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Wind There's no other (Continued from page 2) The newly formed Midwest Trail Riders Association (MT RA) is seeking off -road enth usia sts who are ' co nce rned about th e future o f trail riding to join th eir Missouri-based orga n iza tio n. Th e not-for-profit orga n izatio n works with the Mark Twa in National For est Rangers in .develo p in g , co ns truc ti n g, signing a n d maintaining th e OR V trail sys te m . Scheduled fund raising - proj ects include membership drives, woods poker runs a nd family-type enduros. The first scheduled MTRA event is a " tra il inventory survey" tr ail ride near P a lmer Lake on Nov ember 27. All participants must be MTRA members; m embership applications will be available at the event. All motorcycles m ust have sp ark arresto rs and silencers. For m ore information, write to the MTRA , P.O . Box 1203, Maryland Heights , MO 6304 3 ' or contac t MTRA President Al Hejlek, 1137 Gravo is Rd., Fenton , MO 63026, 314/ 343-7458. feeling like it in the world•.. .... - (1) ..0 8 (1) > o Z This is the magazine you have been waiting for: Road ra ci ng. Neck and neck. Down t he straight. Around th e sweeper. Through the ch icane. That's ho rs e-pow e r a nd • speed . On th e ra ce t ra ck. From a round the world and acro ss t he cou nt ry. There's rea lly no ot her fee ling like it in the world. Now the re is a glossy, full- color magazine tha t specia lizes in bring ing roa d ra ci ng into yo u r ho m e. This is the magazine. Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated will pu t you a t th e race track. Every is s ue . Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illus trated w ill present t he mach ines and the people t ha t mak e up wo rldwide road racing and the h igh -performance moto rcy c le world. ' Special Charter Subscription Offer Become a Charter Subscriber to Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated a nd rece ive s ix is s u e s for only $9.001You s a ve $6.00 (that's 4 0%) off t he norma l subscr ipt ion price of $ 15.00. Us e th e handy Charte r Subscript ion Enve lope to get your subs c riptio n ru shed right to you r door. J ust fill o ut th e Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated order form be low: r-----------------· Subscription Order Form -----------------, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA will field a "works" FZR600 in the March 3 Daytona AMA 600cc Supersport race . Ken Clark, Yamaha director of racing, sa id. " Da y t o n a k icks off the year. Yamaha would like to start the year by int ro d uc ing the FZR600 t here." Muzzy's Racing & Development , owned by Rob Muzzy, h a s been -c o nt ra c t e d to prepare and maintain the race b ikes at Daytona. The Yamaha FZR600 team will consist of four riders. "No final decisions have been made as to who those riders are, " said Clark. "However, we plan to an nounce them shortly." C lark 'Stresses that Yamaha's participation in the Supersport class will consist of the Daytona race on ly. Yamaha will then rely on privateer riders to campaign their FZR600s throughout the ' 8 9 season, competing for a hunk of Yamaha co ntingency money. A total of $20,000 has been posted by Yamaha for the Daytona 600cc Supersport race; the winner (if Yamaha-mounted) will pocket $5000, second place is worth $ 3 000, t h ird pays $2000 and money is awarded down to 20th p lace. Yamaha's 1989 FZR road race contingency program will support 12 d ifferent series: AMA S uperbike and S upersports, AFM (N o rth a nd So uth , Cal ifornia) , W S R RA Form u la USA, WERA sprin t, A MA /CCS sp r in t a nd e nd ura nce , WERA endurance . M R A s prin t , OMRRA. sprint, WMR RA sprint , and US BA sprint ra c e s . Name The 1989 AMA Invitational Indoor Pro Mot orcycle/ ATV Ice Race Series w ill feature si x championship rounds a nd a Canadian round independent. of