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Cycle News 1981 07 01

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(21), Czecbollovakia (18), England (17), Denmark (17), and West Germany (9) uailed. The June 21 event was held in Katowice, Poland. K_ Van Der V.n (KTMI postad a 1·2 moto tlllly to win the BrItI.h round of the 2&Occ World Chemplonahlp Motoerou SerIea, held et Hewkeatone Park. Yemehe'. Neil Hudaon captured aecond off a 3-1 aeoN, and AmerIcan Mlk. Guerra (Hual turned In hIa beat..ver GP piecing with a ~ tt*d overall. Polnta ...... Georgea Jobe (Suz) pieced aecond In the first rnto, but Mind end DNF the ..cond. In the poInta, Jobe atIl1 . . . . with 1.. to Hudaon'. 161, and Van D.r Van I. third with 102. GUen1l" U.K. performance moved him to MY.nth In the standing. with 47 poInta. Wrading a heavy MXer around the Carlsbad USGP count: in the SoCal IUn is not fun, and several of the Grand Prix racers came very close to the FIM minimum weight limit. Winner Chuck Sun's Honda tipped the scales at 224.lJ lb., a scant five ounces over the 224 lb. limit. And surprisingly enough, the Yamahas- - the works bikes with the most "extra" equipment hung on them - were among the lightest. Andre Vromans' Yamaha checked in at 224.9; Mike Bell's was listed as 224.7; and Brae Glover's was the featherweight of the meet, a superclme 224.21bl Marty MoetIIa and Leurena Offner have pertecI weya, Moetea felt he could enjoy greeter __ . .dualve of LOP which becked ilia efforta In the peat. hu In the resu1u from last week's coverage of the Castle Rock, CO 250/SOOcc MX National, we erroneously listed eighth-place finisher Jim Tarantino as having 11-12 moto finishes. It should have been 11-9. The 22 poinu he earned also vaulted him to 17th in the point standings with 60 ahead of Eric Eaton (59), Larry Wosick (54) and Wayne Boyer (5lJ). Randy Mamole hal aign.d to rac. et Laguna Secal Mamola I. .xpec:ted to tackl. K.nny Roberta et the July 19 Champion Spark Plug 200 km., probably riding the RG&OO h.'. r.clng In Europe lit pntHnt. Papa', not going to ml.. thatonel Terry Vance (Suz) topped Mike Keyte (Kaw) in the NMRA Pro Stock division run in conjunction with NMRA's June 20-21 rescheduled Springnationals Drags at Columbus Ohio's National Trail Raceway. Mother Nature nearly washed out this round also. A Motorcycle Induetry Council pren r.I•••• recently Introduced • new motorcycling group celled the NItIoneI Motorcycle Commuter Aaaoc:llltion which II Interested In ICCOmplllhlng the following goall: pining motorcycle ecce.. to priority .nd carpool lenes; providing edequetll and approprillte perking f8c:1Ut181 for blk.. In urban canterl; _ring that automlltlc: traffic .Ignals reapond to the pr. ..nce of motorcyc:lel; ....ng that motorcyclel; Melng that motoreyc:lea rec:eJy. an equ1tllble allocation of geaoIlne (when nec••••ry); pu.hlng for lifer road conditione such .. better deaigned gretel, rain grooYH, etc,; .ncouraglng rider training. llfety education and edequete IIc.naIng for motorcycl. operators, If tho•• sound NIl. thlnga you want to ... Itrnaed, p..... contract NMCA for m.mbershlp Information lit 9341 Kite St., Burk., VA 22016. HosPITal STOP: Former CMC Pro MXer and din tracker Tom Baugh was badly hun in a street riding accident. Cards. notes and other well wishes win mue his stay easier at San Bernardino County Hospital, Room lJOlJ, 780 E. Gilbert St.,. San Bernardino, CA 92404. Morgen Kavenaugh (Bull and Curt Comer (Monl traded win. and IICOnd piece f1n11hn In the MCOnd .nd third rouncll of the AMAINATC National Championship Oblerved Triall SerieI, The June 20 round In Landllburg. PA went to Kavanaugh over Comer with Wayne Galvin (Bull tIIklng third. The MrIeI then moved to W11llelMport. PA where Comer topped Kavanaugh and Don Sweet (Mon) took third. The song remains the same regarding Senate Bill 1204, Senator Slade Gonon's (R-WA) piece of legislation that would effectively cancel Environmental Protection Agency are noise regulations (which acceptable) and put the decision of noise regulations into individual state jurisdiction. That would mean 50 new battles for our guys (and us, with letters, etc.) to fight. Help by sending telegrams and making phone calls to tell Gonon that we believe motorcycles should be among the exceptions in SB 1204 (along with trucks and trains) that would continue to be regulated by EPA noise limiu. His address is 127-0 Russell Senate Office Bulding, Washington, DC 20510. His phone number is 2021224-2621 Please do it today. Here'. whet _ ruIIy ~ In 1eIt week'. ATV Newaaupplem.nt printed an Incorrect bit of w. Information concerning the SCORE I'lIC8. The thrM-wheeIer cII.... _ mentioned ere not the ones SCORE plana to run. The following (much Improved, In our oplnlonl cl..... will be In effect et the Aug. 1-9 SCORElBrldgeatone Off·Road World Champlon8hlpa: 0200cc, 201-2&Occ and 261cc-open. SCORE chargee • •100 entry f. . (plu. t36 Insurancel and they offer IiO% payback for the purM, In ecldltlon. AmerIcan Honda hal anteel-up .Uioo more to be paid I I purM money to the threeRIverIIcIe whee..... BLM has issued a warning that wildfll't: hazard in the California desert is extremely high. They're particularly worried about the u.se of fireworks of the Fourth of July weekend. "BLM DeRrt Rangers will be on pauol to curtail illegal use of fireworb and to protect desert resource values," said Chief Ranger Dennis McLane. Fireworks are illegal on all public lands. D-3I short trackers; yOur race et the Salna AIrport facility IchecIuIecl for June 28 hu been c:anceIecI beceuM the piece ~ aoId, Southern California din trackers are issuing a challenge to nonhern and cenual California riders to compete for $4,500 in awards and Pro money at Saddleback Park on Sunday, July 12. Interested? Phone 2IlJ/421-868lJ, 2IlJ/498-1486 or 7l4/892-lJI49. I¢)onk6' brain bender61 "So, some folks thought the word 7nazes were too easy, eh. Okay, try these! (! hope they get headaches!)" Gordon L. Banks Who races in what? Randy, Leroy, Frank and Bob are motorcycle racers. each enjoying a different specialty. Not necessarily in order, they each prefer road racing. motocross, enduros or flat track. They also prefer the colors red, blue, yellow or green, but again not necessarily in that order. 1. The road racer beats Leroy in trials riding. 2. Frank and the enduro rider often rode trails with the ones who had yellow and green bikes. 3. 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