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(An offer to David Aldana was withdrawn when Hondaland officials learned he would ride a Suzuki). Asked about that discriminatory policy, which many feel is inappropriate for a World Championship race, American Honda pokesman Tom Hicks said "Honda owns the track; they're not going to bring over riders on other brands." Floridian Steve Martin, now living in Japan and contesting the Japanese National MX Series, scored another overall win in the Suzuka 250cc GP on May 13. Martin, mounted on a Honda, easily won both motos for his second consecutive win on the circuit. "My mechanic told me to slow down a bit and not beat thl! Japanese too bad this time," Martin said. '" don't want people to turn against me." Martin was also invited to appear on an upcoming editio.n of way through the second lap and riding with a broken wrist as the result of a practice crash. Roper will also contest the 10M Formula Two race, to be run June 8. a late night TV "talk" show in Japan. Yamaha's big money contingency plan for privateer MXers has been expanded to inlcude Supercrosses in Buffalo, Boston and Oakland. For more information call Yamaha's Racing Department at 714/761-7300. Easy weight loss: Honda's VF500F Interceptor comes with a fuel pump, but the bike run., just fine without it. The pump weighs 1 pound, 2.5 ounces. Team Obsolete's David Roper became the first American to score a win in the Isle of Man TT Classic's 77-year history when he won the Classic Bike Hisvoric class on the opening day of the June 2-8 event. Riding a 500cc Matchless G-50, Roper averaged 96.11 mph for three laps around the 37.7mile circuit, despite hitting rain half- Kawasaki's Jeff Ward, in winning the June 3 Miller High Life Superbowl of Motocross, broke a dry spell for the marque at that partic. ular event. The last Kawasaki Superbowl win came at the hands of Jimmy Weinert in 1977. Ward's win was played in front of a bigger crowd, however; approximately 70,000 people made their way into the Rose Bowl by the time the main event got underway. Each team at the WERAIDuniop 24Hour scheduled for Willow Springs on June 9-10 must supply its own scorers, and the scorers must supply their own chairs, according to Willow Springs owner Bill Huth. THE ONLY SOOcc WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES! THE NISSAN U.S.G.P. ENTRANTS RIDER Hakon Carlqvist Andre Malherbe Broe Glover Graham Noyce Johnny O'Mara. Harry Everts Dave Thorpe Andre Vromans Jukka Sintonen Georges Jobe Dave Watson Billy Liles Eric Geboers Laurence Spence Donnie Cantaloupi Tom Flink Rick Johnson Goat Breker Sterhan Desmare Phi Larson Lief Persson David Bailey Peter Snorteland Andy Stacy Eric Eaton David McLain. Micky Dymond John Welchel Rick Maki Gary DePilio Dan Paulson Don Turk Vincent McMahon Taylor Marcell Jimmy Ellis Scott Manning Curtis Caparrella Joe Wright Don Griewe Walter Gruhter Franco Picco HOMETOWN SWEDEN BELGIUM EI Cajon, CA ENGLAND Simi Valley, CA BELGIUM ENGlAND BELGIUM FINLAND BELGIUM ENGLAND Fairburn, GA BELGIUM IRELAND Stockton, CA FINLAND EI Cajon, CA Riverside, CA BElGIUM Bremerton, W A SWEDEN' Axton, VA Newbury Pk, CA Depwe, NY Corona, CA Houston, TX Yorba Linda, CA Newhall, CA Hollywood, CA Northridge, CA Temecula, CA Lucadia, CA Orange, CA Costa Mesa, CA Fresno, CA San Bernardino, CA Aspen, CO Nam'pa,ID Sunnymead, CA GERMANY ITALY BIKE YAM HON YAM KTM HON HUS HON HON HON KAW KAW KAW HON KAW HON HUS YAM KAW YAM YAM HUS HON YAM HUS HON HON HUS HON YAM YAM HON HON YAM KAW YAM YAM YAM HON HUS KAW YAM DUNLOP CUP 250cc ENTRANTS RIDER