coverage next week. T hirtee n badge-wearing , gun -carrying BL M rangers were sworn in at Riverside, CA recently. They will enforce laws in the 12-million acre California Desert Conservation area . The May 27 AMAlCamel Pro Series half m ile to be held at Denver. CO. will feature Novice and Junior Inv itational races. The Kawasaki Novice Invitational will be open to AMA 0 -25 (Colorado. Wyoming a nd New Mexico) Novices who have their Professional licenses into the AMA by May 1. The Chuck Fowler Junior Invitational will be open to 0 -25 Juniors plus Kansas riders. Again. you have to have your lic ens e into the AMA by Ma y 1. Get in touch with the AMA Pro Dirt Track Department at P.O. Box 141 . Westerville. OH 43081. 6141 891 -2425. The Ca lifornia Racing Club will b handling t he promoti on of t he motorcycle portion of the Western Racing Association-sa nctioned offroad race at Riverside Raceway on May 20-21. The motorcycle race will be a $100 entry. 50% payback affa ir on Saturday , May 20. with a maximum of 50 entries in each of the three displacement catagories: 125cc. 250cc and Open. Contact CRC at 714 /689 -6114 for m<;?re details .