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·won thllt 7SGcc f'r'Gduction fIIce, beeting Jon Gray and TIm hrclay, all on Suzukis. SUa Hiscock won the Honda Interceptor Series event, in front of John Ramsay and Paul Ouellette. Honda rider haun Kalos. age 15. captured the California MOLOrspon Club (CMC) Aloha upercro s in Oahu. Hawaii. May 3 I. Mike Larson (Hon) led most of the race before rashing. giving Kalos the lead and win. Larson finished second. while I lander Phil Overland (KTM) fin· ished third. Mainland rider Russ Wageman was in contention for the win before breaking the clutch basket in his Yamaha. The Husqvema team of Scot Harden and Garth Sweetland took the overall motorcycle and Class 22 (Open) win at the June 7 SCORE Bajalnternacional in Mexico. Larry Roeseler and Kurt Pfeiffer piloted a prototype 1987 water-cooled four-stroke Husky to second in the 492-mileevent, while' Dan Smith/ Dan Ashcraft made it a Husky sweep in third. The Class 21 (25Occ) win fell to Bob Johnson and Steve Buckley (Hon), while Class 20 (125cc) honors went to Cegiva riders Duane Summers and John Rudder. Bob Prickett and Mike Hainey (Yam) won Class 30 (riders over 30), and Hondamounted Richard Jackson and John Etchart took the Class 38 (riders over 38) win. Look for complete coverage next week. Suzuki-mounted riders Chris tewart and Doug Toland finished .-2 in the Open Production class at the GSXR Series round at ars Point Raceway in Sonoma. CalifbTOia"ji.Ji1t' 8. Toland won the 750cc Production c1as'. Billy Ules will replace Bob Hannah as special guest instructor at the Tony DiStefano MX School later this month at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey. "Bob will compete in Sunday's New Jersey State MX Championships, " said DiStefano, "but he's had to cancel from taking part in the schools because Suzuki hasched· uled test sessions for those days. Billy Ules will fill in for Hannah and I'll now run a one day school on Monday, June 23." Illinois Motorcycl Dealers As ociation (IMDA) racecomminl".'e hairman Alfred "Tote" Gray informs u that the DuQuoin, Illinois. mile o"al is being extensively reworked for the July 26 Camel Pro Serie race which is being co-promoted by the IMDA and William H. King Enterprises. "We're raising the track's surface by more than three-feet in some areas," said Gray. "People are starting to ask us if DuQuoin will be faster than pringfield. All we can say is come to DuQuoin on July 26and we'lI find out tOgether." As is the practice at the IMDA·promoted Springfield Mile, camping on the grounds will not be permitted and no alcoholic beverages will be allowed. "We want our races to be events that families can enjoy," said Gray. An ambitious effort spearheaded by enthusiast Mike Traynor of At· Ianta, Georgia, and supported by Cycle Nuts & Bolts of Clarkston, Georgia, will culminate in the 3rd Annual Johnny Beckman Ride for . Ki'lfs on Sunday, ~ 29. Beekman, a -.h.-man on Atlanta's 11 Alive/WXIA-TV, wiD lead a ride from Cycle Nuts & Bolts to Road Atlanta to raise money for the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children. Over 1 000 motorcyclists are expected to take part in the ride and the festivities which follow it at Road Atlanta, where a full program of AMA/CCS road races will be held. The races are sponsored by Stereo Village and that firm has also committed promotional funds to the ride. Ride participants will have a chance of winning a Honda Reflex, Fat Cat or Rebel, courtesy of participating Honda dealers. For more info, call Cycle Nuts & Bolts at 404/294- 4666. We've slapped the hands of our caption writer for misidentifying Camel Pro Serie competitor David Durelle in a phoLO that accompanied our report on the May 25 Springfield (Illinois) Mile. Durelle. who carries National Number 58. was pictured in themidstofa lineofriders ettingup for the backstraight at pringfield. but the caption writer mistOok him for National Number 53. Tim Mer· tens. Sorry. David. Durelle. who finished 10th in the following week's LouisvilJe Half Mile, is sponsored by AJmuth H-D. General Engineering. G-RiUco, Bell and eil WinsLOn. Responding to Roq Rockwood's The National Papers column in issue #21, promoters of the June 28 Camel Pro Series Uma (Ohio) Ha" Mile tell us that Rockwood erred in saying, "The only problem hera the past two yea,. is the lack of seats for all of the fans that jam their way into the groundr.'l Dave McCarthy countered with, "There were reserved seats available at race time last year, but many fans would rather be on top of the action in the turns and get squirted with dirt. We do have reserved seats available for this year's event." We ran an item in thi section a couple of week ago about SUli Mann 10 ing a cu tom-made leather riding jacket at the pringfield Mile. The LOry has a happy ending in that the sister of Junior class dirt tracker Chance Darling found thejacker, the famil" called ulie at the number we Iisted: and then hipped the ja ket LO her. John Gregory, the president of JT Racing, and Uoyd Meeks, the owner of Lancer Laathers, have reached an agreement to merge the lines by having JT Racing license the name Lancer. JT will market Lancer by JT motocross clothing at a budget price. Motocrosser Sheun Kalos will endorse and wear the Lancer by JT line. The Police Athletic League (PAL) track in Santa Clara, California will not run its Friday night race on June 13 to avoid a conflict because of the Magoo Invitational benefit event scheduled for June 14-15 in Hollister, California. Another La Carrera Mexican Roed Race is scheduled for September 20 in hja California, Mexico; it will be the second Ensenada to San Felipe race held this year. (Contmued to page 23) ~ 00 .......