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, ~~YHD ~ BY~~Wf~LfY 0') 00 ~ (Continued from page 5) ~ available at Tickeunaster. For more ...... information , call International Speedway at 714/492-9933. ..c: U ~ ro :E Brit Joey Dunlop is pulling out all the stops in an attempt to tie or beat Mike Hailwood's record of 14 Isle of Man victories. It comes as no surprise that Dunlop, who has 13 10M wins to his credit. will contest the Formula One World Ch am pionship race this coming June, but he surprised everyone in racing by announcing he'lI also compete in the re -introduced 125cc TT. Only one rider, the late Bill Ivy on a works Yamaha. has lapped the Isle of Man at over 100 mph on a 1 25 - Ivy logged a 100.32 mph tour of the 37.73m ile circuit in 1968. available for a $30 non -refundable deposit throu$h WERA headquarters. For more information, call S031 681-WERA. Ace photographer Dan Mahony says he's " ba c k in the photo business" after a six-year stint of "working for a living ." Mahony has w.hat is arguably the .best file of dirt track racing photographs from the past several decades and his work has enhanced many publications. including th is one. Mahony can be reached at 818/ 894-5100. MOVED: Web-Cam, effective February 27, to ISl5 Massachus etts Ave., Riverside, CA 92507; new ph on e number is 714/369-5144. Team Yamaha's Micky Dymond w ill be o ut of action for up to s ix weeks after breaking a bone in his right hand at the San Diego Supercross. February, 11 . According to Yamaha's Willie Amarad io , "Micky shattered the inde x finger just behind the bottom knuckle." Kyle Lewis, another Team Yamaha rider, should return to action at the opening round of the National Championship 125/ 250cc MX Series in Gainesville, Florida ,' March 5. Lewis , who'll ride th e 125cc Nation als, cracked his tailbone at the Seattle Supercross, February 4. Team Honda's George Holland will make his first racing appearance in 1989 at the Ga inesville National. "I was having shoulder problems all last year, so I had arthroscop ic su rgery la t e last November to fix it," said Holland. " I didn't have enough time to heal and I tried riding after the surgery, but the shoulder just wasn't s t ro ng enough . Now I'm just letting it get strong and I should be ready for Gainesville." Holland wi ll defend his championsflip title in the 125cc class. Dolph Lundgren, who you might remember as the Russian boxer in the movie Rocky IV, will star in The Punisher, a film set for national release in oJuly. The Punisher is based on the Marvel comic character. According to the film's publicist. Lundgren rides a HarleyDavidson in the film which was shot on location in Australia. "Lundgren chose to do his own rid ing stunts, instead of using stuntmen. In one scene, he rides his Harley-Davidson in the underground city sewers through precarious circular tunnels and pipes. In another, he jumps from a speeding bus onto the bike. The Harley -Davidson used in the film was custom made for Lundgren, a chopped down, lo nge r, heavier and wider version than the standard American Harleys to fit The Pun isher's virile image," said Diane Fung of Rogers & Cowan, Inc . 50 The opening three rounds of the ' WERA EBC National" Endurance Road Race Series will offer Friday . practice sessions. The practice sessions will be ope n to sprint and endurance riders who hold a com petition racing license. The openin g round of the EBC Endurance Series takes place on March 4 at Alabama's Talladega G ran Prix Racewa y, round two at Georgia's Roebl ing Road Raceway on March IS, and round three at Il linois' Gateway Intern ational Raceway on April 29. As in the past, pre-registration for the National Endurance Series is Kawasaki's MX race team manager Roy Turner says the foo t Jeff Ward injured while p ractici ng at the Ana heim Supercross, January 2S, is healing well. Turner said, "Jeff has been out testing and training and is coming along pretty good. He's not 100% yet, but he will be back in action at Gainesville. He 's not going to ride any more supercrosses until then, because he's realisti cally out of the points chase and it just isn't practical to race supercross before the first National. He's using the time to heal ." The Suzuki enduro team, consisting of the defend ing National Enduro Champion Randy Hawkins, Dave Bertram and Charles Halcomb, has inked a deal to use the new Cobra Eng ineering Hush Puppy spark arrester/silencer for the 1989 season. PROMOTED: Dutch Sadler, to sales and marketing manager of Intertec Publishing Corp., publisher of Clymer motorcy cle repa ir manuals; Sadler previously worked in sales for Clymer P';Iblications and Intertec. APPOINTED : Jagger Sales Company, as Intertec's exclusive sales representative agency in the U.S. and Canada for Clymer motorcycle manuals; Jagger, president of the new company, previously worked for Intertec as director of marketing . Personal Cycle Services, a Cagiva, Ducati, Husqvarnaand Moto Morini dealer in Daytona Beach, Florida, will be hosting a European Cycle Show on Saturday, March I I. All European motorcycles can be entered in any of the six classes (pre-1950, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 19S0's and Peopl e's Choice. Registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and the judging will take place at II a.m . The entry fee is $6 per bike and all proceeds will be