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Postponed due to technical difficulties: Not the races, just our coverage of them. First, the telecopier that we were using to receive the Loudon road race coverage went bellyup, then the second of our two typesetting machines died. The telecopie.r was still in the hands of a competent-but-slow technician when the paper went out the door. The typesetter was repaired by faithful production person Oav Pauli. two pieces of bubblegum and a piece of duct tape. Sorry for the delay; we tried, but just couldn't stay abead of modem technology's drawbacks. The other typesetter is stiU awaiting service. Guess that's life in the fast lane. huh? Freddie Spencer. riding • Howard R.cingl Ar.I·.pon.ored. Erv Kenemoto-tuned Yemahe. cruised In with • 2O-second Ieed to win the 2IiOcc Ughtwelght Expert race at Loudon. Spencer h.d been prnsured - .fter • cresh-c:eused red flag .nd subeequent restart by K.w•••kl·. Mike Baldwin. B.ldwln took the pre••ure off Spencer by creshlng. but worked his w.y beck to .econd. Pierre Buellac finished third. In Novice IICtion at Loudon. CIIllfomlan Alen Collins (Y.m) won. followed by N_ Englanders Grt Penfield end Doug Lentz. Covenlge of both of these rec:es will appear In next week'. Crde Ne... King Kenny won again, this week in Yugoslavia. Yamaha 500cc Road Race World Champion won the pole position in Friday's dry practice on the Rijeka circuit. then came back in the ralDY practice session to set fast time on one of Goodyear's rain tires. He also set fast time in the race itself. which he won over Virginio Ferrari. who was riding with a broken wrist. Third place went to Franco Uncini and he was followed by Wil Hanng and Boet Van Dulmen. Up-to·date series point standings put Roberts at 7l!, Ferrari at 66. Hanag at ~5 and Uncini at 54. 2 Tum Suzuki'. Ge,,1t Wol.lnk reeked up his HCOnd &OOcc Wortd Championship MX SerIes victory In • row. putting in • 2·1 ride at Cllnede·. Mosport Park. Graham Noyce· won the flm moto over WoIslnk. V.n den Broeck. Leckey .nd Melherbe. WoIslnk topped the .econd over L.ckey. Noyce. Malherbe and Vrom.ns. Noyce meintllined his . . . . points lead raising It to 118 .. WoIslnk edged Leckey from ..cond plec:e in the seri... WoI8Ink hold. 1GB pOints to Leckey'. 104. Next .. World Champ Helkld Mikkola at 82: Mikkola DNF elther moto In CIIneda. The AMA Two·Oay ISOT Qualifier put on by the Mt. Baker M.C. near Bellingham. WA was "an honest-toGod enduro," according to repons, with rain, mud, and a 50% attrition rate on both days. Suzuki's Drew Smith won overall on a PE250, edging 500cc class winner Kevin LaVoie (KTM). Mik~ Rosso (Suz) won the l!OOcc class. and ·Oane Leimbach (SWM) took the only gold among the 1l!5cc entries. Only 50 riders finished both days. In the Task Mountain two-day qualifier, run June 9-10. the club'. computer g.ve Suzuki'. Mike Rosso .n extra 1.000 points in one of the .peci.1 tests. When the error _ discovered .nd corrected. it put Mike on the top of the 175cc Qu.llfler cl.... Ev.ryon. el.e mov.. down one. Steve McLaughlin talked with Papa on pressday morning after his Loudon get.off (story on p. 8) and reponed that he has his "first set of black eyes" and is bruised and lOre but otherwise in pretty good shape. Under the circumstances, he's a lucky man. CIIIlfornl8 Anemblyrnen J. Robert Hayes' bill to eIIow money from cu.tom ·lIcen.e pl.t.. to be eerrnerked for the state'. ORV Flmd. p••••d the A. .embly·. ways end Muns Committee by the minimum 11·vote requirement. According to H.yes. "the feet that we've med. It thl. far Is thanks .Imost enthIy to the support of CeIIfomie'. ORV... whose malve letter _Idng cempelgn helped us win the critic.r .upp-ort of Democratic As.. mblymen Floyd Mori. John V..concelloa end Mike Roo.. Anemblyrnen Mori 8Iso spoke out strongly In favor of the blI." The bHI now goes to the A••embly floor. .nd ORVer.