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terview with the traclt announcer, and Sun was misquoted. We apologize for the misunderstanding and hope that this Latest Poop item will set the record straight. ~, DeW wheels and a lower seat height. A1Io, look for a water-cooled KX 125 in '82. SpeedWlly fIlna. remember - no 8t the Orange County fairgrounda In Coste M.... CA th.. friday (July 17) due to the fIlIr .nd rodeo tIIklng place tb8t night. Take heart. though. 'C8UH the rec:ee . . tum next week. recM HoePIT.1 STOP: Sonny SpIelman phoned Pepa to report tb8t hi. daughter Berbare Spielman broke her wrIet while prectldng for the women'. rece 8t the SprIte Super· bowl of Motocroea. Cerda to cheer her up may be Hnt to 4113 E. Alclerdale. Anaheim. CA 12807. Want one of thoee colorful Washougal. Yamaha National Motocross posters? Simply IIeIId $2 to Northwest Motouoa Enterprises, 7100 SW Hampton St., Suite no, Tiprd, OR 97225, or pick one up Aug. 2 at the Wuhougal Motocross Park event. Three of four U.S. riders advance in World Speedway championship By John Hipkiss WHITE CITY. ENGLAND. JULY 12 out of the four Americana who cpIIIfIecI for the 0ver8eea SpeedWIly FInal from the Americ8n Flnel held beck In M.y 8t the Coliseum now progreaa onto the next stage. the Intercontinental FIn.. on July 25 In Denm.rk. The unlucky rider WII. former U.S. captain Scott Autrey. who h.d • m ......bIe time. collecting only four points from five ride•. Ironically. the three rem.lnlng American riders. Bruca Penhell. Kelly Morsn end Denn" SIgeIo•• w .... Involved In • three m.n rulHJff for third piece efter ecorlng 10 points . .ch. The. fUlHJff WII. won by the bookie'. fIlvorite. Penll8ll. However. he h8cI • rough pa...ge when he cleahed with meeting offIcIel. efter being excluded from hi. fin" rsca when he creahed with Englend·. Kenny Certer end both men were flung into the fence. The top .c:orers were D.ve Je..up 1131. Cria Morton 1111 end the three Amerk:8... Penh8IL MOI'IIn .nd Sigelo•. Full report next nne week. Italy's Marco Lucchine1li (Suz) scored a big win in front of his home crowd as he took the July 12 seventh round of the SOOCC World Road Racing Championship Series at Imola, Italy. Barry . SbeeDe (yam), who led until his brakes stanecl to disappear, finished second. and third went to Graeme 'Crolby (Suz). American bDdy Mamola (SUI), botbeml by a tire JIippqe prob· lem when the beads were DOt properly secured to the rims, finished fourth. Three-time World Champion Kenny Roberts did not ride the event after contracting food poisoning, and being placed under a doctor's care. Earlier, Roberts and his Yamaha had been second fastest to Luccbinelli, who now has a commlDding points lead, with 88. Mamo1a (72), Robera (58), Sheene (57) aDd Crosby (56) foUow. In 2SOcc GP action, Kawasaki's Anton Mang was again the winDer. Despite the food poIeonIng. Kenny Roberta W88 reported to be on hIa WIlY home • we went to preu. HopefuIy..... good old AmerIcen cooking wli h8ve the King fit and reedy for L.aguna Seca. 2 on either the NllSOO or his E1lthart Lake·willJling lOOOcc Formula One machine, entered in the July 18-19 AMA/Willlton Pro Seria road ra~e, Laguna Seca is sharing up as the road race of the year. I you haven't made your ~lans yet, caD 408/575-1811 for morelDfo. 301. NeedI... CA 92313. 714132&. An Nll500 for HoDda's "Fast Freddie" Spencer at Laguna Seca? Could be. According to a Laguna Seca press reo lease, Spencer was testing the NR500 four-stroke road racer at the Monterey, CA, circuit, and tumed laps in the low I :08 range. That certainly sounds competitive, considering that the t~ack -=ani, held by "King Kenny" Roberts, is 1:08.141. With Yamaha's Roberts, Suzuki's Randy Mamola and Spencer, The Bur:eeu of Land Management has released an Environment AR•••merlt for • 1981 Johneon V....y to Perk., Check Cheee. which the Check.... M.C. has applied for en Oct. 10. 1981 running. The BLM·. EA uya tb8t the Oct. "ununctioned" event caused • llttIe damage. and tb8t there are no good reMOn. why the rece should not tIIke plaCe. For a copy of thIe document. or to comment on the m8ttIIr. write to Richerd Crowe. Area Meneger. Needles Reeource OffIce. BLM. P.O. Box 1. ... ,.1 Accordina to Team Yamaha's -MllDIF Ken Clark, Chuck Sun was misquoted in lut week's race report from Michi· gan. Sun reportedly refeued to I "Let Broe By" sign held up to Mike Bell by I Yamaha mechan\c, but neither Bell's tuner Dave Osterman nor Broc's wrench Jon Rosenstiel did it. And when Clark questioned Sun about the quote at the Sprite Superbowl of MotocrOll, Chuck said he didn't see I sign or say thlt he saw one. Applrently, some mention of the previous "Let Broe By" incident (in the ll!Scc Texas National in 1977) came up in Sun's in- Bob H. . . .h and StIIve WIN will hold a two-day motocroee achooI eponeorecI by Oaklend Yamaha on Oct. 31·Nov,1etSend H-Ranch In Brentwood. CA. A .... depoaIt (.121 for the . . . echooIJahouid