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of Parks and Recreation expenditures; $4,880- for a 20·ac re ad dition to Ocotillo Wells SVRA, $229 ,220 for er osion contro l a t Holliste r H ills SVRA , and $l g,500 for topographic mapping of areas for OHV use at La ke Oroville State Recrea tion area in Butt e Cou nt y. However, 242 acres were deleted from the Hungry Valley OH V Pa rk because that la nd is being acq uired by the Depa rtment of Water Resources. Scott Team Wins It All at Oakland Supercross ! ; • -= ~ E y t 0') tO') ....... An AMA survey, done as part of an AMA report t o the BLM about t he , southern California desert planning process, reveals that the United States economy loses $22.5 million a year due to off·road motorcyclists' travels to Mexico to find off-road ri ding opportunities. ~ ....... >s-. ~ 2 ..0 ~ ~ How can you r motorcycle club make a few bucks? Ask Bill Spencer of the Six Pence M.C. in Puyallup, W A. T hey bought a hall , ran Bingo games and earned enough to make a $10 ,000 donation to th e local Hemophilia Fu nd , $250 to the ISDT Fu nd , another $250 to the Ru sty Brad ley Mem orial Schola rship Fund and $50 to the AMA Legislative Fund. Bill says they wa nt ed to give more to the Legislative Fund. but th e State of Washington wouldn't allow the m to do so. The state termed it a "pol itic al donation." They're looking for new charities, now. J im Weinert Team Ka wasa ki lst Overa ll CRC's Dunestown Grand Prix has been scheduled to take place at Indian Dunes in Va lencia, CA on May 6. CRC w ill be using the same track as last year w ith the addition of hills in the out -bac k to cut down on the dust problem . You better keep t he w ho le weekend open. there's a chance that it co uld turn into a two-day ev ent. Kud os to A nz ona , th e Sunday sup pleme nt to the A rizona R epu blic for th eir fine article on side hack racin g in their Jan . 28 issue. A color photo of a ha ck graced th e front cover as well. Overheard in the pits following t he Oakland Supercross: " Hey. Greek. When are you going to write a Ride U k e The Jammer series 7" Jim my " T he Greek" Gianatsis and Jam· min' Jimmy Weinert have no deep love for each other and the inquiry brought a frown and then a grin from the author of " Riding W ith The Hurricane." w hich appe ared in C,de Ne. . and is now available as part of The Moto-X Fox Guide To PrefNI"'" The yz Ami. IT Y.m.h. For Competition, which Gianatsis put together. • Darrell Shultz Team Su zu ki 5th O verall Ke nt H owerton T ea m Su zuki 4th Overall .~. Wi nne rs see their way to winn ing wit h t he SCOTT goggle and lace guard system. Che yo ur nearby SCOTT dea ler l or the com ple line 01 SCOTT motorcycle goggles. face gua replacemen t lenses and tear-off le nses. Mike Bast has contracted to ride Sa nt a Ana Speedway Saturday nights sta rting March g through Aug. 25. Promoter Louis Kossu th has signed a three year contract for th e use of stadiu m' s facilit ies, not th ree months as sta ted in last week's issue. Bel·Ray O il will sponsor the 500cc USGP at Carlsbad and th e . 250cc USG P at Unadilla this yea r. Those d ates are Ju ne 10 and J u ly 29 , respectively. Steve Wise Team H onda 3rd Overa ll ,. The 14-ev ent 1979 AMAlToyota Supercross Ser ies is expected to dra w over 500.000 spectators w hile offering close t o $500.000 in prize m oney. accord ing t o a pres s relea se f ro m Seattle's Yamaha Go ld Cu p Supe rc ro ss pu blic relations agency. A K aw asaki m o nosh ocker7 Rum ors have Brad Lac k ey riding o ne in the 79 500c c W orld Cham · pionship M X Series . Bob Hannah Team Yamaha 2nd O verall 'S C:O T T Sun Valley . Idaho 83353 1 --------------------------------------------------~ i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 .979 Club Guide Free LI.tlng Deadline March SS, S979 Free Lbtlng Your club or organization will be listed In the Cycle News S979 Club Guide If you 1111 out this Inlormatlon blank and mall It to: Cycle News Club Guide, P.O. BOll 498, Lone Beach, Calliornia 9080s Name 01 club _ Mailing addre•• _ _ Zlp Clty-...;....-------- S t a t e - - - - - - Number Phone number Area code AMA affiliation: Ye. o No D AMA District number _ Other organizational allillatlon----- Tyoe 01 club _ Membenhlp: Open 0 Clo.ed 0 ~ ~ Signature of club officer • I I _ _ I I I I I : 3