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110\V'm llSl wear a'wr is; b•a ce d u ri'ng the week wh en he's n o t riding . Si nce the Oklahoma q ua li fie r was a twoday Ma rt in deci ded 10 si t it OUI and let 'tiIe wrist hea l. Accord ing 10 Smi th , Ma r ti n will ride the M ichigan twoda y, Ma y 17-18. Busy man: Willow Springs lnt ernational Raceway owner Bill Huth, already up to his neck in new construction, projects and programs at his racetrack, says he 's involved in the planning and construction of Reno Int ern ational Raceway in Reno, Nevada. The t rack is scheduled to open in 1987 and is be ing designed w ith motorcycle rac ing safety in m ind. Accordi ng to AAl\I R R Florida race promoter H enry DeCo uw, M or~so Corpora tion wil l repave th e en u re 2.25-mi le road raci ng co urs e/dragstrip a t Moroso Racewa y Pa rk in West Palm Beach, Florida starti ng J u ne 23. Repa vi ng the course , wh ich ran ges fro m 26 to 60 feet wide, shou ld be co m p leted by Augus t 24; the J u ly 20 AAM RR road race a t the tra ck will be ca nce lled . DeC ouw p romotes seven AAMR R even ts a year a t th e track, a nd two of th is yea r's eve n Is a re cashbu t-n o t-poin ts-pavin g - nd s of the rou Suzu ki GS XR Series; those rou nds a re sched u led for Ma y 26 and Aug us t 24. Perhaps you 've noticed a new line of type on our front page the past few issues. It has read "Time Dated Material" and also li st ed the day that particular issue was delivered to the Long Beach, California, post office. Th is week the line reads " New spaper" and the date mailed. All of th is is one more step we 're .r:iy-. G-ra" .fWlall\" wen l .{ 'l·4Io,ioi.:' o·_ t aki ng 'to -hopef ull y p rod· t he U.S. Postal Service int o giving yo u the kind of service you (and we ) have paid f or. Th~ d ia g n osis w~ s co mpress io n frac- ' t u res of three vena brae, i ncl uding rhe o ne through wh ich lung nerves pass, whi ch exp la ined Gray's shor tne ss o f breath . T hat diag nos is di d n' t keep Gray from racing in rhe AF1\I even t a t Sea rs Point Internarional Racewa y in Sonoma , Ca lifornia o n March 30, win ning the Open Stoc k Producti on race and fin ish ing fo un h in 750cc S toc k P roductio n . " 1 had ice packs a nd some deep breathing ru b from a ch iro p ractor," G r;.IY sa id wh en he . recen tlv ad m itted being inj u red . " 1 d idn ' t ~"a m to lell a n ybo dy because I needed the money I co uld win raci ng. " Ban Peterso n topped A P rod uctio n a t th e April 13 WERA road ra ce a t Summ it Poin t. Wesl Virgin ia , a round o f the Suzuki GSX R Series. Peterson beat Dan Chivi ngton a nd Dale Quarterlev. a ll three on Suzuki GSX RllOOs. Jeff 'Dean won B P roductio n o n a GS X R750, wit h Chivington second a nd Do ug Polen third ahead o f G reg T vsor. Dea n also won th e Honda 500 In terc eptor ra ce, bea ting Polen and T yso r, Can-Am 's Geoff Ballard captured t he overall win at the opening rou nd of the AMA National lSDE Two-day Qua lifie r Series in Sand Springs, Oklahoma on Ap ril 1213; Second overall went t o Husky 's Larry Roeseler on a S10cc four-stroke, while Fr itz Kad lec (Hus), Kurt Hough (Hon ) and J eff Fredette (Kaw) rounded out t he top five, Class w inners were Ballard (SOOcc), Hough (2 5 0 cc), Peter Postel (Hon, 12Scc) and Roeseler (Four-stroke). Full story next week. Loren " Ha p " J ones of Ha p J ones Distr ibuting received th e AMA .Dud Perkin s Award fro m AMA P resIdem Ed Youngb lood o n April 5 at the Trai lb lazers ba nq ue t in Pasaden a , Ca lifornia ; the Trailblazers is an organization o f motorcycl e i nd.ll~try pioneers. Jones, 80, has been n~ lIlg motorcvcles si nce 1923 a nd received th e awa'rd for h is ou tstanding con rriburion 10 motorcycling. Isle of Man v intage race w inne r Dave Roper will ride a Team Obso- Tough guy Scott Gray. in let e Matchless GSO the La Carrera Mexican Road Race scheduled for May 10 in Baja California, Mexico, sponsored by Bell Helmets, Castrol Oil and Accessory Mart. Tough guy: SCOl! Gray 's back h.un and he was having trouble brea thing aft er he crashed Kevi n Schwa n rzs Yos himura Suzuki a t the March 23 AFM road race at Willow Springs Racewa v in Rosa mo nd , Ca lifornia , bUI h e Jidn 't tell anvone and •an th e Toyota/ Budweiser F~rmula USA ra ce a nvwav , taking a second. (Befo re the crash , Gray finished second in 750cc Stock P rod uction ). But when he co u ld n 't walk and still had trouble breathi ng by the fo llowi ng Th urs- Husqvarn a's only f actory motocrosser on the N ational circuit, Andy Stacy, has quit t he t eam after the Hangtown N ation al. Ac· cording t o Husky's Charles Holcolm, Stacy is lacking enthusiasm about ri ding the A MA National Series, so he's j oini ng a team of Honda riders t o compete in the Canadian S uperc ross Series. " St acy doesn 't have enough of the confidence he needs rig ht now t o compete in the Nationals, " said Holcolm. " It was a mutual decision for him to leave the team. As of now, we have nobody lined up t o replace Andy. " ...... -... .. 0.. ~ The 1986 Speedwa y Final scheduled for June 7 at Long Bea ch's Veterans Stadiu m has been postponed to J u ne 2 1 due to sched uli n g problems with o ther events in th e Los Angel es are , a according 10 promoter Harry Oxley U.S. riders wi ll use the Long Beach race to quali fy for th e Wo rl d Ind ividual Speedwa y Championship (Co n tin ue d 10 pa g e 32) 3