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THE LATEST POOP I B PAPA WEALEY Y (Continuedfrom page 3) Jan uary) is becomi ng a factor. I co u ld 've retired at th e en d of las t season. but I wou ldn 't have been happy going out as a lOth -p lace fin isher in my last season. I feel my program for the '84 Ca m el Pro Seri es seas on wi ll be th e best I' ve had since my defense of th e cha m p io nsh ip in 1976. I'll basica lly be running all-new or comp letely rebuilt equipmen t. I fu lly bel ieve I ca n win th e titl e aga in . If I di dn' t I wo ul d n ' t be racing." M otorcycle raci ng in St. Lo uis ' Busch Stadium l Supercross7 Nope, short track . That's right, t he J uly 7 Ca mel Pro Series short track round w ill take place in Busch Stadium, home of St. Louis ' baseba ll and foc;>tball teams, the Cardinals. After some reca librations , i t ha s been determined th a t " Whcelie Champion " T i lso n Sh uma te mo no - whee led around th e Ascot ha lf-m ile ova l for II I non-sto p m iles. not I02 as originall y th o ugh t. Ca mel Pro Series competitor J im Filice w ill t ie 't he knot with lo n gt i me g irlfriend Jamie Mathews o n April 28 . Cong ra t ulat ions J immy and Jamie ! A special th anks to th e fo lks at Bell H el mets for le tt ing Cycle News borro w Kenn y Ro berts' 1973-mod el helmet for use as a ph ot o prop for the lead pi cture in our sto ry on all the pa st Gra nd Nationa l Champions whi ch appears in th is issue. T ha n ks a lso to j .C. Agajaniari 's Ascot Park for suppl yin g th e checkered flag . And a fin al not e of a p p recia tio n 10 ph o togra ph er Dan Mah on y, wh o sea rc he d th rough bo th h is a nd his fa th er Wa lt 's negatives to provide most of th e grea t a cti on sho ts th at acco mpa ny the article. Brian M y er sco u gh rod e a White Bros. Y am ah a TT 600 to win b o t h Open Pro m ot os atthe C MC /S koa l Ban d it Four-Stroke C hampions hip at Carl sbad Raceway o n December 18. Wrangler Rookie of t he Year Ro n Lechien made his first-ever appearance o n a Honda, a nd led the f i rst two lap s o f the first moto before f alling. Over in J ap a n , H onda rider Goat Breker a nd Yamaha 's Bro c G lover sp li t wins in a two-day Supercross event he ld December 17-18. Brek er won th e fir st night an d led up to the fin al la p of the secon d night. on ly to cat ch a hand lebar in th e haybal es an d dro p to second . Yam a h a's Ri cky Johnson was third both nights . W ar ren Re id was to have been a compet itor, but his y oun g so n J arret, 2 % , suddenly went int o a co m a the day after Warren lef t. Notified in Japan, Reid left immediately and was home that following morning . Fortunately, young Jarret's condition improved, and as .,w e went to press he. was out of intensive care and. e~ti l"g ,again . • YOSHIMURA & TEAM HAMMER Winning Power For The Long Run Natio nal End urance Roadra cing Champions, Team Hamm er, won th ei r t itle usi ng th e same Yoshimura hig h- per forma nce part s and services we offer you . Their Suzuki Katana 1 100 w as eq uipped w it h our stand ard Yosh im ura 1140 cc Piston Kit . Stage I Cams, 33mm M ik uni Sm ooth -Bore Carburetors and a produ ctio n Ser ies VII Yoshimura Exhaust Syste m w it h racing baffl e. Our special Racin g Servi ces Departm ent w elded, lig hte ned and re-bala nced th e stock cra nkshaft and gave the cylind er head our Stage I porting . For many teams, champi on sh ip- ca lib er racing mea ns one -of -a-kind parts. But Team Hammer beat t hem all w it h off-t he -she lf parts and stan dard Yosh imu ra high-performance serv ices . If you 're looking to give you r machine the kin d of power it t akes to hamm er the competition, do li ke Team Ham mer. GO w it h Yoshi mu ral Yoshimura R& D 01 Am eri ca. 4 55 5 Cart er Ct.. Chino. CA 917 10. (714 ) 628 -4722 . (800) 634·9 166 orders onl y , 1984 Catalog $4 . Visa and Mastercard. ' 1'. ' ~ ' " l l ''' '' ' 1' " ''''-'1' ,- .. \,' t , ' to•• , . ~ ,4,5 .