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Wind (Con tinued from page 2) KINGDOME STADIUM SEATTLE, WA FEBRUARY 1 3, 1 988 third in the Argentinian GPs. He will work with Freddie Spencer and Niall Mackenzie's tuner Erv Kanemoto. Hainomoto is a Japanese food processing company. Rothmans H onda 's 500cc World Champion Wayne Gardner will be testin g th e first week of February a t Calder Park in Au stral ia. A second Honda crew consis ting of Freddie Spencer and Niall Mackenzi e will test a t the Australian facility a week after Gardner. Wayne Gardner will reportedly be meeting with members of England's Royal Family in Australia shortly. Gardner, who has reached hero status in his native country, will meet the Royal Family as part of Australia's 200year anniversary celebration. Ital ian Eddie Orioli (Hon) was th e motorcycle division winner at th e Paris-Dakar Rall y, wh ich began J anuar y I in Versailles, Fran ce, and ended J anuary 22 in Senega l, Africa. A close second went to Ital ian Fran co Picco (Yam), who was leading th e event nea r th e end of the ra lly before he and o ther riders got lost trying to find a checkpoint. Picco was also slowed wh en h is team 's back-u p truck cras hed into a no ther tru ck, killing one of hi s crew members. Third pl ace wen t to French rider and former Paris-Daker wi n ne r Giles Lalay (Hon ). Rounding ou t the top five were Italy's Claudio Teruzzi (Hon) and Franco C ua ldi (Ca g), Former winner Gaston Rahier (Suz), led a t one poi nt but blew a n engine and even tuall y finishe d seventh . Malcolm Smith, th e only American en trant in th e ra lly, finished fo ur th overall a nd second in cla ss in th e car division. It is rep oned th at six peop le died in th e rall y, incl uding three spectators. More than 30 participants have.been ai rli fted o ut of Africa with serious injuries. The February 20 AMA Supercross tentatively scheduled for Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, California, has been canceled, according to the AMA, but Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group announced today that the event will become part of MTEG's nonAMA-sanctioned Super Crown of Motocross Series, which will be sponsored by Coors. The Super Crown series will include stadium motocross races in Anaheim, California, January 30; San Diego, California, February 20; and Los Angeles, California, June 18. The three events will be billed as the Coors Super Crown of" Stadium MX. Tom Karr, program manager for the Golden, Colorado. brewery said, "We are very pleased to include the Coors Super Crown in our overall sports program for 1988." Former National MX and Supercross Champion David Bail ey will be a mo n g the m otocr oss celebrities sign ing a utographs a nd gree tin g specta tors during th e pre-race activiti es in the Fun Zo ne at the Micky Thompson Stadium Mot ocross at Anaheim Stadiu m , J a nuary 30., Ken Maely will be holding a twoday speedway school on his Corona, California, ranch February 20-21. Sam Ermolenko, who has finished as high as third in the World I n divi d u al Speedway (Conti nued to page 24) OFFICIAL 1988 AMATEUR SEATTLE SUPERCROSS ENTRY FORM Information SPECTATOR STADIUM ENTRANCE: Stadium NE Gate " 0 ". OVERNIGHT PARKING: The Stadium Authority does not allow Overnight Camping in the Kingdome Lo ts. RIDER 'S MEETING: Rider's Meeting at 6 :30 AM. Saturday morning. The race format will be reviewed at this t ime. To enter. use Nonh Service Entrance to Tunnel. . PRACTICE: Practice at 7:00 AM. Saturday morning. PIT PARKING: The Parking Lot opens at 5 :30 A M . Saturday morning for vehicles to park in the Pit Area Use the North Parking Area