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Cycle News 1981 02 04

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hare and hound on Feb. I starting at 10 a.m. It's a 110·mile run. Limed from the Alamo exit at 1·15. More info at 7021648·5257. The fifth ...nual Lea Vegas 400 Is down the trail a couple of months. but Casey Folks Is busy making plens and ra....lng Info on the Mev 3 guaranteed .10.000 purse event. Pro c:Iauas wW Inc:lucla 125cc. 2IiOcc. Open. Over 30 and Over 38. Sportsman c..... will be 125cc. 2IiOcc .nd Open. A Draft General Plan for the develop· ment and operation of Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area has been submitted for public review and comment to the State Clearinghouse. Copies of the General Plan are avail· able for review at the following locations: Gorman Elementary School, Highway 99, Gorman, CA; Los Angeles City Library, Central Branch, 6SO West Fifth St., Los Angeles, CA 90071; Kern County Public Library, 1515 Truxton Ave., Bakersfield, CA 95501; Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area Office, Orwin Way, Gorman, CA; City of San Fernando Public Library; 102 MacNeil St.. San Fernando, CA 9U4O; Ventura County Library, Central Branch, 651 E. Main St., Ventura, CA 95005. There will be a 45 day public review period mandated under the California Environmental Quality Act. Any comments or questions must be directed to James M. Doyle, Supervisor, Environmental Review Section, P.. O. Box 2590, Sacramento, CA 95811 or by phoning 916/522-2481. Written comments must be received prior to Mar. 7. Whaalsmith Maico's Marty Tripes took the overall win - and $8&0 first prize - in the Jan. 25 D·38 King of the Desert Race. Yamaha's Larry Roesaler had been leading. only to run out of gas and settle for the M50 second priz•. D-38 regular Leon Uvingston finished third. In D-57 desert action at the Brush Busters' Jan. 25 hare scrambles, Yamaha/White Bros.lDale's Modem Cycle-sponsored Bruce Ogilvie cap' tured the overall win, defeating Dan Smith (Hus) and first 250cc Expert Cliff Thomas (Yam). Ogilvie will team with Yamaha's Larry Roeseler in the SCORE off-road races in '81, beginning with the Feb. 7 Parker 400. All the leftover goodies from the gift shop of the now-defunct Ontario Motor Speedway will be on sele over the Jan. 3O-Feb. 1 weekend. All sorts of memorablia will be on sele at the Gasoline Alley West Annex. 22410 South Normandie Ave.. Torrance. CA. and the hours ara 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. In a Latest Poop item about the Mar. 4 Daytona Vintage bike race a couple of issues ago, we told you to send your entries to Mike Lewis in California. Not entirely incorrect. Lewis has been forwarding them to the event's organizer, Rob Iannucci, but with the Feb. 15 entry deadline fast approaching, you're better off sending 'em direct. Have Uncle Sam's postal workers send it to Rob Iannucci, 146 Willow St., New York, NY 11201. For more info, the phone number is 2121596-0504. Speaking of the Daytona Vintage race. Iannucci reports that the . . . . lap wi! featura appearances by Bart Markel. and the six-c:yllnder 250cc Honda road racer made famous by Mike Hailwood. In the race itself. Don Vesco and Buddy Parriott are entered on Norton Manxes. and there are already entries from canada. Mexico. England and Switzerland. 1981 AMA Professional Road Race, Dirt Track, MX, and Hillclimb Rule Books are now available. Send $1.50 for each rule book desired plus 25~ postage per book to AMA, P.O. Box 141, Westerville, OH 45081. Ohio residents add 4% sales tax, Allow 5·4 weeks for delivery. Dave Thorpe. 18. the former British SChoolboy MX Champion. Will re- place American Bred Lackey as the only rider on the Kawasaki &OOcc MXGP team this season. Mr. Takarabe. Kawasaki's MX manager in Japan. confirmed that Thorpe has signed a flve.year contract and that he has teatad the new Kawasaki GP machine in Japan. The British rider mined most of last season due to a broken leg. Lackey will contest the ,&OOCC World MX Championship aventa aboard a Suzu!d. The December issue of Southern Sierran, the Sierra Club's newspaper, urges their membership to contact their representatives in support of Rep. Kent Hance's (D·lIX) H.R. 8292, a bill to limit and regulate the use of ORVs on public land. Needless to say, we'd better contact our representatives, tool "I just wanted to call and let you know Jack Sisemore Racing is going to be right there in the IWinston Pro 58ries' hunt again this year:' said Jack Sisemore. 