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speed: WanJ;a .ee-the- ' 8 2 Worici way Final? Olson-Travelworld, Ltd. is offering four different tour packages that include the championship race at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on Aug. 28 plus the final meeting of the season at Costa Mesa. The tour packages range from four to 10 days long and visit tourist attractions around Los Angeles as well as San Francisco. Las Vegas and Yosemite National Park. For further information, contact your travel agent or OlsonTravelworld. Ltd., P.O . Box 92734, Los Angeles, CA 90009. Their phone number is 213/670-7100 or 800/421·2255. ...... ..... l-< 0.. < The U .S. team was so undly trounced by their British rival s in the I Ith annual Transa tla nt ic ma tch races held in Engla nd over th e Ap r. 9-12 Ea ster weekend. Ba rry Sh een e turned in an ou tstandin g per formance on h is OW60 works square-fo ur Yam aha, winn ing five of the six races ru n to lead th e British sq ua d to a lopsided 491-313 victory. Sh eene nearly collected a $40,OOO bo n us that was up for th e first man to win a ll six races , but a steering damper froze in the secon d heat at Mallory Park, causing Sh een e to crash, altho ugh he pi cked it up to fin ish second behind team ma te Roger Ma rsh all on a IOOOcc four-stroke Suzuki. Ameri ca 's hopes suffered a severe blow wh en Freddie Spencer cras hed in th e first heat o f th e ser ies, da maging h is NS500 GP bi ke bevond repai r due to a lack of spare parts. T eam ca p tain Da ve Alda na was the top Am erica n scorer with 56 points , follo wed by Da le Sing le ton (44), Mike Baldwin (42) , Wes Cooley (38 ), Roberto Piet ri (36), Ri ch Schlachter (35), Mark Homchi ck (28) and Ni cky Ri ch ici ( 18). Ala n Ward , a New Engla nd cl ub racer p ressed in to service after Spe n cer crashed , tall ied 16 points. Sheen e a nd Ma rsh a ll led the Briti sh team wit h 95 and 76, resp ectivel y. Russ Nyberg (Kaw) topped John Mafaro (Kaw) in the Pro Stock fina l at Apri l 3 -4 IDBA Spring Nationals at Mississippi's Gulfport International Dragway. Jim Dodich (Kaw) was the victor in the Prof Comp ranks while Craig Burns (Kaw) topped the Funny Bike class. In Top Fuel it was larry Hayes (Hon) taking the win over Elmer Trett (Kaw). The long awaited Kenn y Ro berts auto biography was released in Engla nd last week. Penned by journalist Barry Col em an . Kenny R ob erts documents the three-time World Cham pion 's career from the start of hi s d irt track career righ t up throug h last season. T he book shou ld h it our sho res in the ver y near future. We'll keep yo u posted. We spoke to John "Light Brown" Lancione, former National MX referee. via phone last week. Lan cione, who suffered a heart attack several weeks ago, is at home in Dallas and ready to get back on the gas. "The heart attack scared me, but now I know how to take care of myself and you better believe I'm going to do just that." said Lancione. 6 "Scott Parker has join ed th e HarleyDa vidson racing team as the th ird me m ber ," sai d racing boss Dick O'Brien. " We' re expa nd ing th e team to three riders due to th e in creased in.vol veme nt of sponsor Pabst Blue Ribbon a nd o u r corn mittment to them. AI Stangler , who tuned for Corky Keener, will be workin g with Scott, who will make hi s debut a t Sacramento as a teammate of Randy Goss and J ay Springsteen ." In their Spring meeting, the Management Council of the FIM unanimously approved the signing of a contract between the FIM and the ABC Sports Television Company, giving ABC North American television broadcast rights for the '8 ~ I~e Racing World ~hampion ship In Germany, the 83 