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Mickey Thompson Entertainment is still looking for qualified racers to round out the 250cc Pro MX field at their July 19 Los Angeles Coliseum race. Call 818/359-5117 for more info. ~ l.!') (Continued from page 3) C\J (l,) C ::l ~ Vintage-Yesteryear class. Movies of old Jack Pine events will be shown aturday night. More information is available from Gary Chri topher at 517/676-2526, evenings.. The AMA has released a 12-minute video documentary titled "The Centennial Celebration" detailing the November 10. 1985 ride of a "replica" of Gottlieb Daimler's 1885 motorcycle through the streets of Anaheim California. Riders included Freddie Spencer. Bubba Shobert and Chris Carr. Proceeds from the sale of the $30 VHS video will go to the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation; more information is available from the AMA at 614/891-2425. A 1986 Dodge Ram 50 pick-up truck. two Suzuki Quads, and 50 Skoal Bandits race bags will be given away during the Continental Motosports Club's California Summer Series, which begins July6atCarlsbad Raceway. Sweepstakes entry form will be available at participating southern California Dodge dealers, and at Summer Series race sites during the month of July. Other Summer Series events include: Ascot Park, Gardena, July II; Sunrise Cycle Park, Adelanto, July 13; Ascot Park, July 18; Barona Oaks, Lakeside, July 20; Ascot Park July 25; Perris Raceway, Corona, July 27; Ascot Park, August I. The Sixth Annual Steamboat Mountain Road Race through the streets of Steamboat Springs. Colorado will be held the first weekend of September. according to the Mountain Roadracing Association of Boulder. Colorado. The program includes a Dick Mann vintage motocross Friday. September 5; vintage road races Saturday. September 6; and the regular MRA sprint program Sunday. September 7. Sunday's MRA racing will include the seventh round of the Suz'uki GSXR and Honda Interceptor Championship Series. as well as the AMA/CCS Yamaha Superbike contingencies. For more information call Vicki Yates. MRA. 303/665-8357. Rocky Cycle Co. Inc., has announced that for the second year in a row Cycle Power chain by Izumi will be the official chain of the United States IS DE team. This year's event is scheduled for Bergamo, Italy on September 8-13. Kentucky motorcycle photographer Brian Palormo announced recently he is liquidating 12 years of negatives from his files to facilitate his relocation out of state. Riders and motorcycle clubs interested in ordering enduro. TwoDay Qualifier. or motocross photographs taken between 1974 and 1985 must order immediately. Clubs interesed in owning negatives from their events should contact Palormo at Rt. 1. Box 384. Gilbertsville. Kentucky. 42044, 02/362-4024. Recent Cycle News Calendar listings indicating Donnie Hansen's California Motocross School at Mammoth Mountain would be held June 20 are incorrect; instruction will be conducted June 24-25. For more information. call Hansen's MX Academy. 512/674-6480. The Blue Knight M.e. will host a Motorcycli t for M benefit poker run tarting in Falmouth, Maine on July 13. Therun, sponsored by uzuki and radiP tation FM 103 features prizes including a uzuki L 650 Savage and a 4000-wau Suzuki generator; all proceeds will go to the National Multiple Sclerosis ociety. More information i available from 2071 761-5815. ALVA SANCTIONED Special motorcycle parking'area. both inside and outside the race track will be provided during Summer Speed Week '86 at Daytona International Speedway. Motorcycle parking will be provided during the 20th Annual Paul Revere 250 on July 3 (the seventh round of the AMA MotoWorld U.S. Endurance Championship). and during the 28th annual Pepsi Firecracker 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race the following day. The outside parking area will be cordoned off behind the main Campbell Grandstand. and the inside parking area will be adjacent to the east horseshoe. Defending Paul Revere 250 winner (with partner Larry Shorts) Gregg Smrz of Doctor John's Team MotoGuzzi made the new recently in his regular line of work. Smrz, a movie stuntman who specializes in motorcycle stunts, was featured in an Associated Press wire photograph jump- ing a' motorcycle' out of a subway tunnel during the filming of "Quite Cool," a cops-and-robbers thriller being shot in New York City. Due to the large number of expected entries. the Paul Revere 250 will have a format change this season. A pair of 26-mile qualifying races will determine the 80-bike starting grid for the main &Vent. The-makeup of the final field will be determined by the number of entries. "ยท75% of the entries are GTO class bikes. for example. 75% of the field will be GTO bikes. Qualifying heats will be separated into GTO and GTU &Vents. and each 25-mile heat will pay purses of $1000. with Yamaha contingency money atso on the line. Dr. John's Team Moto-Guzzi, winners of last sea on's Paul Revere 250 a well as defending USEC title holders, will return to Daytona International