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hand to help Johnson out in the pits. fiY 1>411>41 Wf4lLfY (Continued from page 2) with a project prototype bike developed by Cycle magazine. at . the AMA Amateur National Championships at Peoria. Illinois. in July. Key points in the proposed rules follow: main frame and swingarm · may not be modified. rear suspension may be shortened or "blocked." front suspension may be modified but stock fork tubes and triple clamps must be retained. the engine must remain externally stock. and c laiming rules will be established to lim it investment. The Los Altos Dirt Bikers have set March 12 as th e rain date for th eir Coyote Hill H are Scra mbl es at Metcalf Cycle Park in San Jose, California. . Italian helmet manufacturer Nolan has added Fred Merkel. the 1988 World Superbike Champion. to its roster of contracted riders. Merkel. who inked a twoyear contract. joins the likes of 250cc GP champ Sito Pons of Spain and 80/125cc GP champ Jorge "Aspar" Martinez on the Nolan "team." T eam Kawasak i riders J eff Ward, Ron Lech ien and J eff Matiasevich .will be signing a u tographs from 7:00 to 8:30 p .m . on Fri da y, March 17 in the Kawasaki boo th at th e Power Sports Expo in the Astro Are na adjacent to th e Astrodome in H o uston, T exas . Targa Accessories ·w ill sponsor Doug Chandler and the Rob Muzzy-prepared Superbike and 750cc Supersports Kawasakis. starting with the Daytona rounds. according to Dave Dewey of Targa. Four-time Nat ional Enduro Champion, Team Green 's Terry Cunningham will be co nd ucting OffRoad and Woods Riding Schools at selected AMA National Championship Enduro and Hare Scrambl es events . "The schools will cater to th e weekend warriors, for those who are looking for tips to hel p their riding techni q ue and timekeeping skills, or wh atever," says Cunningham. Cun- · ningham p lans on having hi s first school following th e fourt h round of the National Championship H are Scrambles Series in Cadiz, Kentucky, Apri l 9. For more in formation, call 614/797-4080. Besides conducting riding schools. Cunningham will stay DUSy this year campaigning the entire AMA National Champion~ ship Hare Scrambles and Enduro Series. as well as the ISDE Qua lifier Series. where he'lI ride in the 125cc class. When asked how he's adapting to his new Kawasaki mounts after riding Husqvarnas for the last nine years. Cun ningham replied. "No problems. Out of all the Japanese off-road bikes I 've ridden and sat on this year. the Kawasakis feel the most European. which really helped . But performance-wise. there's no comparison . I rea lly li k e the change." After severa l top placings by Frenc hma n J ean -Michel Bayle in the Ca mel Supercross Series and his win in the 250cc class at the openi ng 125/ 25Occ ational in Gainesville, Flo rida, Mar ch 5, America n riders will probably be ~lad to see Bayle return to Europe In order to co mpete in th e 250cc MX World Championship Seri es. Bayle will ride th e March II Daytona Supercross and March 18 round . in Houston, Texas, before returning to France. Erik Kehoe's works Suzuki at the opening round of the AMA 125cc MX National Championship in Gainesville. Florida. featured an upside-down Showa fork and a Showa shock (production RM motocrossers use Kayaba suspension components). a carbon-fiber silencer and a shorter than standard intake manifold with a longer air boot. . R ichard Ol iver began h is seaso n o n a sour note when he cras hed his Rand y Mamol a R acin g Yamaha TZ250 in practice o n Frida y morning, Mar ch 3, at Dayto na. Oliver ex plained that he went o ut o n th e wet trac k j ust to check the jetting, a nd as he exited th e chicane o nto th e banking, th e rear end stepped ou t and th e steering wen t full- lock. The steering d amper snapped a nd jammed th e forks and O liver ' rode head-on into th e wa ll. Fortunately, the bike was not badly damaged and th e rider .was unhurt. O liver was clear ly the fastest rider in the in field on Saturday and Sunday, but hi s bik e still lacks some "top- end speed and he'll have to find five mph j ust to eq ual last year's Lassak ma chines. Former Pro Twins Modified Production Champion Pete Johnson will bring the Cagiva Alazzurra that he won the '87 title on out of retirement so it can be ridden by Sharon Lynch on Johnson's newly-formed Keystone Racing team. Lynch is currently recovering from neck surgery and will