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exposu re in wh ich to express h is ski ll. It will be on a Honda." Accord ing to Domo kos and Immediate, the ma in reason behi nd the switch is the Honda p roduct line and Honda 's abi lity to successfully promote their riders. Do m okos will now be do ing his wheelieing on both C R and XR H o ndas, as well as an ATC. Do mokos made his first appearance on a Honda at Ventura Speedway on May II. Bruce Penhall will be defending his World Best Pairs Speedwey Championship with a new partner, Dennis Sigalos. Penhall's teammate last year, Bobby Schwartz, has been bothered by injuries this year. Speaking of Penhall. his new shop, Bruce Penhall Racing, is now doing business at 629, Terminal Way, Unit 25, Costa Mesa, CA 92626,714/548-8259. The shop will feature PenhaWs line of products and serve as a stopover for Americans based in Europe. In memorium: Willie Crabbe A M A/Winst on Pro Series co m petitor Willie Crabbe succumbed to head inj uries suffered in the May 2 San Jose Mile as he passed away in a San Jose hospital on Tuesday morning, May 11 . The 23-year-o ld Crabbe never regained consciousness following the crash. Crabbe, the 1976 AMA Eastem Regional Junior champion was a friendly f ixture on the Grand National Championship circuit, and although he never achieved great success, was considered to be a great credit to the sport. He is survived by his w ife Donna, parents Jim and De lores, brothers Rob and Michael and sisters J oann.. end Chri s. By the t ime Cyde News is published, he will have been buried in his hom et ow n of Leavittown, PA. The Crabbe family has asked us to extend to all their t hanks for the kind wishes and prayers, as well as a special thanks to J ill Filicefor all herkindn.... Godspeed, Willie... Terry Cunningh am pi cked up another wi n and led a Husky sweep of the top three p laces at the Buck. hom Nationa l Endu ro May 16at O a k R u n . CA. Mike Me llon and Mark Hyde followed their tea m mate in the overa ll standi ngs. Kawasak i's Drew Sm it h was fourth fo llowed by J eff Fredeue (Suz), Fritz Kad lec (Kaw), Da vid Bert ram (H us), John Martin (C-A), Jeff Irwin (Hon) and J oh n Fero (Suz ). Comple te coverage next week. Fritz Kadlec will be having his w isdom teeth removed following the Buckhorn National Enduro. Could Mike Melton be telling Husky he needs a raise? After the Buckhorn, he was seen selling his riding gear. Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Inc. has announced the sale of its Golf Car Division to the newly-formed Columbia Car Co . of Deerfield, W I, effective Apr. 30. A HarleyDavidson spokesman said the sale was in the plans when the company returned to private ownership last J une, and that it would enable Harley-Davidson to concentrate resources on and strengthen its motorcycle product line. Carlqvist (Yam ) and Finland's Jukka Sintonen, and was then sandwiched between Britons Neil Hudson (Yam) and Graham Noyce in the second mota. Hudson's 5-1 was good for second overall in front of Sintonen's 3-4. Brad Lackey (Suz) turned in an 8-6 performance and is now tied with Hudson for the points lead at 61. Noyce is second with 58, followed by Andre Malherbe (56) and Andre Vromans (52). America's Gary Semics (Han) posted 9 -5 mota scores in Finaland. American Danny LaPorte (Yam) won the second rnoto of th e May 16 250cc MXGP in Czechoslovakia , but it was th e 2-2 score of West German Rolf Dieffenbach (H on ) ta king the overa ll win . Admittedl y sketchy reports say points leader G eorges J obe (Suz ) won th e first rnoto, bu t di d n ot ap pear in the second rnoto re sults , whil e LaPorte finished si x th in moto one. American Mik e Guerra (H us) turned in a fifth place fin ish in th e fir st rnoto. The points cha se finds Jobe leading with 90 ahead of Dieffenbach (54) a nd LaPorte a nd Dave Wats on , both of whom have 46. Contrary lO information published h ere two weeks ago, ESPN did not tape the Apr. 24-25 Pontiac Supercro ss. The event was taped by Sports Vision , a Chicago, IL, subscription T V servi ce, but noth ing will a ir in th e reasonabl e future. 2 The Lodi Cycle Bowl 's annual Archie Clark Memorial race will be held on May 22, with all proceeds going to the family of the late Wil lie Crabbe. Check our Calendar section for details on the race, and a tip of the Wealey duckbill to the Lod i M.C. and Ann Carr for their efforts. Suzuki'sJean-Jacques Bruno went 1-2 t o score the overall win in t he M ay 1 6 rou nd of the 500cc World M X Champio nship Series, held in Fin lan d . Bru no won t he first mota over the prev io usly- inj ured Haken " Do ug Domokos, the Wh eeli e Kin g , has not sig ned wit h Honda - yet," said Domokos' manager, Jeff Immedi a to , ad d ing, " We a re cu rrently detailing a program wh ich wo uld give Doug a new ave nue a nd the righ t Team H ammer's Joh n Ulrich called Papa to say he wou ld be seeing a doctor on pressday to see about getting a brace for his broken co lla rbo ne, th e result of his spill at the Budweiser 500km en d u ra n ce race when he pitched the bike into a tum and hit the cases. Ulrich