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opposing Agonia's confirmation
as director of the State Parks &
Recreation Department during
the CORVA convention. Richard son, who didn 't know Agonia was
in the audience, reportedly said,
"Usually I go along with the
Governor, but in this case Duke
(Governor George Deukmejian)
made a bad appointment. He's
(Agonia) flaky. He's not getting
my vote." Seventeen state senators are confirmed "no" votes on
the Agonia issue, and another four
or five are sitting on the fence. It's
possible Agonia's confirmation
could be in jeopardy.
T he California All -Terrain Vehicle
Association (CAT VA) merged with
the Californi a Off-Road Vehicle
Association (CO RVA) during th e
CORVA convention. Acco rding to
CATVA spokesma n Mike Bishop' ,
the CATVA Board of Dir ectors WIll
become the " ATV ed uca tio n ar m"
of CORVA and th e 500 memb ers of
CATVA will becom e mem bers of
C O RV A. That m ov e wi Il · pus h
CO RV A's membership to a bou t
3000. The two off-roa d organizations
merged "to co nsolida te p o wer ,"
Bishop sai d.
Gerry Counts, who often represents the AMA Government Relations Department during government hearings in California, was
named "Off-Roader of the Year"
at the CORVA Convention.
Daytona Supercross win ne r Ri ck
J ohnson has been expenment~ng
with a 19-inch rear wheel and ure ,
i n stead of the sta ndard l Svinch:
configu ra tion. "We ha ve som e sp ecially ma de tire and whee l combos,"
said Dunlo p 's Fra n k Stacy . "They
seem to be worki ng rea lly well on
hard-packed, fast courses." Johnson
used the 19-in ch rear wheel o n his
factory Honda in the firs t moto a t
the Gai nesville National MX last
weekend, th en went bac k to th e 18inc h for m oto two . At the Daytona
Supercross , J ohnson used th e 19inch rea r wheel.
The April 9 Fools Gold National
Enduro in Georgetown, California, has been cancelled . The little
Polecat National Enduro in Twain
Harte, California: will be held April
24 as scheduled. It has been
confirmed by the AMA that the
Fools Gold round has been reseheduled for October 23, in Redding,
California, hosted by the Redding
Dirt Riders.
Kevin Brown (H on) was the overa ll
winner at the opening round of the
Suzuki/Wiseco Cross Country Series
in Sanford, Nortfi Carolina, March
6. Mark H yde (H u s) finish ed second,
with Scott Summers (Hon) third.
Californian Goat Breker (Hon)
won the international motocross
race in Beaucaire, France, February 21, with a 6-2-2 performance.
Holland's John Van den Berk
(Yam) finished second overall and
England's Kurt Nicoll (Kaw) third.
The race is the traditional seasonopener in Europe and drew nearly
every European works rider. Californian Rick Ryan (Hon) was
actually the star of the day as he
won the first two motos and was
leading the final moto until his
chain derailed shortly before the
finish .
Armond T. Fida nza, 45, fro m Northridge, Cal ifornia, died whi le com-
petin g in th e Pro spector M.C.
Enduro near Ridgecrest, California,
March 6, according to the Kern
County Coroner's Office. Although
an au topsy hadn 't been performed as
of our press time, unofficial sources
sa id it appeared as though Fidanza
suffered a hea rt attack.
Another race-related death
occured March 5 at the Viewfinders G .P. in Riverside, California,
when Neil Fearing, 54, of Anaheim, Califomia, pulled out of the
race and suffered a heart attack
in the pits, according to a spokesman for Performance Cycle of
Anaheim. Fearing was owner of
Galaxy Wholesale and part owner
of Performance Cycle. He is survived by his wife Della, son Keith.
and daughter Debbie.
T im Rad er of Bel Air , Mary la nd, was
th e Grand Prize winner in our Win
Daytona Contest. Rad er's name was
drawn during th e March 5 Daytona
Su percross ope n ing ceremonies and
he won a Honda NX650 a nd a
Ch ario t Trailer.
Grand National Champion Bubba
Shobert will ride a Camelsponsored Honda NSR250 in the
April 10 United States round of
the 250cc World Championship at
Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey. California. The NSR250 will
reportedly be rented from Honda
for the GP only.
A bill that wou ld ha ve req uired all
m o to rcycl ist s in th e sta te o f
Washing ton to wear helmets was
defeated February 26 during a reconsideratio n vote in the sta te legislature, accordi ng to the AMA. House
Bill 1468, sponsored by Represen tative Ru th Fish er (D-T acoma),. had
passed the Wash in gton H ouse of
Representatives b ut was defea ted in
the Sena te Transportatio n Co mmittee ·o n February 25. A motion to
reconsider the bill was defeated the
next day whe n only eig h t of 14
committee members bothered to vote
o n the issue. Under special co mmi ttee rules, th e bill needed eigh t of 14
vot es to pass; th e bill failed by a 53 margin. Lobbyin g agai nst th e bill
wer e o fficia ls from th e AMA ,
ABATE of Washington, the Motorcycle Ri ghts Fund an d the Minnesota
Mo torcycle Riders Association. AMA
Government Relations Legisla tive
Affa irs Specia list Jim Bensb erg
stressed to the Sen ate Com mittee th at
adult helmet use should be voluntary . "W e believe Washi ngton has a
legitimate interest in protecting its
rnmor citizens, but adults sho uld
re ta in t hei r fr eed om to c hoose
whe ther to wear h elmets," said
Ben sberg. As a result of a bill passed
in 1987, Washington req ui res helm et
use by riders und er age 18. The defeat
of H B1468 does no t change the sta tus
of the 18-and-u nd er helmet law.
