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Busby cen be reached at Team America. 8306 Wilshire Blvd .• Suite 6066. Beverly Hills. CA 90210-11.213/281-1114. thl~Dwyer's hometown) donated labor and materials to repair the Dwyer van, IMS is accepting donations for the Dwvers; checks should be made to Mike Dwyer and mailed to P.O. Box 3072, Arcadia, CA 91006. SuperTrapp has announced they'll award recemly crowned Camel Pro Road Ran' Champion Fred Merkel a 7500 bonus for winning the championship. Merkel. who also won the AMA Superbike Championship (or the third Slraight year, used SuperTrappexhaust y terns from the May round at Sears Point through the remainder oLthe season. New York City Tech College is offering a 20-hour motorcycle mechanics course. The course costs $185. Armen Amirian is the instructor. and classes are held Monday and Wednesday night from 8 to 10:00 p.m .• beginning September 15. Call 718/643-5570 for info. . o "' ....... MOVED: Stadium Motorsports. the Mike Goodwin-owned Supercrou promoting firm. to P.O. Box 4527. Laguna Beach. CA 92652. 714/ 494-6616. RETIRED: George Petetin and Ann Lawton from Spectro Oil of America; they say they're available to "sell, publicize or romanticize" produCls. Petetin can be reached at 203/7753114 and Lawton at 203 748-404 I. Vance and Hines' Terry Vance (Suz) clinched the NHRA Pro Stock National Championship with one round still remaining by taking the win inthe NHRAU.S. Nationals at Indianapolis. Indiana's Indy Raceway Park on September 1. Vance turned in an 8.299-second pass at 158.87 IYIph to defeat Mike Keyte (Suz)at 8.892/11 0.82 mph. Keyte broke on the final pass. The Pro Stock class was the only motorcycle class featured at the NHRA event. Grand National Champion Bubba Shobert's win in. the August 31 Springfield Mile was his seventh National win of the season and that leaves him just one shy of the all-time record of eight National wins in one season set by the legendary Joe Leonard in 1954. Shobert is an odds-on favorite to tie. if not top. Leonard's mark in the four remaining rounds of the '86 Camel Pro Series. Tragedy struck the family of California speedway racer Mike Dwyer recemly when his mother was killed when their van wasshotatbyan irate driver after he was passed on a Los Angele freeway. peed way fan , riders and track officials at Inland Motorcy Ie Speedway in San Bernardino, California, responded to the tragedy by donating over $1000 to help the family through a terrible time. Parts Plu', Van's Auto Body and Georgia Pa ifi (all of Riverside, California, AMA CCS road racer Tom Wegman was seriously injured at Blackhawk Farms Raceway in Wisconsin on August 23. Wegman suffered severe spinal injuries and possible paralysis. A benefit fund has been established to assist Wegman with his medical bills. Donations can be sent to: Iowa State Bank & Trust, Tom Wegman Benefit Fund, P.O. Box 1700, Iowa City, IA 52244. Cards and letters for Wegman can be sent to the shop he is pan owner of, and that is European Motorcycles Ltd., 600 H wy. 1 West, Iowa City, IA 5224,0. \Va hoe County of ]\'('vaill. planners are recommending al proval of a proposed 350-a I:e racewa) near Reno, according to a report in the Reno Gazelle-Journal. Plans call for a 15 million I.5-mile tri-oval peed"'a)' wilh a 2.5-mile road race course within the ova I. The si te of the proposed speedway is at the nOlth end of Spani h prings Valley. The 1986 Coors Barstow-to-Vegas Hare and Hound starting field will be completed on September 5 when a drawing will be held to fill the 1200 rider field. Over 1500 AMA Disuict Competition riders submitted entries for the November 29 race. CORRECTION: The fourth round of the Historic MX Challenge Series. the Dick Mann Vintage Rally at Sendhill Ranch in Brentwood. California. will take place on Octo-' ber 19. not October 12 as we reported last week in this section. Kork Ballington and Toni Mang . will reportedly ride works Honda NSR250s in the September 1314 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. The non-championship race will also feature HB Yamaha's World Champion Carlos