said he 'll be out for a little while; Mike Spencer has already been contacted about filling in for Ulrich in any races he 'll miss - no word yet on whether Spencer has agreed or not. Eng lish road racer John Newbold, the top scorer for his country in the 1981 TransAtlantic Match Race Se ries , was reportedly killed on May 16 after a crash in the Northwest 200 road race in Ireland. The AMA 'sRob Rasor a nd the MSF's Dr. Charles Hartman were among those testifying recently before Congr ess on th e su bject of motorcycle safety . In an Apr. 29 hearing before th e House Surface Transportation Subcommittee, th ey testified against a DOT restructuring p lan that rejects m o torcycl e safety as a nationa l h ig hway safety priority, as well as offering testimony lO supporting proposed language to open up H igh O ccupancy Veh icle lanes to m oto rcycl ists. HosPITal STOP: Pro MXer Brand Johnson, the point leader at Indian Dunes, suffered a broken shoulder in a crash there Friday night, May 7 . He underwent surgery the following day, but should be home by the t ime you read this. Send those get-well cards and letters to him at 3090 Bayshore, Ventura, CA 93001 . The annual Pike's Peak hillclimb is set for J ul y4, and there are still entries open in the 250cc classes, both Sportsman and Expert. For info, contact Gary Palmgren at303/471-921I , after 7 p .m . Criterion Insurance Company has recently released a free motorcycle safety_pamphlet, entitled Flye Chec:ldIsts for Smart Motorcyde Riders. The MSF-approved pemphlet is available by simply writing Inquiry Service Division, Criterion Insurance Company, 120 17th se. N .W. , Washington, DC 20047. Sudco Int ern a tiona l' s John Linden called to point out that in last week's Sudco ad - produced by Cvcle Neuis - the "TM " mark wa s in advertently left o ff of the tr ademark " S u per Chain ." Linden pointed out that Sudcodoesown the trademark "Super Chain" for motorcycle drive chains, and tha t unauthorized use of th e tra de mark ca n be p rosecuted u nder the Lan ham Act of 1946. The Santa Clarita Police Athletic League has announced the opening of a motorcycle1 ATV recreation park. The park, which opened May 15, will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to dusk. The park features four different tracks, and it'slocated at the junction of Hwy. 237 and Great America Parkway in Santa Clara, one half mile east of Marriott's Great America. For information , call 408/293-6469. BMW of North America has announced reductions of the suggested retail prices of its 1982 motorcycles . The reductions , effective im mediately, average 5.7%. Prices no w ra nge from $3 ,390 for the R65 to $6,890 for the top-of-the-l ine R l OORT . Prices of remaining new 1981 BMWshave also been reduced. Heavier than normal snowfalls in the Sequoia National Forest have delayed the traditional opening weekend of the ORV trails there from Memorial Day weekend back to June 15 or possibly later. A volunteer work day scheduled for Memorial Day weekend has also been cancelled . Areas involved in the closure are the Kern Plateau, Troy Meadows, Monache Meadows and Fish Creek. Rea dy for a really exot ic tour? Here's one for ya - the Orion 4 Paris to the Red Sea motorcycle rally in August, Open to riders 18and older and bikes 25Occor larger, the rally starts July 30 in Paris and meanders through Turkey, Syria and Jordan with Aqaba (on the Red Sea ) the fina l destination. For more info, contact Guilde Europeenne du Raid , Jean-Marc Cognot, II, rue de Vaugirard 75006 Paris, France. The phone number is 1/32697-52. For those whosa touring interests (and expendable income) lie closar to this country, the state of Wash ington in particular, there is Fun Tour '82. Subtitled "Motorcyclists for Kids:' it is intended to reisa money for the Variety Club of the Northwest via voluntary donations from participating riders. The idea is for each rider to visit as many of the nearly 100 participating deal.ers in Washington from June 1 to Sept. 6, 1982. For the full skinny, contact Jim Boltz at 206 /7743538 or Jeri Drager at 285-2660. If yo u've been following the exploits of Team Hammer through the past yea r, yo u kn ow th ey have been sponsored by Chevron Oi l, and that th eir end u ra nce racer has been a test bed for a n ew brand of motorcycle oil. Well, that oil will hit motorcycle deal er sh ips soon, and it 's called , naturally en ough, Chevron Custom Motorcycle Oil. It'sSAE 15W-50, and will be a vaila ble a t deal ers first , followed by release to Chevron stations. As we were going to press, w e were able to contact Pierre des Roches, who was invo lved w it h the Racecrafters Kawaseki effort of Harry Klinzmann and Thadd Wolff at the Budweiser 500k. The results "are all under protest: ' according to des Roches, adding that AFM Pro's Rudy Galindo paid third on back, not first and second pending t he results of the protest. "We are contesting two things, " des Roches said , " A) we shouldn 't have been docked a lap, and B) w e aetuallydid 125 laps, so even if we were docked a lap, we beat t he num ber 53 bike (of Kerry Bryantl