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ki nothing but atmosphere have in common? The Mey 3 edition of ABC's TII.t'. 'ncredlble will have the answer. (Hint Pape mentioned something about a man jumping out of an airplane with a parachute attached to a Maico two months ago.1 1980 250cc World MX Champion Geroges jobe (Suz) started the season's GP wars off with a two rnoto ace in Switzerland. Matti Tarkkonen (Yam) went 3·6 for second overall while Johan Martens' (Yam) 6·5 day gave him third. Husky's Mike Guerra DNF the first moto with a broken shock bolt, but he returned in the second moto for founh with Yamaha teamster Danny LaPone runner- up to jobe. The brothers Pfeiffer, 'Kent and finelly got an overall win-on a 250- at the Las Veges 400 Apr. 17. Their Premier Yemeha entry bested second overall end first Open peir Scot Herden/Brent Wellingsford on e Husky. Bill Hill and Scott Atchison topped the 125cc c..... Coverage next week. Scott. Terry Cunningham (Hus) turned in the best individual score in the April 18 Ohio One Day ISDE Qualifier. Cunningham's 1089 score took the 250cc Intent class win. Jack Penton (Kaw) collected the 125cc Intent class win, with Dick Burleson (Hus) doing the same in the 175cc class. Wally Wilson (Hus) won the Open Intent class. Rendy Memo" put his HB Suzuki works RG500 to the front of the peck in ell three 500cc legs of the John P"yer Gold Cup intemetionel roed race held at Eng"nd's Donington Park Apr. 17-18. Berry Sheene and his square-four Yamaha led the pursuit of Mamola, who gave Suzuki their first major European win against the Yamahas in 1982. ' Prior to the Donington Park race, Former U.S . National Road Race Champion Rich 'Schlachter realized his goal of a works ride when he signed with the English Waddon·Ehrlich concern, whose bike Tony Head rode to fourth in the Daytona F·2 race. Un fortunately , that triumph turned to tradgedy in the first race of the Player Gold Cup wh~ Schlachter crash~. His injuries included a broken wrist, little toe ground to the bone, and severe loss of skin on one leg. Waddon reportedly offered to pay for hospitalization at an English hospital , but Schlachter flew home to the U.S. on Sunday, and will undergo skin grafts. Waddon·Ehrlich teammates Head and Con Law also crashed on the same day. What do a man, a Maico, a perachute and about 7,000 feet of The ' Yamaha Perpetual Gold Cup ' Series hit snowy, rocky Seattle International Raceway in Kent, W A, Apr. 18. Robb Manning (Hon) topped the 125cc Pros with a 2-1 day to beat Jim Anderson (Yam) who went 1-2. Anderson blasted both 250cc Pro motos, though, lapping up to second place in the first one. Rick Burgett (Yam) was in second until his bike threw a chain and punched a hole in the cases . Burgett came back to win both Open rnotos over Larry Hooper (Mai). Coverage next week. Oopsl After rechecking "p charts from the V..wfinders GP Sundey morning race (Apr. 4, covered in "st week's peperl for 250cc end Open Beginners end Novices, Mid- Here's a close look at a Honda NS500 motor. The three cylinder. two-stroke road race engine has appeared in various versions, but ail of them have the "third" cylinder pointin.g down in the center. ~ vast assortment of computerized hardware is included in the motor. Some of the engmes have been seen With reed valves. some with power valves. and others are expected soon ~ith trick.t~el injecti,:,n. B~th Fred~ie Spencer. and ,!\,orld Champion Marco Lucchinelii proved the Honda V·31s competrnve by placmg third and fifth, respectively. 10 the season opening 500cc GP on March 28 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo by John Noble. Q Cities Honda rider Rick Johnson was declered the overell winner. Rick remembered pessing early leader Richard Pogue about the sixth "p, but scorers apperently missed it. and he did 11 "ps instead of the required 1O. Grand National Champion Mike Kidd seemed unfazed by the lack of success on the pan of the four- rider Honda team at Sacramento: "As I've said before. we'll be chasing them until June. After June, they'll be chasing us. And I still believe that ." Following Scott Pearson's signing with Honda, Texan Bubba Shobert picks up the vaceted ride on the Megacycle cams can-Am 500 TT bike. Shobert elso hopes to pick up the other bikes that Pearson cempeigned. At Sacramento, we asked HarleyDavidson Racing Team Mamager Dick O'Brien ifJay Springsteen - who won his record-setting 30th National at Sacramento - had ever tried hypo nosis for the mysterious. recurring malady that .h as struck so often. "He's talked about it." replied O'Brien. "Next week he has an appointment with another doctor. a specialist that his own doctor wanted him to see. He's talked about it. but they're working very hard, as you can see." The califom" State OHV Advisory Committee will meet Friday, Apr. 30, at the City Hall Council Cham· bers, 14343 Civic Dr., in VICtorVille. Since State Resources Secretary Huey Johnson pulled all funding for the committee, this meeting repleces one scheduled for Sacramento. Committee members have decided to meet at their own expense, and the Victorville location allows some members to put up their out·of·town cornpetriots. The meeting will begin lit either 4 or 6 p.m. Harley-Davidson Motor Company has posted $2500 in contingencies for all remaining Battle of the Twins races. The payout is $1000 for a win in the GP class, and $500 for a win in any of the other three classes. Tha National Park Service has begun preparation on an environmental impact statement for the manegement plan of the Lake Mead Recreation area. They're going to have a series of three meetings on the issue, and one of the topics of discussion is ORV use. The meetings are Apr. 26 in Bullhead City, AZ; Apr. 27, Las Vegas. NV; Apr. 28, Pasadene. CA; and Apr. 28, Santa Ana, CA. For more info, contact the Nationel Park Service in Boulder City, NV. Michael Davidson wrote to inform us that contrary to what was written in the Long Beach Grand Prix coverage - and what was told to the reponer of the same by the LBGP press office he did not break his ankle in the race. '" fractured only my TZ, and will be back like crazy for the Elkhan Lake National. " 4 Harley·Davidson reports that its Daytone Cycle Week activities raised mora than $40,000 for the "Bikers Fight Against Muscular Dystrophy," which enters its third year. Total fund raising for the week was up about 15%, and Styling VP Willie G. Davidson's ride from York, PA, to Daytone Beach raised .10,844 in pledges from employees, dealers and suppliers, more than double the ~vi~s year's total. , , " . , 't ' •