race in the Netherlands, the '84 final in Russia. the ' 8 3 Individual Speedway World Championship in Germany and the '84 version in Great Britain. La st week's coverage of th e Gardena Gold Cup half mil e contai ned an error. It was ac tua lly Bill y Sco t! wh o won th e th ird hea t, a nd he did it on a Ya maha Virago-cngi ned mount for its first win . D i ck Burleson w ill bec o m e a California resi d ent some time th i s sum mer . "His ro le in t he c ompa ny w ill change slightly. " said Hu sky' s Mark Blackwell. Though he w ill still manage their enduro team, Burleson " c.. w ill take over more R&D functions." Racy ladies in the NorCaI area now have a cl u b to join. Motofoxes is th e gro u p, and its p urpose is to promote the growth of wo men's di vision motorcycle competition and/or recreational ridi ng. For in format ion abou t mem bers h ip or Mo tofo xes jerseys, ca ll Patti Hennin g at 916/743-8640. American Honda is offering two, five-day courses - basic and advanced - for vocational/technical instructors "to provide them with training, training aids and information to take back to their students .c.," If you're interested, write or call Danyel E. Clark at Honda, P.O. Box 50, Gardena, CA 90247.213/327-8280. Maico A rider RoT)' Ru n dl e o f Nevada City, CA, and Mi ke Lambert and Darr ell Bro w n of Hot Springs, AR, will be MXing internationally this seaso n for Belgi an p ro moter j osep h Va nTickele r. The AMA's Director of P r o fessio n al Mo tocr os s , Carro ll Chandler, ga ve 'em th e go -ahead so they' re on th eir way! The Apr. 17-18 weekend is sh apin g u p to be a real doozey. For starters , there's the Budw eiser GP weeken d a t Riverside Internat ional Racewa y. Sa turda y will see hea t races for the Su n day features, plus a 200-kilometer box stock en dura nce ra ce. Then on Sunday, there will be a Formula Two race, the second leg ofthe Bell Helmets Superbik e Tri ple Crown, and the Budweiser 500-ki lometer endurance race. The Superbik e race will gi ve west coast fans th eir first glimpse of MXer-turned-road-racer Steve Wise, plus the rest o f th e Honda, Suzuki and Kawasaki tea m s. The Formula Two race will determine if Dave Bus by's recent romp a t Long Beach was a sign of things to co me. The Budweiser 500 will match up th e Team Hammer Suzuki o f Bruce H ammer a n d J ohn U lrich an d the Yoshimura Suzuki Katana of Dennis Smith a n d Chris Steward, both being among th e pr erace favor ites. Discount tickets for th e event ar e ava ilable a t so u thern California Kawasak i dealers. Also on the Apr. 17-18 weekend is the KRW Helmets Sacramento Mile at the Cal-Expo Fairgrounds on Saturday night. PromoterJ .C. Agajanian has received permission to use calcium chloride on the track to help it reta in moisture. And a bit further east, there will be a 125/250cc AMA MX national at Lake Whitney. TX. So check next week's Cycle News - we'lI be up t o our d uck bills in in st ant cov erage. Interested in seein g a Wo rld Cham pionsh ip GP road race in 1983? Here's the sched ule as co nfirmed by th e FIM in their recent Sp ring Co ngress in Geneva: 3/6 Argentina (Buenos Aires); 3/20 South Afr ica (Kyala m i); 4/ 3 Fran ce (Le Mans); 5/ 1 Au stria (Sal zburg); 5/ 8 German y (H ocken hei rn): 5/22 Spai n (Jarama); 5/ 29 It a ly (Monza); 6/ 19 Belgium (Spa); 6/26 Holl and (Assen); 7/10 Yugosl avia (R ijeka): 7/17 San Ma rino (lmola ); 7/3 1 E ngland (Silverstone); 8/7 Sweden (An dersdorp ); 8/1 4 Finland (Irna tra); 8/28 Czechos lovakia (Brno). TT week on th e Isle of Ma n will tak e p lace on june 5-12, 1983. IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR DEPARTMENT:Accordingto YamahaCommunicetor, the