Lavado; Freddie Spencer is also supposed to make his return to racing in the Japanese event. At the recent Nissen 200 Camel Pro Series road race at Laguna Seca in northern California. road racer David Busby of Team America was busy in the inf'l8ld. not on the treck. Busby opted to use the event to announce his involvement with the United Sciences of America (USA) and didn't compete at Laguna Seca for the first time in some years. USA is a health and nutritional program that has been conceived and implemented by some of the top names in science and endorsed by several -sports superstars. For additional info. Camel's initial rider in road racing. The RJ Reynolds brand has been involved in the FIM Motocross World Championship and in AMA/ Camel Pro Series racing in the U.S .• but has never been involved in the Grands Prix. AMED: Bob Moffit, as Kawasaki vice-president of marketing, to replace Henry Noda who will be returning to Japan October I. Noda ha~ been named assistant to the president. Moffit was formerly director of marketing research/iridustry relationsl export sale . C a: ~ '" :r ... a: CJ) '" til > til ~ o :r 11. Ohio's Dwight Mitchell recently rode his Harley-Davidson 883 Sportster from New York City to San Francisco in a record-setting 66 hours and 52 minutes. The advertising/public relations executive with Penny/Ohlmann/Neiman. Inc.• of Dayton. Ohio travelled within the National speed limit for the 2945 miles. According to the AFM's Mike Ross. the insurance problems with the AFM and Sears Point International Raceway that have caused the cancellation of AFM road racing at the facility have been solved and the schedule will go on as planned. "We had a long meeting with the track owners and worked the insurance problems out." Ross seid. A new version of the 500cc Elf Grand Prix road racer showed up at the final race in San Marino with a revised steering arrangement. The machine that Ron Haslam has raced all year has a single swing arm and an upright arm connected rigidly to the single suspension unit running up to the handlebars. The revi ed layout has a pivot between the upright arm and the bottom of the suspension unit with a tubular steel wishbone running back from that joint to the frame. The front of the frame is also cast in magnesium on the new bike which was tested but not raced. Haslam has reportedly elected to stay with Elf for 1987 as they have assured him that they will use four-cylinder engines, . Four-time World Champion Toni Mang will reportedly switch to his fourth cigarette company in four years and will ride in the yellow Camel colors in the 1987 250cc World Road Racing Championship. After going through HB. Marlboro and Rothmans. Mang will be Veteran road racer Kurt Liebmann had a very successfu I weekend of racing at the AMR Vintage Challenge in Loudon, New Hampshire on August 30-31. Liebmann won five races over the weekend - two 500cc Premier classes, the Formula 750 class, the F-2 class and the Battle of The Twins event. Team Honda's Micky Dymond won both motos to capture the Brazilian round of the 125cc World Motocross Championship in Campos. Brazil on August 31. Dutchman Davey Strijbos (Cag) finished second overall (2-2) and won the World Championship; third overall went to American Rod Smith (Ceg) with his 3-3 tally. Team Lockhart (Suz) won the August 30AMAIMotoWorid U.S. Enduran Road Race Series round at Georgia's Roebling Road Raceway. It was th third consecutive win of the series fo Team Lockhart. They finished _ seconds ahead of second place Ne Haven uzuki (Suz). OPENED: Bieffe USA. Inc.• to operate.as the U. S. seles office for Bieffe (pronounced Bee-effy) Helmets; David Zampierin is in charge of U.S. operations and may be contacted lit P.O. Box 10178. San Jose. CA 95157. 408/727-8090. Eric Anderson, The Specialty Vehi cles Institute of America's director 0 public affairs and a memberoI south ern California's Orange Count Trauma Society helmet committee will take part in a fund-raising 26 mile kayak trip from Newport Beach California, across the Catalina Chan nel to Catalina Island on Septembe 14. Anderson says the Society will