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George. Jobe .at out the race with an elbow injury. but .till hold. the point. lead w ith 108. Van Der Ven ha. 91 . laPorte ha s 89. and Guyerra is sixt h w ith 49. Honda's Johnny O'Mara won his second I25cc MXGP in three tries as he went I-I to win the June 6 125cc World Championship Motocross Series round in Switzerland. He was followed by Eric Geboers (Suz) and Corrado Maddii, who turned in 2-2 and 3-3 performances, respectively. HosPIT.1 STOP: Off·road racer Bob Balentine rem.in. hospit.lized in seriou. condition at Univer.ity Ho.pital in San Diego. Balentine wa. . .verely injured when he wa. struck by a vehicle coming the other w.y while pre· run ning the Baj. Internacional cour.. on June 1 . The driver of the vehicle left Balentine for dead. but truck racer Rod Hall found him five minute. l.ter and got him to. ne.rby high· w.y. where Bob's wife Michele drove him to San Diego. Hi. right foot, ankle. leg and hip .re all b.dly broken• • nd there .re . o me intern.1 injuries. Bob in in the has· pit.I·. m.jor trauma unit. so he can't receive visitors. phone calls or flower•• but lette r. can be ..nt to St.r Route Box 2396, Helen· dale. CA 92342. Bob underwent six hours of surgery on the night of his adminion, and will have a second oper.tion on June 8 to ..t his fractured pelvis. The latest offering from HUIqV8I118 ia the 50OCR. introduced ltite ltist the Ame freme.nd ce..... the 430CR. but week to the pren. It the crenk. entire top end .nd pipe .re different. A four-1peecI geerbox. 86x84mm bore .nd ItrOke .nd 44mm Mikuni meke up other engine chenge• . The big Hulky .pom different fork demping rod••nd lower h.ndleb.,.. too. Color? The I1Nrly three·g.llon tenk i. lilver grey with • red Itripe .~nd the knee penel. A quick riding imprellion confirmed wh.t Hulky·. M.rk Blackwell Aid .bout the 500 - powerfeel. like a 430. i.e . • pre.d nicely. but there'. a lot more 'o f it. The .uggested list price i. *2960. sh.,.. Ho.PIT.1 STOP: Injured road racer Bruce Hammer remain. in .table condition. following tran.fer by .ir ambul.nce from a Green Bay. WI. ho.pital to Kaiaer General Ho.pital in La. Angel... Card. and let · tera to the Te.m Hammer leade r can be ..nt to hi. home .ddre••: 3568 Centinela Ave.• #6 . Lo. Angele•• CA 90066 . A call from the Pacific Northwest filled yourfavorite Old Gent in on the Washougal, WA, Yamaha Perpetual Gold Cup Motocross. Seems the Lumberjack. Rick Burgett. still knows how to go fast. He took the Open Pro class . but was involved in a first turn pile-up in the 250s along with frontrunner Jim Anderson. Anderon took the 125cc class over Ron Sun. Sun took the 250cc class over Tim Michlitsch. Peter.on Publi.hing will be doing a new monthly m.g.zine about off·road motorcycling. Entitled INrt Rider, it will be edited by former Cycle Ne.s editor Charles Morey. and the fir.t i. due i. due out on the st.nd. in November. 8 Results are in on the Superbikers of Las Vegas GP, an event run June6 to benefit the U.S.ISDEeffort. Bill Hill smoked two classes , winning the 125 and 250cc laurels on a Suzuki and a Maico, respectively. John HiJI was the Mini winner and Kevin Steele (Yam) edged out Kevin Welch (Mai) in the Open class. June 13 will be DeAnz. Cycle P.rk·s Sport.m.n Pro for a Day d.y. with .2.000 up for grab. in the sport.m.n clas..s. The 1 25cc Beg inner. and Nov ice. are eligible . as are the 250cc Beg inners, Novicea and Intermediat... A cl..s w in w ill be worth.. .100. For info call 714/653-8068. Defending World Champ Andre Malherbe(Hon) went I-I to win the June 6 Italian round of the World 500cc Motocross Championship Series. Suzuki teammates Andre Vromans and Brad Lackey went 2-4 and 5-2. respectively. for second and third. Neil Hudson (Yam) turned in a 6-3 for fourth and American Gary Semics (Hon) found that his 4-7 netted him fourth. Points wise, with one round remaining before the Carlsbad USGP, Lackey leads wit h 104; followed by Malherbe (94), Vromans (88), Hudson (79) and Graham Noyce (78). Semics is in eighth with 40 points. America'. D.nny laPorte (Vaml captured his first 250cc MXGP w in with • 1-3 showing in Cor· seul. France on June 6 . Second -over.1I was c.ptured by Kees van DerVen (KTMI with a 6 -1 . and Ga.ton Rahier (Suzl tallied a 5-5 for t hird . American Mike Guerra (Hus l had an 8-4 day. Suzuki's Those who want to help Balentine can go to their nearest blood bank and donate blood. specifying that it go to the San Diego Blood Bank, to be credited to University H osp ital and Bob Balentine. unit number 858749. Bob lost a lot of blood in the accident, and will need morefor upromingsurgery. Long Beech. CA. Mayor Eumice