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(su pport) Trans -USA Series class, whic h will TUn in two 30·minute motos per event. T he series begins on Sept. 23 a t Mid-Ohio Mot o Park , then m oves on through Re d Bud T rack 'n Trai l in Michiga n , Unadilla Va lley Sports Center in New York , Atl anta International Raceway in Georgia and winds u p at Sears Point International Raceway in Ca liforn ia on Oct, 2 1. Hakan Carlqvist continued to put Team Husqvarna on top of the 250cc World Championship MX Series heap with a pe rfect 1-1 victory at Halle , Holland on April 22. Following Carlqvist were KTM rider Guennady Moisseev and CZ pilot Jaroslav Falta . Moto-X Fox Honda rider J im Turner reportedly was re fused entry - as were others to the event. ,N o explanation was available at presstime. Marty Moates stepped off his lOP Yamaha in the first moto and twisted his knee. Bultaco's Jim Pomeroy experi · enced motor problems that he accredited to the gasoline furnished by the promoter. In round two, Pomeroy started slow, was making up time quickly, but then crashed. Ka wasaki's " Bad Brad" Lackey had to settle for second place behind Team Honda's Graham Noyce in the April 22 opening 500cc W orl d Champion ship MX Series event . Noyce piloted h is mach ine to 2 -2 m o to finishes behind Maico's Iva n van den Broeck in rnoto one an d Lackey in rnoto two. Lackey finished 5-\. Team Suzu ki's C errit Wo lsink sco red 3 -3 in t he Sirtendorf, Austria race . Point standings: I. No yce (24 ); 2. Lackey (2 1); 3 . (T ie) Wolsink/V an den Broeck (20). Roger DeCoster raced. finishing 10·4 . Chuck Sun came in 1821 , still recovering from his broken wrist. It 's hea led , but has not regained race-ready strength. Here's your first look at Craig Vetter's " M yst ery Ship" - t he fai ring wizard's prototype of a soon-to-be limited productio n exotic motorcycle. Reg Pridmore and Keith Code will ride it at the April 29 AFM Ony Any Sunday Ontario 6-Hour Endurance Race: Pierre Des Roches w ill do the preparation and raceday wrenching. Full inf orm at ion next week in Cycle News! Nationa l Highw ay Traffic Safe ty Administrator Joan Clayb rook flooded t he nation's wire services over the April 21·22 weekend with informa tion from a new government survey. The survey shows th at . in C laybrook 's words a t a n April 20 p ress conference, " Peo ple are d ying on t he nation's h ighwa ys in ep ide mi c propo rtions ." T he reason? You guessed it: Repeal of 26 sta tes' helmet laws was specifically me ntioned , a long with viol ation of th e 55mph speed limit a nd accidents in volving vans and heavy trucks. It 's only the begi n ning of a massive ca mpaign by the N HTSA to force safe ty equipment laws on th e pu blic. Don't like the idea? Write you r congressm a n. Again. And again. " W ar over off-road vehicle areas revs up" said the headline in the April 22 Orange County edition of The RegIster new spaper. Staff write Orman Day discussed ORV use, specifically in the Cleveland National Forest. and he included some encouraging quotes from a conversation he'd held with Bill Haynes, president of the Orange ' County M.C. While 'p resent ing . both sides of the debate, Day's article seemed surprisingly neutral, , ~o:::,~reShing change from th,e 2. In an article in the April 22 O ra nge Cou n ty Register entitled "Hike in sa les of sma ll cars cited" mo torcycle dealers were me nt ioned a mo ng the economy vehicle sales people who were rec ord ing dram a tica lly in creased sa les d ue to gaso line prices. Motorcycle a nd small ca r sales shot up 25·60% according to the art icle. Trans-USA. That's the name, and it ushers in a new concept in American Motorcyclist Association international motocross: team rac ing. While the standard two 40minute moto program w ith indiv idual scores will be retained, a five-man U.S, team and a five-man , European team will comprise the American/European Challenge . American team riders will be selected by a ballot of AMA members: a voting form will appear in the July issue of , American Motorcydlst magazine. ,Th ey 'll compete against the top five int ernational riders, An additio nal $5,000 per race will go toward the team challenge. ' An o pen eq uipment ' form ul a will a p ply to t he five -ra ce Trans -USA series. Riders m ay compete on 125, 250 ' or 500cc class ma ch ines. T hat form ula .also a p plies to .the Na tiona l ' In round two of t he F750 World Championship Road Race Series at Brands Hatch, Venezuelan