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top SO,OOIJ for the two·day event, and the AMA race is the largest annual sporting event in the Sacramento area. Prospective sponsors should contact either Bill Pettet or Chuck Woodbury at 916/929-7408 for further infonnation. NMRA plens to start a new drag racing c1e.. caNed Super Modified in '81. So whet. you seyi' Here's whet It will be a Pro Stock-type cIeu. only the motor size will be limited to 7&Occ. Now. who's got a 750cc motori' Almost everYbody. Honda. YalTl8he. Kawasaki. Suzuki. lots of opportunity for brand Involvement and factory sponllOf'Ship there. so stay tuned for updates and developments. Less than a week after having its debts waived by the British government, Triumph debuted a new trail model at the Paris (France) Show. The new Triumph called the Tiger Trail, is basically a Tiger 750 with Dunlop Trials Universal tires, high handlebars and upswept Siamese exhaust. It is Triumph's first trail bike since the 500cc Trophy of 1970. The Tiger Trail has lower overall gearing compared to its road·only brother and a 21-inch front tire is fitted. Rear brake is a drum unit and the single Lockheed disc is retained at the front. Sounds like freddie Spencer will give the InternatIonal compedtors on the European GP circuit at least one more year's peace. He's signed again with Amerlc:an Honda to conteat the AMA Superblke and Formule One WInaton Pro races .. well .. a few selected special events. As freddie put it: .....they have mat aU my financial requw. rnents." Sponsman motocross events at Golden State International Raceway remain on the schedule for Oct. 26, Nov. 16 and Dec. 14 despite the facility's cancellation of the Trans-USA event. There were 231 entries In D-37's Steve Polson Memorial TT event Ieat friday at Ascot. "We totally underestimated the response'" seld D-37's Ed Carroll. a fect that w.. wltneseed by the very Iete running program. Undaunted. 0-37 will run the scheduled Nov. 2 race. this time however. with much earlier starting times and a reduced Amateur entry fee. Gates will open at noon with practice at 2 p.m. and the first heat at 5 p.m. Amateur entry is down from .11 to .7. Got those super-scorcher headlights mounted for the Baja 1000 yet? Wayne Cornelius at Pacific Racing Products says he has the hot set·up, his light mounting frame. Dial 714/278·9808 for more info. Only 40 more days ·til B-to-V. On Nov. 2, 26 of the world's best racers will challenge The Superbikers' 2:2-mile asphalt/din course and each other in a race to detennine who's really the best - road racers, dirt trackers or MXers. Which 26? Each facet of motorcycle racing will run its own heat with the top six road racers, top seven dirt trackers and top seven MXers transfering directly to the main. Then two "mixed" semis will each transfer three more for the total of 26. Tickets for The Superbikers are available at Ticketron outlets or by phoning 714/495-6906. Contingency donors for The Superblk.... ere as followa: Chemplon Spark Plugs. Bell Helmets. Mota-X Fox, Bel-Ray Oil, Oury Grips. Microion. Castrol and Kal-Gard. E 14 The first da te of the 1981 Western Eastern Roadracers' Association's Pan· American Semi-Pro Series is Dec. 14 and the site is Monterrey, Mexico. The series continues into 1981 with races in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The sponsorship goal of the organizers is to exceed the 1980 season's $40,000. Contact WERA at 215/687-8422. ~ E 13 0 00 0') ~ Don't forget that CORPAC has set Nov. 1 - "ORV Victory Day" - as the day for motorcyclists and other ORV.... to get Involved with the political campaign system and help CORPAC get good legial8lUis elected on Nov. 4. CORPAC will be working for the following seven State Assembly candidates: Doug Bosco. Bill Rlente. Greg Morris. Phil WylTl8n. David Aquino. Bob Hayes and Ross Johnson. If you can give 'em a hand - and help yourself In the process - drop CORPAC a line et P.O. Box 15062. Sacramento. CA 95813. In a similar-but-more·disastrous vein, the Sierra Club does more than just trying to place the world off·limits to everyone else. They also endorse candidates. If you want to see every square inch of public land closed to the public, here are the eco-freaks' choices for State Assembly: Richard Katz (Bob Hayes' opponent), Howard Bennan, Mel Levine, Herschel Rosenthal, Louis Dominguez, Richard Alatorre and Dennis Mangen. Sierra Club-endorsed candidates in the State Senate are: Rosemary Woodlock, Bob Epple and Louis D. Valasquez. We're not making any endorsements or counter-endorsements of our own, but an old saying goes, "By their friends shall ye know them." Thanlts to Son of Desert Duck for smuggling us a copy of the Southern Sierran. Action In the Golden State Enduro Championship resumes Oct. 26 with the Jackhammer Enduro. held In northern California at Fouts Springs. For information on the event. call 416/666 6869. The final round of the Championship Is at the Dec. 1-2 enduro hostad by the California Enduro Association. 0') 15 CN I-< aJ ..0 0 ... u 12 0 16 The al/-new Supercrou track for San Diego Stadium's Oct. 25 Coca-Cola Motocrou Rnals has some Interesting features: 111 Go For It start line. (2) Start Breaker. 131 Mad Jack's Hump Thumpers. 141 Coca-Cole Catapu/t.151 Honda Hlmeleyas. 161 Scott USA Sand PIt. m XETV Rock Crunch..... C81 Toyota Tornado. 191 KGB FM Goal Poet Jump end C101 Beau Gentry Whoop-daes. National Motorcycle Racing Auocietion honchos Darwin Doll and Jim Hilrrls surprised Ru.. Collins with an award prasentetion at the NHRAI NMRA World finals. Both NMRA and the indMdual riders chipped In to purchase an appreciation award for Collins' sponsorship of the R.C. SportsITI8nCup. Pro-Link, Monoshock, Uni-Trak, Floater: The single shock suspension system may just be showing up on Husqvama and KTM. Both are in rather secret prototype stages. Ohlins Racing Sweden has been developing the single shock unit as well as a model for each of the big four Japanese bikes and is expected to release their unit in February. Chuck Sun (Hon) used the unit in winning the 500cc National Championship. The unit makes use of titanium allowing l00mm of shaft travel and S20mm of rear wheel travel utilizing the same reservoir as on the remote Ohlins. Jimmy Ellis had a bit of a scare while at the airport in Atlanta waiting to pick up his rent-e-cer before the Road Atlanta TransUSA round. Ellis was waiting with Kent Howerton at the rental counter when three policemen told Ellis to come with them. It seems there was a James Ellis in the Atlanta ar88 wanted for a felony. Whet started out as a joke for Ellis turned to a serious matter when almost all of his personal characteristics matched that of the felon. A mole on the neck or the felon that Ellis didn't have finally got Jimmy off the hook after a couple of hours of questioning. 3