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; • • NBC SportsWorid will cover the May New Orleans Supercross. Reported· ly, they'll air that coverage sometime during the summer months. ~-4 ~ Discount tickets for the Yamaha Gold Cup Indoor Short Track Races are available through participating Yamaha dealers in both northern and southern California, Kenny Roberts will ride the Apr. 30 Cow Palace event. and there's a Yamaha Best Pairs Invitational Match Race Series that runs at both races. Some of the best pairs include Kenny Robarts/Jim Filice for Yamaha, Dennis BriggslWayne Rainey for Kawasaki, Mickey Fayl Jeff Haney for Honda, Steve Eklund! Scott Pearson for NorCal, John GennailRick Hocking on Team Smoke and Dave A1danalGene Romero on Team Mexican. The Long Beach event takes place in the Long Beach Arena on May 7. Other tickat sources include TlCkatron, BASS, and the box offices. t o 00 0') ....... The Pikes Peak Motorcycle Hillclimb, sponsored by the Colorado Trail Riders Association in conjunction with the Pikes Peak Auto Hillclimb, will take place on July 4, and both Pro and Sportsman classes will be run. More info can be found at Hillclimb, Box N, Woodland Park, CO 8086~, ~O~/ 687-~~76. It's an AMA-sanctioned event. Southern California Motorcycling Association will present the fourth United States Motorcycle Jamboree over Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-26, at the Kern County Fairgrounds in Bakersfield, CA. For details, call 2131540-1589 or 21319202768. Jimmy Weinert's getting ready for his 1980 "privateer" season, sorting out his Can-Ams at Indian Dunes (between go-kart racing bouts on the Dunes kart track with buddy Bruce jenner). The May 17 AMA Regionai MX that was acheduled for Golden Stllte IntematioNlI Raceway has been postponed. A new date probably will be announced in time for next week's C,de ".ws. It's a Hesketh. Or specifically, it's a 1000cc DOHC 9O-degree V-twin capeble of a 140 mph top speed, Claimed power is 86bhp at 6.500 rpm, It has Lucas eleetrics. And it's herelded as "the first major British road machine to be announced for 11 yeers." Brad Lackey is leading the FIM 500cc World Championship MX Series point standings! Lackey put his Kawasaki out in front of both motos in the Apr. 20 Austrian GP, to win handily with a perfect I-I score. Second was Yamaha's Habn Carlqvist with a 2-2 afternoon. Third place went to Roger DeCoster who rode his Honda to a 6·4 tally. According to our calculations, that puts Lackey in the lead with 54 points over CarIqvist's 44. Third is last week's winner Andre Malherbe with ~9. Malherbe placed 8·5 at Austria. 6 There was a rumor that Helkki Mikkola might corne out of •etilement end ride the 250cc World Championship c.... for Yamaha since England's Neil Hudson lost his IawaIit with Maico. But Mikkola reportedly has decided against rid· ing again, according to British newspaper .otor Cycle " .... Rich Schlachter has joined Team Yoshimura, for two races at least. SchIachter was contacted immediately following Dave Aldana's move to Kawasaki by the Yoshimura people, and he's agreed to team with Wes Cooley at the Apr. 27 Honda Ontario Six· Hour Classic. He's also signed to join Wes at the Suzuka Eight-Hour later this year. Bruce Cox of Trippe·Cox Associ· ates, promoters of the Bel-Ray 500cc USGP of Motocross, and his wife Sue are the parents of a son, DavId Ctviatopher, born Mar, 30. DavId weighed In at eight pounds, 14 ounces, prompting Bruce to describe him as, "looking a bit like his dad: red-faced and fat." The April 19·20 IDBA National Drags at Mississippi's Gulfport International Dragway saw Bo O'Brochta (Kaw) bum to the Top Fuel win over Kenny Blackburn (Kaw) after Blackburn failed to get his engine fired on the line. Mike Bruso (Kaw) downed Bonnie Truett (H-D) in Super Eliminator. The Pro Stock battle was a near photo finish as Sid Pogue (Kaw) squeaked past Terry Vance (Suz) 9.0~ seconds to 9.04. Mark Shelton, AFM'. 1979 150cc Box Stock Champion. and Cycle WOIfd'. John Ulrich will teilm up for the HondalOntllrio Six-Hour C1auic: on the ume bIk. that Ulrich and Pat Eagan rode Iut year to a four and on....1f lap (claaal lead before fIet tire bIu_ dropped them out of contention for the win at the five and one-half hour mark. C,cIe World Is sponsoring the venture. The opening round of points-paying AFM road races was rained out when Golden State International Raceway (Sears Point) was struck by showen early Sunday morning, Apr. 20. No rain date has been established yet. ABC Wide World of Sports will be on hand May 4 for the 17th running of the D.I.D. San Jose Mlle. Over $31,(XIO in awerds will be up for grabs at the fifth stop on the AMA's 1980 Winston Pro Saries, and a Junior InvitatioNlI featuring the top 20 Juniors in current point 8tIIndings will complement the all Expert NelioNlI Mlle. TICkets for the Santll Clara Fairgrounds event are avellable through BASS outlets, the fairgrounds box office and selected motorcycle dealers. We have a winnerl While jack Arnold of South Bend, IN was buying his Cycle News at Daytona's Motorcycle Dealernews Expo, his wife Beverly was filling out our contest entry blank. When our lovely ticket-picker reached into the receptacle and pulled the winner of a trip to the Pontiac Supercross - complete with air fare, hotel and race tickets - jack's ticket came up. Two more trips are still waiting to be won, so fill out our contest blank on page 45 and send it in. You could travel to New Orleans or Philadelphia for an exciting evening of AMA Supercross. Going Into the San Jose Mile, Yamaha leads the AMAIWlnaton Pro manufacturers point 8tIIndings, 60 to 40, over Herley-DavIdson. WIth San Jose on Mey 4 and the Ascot Half Mile on May 10, however, Herley hes a comeback welting In the wings. WIth Houston and DaYtoNl under their belta, Yamahe ridenliooked pretty good. Now, with three dirt track races coming up (the third Is the May 31 LousMlle Half Mllel, H·D Is looking good. Honda Is third In the 8tIIndings with 34 points. If thay cen only make that V·twln work. .• The American Motorcyclist Association has evidence that information on tbe new Department of Transportation helmet study was leaked to the Scripps·Howard News Service in Washington at least 24 hours before the repon was available to other news media or delivered to the United States Congress, according to Government Relations Director Ed Youngblood. Ann McFeatters, Scripps-Howard staff writer in possession of the leaked material declined to identify her source or when she received the priviledged information. According to proper procedures, the DOT should release information to the news media only after the report is delivered to Congress. However, memben on Capitol Hill did not get their fint look at the report until at least 24 hoon after t.!te Scripps-Howard article was on the national wire. AMA is investigating the leak and will reveal the complete chronology of the incident in the June issue of American Motorcyclist, the official Association magazine. Want aorne D-38 enduro pointe? ContllCt Bruce Sanford, the new San Diego County enduro s'e_ard, and find out how to get In on his retroactive points ayatem for the 1980 uaaon. D181 71412n-1823 for details. Zap Supenporu is constructing a new MX facility at Fremont Raceway, and they plan to kick off their night moto· CTOlll program on May 2. Riden may contact Zap at 415/~55·4760 for more information. ErIk Kehoe, winner of the Yamaha VZ80 at the Yamaha Race of Champions (coverage on p, 201, donated the minibike to be raffled off to benefit motoerou rid.Bobby Sullivan who _ left pMIIyzed from the weist down .. the r-.It of a prlh.;Ice c:raah.