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Andre Malherbe. who was listed on previous Superbikers advertisements, will be unable to compete due to stilllingering injuries. Graham Noyce will take his place. World 500cc Road Race Champ Marco Lucchinelli will be another no-show, due to contraetual problems. We will have complete coverage of The Superbikers extravaganza next week. Here'. an Interesting Item w. heard on the radio last week: Montane'. S1Bte Supreme Court has ruled that the Itata'. 5& mph .peed limit I. uncollstltutlonal. Howev.r, due to FedaraJ lew that requires \I,VithhoIding of Federal highway monies to statal not .nforclng a 5& mph limit. the court said its ruling would not go into effect until 1983. 00 0') Huaqvama recently announced their '82 motocross team with the newest member being Michigan's Kris Bigelow wbo will contest the 250cc Nationals. Bill Groui returns to race the SOOcc class while Mike Guerra signed again to go for the 250cc World Championship. Husky will again have a rider suppon program in '82, though details have yet to be worked out. Roost Factory riders Rick Maid lSuz) and Tim Lunde !Yaml wrapped up the ContInent81 Motoaport Club number one plates for the 12& and 2IiOcc Pro cIaases, respectively, at Carlsbad Raceway on OCt. 2&. Way to go guysl Yamaha's 1982 motocross team will see four riders getting works bikes. with another six mounted on production machines. Negotiations witb tbe riders were still going on at press time; the complete squad should be announced by next week. Team Hamm.r announced that Chevron will again .ponsor the team in 1982. with an improved package. "Thl. y.ar Is going to be a sariou. effort a. opposed last year, which _ kind of OK,," said John Ulrich, who .hera riding duties with Bruce Hammer. Ac· cording to Ulrich, Team Hammer win compete in the Budweiser 500 endurance race sarles and salected World Championship ev.nts. According to Australian MOtOT Cycle News, Americans Broc Glover, Marty Moates, Warren Reid and Jim Gibson will be heading Down Under for supercross races in Melbourne and Sydney in the two weekends following tbe Nov. 14 Coca-Cola SUPOChA18 Finals at Jack Murphy San Diego Stadium. AMCN al.o predicts. thet Moto Morini will debut a turbocharged 500cc V-twin at next month'. MI"n Show. It reportedly produces 71 horsepower, 10 .... then Honda'. CX500 Turbo, but al.o weighs .... then the Honda. The wastegate on the Morini'. Japan. .e IHI turbo, which will be mounted behind the rear cylinder, can be overridden by a handlebar-mounted toggle switch. Here'. a look at whet Is reported to be the only '82 production .Ing...hock 490 Malco In the country. Dubbed the Alpha Control, the .......hock mounts to the fnIme on top whll. the bottom mount connec:a to a Hnkege system Ioc:8ted underneath an all-new swing ann. The cerb no longer ha. a atnIlght shot Into the cyllnd.r; InatINKI, It angles In from the left and around the Corte COHO .hock la reservoir .. mounted on the front down tubel. The Mt. Baker M.C.·hosted National Enduro at Bellingham, WA, on Oct. 25 saw Team Husky riders sweep the top three spots. Mike Melton and Terry Cunningham both lost three points, but Melton edged out Cunningham for the overall by six seconds. Dick Burleson took third at four points with Yamaha's Larry Roeseler dropping five. Over 140 riders competed in the event. Complete coverage next week. 6 DIrt " a Magazine'. Tom Webb wu to hav. ridden the Mt. Bak.r National, but the 430 Husky he was .upposed to rid. wu .tolen from the beck of the Hu.ky van whil. parked in the Holiday Inn parking lot in B.llingham the Friday before the .nduro. In addition, mo.t of Dick Burleson'. equipment was lift: • d, including .ight pair. of hi. riding g...... which forc.d him to rid. with hi. ".treet" gl•••e•. "Bad Brad" Lackey will be competing in The Superbikers race at Carlsbad on Nov. 1. America's most successful 500cc MXGP rider will ride a White Bros.-modified Suzuki RM465. Also, After a few dozen pbone calls Papa thinks be'd better clear thiJ up: The Cycle News Barstow to Vegas Road Ride and Poker Run is just that - not II race. Officially it's a road ride, but anyone can sign up. and the $5 entry fee gets you a super three-color participation pin as well as a chance to help the Phantom Duck of the Delen and the AMA Legislative Suppon Fund. wbo receive money from this event. At the finish, the Union 76 truck stop at the Blue Diamond Rd. off-ramp in Vegas, entrants who get there before 3 p.m. will draw five cards and the best poker hand wins $150, the second best $100, and tbe third best $50. Lots of product awards will also be drawn for. and riders can be involved in that as soon as they get there. For details, mail entry, etc., check out the ad on p. 35. The AMA California State MX Champlon.hlp .v.nt at Sadd. . back ha. been enlarg.d to a twoday event to' be run Nov. 21·22. All Mini, Novlc. and Interm.dlate c...... run on Saturday, with all the Pro, Women'. and Vat cIessa. going on Sunday. Ought to be a good on. as riders from northern CaDfomle aquere off against the southern Callforn.. contingent. The site of the AMA National enduro on Nov. I bas been cbanged from Gorman, CA, to tbe desen site Red Mountain. reponedly due to high fire danger in the Gorman area. Del Taco will be Miling apectIItor pit pa•••• for the COCa-CO" Super· crou Flna" In San DI.go Nov. 14, The peas. . co.t .1.01 and are availabl. at any participating Del Taco. The pita will be open for these peas hoIdera on Saturday night from 4-7 p.m. Maico USA has announced that it will have rider suppon program for 1982, called Team Alpha Suppon '82. Interested riders should send their '81 race results and a resume to Maico West USA, Team Alpha Suppon, 110 E. Santa Anita Dr., Burbank, CA 91502. Ascot'. 1981 Long Track Sp••dway Championship wi. be a one-nlght affair on friday, Nov. 6. A 3IkIder field wlH compete on the half mlle'n .Ix..".n Scratch heats. RidenI attending Include new World and U.S. champ Bruce P.nhall, R.x S1Bten, Denn" Sigaloa, Bobby Schwartz and the Moran brothers. For more Info caD Ascot at 2131321-6323. There was a lot of controversy surrounding tbe Oct. 10 Check Chase, but it was all generated by the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club charged that tbe Checkers had violated an agreement between tbe two groups, but the BLM responded that it was responsible in that matter. Tbe BLM also said that field checks made immediately after the event showed "no significant impacts." "The BLM is 100% behind the Cbeck Chase," said Needles Resource Area Manager Dick Crowe. HosPITal STOP: District 36 number CI'OII country rider John Haak.. creahed at the Oct. 18 European Sc:rlImbIea at Sand HII Rench and sustained a bedly broken left ankle which required surgery. John will spend the next 10 weeks aboard crutches. and If aU goes well, should be ricI\ng again by the early part of 1182. Ona In coverage of the CZ World Championship a few weeks ago, we gave credit to tbe wrong oil company for providing product awards. Spectro Oil was the company that donated the oil awards. Correction on the coverage of the W••twood road race In Brltlah Columb" two Issu.. ago: Dave Roosavelt won the 7&Occ c.... on 8 Honda, not a Kawasaki a. was ll.ted. Gale Webb, a succesful motocrosser in the southern California women's racing scene, is featured in the TV show You Asked FOT It, which will air in the Los Angeles area on Thursday, Oct. 29 on Channel 9 at 7 p.m. The segment