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00 m Recent thundentonns activity and cooler temperatures have eued the fire reo strictions on the Sequoia National Forest to Stage I fire restrictions. Trails in the Kennedy Meadows, Fish Creek. Troy Meadows and other forest areas are once apin open for off-road vee hicle travel. Stage I fire restrictions continue to a1Iow campfires in designated campgrounds only. Portable stoves are pennillible outside of campgrounds when accompanied with a Forest Service campfire permit. For further information contact: U.S. Forest Service, P.O. Box 6, Kernville, CA 95258, 714/576-2294. Accotclng to • •tallve ...... the 1182 W1naton Pro SerIes wi. ...-Id to ~ 30 8VW1IL The eeleldon w11lnc:1uc1e heIf mIee In O~home CIty. OK. end Hemburg. NY. the SprIngfield nu mile 8nd two roecIl'IIcea. one In ......... MN. 8nd the 011.- on ~ c.Itom..•• SUra Point drcuit. One 1981 rece - the Topekli hlIH mile hila been dropped on the ~ e .chedule. According to the AMA. the schedule .hould be f1neUzed In another two-three weeks. Award for the hottest performance at Ascot goes to rookie Expert Jeff McDaniel. McDaniel apparently suffered from a dragging rear brake, and towards the end of both his heat race and semi, the rear disc rotor was glowing red hot! Twenty-one speed recorda In 14 du• • were set at the Sept. 21-2& Bonneville Speed W.k. The aaIt . . . In excellent condition and more recorda might have been set H not for high winds that shut down the IICtIvhIea at the end of the week. F..-at dme turned In In qualifying . . . by the Jammer a1rMmUner. which went 221.23 mph. Deve Mataan . . . broke the 200 mph berrler. going 202.714 on a fueI.burnktg VIncent. Feataat record dme _ turned In by Tom Elrod. who rode a doubl. anglned 1'MCI1h.. to 1• .117. The bu.I••t dua . . . &Occ ProductIon. -with four Honda MB&a going for the record. which . . . set at 70.7&7 mph. Completa coverage next week. Mike Guerra was in a hurry to get home after Red Bud. "You bet I'm in a hurry to get home, now the deer season is opening," said Guerra. I haven't even walked the woods yet. It want an eight-pointer this year." 2 Bob Hannah held a birthday pertv In the pita at Reel Bud. The Hurricane turned 2& on September 21. and had a birthday cake on hlInd for .. to feat on. "It looks like I'll be riding in Europe next year," said Danny LaPorte. "I don't know what class or with whom. I'd like to do it with Honda. but it doesn't look like I can put anything together with them for Europe." ~ Bamett". nephew. Selby Haler. 7. rec:ed for the fIrat drne at Reel Bud'. Amateur event on Saturday. He pIac:ed eighth In the PM W. cIeaa on a Suzuki &0. Pro MXers have many hobbies while off the National circuit, but Danny Chandler has one not often heard of. Chandler g9ld mines in his spare time. "I like to hike down into the canyons -and dig some rock," said Chandler. "I have my own equipment and go quite a bit." Darren Rhoten. a Trans-USA Support c:Iua contender. craahecI In the Mcond moto at Mid-Ohlo on September 20 end Injured hi. right ankle. He underwant an operation on Septlimber 28. end Is at home recuperating. Send Rhoten a card or letter at 21 14 Kontane Trell. Orand Prairie. TX 7&062. If you're into hare scrambles and want a bit more out of a run, you may want to try the 5rd Annual Naked City Hare Scrambles in Roselawn, Indiana, on October 18. The event runs through a nudist camp. with the parade lap starting at 11 :50. , Mark Bernett carne to the Red Bud Michigan Trena-USA with a very raw end cut neck. "1 MIS COOkln' through the woods about 40 (near his home In AIlIbema.I end I hit theM vines. I thought the one that caught my throat would break so I heIcI the 11M on. but when It dldn't break I _ down. There I _ . laying on the ground with blood all over. WOllClerlng how bed I . . . hurt." The Injury _n't serious Bernett MIS riding the next dey. Food for thought: "The AMA H&Ii meter will be calibrated to the dialectic constant (2.025) of Cyclo Hexane." That's a sentence from a recent AMA Competition Bulletin informing riders that the rule regarding gasoline and gasoline specifications which had been suspended in August has been reinstated. Comprende? Pape . . . talking to Bob Haye. the other dey. a,nd Ha.,.. mendoned that we .hould give credit to AuernbIymen BII lvera IR· PMacIeneJ for help with SB1.1. Craig Vetter'. Streamlner wi! mekela debut Oct. 2& at the Vettar Nadonal High Mileage Conteat. which rune with the CCMA Lo. Pad,. Poker Run nMr sen luis Obispo. Vettar". creation Is powered by e 2&Occ Kewaukl. I".... kept the bill. which hlId been InconwctIy emmencled lind could hava pieced the . . .'