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0<") 00 0') So~ething "'fe.don·t _ very often out in the western states Is roed redn at night. OhiO s Nelson Ledges 24-Hour Is an .nnu.1 event th.t dr~ racers from .11 over the country. Coverage on p.ge 18. Hond.·. Freddie Spencer won the Auguat 7 Swedi.h Gl'llnd PrIx with • controveraielleat-lap.leat-comer pea attempt that...,t both Spencer and leader Kenny Roberta (Yam) off the track. Spencer recovered betOI'll Roberta and won by .16 aecond•. Roberta led 24 of 30 lap. .nd ..id after the race. "If I hadn't "en evoiding action. he (Spellcer) would have taken both of u. clown. " Spellce..•• reply wee. "LoaIng In the laat comer is part of I'IICIng." The I'IISUIta give Spencer a five-point advantage going into the laat round of the World Championahip 600Cc Road Race Series which will tUe place at lmole. Italy. on September 4. To win the title. Roberta must finiah fim at Imola with Spellcer WOI'II8 than third. If Spencer finiahea third .nd Robert. win•• the pair will finish the HUOn tied on pointe and Spencer will win the title on the ba.l. of batter finlshea. Flnlahing behind Spencer and Roberts In Sweden were Takazuml Katayama (Hon). Marc Fontan (Yam). Eddie Lawson (Yam). M-= Lucchinelll (Hon) and R.ndy M.moIe (Suz). Christian Sarron (Yam) won the 260cc GP .nd Rolf Biland and Kurt Wahlsperg won the Sidecar GP. clinchIng that division's title. Ricardo Tonno (MBA) won the 126cc GP. Yamaha's Hahn Carlqvist extended his 500cc World Motocross Championship points lead with a 1-2 overall win in the August 7 Belgian round. Suzuki's Harry Evetts went 2·3 for second overall, with Hondamounted Andre Malherbe - the other titl~ conte~der - posting a fifth and a (ust. With two events remaining, The majority of 1984 Harley-Davidsons will feature the firm's new V2 Evolution engines which were shown to the industry's pre.. and H·D d!talers recently. 'f!'Ie new 1•340Cc powerplant features redesigned heads. pistons, valve tram. rocker boxes. camshaft and ignition module, and fe~tures l!'luminum cylinders with cast iron liners. The Evolution engines "'fIll. contmue to use two-valv! he.ds, but the valve geometry is now Similar to that ~f the XR750 racmg engine. The new aluminum pistons are of flat t0l;t deSign. Development of the engine included 5.600 hours of dyno testmg and 750,000 actual teat miles. More next week. Carlqvist leads Malherbe in the points, 222-211. Graham Noyce is third in the points, oUIO( contention with 141. Suzuki'. Georges Jobe clinched the 260cc World Motocros. Championship with an overall win In the Auguat 7 round In SwitzerI.nd. Jobe combined second- .nd fourth-piace finlshe. in the two moto.. beating Honda-mounted Rolf Diffenbech·. 1 -6. Defending World Champ D~ laPorte (Y.m) could only man.ge • ninth .nd • third. .nd fell out of the pointe l'llce. With two eventa left. Jobe h.. a 69-point lead. 226-167. American Dennis SigaJos and Lance King tallied 10 and seven points, respectively, to transfer to the World Speedway Final which will be held September 4 in West Germany. This event was the August 7 Intercontin· ental Final in London, England, and Denmark's Hans Nielsen scored 14 points for the overall win. England's Mike Lee (12) and Dane Erik Gundersen (II) rounded out the top three. U.S. National Sp••dway Champion Shawn Mor.n w•••n .ltemate for the Intercontlnent.I Fln.l. but never got. ch.nce to ride. Three deys before the event. whila riding as • lIueat for one of tha British League teems. MOl'lln fell .nd .uffered • bedly broken leg. Camel Pro Series competitor Steve Cort, suspended for slugging fellow rider Charlie Roberts at the June II Harrington Half Mile National, had his original 9O-day suspension cut to S6 days and was back in action at the July 7 Hawthorne Mile National. "Wayne Moulton, the AMA's direc· tor of professional competition, released Con because of his cooperation during the time of suspension," said AMA's Bill Boyce at Hawthorne. There W8S a meetHtg right befol'll tha start of the National .t H.wthorne with the 17 riders involved .nd AMA Central Region Referee Duke Olli.... In which 0I1igea told them there would be. mandatory urine ..mple taken to check for illeg.1 .ubst.nce••t the finish of the N.tional. "We haven't done • check in • lonll time." ..Id Boyce by Way of expianation. 8 Although the Hawthorne Race Course grandstand facility was a top notch one, the riders and crew members didn't get a chance to see much of it. The pit area was located a long distance away in an open section inside tum four with no trees or shade. If you didn't have a tcnl OT tarp you} were out of luck since no vehicles were allowed in the area. There will be a Pro-Am short track at Mike Kidd's Hillside f.cility in Boyd. Tex••• on Friday night. Auguat 12. beginning .t 8 p.m. Camel Pro Sariescorr.pelibHsTerry Poovey .nd Bin Herndon will .... .~tho8ecompethtg. Cat 81 7/ 433-61569 for more information. IN MEMORIAM: AMA Formula Two road racer Dennis Hayslett, 26, apparently died of natural causes July 31 while camping at California's Lake Cachuma. This was Hayslett's firs year on the professional road racing circuit. He is survived by his parents, and cards and letters may be sent to them at 178 lrongate Circle, Port Orange, Florida. The .nnual Check Ch.... the lucerne Valley to Perker. Arizona. de..rt I'IIce extraordineire. is on for S.turday. OCtober 9. The route will be primarily the ..me as the previous two years. but the Checker••re working on ch.ng.. within the Johnson Valley open .ree. For more Information on the race. cell 806/261-1362 or 213/6014134. Harley-Davidson Motor Co. issued its first long-term, multi·million dollar contact to ensure components will be delivered only as they are needed for production. The contract with Milsco Manufacturing Co., a leading supplier of seating, represents "a significant step in HarleyDavidson's implementation of 'just in-time' manufacturing - or 'Materials As Needed,''' according to Harley·Davidson. Teem T.mm has signed D.n ConW8y .nd Jeff Hicks for the remainder of the 1983 and the 1984 ...son. Both will ride stadium events. .nd Conwey wi. taeIde the 600cc Nationals.. HickstekM on the 2608. Both will join teammates Chris Heiuer. Tommy Carson and Mike Shoemaker at the Auguat 215 Calgary Supercrosa. 1~82 SOOcc World Motocross Ch