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Cycle News 1985 04 24

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ing, especially to the a uthor of the bill, Assemblyman Jim Stone. Stone a nd th e Assembl y Transportation Committee had put a lot of work into the bi ll tha t just went down th e drain . Townsend ap pa re n tly had some objec tio n to th e enforce me n t provisions ap p lica ble to rid ers un der 21. UM RO N lobbiest Fr ed H arrell directed th e 1985 rall y to wards ge tting a nalher bill introduced th is sessio n. It was a two-da y affai r with a bou t 1000 participants Satu rda y a nd a no the r 500 Sunda y. Th er e were par ad es eac h da y (he lrnerless by specia l permi si on ) with the S u nday parad e directed past th e Nevad a Sta te Pri son to give th e inmates a sh ow . T he rall y did have a n effect. Stone agreed to re-introduce a no the r bill a nd, as o f thi s report , he and 24 co. sponsor s hav e su bm itted AB 388, wh ich hopefull y will now clear th e Sena te. Nevada Governor Brvan ha s a lready pu blica lly stated he' wo u ld sign the bill if it rea ches h im, so it looks like Nevada 's mandatory helm et law ma y fina lly be relaxed. MOTORC.YCLE WORLD VIA SA T E LLIT E AND PARTI CI P A TI N G SUZUKI DEALERS I N VI T E YOU TO ... UJOIN TH E S UZ UKI P UR S UI T" and win · ANY1985 Suzuki of you r choice! Each week two motorcyc le trivia question s will be posted at participating Suzuk i dea lers . Go to you r nearest dealer and pick up an offic ia l Motorcycle World entry an swer sh eet and con test rules. If you co rrectly answer all of the questi ons, you 'll win you r cho ice of any 1985 Suzuki motorcycle. In the cas e of a tie, the winner 'sname will be dra wn at rand om . . Johnson, Summerlin jam at Eugen.e·Easter MX By Cla y Lig ht SUZUKI PURSUIT DEALERS EUGENE, O R, AP R. 7 H onda-mounted Dean Johnson jamm ed into th e lead in both Intermedi ate m ot os to take a I-I tall y to th e troph y p resentati on a fter dem o lish ing th e Open B class a t today's District 28 double points mot ocross. Bryan Summerlin a lso rod e spec tacu larly, winning both 125cc B mot os on what wasn't th e most popu lar day, sin ce this was East er Sunda y. Still, 100 ent ra nts ca me to race a nyway. Scott Adair rod e brilliantly in the ' 125cc Bclas s, but his 2-2 tally co u ldn't top Gar y " Bad Boy" Beyer' s devastating I-1 tall y. Ser ies conte nder Beyer sli p ped hi s KX into th e first mot a lead and sa iled orr in sea rch of th e chec kered flag , holding orr a horde of fellow Intermedi ates consisting of Adair, KX80·m ~>Unted j eff Dail y an d Mark Slipp (Yam). Mot o IwOalso sa w Beyer bru st into the lead. After a battle with Adair, Beyer emerged as th e winner to gr ab th e o vera ll. Ada ir went 2-2 over Slipp (4-3) a nd Darr en Fleming 's 5-6. " Ra dical" Rodney Kell er (Yama ha Honda of Roseburg/Roger Ca m pbell/ Pep si /Honda U.S.A.) has co ntin ued to storm th e stale o f Oregon ; today was no exce p tio n as Kell er ca me a way with top doll ars in th e co mbined Pro class. Kell er had his work cut out for h im in th e form of J oh n Woodl ey (Hon 250) a nd Ricky Gun derson (Ya rn 125) in th e first mot a , but by th e en d Kell er had an easy win. Th e seco nd time o u t saw Woodl ey cha lle ng ing Kell er to a duel that never materi al ized. Woodley d id all he co u ld to nab Keller, but to no a va il as Kell er rod e a rampant pa ce to tak e a 1-1 overa ll. Wood ley was seco nd overa ll, and Gunderson , wh o went 3-3, beat Int ermed ia te Jeff Landrum (Kaw 125). Summerlin (Kaw) berserked hi s KX into co m ma nd of the l25cc C class, mov ing into a lead while sh aking off adva nc es of Jerry Aich er (Yam) and Darrell Wou lbrandt (Kaw) in the first of two grueling motos. The second time out again saw Summerlin sh oot into the lead and never look back. But there was a battle for second, co nsisting of Aicher, Woulbrandt, ' Mark Ham ak er (H a n) a nd Ka wasaki mounted Mike Nott, who finish ed La H abra Suzuki-La H a bra Suzuki Country-Norco S uzuki of Glendale-Glenda le Saddleback Suzuki-Laguna Hills Irv Seaver Motorcycles-Santa Ana West Valley Suzuki-Canoga Park Joe Koons Motorcycles-Long Beach Ed Kretz & Son M /C Inc.-Monterey Pk. Town & Country Cycle-Fullerton Inland Empire Suzuki-San Bernardino M arin a Suzuki-Los An g eles Lakewood Suzuki-Lakewood L.A. Suzuki-Los Angeles Anaheim Suzuki-Anaheim Suzuki City-Inglewood Suzuki of Van Nuys-Van Nuys Cole Bros. 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