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, < PACE, SMC announce new SX series SAN DIEGO. CA. NOV. 5 PACE M.n.gement .nd Stedium Motorsports Corpol'lltion .nnounced the formul.tion of a 17-l'IIce Supercro.. Series today to .....Ul'll n.tion.1 continuity for the tour." .nd noted that a final .greement with the AMA .hould be teken cal'll of "within two week.... . . The .nnouncement i. the I.test development in the ..ries of event. th.t beg.n sevel'lll month. ego when the AMA l'llfu..d to ..nction SMC event•. According to the SMC/PACE pi'll" 1'111...... new org.nization will run the event•• with the AMA looking .fter the aenctioning. offici.ting and ..fety ••pect of the r.ces. PACE and SMC will be l'II.pon.ible for the .ponsor.hip. pu......nd televi.ion right•. Ahhough the org.niz.tion i. . . of yet unn.med. Gene Trobaugh. h•• been .ppointed .. the executive director. PACE/SMC .1.0 .nnounced • multi-p.rt pl.n for the .dv.ncement of Supercro.. a. • "m.jor-I..gue .port." including expending sponsorship. increasing media expoa&ll'll. estebli.hing • n.tlon.lamataur champlon.hip program and inc.....lng purse•. When a.ked what diffel'llnces were still to be reaolved with the AMA. SMC·. Mlch.el Goodwin chose not to go into deteil but did uy. "Whatever happen•• thel'll will be a 17-race .erle. nextye.r." He also noted that the new progl'llm· he. him excited about motocro.. again "for the first time in year•.•• AMA Manager of Profe.sional Competition Wayne Moulton wa. pl'll..nt at the announcement and· Hid that the difference. that I'IImaln to be ironed out are minor. dealing mainly with "deteils and wording." PACE/SMC announced their tentative schedule at the Sail Diego press conference. The organizers say races listed in October "may be included in the series after consulting with the manufacturers." The Daytona event producers have the option to choose to be part of the series or not. In addition, "one or two" of three even'ts tentatively scheduled for New York, NY, Washington D.C. or Sacramento, . CA will be confirmed. The-schedule, subject to change, is as follows. 1/28 2/11-12 !/! !/IO 4/14 4/28-29 5/5 5/19 6/2 6/M 7/14 8ITBA 10ITBA 10ITBA 10ITBA Anaheim,CA Seattle, WA Atlanta, GA Daytona, FL Dallas, TX Pontiac, MI Kansas City, MO Orlando, FL Pasadena,CA Pittsburgh, PA Foxboro. MA Houston, TX Oakland, CA Los Angeles, CA San Diego, CA Other Interesting news to come out of the PACE/SMC preu conference was the.achedullng of the Wrangler Da.h. a special non~ championship ·rece. for February 12. Thewinn.ofthatevent,accor. ding to a Wl'llngler official. can 2 expect to pocket a cool 825.000. plu. receive national attention. as the l'llce will be recorded for TV broadcast. Miller ·Beer. the other compeny heavily involved In Supercro.s I'IIcing. will al.o host a .pecial race .imil.r in concept to the Da.h. called the Miller Master•• a compeny apokumanHid the event will be made up of previou.winners of thet ..ason·. l'llce. and could be run a. a ..pel'llte event or a••n addition to a regularly scheduled race. PACE/SMC official. wel'll also excited about the pro.pects of Coca-Cola becoming a major .ponsor of the ..rie•. At the AMAlWrangler awards ban· quet held November 6 in San Diego, California, the AMA Athlete of the year award was again given to more than one rider. Louisiana's "Fast Freddie" Spencer, the newly crowned 500cc World Road Race Champion, and Virginia's David Bailey, the tripIe crown Wrangler Super Series winner anda member of the World Team Motocross championship SQuad, were . honored jointly. In making the announcement, AMA Executive Director Ed Youngbloodsaid, 'Too oftenonly strength, endurance and speed are synonomous with athletic ability. People tend to forget about qualities like intellect, in trospection and perserverance. At