· support .. d11 very crltlceI to Its evc:c:ea so stIIy with It. Rescue 5, AMA District 51's rescue squad is in need of financial help due to insufficient dub contributions. Well. the Viewfinders M.e. is doing something about it. The club is printing "Support Rescue' ~.. decals, which will be· available for a $2 contributIon. Get youn from District 57 clubs. at District ~7 events. or by sending a self·addressed, stamped envelope and $l! per sticlr.er to Big S8vlng gas by rldIng a motoreycle to work .. - you guessed It - Aaembly· men J. Robert Hey... He'. the only CllIIfomIa legialetor who'. doing It. Neither of those points .. particularly surprlslng to us. but the wire service. seem to be lmpreseect. And that'. greatl Bird, c/o "Viewfinders to the Rescue," 5508 Cosbey, Baldwin Park. CA 91706. All proceeds will go to Rescue 5. Castrol ..nt In . . . . . . ral.... announcing that their products will be doing the Iubrlcetlng chora on Honda'. new &OOcc IIquid-cooIed V'" road racer. Among some of the detlills In the pre.. release wer. that the Hond. fe.ture. ov.1 platons .nd that 1." whee" hold the monocoque frame off the ground. In last week's .New ProdUet5 section, we. well, er. sort of, blew it. The phone number for Champion Frames was incorrect. It should have been l!15/886-17l!8. Sorry. The staffer responsible for the error was left hanging by his toes over the weekend. That'll learn him. Tete It to tile IIIfIIt, • futur. length film by Peter Starr. _ .hown for the first lime at • special screening on June 13, .nd P.pa bribed the beckdoor guard for a c:hence to ... It. Following onlocation open hurt surgery to get his old ticker fired up ageln after the tim'. ection scenes pushed It pest redIine. Papa exclelmed that tile movie wa. the mo.t Irnpreuive thing he'd ...n since Marne Shane burned • "We don't cere how the heft they do It in Clllifomle'· T-shirt with the C)Ide Newsl&st editor d11 In It. Grut spots from greet races .nd lots of motoreyc:Ilng IICdon til the tim. " you ride. you·1I love It. " you race. you·1I WlInt to take It home with you. No ral.... date ha been set negotletions for d\strlbution ere Ullderwey. And when It·. rudy to happen. let you know. ""'"1 Bob Hannah bas confirmed that he will ride in the Coca -Cola Bottlers' Superbowl of Motocross. Since he's already wrapped up the AMA/Toyota Supercross Series title. he'\I be worlr.ing toward winning the Triple Crown of Motocross. "I've never won the Superbowl." Hannah says: "but this year I'm ready. " We were seddened to hear that Neel H.nsen. one of the founders of the Dirt Diggen Motorcycle Club beck in 1..... end Its tim pre.ident. w.. killed In • motorcycle accident June 15. David Walden, executive producer of On Any Stmday, 11. will CO-lponsor the Racecrafters Superbike Racing Team. Racecrafters runs a pair of Kawasalr.i KZ Iooo's on the AMA National circuit with riders Steve McLaughlin and Harry KIinzmann. Action Fours is building the engines. Ron Guilll.m from EI.inore Racew.y reports that their bIweekly speedway program .. the hot set-up for riders who .ra looking for prac:tIce. h'•• trophy race. held ev.-y other Sundey at 10 •.m. And lots of prac:tIce lime lifter the race if you just WlInt to sharpen your sideweys skil... Next race is July 1; dlel 21311742646 for Info. there·. A fire on June l! gutted a major por· tion of the Indian Motorcycle factory in S~e1d, MUAc~u. TOe building, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, faces demolition unI_ private real estate developers come up with a plan for reconstruction. Are you reedY for Motorcycle Safety end Awaren... Week? It.. take piece July 8-14. euumIng that • joint resolution from the office of C.llfornl. A••emblyman Bob H.ye. receive. .pprov.l. .nd that·. .Imost certain. Let'. show non-riders that bikes .nd cera can shere the same road sefeIy••nd that we seve gas .nd have • lot of fun In the proc:ea. Are you looking forward. to your vacation this summer? Sure you are. One of the best ways we've heard of to spend that hard earned vacation time is to ride a motorcycle in the South. west. Western Adventures an organization headed up by IoU; time motorcyclist Vol\r.er Beer, offers one, two and three week tours of the Southwest which include motorcycles, meals. lodging. a guide, selected en. tenainment. and a back·up vehicle that carries tour members luggage. ~e tours originate in either Tucson. Anzona, or Las Vegas, Nevada. If you haven't seen the Southwest, you awe yourself a trip through that region which has more National Parks and Monumenu than any other pan of the U.S. Contact Western Adventures. Il!O Glenwood Rd.. Ridgewood, NJ 07450 for a detailed brochure. •