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giving them a free race date and their choice of repaving sites. WMRRA President Richard Wascher suggested that the money go towards repaving tum eight and the backstraight. Money from the other (carl clubs will go towMds the entrance to turn three. while the track will be paying for improvements to tum 10 and the front straight. Other planned improvements include pit area relocation and better restroom facilities. Wind (Continued from page 2) i Kawasaki 250 Ninja blew up and dumped oil on the track between tums seven and eight. Eyewitnesses reported that Gray apparently stood the machine up to miss the oil. rode off the edge of the track and high-sided at high speed. "It was a really nasty getoff." said Muzzy. "I looked up and all I saw was a dust cloud and flying green bodywork. The bike was destroyed." BORN: Katelyn Kay Morehead, daughter of Camel Pro Series competitor Steve Morehead and his wife Cindy, in Findlay, Ohio, March 26. According to Muzzy, he and Chandler had done all of their preDaytona testing at Willow Springs, but Chandler was never able to come to grips with the high-desert facility. (Chandler told Muzzy that he feels Willow Springs is different than any of the tracks that the AMA National Championship Road Race Series visits.) "You don't find anything out unless you push it," said Muzzy, "And Doug wasn't willing to push it at Willow." Muzzy said he tests at Willow Springs because it's the closest track to his Hesperia, California shop, and decided to use Gray because he holds the lap record for the 2.5-mile, nine-turn circuit. Gray reportedly wanted to set up a program for '89 using Kawasaki equipment, and was anxious to compare the ZX7 with the Yoshimura Suzuki on which he finished fourth in last year's title chase. Muzzy said that despite the relatively short practice session prior to Gray's crash, the testing was successful because they'd already made. 'some suspension changes and the bike was handling much better than it did at Daytona. Motorcyclist magazine staffer Nick Ienatseb also helped Muzzy by setting up the SuperspOrt-spec ZX7 during testing at both Willow Springs and Riverside. . The Mid-Atlantic Road Racing Club (MARRCI will be conducting five road racing schools this season. four at Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia. and one at Road Atlanta in Georgia. The 14hour. two-day courses for those wishing to obtain an AMA/CCS o"WERA road racing license will be held in conjuetion with AMAI CCS events. Course fee is $95 and a $20 deposit is required. For more information or a registration form call Sam Backus at 301/ 279-9258. Team Viceroy Yamaha's Thomas Stevens left his home in Cape Coral, Florida, on Tuesday, April 4, headed for California to do some testing in preparation for the April 16 250cc U.S. GP at Laguna Seca. Stevens will test at northern California's Sears Point Raceway to try and discover why his Yamaha TZ250 was so slow ("Dog slow," Stevens called it) during the Castrol 250cc Grand Prix at Daytoi3, March 12. Stevens finished 25th in that race when he was docked a lap for immediately reentering the chicane, rather than waiting for a comerworker's instructions, after being rammed from behind by Alan Carter while racing for third place on the final lap. The Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association (WMRRAI won the 1989 Track Challenge by raising mont money than any of the other participating clubs (nearly $70001 to be uud for much-needed repaving projects at Seattle International Raceway. According to the March '89 issue of the WMRRA n~tter. track officials rewarded the club by BORN: Richard Michael Green. son of West Coast British Racing's and Cycle News contributor Michael Green and his wife Patty. in Dublin. California. April 3. The Motorcycle Mechanics Institue (MMI) recently received a donation of eight late model Harley-Davidson motorcycles, nine Evolution engines, two transmissions and five rolling chassis. These components will be utilized in the HarleyDavidson certification and Early Model programs operated in Phoenix, Arizona, and in Orlando, Florida. MMI provides dealer update training and a factory certification course for entry-level technicians. The Institute is exclusively endorsed by Harley-Davidson, American Honda and Yamaha Motor Corp., and receives donations on a regular basis. For more information call 1800/528-7995. CORRECTION: In last week's issue we incorrectly identified Scott Johnson (#311 in the Glen Helen MX photo caption on page 44. Former Suzuki GSXR National Endurance technician and road racing specialist Jim Labine is now the head of SR Performance Center in Riverside, California. For more information, call 714/788-6050. I Terry Hemerson has formed TLH Enterprises in an effort to open safe recreational off-road riding facilities across America in response to increasing radical environmentalists who place hazards on woods trails. Hernerson. who helped film a short TV segment on trail sabotage in southern Florida. is seeking con~ tributions to help create media events to gain support from the non-off-road riding public and to build a prototype off-road riding park in southwest Florida. For more information. contact TLH Enterprises at 140 Cindy Ave.• Newbury Park. CA 91320. 8051 499-9568. Jean-Pierre Bailby, 50, fonner VicePresident, Motorcycle Group at BMW of North America, died on March ~l in Paris, France, following his admittance to the hospital with a reoccurrence of his lingel'ing illness. Bailby joined BMW of North America in October 1980 and headed up the Motorcycle Group until his return to France in September 1986. Letters of condolence can be addressed to his wife and their sons in care of BMW France, ~ Avenue Ampere, B.P. 6~, F-78~90 Bois d'Arcy, France. Godspeed, JeanPierre. Grand National Champion Scott' Parker and his fiancee Wanda will tie the knot on May 6 in Flint. Michigan.