Johnny . Cecotto won both races, t he first a full 35-lap (92.7 milesl race and the second a crash-shortened 23 laps. Christian Sarron crashed heavily in the second race causing the race _ to be hal ted for the ambulance. No final reports were available on Sarron's condition at presstime. He had placed third in hea t one. M ike Baldwin sheared his Yamaha's rear sprocket bo lts and DNF the f irst leg, but he came back in round two to duel w ith Cecotto and ultimately score a second placing in that heat. John long's machine seized in the first heat, then developed more mechanicals in round two. Paul , Maclaughlin finished 21-18. Rich Schlacter took 22nd place in the first heat but DNF the second w ith motor problems. Australian Gregg Hansford placed 4-4 for t he day. Point standings: 1. Cecotto (521: 2. Sarron (281 3, : Ferrari (271; 4. Hansford (241. Roger DeCoster rode the Au strian 500cc MX GP using a leading link-type front end , made in Ita ly especially for DeCoster. He used fou r Ohlins shocks on the works Suzuk i, two at the rear and two on the new fro nt end. accord ing to an observer. opening moto at Sittendorf. He and Ivan van den Broeck crossed the fin ish line in ultra -close formation , and the officials made the decision that Noyce was .02 second behind . No photo was available to SUppOTt the decisi on . Tickets for the May 6 San Jose M ile are ava ilable through selected NorCal motorcycle dealers, and general admission tickets ($81 can be ordered through BASS Ticket Agencies. A limited number of $14 Box Seats are left. so better call Bob Barkheimer Associates, Inc. at 408/438-3210 (Tues. through Fri.l and make your reservations ! They ' al so have lower Grandstand t ickets at $12, Upper Grandstand tickets at $11, Dudley Perkins Grandstand - Turn Four Reserved at $10 and the General Admission tickets at $8. Kids 6-12 can get General Admission t ickets for $2. Mail t hose checks to 14 Camp Evers lane. Scotts Va lley, CA 95066. Darrell Shultz, returni ng from a p ractice injury that left him with a broken han d an d forced him to switch to the AMA 500cc National MX Series fro m the 250cc class, stepped off again in p rac t ic e . Th is time , however , Da r re ll didn't b rea k anything. He tweaked h is knee , is und e rgoing treatment a nd is expected to race in the opening 500cc round. Bobby "Boogaloo" Schwartz, according to England's Motor Cycle Weekly newspaper, " galv anized the Cradley opener with 11 brilliant po ints, including a tremendous from -the -back success over flying Heathens number one Steve Bastable." In other words, the speedway rider ' w ho 's been knocking 'em dead in SoCa l is kickin ' you-know-what in the British Speedway leagues. "A future world champion if I ever saw one," sa id Heathens boss Danny McCormick. A bit of all , right. wot7 '.., It's offici al. The June 2 New O rlea ns Supe rdom e Supercross will be a Mr. PiBS ·spo nso red event . The loca l bottl er has reall y gotten wit h the program, ac co rdi ng to Turnstile Promotions - they'll be giving away six H ond as and a couple dozen Honda jackets. Associa te spo nsors for the New O rlea ns roun d of the AMA /Toyota Superc ross Series include Honda , Scott USA . Bosch Sp ark P lugs , Be l-Ray Lu b ricants, Cycle News a nd the Air Force Reserve. New Orleans is shaping up to become one of the biggest happenings of the year. There'll be lots of New Orleans food, New Orleans music, and door prizes from Scott USA, Bosch Spark Plugs, Cycle News and Bel-Ray lubricants. The party w ill take place aboard the 5.5. PresIdent at t he Canal Street Dock on Friday, June 1. The boa t boards at 7:30 p.m. and leaves at 8:00 p.m. sharp. Heikki M ikkola did attempt to contest the Austrian 500cc MXGP, but the Flying Finn crashed in the first race while running fourth and deCided not to risk re-inj uring his knee. You m ay recall some time ago Papa warned you that Ra cing World in T ra buco Ca nyon , CA would bec ome a hous ing development. Well, th at m ay sti ll be the case, but Ra cing W orl d Manager Lois Asta told Pa pa that now it appears that not hi ng will interfere with her park u ntil 1981 . at least. She a lso mentioned that winners of t he Jim . Weinert Series who earned a day with T he J ammer at his how -to-rid e school sh oul d ' show u p at Racing Worl d on May 3 at 10:00 a .rn . Gra ham Noyce isn't really sure abou t havi ng.to set tle for second place in th e The 'Bureau .of Land Management has extended the protest period on , ' .' .