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WERA will host a practice day at Savanna h. Georgia's Roebl ing Road Raceway on Su nday, Febru ary 7. In addi tio n to th e open ' practice sessions, a new riders' school, a nonpoints payin g two-hour end urance 'race and th ree warm-up sp rint races wi ll be con d ucted. ' WERA has created a new MidCentral Region in which they will sanction races at Alabama's Talladega Gran Prix Raceway. illinois' St. louis International Raceway and Tennessee's Memphis Motorsports Park. The first race meet in the new region will be held February 27-28 at Talladega Gran Prix FIJIcewaY. It will be a Regional Sprint meet with a new riders' school available. The meet will be a Southeast Region "crossover." . T he firs t race of the WERA Na tio na l .Endura nce Road Race Series , a sixhour 'event, will be held Saturday, March 12, at Talla dega Gran Prix Ra ceway in Alabama. On Sunday, March 13, Mid-Ce ntra l/Southeas t Regional sp rin t races will be held. The AFM road race meet originally scheduled for January 23-24 at California's Riverside International Raceway has been rescheduled and will take place January 16-17. DEA LERS & DIST RIB UTORS OF H I G H PER FO R M A N CE LU B RIC A NTS ~ , , ~Ull~ ~J ~ CALL TOLL FR EE IN CA 800 22 2· L U B E OU T O F CA 800 CALL O I L L U8 RIC ATI O N D YN AMI CS , IN C CJU.• • R EPAIR .. . AMn STEM. U CROW... MAGWHULa IllE lNFoaCIMG "'TCO. ODVHII:Ya PlCIC.·UPUDl:uyza y V.P." OUT 0 .. STATE Advertising that works! (213) 427-7433 -e-.;r. (404) 934-7850 RACING ~"FII.El:·~ A,...... , #1 In the Ba,. 1000 lin: L- CYCLE SERVICE (213) 548-6174 _ _--' 1503 S . Pacific a San Pedro. Ca Norm Lee, 73, Iost a bout with cancer and passed away on Decemb er 2. Lee, who own ed and operated Long Beach T ri umph in Long Beach, Cal iforn ia, was best kn own as the sponsor of racers such as Ral p h White a nd Samm y Tanner. Lee passed away in Bullhead City, Arizona, wh ere he and his wife had moved several years ago. Staab Racing of Bakersfield. California, has signed Alex Jorgensen and will back the Camel Pro Series veteran in AMA Grand National Championship Series mile and half mile races . Jorgensen will conduct his own IT, short track and 600cc National Dirt Track Series program. According to Robert Staab, "Staab Racing is currently talking with Bryan Vii ; lelia to mount a similar program but this will not be completed before January 23 or after the San Francisco 600cc Series races." STAR (Sport Touring Association Rendezvou s) '88, the six th ann ua l rendezvous o f th e H o nda Sport Touring Association, wi ll be held Jul y 17-21 at Ski Liberty in Fairfield, Pen n syl va n ia. All sport touring ent husiasts are invited, regardless of model or brand of mo torcycle they ride. The five-day event will featur e area tours, safety an d tech seminars, clothi ng/accessory /sport to uring seminars, exh ib itors and door prizes in additio n to an award s banquet whi ch will be h eld Wednesd a y even ing, J ul y 20. Bot h mo tel and --camp ing accommoda tions will be available at Ski Liberty, wi th addi tion al faciliti es avai lable at Fai rfield or nearb y Gett ysburg. For additional information, contact: H ST A, 112 Bi sh opgat e Rd. , Columb ia , SC 29212,8031781-4293. Southern California off-road racers will have a new place to compete when a 350-acre facility at Butterfield Country, located about five miles east of Temecula, California. opens February 28 with a SRA Grand Prix event. According to Walt Carter, whose firm manages the land for a private owner, the area has been in private use for some time and already has some trails. and a motocross track will be built by • February 1 . At this time the facility will only host organized events, but there is a possibility for open riding during the week. For more information contact Walt Carter at 714/780-4214 . Fi na l arrangemen ts for th e 8t h An nual Sa n Di ego (Ca li fornia ) Supercross, schedu led for February 20 in J ack Murphy Stadi um , sho uld be wrapped up in a coup le of weeks, accordi ng to Supercross Inc., (SXI) spokesperson Jeanne Sleeper. The fina l co ntract has no t been signed, but a spokesperson for J ack Murphy S ta diu m re p o rted tha t SX I h a s posted a cash performan ce bond for the event a nd said the race " will be held. We're' just workin g o ut the detail s." T he San Diego race will be sanct ioned by the AMA. The California Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Commission's Grants. Cooperative Agreement and Trails Committee will meet at 7 p.m.• January 21, in the Best Western lake Tahoe Inn, 4110 Highway 50, South Lake Tahoe. California. to discuss OHV use in the Tahoe. Toiyabe. Stanislaus and EI Dorado National Forests. and in the lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. The entire comm ission will meet in the Best Western lake Tahoe Inn at 8 :30 a .rn.