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-va and other aasorted riding ....r wa. donated by the riders and other .upportlve partin. ..Auction..," Larry Maiers pushed the bidder. to the limit. The boota Danny laPorte wore en route to' third overall went for .100. An empty champagne bottle, held briefly by David Bailey, went for third to Mamola, and fourth to Lawson, with Fontan fifth. Spencer now leads Roberts in the point standings, 117-115. Two events remain to be run in the series. Jacque. Bolle (Vam) won the Briti.h 250CC GP, but a fourth-place finish ..rned Venezuelan carlo. Lavado (Yam) the divi.ion's World Champion.hip. AI.o earning a World Championahip, his 1 2th, was Spain's Angel Nieto who won the 125cc GP and the title. CIC") 00 O"l $20. Greg Barbacovi, who announces reg' ular weekly events in southern California, will assist Larry Huffman in announcing the Miller High Life Superbowl of Motocross at the Pas~ adena Rose Bowl on Augustl? The son of California Racing Club honcho Jack Barbacovi has also been doing some TV work of late, appealling as an extra on soap operas like. Genn'al Hospital and Days of Our Ted Boody, who took seventh at DuQuoin, had a scary moment early in the National. "I tapped Tim Mertens' rear tire while we were drafting on the back straightaway," said Boody. "I got into a bad wobble and lost concentration. Then, just after I got running good again, I slipped off the groove. At least I made some Lives. money." The Honda RS750 which Hank Scott rode to victory in the July 30 DuQuoin Mile National, a. well a. all other Team Honda dirt tracker., are now using CIlJ frame•• The new frame. replace the on.. from Japan which originally came with the bik... Spillway Park will host its ninth· annual Elks benefit motocross 0IlI August 14, with 100% ofthe proceeds going to help handicapped children. The CMC-sanctioned event will feature double Pro points, 50% trophies and contingencies. For more details on the event at the Santa Maria, Cal}:, fornia, track, call 805/925-0055. Steve Morehead's ride on Hank Scott's back-up Honda RS750 at DuQuoin ended with Morehead placing fifth in the National and coming away with a big smile on his face. "I tried out the bikes I brought with me, but I knew they weren't fast enough to really do the job," said Morehead. "I went and asked Honda's jerry Griffith if there was a chance I could ride one of the back.-up bikes. He said, "Sure." The water-cooled Husqvarna CR250 continues to make the rounds. and was raced at Unadilla by Magnus Johansson and Sven Berggren. The bike in the foreground looks very much like a prototype. but the bike In the rear featured an aluminum tank like a production machine. Suzuki's Eric Geboers clinched his second straight 125cc World Championship MX title with 4-4 moto finishes in the Finnish GP on Sunday, july 31. Despite scoring 18 points, Michele Rinaldi (Suz) finds himself out of the title chase with 220 points, compared to Geboers' title-clinching 253. Only one 125cc GP remains, the August 14 Czech round. Marc Velkeneers (Gil) was the day's overall winner with 1-3 moto performances, while American jim Gibson (Yam) took second overall with a pair of runnerup performances. Gibson and Pekka Vehkonen (Yam) are tied for third in the point standings with 156 each. T..m Harley-Davidaon rid. . on non-Harley equipment? "AU I can ..y is we are working on some things for next year," Aid Harley's Clyde Denzer in answer to a question about rumors of 500cc Rotax-powered .hort track and TT machineryforT..m Harley. Would they be ready in time for use In the year-end Pontiac TT National? "Right now, the time .pen appears too short for a development program with all the other thing. we have to do:' answered Denzer. Denzer would neither confirm nor deny that Harley'. racing department wa., or would be, working with Ron Wood and u.. hi. WoodRotax engine and frame combination to cut development time. "He said I was an old man and that my tongue would be hanging out by the time we ran 20 laps. I didn't appreciate that so I had to show him what was what." For the record, Scott turned 29 on May 25. Rookie Expert Doug Chandler rid.. every rece with hi. left ankle heavily taped. "I broke the anlde twice when I wes 15," ..Id Chandler about his injury. "The screw I wur on a chai", around my neck i. one they used to hold the bon.. together