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super close at 2101,2102 and 2104. respectively. THELATm to contact are : A I Lauer. 1244 Crisp Court. Sacramento, CA 95825, 916/ ~1919 (Cal Expo) and Fred Spencar. 155 Sunset Dr., Auburn. CA 95603 (Auburn). Brad Lackey lost out in a tie for first place - in the Apr. 30 500cc French MX GP. Yamah a's reigning World Champ ion Heikki Mikkola topped the field with a 2-] score before. a crowd esti mated at 40 ,000. Lackey, riding his Bill Buchka -tu ned RC 450 Hon d a , put in a 1-2 d ay bu t bowed to Mikkola when the tie was b roken by the Fin n's better time . Hakan Andersson, riding H usqva m a , took third with a 5ยท3 . In a short wa rm- up for th e AMA Ca mel Pro Series San Jose mile, Skip Aksland (KR Racing Yam) beat Alex Jorge nsen in a Pro O akd a le short track in no rt hern Ca lifornia . Spea king of the San Jose mile. they've added a new grandstand in turn four, so there are plenty of general admission tickets left. But those in the main grandstand had better bring large hats; weather damaged the roof and it was condemned and taken down. Roger DeCoster crashed and dropped out of the first moto in the Apr. 30 Gaillefontaine, France SOOcc World Championship MX Series round when the lug on the Suzuki's. front fork leg that holds the brake backing plate sheared off. He rode moto two and finished fourth. Sunday m orning, May 28, the day after th e AMA Ca mel Pro Series ha lf mile a t Denver , CO , will be the Rocky Mou ntain Ka wasa ki Lead ville.. tou r . T he tour. which p romoters say will have "trophies . p rizes and surprises," will depart at 8 a .rn . fro m the pa rking lot of the Mile H igh Stadiu m . home of the Denver Bronc os. Heikki Mikkol a lea ds Bra d Lackey in 500cc World Championship MX Series point sta nd ings by two poi nts : 72-70 . DeC oster is third with 43. Gerard Rond rode his works Honda to the second 125cc World Championship MX Series victory in as many weeks, this time at the Apr. 30 Dutch round . Rond scored a perfect 1-1 while Team Suzuki's Akira Watanabe followed, a consistent 2-2. Rond's teammate, Andre Massant took third overall with a 4-4 total. Reigning World Champ. Suzuki's Gaston Rahier, placed third in the opening moto but ran into mechanical difficulties in the second. Rond leads Rahier in the series, 96-91. Watanabe is a close third with 89. Yamaha's Ken ny Roberts ran away wit h the Apr. 30 500cc W orld Champio nshi p Road R ace Series ro u nd in Austria , ' leaving Johnny Cecotto and Ba rry Sheene to argue over second place. Cecotto, rid ing Yamaha , beat out the Suzukimounted Sheene. Pa t Hennen hole d a piston after experie nci ng ignition problems; Steve Ba ker crashed bu t suffered minor injuries. After two events in the l O-rac e series . Sh eene leads wit h 31 poi nts. Roberts follows with 27; Cecott o is third with 20. Supercross promoter Mike Goodwin topped the SOOcc Novice class in the Apr. 30 AMA 0 -37 MX at Elsinore. Goodwin took second in the first mote, then followed it up w ith a round two victory on his Husky 390 Automatic. Top AMA National Pro MXers and mechanics, along with selected industry celebrities, are al rea dy signed to ride ... oops, run in the Cycle N ews Three Mile Moto-thon, T he footrace , to be held in Pittsburgh, PA's South Pa rk Cou nty Pa rk a t 10 a.rn . on May 12, features a $3 .000 purse to be divided betw een the riders' and mechanics' classes , $1 ,500 ea ch . Cele b rities run for fun and th eir own good health ,' no bucks. Oh yea h. there's also a Toyota Supercross Series event to see in Pittsburgh on th e same weekend: Susan Brookins will enliven the Carlsbad scenery as Miss Bel-Ray USGP of M otocross, du ring the June 4 event. 2 Yama ha-mounted J im Fishback, overall top scorer at the Sunland Shamrocks' AMA ISDT Qualifier round on Ap r. 22-23, did it again in Texas at th e Apr. 29-30 Ft. Hood Dirt Riders' two-d ay AMA ISDT Qualifier . H usq va rn a riders Ste ve Whitworth and Dan Sc huler headed the 125 a nd 350cc cla sses, respectively. Team Suzuki riders Drew Smith and Tom Penton won the 175 and 250cc classes . Fishback topped th e Open class . Complete coverage nex t week . Tom Penton's Ft. Hood AMA ISDT Qualfier class-winning 2100-point score was good enough for second overall behind Fishback's lOn. The next three places - Carl Cranke, Kevin laVoie and Jeff Hill - were Former Cycle News Editor John Ulrich has bee n named Executive Editor of Cycle World magazine. . AMA Superbik e Pro duction C ha m pion Re g Pridmore has ended his association with Ra cecrafters. He 's now sponsored by Vetter Fairing Co . Northern California AMA Speedway gets underway May 26 at the Cal Expo t rack in Sacramento and May 27 in Auburn. The promoters The Ft. Sill Dirt Riders now operate a motorcycle park with half mile, short track and 'A. -mile ovals, a 1.3mile TT course and a motocross track . It's open to the public seven days a week for riding. and the Army-based club expects to hold events in late August or early September. For more info on the Oklahoma facility ltwo m i. north of Lawton). call 405/353-3818. I According to a Motorcycle Trades Association p ress release , " . .. the U.S. Cou ncil on Wage and Price Stab ility is concerned about the inflationary impact t hat E PA noise control proposals may have. and is beginning a study to determine the effects on motorcycle .prices and jobs for workers in t he aftermarket ma nufacturer. distributor and retail sales fields ." T he sa me press relea se indicates that a ll sm all Eu ropean manufactu rers and H a rley-Davidson may be forced out of business. acco rding to an EP A backg rou n d document. EPA a lso p red icts virtua lly all U.S. aftermarket manu factu rers will be for ced to stop making motorcycle exhaust systems . Pa pa 's hoping that the USCW PS has mo re ho rsepow er tha n EPA , and that th ey do som ethi ng wit h it. It'd be nice to have a government agency working JOT us for a change. The AMA is e ncouraging both contributions to and applications for the Rusty Bradley Memorial Scholarship Trust Fund, wh ich provides $500 scholarships t o professional riders for full-time higher educatio n. The Trust is in memory of Rusty Bradley. an AMA competitor and Un iversity of Texas student who was fatally injured in 1971 at Daytona. Applications and contributions may be sent to Doug Mocken. AMA Commissioner of Professional Racing. P.O. Box 141. Westerville, OH 43081. Contributions may also be sent to M rs . Joe Bradley, 819 N . Oak Cliff Blvd.. Dallas ; TX 75208. Team Yamaha's Bob Hannah became the winningesr MXer in AMA National MX history at the Apr. 16 Racing World event when he brought his nu m ber of checkered flags to a total of 15. two more than p revious record hold er Pierre Ka rsm a kers' 13. win tally. A lex Jorgensen, ridi ng his Ron Wood-tuned Norton. has won three (Continued to pag J7J