The Stadium will charge a Parking Fee. RACE FORMAT: Race Format to be reviewed at Rider's Meeting. All Riders Must Attend. MECHANICS AREA: Each Rider is allowed to have One (1) Mechanic on the " Floo r" when he is rid ing. CREDENTIALS: Each Rider will receive a Rider's and a Mechanic's Wrist Band in their Rider Packet Do not lose the W rist Bands as there is a $1 5.00 Charge per Wrist Band for replacements. Wrist Bands must be worn at all t imes and are good only for the Amateur Event When not Racing. the Wrist Band will get you in to watch the Racing on Saturday morning. RACE HEADQUARTERS: Doubletree Hotel. 205 Strander Blvd.. Seattle. WA 98188 - (206) 246·8220. SCHEDULE: EARLY REGISTRATION: Friday, 5 :00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M . PRE-ENTRY FEE: $50.00 Per Class POST-ENTRY FEE: $10 Additional Per Class PRE-ENTRY DEADLINE: Postmark No Later Than February 8 .1988 ENTRY FEE INCLUDES: 1 Rider Gate Fee. 1 Rider Pit Pass. 1 Mechanic Gate Fee 1 Pro Event Ticket (Saturday) and 1 Pro Event Ticket (Sunday) (no refunds if not picked up) Additional Tickets can be purchased ZIt Registration. CLASSES .YOU MAY RIDE"TWO CLASSES 1._ _ 60ce 2. _ _ 80ce Beginner 3. _ _ 80ce Jun ior 4. _ _ 80cc Intermediate 5. _ _ 125 6,_ _ 125 7. _ _ t25 8. _ _ 250 Beginner Junior Intermediate Beginner 9. _ _ 250 Junior 10 ._ _ 250 Intermediate 11._ _ Beginner Open 12._ _ Jr. Open t 3. _ _ Open Intermediate 14. _ _ ' Up the Hill (25 -29) 15._ _ Overthe Hill (30- Over) ° 16 . _ _250 CMC Pro WHERE AGES ARE INDICATED 1.0. IS REQUIRED. Classeswith less than (15) fifteen entries may be combined or cancelled at the discr~tion of the organizers. Name: ....:;...;... _~ Birth Date: _ _ _ _---' City: Address: State: _ _ _ _ _ _ _-'-_--' Bike Brand: Zip: _________-=- _ _ Phone: ( Riding No. - 1st Choice 2nd Choice _ TOTAL PRE-ENTRY AMOUNT ENCLOSED: $ MAIL CASHIERS CHECKOR MONEY ORDER ONLY IN':-o-::"':-roo-""--:-:1 c::"_---:-ka-=)-::TQ:=-. SuperSports. P.O, Box 13246 • St Petersburg. FL 33733. (B13) 822-8929/(206) 334·7194 °The February 13-14 Supercross at the Kingdome will have a 250 amateur program These amateur races will move some riders into the pro-heats where they w ill be guaranteed a port ion of the pro-payoffs. Amateurs practice and heats will be the first events before any pro-practice. After the pro-practice and opening ceremonies the 250cc amateur final w ill be the first event of the evening in front of the big Supercross crowd. Ten amateur Supercross trophies w ill be awarded . The amateur Supercross riders wi ll then be moved into the pro-Supercross heats by their finis h on the amateur final. All amateur riders who ride in the pro-heats w ill be paid a minimum of $47.00 plus a years paid AMA membership and one years paid ProAm license. . The AMA membersh ip can be used at any AMA amateur or pro race including the AMA amateur national championships at Loretta Lvnn's, Having an AMA Pro-Am license does not restrict you to the Pro-Am class of AMAamateur racing: however. it can be used atany AMA Supercross or outdoor AMA national throughout the United States including San Antonio on June 5th. Entry fees for the AMA and pro-program will be $12.00. Motorcycle World with Larry'Huffv~~~ --;t!!J.~ This Sunday's Special Guest is: ** PAT 'AL EXAN DER ** Racing Team Manager - U.S. Suzuki It comes to you liv e, every Sunda y night from 10 to II p.m. KOLA 99.9 FM Los Angeles/ Riverside O ran ge Co./San Bern ard in o KTIM 100.9 FM San Fran cisco/Oakl and KSCO 1080 AM Sa nta Cru z Sponso red by XTRA " E XI ra G old" 690 AM Stro ngest AM Station in Western U.S. ' $ SUZUKI 15

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