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1900 Lavon Creek, Arlington, TX 76010. Brltein·. Berry She.ne (Suz) turned In e 3-1 dey In the first round of the Jody Schec:kter-orgenlzed 600cc World WInter Cup Roed Race SerIes lit Eng"nd'. Donlngton Perk on Sundey, Aug. 30. callfornien Randy Merno" (SuzI won the first leg end finished second In the second leg, but eggregete time we. used rether then en Olympic scoring system, end Sheene w .. dec:IenKI the overeR winner. Kenny Roberts (Vern) finished fifth In the first leg end c:reahed In the ucond. Newty crowned 600cc World Chemplon Merco Lucchlnell led the first leg until the Ie.t "p when he cruhed. "Lucky" wetehed the NCOlId leg. D . Singleton (Suzl creshed In prectlce on Seturdey and we. hospltellz.d with e foot Injury. 00 0) Hoooooweeeeel Papa's pumped! This issue marks the lOth annivenary of Pa· pa's arrival at Cycle News. Hard to be· lieve it's been 500 issues since the fint column, "Idle Jive; Slightly Irreverent Poop" appeared in 1971. But the 01' fella's still rarin' to go. Let's do 500 morel I..81Mt word from the sequoia N. tlonel Forest Is thlIt ell ORV nil. ere .tlil cIoMd due to fire denger, However, the scheduled volunteer work dey to repelr (reed: keep open) the Grenlte Knob nil Is .tln sIetIed for sept. 8. VoIunlMrS should heed up the Monec:he jeep roed eround 9 e.m. end keep en .y. peeled for Forest 5ervIce signs end en FS truck. For more Info, cell Bill Herndon lit 213125&-&816. The work will hey. to be don. on foot. but once rein ..... the fire deng.r. there'll be en ope. reedy to rid. trell. Five hundred ninety-two entries were posted for the sixth annual AMA Youth MX National Championship final held at Rolling Hills Cycle Park in Reidsville, NC, on Aug. 29-S0. Due to the record number of entries accepted, a four moto per class format was used rather than the usual two motos per class. Good conditions held until Sunday afternoon when a downpour turned the course to slop, making it almost impossible for the smaller displacment bikes. Class winnen were: Hank Moree (Yam) 51cc, Ronnie Tichenor (Yam) 65cc and S5cc Modified 7-11, William Surratt (Kaw) S5cc Stock 7-11, Tom Wickham (Kaw) S5cc Stock 12-14, Randy Jones (Kaw) S5cc Modified 12-14, Ron Lechien (Yam) lOOcc and Keith Bowen (Yam) 125cc. Complete coverage next week. Johnson recovered from a 24th place stan in the fint moto for third, and then overcame a crash in the rain-soaked second moto to finish second and take the overall win. Two of Venezuela's top riden, Jorge Vautista and Tomas Goinger finished 2·S in the standings ahead of Italian pilot Macchi Clauvista. Americans Marty Moates, Mike Preston and Gary Denton fmished in the 5-6·7 overall slots. The other American entered, Steve Rhyan, DNF. The Venezuelan authorities had contacted Knobby Shop International's Alan Greenwood, who sent his team of con· tracted riden, plus Johnson, to Venezuela, with the promoters picking up all the expenses. Eddie Garcia, Jr. served as team manager and interpreter. Cherleen Ho celled to ennounce the upcoming AMA Women'. callfomiII S1Ine MX Chemplollshlp. Fc* lowing e ••rI•• of .Ight quellfylng events - four In the southern region end four In the northern region the top 20% from . .ch region will meet et Seddlebeck on Nov. 22. Th.re will be Pro, Intermed"te end Novice c....... ell G-26Occ. South.rn region quellflen begin Sept. 20, end the northern region quellflers stIIrt sept. 'D. For" the lnforrnIItIon. write or cell Ho et 1&&18 Nordhoff Blvd, 11%7, Sepulvede. CA 91343, 21~793. Up north, cell Doreen Pe.yne lit 4161797·394&. Talk about a twist of fate. CHiPs star Larry Wilcox survived all that motorcycle riding on his show, but recently brokr his foot while on a three·wheeler. Seems a stuntman ran over his foot. AMA profeaionel MXen who er. ...klng Pro points to ,.... their gredlng evereg. . .hould be ewer. of fIv. Reglonel Pro MX. which will run through the week.nd. of September, Detes er. September 6 - DeIIes. TX; September 12 - Houston. TX; September 13 - Budd'. Creek. MD; September 19 - AustIn. TX; end September 26 - Lak. Whitn.y, TX. The 1981 Check Chese. the 226mile point to pOInt here end hound thlIt runs from Johnson Velley to P8rk•• recet.-t BLM epproveI from callfomle Desert District Director G.reld Hillier on Aug. 26. Th. BLM permit required cornpl"nce with . .verel other concerns, the key one being Sen Bernerdlno County epprovel; thlIt being the hold up y..r. The Check Ches. I. scheduled for Oct. 10. .0 meke your p1ens beceu•• thl. y. .r looks Ilk. ell.yst.m. gol Santa Teresa, Venezuela, was the site of a big international 250cc motocross as the Venezuelan motorcycle federation ran an FlM-sanctioned event to qualify their track to host an 'S2 250cc MXGP round. The field included top South American, U.S. and European riden, and when it was over Yamahariding Californian Rick Johnson was the overall winner with a S-2 score. HosPITal STOP: Texas motocrosser Rick Gore is in Arlington Memorial Hospital with very serious injuries following a fall at Lake Whitney on Aug. 2!1. He's paralyzed from the waist down in addition to other serious injuries, but friends repon that he's out of intensive care and that his spirits are picking up. He'll be in the hospital for awhile, so why not drop him a line at "st HosPITal STOP: We received a phone call moments before presstime from Dale Singleton, who's hospitalized in England as a result of injuries suffered in a practice session get·off at Doningron Park. "I lost the third and founh toes on my left foot and will undergo a skin graft tomorrow," said Singleton. Obviously in good spirits. Singleton opened the conversation with the following question. "How many more toes do you have than me?" Singleton added, "I picked up a lot of asphalt; I don't remember ever having slid a longer distance. The doctors say the loss of those two toes won't really bother my balance in walking or whatever. 