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new Suzuki products in the U.S. i s held by the U.S , Suzuki Motor Corporation . We have been advised that legal proceedings may be initiated by U.S. Suzuki should this practice continue. For your inf ormation, U.S. customers may come to Canada to purchase Suzuki products if they w ish; however, customs certification for use in the U.S . is the respo nsibility ofthe customer. Suzuki products sold in Canada are not certified for usage in the United States except under extraordinary circumstances." ~ 00 0") ...... BYP~P~ Wf~LfY Motocross Mom Gale Webb and Malcolm Smith will appear on the P.M. Magazine show the week of March 22 . The show, to be seen on Channel 11 in southern Cal i forn ia on March 22, was picked up . by stations across the country and by 75 networks outside the U.S . The show centers on off-road riding, safety, family involvem ent and kids in sports. Webb has also been . invited to present her Safety in Sports show in Tokyo, Japan and to appear at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California for 40 shows over the Easter week. Th e photo of Ri ck y Orlando sitt ing o n hi s Superbike, which appeared o n .p age 10 o f Cycle News, March 13, wa s mi ssing a photo credit. P ro per photo credi t shou ld have been given to Ed L. Doe ring. Inland Mo to rcycle Speed way in San Bernardino, Ca lifornia, sta rts its 1985 speedway season Wednesday ni ght, Ap ri l 3; ga tes o pe n a t 6:30 p.m. On September 28, IMS will host th e Californ ia State Championsh ips. Ca ll 818/446-0969 for in formatio n. American Honda has started Team Clean, a national program to cleanup off-road riding areas. Honda is approaching the BLM, U.S. Park Service, Army Corps of Engineers and state park agencies, and will donate to them ATVs, trash compactors, toilet facilities and generators. Also part of the program is a proposed donation of $165,000 in equipment to the BLM to be used in riding areas in the western U.S. ; the BLM, in a separate program, is recei vi ng f ive trash compactors for California use, worth $19,000 each. Honda will work through its dealers and motorcycle and A TV clubs to initiate local clean-up programs. Team Clean is being run by Gary Smith, Field Safety Co-ordinator for Honda's Safety and Recreation Department. Shown here at the'Camel Pro Series opener at Houston, Texas, are 15 of the 17 former National number one riders who attended. In the f ront row (from lef t) are Randy Goss, Steve Eklund, and Jay Springsteen. Center row (from left ) are Kenny Roberts, Joe Leonard, Dick Mann, Carroll Resweber, Mert Lawwill and Gary Nixon. Back row (from left) are Bart Markel. Gary Scott , Roger Reiman, Mark Brelsford, Gene Romero and Brad Andres. Not pictured are .Ricky Graham and M ike Kidd. . Belgian's Eddy Lejuene, reigningObserved Tria ls World Champion , won th e seco nd ro und o f the 1985 World Championship Series in Belgium o ver fir st ro u nd winner Thi erry Mi ch aud of Fr ance. Britain 's Steve Sa u n de rs took th ird. Mi ch aud ca me back to win rou nd three in Belgium o ver Lej ue ne a nd Sa u nde rs. Honda's Ricky Graham is out for an indefinite period after breaking his left femur and right collarbone in a practice riding accident March 13. Graham was riding with Kenny Roberts on a private track when the accident occurred; he was taken to nearby Doctor's Med ical; Center in Modesto for surgery. " It's not as bad as you think," says Graham, who i s already walking and is not· using a cast. ' 'I'll be back whim I can . " See HosPITal STOP in Resu lts section. Pi zza j ohn Mafaro won the fir st NMRA Pro Stock drag ra cing round he ld in co n j u nctio n with th e NH RA Gatornationals March 18, after a rainout o n March 17. Mafaro a n d h is Suzu ki ra n 8.45 sec. @ 155.87 mph to defeat Ra ndy Ma son a nd h is Kawasa ki 's 8.4 7 sec. @ 158.67 mph in th e final s. Loser s in the semi -finals were T err y Vance a n d Superbik e Mike K ey te, .6 . John Riddle, general manager of Daytona International Speedway, confirmed in a press co nference before the Daytona 200 that the Speedway would host an AMA U.S . End urance Cup Series round on J uly 3 . The 250-mile road race , to be called the Paul Reve re 250, will beg in at 10 p.m , Organizer Roger Edmondson is expecting a field of 80 teams in the nighttime race . The $20 ,000 purse i s the largest-ever offered in U.S , motorcycle endurance road racing , The Am erican team for th e u pc oming Transatlantic Troph y Match R ace Seri es in England will most lik ely co ns ist of roa d racers Randy Mamola, Wayn e Ra iney, Ri chard Sc h lach ter, R and y R enfrow, j eff H aney, Doug Bra u n