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em Washington area. The event is the final race intheAMA/Bel-Ray Grand National Motocross Championship. "I think it's too bad that happened," Eddie Lawson told us when informed of Freddie Spencer's decision to miss the next two Grands Prix with a cracked collarbone(seepage 18). "I'd like to see him there, and I'd like to race with him. I think Silverstone (England, August 6) is a good race for us and I'm looking forward to it. If we do good at Silverstone we'll be pretty well off. But one DNF on our side and (third-place) Randy (Mamola) will be right there in the points. I'd feel more comfortable racing with Freddie if we had a battle going back and forth. Wrth Randy and Raymond Roche I have to be more caraful. I think Randy has a lot to prove to Honda, and wants to ride for them next year so he'll be riding a little extra hard. I have to keep it upright. I don't want to do something silly and try to be a hero and win avery one. I'd rather be World Champion. I've been thinking about that a lot lately," Mike Bishop, Chairman of the California Off-Higbway Vehicle Motor Recreation Commission called to tell us that the Commission aprroved $7.1 million in grants to loca agencies for tbe development of ORV areas. Meeting over the weekend of July 28-29, the Commission reached the $7.1 million figure after trimming back proposals from $10 million, approving only what Bishop called "bare-bones good OHV spend· ing." The money came from the state's OHV Fund, collected from OHV (Green Stickie) registration fees and a I % cut of state gasoline taxes. Steve Lucero battled to a close third-place finish in the World Under 21 Speedway Championship held July 28 at King's Lynn, England. England's Marvin Vox won the event with 12 points, while Lucero wound up tied with Englishman Neal Evitts and Swede Hans Wahlstrom for second with 1 1 points. Lucero finished second to Evitts in the run-off to determine second through fourth. The event. which has been won by Americans Ron Preston and Shawn Moran in the past, was marred this year by the death of Swedish rider Leif Wahlmann in a crash. Oops. The August 9 showing of the Laguna Seca Otampion Spark Plug 200 race and the Superbike event will be at 7:00 p.m. on the USA Network, not the time 12 hours early that we printed last week. The August 14 showing will be at 9:00 p.m. There is an additional showing scheduled for September 4 at I I:30 p.m. All times are Pacific Daylight Time. The 60minute program, produced by Peter Starr, is sponsored by Honda and Strohs Beer. Strohs is also sponsoring a Starr program on the recent Springfield Mile, but that has not yet been sold to a station or network. 2 There will be no camping at the track the night befora the August 19 Washougal National Championship Motocro... by order of the Clark County Sheriff in the southI I I I • t Shawn Moran led the way as all three Americans still in contention for the World Individual Speedway Championship qualified for the World Final to be held September I in Vogens, Demark. Moran scored U points to win the July 20 Intercontinental Final in Vojens, Denmark, and Lance King scored II to place third overall behind England's Simon Wigg. The other American competing, Kelly Moran, scored eight points for fitb overall. Tbe top II riders from the Intercontinental Final in the biggie. Complete coverage of the Intercontinental next week. Hera is the rundown on the money paid by the R.J. ReynoldsTobacco Companyforthemid-seaon points leaders of the AMA Grand National Championship/Camel Pro Series: Ricky Graham ($10,000), Randy Goss ($60001, Scott Parker ($40001, Ted Boody (nOOOI, Doug Chandler ($2600), Bubba Shobert ($2200), Alex Jorgensen ($2000), Terry Poovey ($1900). Stave Morehead ($1800). Mike Baldwin ($533), Jim Filice ($633) and Pete Hames ($633). The payoff was based on the points standings following the July 7 St. Louis Short Track National. Team Hammer (Suz) won the 16th annual 24-Hours of Nelson Ledges endurance road race July 28-29 by a margin of 27 laps. Team Hammer led the first through fourth hours and the eighth through 24th hours; Team Ontario (Hon) led the fifth, sixth and seventh hours but DNF after three crasbes. Team Heschimura,the 198!1 winners, ran second before replacing an ailing engine, then crashed for a DNF. l-P Racing finished second on an FJIlOO Yamaha; Speed Boys finished third on an FJ600 Yamaha. Brian Meyette has closed B.C. Cycle Supply in Westminster, California; saying that all outstanding business obligations will be met. Anybody interested can call 714/ 891-6286. The California Vintage Racing Group (CVRG) was recently formed to promote vintage motorcycle road racing. Members include Dick Marm; races are scheduled in conjunction with AFM events at Sears Point Raceway. Information is available from 415/ 829-6091. Riders in the Ughtweight Division II claaof AMA District 37's desert division have a new steward following the resignation of Gary Charters. Bob Freeman has been appointed the cia.. steward for the remainder of the year. His address is 10628 Hawthorne Ave., Hesperia, CA 92346, telephone 619/244-1696. Early next year desert racers will bave a chance to shoot for the biggest guaranteed purse - $20,000 - in the history of the sport. The event will be the Whiskey Pete's World Championship Hare and Hound II, a four· loop clover leaf race to run January 12, 1985, at Stateline, Nevada. Promoter Casey Folks said that entry fees will be reduced from 1984 levels, to $100 plus insurance. For more information on the event, contact Folks at 702/ 457-034!1. The AMA has awarded three grants totalli~g $~200 from its Ride~ Leg- islative Contingency Fund. The money will go to ..rect trail-riding information signs in Wisconsin, lobbying for off-road motorcyclists in