be mailed In before Sept. 1 with the beIance due on Oct. 1. Phone 415 &32-3140 for det8IIa, . The Bureau of Land Management is in the process of developing a m~· ment plan for the Clear Creek Recreation Area in Benito County. Five alternatives, from all open, to aU closed, are offered. There wiD be four meetiDss to discuss the subject: July 28, Auberry Elementary School Auditorium, 55567 Auberry Rd., Auberry; July 29, Coalinga High School Choir Room. 750 Van Ness, Coalinga; July SO, Hollister High School Cafeteril, 1220 Monterey St., Hollister;' and July 51, WiDow Glen High School, 2001 Cottle Ave., San Jose. For more info, contact the BLM, P.O. Box 565, Homster, CA 95025,408/657·8185. Fred Marlk, President of Bel Helmets. Inc.. will rec:eJVe the SpIrIt of life Awerd from the CIty of Hope Alda Chapter for the CIty of Hope 8t • dinner on SlIturdlIy. Sept. 12. 8t the Beverfy HIItDn Hot8L Mike DiPrete, AMA Comtnissioner of Professional Racing, has announced that the restrictor rule for Expert dirt track machinery which was to go into effect on January I, 1982, has been , withdrawn. In a letter to Expert dirt trackers, DiPrete informed them that the professional rules committee voted to withdrlw the rule; 12 members voted yes, one voted no, and ODe member abstained. Another member, road racer Rich Schlachter was in Europe and attempts to contact him failed. Junior class riders competing on 750cc machines will stiD be required to use carburetor restrictors. InatII8d of Sept. 7. thIe ~'. lumberjack 'J&.mlle One-Day ReII8bIIty Enduro wiD be on July 21. thenka to a U.s. Forest 8eMce switch. It prom.... to be. good one with the at8rt and fInleh et the Lumbeljack S8Ioon. about· 1. miles wen of LoIo. MT on Hwy. 12 then north • . mile. Thera .. a 10lktder limit with ISDE ruIee .1forcecL A front runber plata and a working 'USFS eperk Motorcycle Mechlnics Institute, located in Phoenix, AZ, ~ that their number of grads has ruen 570% in the last 12 1IlODths, and forthcoming cia-. are filling to capacity several months in advance. IDltitute PresidentJohD C. White ..,., "In the <:oIIIiDx school year. Moto~ Mechanics IDstitute will train over 600 qualified, entry level moton:yele meChanics." The newest addition to the MMI instructor staff is Bernie Thompaon. Steve Stackable's tuner from 1972·76 and with U.S. Suzuki from 1976·78. Seven fuD· time scholanbipl ha1le been awarded to MMI throuP the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America and the Arizona Private School AIIociatiOD. Need a mechanic for your shop? Need training to become cme yourself? Phone MMI at 602/869·9644 for more info. Seventy-two rid.... have elgned up to rece In the Aug. 2 Waehou...... Yamaha N"'onel Motoeroa 121c:c cIaa. and 10 mOl'll h8ve Ht8red the IOOcc rece. For ticket Info. cell 1i03fI2O.&301. HosPITal STOP: MXer Bob Kline went practice riding shortly after surgery for a broken coUarbone, couldn't overcome the IlI'ge to do a little racing, and crashed again. This time Bob's undergoing surgei")' to have a dislocated hip popped back into place. He's at Panorama Community Hospital, 14850 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA 91402, or call 2151787· 2222. Got your D...-t Defender etIckIe yel7 Just mal a contribution to Deeert Defender. AmerIC8n Motoreyelet Aaeoclllllor" P.O. Box 141. .. W. . . . . . . OH . ., with your AMA membenhlp number and the amount of the addr.... contrIbutIori. Showtime, folb! The Motorcycle Dealemews Expo calendar for 1982 has been anDOUftced. Their show circuit starts with an Anaheim, CA, Expo on Jan. 15-18, moves to Houston, TX for Feb. 5-7, then goes to Cincinnati, OH, on Feb. 20·22. The Daytona ~, run in conjunction with the Flonda beach town's DaytOna Cycle Week, will be I conswner-only presentation held at the Plaza Hotel. The Boston Expo takes place on Mar. 26·28. The Dealemews Expo at Las Vegas moved to New Orleans, LA, in 'ill will retum to Las Vegas, NV, for an Aug. 51-Sept.' 2 date. And there'U be an Atlanta Expo in '82, on Nov. 20-22 in the Atlanta Civic Center. Seen at the Superbowl: Privateer Robert Reisinger was aboard a pre'production Spectators 8t the July 18-1. Champion Sperle PluglLeguna Seca I'8C88 wII be .... ted to the debut of a H...y-DlIVideon powered .Idecer outfit. ConatructIId by D...•• Modem Cycles of san Ber· nardlno. CA, with the 8Ulet8nce of the Harlay-D.vldeon fIlctory .nd Robison Induatrlea of Ojel. the outfit will be reeed by the husbendl wife 188m of Ale" end Eve Speers. prototype air-cooled '82 Kawasaki KX2S0. It is reportedly a completely different bike from the '8Is sporting a hydraulic front disc brake, 45mm fork tubes, a new frame with revised Professor Gary Bailey was taking a fast run across a cut hay field and met up with a stump which was hidden in the weeds. Bailey ended up wrapping the errMtor . . required, For more Info. contllCt Larry HaIIIton, P.O. Box 412. LoIo. MT 8847. or eel him 8t 40lI273-I8OI.