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race of 1987 will take place on January 31 when SMC hostSlhe Anaheim (California) upercross. Check out your Yamaha dealer in the not too distant future for a look at the Wave Runner and Wave Jammer. No. they're not motorcycles. but water vehicles. They'll provide heads-up competition for the Kawasaki Jet-Ski. Multi-time National Champion MXer Bob Hannah may be headed for a new career. In his auto racing debut in the August 24 Mazda Series car race at southern California's Riverside Raceway, Hannah qualified too fast for the "rookie" class and was placed in the regular class for open-wheeled race cars. Against more experienced drivers. Hannah led until he "blew a shift" and was passed by another car. That driver went on to take the checkered flag first, but not the victory. Hannah was awarded the win when the other driver disqualified. The made-for-TV Superbikers race has been po tponed due 10 ABC scheduling, according to promoter Gavin Trippe. "We are hoping to reschedule it for early next year." Trippe aid. "And if we can't do it then, we'll lTy for an OClOber date next year." BOR N: To former motocrosser and motocross instructor Russ Darnell and his wife Sherri, son Russ-Eric, September 4. in southern California. Kevin Remzell and Jeff AtweH of Team New Haven uzuki (Suz) won the September 6 AMA/MotoWorld U.S. Endurance Road Race Series round at BraslelOn. Georgia's Road Allama. Team Lockhan (Suz). with Wendell Phillips and Lynn Miller handl ing the riding, finished second, just 33 seconds behind Team New Haven Suzuki. HosPITal STOP: Cobare Racing Team's Roy Hare crashed on the opening lap of the endurance race at Road Atlanta and suffered three broken fingers, a broken wrist. clavicle and hip, Cards and letters may be sent to Hare. clo Northeast Georgia Medical Center, 743 Spring St" Gainesville, GA 30305. Last week's ad for the third round of the DislTict 29 AMA MX Series at Metrolina Speedway in Charlone. North Carolina, was supposed to have cancelled across the copy. Well. thaI copy never made itto typesening and never appeared-on the ad. There will be a race on September 14, not pan of the series, at Rolling Hills in Reidsville, Nonh Carolina. For info call 919/342-4492. APPOINTED: Peter M, Keiser. as advertising and public relations manager of Spectro Oils of America; headquartered in Brookfield, Connecticut, he can be reached at 203/775-1291, Mike Goodwin of Stadium MOlorsports Corporation (SMC) has announced that the first National-caliber New England's Jimmy Ellis finished third overall in the Mr. Motocross Series in Australia. Riding for the Australian KTM importer, Ellis was beaten out of second place by just one point, 152 to 151, by Team Honda Australia's David Armstrong. Honda's Craig Dack won the series which concluded in mid-August. When Texans do something. they do it big. Dallas promoter Bob Bagwell is a Texan and it seems only filling, that hi October 19 Harlev-Davidson Fall Round-Up at De~il's Bowl peed\y.ay in Dallas will offer a Pro half mile race. swap meet, field meet, chili cook-off, amique show, vimage motorcycle race and helicopter rides. Not enough? Then sign up for a drawing for a shopping pree and free T-shins, counesy of area Harley dealers, or take advantage of free cam ping the night before the big day. .THE . Wayne Rainey will reportedly try again in his effort to race a mile dirt track in 1986. Rainey will use Ted Boody's old motor in one of Ricky Graham's frames to contest the September 14 San Jose Mile and the September 27 Sacramento Mile. Rainey's earlier attempt to ride the twin Indy Miles didn't materialize when he had problems getting an engine ready in time. Three-time Grand National Champion Joe Leonard will beon hand for the September 14 an Jose Mile to present Honda's Bubba Shoben with hi recemly acquired Camel PIO Series number one plate. Leonard will al 0 congratulate Shoben on tying his record with eight wins thus far in 19 6;themostwinsinasingl~season. Late reports from Day One, September.B, of the ISDE in Bergamo, Italy have Czechoslovakia leading the Trophy Team competition with 170.71 points to Italy's 173.76 and Sweden's 251.83. In the Junior Trophy Team competition, Italy leads with 5B.64 points to West Germany's 201.17 and Czechoslovaki's 229.99. Reports indicate that the U.S. Trophy team is in the top 10 with Larry Roeseler running fifth in the Four-Stroke class as top American. Kurt Huff of the U.S. Junior Trophy team crashed on day one and suffered a concussion. but is likely to continue on day two. In all 25 nations are competing In Italy with day one taking place mostly on Italian pavement. MARRIED: Joe SI. Lawrence, Accd marketing manager. to Patty Odom, August 17 in Wallingford, Connecticut. NATIONAL PAPERS The final three Camel Pro Series races at San Jose, Ascot and Sacramento feature motOrcycle racing's superst~, Bubba Sho- Dunlop Tire Corporation has announced that it is