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honor at their ann ual awards banquet which will be held on February 21 in Cincinnati, Ohio, in conjunction with the February 21-23 MOLOrcycle & ATV Expo. Jones will be presemed with a Lifetime Achievemem Award based upon his over 50 years in the motorcycle business. He will be recognized for his contributions to the indusrry, his support to others, particularly as a long-time sponsor of numerous prominem racers, and for his commitmemto organized motorcycle club activity in northern California. ~ o ...... l-o Q.) ] BYP.AP.A Wf.ALfY o Q.) CORRECTION: Last week's report on the AMA-commissioned study of carburetor restrictors was accompanied by a photo caption in which a saying was said LO have come from the business card of C.R. Axtell. Mr. Axtell informs us that not only did it not come from his business card, but that he has never had a business card. Cycle News regrelS the error. The 16th Annual Mini Olympics and Win18r Nationals at Gainesville, Florida's Gatorback Park _re held over the Thanksgiving Day weekend. The top award in the minibike division, the Bronze Boot Award, _nt to Damon Bradshaw (Yam). Motorcycle division competitor Jason Langford (Kaw) won the Scott Golden Goggle A_rd. Complete coverage next week. Southern california's Anaheim Convention Cemer will host the Anaheim Motorcycle and ATV Expo December 5-6-7. Doors will openat5 p.m. Friday with the snow open unliJ II p.m. Saturday's hours are II a.m. to II p.m. and Sunday's II a.m. to 6 p.m. The Expo is being held in the Convemion Cemer's Southwest Hall. Andy Goodman, HBJ Expositions & Conferences sales manager, said, "The Anaheim show looks to be the largest ever since it became an 'all public' evem in 1982. All the major motorcycle manufacturers will exhibit their 1987 models at Anaheim and as early as October the booth coum stood at37!1 compared LO a LOtal of 315 at last year's show. RESIGNED: Scot Harden, from position of national sales manager for Cagiva North America, to pursue other interests. APPOINTED: Gary Hassbaum, as national marketing manager for MISI ImporlS, responsibilities to include spearheading new marketing program for Action One and Roadgear produClS which will be marketed through regional disrributors. 2 The Continental Motosport Club (CMC) has announced that a whopping 8525,600 in contingency prize money has been posted by Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha for the upcoming 11 th Annual Dodge Truck/CMC Golden State MX Nationals, which are sponsored in part by U.S. Suzuki and Dunlop. Suzuki leads the pack, having posted 8210,400 which will be distributed to first through fifth place finishers in the Sportsmen ranks, and to first through 15th place finishers in the Pro classes in each of the eight series events. Yamaha has posted $151,200 and that'll be paid out to the first through 1Oth place finishers in the Sportsmen and Pro classes. Kawasaki has posted $70,800 which will go to first through fifth placa finishers in both divisions. Honda's $44,200 will go to the first through third place riders in both divisions. All payouts are, of course, contingent on the brand of bike the top finishers are riding. Contingency postings from the multi-sponsors and aftermarket companies will be announced at a later date. Mike Kidd Promotions will hold two professional TT events in California this wimer. Both evenlS will be held in conjunction with Nissan Great American Motorcycle & ATV Shows. The first race will take place on January 10 at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona and will offer a $5000 purse. The second evem will take place in the San Francisco Cow Palace on February 6 and will have a $2500 purse. Former Grand National Champion Kidd would like LO run a vimage TT race during imermission at the Pomona evem. U you're interested in participating in such, call Kidd at 817/627-7483. HosPITal STOP: MXer Mike Eads, owner of Kingsport ("f.ennessee) Kawasaki 8a Suzuki, was involved in a racing accident on November 16. After working in pain for 10 days, he was admitted to Bristol Memorial Hospital with a broken neck and surgery will be required. Cards and letters of support can be Sent to Mike Eads, Rt. 6, Box 1935, Bluff City, TN 37618. Vintage bike enthusiasts who are members of the Florida-based Historic Motorcycle R-acing Association (HMRA) will be interested to learn that HMRA has been absorbed by the American Historic Racing MOLOrcycle Association (AHRMA), with no major change in emphasis, according LO AHRMA executive direcLOr Gary Winn. HMRA members will receive information in early December regarding new programs and AHRMA benefits. For further information on the changeover, or on the