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Series, riding their Suzuki GSXRllOO to win a 500 kilometer event at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota on May 31. Cobare Racing's Kathleen Coburn, Roy Hare and Edgar Hinton rode their GSXR1100 to second with Schwing racing's Yamaha FZ750 third. Stadium Motorsports is stressing that the June 7 Los Angeles Coliseum Superbowl of Motocross is a regular supercross and not a repeat of last year's Rodil Cup. The Coliseum stop is the final on the 1986 supercross tour. According to SMC, the University of Southern California has opened its parking lot for supercross parking on June 7. Husqvarna riders Mark Hyde, Fritz Kadlac and Fred Hoess fi nished 1-2-3 in the June I National Championship Hare Scrambles Series round in Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania. After being postponed due to fog, the Isle of Man Formula One race was run on Monday, June 2. Although the)!p-g.J:\ad. lessened, it was still pre~eO~ioid't!"e race was shortened fr0fT\.)lix al?s to four, for a total of 151,l1l!les.,Forthefourth straight year the winner was Honda'sJoey Dunlop. Honda-mounted Jeff Johnson finished second. Camel Pro champ Bubba Shobert, who has a commanding lead in the Camel Challenge Cup poim standings, kipped the Brainerd National Road Race on Sunday. June I, and stayed in Louisville, Kentucky, to te t Continental dirt track tires, after finishing third in the Louisville Half Mile the night before. Fund raising efforts for injured motocross rider Keith Dysert are continuing, according to organizer Andy Kirker. A benefit party featuring food, drink and dancing is scheduled for Sunday, June 8 at McConahay's Cadillac Cafe, 11889ValleyView, Garden Grove, Califomia. The Keith Dysert Benefit Motocross Race and Raffle is slated for June 15 at DeAnza Cycle Park, near Sunnymead, California. Raffle prizes include a Yamaha street bike, trips to Hawaii, cases ofTorco oil and more. Funds raised will be used to purchase a liftequipped van for Dysert, who is now confined to a wheelchair. Former Grand National Champion Gary ScOll was more cheerful than usual at the May 31 Louisville ational Half Mile. "This is the first time since 1 crashed with Peter Hook here last year thatI'vefelt 100%," aid Scott. ScOll, a two-time Louisville winner, has hung up his steel shoe and now manages the KK Motorcycle Supply Aftermarket Race Team whose members are his brother Hank, teve Morehead and Doug Davis. Team Hammer's Doug Toland, Dave Sadowski and Pat Hernon won the May 31 six-hour round of the WERAIEBC National Endurance Road Racing Series at St. Louis International Raceway in East St. Louis, Illinois, riding a Suzuki GSXR 11 00 to take over the series points lead. M&M Racing finished second on a Yamaha FZ750 with Team Racerback third on a Kawasaki GPz600R Ninja. 2 Team Lockhart's Wendell Phillips and Lynn Miller continued to dominatetheAMAIMotoWorld U.S. Endura~ce. R?ad ~cinp. ~mpion hip The May 17-18 AMA Camel Pro eries road race held at Sonoma, California's Sears Point Raceway, sponsored by D Den 0 and Western Scooter, was the most uccessful motorcycle event in the track's recent hi tory in terms of pectators drawn and paid admi sions, according to Sears Point spokesman Ri k Lalor. The track declined to issue specifi a ttendence figure . With the ban in West Gennany of tobacco advertising in motorsports, Team Lucky Strike Roberts became Team Pac-Man at the West Gennan Grand Prix. Tobacco companies can be fined up to $200,000 if the narne or logo of cigarette brands are displayed at a motorsports event. vintage bike classes. The official entry. form appeared in Cycle News issue' number 17. Entries must be accom· panied by a money order or cashier's_ check for $20 (no persona I checks) and a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Make out the money order to BADCO and mail to: Magoo Invitational, 4321 Alsace Court, Fairoaks, CA 95628. For more information call 415/672-8283. For information about California