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CORPAC's pick for the California Primaries Gary Wells, world record holder for the longest horizontal leap on a motorcycle, is hoisted up to platform from which he'll attempt a world record vertical jump June 20-21 at Mickey Thompson 's Off-Road Championship Gran Prix. Though inj ured when a car hit him May 17. he hopes to make ~he five-story drop to the Los Angeles Coliseum floor both nights. , Got your America n flag all read y for the Bel-Ra y 500cc USG P of Motocross? Flags , banners and lot s of horn ecoun try suppon are just the edge we ca n gi ve our rid ers in the ra ce again st th e rest of th e world a t Ca rlsb ad on June 22. Speaking of MXGP suPPOrt. readers who'd like to write to Brad Lackey while he's in Europe contesting the 500cc World Championship MX Series may send those encouraging words to Brad Lackey, clo Patrick Wygaerts, Kleinstreat 69, Aiken, Belgium 3820. Malherbe's hot. but Brad'sBADI Got some old motorcycle stuff hanging around the garage that you wam to sell ? Or do you have an empty garage that needs some old motorcycle stuff to make it look right? Either way . InterShows. a d ivision of Internarional Speedway, will host a motorcycle swap meet at Orange County Fairgrounds on Friday, June 27 , from 6-11 p.m. , and they cou ld be just what you 're lookin ' for , For details , phone 714/831 · 5116 or 714 /492 ·9933 . The ZAP SupersportS race scheduled for June 1 at Hollister Hills Cycle Park has been cancelled due to equipment problems. Instead, there'll be open practice at Fremont Raceway on May 31 and June 1 from 10 a.m . to' 5 p.m. Practice rates are $5 per rider and $1 per spectator. Details? Dial 415/ 355-4760. Hot news for NorCal d in tra ckers! Starting June 4 , th ere'll be short track racing every Wednesday night at Fremon t R acewa y. Dan H u nt and Lionel Nu nes will present the 0-36 Semi-Pro events throughout the sum mer months. according to our NorCal man -about -motorcycling, W . H. Spencer. Riders showed up, geared to go around Riverside Raceway at the May 21 California Superbike School, but Ioeded rainclouds quickly dampened their spirits. It's been rescheduled, same time, same place, different date: June 11. For lots of info, di81213/484-9323. Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association's Six Hour Enduro. set for Memorial Day. May 26 , was cancelled due to the ash fallout from Mount SI. Helens. It 's been rescheduled for August 10. and OMRRA also plans a pract ice d ay ($25) on Aug. 8 from 10 a .m . to 4 p .m . Despite Mount St. . Hel en s' persistent threa t , OMRRA plans a J une 22 event at Portla nd Im ern a t ional Raceway, a nd there's a 250cc GP Challenge Race in addition to their normal program. • The California Outdoor Recreation Political Action Committee has released their list of candidates which they favor in the June 3 California Primary elections. Due to the extremely large number of candidates running for office, and due to the relatively meager budget resources of CORPAC, the Directors have declined to make formal endorsements. as such, for the June elections. However, the COR PAC researchers have prepared a list of candidates who are generally r.egarded as good ORV voters. and are worthy of support by recreationists. The following list of " favorable" candidates only comprises those primary election contests in which there are more than one candidate, and in which we were able to obtain sufficient information to make a choice. CORPAC wishes to remind readers of this list that these recommendations are for the primary elections only, and these individuals may not be the endorsed candidates in November. This is true in many cases where an incumbent is running unopposed in the primary for his party, although the opposing party may' have a candidate whom we favor now running in that party's primary. CORPAC will evaluate all of these races again after the June primaries and will undergo a very thorough screening process. 3rd Assembly DIstrIct (Extreme northern California): In the Republican primary Robert Graham has given us strong indications of support for ORV use. 5th Assembly DIstrict (Sacramento): Stephen Franks. running in the Democratic contest. has previously supported ORV bills in the legislature. 6th Assembly DIstrict (Sacramento): We are not impressed with either candidate in the Democrat primary, except that the incumbent, Leroy Greene, has been a fairly good vote for us. Challenger Joan Reiss is an avowed Sierra Clubber. We advise Greene. 7th Assembly DIstrict (Amador, Mono, EI Dorado and San Joaquin Counties): Incumbent Norm Waters has usually gotten behind motorcycle bills. J5th Assembly DIstrict (East Bay, Uvermore areal: Incumbent Royd Mori has helped get one very good bill through his committee and has supported us on others, so we say "Go with MorL" 21st Assembly District (Santa Cla~ County): Greg Morris, a Republican challenger in this vacant seat. is a genuine off-road enthusiast. one of our best bets. 25th Assembly District: Democratic incumbent Alister McAllister has authored legislation which would open new trails to ORV use. 26th Assembly DIstrict: In the Republican race, Doug Carter has given an absolute committment to support ORV bills. In the Democratic primary, incumbent Carmen Perino has been supported in the past ... at one point he started to waver until we reminded him. We can work with him. The district is located in the Stockton-Delta area: 35th Assembly District (around Santa Barbara): There is a good horse race in the Republican primary. Both candidates in the Republican primary are good, The incumbent. Gary Hart. is one of the worst ORV votes in the Assembly and will be a prime target in November. 38th Assembly DIstrict: In the Republican primary. Carl Olson is a good friend of off-roaders ... he came to us and asked us to help him, it's the least we can do. District is in the Malibu, Thousand Oaks and San Fernando Valley area . 40th Assembly District lin the San Fernando Valley): Democrat incumbent Tom Bane has supported ORV bills in the Assembly and often asks our friend Assemblyman Bob Hayes about these bills before voting. In the Republican primary Dolores Lefevre. , 43rd Assembly District (Los Angelesl: Anyone has to be better than Howard Berman. We like William Kurdi. 44th Assembly District (Santa Monica): In the Democratic contests, Marty Wentzman is better than Mel Levine. 47th Assembly DIstrict (south central Los Angeles): Mitchell Shook in the Democratic primary is a member of Dirt Diggers M.C. Need we say more? 50th Assembly DIstrict: Curtis Tucker has been good to us. 53rd Assembly District: In the Democratic primary for this Gardena area district. Dick Royd has helped ORV issues for many years. 55th Assembly DIstrict: Los Angeles incumbent Richard Alatore has been OK with us. Support him in the Democratic primary. 60th Assembly District: Support incumbent Democrat Sally Tanner. This district is in the EI Monte area. She has a top ORV voting record. 66th Assembly District: Incumbent Democrat Terry Goggin has continuously given us trouble. He has no primary opposition; we are suggesting that those riders who live in his west San Bernardino/ Fontana district write the name of Louis McKey, "Phantom Duck of the Desert." on your ballot. The Duck lives in the district .. . maybe a protest vote will wake Goggin up. In addition to the above, we have a few Senate recommendations: 7th Senate District (East Bay areal: Democrat Dan Boatwright helped us when he was in the Assembly. 19th Senate District (San Fernando Valley, Santa Clarita Valley and Thousand Oaks areal: Republican Assemblyman Robert Cline has helped ORV bills, is on the state ORV advisory committee and deserves a promotion to the Senate .. . let's really get behind this guy. 39th Senate District (San Diegol: Assemblyman Jim Ellis is running in the Republican race .. . he has always been a friend. We have one County supervisorial race which interests us as well. In the Los Ange les County race M ike Antonovich will be a much better friend than Bax ter Ward. 3