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racer , • HosP ITal sror. Road Bruce H am mer re mains hospi tali zed in G reen Bay, WI, fo llowing spinal injuries suffered in a cras h at the Elkhart Lake road race National. Hammer is listed in sta ble condition , and was recently released fro m the intensive care ward. According to Team Ham mer's John Ulrich, Hammer is para lyzed from the shoulders down, although it is expected that he will regain the use of his hands with therapy. Cards and letters may be sent to Hammer at St. Vincent's Hospital, 835 S. Van Buren , Green Bay, WI 54305. Due to"an advertising department error, the word " record" wesleft out " of the Sudco Intemation.1 .d last week. While Craig Burns did set a new one-eighth mile record with the Burns/Berry/Hahn Racing Kawasaki Funnybike at 6.10 seconds at 149.76 mph, the winner of the IDBA event was Bo. O'Brochta on the JBC Industries Kawesaki. Burns also became the first Funnybike to break the foursecond barrier with a 4.96, but that was not backed up. Former Wor ld Trials Cha m p io n Bernie Schreiber will appear in the upc om ing movie Footsteps. The T om Burrnan-directed movie will film in Orego n this summer. SWM factory rider Schreiber will be featured as himself in a sequence designed to showcase his awesome riding skills. Schreiber, the winner of the '82 Scottish Six Days and currently second in the World Observed Trials Champ ionship, will spend several weeks at home in California following the June 27 Wor ld round to be held in northern California's Donner Pass. A seldom-seen motor is this Westl.ke V-twin, inst.lled in the sideh.ck of R.ndy 18ngosh .nd Trevor H.rrison .nd shown .t a recent 0-37 TT and short track race .t Indi.n Dunes. It's. one-off, app.rently m.de of two Westl.ke 600cc speedw.y motors gr.fted to • common bottom end . Photo by D.n Mahony. ltali.n Franco Uncini rode his works Suzuki to victory in the May 30 ltali.n GP's600cc race.tMiuno. Louisian.'s Fraddie Spencer put the Hand. V-3 two-stroke into the runner -up spot, followed by Gr.eme Crosby (V.m) ; Kenny Roberts (Vam) end defending World Chempion M.rco Lucch inelli (Han). The win moved Uncini into • tie with Roberts - who operienced t ira problems during the rece - in the point stendings. Barry Sheene (Vam) , who entered the race in second place in the point st.ndings, dropped to third .fter his bike went on th.... cylinders while he w.s running fourth . Sheena DNF. R.ndy M.mo" had • b.d start .nd then his &r.kes went aw.y and he .Iso DNF . Roberts and Uncini .re now tied with 48 points e.ch, followed by Sheene (36), Crosby (2 6) and Spencer (2 2). T erry Cu nnin~ham (H us) collected hi s thi rd straight AMA National Championship Enduro Series overall win in the May 30 Lit tle Burr National at Zaleski, OH. Cunn ingham topped AA class winner Mike Melton (H us), Mark Hyd e (H us) and Fritz Kadlec (Kaw) follow ed Melton in the overall standings . 2 Eddy Lejeune (Hon) t opped t he May 30 West Germ an round of t he World Championship Observed Tri.ls Series. Bernie Schrieber (SWM), Toni Gorgot (SWM), John 18mpkin (COM).nd Gilles Burg.t (F.n) rounded out -the top five. Lejeune continues to le.d the stendings with 84 points followed by Schreiber at 73 .nd Burget with 69, Team Yamaha won't be participa tingin this year's Trans-U'Sa Series. Pen nsylvania 250cc National MX winner Rick Johnson-says it's a matter of not enough money, but teammate Mike Bell said, " It 's not the money, we just do n 't want to go. Some of us already have other cornmittments. I'm headed for Australia, Europe and maybe Japan to race." Mark Barnett (Suz), Johnny O'Mara (Han ) and Jim Gibson (Han) ren 1-2-3 in the Toronto (C.n.da) Supercross in Exhibition Stadium on May 29. O'Mara led most of the final but fell in the late going, letting Barnett by to win . Husqvarna will release a new big bore MXer, the 500 CR, this month. Team rider Bill Grossi is already usi ng the ma ch in e in the 500cc Nationals and says power output is way up over the 430 CR . Vamaha's latest budget cut came when Broc Glover and Rick Johnson had to stop using the coaching services of Gary Bailey . The National Motorcycle Racing Associ.tion's all -bikli drag race scheduled for M.y 29-30 at Epping, NH , has been rained out and will not be rescheduled. Only preliminary quatifying was.ccom· plished, so entr.nts that went ' through tech inspection e.med 300 points apiece .nd they will meet .g.in at the next NMRA ellbike meet at East Hadd.m, CT, on June 26-27. AMA