not race at Daytona. but will be on California Sta te enator Cecil Gr een (D-Norwalk ) ha s int rod uced Senat e Bill 603 whi ch would requ ir e Depart ment of Par ks and Recreati o n Directo r H enry Agonia to o pe n designat ed trails a nd roa ds to OHV in An za Borrego Desert State Park and establish a permit pr ocess for use of th e 6OO,OOO-acre pa rk by June 1, 1990. Ago nia closed Anza Borrego to O HV use in Apr il 1987, shortly after taking over as direct or. SB603 would also require th at unlicensed riders be accompanied by licensed riders. Greene has lined up two co-au thors for SB603, Senate Min ori ty Leader Ken Madd y (R- Fresno) a nd Sen ate Republ ica n Ca ucus Chairman J ohn Dool ittle (R- Rosev ille). The next meeting of the California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission will take place in Glendale on March 17. The meeting will start at 8 a.m. with a public comment session scheduled for 11. · "Riders who don't show up to address the commission on local projects have no right to bitch about how their Green Sticker money is spent." said AMA rep Jerry Counts. Riders who w ish to comment will be allowed five minutes each to do so . The meeting will take place at the Glendale City Chambers. 61 3 E. Broadway. Statistics by th e Co ntinental Mo torsports Club (CMC) foll o wing the rece n tly co ncl uded CMC/Dod ge Trucks Golden State MX Nationals in California show th at 34.1% of the com petitors rode H onda s, 25.9%were aboard Kawasakis, 23.8% on Yarn ahas, 14.3% o n Suzukis a nd 1.9% on other brands of bikes. The ope n ing round of th e seri es at G len Helen drew th e mo st en tra nts, 1104, while the sixth round at Sunrise dr ew th e least , 472. Average amoun t o f en tra n ts wa s 708 an d, again an average figu re. 242 were H ondamounted, 183 on Kawasakis, 168 on Yamahas, 101 on Suzukis and 14 on "other." The 1989 Iron Butt Rally. an annual event that has entrants circumventing the U.S .• will leave Montgomeryville. Pennsylvania. on August 29 and return there on August 1 . The entry deadline is August 1 . Rally master George Egloff. a two-time Iron Butt Rally winner. will pre-ride the course in June. stopping during the 12.000-mile ride to promote the rally and this year's charity. which has yet to be announced. For entry forms and/or additional inf orm ation. contact Bob Jones at 215 / 699-7511 . Colorado-based Mountain Roadracing Associati on (MR A) h a s a nnounced that the winner of both the GTO and GTU classes at each of th e 10 Race of th e Rockies events ru n this year will receive $300. Each Race of th e Rocki es, th e club's feat ured race, will have a total purse of $2200 and that will be awarded back to 10th place in each class. Race of th e Rock ies is similar to Formula USA and Formula Unlimited cla sses ru n by ot her associations . The MRA rules for the event sta te that you mu st enter a motorcycle and yo u ca n not run exo tic fuels - period. Beyo nd th at , it 's run what ya brungl For mo re information , call th e MRA Hotline 303/443 -7446. 1989 Dirt Track National Numbers 1 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Scott Parker Chris Carr (6 00 only) Bubba Sho bert Ricky Graham Steve Eklund Ja y Springst een Doug Chandler Charlie Orr M ickey Fay Don Estep Garth Brow Ronn ie Jones Aaron Hill Terry Poovey Billy Herndon Chris Carr William Dav is Keith Day Kevin Atherton Bryan Villella Jon Cornwell Kirk Strong Jim Filice . Randy Triplett Scott Adams Bryan McDowell Dan Ingram · Pete Hames Dave Hebb Tammy Kirk Mark Gruber Steve As eltin e Erick Grube r Peter Hook Erik Graybea l Les Washbon Doug Dav is Steve Morehead Bobby McDowell Alex Jorgensen Brian Bonesteel John Wincewicz Craig Johnson Don Howard Steve Labordus Roger Durkee Craig Estelle Chris Evans Tim Mertens Chad Felicio Dan Bennett Darin Balderston Rusty Rogers David Durelle Willie McCoy " Mark Corsetti Delbert Schnitzer Steve Burkholder Corey Brink Rob Damron Randy Texter George Roeder Randy Roose Darrin Erichsen RecilHart Bryan Hardin David Miller Rick Weir Sal Hoffman Dan McDonnell Ted Taylor Eric Satterthwaite Scott Stump Don Wilson Jean Bourret Rich King · Paul lwanaga Robert Sweeten Michael Reid Chance Darling Troy Norris Robert McDonnell Kelly Larkin Robert Lew is Gary Conkling Keith Jacobsen Scott Scherb Rodney Farris · Gregory Wagenknecht Jeff Dietz Scott Pearson John Faulkner Delbert Beck Brian Atherton Duane Veeder 45