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and Bruno Bonhuil. Palazesse was pr on o unced dead on arrival at a hospital in nearby Heidelberg. At presstim e. Barchitta was in critical condition w it h internal injuries; Bonhuil suffered a broken arm and leg . Four-time National Enduro Champion T erry Cunningham (Kaw) was th e overall winner in round six of the AMA National Championship Enduro Series in McArthur, Ohio, on May 28. Second overall went to J eff Russell (Yam), and third to Kevin Hines (KTM). Series points leader Randy Hawkins (Suz) finished ninth. fiY PflPfi WfflLfY The Springfield Mile round of the Camel Pro Series was rained out on 'Sunday, May 28, and reschedu led for the following day. The event became a total was hout when a thunderstorm hit the Illinois State Fair: grounds early Monday morning. The race has been rescheduled for July 16. Before rain struck on Sunday , practice . and time tria ls were conducted a nd Sponseller Racing's Dan Ingram (Hon) was the fastest with a 35.582-second tour of the mile oval. Ro n n ie Jones (Hon), Scott Parker (H-D), Teriy Poovey (Hon) and Tammy Kirk (H -D) rounded out the top five qualifiers. But their efforts were for naught, and they 'll have to face the clock again on Sunday, July 16. Cal ifornian Wayne Rainey (Yam) won the sixth round of the World Championship 500cc Road Race Series in Hockenheim. West Germa ny. on May 28. Rainey. the f irst two- ti m e 500cc GP winne r ' in 1989. t opped defending World Champio n Eddie Lawson (Hon) by less t han half a second . Australia n Mich ael Doohan (Hon) earned his first-ever rostrum position with a third place finish . Pier-Francesco Chili (Hon) and Christian Sarron (Yam) rounded out the top f ive finishers. Freddie Spencer (Yam) finished ninth; Randy Mamola (Cag) 12th; and Texan Kevin Sc hwantz (Suz) suffered a crankshaft failure with four laps to go while racing with the leading duo. . Rainey now leads Lawson. 91-78. in the championship chase. Sarron is third w ith 58 points. Spaniard Sito Pons (H on) won his third 250cc G P of the season in West Germany on May 28. Pons narrowly defeated West German Reinho ld Roth (Hon) and Japan's Masahiro Sh imizu (Hon). Pons leads the championship' chase by 29 points over JP. Ruggia, seventh in Germany, 107-78. Venezuelan road racer Ivan Palazzese, 27. was killed in the German 250cc GP . Palazesse was in volved in a second-lap crash w ith Fabio Barchitta. Stefan Preining Could th is be t he 1990 Honda CR250 that 500tc MX World Champion Eric Geboers is rid ing? Th is prototype was spotted in Europe and reveals w hat appears to be newly designed fenders. ta nk. radiator shrouds and seat . The familiar Honda " red " is no more of an orange hue. and word has it that the frame will be white. (Jeff Stanton rode a white-framed. orange-colored CR250 at the April 16-17 Pontiac Supei-cross.) The engine appears to be similar to the '89 model. w hile the suspension w ill be updated. We hear there' II be only a few changes for the CR500. while the CR 125 will reportedly get the Honda Power Port exhaust valves found on the larger bikes. a new pipe. inverted forks and a new shock. American Trampas Parker (KTM) captured his second overall win of the World Championship 125cc MX Series in the May 28 Belgian GP,by winning the first moto and finishing second in the final moto. Fellow American Mike Healey (KTM ). who tallied 2-3 moto scores. finished second overall. Rounding out the top f ive were Italy's Alessandro Puzar (Suz). American Bobby Moore (KTM) and Italy's Massimo Contini I (Cag). Holland's Dave Strijbos (Suz). who was leading the point standings go ing int o the Belgian round. missed the event due to an injured knee. Parker now leads the points chase with 170 points. and .Puza r is second with 145. Former 125cc MX World Champion Strijbos is scheduled to have his knee operated on during the week of May 30, an operation that could put the Dutchman out of racing for at least two months. " I cannot continue like this, " the 21-year-o ld Strijbos said. "I cannot race fast enough to win the championship an d I don't want to be second again. " Frenchman Jean-Michel Bayle (Hon) won both motos in Sverepec. Czechoslovakia. to cla im the overall win in round three of t he World Championship 250cc MX Series on May 28. Second place in the Czechoslovakian GP went to Holland 's John Van den Berk (Yam) via a 3-4 tally. while third went to Holland's Gert Jan Van Doorn (Suz) who posteda 2 8 score. American Broc Glover (KTM) was fifth overall with a 72 score. Great Britain's Jeremy Whatley (Suz). who took fifth in the first moto and placed out of the top 1 5 in the second. still leads the series point standings with 67 followed by Van den Berk (64). ltaly's Michele Fanton (6 0 ) and Bayle (60). 