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~TND ~Y 1>411>41 Wf4lLfY Con tinu ed from pag e 2) y Davis (Ho n) locked up the title espite a thrown chain in the first oto. Davis was also seco nd in the inal 250cc standings. ddie Lawson (Yam) won the Big oad Race in Sugo. Japan. on ctober 18. Lawson topped ewly-crowned Japanese chamion Fujiwana (Yam) by seven econds with Tadahiko Taira Yam) finishing third. Randy amola (Yam) finished fourth . . he' schedu le for th e 1988 CMC olden State MX Na tio nals, held h ro u g h ou t Ca lifornia, was nnou nced at Car lsbad on Sunday, etober 18. Glen H elen OHV Park n San Bernardino will hos t the pening round on J anuary 2-3 and rom there the series moves to andhill Ran ch in Brentwood o n anuary 9-10, H olli ster or Huron anuary 16-17, Carlsbad J an uary 234, Sunrise Cycle Park in Adelanto anuary 30-31, and one-day dates at arysville o n February 7, Spi nners irport R ace wa y in Po rter vi ll e ebruary 14, and th e final round ome s back to G len H elen on Febuary 21. n instruction course leading to . otorcycle Safety Foundation ertification will be held by the elaware Motorcycle Safety Proram at Honda East in Bean. alaware, on February ' 1 9 hrough March 12. 1988. For ore information call 800 /322120 or 302/322-4120. ~ earn Gamma's (Suz)J eff Atwell and rank Sla ug hter won the WE RA sixour end u ra nce race in Sum mit oint, West Virginia, on October 17. am rna beat T eam Suzuki's (Suz) Mike Harth and T homas Stevens by two lap s with M & M Racing's (Yam) Kurt Hall and Barney Bernstein fini sh in g third. With onl y th e November 6 Road Atlanta round of the series r emaining, Team Suzuki leads The Human Race Team , 874828. An editorial in the October 19 issue of the Chicago (Illinois) SunTimes attacked superbikes as unsafe and recommended that Illinois legislators reimpose a mandatory helmet law. In language similar to U.S. Senator John Danforth 's (R-Missouri) now-dead 1987 Motorcycle Safety Act. the Sun-Times said. "Motorcycles already are dangerous enough. Now. a new breed of motorycle on the road is causing even more death and injury. A new. high-performance motorycle designed for racing can go twice as fast as the speed limit and accelerate twice as quickly as cars. A reasonable person has to wonder why these cycles. are being marketed for anything other than off-road racing when you consider a finding by the .Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: Deaths and severe injury occur almost twice as often on racing cycles driven on the highways as on any other kind of motorcycle. " A " Busi ness Notes" item in th e October 19 issue of Time Magazi ne pointed out that the U.S. Justice Dep art men t has taken no action against th e manufacturers of ATVs even though the Consumer Prod uct Safet y Commissi on as ked fo r a voluntary recall /refund program more than seven months ago. In an it em e n t i t le d, " Prod u ct Sa fet y: Deadl y Dela y a t Justice," T ime reported, " ... th e (J us tice) Dep artment has yet to file its case. Las t week, a House committee called th e department's delay, 'baffling and unconsci onable. ' Meanwhile, the toll rises. ATV s, whi ch critics con tendcan flip o ver o n rugged terrain, acco unt for an estima ted 20 deaths a month." The California Senate Transporta tion Committee will conduct an interim hearing in southern California. Monday. November 9 . to obtain more information on AB36. the state's proposed mandatory helmet law. The hearing is slated for 9:30 a.m, at Excelsior High School in Norwalk. A spokesperson for the committee said the hearing will be a "fact-finding hearing" where expert witnesses will provide facts. not opinions. on the issues involved in helmet use. AMA Legislative Affairs Specialist Roy Janson will testify on behalf of the AMA. AB36. sponsored by Assemblyman Richard Floyd (0Gardena). was debated in the legislature earlier this year and probably will be rescheduled for further hearings when the legislature reconvenes in January. 1988. The Bureau of Land Management's environmental assessment of proposed 1987 am endments to th e California Desert Plan is now available for a 60-day public review , whi ch will cl o se Decem ber I J. Copies of th e document are available from th e Burea u 's Ca lifornia Desert District Offi ce, 1695 Spruce Street, Ri verside, CA, 92507, 714/351 -6393, and can be reviewed a t BLM offices in Barstow, Ridgecrest, Needles, EI Centro and Pa lm Springs. Written co mme nts should be sent to the BLM o ffice i n R iverside by Frida y, December II. Oral co mme nts will be received during a meeting of the California Desert District Advisor y Council in Ridgecrest o n Friday, October 30, beginning at 8:00 a.m . Bombardier has ceased production of Can-Am motorcycles. However. Horst Leitner. founder of ATK off-road motorcycles in Orange. California . says that. "ATK is picking up where Can -Am left off." ATK will be manufacturing two new two-stroke motocross models (with optional enduro kits available) powered by Rotax motors. the same motors used in Can-Am motorcycles . These new ATKs. a 250cc and a 406cc . will be available in November. according to Leitner. Bombardier will still be delivering parts for Can-Ams through its New York warehouse. ~ ~/ '~ If you planned on renting Florida's Daytona International Speedway for bike .testing this winter. be forewarned that December 4-5-6 are the only dates available. 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