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";TND ~Y 1>411>41 Wf4lLfY (Contin ued from p age 4) moved to Carlsbad. Californ ia. in order to begin a new job at JT Racing. Bailey. w ho w as paralyzed in a practice crash at the beginning of the 1987 season. w ill work in product design and make custom he lmets for JT . sponsored riders such as Jea nM ichel Bayle as we ll as develop a few designs for mass production . Bailey will also help design clothing and access ories for triatheletes. The GFI Racing California Win ter Series will consist of two separa te series, on e for rid ers in th e northern section of California a nd one for those in th e sou thern portion , with a two-race North-Sou th showdo wn to dete rm ine overall class champi on s. The North Series begins a t Sandh ill Ran ch in Bren twood o n J anuary 7. Perris Raceway in Perris hosts th e Sou thern Series opener on December 31. The first No rt h-South Showdo wn will take pl ace in Huron on February 17-18 with the finale February 24-25 at Perris. Honda and Kawasaki are backing the GFI Winter Series w ith substantial contingencies. Kawasaki is offering $S7.600 in Team Green Bucks to amateurs and $40.S00 in cash to pros. while Honda will offer $70.000 in Hon daline gift certificates to '89 and '90 CR riders in the top three. with the showdown rounds payi ng slight ly higher. A fu ll set of Hondaline motocross gear will be awarded to Honda riders who take class championships at the end of the showdown. Racers who purchase Hondas before December 31 will also be eligible for paid entry to the GFI Winter Series. T he location for th e Febru ar y 3-4 ro und of th e CMC/Dodge Truck Golden Sta te Nat ion al s has been cha nge d from Sand h ill Ranch in Brentwood, Ca lifornia , to the Riverfro nt Tra ck ยท i n Ma r ysvill e , Cali fornia . JPS Norton have signed England' s Barry Symmons as the ir race team manager; Symmons formerly held a similar position wi th Honda of Great Britain. Roswell H o nda-Suzuki of Atlanta, Georgia, will be hosting a Ho nda CR demo/fun da y at American Ho nda 's southeast headq uarters in Alpharetta on December 3 at 10:00 a.m . For more information , call 404/442-8460. 46 Jay Springsteen will ride for Team De l Amo -Yosh imura. not for Yosh imura -Suzuk i as was reported in issue number 46 . According to John Winslett. owner of Del Amo Suzuki /Kawasaki in Redondo Beach. California. the three -time AMA Grand National Champion will ride a Suzuki GSXR7S0 in the WERA Formula USA National Road Race Series. and a Kawasak i ZX7 and ZX6 in AMA Superb ike and Supersport races which do not conflict w ith the WERA series; there is also a strong possibility Reconstruction of New Hampshire International Speedway (formerly Bryar Motorsports Park) in Loudon. New Hampsh ire. is now in full swing. and is scheduled to be completed by spring of 1990. Shown here are the one-mile oval and a portion of the 48.000-seat grandstand . The plans also call for a 1.7S-mile road course. NHIS will host an AMA National Championship Road Race Series round on June 16-17. that Springsteen w ill compete in an endurance series. perhaps as teammate to teenager Tommy Lynch. who do es ri de for Yoshim ura- Suzuki. The AMA Nation al Ch ampionship Road Race Series ro und ten tati vely sched uled for Septemb er 22-23, 1990, at Wi llow Springs Internati onal Raceway will now lik ely be held o n October 6-7. T he new dates are to avoid conflicts with WERA events, and to allow the race rs mo re trave l time beiween races. Donny Schm it. the pr ivateer Honda rider who finished fourth overall in the AMA National Championship 12Scc MX Ser ies. is headed for the European GPs next season. Schmit has reportedly signed a two-year contract to ride Suzukis and will soon move to Belgium. Road race tuner Erv Kanem o to may end up working for Wayne Gardner 's Ro thmans Honda team , acco rdin g to reports from Europe. Gardner 's 1989 crew chi ef, Stuart Sh enton, wi ll reportedl y work for Masahiro Shirni- zu 's 250cc GP team in 1990. Kane moto tuned for World Champio Edd ie Lawson in 1989. Road race tuner Dan Kyle wil wo rk for 19 87 AMA Battle of th Twins Modified Productio Champion Pete Joh nson in 1990. Kyle. who tuned for AMA Castro 2S0cc competitor Richard Olive in 1989. is best known as th builder of the Two Brothers Rae ing Honda /Ducati hybrid calle the " Du- Da." The No rt h American T rials Council (NATC) held its annua l meetin g earl ier th is month and released a tentati ve sched ule of AMA/NATC Nati on al Ch ampion ship Ob served Trials Ser ies ro unds for next year. The ope ning ro und will be held in T exas o n March 31-April I , and will be followed by ro unds in Arizona, Pennsylvan ia , Wyoming and Illinois. The 1990 U.S.A. round of th e World Champi onship O bs erv ed Trials Seri es will take p lace in Texas on April 22. For additio na l informa tio n on .the Nati on al s, call the Tryals Sh op at 813/996-3754. Wh ile working off Thankg iving Day's feast. Papa spotted the Swedishbuilt Husaberg MCS01 at a southern California dealership . Built by several former Husqvarna engineers. the Husaberg featu res . liquida cooled four -stroke engine. six-speed transmiss ion. disc brakes. White Power upside-down for ks. Ohlins rear shock. hardened chromoly steel frame and a semi-wet weight of 239.8 pounds. Unfortunately. a $7500 price tag will prevent many units from being imported.