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way AMA Camel Pro Series TT in Hinsdale, Illinois. The event is rescheduled as a day race at the Chicago-area track. with racing getting underway at 2:00 p.m. The Antelope Valley (California) Kiwanis and Bud Light are hosting the AMA D-37-sanctioned Fifth Anniversary 800 motorcycle road tour, starting August 9 in Lancaster, California, proceeding to Fresno and returning to Lancaster August 10. More information is available from 805/ 945-451 I. Kelly Moran's 1986 speedway ...• son ceme to a crashing halt when Moran fell through a gla.. room partition at a Polish hotel July 13, following a banquet held after an international speedway race. Moran severed several arteries in his left wrist, lost three pints of blood and wes evacuated to Eng· land for surgery. English rider Chris Morton is credited with saving Moran's life with first aid on the scene. Sam Ermolenko earned eight points in semi-final action in Bradford, England on July 20 to advance to the World Speedway Final scheduled for Katowice, Poland on Saturday, August 30. Ermolenko qualified after a shaky start in Bradford, switching from his number one bike to his backup bike and improving his performance. Bob Hannah won when Johnny O'Mara ran out of gas on the last lap of the second moto at the Unadilla MXGP while holding a huge lead;O'Mara later presented Hannah with the gas tank from his Honda, inscribed "To Bob Hannah, Unadilla '86. From O'Show." Team Honda's David Bailey took advantage of a break in the AMA National Championship 500cc Motocross Series to take part in a seven-day triathalon school in Bozeman, Montana the week of July 13-20. Bailey was joined in the school by former Cycle News staffer Tom Mueller, now owner of Progressive Publicity, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based public relations firm. Ricky Orlando swept both GSXR Cup Series rounds and the Honda VF500F Interceptor event at an MRA road race held at Aspen, Colorado's Woody Creek Raceway July 20. Cycles of Boulder and Avon·sponsored Ortando broke his own overall track lap racord in the proc.... Ed Woo pulls the gas tank from his burning TZ750 after crashing on the warm·up lap for the Nissen 200 at Laguna Seca Raceway. The crash and fire delayed the start of the race. is.·· and stetes that benefits of the proposel would include reduced equipment costs for riders and reduced maintenance on existing twin-cylinder machines. Wood manufactures Wood·Rotex singlecylinder dirt track racebikes. Waller Stacy, the owner of Dean's Cycle Shop in Depew, New York, and the father of National motocross competitor Andy Stacy, dJed on June 9 after a bout with cancer. Stacy is survived by his wife Anne, sons Andy, Frank and Chuck, daughter Rita, 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Help support the 1986 Americen ISDE team by purchasing an ISDE T·shirt, sweat shirt. patch, pin '01' J sticker. The white T-shirts and blue sweat shirts have a red. white and blue logo and come in sizes small through extra large. selling for $1 0 and $15 each. ISDE sticker. pins and patches are aveilable for $2$4. For more information, contact ISDE Support Fund, Inc., c/o J. France, Box 126, Fairmount, IL 61841,217/733-2876. Bill's Pipes, of Norco, California, is donating eight approved speedway mufflers to help defray the European's expenses for Chris Agajanian's U.S. vs. The Rest of the World speedway race, to be held July 31 at Ascot South Bay Stadium in Gardena, California. August 3 is the date for the rained· out, rescheduled Sante Fe Speed- Editorial Gran Premio, S.c. of Mexico City, promoters and organizers of the La Carrera San Felipe-toEnsenada road race across Baja California, Mexico, have scheduled La Carrera 11 for September 20; the race is limited to 6O&c single-cylinder motorcydes and lOOOcc twin-cylinder motorcycles. The company will also hold the Ensenada Bay Grand Prix for single-cylinder machines only, on November 23. More information is available from Loyal Truesdale at 213/464-5720. Repaving has been completed at "'oroso Motorsports Park in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to road racing promoter Henry DeGouw, and the track should be ready for the August 24 AAMRR Suzuki GSXR Cup Series road race. The Mid-Atlantic Road Racing Club will hold a motorcycle exhibition race in conjunction with an SCCA car race at Summit Point Raceway over the Labor Day weekend. The race·will be run-in two leg~, one on Sunday, August I .and another on Monday, September I, with olympic scoring; entries will be divided into two classes, GTO and GTU, with riders classified as Expert of Novice. The race is limited to 50 entries; more information is available from MARCC at 703/521-0595 or 301/9332599. With AAMRR effectively out of oparation in New England. longtime rivel WERA has offered to exchange AAMRR racing licen... for WERA licenses. But according to Steve Roaof AAMRR, AAMRR licen... are still required for Lou· don Road Racing Assn. (LRRA) events being run on scheduled AAMRR dates at Loudon. New Hampshire's Bryar Motorsport Park by Bryar owner Don 8rymer. As Ross tells it, any AAMRR rider who ceshes in his AAMRR license for a WERA license will have to buy another license to participate in LRRA events. • 1\NYrnRCYCLE 1~ IINOOSTRY . "ANOES Qu:it After two years, Seals Com- munications producer Denis Torres, to work as an independent producer; Torres, who produced the TV show MotoWorld, will continue to work with Seals Communications on a contract basis. Hired As producer of MotoWorld for Seals Communications, Mike llJer; formerly with the Dave Despainhosted MotorWeek l1Iustrated TV show. r>uit As salesman for Hollywood Ho'~da of Hollywood, California, Loyal Truesdale, to devote more time to the organization and promotion of the La Carrera Mexican Road Race, held between San Felipe and Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Siflned To Wiseco Piston, Inc. 's product development team for the company's new Pro Tru piston line, motocrosser Bob "Hurricane" Hannah. Bom Katie Jean Wallenberg, to Hi-Torque Advertising Director Scott Wallengerand with Kathy, July 10 in southern California. Promoted To account manager for the Webb Custom Publishing Division of tht Webb Company, Jeanne Trkla; former circulation manager for the company; Webb publishes Motorcycle magazine. Moving Progressive Suspension, Inc., from Huntington Beach, California to 11129 G Ave., Hesperia, CA 92345, 619/948-4012, in the high desert of southern California; e((ective August 1. Moved A & A Racing Services and Motion Pro, distributors of racing tires and importers of motorcycle accessories, to larger facilities at 2860 Fairoaks, Redwood City, CA 94063; phone number remains 415/368-6259. 5