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elude David Bailey. Mark Barnett• . Billy Liles. Ron Lechien. Jeff Ward . Johnny O·Mara. Rick Johnson . Keith Bowen and Jim Holley. with Georges Jobe. Hakan Carlqvist. Erik Geboers. Pekka Vehkonen. Dave Strijbos. Gert-Jan van Doorn and Jacky Martens making the trip over from Europe. Whil e Cycle News Editor John Ulrich was in J apan th e week of October 7-14, sections of th e tire shootout pitting the Dunlop K700 vs. th e Miche lin Hi -Sport at Willow Springs ( Cycle News, October 16) were inadv ert entl y swapped d ue to a production error; the final six paragraphs on pag e 7 of that issue ac tually belonged o n page 6, before the page 6 paragraph beginni ng "For Dun lop, the hard part was tryin g to carry th e advan tages of radia l road-racing slick s into a streetlegal radia l tire compatible with existing stoc k street tires." Nicholas Rodil del Valle . the honorary president of the Federation Internationale Motocycliste (FIM). w ill preside over the November 9 Rodil Trophy Invitational Supercross in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . The new series is named in honor of Rodil . who retired from the FIM in 1983. Rodil, who resides in Madrid. Spain. became a permanent delegate to the FIM in 1947 and took over the presidency in 1965. a position he held for 18 years. Rodil personally negotiated the affiliation of the AMA with the FIM in 1969. Rodil will also be a guest of honor at the Motorcycle Centennial Dinner to be held November 10 at the Anaheim (California) Mariott. The celebration . hosted by the AMA with cosponsorship by the Motorcycle Industry Council and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. will take place 100 years to the day after Gottleib Daimler successfully operated the world's first motorcycle. Whil e we've been kep t in the dark a bo ut R.J. Reynolds' sponso rship pl an s for next year's spl it Camel Pro Series, the Novem ber issue ofAmerican Motorcycl ist , the AMA's mont h ly magazine, ca rr ies a co lum n by Bill Amick , AMA director of compe tition, in whi ch Amick revea ls that $150,000 has been posted by Reynol ds' Ca mel brand for the Ca me l Pro Dirt Track Series, a nd $ 100,000 for the Ca mel Pro Road Ra ce Cha mpionship. In addi tion, a new award, th e Ca mel Ch allen ge Cup, will see th e rider who ea rns th e most poi nts in the two series receive $25,000. T hat brings th e total point fund mo ney posted by R.]. Reynol ds to $275,0 00, a whopp in g $100 ,000 increase over the amo unt paid out this year. DLIKE TOS AB OKE R COR • Pirelli Wins 14 World MX Class Championships In The Las. Six Years. World Championship: Dave Honda/Pirelli 1985 SOOcc World Championship: PekkaThorpe CagivalPirelli 12Scc Vehkonen Andre Ma lherbe Honda/Pirelli 1984 SOOcc World Championship: Michele Rinaldi Suzuki/Pirelli 125cc World Championship: Hakan Carlqv 1983 SOOcc World Championship: Erik Geboers ist Yamaha/Pirelli 1 ~5cc World Championship: Suzuki/Pirelli Yamaha/Pirelli 250cc World Championship: Danny Laporte 1982 12Scc World Championship: Erik Geboers Suzuki/Pirelli 500cc World Honda/Pirelli 1981 250cc World Championship: Andre Malherbe YamahalPirelli Championship: Nei l Hudson 1980 12Scc World Championship: Harry Everts 500cc World Championship: Andre Malherbe 250cc World Championship: Georges Jobe 125cc World Championship: Harry Everts Suzuki/Pirelli Honda/Pire lli Suzuki/Pirelli Suzuki/Pirelli Imagine. Out of 18 World Motocross Class Championships in the last six years. Pirelli tires have won 14 of them! Now those tires are here and available in America . The MT-27 Deltacrass and MT-35 Hardcrass far , adobe. hard pack and rocky surface<. The MT-32 Sanderass far stadium. mud . loam and gravel. And aur new MT-3 7 Lagunacrass with its "scoop" tread pattern far muddy and sandy ground. For your copy of aur new Pirelli Motacrass brochure with all the tire s and sizes . write : Pirelli Tire Company. ala Ampersand International. P.O. Box 421. Tenafly. NJ 07670 I.HELL' WORLD'S FASTEST PRO STOCK The American Federation of Motorcyclists (AFM) has scheduled .its annual six-hour endurance road race for November 24 at Willow Springs. More information is available from 213/864-0704. 161.57 cecil County Raceway, MD, OCtober 5-6 The world's fa stest Pro Stock Motorcycle Is powered by WEB-CAM PERFORMANCE CAMSHAFTSI PIZZAJOHN MAFARO, riding his Suzuki GS1100, delivers a win and both ends o f the Drogbikel Pro Stock record at on 8.35 ET at 161.51 MPH. For more info rmatio n on lhese record selting cams or to o rder, call (714) 631·1770. Use your Visa, MasterCard or UPS C.O.D. The Ca lifornia Racing Club (C RC) says th e Sep tem ber 29 o pening of the Los An geles Cou nty Racewa y was a success wit h over 300 riders in attend a nee, CRC is planning improvements to th e facil ity a nd is hop ing to ha ve the trac k avai lable o n a limited basis for pract ice p urposes ; any suggestions fo r im provemen ts can be sent to CRC at 245 18 Island Ave., Carson, Cal ifornia 90705. ---- The 1985 125cc Pro-Am Supercross Series East /West Shoot-out will be held in conjunction with the November 9 Rodil Trophy (Co n ti nued 10 pag« I I ) .- E ATE _- -.- PIZZA JOHN ",AFAIIO _-_ -. 3