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The tint two entries lICC8pted for the Junior Invitetlonel 8t the Sen Jose Mile were Jlmbo Rllce on Mert Lewwlll H-D end Richard AmIIIz on the MIte M8C8doIStorme Winter H-D. Both . . atIIl locked In e bettie for the top Junior spot but . . behind Steve Hell, New J. . .y, . . the _son cIoeea. Negotietions are under _y to bring Hell west for the seaon fine.... o 00 0') The weekend following the San Jose Mile will have a Rqponal half-mile at Ascot Friday Dixltt with an Olr.lahoma regional on Sunday. Could be some fancy driving! According to Australia" IIotor Cycle Ne. ., a supercharged lnot turbo - ......} 500cc V-4 Honde with microprocessor-controlled electronic ignition is on its way "down under:' Will the U.S. market see It. too 7 Only Honda knows ... Penhall pointless at World Long Track Final By John Hipkiss SCHESSEL W. GERMANY, SEPT. 14 CaIIfoml8n Bruce PenhalL Amerlce's only reprnentatlve In the World Long Treck FinlII. filled to score e point In his three rides. In his tint outing. his engine seized. In the ucond. he tIIIIecI the field lifter being belted 8t the tint twn. In e1rOCious conditions, the Wen GermM epecillliaU on the long tnM:k acorecI the top eeven pIeca W...... of the meeting was Carl MeIer. Second was Egon MuIer, end third was defending chIImpion Aloia WiMbock. Penhell joins fellow Amerlcens Scott Autrey, Bobby Sc:hwlIrtz end DennIs SigeIoa for the World Tum Cup RnlII on Sept. 21 In Polend. He ,.... thet Teem Amelice has "en excellent c:hence of winning:' h's expected to be e tough rece between the Amerlce... end Teem Greet Britain. Ruaaia end Polend complete the four·teem meet. Complete covefllll8 next week. Randy Mamola won an International road race at Zandvoon, Holland last weekend, placing I-l! in the two heats. Second overall at the Sept. 14 race wu Jack Middleberg with a l!-~. Three· time 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts earned a third overall placing with ~-4 heat finishing positions. Wil Hartog won the second race. Teem Greet Brlteln topped the Sept. 14 Motoe:rou des NetIona, their homecountry event this veer, held 8t Ferteigh Castle. Second _re the BelgIans; Hollllncl was third. The U.S. did not field e teem. 2 Steve Morale from Dallas was the upset Top Fuel winner over Bo O'Brochta at the IDBA Lone Star Nationals held at Houston international Raceway Sept. I ~-14. Morale stopped the clocks at 8.55/ll!4.70 in a shut off run as O'Brochta lost the engine cases, oiling the drive belt. Houston resident Terry Kizer beat Mike Bruso 8.11/165.44 to 8.~0/1!>4.79 in Super Eliminator. In Pro Stock, Sid Pogue defeated Bob Carpenter 9.0~/145.6~ to 9.04/14~.4~. Pogue's reaction time was an unbelieveable .018 seconds, just .007 seconds away from redlighting! Terry Vance redlighted in tht" second round against Vicki Farr. And in Pro Comp, another )ocal, Mike Pizzitola. beat out John Baugh with an 8.14/141.l!8 run. In Top Fuel semi· final action, Sam Wills' clutch blew while running against Morale. Thanks to a clutch cover machined from billet, he was sent to the hospital with only minor bruises and a possible broken tal". but was released in time to watch the rest of the meet. Dave Shultz beat Chuck Custer for the Modified laurels; both were on Kawasakis. In the Stock division, the two finalists were again on Kaws with Mike Phillips defeating Gary Tackett. Ed Bill on a Kaw took ET I and Ned Taylor won ET l! on a Suzuki. The Orange County Classic held at Orange County International Raceway in Irvine, CA, on Sept. 14 saw Wayne Davis snag the Top Fuel honors. Gary Scott, Steve Morehead, Ronnie Jones and Billy Labrie will be among those competing at Ascot's Sept. l!6 half mile Regional Championship event. Since it falls on the open weekend between the San Jpse Mile and the Ascot Half Mile National. there should be lots more competing. A regular half mile on Oct. ~ as well should help those Juniors and Novices looking for a few more advancement points. AmerIcen SchreIber pushed his mount to the win In the fIneI event of the 0..."... Trlela World Chemplonahlp SerIee held Sept. 14 In CzechoaIcnreIc& h w .. fourth .nlght win. end on the y..- he won six of 12 events, the e record. In Czec:ho. SubInIIFenJ tInishec:I uc:ond lIIICI Tony Gorgot lOa) was third. New World Ch8mpIon Uif KerIaon IMan) fInIahed sixth; In the finlll point taIy it was KerIaon 121, Sct.relber 111. Schr..... We were saddened to hear that Denis McConnack of St. Michaela, MD, founder and fonner president of the Triumph Corporation, died Aug. l!8 at the age of 78. McConnack founded Triumph Corporation, the factoryowned busiDes that started distributing Triumphs in the l"Ut coast and later bought out the western distributors. Graham Noyce has signed with Honda for the '81 season. Want to go riding at Nob Hill Ranch in At8SClldero7 Bill Schraeder from Iron Horse Cycle in Redwood City phoned Papa last week with the following info: There will be a Board of Suparvisors meeting on 5ept. 23 at the City Hal in Redwood