. OHV Fund at the hlIncIa of envlronrnentella In oommlttae until It could be fixed. For HIIyM' version of what hlIppeIled to thet bII. Including the InYoIvement of the MotoreYde Induatry CouncIl and Ia IobbyIat. . . Voices on Po 4. HOIPlTal STOP: Hank Scott, who fell in time trials at the _-ending Ascot baH mile National, remains hOIpitalized at Harbor General Hospital III southem California. Scott _allied a broken leg, broken collarbone aDd a broken pelvis in the crash, and has reponedly been placed under the care of Dr. Roben Kerlan, the Los Angeles Rams football team physician. Get well cards may be sent to Scott at Harbor General Hospital, 4 East 12, 1000 Carson St., Torrance, CA 90502. Sound.,lIka a boomln' Beemer to us. Matt Capri of LufbiL'" took a turbochllrged 1000 BMW twin to the E1A1tered record at the recent IDBA...nctIoned drag rece at Beyland. Raceway In Fremont. CA. Capri went 11.07 at 121. . for the record. then bumped up the turbo'. boost to run 10.&0 MCOnda at 139.&3. That. according to CaprI. Is the faateat time ever turned In by a twJn.cyIInder machine. 011. by the wey. the Lufbllelatar Turbo BMW Is street legal. The rumor mill sez Husky will be coming out with a 485cc CR Open class motoc:JUler in the not unforseeable future. A q..-tat of current World Champions .... scheduled to compete In the third ...... Superblters rece at CerIabecI on Nov. 1. Marco LucchlneHL Bruce Penhd. Andre MaIherbe and Nell Hudson hMd the list of rIdera going for .. the glory and the wll1I'I8l'"••here of the _.000 In money In front of ABC'" C ",..... c:...... This .,.... the Superbikers avant will conaIat of four events - one raca each for the apeclelty cIeue.. and a flnel Superbikera event. Road racers .cheduled to compete Indude Freddie Spencer. Eddie Lawson. Rich Schlachter and England'. Ron H.....m. Among the dirt trackera expected are Steve Eklund. Engllah speedway rider Kenny Carter. France'. Serge Becou and Alex Jorgen..n. MXera will " I y Include defending Super· bikers chlImp Steve W1H. Heken AustraIIII·. CerIqvIat end Stephen Gall. We'" k.p you poatecI on who will be doing what on the hlIH aphlIIt. hlIH dirt course. Don't forget that the Continental Mota-sports Club will be holding a four-stroke only TT at Ascot Park on Friday night, Oct. 2. All IJ'?rtllDan ciasles will be run, along WIth 500cc and Open Pro c1asles. For more information, call714ISS7-5525. fl....... M.-tek ProcIucta. Inc.. meIun of modullltad h.alllght .,••na. among other tNnga. pointed out that modullltad heed................ tD InItaIIIn CeIfoI •• end many other atatM. ThlIt". to cIertfy an eerier Poop !tam. when Papa mendoned that HeFley-DavIdson . . . ..king permlaalon to ..... them from the NHTSA. That pertai.. to OEM equipment. Gilles Burgat. the young French SWM rider, clinched the 1981 World Observed TriaIs Championship with a win in the penultimate round of the series in CzechOllovakia, Sept. ~O. t.t week we tDId you about AB114. a 1aIt-minute Ieglalatlve attampt to rip off the CaIHorn.. OHV Fund. Wei. there'. another such bill AB83I eIao p8IHd In the waning momenta of the leellled.......ion. end • we .........Id the bIlL would take "unencumbenKl" monay out of the OHV Furld to help pay for projects of the Perk· . . . Bond Act since the boncIa aren't HIIng too wei. Suppalldly when the boncIa do .... the rnorI8Y would be peIcI bIIck. but vatanm obea",.... doubt that. So ........ send a telegram to Governor Jerry Brown MkIng .... to veto AB83& You can MIld the telegram to him at the Stata CIIpItoL Sacramento. CA1&814. Bill Herndon, better known as an enduro rider and for his efforts in organizing volunteer labor for repair and maintenance of Sequoia National Forest trails, has been up to something a little different lately. Riding a SOcc Honda MB5, Herndon left from the Mexican border Sept. ~l on the way to Canada. and made it in four days riding solol 1980 Road Racing Champion Rich Schlachter is back in America after contesting this ....on·. 250cc GP