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last week's ad for the Nov. 1·2 22nd annual Din Diggers GP. You should not, repeat not. scnd your Din Diggers GP entry to the Hilltoppers M.C. as listtd in that entry blank, You should send it to the Din Diggers M.C., 217!1 Crescent Ave., Montrose, CA 91020. Oh my my. That's what the Hill' toppers M.C. said Ito put it very mildlyl when they saw their address in the Din Diggers GP ad. You see, the Hilitoppers also are hosting a GP. But theirs Is in Rosarito Beach on Nov. 23. Send your entry for the 6th annual Hilltoppers GP to HlIItoppers M.C.. 6340 Indiana Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805. o 00 0') The 1980 New \' ork City to Los Angeles Express Rally, the latest name for what is most often referred to as the Cannonball Baker Run. is now history. Never highly puubliciz...t1 due to the nature of the event - quickest to LA wins - this year's run was no exception. There were two motorcycle entries, one a five rider team of George Egloff, James Fonney. Ray Bockie, Geoff Adams and Perry Bushong riding a 1979 BMW R65. The other was Steve Behr going for Cannonball Baker's solo record of 5!1 hours aboard a tricked out Honda CBX. eith...r (('am fared well with Geoff Adams being put out by cold weather forcinJt Perry BushonJt to talk a private pilot into flying him to Adams so he could take ov...r. The team finished in 58 hours. 25 minutes which was well off the 1979 two-wheeled finish of 44 hours. Egloff was also on that t...am. Behr also ran into weather problems and finished some 70 hours after starting. The overall winn...r was a Mazda RX 7 which. completed the approximately 2.959 miles in !I!I hours, !l9 minutes averaging nearly 90 mph after departing New York on October 18. Ever wondered how to go about getting good training to be a motor· cycle mechanic? The American Motorcycle School in Santa Fe Springs, CA. has recaived FedenII funding to train and certify motorcycle mechanics. The pilot program, which starts Nov. 3, is open to Los Angeles County residents who are 16-21 years old. Those qualified will receive free tuition, be paid $3.1011v. and get a complete tool set after graduation counesy of Uncle Sam. If you're interested, call Mr. capell at 213/ ~121 for more details. The only water-cooled bike at San Diego was Goat Breker's new KX which also featured a small front disc brake. He only rode it for the first few laps of practice, though, before returning to his" regular air-cooled 250. He said the new bike felt prelly good; the front disc didn't seem to work quite as well as the drum, though. A new Team Kawasaki member? Not for a few years at Ieest. Warren and Cynda Reid are expecting the first new addition to their hous. hold in May. Austr• • • Motor Cycle Ne... pr. viewed the Swann ROlid Racing Series in their Nov. 7 issue announcing that Dave Aldana is a confirmed entry on an 1100cc Ralph Hannan-built Kawasaki. David wiD have his work cut out for him, racing the likes of Graeme Crosby on a Yoshimura Suzuki and Yamaha development rider Sadao Asami. The FIM Congress which concluded October 25 on the island of Malta saw no major rule changes in MX or road racing, according to AMA delegates Mike DiPrete and Bill Boyce. DiPrete was re-elected to a post on the MX and trials commission while Boyce was also returned to his position on the technical committee. The U.S. will again play host to three MX GPs: 500cc at Carlsbad on June 21. 125cc at MidOhio on July 19, and 250cc at Unadilla on July 26. Venezuela withdrew its bid for a road race GP due to track reconstruction but Argentina was awarded a GP and will open the World Championships on March 22. The FIM changed the name of reliability trials events to enduros, so it appears the ISDT will now be the ISDE or Intemational Six Days Enduro. A commillee is looking imo a change in tires for endurOll with emphasis on efforts to reduce erosion in areas where events are run. The 50cc GP road race class will disappear in 1984 and become an SOCc'Clu.. . ·The 1981 Winston Pro Series "should be 26 or 27 evems," said Bill Boyce. "We are in the last stage of finalizing the series and 1 hope to have a firm calendar by the AMA Awards Banquet (November 2)." "I am starting to go over the c0rrespondence regarding Wes Cooley's appeal Ion his disqualification in the final Superbike round) and should have a decision by November 4:' said AMA's Mike DiPrete. "There are a lot of things to go through before reaching a decision." Rich Schlachter will be at the Cycle Tune shops to bench race and (maybe) share a few go-fast secrets next week. Friday, Nov. 7 will find the U.S. National Road Race Champion in their Torrance store, and on Saturday, Nov. 8, Schlachter will be hanging out at the Costa Mesa shop. The california Suparblke School sessions at Laguna Seca have filled up so fest that the organizers have designated Monday, Nov. 3 as an overflow day. Phone 213/484-9323 to make your reservation .or for more details about these and other CSSdates. Oh dear. That's what our ad depart· ment said (to put it mildly) when they disco~tea' i 'Wrt>h~' addrets·lUttd 'In Plan ahead. If you need a new steel shoe for Houston or for a Christmas gift, don't try to order it from hot shoe maker extraordinaire Ken Maely between Dec. 10 and Jan. 10. Why, you ask? Because the Maelys, Ken and Judy, will be "Down Under" in Australia