manufacturer's dealer newsletter. the lucky (or hard working) Yamaha dealer who sells the most Yamaha 650 Twins between February 1 and April 30 will win " a trip for two to Europe to see Kenny Roberts race. Or a trip for two to Bermuda to watch the coral grow. " A p~ir of rela ted act ions by the SI. Lo UIS Board of Aldermen ha s improved th e likeli h ood of passage of Board Bill 256, the measu re to replace the mot~:>rcycl e use ba n in th e ci ty's pa rks with a n en forceable n ois e ordi- min ce, Actions 'by 11 boar d bo mrn iu ed an d th e full boa rd actio n sa w vo tes of support of the bill sponso red by Board P r es id en t Thomas E. Zych . Mr. Michael Robert s, alderman of the 19th Ward and chairman of the Parks and Recrea tion Committee heard testimony on March 17 from AMA, the California Department of Pu blic Health a n d the Ill in o is Environ mental Pro tection Agency . All witne sses su p port ed the passage of BB 256, in order to give enforcement officials th e necessary tools to combat excessive motor vehicle noise in the city . In spite o f prearra nged oppos ition on wording and section n umbering by Alderman Dan McG ui re of the 28th Ward, the measure was pa ssed on to the full board by a vote of 3 to 2. Stronger support was evident in the Mar ch 26 conve ni ng of th e full board. An hour's deba te by a half dozen members an d another prepl anned move by McGuire to stop further ac tion on the bill by mo vin g it back to committee didn 't stop supporters from defea ting th e mov e 19 to 10. Because th e bill was amended on two techni calities , as co n cessio n s to McGuire, a fin al vote has now been deferred until April 19. Gary Bailey has picked up backing from Wrangler for his MX schools, and The Professor wished to share a thought with Cycle News readers. "Wrangler is the kind of sponsor motocross needs. a sponsor outside the motorcycle industry. That's where the big money i•• that's been proven with NASCAR and other auto racing group•. Wrangler is supporting motocross ('82 Supercross Series) so let's all support Wrangler and buy their clothes." Great Britain will host th e 1983 ISD E on October 3-8. Due to some fancy scheduling by the FIM at the Spring Congress in Geneva. the 1983 Daytona 200 on March 13 will be sandwiched by World Championship road race GPs in Argentina (3 /6) and South Af ric a (3 / 2 0). Wo rd fro m Eu ro pe ha s it tha t Yam aha 's Haka n Ca rl qv ist broke hi s wri st in a cras h a t an in terna tio na l motocros s in En gl and Apr. 9. The fa ll was in the firs t lap of the firs t moto. No word on how long Carlqvist will be o ut. The Swede was th ird in last year's 500cc Wor ld Motocross Championship. There will be a Vintage race added to the May 15-16 Budweiser G P weekend at Sears Point. Practice will be on Saturday and the race on Sunday. For entries, info 'n' all that other good stuff, write or call Mike Lewis at 1 0200 Nevada Ave. , Chatsworth, CA 91311, 213/ 882-4489. After Steve Wise'ssuccess in road racing, one of Papa's vintage-type buddies is gonna see if he can get his CZ entered.. . Discoun t tickets for the 21st run ning o f the San J ose Mile are on sa le at most San Fra ncisco Bay area Ka wa saki deal ers and a ll regular deal er o utlets. Kawasaki is the major sponsor for the Ma y 2 event that will also have ABC W ide Worl d of Sports on ha nd for the sixth Winston Pro series rou nd . J u n iors will a lso be a part of th e Kawasa ki San jose Mi le with West Coast rid ers being in vited from d~ i n gs at west coast events, a lo ng with at least th ree eas tern riders. Ca ll Bill Spencer a t Mm. View Distributi ng, 415/ 969- 1682, fo r more info .