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la r Dystro p h y. At a midweek HarleyDavidson press co n ferenc e, roc k star P a t Simmon s presen ted Ha rl eyDavidson o£ficia ls with h is own check for $1000 to su p port th e cause. Bell Helmets chose Cycle Wee k as t he place to unveil their new Tra il star helmet for t he ATV marke t . In other new s, Bell said t hat their newly-acquired Vetter branch w ill co ntinue to make t he Vetterli ke helmet, wh ich gives Bell an en t ry int o the non-f iberglass helmet market. A lso , Bell announced that Craig Vetter has been retained as a design consultant. We're not sure how this came to be, but one of our readers sent in this picture, The truck belongs to the Bureau of Land Management, and above the BLM logo is a " B to V ' 8 3 " sticker, Grand National Champion Ricky Graham and Team Yamaha motecrosser Warren Reid played second fiddle to R,J , Reynolds' Bob Masten in the Daytona round of the ' 8 3 Camel Pro Golf Series, Masten posted .an 86 while Gra ham and Reid finished the day t ied at 91 . Team Honda's Steve Wise beat our CN/East editor by one stroke in the Wednesday event, but we'll save both embarrassment by not mentioning their sco res , World 500cc MX Champ Brad Lackey and actor Larry Wilcox mug for the camera while modeling riding gear that Wilcox is br inging int o t he market. In his first ride on a Honda, Terry Vance lowered the boom on the Pro Stock c ia .. at the NHRA Gatornational., defeating Suzuki· mounted Bob Carpenter in the final round. In the first round, Vance ran a record 8.403-second ET at a record 166.79mph. Vance backed those numbers up in both the second round and his final run, which wa. an 8 .46/164.37. Our contest to identify the bike used in the final ep isode of M- A-S-H brough t in a deluge of ma il and resulted in a l3 -way tie for first pl ace. Baseball shirts em blazo ned with the " Because on ce a month is not enoug h" design will be goi ng out sho rt ly to the lucky 13. The moto rcycle was a 1934 side-valve NSU fro m Bud Ekin s' coll ectio n . Vam aha Rac ing Team Manager Kenny Clark was a tad nervous bef ore the running of the Daytona 200 : "I 've ta ken four aspirins, two cold tablets and an ent ire roll of Tums. I rattle when I walk. The only thing that actually w orked was a chili cheeseburger," said Clark , 2 Defen din g World Champion Eddy Lejeune (Hon) won his third straight ro und o r th e World Cham pio ns hi p O bserved Trials Series in Clandeboye, . Ireland , o n Sunda y, March 13. Lejeune finished the fourth round of the series with a score of 37, toppi ng California 's Bernie Sch reiber (SWM) who finished with 40, and Thierry Michaud (SWM) and Bern ard Cardonnier (SWM) who tied wit h 48. Lejeu ne co ntinues to top the point standin gs with 53 , fo ll o we d b y Schreiber (45). a nd T oni Gorgot (Mon ) with 36. Gorgot finis hed fifth in th e Northern Ireland event. Former Daytona 200 w inner John Cecotto finished 14th in his f irstever Formula One World Championship car race which took place in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, on Sunday, March 13. The Dave Despain/Dale Singleto n hosted WTBS live telecast of the Da ytona 200 cap tured the cha rge or Ken ny Rob ert s and mo st o r th e o ther action in a manner tha t deserves praise for a first-time effort.T ha t veteran motorcyclist Despain cho se two-time Da yton a 200 winner Sin gleton to co-host deserves a specia l ti p or th e Cycle News du ckbill. We've had to su£fer th rough an no u nc ing by car racers in the pa st a nd we hope o ther net works will follow WTBS' lead and use mo tor cyclists in futur e telecasts or mo torcycle races . . Establ ish ment of cu lt ura l preserves at Cu yamaca Rancho State Pa rk and Ocot ill o Wells State Vehicu lar R ecreation Area will be major items before th e California State Pa rks and Recreation Co mmission when it meets March 3 1 in Sa n Dieg o. Also u p for consideration is the rena mi ng of a na tu ra l preserve a t Torrey Pines Sta te Reserve as the Ellen Browning Scripps Na tural P reserve. A propo sed u pda ting o f the Sta te Park System reg u la tions has been postponed until a la ter meet in g. T he Co m miss ion will co