1"11 return to beautiful Georgia as soon as they let me out of here, hopefully Friday." Ho.PlTel STOP: Elsewhere In this ..... in a report on the IndIenepoIIa mile double-heltder, w. reported thet Chuck SprIngsteen IJey'. brother) end Tommy Dume _re involved in e Hrious cresh during the Trophy Rece on Sundey night. W.·v. .Inc. I. .rned than Sprlng.te.n will be ho.pitellz.d for e w ••k in Indianepoll. with e frectured pelvl. end brok.n collerbone, end th.n will return hom. to recup.rete, Dume we. .xemlned end r.I....d. Rumon filled the air in the southern California motocross world over the weekend about Kawasaki dropping its motocross team. Not so, said Kawasaki Public Relations Director Ron Lovil. "It's not true. We are not cancelling the motocross team. We are just not racing the Trans-USA series. The reason for that is that the new bikes we were expecting will not arrive in time." Lovil said Kawasaki was going ahead with its plans for an '82 team. Honde riders Mlk. Spencer end Roberto P1etrl w.re up lit Seettle Internetlonel Racewey lit en Aug. 30 WMRRA roed rece e. they ~ pere for the Honde-sponsored ProAm rece end Superblk. SerIes round there on Sept. 12·13. Spencer .ucceed.d In low.rlng the treck record end the pelr flnl.hed 12 in both c...... th.y ren. Open GP end Superblk•. Californians Bruce Hammer and John Ulrich showed the eastern endurance racers how it's done, taking their Vance and Hines-built, Chevron and Derale Oil Coolers- backed 1200cc Suzuki to win the four· hour WERA Endurance Series round at E1khan Lake, WI. Team Hammer was four laps ahead at the finish. Husqverne VIce President end G.n. .1Manager Svenerlk Eklund. ennounced the eppolntm.nt of Jim Mcllveln to Speciel Projects Meneger, "Th. growth .xperlenced by Husqverne In the U,S. this y. . creet8d e need for the new position end I em confld.nt Jim'••xperl.nce will be e mejor UHt," commented Eklund. Mcllveln comes to HU8qverne from Bel H.lmets where he held the position of Se... Promotion Meneger. PrIor to his Involvement lit BelL Mcllvein wu U.S, Suzuki'. AcceaorIes Supervisor. Vaughn Beals, chairman and CEO of the Harley·Davidson Motor Co., revealed in the current issue of H-D's monthly magazine, Enthusiast. that the financial backers who helped with the purchase of H-D from AMF were Citicorp Industrial Credit, First Wisconsin National Bank, Girard Bank and New England Merchants Bank. "And although we have not officially published the figure ourselves, AMF Incorporated, in their first quaner 'report, indicated that .t~e purchase price of our company was around $75 million, cash and securities,'" said Beals in the article. "We are also committed to broadening our product line beyond the current heavyweight models, but not to the point of reentering the lightweight (under 500cc) market. " said Beals. Suzuki'. K.nt Howerton will ml.. the Trens-USA Serl•• end be out of action for .. long e. three months due to e freek accident on his Texe. preetice treck. "K.nt w . . riding et hi. treck when he .topped to h.lp e rider who hed felJen. Another rider cem. over e jump end "nd.d right on Kent." said Suzuki recing meneger Larry Griffi•. "A smell bone which runs from the wrist to the thumb wes brok.n in three pieces. end two pins hed to be in.erted. K.nt ju.t got out of the hospital Sundey (August 23) and I. in a lot of pain. H.·II hev. his hend in e cut for ebout three months." American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Executive Director Lin Kuchler has announced two promotions within the Association staff effective Sep.tember 1. Ed Youngblood will be named Assistant to the Executive Director and Rob Rasor will be promoted to the position of Director of Government Relations Youngblood has been on the Association staff for eleven years and has served as Director of Government Relations for the last four years. Rasor has served the Association for eight years and has been Associate Director of Government Relations for the last five years. .Sources say Vemehe's '82 VZ260 will be Wllt.r-cooled, heve Unk 5 r..r suspension. end u•• a Pow.r Velv. end Vemehe Energy Induction System. A production version of the bike eppeered lit the Dutch 250cc MX GP. Peter Groenenveld and Rolf Dieffenbach tested Honda's 'S2 production CR250 prior to the Dutch GP. The bike is reportedly 4.4 pounds lighter than the 'SI model and has the lower mounted radiator similar to the one Team Honda's Donnie Hansen was testing during the second half of the National MX Series. The withdrewel of KTM's Rod Bush end Darryl Kuenzer from our ISDE squed opens their positions on the Vue T. .m to can-Am'. John Mertln end KTM'. Kevin LaVoI.. Bush wIthchw for work