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C.lifoml. S.nate Bill 2066, the menure introduced by Stete Senator AI.n Robbin. (D-V.n Nuy.) to require repaym.nt of the $8.6 million tak.n from the stat.'. OHV Fund earli.r this y••r, w•• p.ssed by the S.nate Fin.nce Committee .nd now goes for. vote before the full S.nat.. In oth.r good new., the .ddition.1 $8.6targ.ted for transf.r to the G.n.ral Fund in the curr.nt budget bill, w•• d.leted by the Budg.t·Committee. On••pot of b.d n.w. to r.port, howev.r: SB1961, the Robbin. bill which would h.ve loened money from the OHV Fund to stag••n OHV F.ir .t Hungry V.lley, f.i1ed to pass the' Sen.te Fin.nce Committee by one vote. Robbin.i.expected to ask for reconsid.ration of the the bill. August will be California's first Motorcycle Awareness Month. Credit for this goes to Joe Mariner of CalTrans as well as groups such as the Motorcycle Industry Council, the California Motorcycle Dealers Associa- ' tion, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and others. The MSF has pledged $!l5,OOO and the CMDA has promised $2,000 plus all .the manpower and committee work that is needed for the project. All rightl Ro.d rac.r Ron Pi.rc. i. promoting • most unu.u.1 type of .v.nt - . stadium road rac./ Scheduled for Saturd.y night, Jun. 26, the .v.ntwill tak. pl.ce.t Mesa M.rin Sp••dw.y in Bak.r.fi.ld, CA. Mesa Marin features a paved, bank.d half mil. oval, and Pi.rce hes d••ign.d an infi.ld road course to be used with it. Open GP, 2SOCC GP, 600cc Super.treet and601Open Supemreet cia.... will run in an AMA semi-pro senction, with a $1,200 purse 10r the GP cl...... Rob.rto Pi.tri will b. th.r., and it'. lik.ly oth.r w.lIknown nam•• will appear. Racing in the 7,OOO-seat stadium begin. with h.at race. at 6 p.m. and main .v.nts at 8. For additional d.tail., call 806/872-0861. Shortly after we went to press last week, the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation called to inform us of a change in the site of the public meeting scheduled for June 15, in which the proposed Baldwin Park ORV Park will be discussed. The meeting will now be held at the Baldwin Park City Hall, 1440!l Pacific Ave., in Baldwin Park. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. .Th. California Racing Club will take ov.r and run the I••t two .mat.ur .upercross .v.nts of the y•• r, which will follow the two Stadium Motorsporta MiII.r High Lif. pro .v.nts at Lo. Ang.les .nd S.n Diego. Th. L.A. race, which run. on July 18 at the Coliseum, will see qu.lifi.rs begin .Imost immediately at CRC, NMA, OCIR and selected oth.r California and Arizona raCe. during the month of Jun., .ccording to CRC headJ.ck B.rbacovi. A. far a. the San Diego rae., scheduled for Nov. 7 in J.ck Murphy Stadium a. the national final., go••, B.rbocovi seid that all rid.r. who have qu.lified via previous AMA ev.nts will be welcom. and that th.y need not purchase a CRC license. For more info on the qualifi.r. or on .ligibility for the San Di.go .v.nt, call CRC at 213/830-7619. HosPITal STOP: Chris Real, the racing director for Duralube Oil. broke his back and shoulder during C\I 00 0") Russ Collin. gave hi. rear-.ngin. dragst.r, the B.ttl.star, it••hakedown run at Orang. County Internation.1 Racewey on Jun. 2. Collin• .Iimit.d the running to on. 13;~ O.second., 60 mph pa••,. and two burnouts. Bodywork i. not y.t compl.t., but the bike doe. f••ture • 16 .lIck. Th•. 180~c four-~lInd.r, .upercharged .ngin. run. on nitro ($40 a g.lIon) and the w.t.r-cooling system i. not reclrculeting, but •• filled before each run and empti•• into the numb.r two h.ad.r pipe, wh.r. und.r rae. condition., it would tum to st.am. Photo by Joel Breitult. . the May !l0 Cherry Creek hare and hound. We're happy to report that he is already up 'and has walked. although doctors want him off his feet for awhile. He's recuperating at home, and cards and letters can be sent to him at 270 Vinedo Ave., Pasadena, CA 91107. The Bureau of Land Manag.m.nt'. . Bak.rsfi.ld District has pr.pared a Draft Environmental Impact Stat.ment on the wi Idem••••uitabilty and non-suit.bility of 10 Wild.rn... Study Areli•. Th. 10 includ. Merced River; Panoch. Hill. North, Panoch. Hill. South, Pinnacl•• Wild.m... Contiguou., V.ntana Wild.m... Contiguou., Cali.nt. Mountain, Sh••p Ridg., Milk Ranch/Ca•• Mountain, Ow.n. P.ak and Piut.