• January 22. Agenda items include Bureau of, land Management land tenure adjustment. riding trails in Sycamore Canyon, 'St at ew ide Trail Days, insurance requirements for special events in State Vehicular Recreation Areas, and many other measures which could impact OHV use in California. The fina l 10-year management pl a n for the Wayne Nati onal Forest in southeastern Ohio boosts off-road vehicle tra ils from the ' 150 miles recommended in the draft p la n to a fina l trail to tal of 250 miles. The OHV sectio n of th e pl an allows trails o n a ppro ximately 20 percent of the forest; new tra ils will be constructed wi thin the next 10 years and be built , by user groups. The Forest Service received 1508 comments from the pub lic on the draft plan, which were used to evaluate changes in the p lan 's ORV section. O RV groups will ing to wo rk on the project sho uld co nt act _ the Fores t Service office in Athens (219 Co lum bus Road, Ath ens, O H 45701, 614/592-6644) or in Iron ton (710 Park Aven ue, Iron ton , OH 45638,61 4/532-3223). The California Off-Highway , Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission will hold a special meeting February 17 in Sacramento. California. to address the issues of off-highway motorcycle noise. mufflers and spark arresters. · At , • the special meeting, the commission will address three issues. First, the commission will discuss ways to make OHVs quieter. and would welcome comments on the subject from vehicle and aftermarket manufacturers. Second, the panel will address the issue of "closed-course-only" off-road motorcycles being used on public lands 'w it ho ut spark arresters, approved mufflers or green stickers (OHV registration certificates). Third. the commission will discuss ways owners may bring their motorcycles into compliance with state law by adding legal equipment. made by original equipment manufacturers or aftermarket companies. Also included in the meeting will be an update on new legislation as it pertains to the continuation of California's OHV program. For more information. phone the commission at 916/445-0305. Kayo Racing recen tly an nou nced the restructu ring of th eir end urance road race team for 1988. Kayo, who won th e AMA GTU Na tio nal Champio nship and fin ished second overall in the title chase in 1987, will sponsor a team wh ich will co mbi ne the effor ts of themselves a nd WERA end ura nce competi tors Gen esis Racing. With the two team s forming o ne tea m, Kayo will be able to contes t both the AMA U.S. Endura nce Series and the WERA Nation al End ura nce Series co ncurre nt ly. David Graham , Kayo's racing services coo rdinator , will work with Ken Welt y, Genesis Racin g's team manager, in managin g the team's efforts, Current spon sors include D.I.D Chain, Yokoham a Tires, and G.S. Battery. Kayo's press release did not sti pula te wh at brand of motorcycle th e team would be usi ng in 1988. NAMED: Norihiro Takeuchi to position of corporate president of Bridgestone (U .S.A.), Inc.; Takeuchi had been president of Bridgestone's (U.S.A.) Tire Sales Group; he replaces Kazuo Ishikure who is returning to the parent company, Bridgestone Corporation, to assume a new assignement; Takeuchi will retain the concurrent position as president of the Tire Sales Group . Kal- Gard has been named the official lub ricant of th e Cagiva No rt h American MX support program. Cagiva sup po rt riders usin g Kal -C ard lubricants will be el igible for Kal-Gard co nt ingency money. Kal -Oard 'will also be an associa te sponsor of the 1988 Suzuki Na tio nal Cup Series , sponsor of the Orient Express drag race team , and a co ntingency sponsor in the GP cla ss of the AMA Pro T wins road race series. The Pro-Desert Coalition (PDC) has available a 28 minute videotape. called The Desert lockout A Question of Freedom. featuring interviews with desert users opposing U.S. Senator Alan Cranston's Desert Protection Act (57) . California State Senator H.L. Richardson. who organized the PDC earlier this year to defeat 57. narrates the video with the help of cowboy legend Roy Rogers. The Motorcycle Industry Council (MIC) co-sponsored the tape and hopes it will playa major role in swaying public opinion regarding Cranston's controversial legislation. Copies of the videotape can be obtained for seven dollars each from the Pro-Desert Coalition. P.O. Box 188380, Sacramento. cs.. 95818-8380. or call 916 / 445-3688 . Devils Bowl Speedway in Dallas, Texas, will hos t its 8th An nua l PreDaytona Seaso n Opener, an AMA sanctioned half mile race, Sunday, February 21. The program will al so feature vintage bike races. Plus, promot er B~b Bagwell will hos.t four