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Goodyear account exec Blaine Birchfield and Team Honda MXer Marty Tripes did a smllng-encl-hand shaking routine for Pape', camera last week when Tripes-signed to race and R&D Goodyear', tires. Wonder what he was running for rubber at Red Bud Iut SundayllReport on p. 8) Six Days squad selected A 37-nw1 tII8m hes been IW'I18d by the Americ8n Motarcyc:lst Aaocie!Ion to represent the United SUItes In the upcoming Internlltlonal Six Deys Trilil to be held Sept. 1~1&. In West Genneny. The Trophy Team wli not be mounted on one brand this year, but win be represented by KTM', Frank Gallo, Kevin laVoie and Ted LeImbIIch. and by Huaqvama's Dick Burleson and larry Ros,slsr. The Silver Vase team is Suzuki-backed and is comprlsect of Drew Smith, Mike ROllO, Deve Hulse and Jeff Fredette. The breakdown of the U.s. SIx Days team by class: 12&cc: Bob PIerce, Greg DavIs end 0 - LeImbec:h laItemete: Den Olton). 175ee: Mike ROllO, Ron RiboIzi, Ron lamastlIu.. BiI Berroth, Don Cichocki. DwIght Rudder, Dllrrell Kunzer and Deve Hulse laIternate: Kevin DavlsL 25Occ: Jack -Penton, Drew SmIth. Ted laimach, Ed Lojac:k. Jeff Fredette, Mike Melton, John Faro, Bob PopIel. Terry Cunningham, TIm Hopey, Ray Cosgrove, Hans RaideD. Terry DavIs and Denny Vandecar laIternata: Kevin Piasecki). Open: Frank Gallo, Kevin laVoie, Larry RoeseIer, Jim Fishbeck. Dick Burleson, Stave VanWatermeulen. Ken Maahs. John Ayers. A.C. Bakken, Randy Martin, Jeff HOI and cart Cranke laIternata: Denny Reese). • Point standings among the top ru~· nets in the SOOcc World Championshir. Road Race Series are unchanged fo . lowing a rider walk?Ut .at. the J~ly 1 meeting on the Spa Clrcwt m BefgJ~. A freshly resurfaced track. ~ombined with warm weather conditioN kept Kenny Roberts busy tryi~ _va~ Goodyear tire compounds In a ffUlt· less search for traction on the slick surface. Riden using other tires were 1iltewise unsuccessful. A race was run, but the top series contenden withdrew. Now Roberts has only five races left to close the gap on aeries leader Virginio Ferrari. Ferrari holds a Iiz.point advantage, 81 to 75, over Roberts as the series heads for Sweden on July 22. We'll see King K~y in acuon on July 15. According to Yamaha Team Manager Ken Clark. all systC'IDS are "go" for Roberts to ride Sean Point on his 500cc Yamaha road racer. 6 In 500cc World Championship MX SerIes action. ....... points Ieeder Graham Noyce continued to put his BUI Buchka-tuned Honda out In front, thl, time before a hornecoUAtry audience In England. Brad lackey won the first moto, but a mlltl-rlder plle-up on the first lap of the second moto dumped the Kawasekl rider beck to 23rd place. Lackey made an outstanding comeback. ride, putting the Steve Sta,lef,kl·tuned Unl-Trak 1nto fourth place by the moto', end. Noyce. finished second behind Lackey In the first race, then won the I8COIId mota while Lackey 'truggled from behind. Third overall went to Team Suzuki', Roger DeCoster with a pelr of third pIacIngs. S8rIes 1tlInd1ng, keep Noyce on top with 112. Second I, SuzukI', Gerrit Wolslnk with 13&: Wol,lnk flnlshed 4-8 In England. ~ey Is third with 121; DeCostar and Andre Malherbe round out the tIDp fIwt with • and 12 ...epecdveIy. Reigning World Champ Helkkl Mikkola did not place In the first mota but came back fifth In the sacond. MIkkola Is sixth In the point standings with • points. At presstime, unoffICial doclts show Team Husqvarna's Jack Johmon the overall winner by a few slim seconds, barely beating Husky teammate Scott Harden at tbe lizth annual Clover Creek Grand Prix. held July 1 in Caliente, NV. Complete coverage next issue. After a long. erduous trip through three committees, Assemblyrnan J. Robert Hayes' biI to give CallfomIana a choica In how the extra fees they pey for personalized license plates are used was approved at the full Assembly by a 81·15 margin. The bIIlAB 1011 will now be transferred to the ,tate Senate, where It face, more committee hearings and 8 second floor vote before it cen go to the Governor for signature. Under the provisions of. the bill, California citizens who order, transfar or renew personalized Hcense plates would be able to