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PtiQp fiY MP4I Wf4lLfY - (Continued from page 3) A Latest Poop item last week had eale Walker winning the Top Fuel cia.. of the AMA/DragbikeJ event at Fremont. California. on a Suzuki. Wrong. Walker ride. a turbocharged Kawasaki .ponsored by hi. own .hop. Holeshot Performanee. and by Ko.man Specialtie•. BMW dealers met in Vail, Colorado, recently for the K-Series model introduction. According to BMW, one of the highlights of the event was an audio-visual presentation by former Olympic skiing medalist Billy Kidd, and a "ride on" by Paris-to-Dakar winner Gaston Rahier, aboard the machine he used to win the 7000-mile rally. Evel Knievel i. back in the motorcycle-jumping bu.in.... according to Joe Parkhur.t·. Motorcycle Busines. Newsletter. Knievel and his son Robbie WIll stage a "spectacular" sometime in August. where he and Robbie will both jump 1 6 bu.... and then Robbie will add four more andjump all 19. Knievel is also reported to be working on a show at Ascot with Chris and Cary Agajanian. in memory of the late J.C. Agajanian. Al Parker, Suzuki's vice president in charge of motorcycle sales, will run a one-kilometer leg of the Olympic Torch Relay this month. Suzuki is sponsoring the leg, which costs runners $3000, and the money goes to youth sports charities. Parker ran the recent Olympic Torch 10K, finishing the 6.2-mile run in 46 minutes, 651 St overall and 30th in his age bracket. Argyll Park. located 11 miles south of Dixon. California. will be holding it. 1 Oth annual White Knuckle MX on Labor Day weekend. There will be three qualifiers for the event. July 16. August 6 and August 26. A big purse and a bike giveaway will be featured on the Labor Day event. Vintage, classic and special interest motorcycles return to Laguna Seca Raceway for the Champion Spark Plug 200, July 21-22. Owners and enthusiasts are invited to display their machinery throughout the weekend with a special parade lap and an exhibition race for vintage and classic single-cylinder bikes on Saturday. Randy Green (Hon) led round three of the We.tern Regional Champion.hip serie. from start to finish to take the Expert win over Charlie Barkman. Mickey Far (W-R) wa. third in the Castle Rock TT event. Junior Ryan Fi.her (Rtx) al.o col. lected a win. and Chris Fktzhugh wa••econd on his Honda. Randy Roo.e (Hon) ran a .econd in the Novice main. while Harley-mounted Jack Booth wa. the victor. (Contin~ed to page 46) uality Is Not Expensive! * FURY Open Face $63.95 * FURY MX Prove It * FURY Full Face FURY Helmets FURY Helmets have all the features of more expensive brands but not the high price. Check the features. check the price. You will agree that quality is not expensive. Buy Fury Value. ~ VISIT YOUR FURY DEALER TODAY Or Contact: '(@,. AMERICAN SPORTS CO., INC. DOT and SNELL 80. Sizes XS to XL MX ev8ilable in yeaow. Red. White, Blue Street In Red. Blecll. White. Blue. Yellow. Orange ~ suggested reteil M.de in U.S.A. 2970 East Maria Street, Compton, CA 90221 (213) 636-9978 15