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. spiked with nails. Fortunately, race
officials discovered and removed the
obstruction just before the start of
the event. Earth Firstl, a radical
environmental group, claimed credit
for the action.
Duane Hughes (Hon) was inadvertantly left out of the results from
the CMC/Dodge Truck Golden
State Nationals round at Adelanto, Cal ifornia. Hughes should
have been credited with third
overall in the Vet Master class, not
John Dallaire as printed.
A 1988 Yamaha YZ250 was sto len
fro m the back of Marc Peters', son
of CMC president Stu Peters, truck
February 16 in Moreno Valley,
California. The engine number is
2VM001427 aad the bike has several
CMC stickers o n th e plastic. A
reward is bei ng offered for the return
of th e bi ke, and anyone h aving a ny
informa tion on its w hereabou ts
shou ld ca ll the CMC at 714/ 2616116.
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Donations to Dan .Bouit, a former
AMA/District 35 amateur and
professional dirt ;t r ac k racer,
should be sent to Kim Kincade,
1306 Th ird, Clovis, CA 93612,
not to 106 Third as we reported
in this space last week. Donations
will be used to replace Rouit's
wheelchair-accessible van , which
was destroyed in a recent automobile accident. Rouit became a
quadriplegic following a hiking
accident nine years ago.
California dirt tracker Chris Carr
and tuner Mert Lawwill will part
company in 1988, according to Carr
and Lawwill, "Harley-Davidson and
Mert couldn't come to terms," said
Carr. "They wouldn't award him a
contract because he and I couldn't
come to an agreement on the side.
Mert's ideas of fair and my ideas of
fair were different. We parted ways,
bu t we parted on good terms. I really
enjoyed working with Mert Lawwill." LawwilJ said, "Chris got a
new PR man and tre. guy's turned
h is th in king around. He didn't want to agree to the split of purse money
we had always practiced I think
what everybody forgot is that th e
equipment belongs to me. I don ' t
know what Carr's going to do for
a ride, but I've tried to get in touch
with Ricky Graham and Steve Morehead to line myself up with a rider.
Of course, I'm now looking for a
sponsor and anyone who's interested
can reach me at 415/435-0782." Carr
finished fourth in the chase for the
1987 Grand National Championship. Lawwill won the Grand
National title in 1969.
Dirt · tracker Sonny Burres of
Oregon, former National number
69, recently was i nj ured i n a
welding accident and reportedly is
recuperating at home. Burres won
the 25-lap Peoria IT National on
a Triumph in 1975 at age 39. His
only other National win came
during 1971 at the 30-lap Castle
Rock IT in Washington, where he
also rode a Triumph. Cards and
letters may be sent to Burres at
11661 S. E; 108th, Clackamas,
OR 9705.
. ·he Texas Arenacross race meet
scheduled for San Antonio on March
4-6 has been canceled. The o n ly
remaining ·Texas Are nacross race
scheduled will take place in Temple
over the March 26-28 weekend.
according to promoter Mike Kidd.
Henry Agonia
opposes 57;
confirmation
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SACRAMENTO, CA, FEB 17
Henry R. Agonia, California's
ten tative director of parks and
recreation, opposes 57, according to a letter Agonia recently
sent to California Senator David R.
Roberti (D-Hollywood), chairman of
the Senate Rules Committee.
The R u les Committee held hearings February ~ to determine if
Agonia 's appointment as h ead of the
state Parks Dep a rtm en t should
become permanent, but a confirmation vote was tab led until May 23
when state Senator Henry Mello (0Monterey) expressed m isgivings
with the appointee and asked for a
delay.
Agonia's stand against S7, U.S.
Senator Ala n Cranston's (0" ·
Ca lifornia) California Desert Pro tection Act, was taken j u s t be fore
confirmation hearings began to
offset a llegations from th e Ca lifornia
Off- Road Vehicle Association
(CORVA) that Agonia supports S7.
In the letter to Roberti, written to
respond to several charges brought
by off-road vehicle user groups,
Agonia said, " I do not SUppOTl
Senator Cranston 's S7 .. : 'w h ich
would close approximately 10,000 to
15,000 acres of dirt roads and designated vehicle trails that are currently
used by four-wheel drive vehicles.
The Bureau of Land Management
has estim a ted that approximately
'th ree million visitor-use days of offhighway vehicle recreation would be
displaced.
" Instead ," Agonia said, " I support
BLM's California Desert Plan process, which stands as a model for
multiple use p lanning and provides
a role for public involvement and
would not result in the displacement
of OHV users."
Agonia's confirmation vote was
postponed whe n Senate Majority
Wh ip Mello asked for time to speak
with A$oina on several i ssu es,
accorOing to L a rr y Sheingo d ,
spo man. for Mello's office.
"1ili e senator is concerned tllat
AgQlUa isn ' t paying enough a ttention to park problems in Mello's
district," said Sheingold ,
"Mello also is unhappy with the
way Agonia has treated the off-road
vehicle folks," Sheingold said.
"Ariza-Borrego was one of the problems - banning non-street vehicles
from the park. The senator thought
that's what the park was for. "
Both CORVA and the AMA lambasted Agonia for banning off-road
vehicles from Anza -Borrego State
Park shortly after he took office early
in 1987. The AMA said Agonia,
"refused to nego tiate or even discuss
his postiion on the Anza -Borrego
closing with interested user groups."
"With regard to O H V use in AnzaBorrego Deser t State P a r k , offhighway vehicle use has no t been
banned from the park," Agonia said.
" Rather, it has been restricted. Streetlicensed vehicles, such as four-wheel
dr ive jeeps and trucks, dune,buggies
an d motorcycles, are permitted to
operate on the desigriated routes of
travel wi thin the park.
"Green-sticker registered offhighway vehicles (all-terrain vehicles, dune buggies a nd motorcycles)
have been restricted from the unit
and are allowed access by permit
during organized special events, "
said Agonia.
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