choose whether their extra fees wi! be deposited In the California Environmental Protection Program Fund or In the Off-Highway Vehicle Fund. Currently, all extra fee revenues from the 10<. ' . d "envIroninentaI" plates are autornatIcaIIy funnelled Into the Envlronmentlll Protection Program Fun. ~ Hard·to·come·by information from the 125cc World Championship MX Series rouDd in Swiuerland indicates that Harry Everts and Mira Watanabe gave the fint moto a 1·2 Suzuki punch. Yamaha-mounted Gaston Rahier won tbe second moto. And that's all we know. This year's Anaheim SuperCl'Olll event, the Coc.Cola Bottle,.' Motocross FInIIIs. will be a threeday show. Speedway racing COfneI to the stadium on friday, Nov. it's the U.S. World QualIfIer event. Then on Saturday night. of course. is the AMAIToyota Supercrou SerIes race. Sunday wi! see a fun dey of amateur motocross on the stadium track. There', also a motorcycle show running for all three days Inside AnaheIm Stadium. 1. - Bureau of Land Management's Baken· field District is accepting Special Recreation Permit applications for competitive and commercial off·road vehicle events in designated areas of the California Desert Conservation Area. according to Louis A. Boll, District Manager. Applications for off· road vehicle events will be accepted until July 51. 1979. for the 1980 calendar year. and any submitted after that date will not be accepted. Special Recreation Permit applications for other than competitive and commercial events must be filed a full 120 days before the event. Applications may be sent to the District Manager, Bureau of Land Management. Bakersfield District Office. 800 Truxtun Ave. - Room SIl. Bakersfield. CA 95501. Ted took a hard fall and although he I' stili pretty benged up about the head and face, I believe that his helmet .."ed him from much worse injuries." Mike Baldwin. injured in a separate accident during the Loudon National. has opted to let his broken left femur - the big bone in the upper leg heal in traction rather than have a pin or plate surgically inserted and attached to the bone. Baldwin's decision was based on convenations with many bone specialists. He will be in traction for about 10 weeks. Stadium Motorsporta. promoters of the Coc:a-CoIa Bottlers Super. bowl of Motocross went everyoI18 to show how we can con'8rWI fuel by riding our bikes to the races. For only t3, a ....cIed perking . . . will be at your disposal at the LA. Coliseum for the July 14 Toyota Supercro.. Serl., event. Send your check to Stadium Motor,ports, P.O. Box 1&23, Laguna Beach, CA 92861, and they'. send you a special motorcycle parking pen. Added to the Coca·Cola Bottlers Superbowl of MotocnJII track this year is an all·DeW miDdbender: the Toyota Tornado. Located at the opposite end of the L.A. Coliseum from the familiar Peristyle Jamp, the Tornado puts a corbcrew spiraling loop into the track. taking the riden up into the stands before ,Pitching them back down over a Ski·Run downhill jump. Should be'il killer. The ..Support Reset18 3" stIckar cernpaign hes been going great. but Papa would like to remind those ,ending for stlcke,. to pIeese make their t2 contribution check out to Rescue 3. then send It c/o BIg Bird, ~ Cosbey, BaIdw:n Pw1c. CA 11708. Ted Boody is making a quick recovery from injuries he 'U8tIIlned In a cra,h during the June 17 Winston Pro SerIes laconia C1auic: Road Race National. "Ted Is healing quicker than doctors expected," ....d hi, father in a conversation from their lansing, MI home. "He has brace, on bOth knees to keep them from flexing and allowing him to tear the sc:ar tissue. His left wrist. In which the big bone Is brok.n about an Inch above the joint. Is probebly the Injury that wII determine how quickly he gats beck Into racing. Last week's Superbowl of Motocross ad had one tiny error in it. There's a $1 handling charge for the Superticket Package. - Get those entries In for the '79 CMC Four-5troke MX Champion· ,hlp, to be held at Carlsbad on July 29. Pro riders' malrentry goa, for '20: Juniors and Intermediates COlt '15. All post entries are t2&. Contact Continental Moto-sport Club, P.O. Box 14G2. CoatII M.... CA 1212I or dial 71411i17-33Z3 for rnoNlnfo. •