AHRMA, write: Gary Winn, AHRMA, Rl. 2, Box 214, Marengo, OH 43334. HIRED: Jim Mcilvain, by Heininger! Creative Marketing, a marketing se"'ices and sales co,:"pany; Mcilvain was most recently director of marketing for Husqvarna Motorcycles, and previously held marketing and sales positions at Bell Helmets and U.S. Suzuki. The Motorcycle Indusrry Council (MIC) has announced that Hap Jones will be the recipient of MIC's LOp The La Carrara Classic lI'road raca will take place on April 11 in Baja California, Mexico, and will conform to the rules of the Historic Advisory Committee of the AMA and the California Vintage Racing Group. The Vintage classes will feature the 500cc Premier class, F-750 and Support classes. Co-organizer Cliff Carr is planning to have a Classic Match Race event for two and three cylinder machines and is hoping to entice a British team made up of Paul Smart, John Cooper, Percy Tait, Ray Pickrell, 'Dave Croxford, Martin Carney and other Brits to take on an American squad comprised of Dick Mann, Gary Nixon, Don Castro, David Aldana, Jim Rice and Keith Mashburn. dollars a factory has to spend is escalating like crazy. " Clark added that Yamaha will be assisting Jimmy Filice, whose Yamaha contract runs through the 1987 season, and will also be getting more involved in Production class road racing. Yamaha's chance of winning the Daytona 200 for the second time in a row seem to be in question as it appears two-time World Champion Eddie Lawson will not be on hand. Yamaha's Kenny Clark feels the Camel exclusivity agreement with the AMA will prevent Lawson from riding. "With his contract with Marlboro, I don't see any way he can do it," Clark said. In addition to not having Lawson, the 200 Yamaha FZR750s that are being produced for Superbike racing will not be ready in time for the annual March event. The California Racing Club (CRC) and the Family Racing Association (FRA) will combine schedules for 1987. One point system will be used and the clubs will alternate months with the FRA Frosty Cactus Enduro starting the 10-raca schedule on January 11 in Red Mountain, California. RESIGNED: Jeff Hill, from his position of KTM western sales manager based in San Diego, California, effective December 5; Hill will return LO work in his father's pharmacy in Maco~ Georgia. Ron Haslam (Hon) was the overall winner of the November 22 Macau Grand Prix road race. The e'vent, which took place on the srreets of the tiny Portuguese terri LOry on the mainland of China, was run in two legs. Haslam topped overall runner-up Didier de Radigues (Hon) in the first leg by 6.3 seconds and then finished less than a second behind de Radigues in the second leg to win on elapsed time. American Formula One ChamTeam Honda's Rick Johnson won the November 22 Tokyo Super- . - pion Randy Renfrow (Hon) took third overall with 5-3 performances. cross in Tokyo, Japan. Johnson beat second and third place finishIfthere'senough intereSt, National ers Jeff Ward (Kaw) and David Observed Trials Champion Scott Bailey (Hon) while Keith Bowen (Yam), Micky Dymond (Hon), Bob Head could be persuaded to conHannah (Suz), Broc Glover (Yam), duct a one- or two-day trial school Jeff Stanton (Yam), Jeff Leisk in the Los Angeles area. According to Big Dab, the newsletter of the (Yam) and George Holland (Suz) rounded out the top 1O. American Trails Association, Head realizes that Beginner and Novice class riders aren't ready '-floaters Marlboro Yamaha's Rob McElnea and bunnyhops, and he'll gear the lost out in hi bid for the 50,000 class accordingly. So, if you're bonus for winning'every race in the willing to fork out about $25 to Australian Swann eries when he learn how to clean a section from lost the fourth race of the six-ra e the National Champion, call 818/ series at Oran Park on ovember 30 287-8507 and express your into hi series teammate Kevin Magee. terest. McElnea won the opening .lWO road races at Surfers Paradise on November 23 with Australia's Magee, aboard As many as five riders may be ridinga Eddie Lawson's V-four Yamaha, finYamaha Razz scooter that doesn't ishing second both times. In the belong to them. Due to scoring errors Oran Park race McElnea won the . at the Florida Winter Olympics, as opening race, but was passed by Ml1S"ee ma~ as five classes were scored in the final laps of the second. wrong. If folks at World Spons haven't called you by the time you According to Yamaha's Ken Clark, read this, ride on! If you've been away Yamaha does not intend to field a from the phone, check out our coverSuperbike road racing team in age of the event in next week's paper 1987. "It's getting out of conto make sure the Yamaha scooter and trol," Clark said. "The amount of the champ's trophy belong to you..