'The team will consist of Gary and Hank Scott. Terry Poovey, Bubba Shobert and Scott Drake. I think that's a pretty strong lineup and I feel there's a good chance at least three of the riders will finish in the top ten. We came within one point of the championship last season, I don't want it to slip away this year." Word out of Hollywood has John Travolta starring in a remake of The Wild Ones, the fifties film that starred Marlon Brando. That should see leathers replacing designer jeans at the top of everyone's clothing list. If your idea of a good time is taking on challenging. billy-goat-type trails in the Idaho forests. then maybe you ought to consider joining .Zeke·s Back Country Fraternal Association. From June 29 to Oct. 2. they'll be conducting back country trail riding tours, ranging from one day trips to two weeks' worth of riding. It costs $100 annual membership to join the ZBCFA. and another $25 par day registration when you're on the trail. Memberships are limited. so contact Steve "Zeke" Miller. 1853 San La Rue, Twin Falls. ID 83301. 2081733-1315. 00 ~ v.......... ral••••d some of the details on their new turbocIwrv- sy.tern. which wIIa~on one of the 1182 mod.laln ........ qumtIty. The turbo works with the Vamalw Induction Control SyaWn. reed valve In the air induction sy.tern and electronk: fuel injec:tIon to pio....... good fuel economy at low epeed. quick tIII'ottIe responu at any apeed. and Ha•••• d performance. BLM Press Release New District Advisory Council to be selected RIVERSIDE. CA. JAN. 19 The Bureau of Land Management is calling for nominations of pro'spaetive members for the new California Desert Dietrict AcIvi80ry Council. The Council will advIae BLM managers on programs and poIici.. for the pubHc lands within the California Desert Conservation Area. about 12% million acres. Members of the Council wiD be appointed by the secretary of the Interior from a list of nominaes. The Council will be composed of not .... than 10 people, nor mora than 16. To insure that the Council is belanced in tarms of different points of view. members wli be ....etad to rapresent the following areas of intareat: Renewable Resourcas. Non-renewable Resources. Rec:reation. Environmental Protaction. Transportation Rights-of-way, Wildlife. Local Government. Cultural Resources. Native American Concerns and Publle-at-large. AI members of the Advisory Council will be expeetad to rapr••ent the genaral publlc's interest. but should be . .pecially knowledgeable in the eatagory from which they were appointed. Members will ..". a term of two yeara. and may be reappointed at the discretion of the 5ecratary for additIonsl terms not to exceed a total of six years. AU Council members will serve without salary. but will be reimbursed for travel and other expenses at the current rata for government employaea. The Council will norrnaHy meet four tim.. a veer. and must meet at least once a veer. Additional maetings may be called by the Diatrlct Manager when there is a need for advice on special matters. Establlahment of Advisory Councils Is authorized by the Federal Land Managemant and Policy Act of 1978. and the- Federal AdviIory Committee Act. Persons wishing to nominata indlviduala'or themselvea to..". on the CalIfornia Desert AdvIIory Council should And name. address. profession and an appropriata biographical data to: District Manager. CalIfornia Desert DiatrIct. 1896 Spruca Street. Riverside. CA 92507. Nominations must be raceived by Feb. 28. Further information may be obtained from the California Desert DIatrIct Manager. or from the California State Director. Bureau of Land Management. 2800 Cottage Way. Room E·2841. sacramento. CA &2&. Elsewbere on these pages is a BLM press release calling for nominations to the California Desert District Advisory \ Council. Needless to say, environmentalisu will be well represented, and so should ORV interests. How about you? H~ about one of your friends, someone who's recognized as an expert on one or several of the categories listed in the BLM press release? Let's cover all bases, just in case the AMA's (and other) lawsuiu don't stop the Plan. According to Dale Owens. publicity director for Winston Pro sarles events at Louisville and DuQuoin. the July 26 DuQuoin Mile will be filmed by ABC-TV's in England and Europe "putting together a proper European season. I hope to spend a good deal of time racing outside the U.S. this year," said Gina. "Star Bright Polish will be my major sponsor at Daytona and I may come back to race the Loudon National and perhaps one other National. It all depends on the schedule we set up." WIde World of Sporb. The network entered into a thrae year contract with the promoters. "The involvement of ABC television adds an additional ts.ooo cash to the purse:' seid Owens. "and this should raise the purse into the t30.ooo range:' Additionally. Owens seid that 500cc invitational events might be run' May 30 at both Louisville National and DuQuoin should a sponsor be found. Owens may be reached by calling 6021964-6415. are: 125cc. Donnie CantaIoupi. Scott Road racer Gina Bovaird and her husband Tom are spending two weeks Burnworth and Erik Kehoe; 250cc. Bob Hannah and Rick Burgett and &OOcc, Mike BeH and Broc Glover.• Vamaha's'81 MX team 88lIignmentII 3

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