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Catalytic converter bill passes California legislature (Above) The Boody., T.d and Terri, show off their bundl. of joy, Tara Renee. (B.low) Randy and Vicki Goss po •• with the lat.st addition to their household, Janic. Lynn. SACRAMENTO. CA. JUNE 2 California Senate Bill 158. the measure introduced by Senator Alan Robbins to delay implementation of new emission standards for motorcycles over 280cc, was passed by the State Assembly by a vote of 63-2. The bill is now before Governor George Deukmejian for his signature or other action. SB 158 will delay for one year the emissions standards set last year by the California Air Resources Board . The standards would have required that many larger street models be equipped with potentially dangerous catalytic converters. The one-year delay will give the motorcycle industry a chance to petition C.A.R.B. again and argue for a different solution before new board members. Deukmejian has not yet indicated his plans on the measure. so it is important to write to the governor and urge that he sign the bill into law. Deukmejian can be written to at the State Capitol. Sacramento. CA95814. In other Sacramento news, SB156, the Green Stickie repayment bill. passed the Senate Finance Committee on a 9-0 vote and moved to the floor of the Senate. By the time this issue hits the stands, it is expected that the bill will have passed the Senate and moved on to the Assembly. Write your Assemblyman at the address given above. Another attempt has been made to divert funds from the Green Stickie Fund. The Assembly version of the state budget bill contains a $2 million provision for a park in the district of Assemblyman Terry Goggin (D-Fontana). which has nothing to do with off-highway vehicles but is to be paid for by cancelling $2 million on state OHV projects, including Hungry Valley and Ocotillo Wells budgets. 2 Andre Malherbe (Hon) took over the point lead in the World Championship 500cc MX Series with a 5·1 day in Finland on Sunday, June 5. Malherbe now leads Graham Noyce (Hon), 110 to 105. Noyce fin ished third in the first moto, but dropped to sixth in the second moto. Hakan Carlqvist (Yam) had a 4·2 day and strengthened his third place in the point standings which now show him with 97 points. The first moto was won by Finland's Tapani Pikkarainen (Hon ) with Jokka Sintonen (Yam ), also of Finland, second. Over 100,000 spectators flocked to see the June 3-4 two round Canadian Supercross Championship. The June 3 event in Toronto's Exhibition Stadium sew AmericansJim Gibson (Yam), Jim Holley (Suz) and Jeff Hicks (Hon) finish 1-2-3. Def8ndingC8nedien CI8npion Ross Pederson (Suz) took sixth. Montreal's Olympic Stadium was the June 4 site with P.d.rson topping Gibson and Kris Big.low (Yam). Brad Lack.y, the def.nding 500cc MX World Champion, made his first racing app.arance this year in the Toronto round and finished 12th after having to fight traffic from a last place start. Husqvarna rider Kevin Hines turned in the best score - pending a protest - in the final round of the AMA ISDE Qualifier Series,the Trask Mountain Two-Day held June 4-5 at McMinnville, Ore. Hines is the winner of the 250cc Qualifier class, but a protest was filed over the scoring in the 500cc Qualifier class, where Chip Howell (H us) is the apparent winner. The protest was lodged over the scoring of a special test a nd is only likely to change total scores for the 500cc class riders; not their order. Bill Fulmer Jr. won the Four-Stroke Qualifier class on an XR500 and Dave Riant (KTM) won the 125cc Qualifier class. Carl Cranke made his annual appearance on a small Fantic and won the 80cc Qualifier class . Since this was the final qualifi.r, the 25-man U.S. squad will be set within a f.w days. As of this writing, the World Trophy t.am looks like it will be an all-Husqvarna affair compris.d of riders T.rry Cunningham, Mark Hyd., Ed Lojak, Mik. M.lton, Larry Ro.sel.r, and Frank Stacy. Since n.w FIM rule. require that a Trophy team have rid.rs in at lea.t four cia••••• it appears that Cunningham will b. riding the much-rumored Hu.ky four-stroke in the Ov.r 600cc Four-Stroke class. Hyde will ride in the 126cc division, Lojak and Stacy in the 260s and Melton and Roe ••ler qualified in the 600cc clas•. The Team Husqvarna duo of Dan Ashcraft and Dan Smith took the overall honors at the 10th ann ual SCORE Baja Internacional held last weekend. Scott Harden and Larry Roeseler, also Husky-mounted, were close the whole race, but couldn't quite make up the time they lost when Roeseler ran out of gas. In the 250cc division, the Honda team of Kent and Scott Pfeiffer crossed the finish line first in class and third overall. The small-bore class was won by Oren Beck II and Darin Cartwright on a Husqvarna 125. Th.July 16 Cincinnati Supercros. round oftha AMA/Wrangler Super S.rie. hal been cancelled by ItI promoters, Stadium Motorsporta. R.ading form a prepared statem.nt, a Stadium Motor.ports .pok••per.on said, "Updated lurv.ys of this mark.ting area indicate marginal fir.t-y.ar IUppOrt for Supercro.s. Becau.e fir.t-year • v.nts genel'aOy 101. money, Sta- dium Motorsportl n••dl to be guaranteed multi-year ev.ntl in ord.r to make the initial inve.tment of capital and staff time to build the market for a quality long term expension." The spokesperIon allo seid that Stadium would continue to _k senetlonl in the "broader" midw••tern mark.t. Cincinnati ticket refundl can be obtained from the Dlno Santangelo Agency, 3380 Eri. Av•., Cincinnati, OH 46208. HosPITal STOP: Road racers Steve Wise, Thad Wolff and Keith Kiyota remain hospitalized in Sheboygan Memorial Hospital following crashes at the June 4-5 AMAICamei Pro Series at Elkhart Lake, Wise. Kiyota and Wise went down in the same incident, and Kiyota is listed in serious but stable condition with what a hospital spokesperson termed a broken left femur and other injuries: calling for Keith to be placed in the intensive care unit. Wise suffered broken ribs, a punctured lung and some internal bleeding. He is listed in fair condition. Wolff is listed in satisfactory condition with no broken bones, but multiple bruises and con. tusions. . . . . .