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serves as Executive Vice President and Assistant to the President, as head of Marketing, and the promotion of Kevin Onnes, fonnerly Sales Department Staff Manager, to National Sales Manager. - N.wly crown.d 600cc road racing World Champion Marco Lucchln.m h8I .Igned a two-yeer contract with Honda for e reported $416,000. Joining Lucchln.m on Teem Honda for the GP circuit I. Americen Fraddl. Spencer. 00 (j') ~ 00 I-< Q) ..c e Q) > o Z Cunningham's win, Burleson's title at Tulsa National Enduro TULSA. OK. NOV. 8 HU8qVal11ll teamlTl8te. Dick Burleson and Terry Cunningham took the bettie for the AMA Netionel Championship Enduro Seri•• titI. right to the flnel round. Cunningham took hi. fifth ov.rall win in the la.t .ix round. at the Tulsa Enduro Rld.r. 1OG-mU. Nationel, but it w8ln't .nough 81 Burl8l0n'••econd overall finish put Cunningham on the .hort .nd of the final point .tanding. - 252 to 250. Burleson thus wrapped up hi••ighth .traight National Champlon.hlp tltl., br.aking Bill Baird'. (1962-88) record of seven .tralght. Th. Nationel wa. run under d.mandlng conditions 81 e torrential downpour began eerly Sundey morning end continued throughout the dey. Cunningham dropped 10 points for hi. overell win whil. Burl••on lost 18 to tak. the AA clall gold. Kewal8ki'. Jeck P.nton we. third ov.rell with e 26 point 10... Mlk. M.lton, the third Teem Husky rider with e methemeticel chance at the titl., fini.h.d .ighth overell end third in the final .tanding. with 228 points. Approximetely 75 riders of the ov.r 400 who .ign.d up mad. it to th.fini.h. Compl.t. cov.reg. n.xt week. Elsewhere on this page you'll see that Husqvarna's Dick Burleson wrapped up his eighth consecutive AMA National Enduro Championship with a runner-up finish in Tulsa, OK. According to the folks at Husky this should be Burleson's last title. "Dick will be riding pan time next year at specially selected events," Husqvama Western Service Manager Bob Popiel told us. "In addition, he'll manage our enduro team which will consist of Terry Cunningham, Mike Melton and another rider yet to be signed." Popiel said this prior to the Nov. 8 enduro that clinched Burleson's title. Oa Ally Sa"'y " open.d r.c.ntly In Hawaii, gros.lng $43,000 In ju.t three day•. According to the film'. announcer, Larry Huffman. the film will open In January on the .ut coast. T.xe. end the Pacific Northwest. Other .r.e. will see the film beginning Apr. 2. 1982. Huffman reports that producer Rog.r Rldd.I, who we. In Milan rac.ntIy for a film .how and .old GAS " to sev.ral countrie., I. working on • 1&4-.pl.od. .yndl~ TV .erie., u.lng the footage .hot for, but not Included In, the flnel movie ver.lon. 6 The Baja 1000 drew an international entry, with competitors from France, Belgium and East Africa. The best finish was turned in by Frenchmen Phillipe Cornut and Huben Auriol, who finished fourth in Class 22 on a Can,Am. __ . _ ., , Motocroll8r Brad Leck.y lterted the Baja 1000 in a Kaweseki· powered .ingl. ..at.r .pon.or.d by P.rnod. Howev.r, the cer, running In Its first race end virtually untested, only went .Ight mile. before br.aklng down (r.portedly, the front su.pen.lon) and Leck.y wa. left to walk back to Ensenede. Malcolm Smith, who had won the bike ponion of the Baja 1000 10 years ago, was entered in this race in a Goodrich funny car Blazer. Late in the race Malcolm was leading all the fourwheelen by the proverbial country mile when the right front wheel was sheared off the machine with only 50 miles to go. Marty Tripe. wa. down In M.xico along with all the oth.r off-road crazle., .and wa. pitting for Lerry Roeseler and Bruc. Ogllvl•. Tripe. seld h. hal hung up hi. leathers following a 13-y••r career In motocrOll, but will ba back on the MX .c.ne In anoth.r capacIty n.xt yeer. "Thirteen yeers a Pro:' grinned Tripe., "and only on. brok.n bon. (hi. collarbon.)." Gene Trobaugh, president of the AMA Board of Trustees, has resigned his position as Vice-President of Marketing at U.S. Suzuki effective Nov. 2. No reason has been given for the resignation. Management changes at Suzuki include the promotion of AI Parker to Vice President of Sales, the appointment of Mr. Y Masuda, who Suzuki has re-signed Californian Randy Mamola for their 500cc road racing G P effort and in a surprise move has dropped New Zealander Graeme Crosby. Replacing Crosby on Team Suzuki is Italian Virginio Ferrari. Ferrari finished second to Kenny Roberts in the 500cc title chase in '79, but since then has become the "forgotten man" on the circuit. Crosby is reportedly talking with Kawasaki of France and he has told everyone who'll listen that he wants to contest the GPs, rather than concentrate on four-stroke rides. Honda h81 .Ign.d BrIti.hers Ron He.l8m end Joey Dunlop and Au.trallen Wayne Gardn.r for their four-stroke ro.d racing t.am. Team Agostini has yet to sign a rider