posting three $1000 contingency checks which will go the winners of the Suzuki GSXR National Cup and Honda 500cc Interceptor Road Race Series. To be eligible for the contingency awards. the series champions must be riding on Dunlop tires and have Dunlop decals displayed. The title deciding shootout will take place at the WERA Grand National FinalsafGeorgia's Road Atlanta on November 7 -8-9. HosPITal TOP: Road racer Nick Dawson uffered serious injuries in a practice ses ion crash al Loudon. ew Hampshire's Bryar Motospon Raceway on Saturday, Augu t 30. Cards and letters can be sent to him c a Concord Hospital, Plea ant t., Concord. H 03301. Trett, McBride, Malloy and Hand wiJl be.available to race track operators 10 compete in specially booked events and will also be available to major automotive drag race sanctioning bodies. Some dates are available for 1986 and booking are available for the 1987 season. For further information on the TFMRA program, contact: TFMRA, P.O. Box 66, Teaneck, ] 07666.201/546-1990. • International upercross action from Sweden on September 6 aw Kawasaki' Jeff Ward defeat Dirk Van den Berk (Han) and Pekka Vehkonen (Cag) in taking the win. On September 7 in a Dutch Supercross, Californian Ricky Ryan (Kaw) beat Honda's Eric Geboers and Micky Dymond. EXPANDED: Phoenix, Arizonabased Motorcycle Mechanics Institute. to include a campus in Orlando. Florida; classes to begin in Florida on September 22; for info call 800/528-7995. • Top Fuel drag racers organize TEANECK, NJ, SEPT. 2 The formation of the Top Fuel Motorcycle Rider As ociation (TFMRA) wa recently announced by executive director Greg Guarinello. "Throughout the course of motorcycle drag racing history, Top Fuel has traditionally attracted the most attention from both the media and the fans," said Guarinello. "Since the demise of the NMRA in 1985, Top Fuel owners and riders have encountered a general 'Iock-out' by the remaining sanctioning bodies. While these organizations may realize that Top Fuel motorcycles put people in. the stands and money in their pockets, they are unwilling to offer either.the prize money befitting a Top Fuel rid· er's status or a consistant place for a Top Fuel motorcycle to compete. A real need exists for a self-run organization of unified Top Fuel racers. This was led to the formation of the Top Fuel Motorcycle Riders Association. " Charter members of the TFMRA indude racers Elmer Trett, Larry McBride, Bob Malloy and Chris Hand. An advisory board has been formed consisting of Guarinello, McBride, Hand and manufacturers rep Jay Eshback, president of American P_erformance Engineering. en. In all the years of writing this column, I've never tagged any rider a superstar, although there have been many stars, to say the leasl. But for Bubba the tag already fits and it looks like it i only the start of a long line of things that will find Shobert's name attached before he is done racing. He is now the first rider to win back-to-back Grand ational Championship titles in .Ihis decade and he mi ed making it three in a row by a mere one pomt two year ago. By winning the Syracuse Mile, Bubba tied the legendary Joe Leonard. Ihe only other rider to win eight ationals in one season. hobert is now the first and only rider to have ever won five mile races in one ea on. The race within a race for the past three seasons has been for the most mile wins. Both Shoben and Ricky . Grahamcaughtandpa sedJay pringSt en and Hank cott last season and have waged their own two-rider duel for "Top Miler" sinc that time. After Syracuse, Bubba has 18 mile wins while Ricky has 16. Both of them have won at San Jose and at Sacrament'Q in recent outing, with Shoben having the distinction of being the only four-time winner of the an Jose Mile. Shoben has long b en noted for his extra effon abil ity on the fi nal.lap on a mile, but overlooked is the fact that he has also won 19 of his last 20 mil track heat race. The ingle loss 10 stop th'e streak came recently when Hank Oil, the AMA's fourth-ranked miler, nipped him at the finish line for the heat race win. Heading into the final two mile races this year, Bubba and Ricky have won them all, with one exception and that was the first mile of the year at Sacramento when Bubba had built a huge lead only to lose the race due to a tire that wore completely away before the race ended. Of the remaining two miles and the lone half mile, only Sacramento can present a tire-wear problem once again. But this time there is a choice for the riders instead of just one brand and tread as was the case last April. San Jose runs on Sunday afternoon, September 14. Shobert and Graham split the wins there in '85 and Bubba won again there lasl. May in one of the best six-rider duel ever run on a mile. He out-smarted the other five betw'een the final turn and the checkered flag to take his record breaking founh win at the nonhern California track. The second, third. fourth and fifth place riders were so 3