'T wo days later at th e sam e site in Tennessee, Spain 's Jorde Tarres (Bet) topped round four of the World Championship Observed Trials Series. Second place went to Italy's Diego Bosis (Apr) , with Frenchman Thierry Michaud (Fan ), Finland's Tomi Ah vala (Ap r) a n d Italy 's Donato Miglio (Fan) rounding out the top five. Garth Sweetland (Hon) was the overall w inner of the American Desert Racing Association 's 12th Annual Prescott 100. held May 28 in Prescott. Arizona. Jeff Darland (KTM) f inished second overall and Scott Davis (Hon) captured thin! . 2 Australian Jeff Leisk (H o n) went 3I and cap tured his first -ever World Championship 500cc MX Series overall victory in R u skeasa n ta , Finland, May 28. Second overall in , the Finnish GP went to Belgian Georges J obe (H on ) witha 3-2 tally , while th ird was taken by Holland's Kees Van der Ven (KTM) via a 16 tally. Rou nding out the top five were Great Bri tain's Kur t Nicoll (Kaw) and the series points leader Eric Geboers (Hon ) of. Belgium. Geboers maintains a two-point lead over Dave Thorpe (Hon), who finished sixth on the day, in the series point standings , 140-138, while Nicoll is third with 113. Leisk is now fourth with III points. Series points leader Ryan Young (Apr) won round four of the AMA National Championship Observed Trials Series in Winchester. Ten nessee. May 27. Young topped' Jonny Andersson (Hon). Mark , Manniko (Fan) . Ron Commo. Jr. (Fan) and Kip Webb (Fan) . Super'cross and 500cc National Champion R ick J oh nso n is curre nt ly training and undergoing thera py at the U.S. Olympic T rain ing Center in Col orado Springs, Colorado, to rehabilitate his right wrist which he broke at the March 5 Gainesville, Florida, 125/ 250cc Na tional MX. According to Honda race team manager Dave Arnold, Johnson sti ll ho pes to be ready for the fina l round of the Ca mel Supercross Series which takes p lace in Los Angeles on June 10. Drag racer Elmer Trett clocked a 6.60 sec.l213.n mph run at the Memorial Day C lassic he ld at Maple Grove Dragway in Read ing. Pennsylvania. on May 27. according to a press release issued by APE Sports Services. but fa iled to back it up on his final run . Yvon Du Harnel , the Canadian superstar , who won five AMA National Championship road races in the early 70s, will ride a Team Obsolete .Ma tch less G50 in the vintage race which will be part of the June 4 World Championship Superbike Road Race Series meeting at Mosport, Canada, DuHamel, who , scored his National victories aboard works Kawasakis, competed on a Mat chless G50 at Mosport in the 60s_ ' B M W of North America has announced the BMW Roadside Assistance Plan for purchasers of new BMW motorcycles. The plan provides for emergency pick-up. towing and road services. plus trip interruption coverage. computerized trip planning. lost key retrieval. and a no annual fee MasterCard and/or Visa card for qualified members. A national toll-free WATS line phone number is available for assistance w ith any service problem. The hotline is operational 24 hours a day. seven days a week. Purchasers of new BMW motorcycles are automatica lly enrolled in the plan. which is admin istered by the Cross Country Motor Club. for a period of t h r ee years. In addition. members also receive discounts on hotel/motel accomodations. car /truck/RV rentals . campground and t rai ler park stays. movie t heat re tickets. etc. For more in f orm ation. see your BMW dealer. T exas Senate Bill 589,' which will strengthe n and expand the motorcycle safety and rider training program, was approved by the Texas legislature on May 18 and needs only the signature of Governor William P. Clemen ts, J r. to become la w, effective September I. The program, which is ' administered by the Department of Public Safety , makes the Motorcycle Safety Foundation's approved (Con tin ued to page 4) .