nvene a t 8 a .m. in Room 358 or the Sa n Diego County Admin istra tion Bu ilding , 1600 Pa cific Coast H ighway. . The hearing on the abo ve item s will sta rt a t 9 a. m, The propo sal on th e cu ltura l preserve a t Octillo Wells SVRA is to speci fy the precise bo u ndaries for the one -acre Barrel Sp ri ngs Cultural P reserve provided in recent leg islation, The preserve protects a Native Ameri can arch aeolog ical site, Co pies of th e proposal are ava ilable for review a t th e headquarters of Anza -Borrego Desert State Park. as well as at th e regional a nd Sacra mento headquarters office o f the California Depa rtment of Parks and Recreation . Four cu lt u ra l preserves totalli ng 2.560 acr es are proposed for 25,000 acre Cuyamaca Ranch o State Park, to protect Native American sites . th e remains of th e Stonewall Min e, and o ther areas of sim ilar significance. Co pies of the p ro po sal s are ava ilable a t the park headquart ers o£f Hi ghwa y 79 near Descans o , as well as the Department 's reg io na l a nd Sacra mento headquart ers o ffices. Wh ile no one is confirming it at th is po int, it appears as though both Kenny Roberts and ' Eddie Lawson will bolster the American road racing squad's hopes in the upcoming Trans-Atlantic Match Races in Eng land . Team Honda 's Mike Baldwin and Team Kawasaki's Wes Cooley are also expected to compete. In o ther fund -rai sin g ac tivities, Willie G. Dav idson 's ride from Yor k, PA . to Da yto na netted 6700 in pl edges fo r the Biker 's Figh t aga ins t Museu - Drew Sm ith. who lost hi s . AMA Nati onal Cham pi o n ship Enduro Seri es/ISDE Qual ifi er Ser ies ride whe n Ka wasak i's Team G reen dis banded th eir o£f-road effort a t th e end o r 1982, is back in action. " I d id just like a ny o ther ri der wo uld do who wants to ride. but do esn 't have a bik e." said Smi th a t the Sandlappe r Nat iona l. "I went to m y loca l KT M dea ler with my street bike a nd a bit o r cas h and we worked o u t a dea l o n a new bik e. I don 't want to quit. My ma in priorit y will be qua lifying for this year's ISD E a nd to ride a num ber of Na tio na l end uros." Belated congratulations to CanAm 's John Martin , who t ied the marriage knot w ith long-time girl f riend Greta on December 11 . The co uple live near Can -Am 's facility in Du luth, M innesota. After two years of contesting 250cc World Ch ampionsh ip MX GPs in Europe, Mi ke G uerra is bac k raci ng in the U.S . G uerr a, who had a knee ope ra tio n a t th e end of las t year's G P seaso n, is riding himself back in to shape aboard a KT M in New England races . Ontario Moto Tech will rece ive limited support from American Honda in Ontario's bid for the WERA Endurance Championship. They will field a CB11 OOF·based Superbike ridden by Lynn M iller and Luther Wykle of Alabama. Miller and Wykle were winners of four WERA races in 1982. Additionally, they will provide r ace engine support for Team Cowboy of Canton, OH. Team Cowboy won the 1982 WERA Endurance Cham· pionship with OMT engines. Any sponsors interested in the effort should contact Steve Schader at 213/766-7101 . Am erican Honda now has a n offi cial off-ro ad team for 1983. Bruce Og ilvie , Chuck Mill er , Tom Kell y and Bob R u tten will handle th e riding chores for the all fou r-stroke-mounted team. Ogilvie will handle the team manager duties as wel l. They will run XR H ondas in a ll th e SCORE races and o ther selected off-roa d races. In addi tion they will co ntest th e one, two and th ree-da y qual ifiers wi th an eye on attendi ng the IDSE . All will be XR500 mounted in the off-roa d events, but Og ilvie will be on a n XR350 in th e 500cc class at th e q ua lif iers and Tom Kell y will run an XR200 in the 250cc class. Word is th a t three-wh eel engine b uilder Curtis Spa rks will do the engi ne on the 200. Mi lle r and Rutten will run XR 500s in th e Quali fiers . Drew Smi th will receive lim ited support in th e eas tern end u re s on a 350 and in th e qualifi er on a 500. HosPITa l STOP: Ok lahom an Ro n ni e J o nes, who suffered a co m po und fracture of his low er rig ht leg in Th ursday ni ght's short track at Daytona's Memorial St adium , rem ained in Halifax Hospita l at