while they hHled." Team Marlboro Yamaha's Kenny Roberts closed to within two points of Honda's Freddie Spencer by winning the British GP's 500cc race at Silverstone on Sunday, July!1. The event was run in two legs due to rain stopping the race after only seven laps had been run. Scoring for the first leg reverted back to the fifth lap, a lap that saw tragedy strike when Ireland's Norman Brown and Switzerland's Peter Huber, both Suzukimounted, died in a crash. Roberts nipped Spencer at the line at the end of the fifth lap and they were followed by Randy Mamola (Suz), Eddie Lawson (Yam) and Marc Fontan (Yam). The remaining 2! laps were run as the second leg and Roberts ran away with that race, finishing with a 20-second margin over runner-up Lawson. Spencer, Mamo1a and Lawson were tied using the Olympic scoring system, but the use of aggregate , . nd d..-etallto S Dcer, Nomination. are being ac:c:epted for three .pots on the Bureeu of Land Management'. Ukiah District Advisory Council. The three IPob - elected general purpG88 g0vernment, recreation and transportation/rights of way interest eetegorin - will become vacant at the end of this year. Send nominations, with biographical detail., to DistrictManager, BLM. P.O. Box 940, Ukiah, CA 954B2. Billy Herndon probebly .uffered more front tire wear than any other rider in the DuQuoin National. ..After I won the Last Chanee aualifier we tumed the front tire around to u.. a new edge,....id Herndon. "We didn't have time to check It before the National and it ended up rubbing against the left fork tube which caused a lot of vibration and made the hand grip. feel like they were continually buzzing. I rode to finish a. high a.1 could." Herndon took 10th. The figures are in for the Nickel Race, the finale to the Craig Verfer High Mileage Contest held at Laguna Seca. As reported last week, Charly Perethian of Rifle Fairings was the winner. The tally was 7.53 laps or 14.76 miles, and it worked out to 365.93 miles per gallon. A very close second was Dan Hanebrink, whose 7.51-lap total worked out to 364.52 mpg. "I rode hard, but I couldn't get the momentum going I needed. Every time I began to move, I'd slip off the groove," said Randy Goss.of his eighth-place finish. "It was a tough race because if you didn't try hard you weren't going to get any place. If you tried too hard you weren't going to get anywhere either because you were probably going to slip off the Speaking of high mileage contea1S, there will be a chance for a rematch attheAFM Pro-promoted, Kerkersponsored Superbike Pro-Am et Willow Spring. on September 1718. The ruin forthi. event remein the urne a. were employed by the Vetter group, including the Saturday quelification on public roads and. go at the track on Sundey with a meeaured amount of fuel. groove." Belgian George. Jobe, current 250CC MX GP point leader, tak.. a very seriou. attitude toward winning the title this ye.-. With two GPs in North AIn8I'ia, many EuropHn.....nt their apere time visiting the various sights. "I had no .uch time for a1ghtaeelng," Jobe said. "We had to spend time workIng on the bike, end I had to prectice ·for mylelf. Taking time out from the schedule will cauea alo.. of concemr.tion... Current250cc World Champion Danny LaPorte expressed intereslat Unadilla that he would like to stay in Europe another year and try for the 500cc title. Danny Chandler made it known that he would also like to go to Europe next year to contest the SOOs. An auction wa. held after the moto. at Unadilla to benefit the Trophee des Nations MX tum. . ','.BooU. .penta. .h.u.'.DOW'IM, J_- , Since we're on the subject of the Superbowl, we'll mention that racing begin. an hour ..r1ier than u.ual. The first race gets underwayat7p.m. Over in England, American Lance King took the prestigious Golden Hammer race, scoring 14 of a possible 15 points and equalling Bruce Penhall's track record at the Cradley Heath oVal. , The Wrangler Da.h, a 20·lap ~upercro•• main event with a .75,000 purse, h•• been meII.. duled to some time in the 1984 Supercro....a.on. The8Ventwea initially .cheduled for October 22 at the Oakland/Alameda County Stadium in northern California but according to Wrengler officials, the event ha. been po.tponed becau.. it appeared that rid. . eligible for the event wouldn't be able to ride. "Most of the top Wren,_ Super serin riders will