HOMETOWN BIKE Ron Lechien Alan King Jeff Hicks Rick Ryan A. J. Whiting Louie Franco Clint Hardick George Holland Erik Kehoe Keith Bowen Richard Sands Gary Bowman Douglas McRae Damon Webb Michael Carey Richard Gracia Tom Witt Rod Richardson Greg Zitterkopf Ed Arnet EI Cajon, CA Troy, MI Atwater,OH San Jose, CA Sherman Oaks, CA Sherman Oaks, CA Spring Valley, CA Kerman, CA Granada Hills, CA Pontiac, MI West Covina, CA Bakersfield, CA Danville, CA Fresno, CA Chicago, IL Cupertino, CA Scottsdale, AZ Burbank, CA Chino, CA Santa Monica, CA HON HON HON SUZ HON HON HON SUZ HON YAM HON SUZ HON HON HUS YMA HON KAW HON ABC Sports will again tape the Nissan U.S. 500cc Grand Prix Motocross Grand Prix, scheduled for Carlsbad Raceway on June 24. David Bailey will replace injured Danny Chandler for Team Honda at the U.S. Grand Prix, backed up Johnny O'Mara. For the first time, all three reigning motocross World Champions will battle in the U.S. Grand Prix. Eric Geboers (I 25cc), George Jobe (250cc) and Hakan Carlqvist (500cc) are all entered in the 500cc event to be held at Carlsbad. The ravages of time: Former 500cc road racing World Champion Barry Sheene of England has married his long-time girlfriend, Stephanie, and she's pregnant, Sheene on Spencer: After watching Fast Freddie Spencer at the Match Races, Sheene declared that Spencer is the fastest road racer who ever lived. Sheene's opinion of Eddie Lawson? "He's not fast enough to be World Champion." Larry Huffman's radio program, Motorcycle World, airs every Sunday evening from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. on KEZYAM1190intheLos Angeles area. Guests scheduled for the near future include U.S. Suzuki V.P. AI Parker June 10; SCORE President Sal Fish and A TV racer Mark "Wax" Weixeldorter on June 17; and Motorcyclist editor Art Friedman on July 1 . Riverside International Raceway o££icials have begun a 12- to 18-month site-location study, somewhere between "Santa Barbara and San Diego" for a new facility, with the present facility scheduled to be torn down in about three years. According to a report in Car and Driver, track oHicials are looking for a site like Laguna Seca or Sears Point, with min- . imal grandstand construction and maximized hillside spectator areas. Plans also call for a full road course, a 1.5-to 2.0-mile NASCAR-type oval, and a professional-quality dragstrip. The completion window for "Riverside II" is 1987-89. Kenny Roberts will ride the open practice sessions at Circuit Paul Ricard in France prior to the June 11 French GP to sort out suspension and tire combinations for the Yamaha TZ250L racers of Team Marlboro Roberts. HosPITal STOP: I. Intermediate motocrosser Chuck Penny Jr. will be out of action for several months as a result of a crash while racing at Indian Dunes May 13. Penny underwent knee surgery May 17, and will be in a cast for at least three months, according to his father. Get well cards and letters can be sent to him at 20214 Fairweather, St., Canyon Country, CA 91351. -- l:SI.,SAU ~DCTN~OP WE REST OUR CASE ... Hahn Cycle USA's new phone number is 213/464-5976, contrary to what was reported here two weeks ago. SANCTIONED District 37 tells us that Barstowto-Vegas is on for November 24, and this year's edition will include the race, a road rider poker run, dual-purpose vehicle poker run, a pit vehicle poker run, and an awards ceremony/raffle at the Frontier Hotel. Entries for the race will open June 15 and close November 17. For information, send a selfaddressed, stamped envelope to B-to-V '84,1 01716th St., Apt. A, Santa Monica, CA 90403. • 7