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THE'LATEST POD 'B PAPA WEALEY Y (Continue d f rom tx:g e 2) Adelanto; CA . on Dec. 2·3 . Spectators can get in with $1 and a toy. or will have to pop for the full $3 admissi on . It's all good fun for a worthwhile cause th e Marines' Toys for Tots p~ogram - and for more inform ation . check the Calendar section. I , j Arizona Motocross Associat ion 's Sharon Marophy phoned Papa t h e other day t o spread t he word about Phoe nix's new motocross track, Ca nyo n Raceway. Their opening e ~en~ the 1st Annual Bosch AMXA Classic. takes p la c e on Nov. 19, and you can get even more info by dialing Sharon at 6021 993-5228 or 6021997-7118. U.S. National Speedw ay Champion Mike Bast will be teaching a two - da y speedway school at the Ken Mael y ranch near Corona , CA . on Dec. 2·3 . If you' re interested . cont act the Mael ys at 714 /735 ·0540 . I I Ice ' ra c ing anyone?· Dan Schmitt t old Papa t hat his Te a m Chicago fi v e- m a n squad is lo okin g f or challenge rs. T hey compete at Mineola Bay. Fox Lake, IL and t he y 'll match your m a c hine s - 250 or 500cc class - no matter w hat yt>u like to run. Curious? Call Dan at 3121725-5863. IJ the Nov. 20 issue of Fam ily Circle, there is an article feat u ring T h a nksgi ving recip es fr om Vice President Walter Mondale. Pictured with Mondale in th e article is his son Ted. wearing a moto rcycle-oriented T '-sh ir t (Progressive Products). J few staffers talked w ith AMA Commissioner of Pro Recing Mike DiPrete-with the tape recorder on. Next week t - his comments. you" Dick Brandt's Concord Yamaha will host a disp lay at the San Francisco Import Car Show. marking the first tim e that mo torcycl es ha ve been shown in among all the Ferraris and Rolls Royces at th e annual even t. And . .. one of the speakers during th e show will be non e other than 500cc Road Race World Champion . King Kenny Roberts. T hat's Nov. 18·26 . There's le s s than 100 days left 't il the Feb. 2-3 Winston Pro Houston Nationals, and people in northern california who'd like to join the annual Houston tour at a cost of about $325 can t al k .with Bill Spencer at 415/969-1682. The 350cc class. a mainstay of road rac e Grand Prix for 'over 50 years. is doomed . The FIM decided at their congress in Poznan , Pola nd to drop the. class fro m the Wo rld Cham pion , ships in 1980. Also to be drop ped from \\Torld Ch ampionship stat us is the 750cc Series: Like the 350cc class. th e 750cc series will ru n in 1979. but not th e following year . I Endurance road ra ci ng w ill be elevated to World Championship statUs in 1980. Rules under which it is to be run will be changed to those governing Formula TT - but w ithout the present d ifferences which give four-strokes a capacity advantage over two-strokes. ln stead there will be three classes open t o all types of engines, but t he u nits must be basically t hose from available street machines. The classes will be: 1.000, 600, and 4OOcc. As with the present formula, competitors w ill have virtually a free choice w ith fr ames and parts. The FIM a lso proposes that organizers be a llowed to permit prototype machines to be run in a s e pa rat e c lass. The m o ve opened up talk that the Superbike Production race at Daytona in 1980 could be for World Championship points. CN CN ~ Q.) ..0 8 Q.) :> o In a rule change that will have ISDT veterans singing. "T hings ain't what they used to be ," the FIM has decided to ease the rul es governing th e ISDT. I n a move which they say is an attem pt to sto p . some of the chea ting and to help the privateer . th e FIM will now limit th e parts which may not be changed during the event to the frame . crankcase. wheels and number plat es. All other parts ma y be ch anged with in the normal working peri ods. and speci al too ls ma y be provided by the back-up crew· th ey 'do not ha ve to be ca rried by th e rider as in the past. Z In a s urprise move, the FIM voted by 26 to 11 to lo w e r the age at which an int e rn ati o na l lic ense can be granted from 18 to 16 . This covers a ll types of motorcycle sport including road racing. Du ring t he discussion, the FIM medical committee strongly opposed the move, but they were over-ruled when t he motion was put to vo t e. Dr. Claudio Costa . chief med ical officer at Imola and son of race organizer Francesco Costa , strongly attacked the Isle of Man TT during a meetin g of the FIM medi cal committee in Poland. He said that riders who went to the TT were like circus artists who performed with out a safety net. But his views were not endo rsed by th e Congress and the re was no concerted effort to oust the T T from the list of in te rn a tio n a l even ts. Former s idecar World Champion Willi No ll of Germany was voted on to the FIM Road Race Committee in place of American Bob Ha nsen. In other bu siness. th e Congress adopt · ed ru les to ba n the controversia l Beo sidecar un it which was feat u red in our Gran d Pri x Sketchpad feat ure in issue 43 _ The list goes on and on and on. For a warm-up Yamaha's Bob Hannah ra pped off 22 consecutive moto wins in a row in championship competition. Then he devastated the 250cc MX National Championships, leaving the series in a shambles and making it a contest for second. Next he clinched the Supercross Series title, and now he's added the jewels from the Trans·AMA Series to his crown. What next? 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