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Honda and Yamaha Motorcycles present the United States International GRAND PRIX HONDA Come ride with us. YAMAHA ankle. That was a Frid ay night. On Saturday I had to be in Czechoslovakia for th e World T eam Cup, which I didn 't make. Monday was th e tribu na l. I told them everthing that happened a nd that I h ad made a h u ma n mistake and forgot. They had to believe me. I have a good record. I have nev er had any kind of drug offense. Nobody ca n ever say that I am related with th em (drugs). I am married and have kids. There is no way I would jeopardize a ll that. I am not into it. Everybody who knows me knows that I am not using drugs. I think the y wer e loo kin g for stero ids or things that boost yo u up in stead of things that are druggy a nd get yo u down. Wh en I walked o u t of th e tribunal th ey told me I was banned Cor 18 months and we had to appeal. I kn ew it was premediated. They had th eir minds made up, before th ey sa t down, that th ey were going to ban me. That fired up everybody wh o wa s with me to he lp m e ge t th rough th is thing . I had to post a lot of money. We found on e o f th e best lawyers in England a nd he went into th e a p peal and talked Cor about 45 minutes to an hour. They (the Speedway Control" Board) ma ybe go t 10 minutes th at whole time. Their lawy er was spun arou nd in circles and sputtering. My lawyer had it put together. He just read off a ll th e not es and cross examined th eir a ttorn ey so that they didn' t even know what they were saying. When you won th e a p p eal did it feel as if th e world had been lifted from yo ur shoulders? Yeah. They en ded up dropping all of th e charges so when I walked out of there I Celt great. It let me know the direction m y life was going. If the ban had held, th e FIM would have to ban me. They would have to make a decision based on the facts. If the FIM had banned me , the AMA would have almost had to follow suit to keep their rapport with the big Cederation . I could have been banned completely from all racing. Speedway' is such a short career. You'are at your prime for maybe five or six years. I feel that I am at my prime. That is my whole career right now. Sure it was a lot of weight off my shou lders. Has the ordeal changed you? I take everything serious ly now (especially) any ki nd of an official document at races. It hasn 't given me . a b a d ta st e about speedway in ge neral. It ha s kind of pumped me up more. I feel now I am go ing to go back and prove to all th e people that supported me that they were su pporting the righ t person. Are you worried about the rea ction you may receive from British fans? All the Cans and magazines were on (Con tin ued to page 25) \\e make the difference: ~Marlboro~ (SHOEI) Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA April 9th and 10th featuring ltIM .A "CTI ON I O SOOcc World Championship and 250cc World Championship Rounds SANCTIONED Nissan is the O ff icial Car and Truck of Lagu na Seca Raceway INFORMATION:',408J 373-1811 Weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. r--------------------------~---------------------~ I I TICKET ORDER I ADVANCE PRICE I TICKET I General S30 I Sunday Admission I I I UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX NO. x 2·Day General Admission $40 2·Da y VIP Admission· Reserve d Grandstand· 'Pit Tours' 575 Name _ Address _ . _ City x ---' _ x Stile I I NO SATUlIDAY ONLY TICKETS AVAILABLE! I . I CAMPING I TYPE OF ARRIVAL PRICE I VEHICLE I TOTAl THROUGH SATU RDAY NIGHT I MOTORCYCLES I RV'SAND I OTHER VEHICLES THROUGH NIGHT SATURDAY I 1 I 515 x 525 Zip -, Daytime PI10ne( Mail to: SCHAMP, P.O. 801 SCRAMP, .Monterey, CA 93942 NO. OF NIGHTS o o TOTAL Check or money order payable to SCRAMP MasterCard or Visa # _ Expiration Date _ x Children under 12 years 01 age FREE with parent. OFFICE USE ONLY _ 23