visiting friends and just plain getting away from it all. Phone 714/ 7!l5·0540 to arrange your order around their well-deserved vacation. california Racing Club has signed an agreement with Stadium Motorsports promoter Mike Goodwin to run CRC AmateUr Stadium evanta at all the Stadium Motorsportspromoted AMA Supercrosa Series races next year. The program kicks off with the Feb. 1 Anaheim StaeflUm CRC Amateur race, then joins the Supercrosa events at. Atlanta, Kansas City, Los Angeles and San Diego. Qualifiers for the CRC series will get underway staning Nov. 16 at Indian Dunes. The fmt Battle of the Twins road race of the '81 season will take place on the high banks of Daytona next March. Got a BMW, Ducati, BSA. Norton, Triumph, Moto Guzzi, H-D XR750, H-D XLlOOO or a new Yamaha 920 that you'd like to run? Rules and entry blanks are available from. O'BrienFGPRA; 4651 62nd Ave. Nonh, Pinellas Park, FL !I!I565. More information at 8I!I/525-56!19; that's O'Brien Flowmetrics. "Robert Hayes has been a terrible vote on environmental issues for the past two years. His 1979 CLCV score was 25%, A member of several motorcycle and off-roac:l vehicle clubs, he has been very outspoken against desert. wilderness values." That quote was taken from the October issue of Southetw SIe"...., the Sierra Club, Los Angeles Chapter paper. Guess it's all a matter of viewpoint Papa thinks Hayes' stands on environ· mental issues are greatl With all the charges, criticisms, complaints. accusations, etc. concerning the Bureau of Land Management that fly around these pages, me thinks the BLM is striking back at Papa Wealey. The poor 01' gent didn't even get his copy of the Proposed Desen Plan (released by the BLM on Sept. !l0) until Oct. 2!1., and it was marked "Priority Mail," Good thing one of Papa's cohorts was at the BLM press confer· ence on Sept. 50 to snag a copy; but then neither Papa or the cohort were . invited to the press conference in the first place ... In the California Racing Club's Amateur Supercross Championships held at San Diego Stadium the day after the Coca-Cola Motocross Finals, it was a Yamaha'sweep of the Pro d.II.I. A.J. WhItIng topped the 1 . , whHe Robert M"no won the 250cc and Open Pro cia..... ·CbIIfp1tta cowrege nltltt MJeIc.. The Sam Houston Coliseum in (where else?) Houston, TX, will see motocross on ice Saturday night, Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. Randy Carthel is the promoter; or more info ca1l806/!l72·905!1. Bill Conger, vice-commander of Rescue 3, lost his briefcase at the finish Rna of the river run this weekend In the desen. It's got some imponant papers and other stuff, info on how to return it ia inside, or call Bill during the day at 7141624-9651. Concerning the Johnson VaHey to P.ker migration, Congar reponed only seven injuri.. on the desert. and four traffic-related ones. He also reports that BLM personnel that he encountered In the areas were "extremely helpful and cooperative... The 14th annual Yamaha Gold Cup National Championship Motorcycle Races, the first and sccond legs of the 1981 AMA Grand National Champion. ship/Winston Pro Series, are scheduled' for Saturday, Feb. 7 at 8:!lO p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2:00 p.in. On Saturday, the Shon Track competition win include six qualifying heats, two semi-fmals, a consolation trophy race ~nd the National final. On Sunday, the TT will conaist of four qualifying heats, two semi·fmais, a consolation trophy race and the National final. A special feature of the weekend"s racing will be the Junior Invitational Shon Track and TT races to be held in conjunction with the Nationa!events. Advance tickets, priced at SI0, $8, $7 and $6, may be purchased by sending a check or money order (plus $1 handling fee) payable to Astrodome Box Office, P.O. Box 1691, Houston, TX 77001. Mail orders must be recc:ived byJan. 2!1, 1981. nck8ts for The Superbikers Isee map and rider list elsewhere in this column) ara 8V8IH.bIe at Ticketron outlets or at the carlsbecl R8c:eway gate on raceday, Nov. 2. More Info at 7141496 6906. If you were going to hold a public input meeting of the California Desert Conservation Area advisory committee, you'd probably schedule it fpr a convenient time and place. right? Like at Fon Soda, the old mineral springs at the lzyzx Road exit off I-I5? Like on Nov. 20-21 (Thursday and Friday)? That's where the BLM put it; a two-day meeting. mid·week. two hours from any major metropolitan areal Do you thinIr. they're avoiding us? Japanese riders TakaL Kenaya and Kinoshita took the top three spots overeD at the OCt. 19 International Sugo Road Race as Kenny Roberts and Berry Sheena experienced poor racing ~k. In the first leg. Sheena Iwho had qualified third fastest behind Tekal and Kenaya) pIac:ed third behind the pair. Roberts retired with clutch problems. Michel Frutsc:hl stopped after 10 laps clue to an injury suffered In BoI 0' Or praetica. Neither Roberts nor Sheene finished the second leg .. Takai and Kenaya went 1-2 again. All riders were Yamaha TZIiOOmounted. Living the Dallas/Ft. Worth area with nothing to do? Nonsense! Beginning on Nov. 8, the third annual Lone Star Pit Bike Motocross Series takes place every Saturday night (except Dec. I!I) for 10 consecutive weeks. It's for Mini·bikes, 80cc maximum, and it all hap' pens at Will Rogers Memorial Center, Building IS. Phone 817/498-7504 for more info. •