Sato ha. procl.imed June 12 as American Speedway Final D.y. The procIametion. with five "Wher. .s·" and a " No w therefore." p.1I8d the City Council by unan· imous con..nt. Suzuki 's Mark Barn ett won the Molson Su perbo wl of Motocross in Mo ntreal. Canada, followed by J im G ibson (Hon). In the first round ofthe WERA NO Triple Crown Endurance Serie., the MS80.B Racing Te.m took the 24-hour endurance race held .t College Station. TX. Bobby Good· in .nd Rob Lund.ford were among the riders th.t te.med on the Edd ie Lawson Replica Kaw.saki for the , w in. Second. running on the ume ltip with the winnera, wa. a Vamah. Vi.ion entered by University Cycle of College St.tion. Third went to defending WERA endur.nce titl· ists. Team St. Louis. rut. on the Oregon Tr.i1 . 45 mile. lOutheast of Pathfinder Re..rvoir . The Cherry Creek hare and hound was the scene of fund-raising activities for the Phantom Duck of the Desert. Louis McKey, who attended the event. According to ,Pat Owens, $2.170 was raised for the Duck, including a $200 donation from overall winner Jack Johnson out of his $700 in purse money. On the Friday night before the big June 12 American Speedway Fin.1 at Long Beach Veteran. Stadium. there will be racing •• u.u.l.t the Orange County Fai rgrounds in Costa Mesa . Well . notexactlyrac· ing a. u.ual. .. World Speedway Champ Bruce Penhell will be there. along with .ome of hi. Briti.h Le.gue buddi... Then it 's on to Long Beach. where the first step on the ro.d to the World Fin.1 in the La. Angel.. Coli..um must be taken. Only three ridera will come out of the event .nd on to the next step. the Over.... -Fin.l. where they'lI join the directly· seeded Penh.11. Elsewhere on this spread are the results from the J une 6 500cc MXGP in Ita ly. After th at the series moves to West Germany and then on June 20 th ey'll be right here for the Datsun USGP of Motocross at Car lsb ad Ra ceway. The annual event has produced some thrilling moments who can ever forget the 1980 twomoto sweep by American privateer Marty Moates. or the hard-fought win last year by former 500cc National Cham p Chuck Sun - and the action prom ises to be intense this year as well with 20 Europeans meeting 20 Americans. Suzuki's Brad Lackey, who has scored points in every moto th is year to lead the points as of this writing. will be out after his first Carl sbad win. Current 500cc Worl d Champ Andre Malherbe will be after the victory as well. and he' ll be joined by H onda teammate Graham Noyce. the 1979 Wo rld Champ. They'll be met by a str ong group of America n riders, inc1uding Sun. Dann y Chandler, Darrell Shultz and Mike Bell. Gates open at 8 a.m ., practice and qual ifying starts at 10 and the raci ng begins a t 12:30. In addition to th e two 500cc motos, there will be two 250cc Su p port rnotos, a motocross sidecar race and one of stunt pilot Art Scholl 's ha ir-ra ising shows. with a new stun t. Tickets are available at Ticketron, at the gate, 'o r by contacting Grand Prix Motocross. P.O. Box 1256, San J uan Capistrano, CA 92675. Those wishing to charge tickets to their Visa or Mastercharge can call 714/661-4198. The folks at Trick Products; they bei ng one of 250cc National MX point leader R ick Johnson's sponsors an d the makers of "Instant H orsepower Gasoline," have moved. Their new address is 4442 Glacier, San Diego. CA 92120. The phone number is 714/281-9133. Citru. College will be offering • motorcycle mainten.nce courae during their .ummer school ...• lion. which begin. June 21 . The cl...... taught by Bob Sirkegi.n. will be on Mond.y and Wednndey nighu from 6-10 p.m. The clti.... will cover balie l118intan.nce .nd tune·up technique. to begin with. but by the time the courae is over studenu will probably be involved with .oma engine rebuilding. For registration information. call 213/ 335-0621. The BLM·. c..per (Wyoming) Dis· trict h.. announced off-road vehi· cle de.ign.tion. for 1.153.385 .cres in N.tron. County. Most of it i. open for u.. on exi.ting ro.d. and vehicle routes. However. two .re•• are now cloaed to ORV u... One i. the eastern portion of the Environmental Education Area on Muddy Mountain••bout 13 mil.. south of C••per. The other i••bout 320 .c,.. of Oreg~n Tra il wagon Yama ha Mo tor Corporation has an nounced that Ro na ld W. Cra wford has been a ppoin ted Director of Sales Promo tion a nd P ubl ic Relat ions, a newly-created departme nt. He will be responsible fo r enthusiast, consumer and racing publici ty; co nsu mer shows; and sales promotions. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Crawford comes to Yamaha from Wells, R ich &: Green Advertising in Newport Beach. CA. -:. . ... ~ .~ .. . -. . _-