California, and to the ATV-riding Dune Patrol at Pismo Beach, ca'ifomia. Expo 86, the 1986 World Exposition scheduled for Vancouver, Canada, will offer a 250.000 prize for innovation in the design of a vehicle. The competition is being organized by the Engineering Students' Union of the University of British Columbia and is limited to engineering students from around the world. Entries are limited to one per university in the nations ~rticipatingin the Expo, and the vehicles entered in the contest must be stTeetiegal for their countries of origin. Judging will include performance, functionability, safety, energy efficiency and innovation. More information is available from Gail Flinon at 604/689-1986. Far-flung future: The BMW Automobile Club of America will host another Nurburgring West riding school at Laguna Seca Raceway November 24-26, aimed at improving BMW owners' riding skills through instruction and practice. Three-time Superbike Champion Reg Pridmore, now a BMW dealer, tops the list of instructors. Information is available from Laif Anderberg, BMW ACA Driving School, P.O. Box 101. Hollywood, CA 90078. Insport has announced the final three events of the Wrangler Supercross Series. They are Sacramento, California (Cal-Expo, September 29), Oakland, California (Oakland-Alameda County Stadium, October 20), and Los Angeles (Memorial Coliseum, November !I). The Sacramento and Los Angeles races will be" promoted by Stadium Motorsports. Pace Management will handle the Oakl3Tld event. Willow Springs International Raceway In Willow Springs, califomia, will be a busy place over the September 16-16 weekend. Sunday the 16th will feature AMA Superbikes in the BudweiserIKerker Superbike 100. On Saturday, Kerker will present the Bud Ute FourHour Endurance Race, an AFMsanctioned event that will begin at 4:00p.m. FordetailscontectJItM Promotions at 714/682-9649. Northern California trail riding enthusiasts will want to mark August 18-19 on their calendars. That's the weekend the New Life Trailriders will present a Wilseyville-to-SilverLake I75-mile catered trail ride. The $75 entry fee includes all the gas, food, refreshments and meals served on the trail both days. For more information contact Don Ivan at 2091754-5204. Duralube will sponsor a timed pit stop competition for pit craws the day before the Whiskey Pete's World Championship Hare 'n' Hound scheduled for January 12, 1 986. In addition, it has been announced the Malcolm Smith will be grand marshall of the raca. As part of its Diamond Jubilee celebration, the AMA has placed a time capsule at the base of a new flag pole at its Westerville, Ohio, headquarters. The flag pole was a gift to the association from the staff. All construction, including digging and pouring of a four-foot-deep cement base, was done by AMA employee~ on their own time. Various AMA documents, pins, patches and publications were placed in a 6" by 2' cylinder which was buried three-feet below the surface within the concrete footer. Tbe project was completed and the capsule sealed on June I!I, and the American and AMA flags were first raised on the morning of June 14, National Flag Day. An official dedication ceremony fe-dturing U.S. Congressman John Kasich is planned later this summer. Jeff Ward, winner of the 126cc division in New York, looked plenty fast in spite of a the knee injury he auffeted a few weeks ago. "I'm fine as long . . I k.... my knee brace on," Aid Wlird. It appears that the Dutch will be going for the gold when they host the International Six Days Enduro on October 1-6. The Silver Vase team is to be ca pLained by former MXGP star Gerard Rond and will include current 125cc World Motocross Championship Series point leader Kees van der Yen. The Dutch World Trophy team effort will be headed by the world's fastest motocrossing dentist, five-time USGP winner Gerrit Wolsink. hsfJyercailsitthe "World'stough- est motorcycle competition... They mey be right; Papa's gluteus maximas would certainly howl in protest if he entered. h's The Ironbutt. an SQOO-mile, 1o-day, onelap trip around the United States on a motorcycle. h starts August 28 at Montgomeryville Cycle Center in Montgon.-y, PwlnsyIv8nia, and it's a timed endurance went with the winner being the rider who checks in most accurately at five pre-detarmined points. Organizers uy that there i. $40,000 In acheduIed prize money, plus lots of con,tingencl... Entry fee is '600, and the~sspe~onerideronone motorcycle, stock fuel system reo quired. The event is being run by Roadman, P.O. Box 78, Harrington Park. NJ 07640. Alfred Backus, a 25-year-old glazier from Pomona, California, won a $!l770 motorcycle mechanics scholarsbip to American Motorcycle Schools in a drawing held recently at Costa Mesa Speedway. Backus was presented with the good news by AMS National Sales Director Jim Audray. Yamaha Support rider Jim Holley, who does much of the testing for Dirt Bike magazine, h.. spent a lot of time in Japan lately, "I've been putting on MX schools in Japan for Honda," said Holley. ''Thera are a lot of riders over there eager to leam American riding techniques, and I'll be going back again for a while in September. lucidly, I hwe an interpreter by my side all the time so I can c0mmunicate with the students. My contract with Yamaha says I can ride any other brand so long . . I'm not racing, so there's no conflict working with Honda." . General Motors selling Suzukis? You bet. The new subcompact auto in the Otevrolet line, the Sprint, is manufactured by Suzuki The car, which Suzuki designates the SA!lIO, is powered by a 1000cc three-cylinder, dohc engine. Suzuki markets the vehicle under its own name in many other countries. The Bureau of Land Management will be auctioning off about 2000 acres of government land in southern Califomi. on September 12. , , " ..