donated to th e I Care Ch ild Abus e Center in Daytona Beach. Personal Cycle ·Services is located a t 115 E. Mason Ave. For more in forma tio n, call 904 /25325S6. Steve Ferree of Blaine, Minnesota, is preparing four Laverda 750SFCs which will be entered in the 750cc GP class atthe AHRMA Vintage road race meet 'at Daytona on Monday, March 6 . Tim Parker, Larry Strung, Scott McCuskey and Dave Maxton will handle the riding chores. - Cancer claimed Tom Sifton's wife Stella on ,Wednesday, February 15, in San Jose, California. Sifton, a . noted cam manufacturer; suffered a dia betes attack when his wife passed away and is currently ho spitalized in San J os e's Good Samaritan Hospi tal. For t he third straight year, Castrol will be the title sponsor of the AMA 250c~ Grand Prix Championship Road Race Series. Castrol will again provide $40,000 in rid e r awards, topped by a $10,000 bonus to t he hig h-point rider in the series. Castrol's roa d racing program will be administered by Motorsports Manager John Howell, with field support provided by Motorcycle Race Coordinator Walter von Schonfeld. AGV Helmets is currently accepting applications for their 'S9 rider support program. Interested road racers, motocrossers and enduro riders should send a resume , list of results fro m last season, and their proposed 'S9 race schedu le to AGV USA Cor p., 5711 In du stry La ne, Unit 3S, Frederick, MD 21701. No phone calls, please. American Honda is conducting a Product Update Program to replace cylinders on 1989 CR- . , 1 2 5 Rs . CR125 owners will be notified of the update by mail and can have their local dealer replace the effected cylinders with modif ied versions which have increased exhaust port bridges and chamfering to help prevent premature piston ring breakage . Effected models fall in the JH2JE010 ·KM000001 -KMOO 4205 V.I.N. range. RESIGNED: Gary LaPlante, as a member of American Honda's public relations department, to accept a posi tio n in advertising sales . for Costa Mesa, California-based publishing company Real Dynamics Promotions, producer of SCO RE Monthly , California R ider and Corva News magazines. Trophies for the Check Chase Hare & Hound, held in October of 1988, are now available and can be picked up at the February 25 Desert Foxes Hare & Hound at Red Mountain, California. Call 818/364-2432 for more information. FORMED: Team Obsolete Products, Ltd, by Team Obsolete's Rob Iannucci, to manufacture products for vintage racing; initial offering will be magnesium six-speed gearboxes and other produ cts will include G50 rear wheels and tuning kits. Fans attend ing the Daytona 200 on March 12 will have an opportunity to see the motorcycles ridden by the only father-son combination to win the classic road race. These bikes are Don Emde's 1972 Daytona 200w inning 350cc Yamaha and the Indian Scout on which his father, Floyd Emde. won in 1948 at a then-record speed of 84 mph. The Emde Ind ian is owned by Jim Sutter of Sugar Grove, Illinois, and the Emde Yamaha was owned by Paul .Kelsay of Laguna Beach, California, who has donated it to t he American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation. The Yamaha, which was the first two-stroke to win the 200 and began a 13-year winning streak for Yamaha. will be ridden in an exhibition lap by Don Emde, after which it will be formally presented by Emde and . Kelsay to be placed on display at the AMHF museum that will open in Westerville, Ohio, lat e r this year. The Daytona-winning bikes will be accompanied on their parade la p by a rare and newlyrestored 1919 Daytona Indian fa c t ory racer owned by Dean Hensley of Los Angeles, ' Ca lifornia. D and D Racing Products of Simi Valley, California, and Crazy SOs Fun Fund are offering contingency prizes in the American Road Racing Association's 50cc and SOcc Superstreet classes to be run on the 2.5mil e Willow Springs International Raceway course through 19S9. D and D will award a $50 gift certificate to first place in the 50cc class, while Crazy SOs Fun Fund will pay $50 to . first, $30 to second , and $20 to third in the SOcc class. For more information contact the ARRA at S05/9665700. The American Motorcycle Institute (AMI) of Daytona Beach, Florida, will once again be opening up its shop to racers after Daytona International Speedway closes in the evenings during Camel Motorcycle Week. From Monday, March 6 , through Saturday, March 11 , the shop will be available from 6 p.m, on. Anyone who wishes to use the facility to work on their race bike, should call AMI's Dave Baynes between 6 and 7 p.m. each evening . AMI is located on the a irport access road just east of the Speedway. Team No Drugs has reached an agreement with Yamaha for support in 19S9. Brothers Kirk and Jeff Hoeppner will campaign FZR600s in the AMA/CCS EBC Endurance Challenge and 600cc National Supersport Series. Their primary sponsors are AGV USA, McGraw Motorcycle Insurance and the Her man Goelitz Candy Co. (maker of Je lly Belly's). Team No Dru gs will have Jelly Belly samples at every event. HIRED: Larry Matre by Seals Communications Corp. to handle marketing and sales of the company's video and film production divis ions and head corporate operations in Los Angeles and Atlanta; Matre, formerly an assistant national advertising manager for American Honda's motorcycle division, replaces Denny King who is no longer with Seals Communications.