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We talked to Duane Johnson a t oshimura. " We kn ow it' s a little arly to pr edi ct. (Shades of Dick 'Bri en many moons before!) But we hink th at on capable equipment hi ch is wh at we're giv in g h im , J ay as as much abi lity as a Scott Russell r J amie James. Bu t win, lose o r raw, we want part of his effo rts in acing. H e's a living legend. If he ecides to retire, we still want to look t ways to keep h im em p lo yed in otorcycle ra cing. We want to support J ay for wh a t he has brought o the sport . And, he has the eye of he tiger again." Wh ere a nd when will you 'see pringsteen next year? On hi s Harley n the Camel Pro Seri es circ uit. On lis Del Arno- Yoshimura Suzuki in he WE RA Form ula USA race seri es. f there's an off Sunday and he'd like o rid e AMA Superbike, they'll let im. Natura lly, a R&D business su ch s Yoshimura is not exac tly enamored by AMA rules! Too man y oops to jump through for th em. And if it ever co mes to a con flict 1990 20th Annual Florida WinterAMA Motocross Series . ' t1 'lot \l8\ lIMA />too ~ . DUN£OP ... fIICT ION fD IIWSECD! ariaf l ·l 'llT.... ,.'.nll.I....... ......,.'".V.U TlI.- II Y.II " I§~I ~ IIoge SC::OTT &I U~ MOTOCROSS RIE S COME JOIN US FOR TH E 20th A'NNUAL CELEBRATION BE THERE, BE THERE, BE THERE !! $300,000 I N CONTINGENCIES $35,000 Exp'ert/PRO AM PURSE OVERALL SERIES AVVARDS *I ncluding The First Annual Freddie Ephrem Award To The Top Professional Rider In Series. H igh. wide. handsome and healthy again in 1989. between dirt a nd pavement? " Well , I'll go road raci ng, " sa id Springsteen. " We' re rea lly looking a t th at. They ar e helping me a lot." In th e off season , though , J ay isn 't looking mu ch further than hi s next activity. Deer hunting a nd working o n hi s ice racing bik es. H e spe nds hours happily working on th em , a nd he ge ts together with a gang o f friends every weekend wh en th e lak e is hard, a nd they go at it. Just for fun. But before the hunting trip he and Debbie took a m uch needed vacation in J amaica. How does all this strike Debbie? She was ra ther looking forw ard to the retirement at the end of 1989; the past few years have not been easy. " I' m happy for him," sh e says. " I was okay a bout h is retiring but I'd . mu ch rather see him decide when to retire and th en do something he wants, th an have to retire because o f ill ness." Through all this wildl y end ing . 1989 (and a ll th e co nt ract stuff isn 't over yet a ltho ugh the maj or o nes are) Sprin ger remai ns th e same. T he first level o f his personality is th e born sta r a nd show man, easy to be around , fu ll o f fu n and daring a nd instantly likeab le. O n the second level he' s th e man who is a fami ly man and good friend to hi s wide circle 01 friends and b uddies arou nd hi s Mic h iga n . roots a nd on the raci ng circuits. T he n th ere's th e J ay few people will ever kn o w. T he hid den J a y. T ha t circle is small indeed. It 's hi s fam ily a nd ma ybe five or less peop le who have his com p lete trust a nd deep friendship. H e's had the ability to remain a private man in a public sport. . The man they ca ll Springer. • **** * FIVE BIG WEEKENDS * * * * DEC 30-31 GATOR BACK GAlN ESVILLE JAN 1 3-14 DADE CITY RCWV. DADE CITY JAN 6-7 HYMAN-MEYERS TALLAHASSEE ft ' . ~ .. ' _. - -- - - JAN 20-21 . OCALA MX PARK OC~LA JAN 27-28 GATORBACK GAlN ESVILLE FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: WORLDSPORTS/ 1101 9th Avenue North/St. Petersburg. FL 33705/813-822-8929 NHRA Champion Congrc:rtulc:rtlons "Pizza John" and UzMafaro' 1 Thanks for the ride "P'ZZAJOHN"MAFARO