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The top 10'"lide,. in the AMA GI'8ftd National Championship/ Camel Pro Serle. split $36,000 in rnid-aeaaon money from Camel. The award. were based on the point standing. after the Syracuse Mile, and the money w .. distributed a. follows: Randy Goss ($10,000), Ricky Graham ($6000), Jay Springsteen ($4000), Bubba Shobert ($3000), Scott Parker ($2600), Alex Jorgensen ($2200), Steve Eklund ($2000), Gary Scott ($1900), Mickey Fay ($1800) and Terry Poovey ($1600). Beginning with the July !II race and continuing through their summer series, all ZAP motocross events at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in northern Cali(ornia will be blessed wilb a new sprinkler system instead of the old water trucks used in the past. , IN MEMORIAM: Coloredoenduro r rider Jerry Peek was tragically killed in a head-on collision with a logging truck while helping to mark the course of the Boot Hill enduro. Peek was an avid rider and one of the original promoters of the Boot Hill event. Peek is survived by his wife, his parents and two brothers. o . '. . . SUPER SERIES NEXT STOP MILLER HIGH LFE SUPERBOWL OF MOTOCROSS August 6 The Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA COR VA Vice Presidenr Donetta Carnagey will deliver the rebuual to the recent anti-Barstow-to-Vegas editorial that appeared on Channel 9, KHJ-TV in Los Angeles. The response will air on the (ollowing days and times: July 28,10:56 p.m., 2 a.m.; July 29,1:26 p.m., 10:56 p.m., 2 a.m.; July W, 2 p.m., 11:58 p.m.; and July !II, midnight. Chuck Miller has been giving the d..ert compatitlon a thumping for the last two weeks - literally. Miller won the San Gabriel Valley M.C:s District Europaen Scrambles near Barstow, California, then a week later the Simi Valley M.C:s European Scrambles at Red Mountain. Both tim.. he took the 600cc cia.. overall on hi. XR600 Honda four-stroke. As reported in this week's coverage o( the speedway race at Inland Motor Speedway in San Bernarwno, California, John Cook was yanked 0(( his motorcycle and beaten by two other riders. According to AMA Speedway Control Board Representative George Rich, Gene Woods flicked Cook's helmet visor 0(( as he rode £rom the track. Cook then turned around and chased Woods. Mike Bast got involved at that point, and both he and Woods kkked and beat Cook, who had been pulled 0(( his bike. Cook was sore enough after the beating to have a doctor check for injuries. Fortunately, the extent of the injuries was limited to bruises and strained muscles. As we went to press it was learned that the all three riders have been suspended £rom AMA speedway competition until August I!I, fined and put on probation until 1984. Rich said the' reason (or the relatively stiff penalties was to gi ve the riders a message "to clean up their act, both on the track and in the pits." After an absence of ..veral yea,., the Women's Motocroll National is back, scheduled to run October at Saddleback Park in southern California. According to the new promoter, Denise de Vines, the prize list is growing rapidly and already includes a .2000 Pro purse and a Caglva motorcycle. And, according to Oeni.., the awards will be given out by "a couple of hunks from Chlppendales... There will also be a Pit Toot_ Trophy Dash for the guys. For more infor(Continlled to page 4) ~~ WINS LAGUNA SECA BAIILE THE 1st Overall, 1st Expert Modified-Gene Church. Chuck OF Queuzler-lst Amateur Modified. Dave McClure-1st Stock Class. All riding XR1000 Harley-Davidsous equipped with Koul adjustable 7610 shock absorbers. ... IWiNS "'0 KONt AMERICA. Inc. lU West Lovers Lane. Culpeper. VA 22701