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Champion. Should this year's title chase go LO the final event, it could happen again. and voting with our interests in mind can we expect to be considered a force to be reckoned with. " Mammoth Mountain Motocross is alive and well according to reports off the mountain, and will be held June 29,30 and July 1, 1984. The entry blanks for the classic event will run one-time-only in Cyde News! West issue 20, which will go on sale on Wednesday, May 23. For all the details on the Mammoth event, contact Tom Johnston at the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. The number is 619/934-2571. The 22nd Annual BMW Clubs of Europe Nurburgring Riding chool will take place on June 20-23. The school, conducted at Germany's urburgring race course, covers all aspects of high speed riding plus LOuches on dirt riding and physical condition. ing. Limited to machines of BMW manufacture, the school will cost approximately 275 per rider. For more info contact Beach's Motorcycle Adventures at 717/773-4960. When we mentioned the sponsors and contingency donors for the February 26 Ki ng of the Desert race, we erred and left the name of the primary sponsor off. Hare and Hound Magazi ne is the big backer of the event, pUlling up $1500 in purse money. The desert racing magazine has now gone bi-monthly, by the way. Roxy Rockwood and his son Tim will take care of race-related public relations for American Honda this year. Jardine Headers has a new address. Their new headquarters are at 600 West Warner, Santa Ana, CA 92707, and the new phone is 7141 545-2414. HosPITal STOP: Ellie Taylor, the prescription goggle man, has been hospitalized for a prostate operation. His associates say that Ellie should be fixed and back home by now, "in a much more rapid manner than how he used LO get his rigid DOT across the sagebrush." Cards and six-packs can be sent LO him at P.O. Box 5023, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. A tip of the Cyc'e News duckbill to the Americans competing in the Winter Olympics, and an especially big hurrah for the Mahre brothers, Phil and Steve. The twins, who have competed in motocross events in their native Colorado, took the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the men's slalom event at Sarajevo. A ··small world" meeting LOok place during the recent HousLOn Camel Pro Series weekend between Loudon Road Race and Syracuse Mile promoter Don Brymer and former Cycle News contribuLOr Hila Sweet. Hila, who was at the 'Dome because her son, Expert Sammy Sweet, was competing, and Don discovered that they used LO compete against each other in southern California stock car races back in the fifties and early sixties. "She was one LOugh customer in those races. I never connected her with that period of my life because she raced under her maiden name then," said Brymer, who couldn't gel over the chance meeting. The AMA has renewed its program aimed at encouraging riders to be politically aware in a year that will see the election of a president, the entire U.S. House of Representatives, one third of the Senate and a host of state and local offices. The AMA feels that like other special interest groups, motorcycling must make itself. heard at the polls. The Rider Vote '84 campaign is intended to call attention to the importance of becoming a registered voter and casting ballots for candidates who seem sympathetic to the needs of motorcyclists. Rob Rasor, the AMA's director of government relations, calls Rider Vote '84, "An important part of the AMA's effort to get motorcyclists involved in the electoral process. Only by letting our elected officials know that riders are watching their actions Accel Musclebike Spark Plugs with unique U-Groove design AtteI Mmd±_ Spark PIuss were developed speriOCaIIy for bigb peiblUllDCe moIDIcyde appicatims An aIk:qlper cenIer elecbode IJves the widest poesIk heat I'aIJIe wille the lJ.Groove lJlouod decbode pOiDJlt:s fall, 0 ....... CCliiluslioo. The brigbt yellow 5-rib he prevents Iasbover at peak RfM 8iId IoIlId, aDd special . . . pevwt k eYeD in uIIra-biab IIOIIE:ilOW'I' a-. t r. eD(IlDes. We spoke with Team Honda's Danny "Magoo" Chandler on Monday, February 20, and found out that Danny is already halfway down the road to recovery and has been out riding near his home in northern California, after having his jaw severely broken while out practicing. Chandler said, "After spending the last two weeks lying flat on my back, I was glad LO get back up on my feet. Although I was quite dizzy at first, I have improved quite a bit. I had some of the wires in my jaw removed yesterday and hopefully tomorrow the rest will be taken out. I've ridden three times so far and I am pleased with my re ults, even though I still have a lillIe problem with vision." When asked when he thought he would compete again he said, "I won'tcommit mysel£, but I think I will ride the first ational in Florida only if I am up LO 75 to 80%. I won't ride if I am 50%, and that's where I am right now. I think by the third ational I will be 100%." We recently printed an item about the Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association's Can-Am Series and new rider school. but we printed an incorrect phone number with that information. The correct number is 206/363-3597. Papa just received preliminary news about a good bill in the California legislature. The bill is SB1887, its author is SenaLOr Royce, and it would allow Green Stickie-registered bikes limited access LO public roads for the purposes of connecting trails and refueling. The Seattle Kingdome is going to be the venue for more motorized competition in the near future. Wesco Promotions is hosting the Westem Indoor Championships, and the dual card will be filled by Super Midget cars and short track motorcycles on a specially prepared asphalt oval. The promoters claim to have riders like Mickey Fay, Randy Skiver and Jeff Campbell entered. The date of the event is February 25, and time trials start at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Ticket Master or at the Kingdome on the day of the event. More information can be yours by calling 206/624-0623. Another reminder that the Cal ifornia Air Resources Board will hold a hearing on March 22 LO reconsider the 1.0 gram-per-kilometer hydrocarbons e· missions limit that had been set for motocycles over 280cc. The industry is objecting because the limit will require catalytic converters. 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