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Latest Poop (Con tinued fro m page 2) fornia State H ighways 14 ·and 178; BLM official s sta te th a t the clos ure is a seasonal occ urance to a llow local " birds of p rey to nest with ou t bei ng disturbed. " Kerker Exhaust Systems added $7000 to the 1985 AMA contingency program for Superb ike racing. Riders who f inis h in tJ1e t op f ive at a Camel Pro Series Superbike f inal or AMA Pro-Am road racing final will be eligible for cash awards from Kerker with bonuses for w ins. Fo r more in formation. contact Kerker R&D D irector Steve Johnson at 800 /423-5246 (in Cal ifornia 800/382-3689). The fifth a n nual Kin g o f the Desert race will be held Su nday , Feb ruary 24, on the An cient Dr y Lak e Bed in Imperial County, Ca lifornia . Past winners in cl ude Mart y Tripes. Dan Ashcraft a nd Marty Smi th. It 's AMA Dist rict 38 sanctioned, wit h classes for bikes a nd ATVs. Contact Fudpucker Ra cin g , 250 Ken ned y #6 , Chula Vista , CA 92011.(619)427-5759. WERA announces that the First Annual Historic Motorcycle Race w ill be he ld Sunday. March 3 . at Roebling Road Raceway in Faulk ville. GA. Classes w ill be hel d f or Early Vintage. Vintage and Super Vintage road racing m otorcycles; camping is available . The event is scheduled to make racing feasible for racers en route to Daytona. For i n f o r m a ti o n contac t WERA . Drawer H. Bluffton, SC 29910. (80 3 ) 784-3105. Accordin g to Yamaha 's racing team manager, Ken Clark, the ir factory MX team - Broc G lover, R icky J ohnson and Keith Bowen - will agai n be mou nt ed o n mod ified prod uc tio n mach inery as was th e case in 1984: H onda, Ka wasaki a nd Suzu ki will co ntinue to use works bik es in '85, bu t that is ex pected to come to a n end i n '86 wh en th e AMA inten ds to implement a modified production rule for su percross a nd o u tdoo r Nati onals. Works bike s wi ll be o u tla wed a s result. a I I AMA's Supercross Referee Ron Crandall was seriously injured at the Anaheim Supercross when Ron Lechien crashed and careened off the track during the second main moto. Lechien 's bike hit Crandall. severely breaking his leg j ust above the knee. "1 saw him comin ", " said Crandall. "1 st ep ped back. then he h it a haybale and his bike ran right int o me. I knew as soon as he hit me. it was broke. " Crandall was in surgery for four-and-a-half hours. I having bone grafts. He 'lI be laid up . . in the Ka iser Hospital in Anaheim. California for at least another week. T he 16th a n n ua l Ni ssan Motorcycle and ATV Expo is sched uled to run February 8- \0 a t th e Ho uston Astro a rena in conj u nc tio n with th e Ca mel Pro Seri es short- trac k and TT races. Guest a p pea ra nces will be mad e by the Ho usto n O ilers a nd a few Pl a yboy Playm ates. Also fea tu red will be a hands-on educational program, th e " Ho nda ATC Ride Ex perience," to teach beg inners th e funda mental s of riding ATVs. Fo r furth er informa tion ca ll (2 13) 435-4050. Back by popular demand : Reigning 500cc World Road Racing Champion Eddie Lawson w ill make a return guest appearance o n Larry Huffman's Motorcycle World radio show February -1 7 . -A n earlier appearance by Lawson h ad reportedly drawn t he largest li stener response since t he show began. Motorcycle W orld i s broadcast Sunday nights f rom 9 :00 to 1 0 :30 pm by KWVE FM 107.9 in the southern Calif o rn ia area . FROM THE R UMO R MILL: T he word is that Stadium Mot or sp orts Corporation 's Mik e Goo dwin has been negotiating with a maj or oi l com pa ny over sponsors hi p ri ghts to the AMA Grand Nation al Ch am pio nship MX Series. which includes both supercross a nd outdoor Nationals. T he fig ure we've heard pegs th e amount of sponsorship from the o il co mpany near th e S1.3 mi llion mark. Representatives of t he Bureau of Land Management (BL M), the U.S. Navy. the Calif o rnia Off-Hig hway Motor Vehicle Recreation Com mission (O H MVRC) and off-road enthusiast g ro ups w ill meet o n Februa ry 15 at the Sa n Bern ard ino (Ca lifornia) Hil ton Hotel to discuss the Navy's proposed land grab in t he Ca lifornia desert. Individ ual en t h usiasts are invit ed t o the 1 :0 0 p .m . meet in g and m ore inf orm atio n is available f rom 7 1 4 /35 16394. Continenta l Tires wi ll introduce its new T KVI I a nd T KVI2 high-performance treaded DOT racing tires to the press in Port ugal on February 18. T he new tires a re positio ned to compet e with Mi chelin , Du n lo p and Metzeler in production road racing event s and mark Conti nental's firs t ent ry into the competitio n tire market. Redwood Cycle Scene. Inc., U.S . im po rter and d istributor of Frank Thomas boots. has established a contingency program for amateur road racing in 1985. Cash awards will be made at designated events. For more information. contact Redwood Cycle Scene. Inc.• P.O , Box 3192. Santa Rosa. CA 95402. 707/542-4501 . MONEY - SAVE BIG MONEY! A ma ssive land management " intercha nge" betw een th e Forestry Servi ce a nd Bureau o f La nd Man agem ent (BL M) will be in stituted before th e yea r is o u t, acco rd in g to a recent a n no u nce me nt from th e BLM . The p ro gram in volv es 30 to 35 mi ll ion acres an d su bseq ue nt mineral rights in North Da kota , So uth Da ko ta , Montana, Wyoming , Co lorado , New Mexi co , Arizo na, U ta h, Id a ho , O regon, Nevada an d Ca li fornia . In short. la nd ma naged by th e FS will be handled by the BLM a nd vice-versa . T he mo ve is described by officia ls of both agencies as being mor e efficient and econo m ica l, a nd will co nsol idate ma nagem ent of lan d s under one agency. An estima ted 25 to 35 mi llion dollars is expected to be saved an nua lly when the exchange is fully implemented. Land s used for off-road ac tiv i ties are no t expected to be affected , since bo th agencies use the same ma nagement p ro visio ns. BLM and FS heads will meet June I to ma ke an implementation agreement wi th the exc hange p lan goi ng in to effect O ctob er I; Congr ess will pass th e pl an into la w nex t year. For mor e inform at ion, co ntact your local BLM . or FS office . Moto Guzzi an nounces the availab ility of the 650cc V-65 Larin, wh ich sports push rod -activated four-valve cylinder heads. Weig hing in at less than 375 pounds. the new sport-touring bike features 16-inch w hee ls f ront and rear. 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