Land Use Coord ina tor Roy Janson, CMDA executive Director H y Weitzman and California lobbyist Geo rge Mill er met recently with Ca liforn ia Govern or J erry Brown to discuss the California OHV Fund. The trio sought su pport for the return of $8.5 m ill ion removed by state legislators, and argued a~inst the rem ova l of another $8.5 mtllion that is in the budget bill curren tly before law makers. "The meeting with Governor Brown was very straight forward," said Janson. "The governor conveyed to us the seriousness of California's budget situa tion , and we took the opportunity to relate to the governor the importance of the O H V program to the h undreds of thousa nds of Ca lifornia residents who enj oy motorized recreation. While it was understood that the governor could not offer any absolute committment toward relieving the OHV Fu nd controversy," J anson cont inued, " he did offer h is assurance that he was aware of the pos iti on of Ca liforn ia OHV users and that he would offer whatever sup port he co uld to mi n imize budget impacts on the OHV community." Still, letters are needed to the sta te legislature. urging return of the $8.5 million already take n . and remo val of the additional $8.5 million incl uded in the current budget bill. Elsewhere on this page is a blurb on who won the Ma y 30 West worid Ob, German ro und' of 't he served Tri.ls Ch.mpionship. There were four Americans riding it, and in addition to Bernie Schreiber's runner-up finish, Curt Comer (Man) finished 13th, Scott Head (Itj ) was 26th, and Morgan Kavanaugh (M an) placed 29th. A few weeks ago, Papa told you about a " Baldwin Hills" OHV Park project being prepared by the Los Angel es County Department of Parks and Recreation . Well, Papa goofed a little. It 's the Baldwin Park OHV area , and there's a public hearing on the matter scheduled for June 15. Seems that some of the Baldwin Park city councilmen want to use the proposed OHV park site for an industrial complex. So, there will be a hearing on the matter on the aforementioned date , starting at 7 p.m. at San Angelo Park, 245 S. San Angelo Ave., in Bassett, CA. T he County Parks and Rec fol ks will be at the hearing to present noise and other environmental studies tha t they 've done, and they 'd li ke the support ofall interested motorcyclists, especially residents of the Baldwin Pa rk area. Organizers of the June 26-27 World Trials Championship round at Donner Ski Ranch h.ve put out a call for owners of classic and vintage tri.ls bikes to join them in Reno on Frid.y, June 26 for a motorcycle show to precede the weekend's competition. Owners who show their bikes will receive free tickets to the trials .nd to the aw.rds banquet on Sunday night. The trials Is sh.ping up to be a super event, with entries .Ireedy received from 20 foreign riders, including two entries from Chile. For more information on the event, call 416/342-6870. HosPIT al STO P: Alaska Pro motocrosser Jim Stewart injured his knee recent ly while practicing for the upcomi ng Superbow l of Motocross at the L.A . Co liseum. J im will undergo surgery this week and hopes to be ready for the Washougal, WA, MX Na tional in August. Cards and letters would be apprecia ted and may be sen t to 609 W. 76th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99502. There will be women's cl....s at this year's M.mmoth Mountain Motocross. The Iedles will be racing on S.turday June 26, and there will be Beginner, Novice, Intermediate .nd 125/260cc Pro cI.sses. Entry will be .30 for the Pros and .20 for the other cl.s.... Sign-up will be at the track, but be sure to call Charleen Ho for an entry reservation. She may be reached .t 213/893-1683 in the evening hours. The Los Angeles County Department o f Parks and Recrea tion has released a draft environme ntal impact report for the Rowher Flat ORV Recreation Area. T his document has been submitted for public review, with a comment deadline of July 2. As many of you may be aware, the Rowher Flat area has been popular amo ng O H V users, and was for a few years the stagi ng area for the annual V.O .T .E. St. Pa tricks Two-Day o bserved tria ls. To get a copy of the EIR, contact the Lo s Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation, 155 W. Washi ngton Blvd.• Roo m 1200. Los Angeles, CA 90015, 213/ 744-4211. Former C,de N.... correspondent Norm Johnson is also an accomplished fi lm maker, and his latest effort w ill make its premiere on July 3 at the Cal City GP. Johnson 's film On The $eyenth D.y is