eck a nd j immy Adamo . Questi on mark riders are Fr eddie Spen cer a n d Wes Cooley. R eportedly, Spencer would like to co m pete a n d th e sponsor of H onda 's G P road ra ce team , R othmans C igare ttes, ap paren tly is a ll for it, but H onda is balking . Spen cer crashe d during last yea r's ser ies and cracked bones in both feet , whi ch ca use d h im to miss the followin g week 's Spanish GP. Suzuki Canada Inc. has asked Canadian Suzuki dealers to " im mediately cease advertising in the United States for U.S. sales. " Suzuki Canada, in a letter sent to its dealers, continued , "The exc lusive right to advertise and sell On March 24 Perris Racewa y i n Perris. California , w ill be h ost in g a ben efit MX gra nd prix for H arry T horn burg, wh o was pa ra ly zed in October of last year during a GP race at Perris. The friends of H arry Thornburg , a n d with th e h elp of Doubl e Cross Raci ng . wi ll be promoting the ra ce. All proceeds will go to help H arry w ith his medi ca l expe nses. For more i n fo rma tion ca ll 714/ 821- 1901. Cycle News will send money to correspondents Mike Bosnick, Trevor Meeks, Gary Brown , Sue Kingsford and Thom Martin in return for their current addresses. J o h n Ada ms o f Redondo Beach , Californ ia won a new Kawasaki 600R N inj a in a co ntest held by Larry Huffman's Mot orcycle World rad io sh o w, bro adcast over so u thern Ca lifo rnia's KWVE-FM every Sunday n ight from 8:00- 10:00 p .m . Ada ms fo llo wed deta iled clues released a t Kawa saki dealerships sp o nsori ng th e show. to di scover a key hidden in a remote area. a n d. by d o ing so, won the bike. The Cal ifornia branches of the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management are holding public meetings on the land and management interchange both agenciesare planning for later this year. Meetings will be in Alturas (March 20), Eureka (March 25), Garberville (M arc h 26), Ukiah (March 27) . and Redding (A pril 9 ). Contact your l ocal Forest Service or BLM office for exact t imes and locations. Am er ic a n speed wa y s ta rs Bobby Sch wa rt z. Sha wn Moran a nd R ick Miller were sto pped from racing at Au ckl and ; Au strali a' s W estern Springs Speedway recently because AMA o fficia ls sai d riding in th enonFIM event would jeopardize th eir FIM licenses. A new $175,000 points fund by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company will award a record $40,000 to 1985's AMA Camel Pro Series Champion. Under a revised structure, the entire fund will be distributed based on fina l series standings; $140,000 w ill be divided among the top 10 riders in the ' Camel Pro series; an extra $35,000 will go to the top f ive in t he Formula One road racing portion of the ser ies. Stadi um Motorsport s has an nounced tha t th e Pasad en a R ose Bowl Supercross. schedu led fo r May 18, has been post poned with no new date set; t ~ e Superbo w l o f Mot ocro ss, ho wever , is sched u led to run Sa turday, Ma y I I. a t th e Los Angeles Mem o rial Col iseum. Ca ll 714/951-8848 fo r in fo rm at io n . The Dirt Diggers still have openings ava ilable for riders wanting to compete in the Hangtown National Amateur program scheduled for Saturday, March 30 . For information, write P.O . Box 1074, Fair Oaks, CA 95628-1074. Suzuki Support rider A.]. Whiting sustained serio us in tern a l inj uries in a practi ce rid e get- off in Val en cia, Ca lifornia , wh en he ap parently fa iled to clear a g u lle y j u m p . T he impact ki cked up th e rear en d of Wh iting's bike, send ing him o ver th e bars into a dirt em ba n kme n t. res u lti ng in a ruptured sp leen. wh ich was remo ved a t a nearby hosp ital. Whiting is expected to recover soon. See H osPITa l STOP in th e resu lts section. The resu lts of the March 7 Daytona Cycle Week Alligator Enduro, which was ru n in Daytona Beach. Flo rida. were changed six days after the fact. The "official" results. posted on the evening of t he run, had Kevin Hines (Hus) winning. but after scoring errors were discovered. John Martin (C-A) was awarded the overall win. T he 1985 so u the rn Ca liforn ia speedway season ki ck s o ff Fri day n ight, March 29 a t th e Orange County Fairgrou nds in Costa Mesa, Cal ifornia . Th is da te is not to be co n fused with AMA -sa nct io ned speed way racin g sched u led to begin April 4 a t Ascot R aceway in G ardena , Ca lif orn ia. AMA District 38's Open Coyote desert race is scheduled to be run west of Plaster City in the Imperial Valley. Sunday. March 31 . A nybody can race in the 1OO-milelong event, but a D ~38 card is required to qualify for district points. For details, call 619/4275759. (Con tinued to page 38)