City, 702 Marshall St., first floor. Green Stickle money has already been allocated for Nob Hill, but nothing's been done yet. Attend this meeting - .vet)'CNM - and you may have a riding aree. If you cruise, you lose ... Senate Bill 468 has reached Governor Brown. SB468 is the Motorcycle Rider Education bill, and it specifies that one dollar be added to the cost of our annual motorcycle registration fee to fund the program. Your letters to Brown are needed to help it get through. Papa saw a copy of Assembly. man Bob Haye;' letter to Brown in support of the bill. but your opinions carry the weight to sway Brown toward signing on the dotted line. You shouldn't miss the California State Speedway Championship on Sept. 20 at Inland Motorcycle Speedway, but two top contenders have no choice. Ron Preston, currently under contract in England, has recovered from his shoulder injury and leg surgery, but he's obligated to compete in the Sept. 21 World Team Cup finels in Poland. Lance King suffered a broken collarbone at Costa Mese last weekend. Replacing Preston and King at the San Bernardino event will be Craig Schaefer and Phil Gagnon. Proposed off-highway vehicle land use categories and proposed resource policies for management of the Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area will be discussed at a public meeting. Sept. l!4, in Glendale. The Citizen's Advisory Committee for the State Park unit will meet at 7:~O p.m. in the adult recreation center. 201 E. Colorado Blvd. HosPITei STOP: Gery Wells, jumping the Ceaser's Pelace founteln In La for the show JJIet's .... , lost control of hla bike on the downramp elter cleerlng the fountain, He's in the intensive cere ward of Desert Springs HOBpltel with a broken erm, a broken leg, possible heed, eye and internal injuries, and a possible freetured pelvis. Get well cerds, flowers, etc., can be sent to him at Desert Springs Hospital, 2075 E. F1emingo Rd., Las Vegas NV 89109. Va: TV Papa was listening to KZLA radio a few days ago, and a moming DJ named John R.W. Waylon made a comment that raised the 01' boy's dander. Waylon was doing a freeway traffic repon, and he cited one of the problems as a motorcycle accident. Then he added a comment, something along the lines of "I don't ltnow how some states get conned into having a no·helmet law ... "Papa feels that if KZLA must present one side of this controversial issue, they should at least allocate equal time to the· motorcydilt5:.. opinion. Perhaps letters and phone calls to Mr. Waylon and/or to the KZLA program director would help the situation. KZLA's address is 5700 W. StmIl"t Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028. Their phone number is l!lS/466-41l!S. 0-37 win sanction thrae TT races at Ascot Park. Promoted by the Ughtweights M.C.. the events will run on Oct. 17, Nov. 2l1fld Nov. 21. The opener, Oct. 17, will be II benefit race for the Steve Polson family. Amateur class.. 80cc through Open as well liB 2&Occ, 500cc and Open Pro classes win be run. More info at 2131371·7366 from Ed CarroH. Rolly Rockwood, author of our National Papers column, made two interesting observations: Randy Goss, Winston Pro Series points co-leader, is the only rider in the top 10 who hasn't won a race in '81. No rider has yet won the· Grand National Championship title without having won a race; the closest anyone ever came to it was in 196~ when Dick Mann took the Number One plate winning only one National. Mann's win came at Ascot, and the date was Sept: l! 1 ... the same date as this year's San Jose Mile. Racing at San Jose7 Don't miss the Fremont short track race on friday night. Sept. 19. There's a $2.000 purse for Pros. Last chance to get into the San Jose Junior Invitational: Phone 408/4~8 ~210. Make thet ""., Editor. Kathy Weinert has been promoted to the I position of Editor at Hester Publications' lIotOl'C,de Deale........ S'pose she's looking for II secretary ... male-type? Sturgis. SO is "annoyed as hell" at Harley-Davidson Motor Co. for "their arrogant attitude regarding Sturgis and the Sturgis bike," It seems that H-D brought the 1981 Sturgis belt -drive I ~5Occ all the way to their town for publicity photos and failed to contact the local media. city officials. Classic board or Jackpines M.C. "Secrecy regarding a new model ... won't wash," one leading citizen writes. "If World War III staned in Sturgis today. it would be months before the rest of the U.S. would know of it." Femed desert recers John McCown end canine passenger Kookle III wi! eppeer on an upcoming episode of 7JNIt's ...... bIe; probably their Sept. 22 segment. The filming w .. done et the July Cal City GP, and John wlU narrate the segmant. Golden State Raceway's Trans-USA promises an outstanding five- rider shoot out with 250cc National Champ Kent Howerton, 500cc National Champ Chuck Sun, Supercross Champ Mike Bell, world star Brad Lackey and the return of Bob "Hurricane" Hannah. That's Sunday Oct. 19. Winter series D·~6 Sponsman racing commences the following week on the same track, Oct. l!6.