-Cypr.... A public h••ring will b. h.ld on the matter on Jun. 22 at the Stat. Building, 26S0 Maripose Mall, in Fre.no. . Th. meeting will be in se••ion from 3 to 6 p.m. and again from 7 to 9 p.m. Final comment d.adline on the DEIS i.July28.lfyou have any question., contact Jerry Mage. at 805/861-4191. Drag racer Bo O 'Brochta, his JBC Industries sponsored Kawasaki Funny Bike and crew, will be heading to Eng/and to compete in the July 2!l-25 Transatlantic Drag Races at Eng/and's Marston Raceway. The meet is expected to attract all of Europe's top racers . Negotiations are underway for O 'Brochta to race in Sweden and Holland following -the event. Cosmopolitan Motor., the U.S. Montesa importer announced that Hond. and Monte.a have reached a cooperative agreem.nt. A t.l.x from from the Mont••a factory to Co.mopolit.n seid, "We are gl.d to.nnounceth.tourcompanyh•• executed an unpreced.nted letter ' of int.nt with the famous Honda Motor Co. of J.pan, in which, . whil. fully re.pecting the id.ntity of both p.rties, we cont.mplate both .n industrial cooperation with mutual .xch.ng. of technologi••, and a comm.rci.1 coop.ration in the Spani.h and int.rnational · m.rket.. W. will will k••p you abreast of the sev.r.1 a.pect. of this global cooperation aft.r approval by the Spa!"i.h authoritl••." District !l7will be putting on a benefi t drawing to aid its Legal Defense Fund. Starting in June, tickets will be distributed to D·!l7 members through club representatives. The tickets will be sold for the drawing, where there will be $2.000 in cash .f Thi. odd-looking brake stay arm was seen on the work. Honda. of David Bailey and Phil Lar.on at the Atlanta 2S0/S00cc MX National. Dubbed the "Anti·Stall" by Bail.y, the linkag. part of the stay arm acts to put downward pres.ure on the swingarm to improve traction und.r braking while maintaining the advantage of a full-floating .yst.m. It'. used in Europ. by Andre Malherbe and Graham Noyce, but n.ither Darrell Shultz or Donnie Hansen, the two winn.r. of the .v.nt, used it. Photo by Dan McCauley. . prizes in amounts from $100 to $1,000. The tickets will be also good for d iscounts on Countdown enduro clocks, JART enduro rollcharts, and entries to the Aug. 16 Prairie Dogs race. The big drawing will be held at the Oct. 7 D-!l7 Sports Committee meeting at the Los Angeles Department of Wa'ter and Power building, but the winners need not be present. the Sierra National Forest. Golde reports that they discussed a Green Stickie funded trail system in the Haslett Basin area, east of Fresno. Golde Saidthat Beck needs information as to the interest of OHV users and clubs in such a facility before he continues with the project. Interested clubs and indivuals should contact Beck at 209/855·8!l21. Th. AMA h•• made two ch.ng•• · in it. National Amat.ur and Youth Motocro•• Champion.hip qu.lifying schedul••. .First, in the Youth qu.lifying .chedul., the Au.tin, TX, round .I.ted .for June 19720 has been moved back a weak to June 26-27. It'. being promoted by Rocky French, and he can be reach.d at 612/443-7627. The other chang. involve••n Am.t.ur qu.lifi.r set for Thumon·Gray. H.rbor ORV Park in W••hington on June 12-13. That'. been canc.lI.d, but an Am.teur qu.lifying .vent will run in conjunction with a Youth qualifier on June 19 at Mulk.y ORV P.rk in McMinneville, OR. Wally Brosaml. ·i. the promot.r of that .v.nt, .0 for info on that one, call him .t 603/472247S. On July 17, the day of the MiII.r High Lif. Superbowl of Motocro.., th.re will be a chili cookoff .t the G.te Six p.rking lot of ·th. L.A. Coli••um, .ponsored by 0.1 T.co. From 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. th.re will be .ntertainm.nt, live mu.ic, contests .nd chili. Tickets.re .vail.ble for $6 .t the g.t. or the Sport. Ar.na box offic., .nd proceed. from the ev.nt go to the Ph.ntom Duck of the D.sart. One of the cont.st. at the cookoff will be on. to sel.ct. Mi.. Superbowl of Motocrou. So, interested young I.di•• (or anyone who w.nt. more information on the d.y'. going.on) are invited to contact Stadium Motor.porta at 714/494-9484. The Motorcycle Ind ustry 's Paul Golde met recently with Steve Beck, Resource Off icer of the King's River district of The August 22 Winston Pro Series Half Mile at Tulsa (Ok/ahoma) Speedway has been canceled due to track modifications for auto racing. The AMA is working on an alternate site for the event. • 9