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way . New address for ARRA is 220W. Carrillo St reet , Santa Barbara, CA 91301 . Call 805 /966 -2611 . IMry Brooks, 13, of South Pasadena. CA. has been N1med to the Honda Minicycle MX Team, according to Honda Mini racing maNlger J'ony Porrini, Brooks is the second rider on the team. joining Todd Hewatt of Escondido. CA. Both boys will tour this summer on the Honda! AME Amel ic:an Minicycle Championship Series, riding in up to ten races, coast to coast on factory CRSOs. Tim Miller, the Goodyear racing tire engineer assigned to motorcycle race tires who ac compan ied Kenny Ro berts in his W orl d Ch ampionshi p winning European forays, shook up the fourwheeled Formula One world the other weekend. Miller design ed a new rain tire - with straight a nd circular grooves - that p roved to be an instant success as the I I fastest qualifiers in the Belgian GP used the tires in the wet qualifying session that preceeded the d ry event. A proposal for SOOcc 4-stroke dirt track rac ing at a grass roots level will be presented to the AMA 's Professional Rules Committee at their May 10 meeting. The M idwest Promoters Association. in an April 12 meeting in Dayton. Ohio. formulated plans to hold a combined Novice/Junior/Expert raee as part of selected dirt track events for SOOcc 4-strokes. It will be called The Battle of the Brands. Riders will not be allowed to have biakes. A $2,500 claiming rule will also be instituted. The int ent is to low er the cost of racing while getting more brands to compete. Flat trackers and fla t track fans looking for some racing action between the May 10 Ascot N ationa l and the May 31 Louisville Na tional will h ave a shot at a total of $8 ,000 in purse money over the May 16-17-18 week end when the Texas H arleyDa vidso n Dealers p resent the Texas Pro-Series. A $2.000 AMA short tra ck at W ichi ta Fa lls Speedway will be held on Friday night . May 16. followed on Saturday by a $2,000 sho rt track at Ross Downs Speedway in the Ft. Wo rth area. Then "rolli ng th under" hits Devil's Bowl Sp eedway in Dallas. Devil's Bowl will host a $4 .000 Regiona l Ch a mpionship half mile on Sunday and promoter Roya l Sherbet tells us that pre-ent ries incl ude Mike Kid d , Terry Poovey, Randy Goss, H ank Sco tt, Corky Jones, Phil Keen er , Ro n nie McDonald, Scott Parker , Jeff Haney and J im Filice. For int o contact Roya l by calling 817 /267 -5635. o 00 (j) ,...-4 3rd.· SPRING 'C L A S S IC 20-LAP HALF-MILE NATIONAL WITH HONDA 500 INVITATIONAL RANDY GOSS TICKET OUAN TI T Y MA I L ORDER SA TUROA Y . MAY 10 $1 2. 00 Reserved Adult $ 6 .00 Reserved Child (12 & Under) $ 9.00 Gen. Admis sion Adult $ 4.50 Gen. Admission Ch ild (9 - 12) ea. ea. ea. ea. ADVANCE TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT FORM $- - - $,---$---$---- (General Admi ssion $10.00 Adult and $5.00 Child (9 -12) at Box Ol1lca on Race night.) (All children 6 and under admitted free to general admission only.) ENC LOSED IS MY CH ECK FOR _ TICKET~ON ~ E:\ "division of ~ ~ CONTR..oL DATA CORJ'OR,ATION lC.JGAMM'S (Ascat) 18300 VERMONT AVE , GARDENA, CALIFORNIA (213) 321-1100 (213) 323 - 1142 FREE VIP. PARKING FOR MOTORCYCLES Please encl ose a self addressed stamped envel ope al ong wilh check or money order payabl e t o - AGAJAN IAN ENTERPRISES P. O. Box 98 Gardena, Calif. 90247 NAME PHONE _ ADDRESS STATE ZIP _ "WHERE THE HARBOR, SAN DIEGO AND 91 FREEWAYS MEET" . , . _ , Offklld c.r Of . - - , ..... Jay Springsteen. in the San Jose winner's circle: "I kept almost running into those things 1500cc • HondasJ in praetleel" ThIs is how the AFM/Honda Ontario Six Hour Clauic ended: Tom Shanahan missed a shift lsee " Voices"J and Bill Silver tall-ended him. Both .are recovering well from the frightening crash. Photo by George Dye. 3