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with the Baltimore County Trail Riden doing the same for the Super' cross leader on lap two. There are two .chedule chenga. on the NlItIonel Motorcycle Reelng Aaaocletlon dreg schedule. FIrat. the NMRA SprIngnIItIonels at Ep- , ping. NH, mov.. a week to occupy Memorlel Day W. .kend. Maya. 30. Thet meens thet Pro Stockers win not run et the Cajun NlItIonels cer meet. which also runs Memorilll Dey weekend. Secondly, both Pro Stock and Funnyblke c1..... wi! eccompeny the NHRA cer mHt et Englishtown. NJ on J uly 17-18. c-r 00 0') ' ...... o ~ ...... The Ca lifornia Ra cin g C lub ha s something in the wo rks. Specifically, it's th e ann ua l M/C Tire Works 2000 at Ind ian Du n es on Mar. 7. There' ll be a $1000 Pro purse, p lus $1000 in sportsman gift certificates . C RC a lso has a new four-stro ke class a t a ll its events. For more in fo ca ll 213/83Q-5 19. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation has released its awards list for 1982. Winning the annual John E. Harley Memorial award was Neil Tolhurst. regional coordinator for the motorcycle safety project at Northern Illinoi s Un iversity. In addition to Tolhurst's work with t he MSF-award-winning NIU prog ram . Tolh urst was cited for his efforts in developing a trail ri di ng training program. writ in g safety article s and serving on t he Illinois State Motorcycle Advisory Council . The U.S . Air For ce Inspedionand Safety Center.Nortt-n Illinois University. the state of Wisconsin. the South Dakota Safety Council and the Motorcycle Operators Instructional Center of Albuqueque,' NM. also won MSF awards. At a press conference introducing their new 125 and 250cc four-stroke singles and their 450 two-speed automatic shaft-drive. Suzuki displayed this 650 Turbo. Designated the XN85 (the 85 stands for horsapower). this particular machine was a European prototype. though it did have a U.S.-raquirad 85 mph speedo. The 650E-based engine features electronic fuel injection. roller bearings. twin dome combustion chambers. oil cooler and a four-into-one pipe. There is also a 5.3-gallon fuel tank. Full Floater rear suspension and anti-dive forks with adjustable preload and anti-stiction bushings keep the wheels (17 inch rear and 16 inch front) on the ground. The chain is fully enclosed. lubed with graase. Release date for the U.S . version is expected to be in a couple months. A request for inclusion of a California-Nevada Desert Trail in the California Statewide Trail System willi be heard and considered at a meeting of the California Recreational . Trails Committee Friday. March 19 in Mountain View. Santa Clara County. CA. The meeting will begin et 9 a.m. in the City Council Chembers. 540 Castro Street.Tom Hunt. of the Desert Trail Asaocietion. will discuss the trail and .how its alignment through Nevade and California. 6 Pre -Daytona dirt track action kicked off with an Eastern Regional half mile at Savanna h , GA , on Feb. 25. Florida's Billy 'Labrie (H -D) topped the Expert class as Cal iforn ians romped in the Novice and J unior classes, with Hond a-mounted Doug Chandler taking the former and Pete Hames (H·D) the latter. The following (Hon) bested the Novices. The next Series opener at Savannah was rained out and rescheduled to Mar. 8. The racing then moved to Tampa, FL, for a series short track on Feb. 27. Kawasaki rider Lance Jones took the Junior/Expert win, and Mark Hartley (Hon) bested the Novices . The next round of the series, the Feb. 28 half mile at Barberville, FL , fell to Texan T erry Poovey and his XR750 . Hames repeated his Junior victory at Barberville while Michigan's Cha rles Bowles (Hon) was the Novice winner. Complete coverage next week. Once again ABC . . . W."" of ....,. will air The Superblkers avant, held et Carlabed Aec:ewey Nov. 1, 1981. Air time Is set for Mer. 14, with part two elrlng M.r. 20. Check your local IlatIng for detalla; times ere subject to change without notice. By leading a certain lap, or laps, riders at Daytona will be able to pick up $100 dollars per lap extra thanks to the AMA's La p Sponsonhip program . Sponson for th e 200 include: Ga ry Bang, East ; "KK" Motorcycle Supply ; Baltimore County Trail Riden; Pace Management Corp.; Mike Lynch; Dennis Kirk, Inc. an d Continenta l Tires. "KK" Motorcycle supply will also sponsor the first lap of both the Superbilr.e race at the Supercrosa. Continental Tires will pay $100 to the leader of la p 16 in th e