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Raceway in Riverside, California . Hosted by the BMW Automobile Club of America , the two-day rid in g school will be held in co nju n c t ion w ith a d riving school for BMW automobile owners. Registratio n form s and more inf orm ation can be obtained from Lief Ande rb e rg at BMW A utomob ile C lub of America, P .O . Box 401 , Hollywood , California 90078. Entri es a re still avai la ble for th e Malco lm Smith Ra cin g-sponsored Sierra Bla nca 200 K ( I OO-mi le) End u ro in Eu senada. Baj a California, Mexi co , February 10. Only 200 A a nd B riders will be acce p ted 10 co mpete in th is one-day end uro. For m ore information co ntact Paul Eddy at Kearny Mesa Ya m ah a (Sa n Diego . Ca liforn ia ) 619/292-5454. Winne r of the Fari -Des igned Obstacle Anaheim Contest sta nds by h is creation : David Schawa rzott, from Long Beach, California , designed what was known as the Schwarzott's Slammer at the Jan uary 18, Ana h e im Supercross. Harley-Davidson Motor Co. , Inc., was recently selected as a recipient of the Corporate Quality award at the Rocky Mountain Quality Conference. Vaughn Beals, Harley's Chairman and Chief Exectutive, will attend the annual conference on April 2 in Denver, Colorado, to recieve the award. The AMA has announced th at it will n ot issu e p rof ession al sidecar ro ad racing licen ses in 1986. " Basica lly, p ro mo ters didn 't co ns ider it a viable class, beca use th e field is too sma ll , and th ere are n o sig ns o f gr o wth," , said AMA 's Pa t Murph y. "The p ro m oters didn't want to pay a purse. With th e kn owledge th at we weren 't . goi ng to have a ny races, it did n' t ma ke any sense to have licen ses." A riding school for BMW motorcycle owners will be held on April 12-13 at Riverside International AM A / lnsport Superc ro ss points s t a ndings fo llowing the January 18 Anaheim S u p e rc ross o pe n e r in A naheim, Californ ia , ha ve Team Honda 's David Bai le y in t he le ad with 25. Second throug h 10th are Rick Johnson (22), Johnny O 'Mara (20), Keith Bowen (18), Micky Dymond (16), George Holland (15), Broc Glover (14), Ron Lechien (13), Billy Liles (1 2 ), Jeff Leisk (11) and Brian Myerscough (10). Top five in points in the 125cc Pro Am c lass is Tyson Vohland (25), Donnie Schmidt (2 3), Eddie Hicks (2 0), C ra ig Canoy (18 ) and Drey D ircks (16 ). T he 1986 AMA Na tional C ha m p io nshi p Mot ocross Seri es sch edule has been o ffic ia lly releas ed : Ma rch 2. G a in esville, Florida; April 6, Sacra men to, California; 1\la y 4, Bo ise, Idaho: Ma y 18, Sout h wick, .Massach useus: Mav 25, Mt . Morr is. Pen n sylva n ia ; JlI!'le I, Denver, Col orad o ; july 6. Bu ch anon. Mi ch igan ; july 13, Axton , Virg in ia; August 3, Bingham to n, New York : August 10, Mill vil le, Minnesota; Au gust 24, Wash o uga l, Washington. One event (i n California ) will be added to th e schedu le a t a lat er date. American Honda Motor Corp. recently donated six Honda motor- cycles to the Northern Illinois Uni versity Motorcycle Safety Project . The project invol ve s rider train ing co urses for both stree t and t rail riding in Michiga n and Illinois ; for more information call NIU at 815 / 753-1683 . Daytona Int ernati onal Speedw ay will g ive A1\ IA mem bers a free pit road crede ntia l wi th th e p urcha se o f a ticket o n Sundav, March 9 for th e Superbike fina l d uri ng th e motorcycle speedweek, Mem bers m ust su bm it a special fo rm ; for more informat ion and an order form ca ll 6 14/ 89 1-2425. Bro t h e rly lo ve: Brock Bullard , the winner of t he 85cc 7 -11 Mini Florid a Win ter-AMA Mot o c ro s s Serie s. us e d some o f the Yamaha cont inge ncy h e w on t o buy h is o lder brot her a ne w ra cing m ot o rc yc le. Kaw asak i will di splay the ir 1986 lin e o f m o torcycles, ATVs a nd j et Ski s a t shoppin g malls nationwide o ver th e next few months. In terested persons a t th e mall s wi II be a b le to use a co m puter to get a printout listi ng fea tures, price a nd typica l mont h ly pa yment schedu le. For more inform a tio n ca ll 714/720-094 1. Formula Two road racing champi o n Don Greene rece ived the Motor ing Press Assoc iat ion M o t o rc y c le Race r o f t h e Year award at a banquet in Sa n Fra n c isco, California . Indy car racer Rick Mea rs and Sears Point Race way owner Jack Williams were a lso h on o re d for t heir cont ributi ons to motorsports. Th e H usq varna Motor Company recent ly won th e 1985 Video Award of Excelle nce a t th e recent Internationa l . T elevis ion Awa rd s for its new sa les vide o . The aw ard is th e eqiva lc ru 10 an Emm y for non-broad cast vid eos: th e Husk v video int rod uced the ir 1986 1ine o f m ororcvcles a nd it ca n be seen at H usq varna d eal ers. (Con ti n ued to page 20 )