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manufacturer. and win "race either the Grand Prix circuit or the World Series - depending on who gets their act together - in the 500cc class." Singleton will jet to London later this year for a road racing "trade" show. 1977. Finishing second in the 55·mile race was Suzuki's Barry Sheene. Sheene was riding with a broken collarbone and injured knee. Sheene suffered the injuries the previous week· end in a road race at Imola, Italy. Kawasaki's Mike Hannon edged out Suzuki's Drew Smith for an overall victory at the Far West M.C.'s 100 mile AMA National Enduro held this weekend in' nonhern California. Hannon lost 57 seconds to Smith's 64 seconds at the tie breaker check and finished the event with an eight second adv.antage. Honda's Rick Munyon and Maico's Don Sanford finished third and fourth. All "AA" riders had trouble at one exceptionally congested uphill section and lost points when they ended up having to wait for slower riders to clear out of the bottleneck. Rocky Williams, who cuts a more familiar figure in National motocross circles while tuning for Gaylon Mosier, has been traveling the enduro circuit for about four weeks and provided expert wrenching on Hannon's mean green machine. Complete coverage next week. I Spectators at World Championship Speedway qualifying race at Anaheim Stadium on Nov. 16 may be watching the next w~rld champion. Not since 1936, when Jack Milne brought home the trophy for the United States. has an American competitor won the finals. On tap for action at Anaheim will be such stars as Scott Autrey. Bruce Penhall, Ron Preston and Kelly Moran. The Forest Service is preparing to do an Environmental Statement to decide on management policy for the Eldorado National Forest in northern California. As part of the process. there will be five public meetings starting Nov. 5 in Sacramento. followed by meetings in Jackson (Nov. 71, Placerville (Nov. 141. Georgetown (Nov. 151. and Reno, NV (Nov. 271. For the time and location of the meetings, con· tact Jesse J. Barton. Forest Planner, Eldorado National Forest. 100 Forni Road. Placerville. CA 95667.916/622-5061. Ron L. Edmiston has been promoted to supervisor of worldwide. motorsports for Valvoline Oil Co. Edmiston will be responsil?le for supervising-all aspects of the Valvoline racing program on all levels throughout the world. Harley-Davidson has some new faces at new places in their Marketing services Department in Milwaukee. Wally Peterson joins ·the company as,Sales Promotion Manager, Bob Klein has' been promoted to Public Relations Manager, Scott Brown has been hired as the Public Relations Coordinator and Steve Piehl has been named Sales Promotion Coordinator. Off· road vehicle use designations were announced for the East Eddy/Lea Planning Unit in New Mexico. Closed to ORV use are the Laguna Plata (3,360 acres), Pierce Canyon (1,215 acres), Pope's Well and Campsite #3 (40 acres) areas. The Maroon Cliffs area (1~,423 acres) receives a limited use designation, while the rest of the public lands in the planning unit (1,157,096 acres) are open to ORV use. For more details, contact BLM District Manager James O'Connor at 505/8227673. Winston Pro series Competitor David Aldana will spend the winter in England, competing in grass track races. The AMA released him for the period and the Californian will ride under a special British license. Yamaha's 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts became the third American to win the British Marlboro Race of the Year when he easily won the road race event at Oulton Park on Sunday, Oct. 14. Steve Baker won the event in 1976 and Pat Hennen won in '80 Huskys make debut th, The Wheelie King wiII be back in action defying the laws of gravity at Anaheim Stadium during Speed Weekend West, Nov. 16, 17 and 18. Doug Domokos will be doin' his thing at. the World Championship Speedway Qualifier on Friday night, and the Coca-Cola Motocross Finals on Saturdai He'll also be making onewheeled tours of the 1980 Motorcycle Show in the Anaheim Stadium parking lot, throughout the weekend. (Abovel The 390 CR features redesigned gearbox and new seat/fender combo. (Belowl Four-speed automatic 390 ACC shares many WR features. .. The California State Parks and Recreation Commission will hold a brief meeting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Nov. 10 at the Vagabond Hill House, Room 1'-700 Truxton Ave.• Bakersfield, CA. Following the meeting will be a field trip to the Red Rock Canyon State Recreation Area and Fort Tejon. On Sunday, Nov. 11. the Commission will leave from the Vagabond Hill House at 9 a.m. for a tour of, the Hungry Valley OHV area project. getting there at approximately 10 a.m. Further information is available bY calling the Department's Headquarters ,Office at 916/446-2368. Read Chuck Williamson's Guest Editorial elsewhere in this issue to find out why you should be there. and then be there I If riders complain that the Coca-Cola Motocross Finals track. at Anaheim Stadium is too tough this Nov. 17, they can blame Bob Hannah and Brad Lackey. Their expenise was sought by' promoter Mike Goodwin in setting up the track to insure that it is the toughest, most demanding and competitive track in the AMA/Toyota Supercross Series. We were sorry to hear that Pat Eagan, an occasional eN contributor who made a name for himself road racing a Honda Hawk in 410cc Production races against the long-dominant Yamaha RD400's, fell recently at Willow Springs and broke his shoulder. We're sure he'd appreciate some cards and letters. sent to him at 1760 Pomona. #37. Costa Mesa. CA 92627. (Abovel The 250 OR has new fork sliders and air assist for 11.8" travel. (Belowl A new internal rotor ignition is on the CR 125. . The Huntingto~ Beach M.C. is having a raffle for Rescue 3. No, they're not raffling off Rescue 3, all the proceeds from the raffle will go to benefit Rescue 3. What's in it for you? Winners will receive one years wonh of free ~cing in District 37, tires. helmets, jerseys and all kinds of goodies. Tickets will be available at all the upcoming 0-37 events or you can call Harry Cantrell at 714/624-9651. -The drawing will be held at HBMC's hare scrambles out at Soggy Dry Lake on Nov. II. Winner's need not be present but you must pick up your prizes before the-end of the year. • 7