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-~ ~ l!") 00 O'l IN THIS NExr SLiD/: YOV 'Ll 5E£ O!JTLAW 61KERS Itl TIlE DeSERT DRINKING lbWfHUAU AND EATING ........ STEAl: I ~ --' ........ """ .... NArvRE "J ~ NAZIS ~ ll e-t . bIJ r•. ~ A'L W€l4ME ~ Latest Poop (Co ntinued from p age 4) J ohnn y O 'M ara , win ner o f th e 250cc class at th e Ju ly 28 Nati onal MX a t Center Lisle, New York 's BroomeT io ga Sp orts Cent er, rook advan tage o f a break in th e Nati onal sched u le 10 co m pete in a foot race in Oxnard , Ca li forn ia , o n Ju ly 20. Th e event was a ha lf ma ra tho n (13. 1 mil es) a nd O 'Mara fin ished fifth o vera ll a nd seco nd in hi s class . " I ran it in 76 minutes," sai d O 'M ara , "a nd was p retty sore for a few days a fter ." Slater Brothers, the U.S , Importers of Laverda motorcycles, ha ve issued a press re lease stating that co ntrary to what has been"printed in some publications. the company is not bankrupt and is currently in production of 1 2 5 cc sports models. Laverda is scheduled to unveil their new li ne of V-Three streetb ikes in 500. 750 and 1000cc sizes, Superbi ke Series competitor R icky O rl ando was named to replace. the injured Wes Cooley a t th e Au gust 5 AMA (road ra ce ) Rules Ad visory Board meeting. Orlando will fill the position o f rider repr esentati ve unt il Coo ley decides he is well eno ugh to a tte nd meetin gs. 54 The Cal ifornia Air Resources Board (CARB) staff will host a public forum on August 21 to receive additional comments on the draft report "The Effects of Oxides of Nitrogen on California Air Quality" which was released earlier this year. The forum is an additional opportunity for the public to present comments to the CAR B staff; for more information contact Don McNemy at 916/322-6048. ' Apol ogies to Ca m el Pro Seri es dirt tracker Dan H oward w hose n ame was in adv ert entl y dro p ped from th e rundown o f th e top five qua lifi ers in th e DuQuoin Mi le National co verage. H ow ard was third fastest , with a 39.979 seco nd lap, to sta rt on th e pol e for th e third heat ra ce. Howard led th e opening laps o f hi s heat on th e Ventura H -D /Fo st er T ru ck in g / Howard Body Shop Harley-Davidson. Honda-mounted Kerry Peterson won the Montana State Hillclimb Championship for the fourth time on July 28. For th e firs t ti me since it bega n two years ago. th e Stu ttgart Mo to r Show in Germa ny on October 25 th ro ugh No vember 3 will feature motorcycles . Las t year 's show attracted crowds of . more th a n 80,000. The Triumph Bonneville has made a comeback in G reat Britain. After a two year co llapse of pro d uction. t he English m otorcycle has been b ro ught back b y Devo n-based bu sinessm an Les Harris . The Bo nneville is available in two basic specifications. a Eu ro pean version with a four gallon classic t ank w ith low bars. or an American style with a 2 .8 gallon peardrop style tank and higher bars. De liveries started i n England in early July and the 750cc machines are going for $3850 . H ap J on es D ist r ibut in g ha s a nnoun ced th e co mpa ny 's s up po r t a lo ng with PJ I O il of · th e Mert Lawill Harley Davidson race effo rt th at will see Kennv Roberts ' re tu rn to dirt trac k ra c i n g on September I in Springfield , Illinois. The project is pri marily a developm ent program which is test in g new .r h asis a nd en gi ne co m pone nts, according to Wah Buntin o f H ap J ones. • HAV E YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT . .. 7 Team Marlboro Yamaha's Edd ie Lawson tells crew chief Kel Carruthers. who tells team manager Giacomo Agostin i. who tells a team mechanic, who obviously told Rothm ans Honda' s Freddie Spencer, who te lls crew ch ief Erv Kanemoto, who didn ' t tell us. Photos by Henny Ray Abams, who is out in the cold as well.