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highways, safer drivers and decreased driving during bad economic times, have played a greater role in reducing highway deaths than ilie national speed limit, the AMA believes. The Association cOJ1lend that states should once again be free to create speed limits ba edon highway design, traffic volume and road condition. 'Because the national speed limit is a federal law, the AMA's Government Relations Department will take up the issue with the .. Congress. Stiff opposition is expected on Capitol Hill, and the GovernmeJ1l Relations staff aJ1lici pates a difficult fight, j udging from the fate of imilar speedlimit legislation. "It will be nece sar}' that we have the support of all of the nation's likeminded motorcyclists in this venture." commeJ1led AMA Vice President for GovernmeJ1l Relations Rob Rasor. "We urge aU concerned riders to write to their U.S. representative and senators in support of the AMA's position on the speed limit. Without the active backing of motorcyclists from all over the country, we don't ex pect to g-et very far.'· Further details are available from the AMA at P.O. Box 141, Wester• ville, OH 43081. ~dOp fiY p~p~ Wf~LfY (Continued from page 3) When th rescheduled Springfield Mile is run on July 22, it will be an all-new race, tarting over with time trials and new heat races. American Honda spokesman Mike Spencer warned that disconnecting the VF500F's fuel pump as we recommended last week could cause lean carburetion when the fuel is very low in the tank; accord- THE 0 LY SOOcC WO LD CH ing to Spencer such a modification may void the bike's warranty. We don't believe a word of it. Halftimes at the Superbowl of Motocross featured a four-lap, three-anda-half minute press exhibition race. Editors from several motorcycle/offroad publications participated. The uncontested winner was Motocross Action Magazine's David Gerig, while second went to Din Rider's Mark Kariya and iliird to Cycle Guide's Ron Lawson. Other entrants included Motocross' Dennis "Ketchup" Cox, Dirt Wheels' Randy Russe.ll, while. Yamaha's Willie Amaradio and Kawasaki's Gary LaPlante, who rode a works 250, also participated. Our man Kit Palmer, on a friend's bike, took a low-speed soil sample after tangling with Lawson and recovered to finish sixth. 0 I T EU lYE STATES! THE NISSAN U.S.G.P. ENTRANTS RIDER HOMETOWN BIKE RIDER HOMETOWN BIKE Hokan Carlqvist Andre Malherbe Broc Glover Graham Noyce Johnny O'Mara Harry Everts Dave Thorpe Andre Vromans Jukka Sintonen Georges Jobe Dave Watson Eric Geboers Laurence Spence Donnie Cantaloupi Tom Flink Rick Johnson Goat Breker Stephan Desmare Phil Larson Lief Persson SWEDEN BELGIUM EI Cajon, CA ENGLAND Simi Volley, CA BELGIUM ENGLAND BELGIUM FINLAND BELGIUM ENGLAND BELGIUM IRELAND Stockton, CA FINLAND EI Cajon, CA Riverside, CA BELGIUM Bremerton, W A SWEDEN YAM HaN YAM KTM HaN HUS HaN HaN HaN KAW KAW HaN KAW HaN HUS YAM KAW YAM YAM HUS David Bailey Peter Snorteland Andy Stacy Eric Eaton David Mclain Micky Dymond John Whelchel Rick Maki Gary DePilio Don Poulson Don Turk Vincent McMahon Taylor Marcell Jimmy Ellis Scott Manning Curtis Caparrella Joe Wright Don Griewe Wolter Gruhter Franco Picco Axton, VA Newbury Pk, CA Depwe, NY Corona, CA Houston, TX Yorba Lindo, CA Newhall, CA Hollywood, CA Northridge, CA Temecula, CA Lucadia, CA. Orange, CA Costa Mesa, CA Fresno, CA San Bernardino, CA Aspen, CO Nampa, ID Sunnymead, CA GERMANY ITALY HaN YAM HUS HaN HaN HUS HaN YAM YAM HaN HaN YAM KAW YAM YAM YAM HaN HUS KAW YAM AiII1 SANCTIONED THE 48 HOURS OF CARlSBAD • SANCTIONED The 'GRAND PRIX' ... The most serious race you'll see ... Two 45 Minute races both counting for World Chompionship points ... one of twelve races in twelve different counties ... You can't get more serious than that ... THE' CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD! THE DUNLOP CHALLENGE 250cc race. Two sizzling motos featuring 30 Notional Caliber Riders headed by teenage sensati?n, Ron Lechien on a factory Hondo, Yamaha's Keith Bowen and Team Tamm's Alan King. SIGN UP & TECH INSPECTION ... On Saturday at Peasoup Anderson's. See and meet the riders Saturday Morning ... See the latest Grand Prix Bikes from Europe being teched and weighed ... Go over to the track in the afternoon, pick your spot and watch official practice. MOUNTAIN BIKES ... The latest craze ... Grown up BMX bikes with 20 gear ratios ... These are the bikes guys like Bob Hannah use for training ... and California's best 30 riders will PEDAL round two lops of the Grand Prix track ... Yes pedal!! And ex-motocross superstar Mike 'Too Toll' Bell, will challenge 0 new sport! CONCERT STANDARD P.A. System with great sounds ... Two days of fun, sun, the best looking girls anywhere contests ... giveaways displays of new N ISSAN Trucks and motorcycle gear from Hondaline and Sinisalo and 15 cameros and a helicopter from ABC watching you watch the race ... but YOU are the privileged few that will BE THERE LIVEIl ...... ~ _ : .". :. ~:::,) fit ~ DUNZ,OP Tex Peel's latest innovation is this aerodynamically designed rear seat section combined with rerouted exhaust pipes exiting under the seat. The combination appears on Ted Boody's Harley-Davidson XR750. The oil tank is now mounted where the right side number plate is located. Bobhy "Boogaloo" Schwartz scored a perfect 15 point for top score honors in the]une9 Ni san American Speedway Final. the first tep in the process of qualifying for the World Individual Final. Three other Americans -Kelly Moran, Shawn Moran and Lance King - all qualified for the next step, the Overseas Final in Great Britain this summer. Pre-race favorite Dennis Sigalos suffered a fractured right ankle. Fred Merkel and Mike Baldwin will team up on a Honda for the July 29 Suzuka Eight Hours World Championship Endurance Race in Suzuka City, Japan. Baldwin has won the event twice, once on a Suzuki (with Wes Cooley), once on a Honda (with Dave Aldana). Merkel rode a Honda with John Bettencourt and finished third last year. "Tex (Peel) and I have paned ways," said Camel Pro Series competitor Hank SCOll after Saturday's Harrington Half Mile National. SCOll and Ted Boody had hooked up with Peel after Ricky Graham switched over to Team Honda after the 1983 season. SCOll aid he'd be riding with brother Gary for the rest of the '84 season. "Gary and I are going to build a bike for me to ride. He has been using one of my motors. We'll have three of tbe monos hock chassis by the time the Springfield Mile runs July 22." Peel and Terry Poovey, who had just won Harrington aboard the Tex Peelprepared Harley belonging to injured Mall Rozowicz, were seen standing off to themselves, obviously discussing the matter. "We don't have any- l~~~ll§~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;~~~~~~m~W~~~~:;~~~~I~.~I~~~~~~.~~ili~in~g~t~O~~ll~uaSOfn~"'~dP~ HGNDALINE when asked if Poovey would replace Hank Scotl. •