th e U .S . tit le chase. Acti on gets underway in Muskegon, Mi chigan 's Walker Arena on December 29, with the following rounds taking place in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Decem ber 30; Ft. Wayne. Indiana, January I; Danville, Ill inois, January 7; Peoria, Ill in o is, January 8; Erie, Pe nnsylva nia, Ja nuary 13; a nd at H am ilton , O n ta rio , Canada, J a n uary 14. Add ress City State Pho ne Number o I want: 1 Year (6 issues) $9.00 M M, _ L 46 Zip Code Order Date ' 0 Acclpt .., PIJ1llI.t IDW (chI c" CI.... moOI, Drdor) PIII Se: o SInd ..I I bill Chl ,gl I1J _ Cl ,d II.. 0 MlstI,cl,d 0 Vi. . Exp_011. SigOltUII _ _ •• Road R~~!!"t One Year (6 iS$llul ht C!IssCan.d. Of 2201 Cherry Avenue Long Beach, CA 90806 (2131427-7433 FAX (2131427-6685 Mexico Ind ,II other forlign countries · 120.00 (U.S. Fundsl. eN _ H&H KTM of Mableton, Georgia, will host the 6th Annual KTM Weekend South on December 1 0 11 . A technical seminar will be presented by H&H owner Barry Higgins on Saturday and a trail ride is planned for Sunday. For more information, call Patti Higgins or Rhonda Camp at 404/ 941 -9184. The Mid-Atlantic Road Racing Club (MAR R C) will host its annual video night on Saturda y, November 19 at th e Elk 's Club in Rockvill e, Maryland. Admission ' fee is 10 and it includes th e lat est ra cing videos, pizza, soft drinks a nd beer. Local deal ers will hav e displays of all th e latest road ra cing gear. For more information, call Mik e Green at30 I I 253-2807. BORN : ' A a ro n King, son of National d irt tracker Rich King and wife Julie, October 26. The Southern California End uro Club (SCEC) is offering a spe cia l discounted entry fee for th e club's popu lar Santa Claus Enduro in Lucerne Valley , Cali fornia, December I I. If you haven't participa ted in a SCECICRC enduro since , 1986, yo u 'll be able to ride one loop for $5 and two loo ps for $10 (no membership required). That's up to a $27 and $29 savings. For more information contact SCEC 714/689 6114 ~ HosPITa l STOP: Tom Webb. editor of Dirt Rider magazine, suffered a broken left leg and a broken left wrist while competing in the AMA National Championship Enduro in Morrison, Illinois, November 6 . Bru ce O gilvie (Hon) was th e overall winner a t th e Checkpoint,M.e. Bad Finger Mountain Enduro in Lucerne Valley, November 6. Second went to Steve Williams (Yam), and Jimmy Lewis (Yam) wa s third. Rex Staten (Ya m) was the Vet Pro class winner at the Wh ite Bros. World Veterans Championship MX at California's Perris Raceway, November 6. Former 250cc MX World Champ ion Danny laPorte (Kaw) was second overall ahead of four -time 250cc Nationa l Champion Gary Jones (ATK) . C u rre nt 125cc MX World Ch ampion J ean-Mi ch el Ba yle of Fran ce was on hand for the Vet Championships, and a lt ho ug h h e's go t a ways to go before he qualifies for th e Vet clas s, he wa s a llowed to ride in th e Vet Pro class for ex h ibi tio n purposes o n ly. Bayle will reporte d ly retu rn to th e U.S. a t th e beg inn ing o f the year to co ntest the Supercross Series before he returns to Europe for th e GPs in April. Broc Glover w ill be go ing to Europe next year on a one-year dea l with KTM to contest the 250cc GPs. Glover says that he w ill be rid ing an all -new case-reed works KTM, and that he probably won't ride any U.S Nationals. "I don 't have any plans to ride here, there 's nothing to ga in, " said G lover in a phone conversation on November 7. "There is a chance that I may do some Golden State races to develop the .ne w bike." Whi le 125cc MX National Champion George Holland, 250cc champ J eff Ward, 500cc and Supercross ch am p Rick j o h nson will carry #1 whil e co m pe ting in the classes in , which th ey won th eir titles next year, H olland will ca rry #3 in other classes, Ward #5 and J oh nson #2. Ron Le chien will ca rry #4. See next week 's paper for a co m p lete list.