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them ? We really appreciate the coverage of th e ra ce. Thanks again! IINSIDE ~ t KEN BAILEY Kennewick , W A A M A/Mr. Pi BB 125/250cc Nat'JCha m pionsh ip M X Series .. ... . .•.. .. .. . . . . 6 W e've forward ed yo ur name and address to Gary Laudig so you two can work out a deal on the photos. . . Edit or. Ba rn ett takes a nother. Hannah finds a challenger World Champions hip Road Race Series 8 Hennen racks up Spanish 500cc win Help Hayes help Desert Alert Update .... 10 Seems like quite a few riders are just beginning to become aware of our legislative problems on both the state and fed eral levels. We want som ebody to do something. The some body in th is case is ourselves ; th e some t hing is to support Bob H ayes for Assembly. 39t h District. Two yea rs ago , he narrowly lost in the primary. And it was bikers who bea t him . We donated all of $100 and a half doz en campaign workers . W e · shou ld hav e given him some real support instead of lip service . Bob H ayes is an AMA District 37 'Expert , is ac tive in M .O. R.E. and National Outdoor Coalition. and he's an active ami-Sierra C lubber. You don't have to live in the 39th Assembly District to make a campaign contribution. How about it? We should be able to raise a few thousand dollars if enough of us send small amounts. It 's tax deductible. Send it to Hayes for Assembly. 213 N . Ma day si.. San Fernando, CA 91340. It 's tim e to put up or shut up. If you won 't do anything to help save our sport and access to ou r beloved d esert. stop crying about it. PAT RICE Lomita , CA Seventeen chances to save the dez SOOcc World Championsh ip MX Series 12 Bad Brad takessecond GP victory in Austria Coors Trans-AME MX Series 16 Denton. Staten. Burgett blast SpillWay Desert hotline 18 Beavers a nd h ares scr a m b le in SoCal sands Western hotline Speedway·w eek 20 29 Sliders return to Costa Mesa Northern dateline Central pipeline 30 34 ON THE FRONT PAGE: "Bad Brad" Lackey scored his second GP win in Austria . Photos by Chris Myers and Charles Morey. Charto C . Clayton. President So bi Scott. Asst . to the President Sh a ro n C layto n. Pu blisher Ed na Mt'W(on , Secretary to t he Pu bl isher Advertising J im Ryan . Saln Man ager . Larry Litt le. Sa les M a na ~r . Ma rgot: Bergm a n . 5.. ln M a n a ~r . C hris Kol ber . Assistant. Editorial Ch arl n Mof'C')' . Managing Edi tor. Dal e Brown , Ed itor . Brian Geo rge . Assistant Edit or. Graphics and Production SuC' Mort'y. J an Gill . Production . Marion , Hat ashi ra. Pat Phill ips, T ypograp hy. Dennis Greene . Lab oratory. Accounting Mike Klingrr. Ma nage r . J eanne Ha mmond . Accts . Recei vabl e . Na ta lie Magee. Asst. Accts. Receivable . Ju an ita Bla nt on . Co llectio n and Credit , Circulation No longer Olympic I have a question about the Rio Bravo 125cc Nati onal Motocross results. You listed Broc Glover as third overall and Da n ny T urner as fourth . Broc got a ninth in th e fir st moto and a first in the second -. That equals 10 points. Da nny Turner got a fifth in th e first moto and a third in th e second. That equals eight points. Please print th e reason. GLENN K. SCOTT Thou sand Oaks, CA Th e AMA no long er uses th e Olympic scoring system (lowest score winning) in National motoc ross, Glenn. Each moto pays points to ward the National Championship - 25 for first, 22 f or second, 20 for t hird, etc . Glover's 9-1 tally equalled 37 National points ; Turner 's 5-3 score nett ed him 36. That 's why Glover was t hird and Turn erfourth . . . Edit or. A special thank you Words a lone cannot express how deeply tou ched we are for all the many cards , phone calls and offers of help from all those who knew Don . Our sincerest thanks goes out to all of Don's many frie nds, co-racers, parents, announcers, paramedics and many mo re for bei ng t here when we needed you mos t. Thank you so very , very much . MR . & MRS . DON TORTORELLI , SR . & FAMILY Garden Gr ove , CA Automatics. The 340 bik es are not currently being produced. however. We wou ld like to invite both owners a nd past dealers of Rokon products a nywhere in the Wes t to contact us if we can be of assistance . We are lacking dealers in some areas but hope to fill those gaps immediately. Rokon also has a pair of new products in prototype stage which we antic ipate being able to announce a ro und m id- yea r. BILL DYER JIM CONGROVE Rokon West Dist . Co . P .O . Box 348 Arvada . CO 80001 303 /423-4552 Get on the BLM 's li st I'm on the BLM mailing list and just received some poop about the wilderness program meeting schedule. Also included was a postcard to return with my name and address so I could receive all future info and materials pertaining to the wilderness program. Anyone interested in getting on the mailing list (Isn't that all of us?) should write the BL M and ask to be put on said list. . Bureau of La nd Managem en t Riversid e District O ffice 1695 Spruce St. Riverside , CA 92507 It 's nice to know what the enemy is up to and pa rticipat e in th e planning. WARD CUMBIE Down ey. CA Rbe ba Smith. Man ager . Debbie Dra yden . Rob in Holbert . M ic hd l~ A II~n . Sand i McKay. AM ta ntl . il Services and Support Rokon alive and well Laudig lauded Dceeen Pacbecc. Rruplionisl. Jim Pisareu. 5&5 . Hi. Just a sho rt lett er to let you kn ow tha t Rokon is al ive a nd well in the Rock y Mounta in West. We discovered that Rokon Inc.. back in Keen e . N H . has a new m anagem ent team . so we ne w ba ck from Den ver a nd negot ia ted a n excl usive d istributorship. W e will b e stoc ki ng bo t h new m ach ines (T rai l-Brea ke rs) , a nd parts for both Trail -Br eak ers and th e 340 Just a lett er of appreciatio n to you r p hotographe r Ga ry Laud ig who cove red the Las Vegas 400. Many tha nks. Ga ry, for helpi ng me (#7) pick myself up and get it back together a fte r my spec tacu lar crash! Reall y ap prec ia te th e help. W e heard fro m Casey Folks th at Ga ry got severa l frames of the cras h woul d it be possi ble to ge t copies of West 220 1 Cberry A ~ .. Long Beach . CA P.O . Box 498. Long Br ach . CA 9080 1 (215) 427·7H 3: L.A. Line 636 ·8844 . East 4 190 First A'II~ . . Tucker , G A. P.O . Box 805. Tucker , GA 30084 . ( 404 ) 9:14·7850 . Subscription O ne yt'ar . seco nd c lass ma il. $15: 2 years . seco nd class mai l. $27 ; 3 years . seco nd class ma il. $37.W . CoPyriKht'" Cydr_Nf"W'i . Inc. 1978 . Trademark r Cycle- N('~ registe red U.S. Pa lrol O W(" . All riK~ r !l rese rved . 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