for its proposed road racing team, but rumors have Ago talking with fonner World Champion Barry Sheene and Dutchman Boet Van Dulmen. Giacomo Agostini, the multi-time World Champion, has backing from Marlboro. W.'ve heard of leIt-minute impulses. but this on....Honda Motocross Teem Menag.r Dav. Arnold and MX teem mechanic Chris Haln••, who tun.d for Danny LePort. thl. yeer, d.clded at the last mlnut. to compete In the Baje 1000. Th.y h.ad.d down thar. with a CR480R, maneg.d to gat in a little pr. running, end they flnl.hed sev.nth In CI811 22. Now if any Honda teem rid.rs complain that th.y'v. got it rough, Arnold and Haln.. will probably ••nd th.m to the .11t bed. below Rancho Senta In..... Regular SCORE Class 30 competitor Lonnie Peterson was down in Baja, but not competing. Why? He and wife Nancy are the proud parents of baby daughter Beth Louise Peterson, now seven weeks old. the Nov. 6 Ascot Long Track Speedway Championship for a show to air in the future. Hopefully we'll have an air date for you soon. Tom White of the White Brothers gav. Papa a cell the other day to sey they're moving. Th.y hop. to hav. the move completed by D.c. 15, and their new address and phon. is: 11750· W.st.rn Av•., Stanton, CA 90680, 7141895-1991. Mark Blackwell, Suzuki's fonner Motocross Team Manager now with Husqvarna, was married to his longtime girlfriend Patti Allen in a candlelight ceremony Nov. 7 at the First Presbyterian Church of Fullerton (CA). Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Blackwelll Th. sev.nth annual CMC 4-Strok. MotocrOll Netionel Championships. sponsored this year by the Southern California Yamaha DeeIers Ass0ciation. will be held Nov. 29 at Carlsbad Raceway. In the 600cc Pro cl8ll, $1200 I. up for grabs while the Open Pros will compete for payback. In addition, Sportsman rid.rs from Mini. to Old Tim.rs will vie for plaques end ov.r $2500 worth of contingencies. For more Info, contact the CMC office. et 7141567·3323. Three-wheeler and Odyssey racers should take note that the CMC will also be running a Golden State Wannup on the Superbiker dirt course at Carlsbad Raceway on the same day as the 4-Stroke Nationals. There are plenty of different classes, and ent,ry is $10 per class. No license is required, and if you need to know more, give the CMC a call at 714/557-3323. Former Cia.. C competitor Eddi. Wirth is hoping to .trangthen hi. hold on fourth place In the KracoCalifornia Ra c i n g AIIociation .print car point chase Nov. 14 et Ascot Perk with the help of Sel Aco.ta. Many will r.memb.r that in the 'r.cently concluded AMAJ WInSton Pro Series, Acosta handled the tuning chor.s for Alex Jorgen••n. In fact. Wirth'. flrst-ev.r .prlnt car main .v.nt victory cem. at Ascot on Sept. XI, the night after the flnel WPS race of the y.ar where Jorgy finl.hed .ixth. Correction: In a Western hotline story last week, Rick Maki was incorectIy identified as a DG -sponsored rider. Though they build dam good bikes, Maki has in fact been sponsored by the Roost Factory for the past several months. Hurl.y Wllv.rt. a form.r K.wasaki factory road racer, we. competing In ,the Baja on a C.... 30 .ntry along with Brad N.lson and P.te Klnn.y. W11v.rt had on. of tho•• .xperlences that make up the heart of Baja lore. H. W81 taking the .tratch from EI Crucero to Sen felipe in the mlddl. of the night wh.n hi. light cem. loose. H. tried to fix It with som. duct tap., but that broke and the light k.pt flopping down. H. wu hoping to make It to his pit at Pu.rtocltos, but the limited visibility almost cau••d him to cra.h on e rocky hill. H. d.cid.d to stop there and try and fix it. "What I needed _ a big tI••trap," WIlvert said later, "but I didn't have on.. So I start.d looking down on the ground with my miner'. light (taped to hi. h.lm.t! for wir., anything. And on the ground was a big, fat. black. brand n.w tI. strap'" Wllv.rt u••d the tie strap to hold the top of the light up and the r.palr h.ld fast to the finish of the race. Three riders from Teem Honda were among the 400 who showed up for a werm-up race that Amerlcen Motocroll Enterprises hosted Nov. 81n pr.peretion for th.lr Nov. 15 "stadium MX" at Indian Dunes. AME conv.rted the Dunes' Inter· netlonel track to stadium styl. th.m••1v8l, with the addition of stadium-type jump., whoops, wa.hboard and .v.n .n ov.r/und.r brldg.. In the 260cc Pro c1e•• Honda'. Donnie Hen••n topped teammate Chuck Sun for the overall win. The other Teem Honda rid.r, Johnny O'Mare, ran into troubl•• in th.126cc Pro clall and Robert Leughlin (Suz) cl8lmed the win. Pete Snorteland (Yam) took the 500cc Pro cia... Th. Nov. 15 .v.nt will f.atur. a $1500 Pro purse, four-foot trophies, and the return, w.'re told, of Teem Honde. For more Information, contact . AME at 2131881..fi778. ABC's That's Incredible reponedly faImed' Dave DeTemple in action" at More goodies are up for grabs in the Cycle News B-to; V ~otorcycle-road