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Wind (Con tinued from page 2) Nees. Among the in centives for the program is a concept called Challenge' Cost-Share Projects which permit individuals, clubs, community organizations and even businesses to en ter into agreements with the . Forest Service for matching funds (or working hours) for trail and forest en hancement effort s. Contributions do not have to co me in the form of cash , th ey can co me in the form of skilled labor or eq u ip men t. An y individual or club interest ed in getting involved should contact the AMA's Gov ernment Relations Dept, P.O. Box 6114, Westerv ille, OH 43081-6114, or call 614/891-2425. BOR N : Kevin Patrick Rooney, son ' of M ik e and Eileen Rooney, promoters of Cal Expo Speedway, in . Sacramento, Californ ia, November 9 . 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Nam e _ Ad dress _ City 5 tate Zip '--_ --,- Pho ne _ _.,--- o Payment enc losed _ _ =,"" ' (che ck or mon ey or der. payable t o Cycle News) ICA res . add 6% LA Coun ty res . add 6'12%) _ _ o Charge my Visa 0 Cherge my M astercar d Charge Customers : W e mu st have complete Card No. account number and card expirati on dal e. _~ _ Expiration Date _ Signature _ Order Now Only $99.00 incl. shipping, ready to frame . c/o Cycle News . P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 38 T he AMA pr esented testimony at th e November 22 hearing of the Virginia Departm ent o f Tran sportation (VDOT) in an effo rt to overt urn th e state's policy of excluding motorcycles from High Occupan cy Vehicle (H O V) lanes. Federal Jaw assuring motorcycle access to HOV lanes sta tes, " No funds apportio ned . . . to a sta te for Federal ai d hi ghways shall be obliga ted for a project for constru cti ng . . . a Federal ai d highway whic h has a ' lane design ated as a carpool lane unless th e use of such lane includes use by motorcycles." H owever , a loophol e in th e law allo ws sta tes, upon certi fica tio n by th e Federa l Highway Administration, to restrict mot orcycle use on HOV lanes if th e state believes motorcycle trav el would crea te a "safety ha zard."Jim Ben sberg, AMA leg isl ativ e affair s specia l ist for go vern men t relations, said, " T he AMA believes that th e VDOT has fai led to justify its conte nt io n that motor cycles are a safety hazard on HOV lan es. If th e purpose of HOV lan es is to ease traffic and inner city parking p rob lems, sta te officials sho uld enco urage, rather th an discourage, the use of space efficient motorcycles." Bensberg also pointed out th at the two HOV lan es near Ri chmond, Virginia , perm it mot or- , cycle access while .rhe heavil y travelled co mmu ter routes on 1-66, 195 and 1-395 near Washingt on , DC, prohibi t motorcycle tra ffic. M ore than 15 0 tra il riders con ven ed in Harrisonburg , Virg inia, on November 18 to sign up for t he AMA /U.S. Forest Service Trail Rider Program. Eric Lund q u is t . AMA legisl ativ e affairs special ist f or government relation s, was on hand to help register the vol unteers 'w ho will build and m ain t ai n some 240 miles of offroad veh ic le (ORV) trails in t he . George Washing ton National Forest, locat ed in western Virg inia. Lundqu ist assisted David Nees, a northern Virg inia motorcycl e dealer, and Wayne Kelly, su p er v i so r for the George Was hington Nationa l Forest , in regi st eri ng t he volun teers. Baja Promotions will hold its first Triple Crown of Baja Off-Road Desert Series/Grans Pr ix des Baja Awards Banquet on Saturday, Jan. uar y 14, a t th e H otel Fiesta Americana in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexi co. Tickets are $25 each and can be purchas ed from Baja Promotions by calling 818/ 340-5750 or 992-6355, or by writing to P.O. Box 8938, Calabasas, CA 91302. Honda of America Senior Engineer Ray Sanders gave a seminar and hands-on demo.pf the Honda Gold Wing for inm at e students of the Joseph Wahrer-instructed Motor Technology course at Lim a (Ohio) Correctional Institute on November 18. Wahrer expressed h is apprecia t ion, saying, " Ou r warmest season 's greetings go out to Honda along with thanks from the bottom of ou r hearts. " An ISDE Board of Directors has been officially form ed. The 13 members include Hugh Fleming (president), Dick Burleson (vice president), Dave Bertram (genera l manager), Terry Cunningham, Steve Ellis, Charles Halcomb, Mik e Guerra, Mike Rosso, Mark Johnson, Rick Claypoole, Don Hough, Randy Hawkins and Bevo Forte. They are currently working on a schedu le for meetings and topics. Kenneth Lee Roberts, 14. son of th ree-time World Champion Kenny Roberts, entered and won his f irst-ever motorcycle race at .the December 4 Chris CarrlLodi M .C . Marathon at Lodi, California . Roberts topped t he Mini class aboa rd a Yama ha YZ80 . His yo unger bro t her. Curtis , also competed for t he f irst t ime. f inish ing 12th in the 50cc division . When it was ment ioned to King Ken ny t hat h is son could possibl earn more money in racing than he had, t he sen ior Roberts said , " That wouldn 't be hard to do. " Sure, Kenny. sure . The debut of C Racing at sou thern California's Willow Springs Ra ceway has been changed from J anua 29, as reported in thi s section las week, to February 5, according t California Superbike School's Keit Cod e. . For more information, cal 213/ 484-9323. The Sports Car Racing Associati o n o f" Monterey Pen insul (SCRA M P), operators of Lagu n Se ca Raceway. d istributed reco rd $290,000 to m ore than 5 Monterey, California-area chari and civic organizations at it s 3 1s Annual Awards Banquet at Mon t er ey's Sheraton Hotel on Decem ber 1. T he d o nati o n s r ai sed SCRAMP's t otal contributions t charity to $3.4 million since th group was formed in 19 57. I' addition t o t he gra nts to t he are' cha rity and civic organ iz ation w hi ch provide t he volunteers w h staff t he motorsports eve nts pro duced at Laguna Seca Raceway, t hey w ill also make donations t t he Monterey and Salinas Unite Way cam paigns. The $15.000 d o nation is one of the largest from .a non-prof it co mpany. A tentative air date of J anuary 4 ha , been set for th e Unsolved Mysterie TV sh ow that will feature a re enac tment of th e 'crime that took th lives of Mickey Thompson and hi wife Trudy last March 16. Th segment will also note the co nt in ua tion of a $260,000 reward, which ha been posted by the family, friend a n d business associates of t h Thompsons, for information tha leads directly to th e arrest an convictio n of the persons responsibl for th eir deaths. Hold itl The post-entry fee for th upcoming Florida Winter AM MX Series was shown as bein $15 in an ad for the ser ies whic ran in our November 30 issue . Th correct post -entry fee per class per event is $5 .