ha d don e in Czechoslovaki a th ou gh he
seemed likel y to im p rove on his first
ra ce tenth un til Je an Claude Lacquaye
ra m med his Honda' from behi nd in a
fifth place tussle a nd broke th e rear
br ak e linka ge .
While Boven was gi ven a n entry by
the Interna tiona l J ur y. Am eica n Beta
rider Jim Pom eroy co u ld only wat ch
from th e sidelines as he was refused .
Pom er oy has cha nged from th e 500cc
class a nd has been placed a t n umber
two on th e AMA 250 cc grading list; he
rode in th e Czech GP . but was never
in contention for poi nt s.
Results
1. Fritz Kobele (Hen) 2·3; 2. Neil Hudson (Mail l · -; 3.
Raymond Boven IHusl " .' ; 4. Jean Claude teccueve
ISW MI ~; 5. Dimitar Range loY IHus l ~ ; 6. Goo3; 4. Mani Autio IHon l44; 5. Tets um i M its uyasu (Yam) 3-6; 6. Walter Kalberer
IK
TMI ' ·2; 7. Oafio Nani IGili 6-' ; 8. Ole Svendsen
IKTM) 7·'; 9. Pet e Groeneveld IHen) ' ·7; 10. Paul
Ronter IKTMI 8-'; 11. Toni Kolber.. IKTMI '-8; 12.
Mauro M i ~ e tCagJ9-. ; 13. Yur i Khod iakov (e ll 10-10.
• Denotes placing outside top 10.
World Cham pionship Point Standings: 1. Harry
Everts l981;2. Velkenoors 1
971;3. Rah;er 1
51I; 4.R iNlldi
(46 ); 5. Au';o 138); 6. Eric Goboers 1
37); 7. Groeneveld
(36); 8. Mitsu yesu (33); 9. Nani (271 10.
;
J ea n Marie
M ilissenITOIBOSuzuki (241.
mel
In a new development concerning
the BLM and their Desert Plan. several
off-road representatives had a cha nce
to meet with Secretary of Interior Cecil
Andrus last week. The United States
Chamber of Commerce held a meeting
in Los Angeles to express their concerns
with th e proposed desert plan. The
U .S. Chamber invited NOC to send a
few ORV representatives to explain
the problem which the proposed plans
would create from a recreational stand point.
Andrus agreed to review severa l
specific problems, including the socalled "cherry stem" definition of a
potentia l wilderness . Under th e new
definition being p roposed by BLM .
some areas with well-graded roads ca n
Brad went 3-3 for third in Finland, couldn't stay with Hondas. (File photo)
still be considered for W ild erness clas sificat ion . by using the "c he rry stem "
definition. If Andrus agrees with u s
that this definition is st ret ch ing the in tent of Congress a litt le too far ; several
a reas which have been slated for wilder ness review will be removed from tha t
designation. For t he most part ,
Andrus did not seem too interested in
making any major changes to what is
being proposed by BLM .
While Deeprhroat was covering th e
meeting with Andrus in Los Angeles.
another equally important meeting
was taking place in Sacramento . Parks
and Recreation Direc tor Ru ssell Cahill
held the first meeting of his new advisory .
commi ttee
on
the
off-highway
program . We contac ted a few members
of th e com m ittee to learn what went
on at this initial meeting. Generally
spe aking . th e members are op timistic
t hat th e Director is intereste d in working with th e ORV com m u ni ty.
All of the members are ORV users
with th e excep tion of Assemblyman
Robert Cline who serves on th e comm ittee is an ex-officio capacit y.
- There a re I I members of the com m ittee representing motorcycles. four
wheel drive. dune buggy and snowmobiles. Only two members of the cornm ittee fa iled to attend this initial
meeting. and one of those. Assemblyman Cline, sent a representative from
his offi ce .
In th is init ial meeting. an issue arose
concerning use of the Sand Dunes at
Pismo Beach b y four wheelers. The
representatives of the ' Four Wheel
groups
complained
about
the
problem. the Director had his staff
present their case for the situation.
and before the meeting was over the
Deputy Director agreed to a decision
fa vo ring the four wheeler's side of the
cont roversy. This action tended to
dispel some of th e pessim ism many of
the members had concern ing th e val ue
of the Committee . The con census of
several com mi ttee members contacted
is tha t although th e staff director of
the ORV program seems relu cta nt to
delegrare work or sha re information
with the committ ee. many other staff
members inclu d ing Director Cahill
and the Deputy Director are willing to
take
advice
from .
and
share
information
with.
the Adv isory
Committee. Everyone seemed to share
the op inion that Parks Department staffer Al Kuhlster provided the com mit·
tee with a great deal of info rm a tion on
th e very complicated acquisition process. It was nice to know tha t there is
someone there who seems to care
about our money a nd how it is spent.
In other news em inating fro m the
Sta te Capitol in Sacramento. we learned
that Assemblyman W ym an int rod uced
Assembly Joint Resolu tion Nu m ber 67
on the BLM 's Desert Pla n. T he Resolution asks the Secretary of the Int erior
and BLM to go ba ck and do the job
right. Although the resolution specificall y mentions deficiencies in the
BLM's tr eating of energy and mineral
activities . the po ints made are simila r
to those included in AMA and NOC
responses . Senator Craven has also introduced a similar resolution which is
slightly less comprehensive, but definitely on the right track . It 's n ice to
know that the elected representatives
who represent the desert seem to agree
with us on how these lands should be
managed.
Both Wyman and Craven represent
large areas of the California Desert.
What ever happened to self determination and self- ru le? Maybe after we win
the Sagebrush Rebellion. the elected
officials from the Desert Area won 't
have to pass resolutions asking the
federal government which is 3000 miles
away to reconsider decisions affecting
the very livelihood of desert residents.
C, N. Deept hroat
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