Vintage Racing Group classes call 415/829-6091. Stadium Motorsports is offerinq a mone.y back guarantee on their June 7 Los Angeles Coliseum Supercross; anyone not satisfied after ·the first heat can get their money back at gate four. Team Honda's Supercros and 250 c National Champion Ricky Johnson can be seen on a com mer ial for the June 7 Los Angeles upercross on Los Angeles area TV stations. Johnson is joined in the commercials by his dog, a Chinese Shar-Pei named Bogey. Matt Capri rode Luftmeister's turbo-charged BMW K100RS to 161.261 mph at a recent SCTA land-speed meet at southern California's EI Mirage Dry Lake. The speed makes the bike the fastest BMW in American history, topping the 147 mph mark set by Butler & Smith (then U.S. BMW importers) in 1976. Capri says his next goal is to top the 173 mph mark reached by a BMW in Germany in 1937; he'll then claim to have the fastest BMW in the world. Capri says the turbo kit on the bike is completely streetable and produces 7.0 psi of boost. Multi-time World Speedway Champion Ivan Mauger will conduct his second annual speedway school at Ascot Park in Gardena, California, on June 14-15. The school will run from 9-5 on both days and costs 150. Mauger said anyone is welcome from beginners to those trying to qualify for the World Individual peed way Championships. For more information call Ascot at 213/515-5115 or Mauger at 714/530-8466. The everyone has heroes department: Three-time World Champion Kenny Roberts recently met country-western perfonner Willie Nelson at a concert in northern California. Roberts got his hands on a backstage pass and after the concert had a few beers with his favorite musician; Roberts, who is the team manager for Team Lucky Strike Roberts, was also sporting a WranglerIWillie Nelson cap during the West Gennan Grand Prix. A 1985 Yamaha YX~50 and a 1983 Honda CRI25 were stolen from a shop next door to Dalla Baker's in Orange, California, recently. Baker is offering a reward of 500 fpr il1fprma. . Gary Goodfellow. tion on the theft; the YZ features a special black seat (instead of the stock red) while the Honda ha D.B.P. engraved on the barrel. And information can be passed to 714/639-3975 Motocross races scheduled for June 1 and June 15 at Asheboro MX Raceway in Asheboro, North Carolina have been cancelled, .according to raceway spokesman Lona Duggins. The next regularly scheduled motocross at Asheboro Raceway will be held September 1. 'Doug Polen tOPped uzuki G XR Series competition at College Station, Texas June I, riding his GSXR750 to victory in the 750cc Stock Production class, and winning the Open Stock Production division on a GSXRlIOO. The multi-talented Polen also claimed victory in the 500cc Honda Interceptor Series race. A photo caption which accompanied the picture of "surfer" Ricky Johnson and friends in last week's "In the Wind" incorrectly referred to Gabriele Mazzarolo as vice president of Acerbis Plastics. In fact, Mazzarolo is the owner of Alpinestar, an Italian boot rnenufactruing firm. Organizers of the Danny "Magoo" Chandler Invitational benefit motocross at the Prairie City O.H.V. Park in Sacramento, California say that entries for all classes are still open including unday's Pro classes and Steve Trinder. A Friday, June 6 practice session for the AMA National Amateur MX Championship, Amateur and Youth Qualifiers at Gatorback Raceway in Gainesville, Florida has been cancelled due to the unavailability of equipment; the track will open at 7 a.m. Friday moming, as scheduled. Regular race schedules for Saturday June 7 and Sunday, June 8 remain unchanged. For more information, contact WoridSports at 813/822-8929. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada residents Steve Trinder and Gary Goodfellow travel to Camel Pro Series Road Races together and both have been doing extremely well. Trinder, a native Australian, rides a Suzuki RG500 in the Formula One class, and New Zealander Goodfellow ride a near- tock Suzuki GSXR· 750 in the Formula One and Superbike classes.