the age of 21, both these Freddie Spencer (center) and David Bailey .hare the .potlight after receiving the AMA Athlete. of the Vear award from Ed Voungblood. The two were among many motorcyclists honored for their 1983 accompli.hments. More photo. next week. will go 'to thf ceo Hospital. P"at young men exhibit all those characMichetti, one of DeAnza race organteristics in great abundance." izers, says, "th<;re will be a busload of orthopedically handicapped children Between hi. three champion.hips. brought out to watch the races and the FIM gold med.l. (to be delieach OTA. rider will be responsible vered at a later date) and v.riou. for one child throughout the day. contingency award.. B.lley w .. There will also be some famous rideFS up on stege so often that he evenwho said they will attend the' event tu.11y I'IIn out of thing. to Hy such as Jim Pomeroy, Brian Myersottler than quoting Mel Brooks. cough, Goat Breker, recently crowned "It's good to be the king" - and Women's National Champion Kimi people to thank. Hi. mechanic. Douglass, Ron Turner, Chuck "Feets" Cliff White. al.o came up with one Minert and Lorie Watson." Also, of the best line. of the evening there is going to be a $2000 Pro purse while accepting. golden wrench and $3000 worth of contingencies to award: "Next year. iathi. going to the Sportsman classes. For more inforbe called the golden Goodwin amarion see the Calendar section in ward?" Cycle News, or call 7I4/65!-8068, 653-5840 or 653-7979. Another golden wrench award winner, Steve Johnson, had another quip At the San Diego Supercross. while accepting honors for his work David Bailey sported the new JT on behalf of Kawasaki and Wayne camouflage riding pants. Keeping Rainey. "Is this the unemployment in the militery spirit of thing•• the line?" asked Johnson, who now has a lettering across the back read job. Johnson recently joined Kerker "Camp David." as director of research and development. The November 26 Barstow to Vegas Ronnie Lechien. while eccepting Hare and Hound will be filmed for hi. award a.' the Wr.ngler Super the upcoming syndicated television Series Rookie of the Vear. "1'11 be series The Excitement of Speed and ridIng for American Honda:' I'm Beauty. The half-hour TV series, ....11y h.ppy with the contract they which has also filmed segments on g.ve me." Lechlen. who won the the Pikes Peak hillclimb and hydro. pl'llviou. night'. CMC Supercro.. plane racing, is scheduled to begin In San Diego. wa. aPP.l'llntly reairing in January, 1984. The B to V leeaed from two years l'llmalnlng segme~lt will occupy a full half hour. on hi. V.maha contract. and in fact. hed to find hi. own machine Other B to V bits: Malcolm Smith for the San Diego l'llce. Reporthas become a co-.ponsor of the edly. Lechlen bought. VZ250 a event. and 1982 World 500cc couple of d.y. befOl'll the l'llce. Motocross Champ Brad Lackey from Lucky Vam.ha In S.n Diego. has entered. Scott goggle.' Bevo Forte. while distributing contingency' award•• Mark January 8, 1984, on your calHid. "Hey. I even got a mech.nendar as a big day in the desert racing ic·. contingency thl. year a. a world. That's the date when NevaI'IIsuh of I.st night. But I had to da's Casey Folks will stage the World sh.,. the 850 with Dick Lechien Championship Hare and Hound, a (Ron's father)." professional desert race with sponsorship from Whiskey Pete's Stateline DeAnza Racing club and the Old Casino, the Hacienda Hotel, DuraTimers Association are holding a lube and Nevada Motorsports News. very special motocross race November The event will be a ISO-mile pointI! at DeAnza Cycle Park. Theevent"is to-point race, with the start at Statethe Crippled Childrens Orthopedic line and the finish near Las Vegas. Hospital Benefit race. All proceeds Entri<;s.a;re $240 incl uding insurance,