Superbike race Gale Webb, a feature subject in last week's eN, will be bringing her MX /s kate boardi ng /BM X /ro ller skating/sports safety show to Orange County Honda. There will be three shows a day on bo th Mar. 13and Mar. 14, and th ere wi ll be prizes. incl uding a Honda Pa ssport to be given away . The address is 16-0 West Chapman Ave. , i n Ora nge, CA . Husky has picked up a SCORE team in class 21 (250cc). Their newest riders ara Mark and Kent Miller. who will ride the San Felipe 250 for their first sponsored ride. The brothers will ride all SCORE / Pernod events for Husky this year. ESPN will be covering the fifth, sixth and seventh days of Daytona Speed Week and will air the races five times. Los Angeles are showings will be April 6, 10, 13 and 27 at 7, 1:30, 7:30 and 7 p.m.. respectively. There will also be a showing at I p .rn . May 2. "We talked with the William Morris Agency last week. and we have another meeting set for Tuesday (Mar. 2). " said World and National Speedway Champion Bruce Penhall in a Feb. 26 telephone conversation. "We have commitments to race through the end of next year. but if I got hooked up with something really fantastic as far as TV and films. I may go with that after 1983." Rumors of TV roles had added fire to the reports that Pen hall would retire at the end of this year. After meeting with the Morris talent agency. Penhall will race t he southern California Spring Classic before returning to England on M ar. 16. " I'm looking forward to having a really good season in Eng land. as well as going to Australia for the World Best Paris competition. and hopefully. the World Fina l in the Coliseum." If you see Bruce Hammer piloting a four-stro ke Suzuki road racer with Chevron colon at Daytona , do n't be confused and think it's his 1170cc endurance ra cer . Hammer has taken the new 16-valve Katana engine •. suitably bored to 1025cc·· and mated it with a Rob North frame . Byron Hines of Va nce at Hines Racing will be at Daytona keeping an eye on the moving parts. The La Vages 400 oH-road motor· cycle rac:e Is set for Apr. 18. Aa In the pest. both Spor1MMIn and Pro wIR run. with the Pros competing for IiO% payback of entries on e t300 par t8IIm entry, with 12&,2IiOc:c. Open. Over 30 and Over , 38 c....... Sportsmen antrles .re .120. The drewlng for start positions I. Mer. 31, with e .100 deposit getting you In on the dl'llwlng. For Info. entry blenka, or Juet to uy hello to cauy Folk., contact Sportamen Cycle. 3476 Boulder Hwy.• Le. Vep• • NV 88121.70214&7.m43. des... Unofficial results from the Croom, FL, opening round of the AMA /NATC National Championship Observed Trials Series on Saturday, Feb. 27, show Jack Stites (Fan) first with 26, defending champ Curt Comer (Mon) second with 38, and Morgan Kavanaugh (Bul) third with 40 . Complete coverage next week. Th e equip m ent of Jay Springsteen and Randy Goss w ill be getting some specia l t reat m ent this season . Harle v-Da v idson will have a tractor-tra iler rig complete with workshop. spares. etc., carrying their bikes to all the dirt Nationals. Th is is just one of the changes Harley is making to put the team and their product on display. Springsteen and Goss have picked up a new sponsor for 1982 -- Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. "Pabst is very interested in rac ing ,.. said Harley 's Dick 0 'Brien . "If they like what we're doing this year I believe we'll see an expanded program next year . Who wants to battle the reptiles and swamps of the Daytona Cycle Week Alligator Enduro? None other then Team Honds's Darrell Shultz. "I u.uelly run an enduro or cross-country event during the winter. but this year we were too bu.y getting bikes reedy and running local motocrosses." seid Schultz. adding. " I hope I can get an entry this late." Entries for the Alligetor. however. are mail-only. so Shultz will definitely have to hope. Magura has announced that Donald Yetter, vice-president , has left the finn's employment for personal reasons. Richard K. Mayer has been named general manager. Mike Kidd a promoter? You betche. The defending AMA Grand National Chemplon hea built an Aatrodome replica TT and .hort track facility on hi. Boyd. TX. ranch and will be hosting race. every second and fourth Sundey of the month beginning Mar. 14. "The track i. Identical to the Aetrodome." uy. Kldd. adding. "I've put .10.000 Into It and It's really beautiful." Check out theCN Calende r f or more inf ormation or call 817/433-&&69.