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(Con ti nued from page 3) regional and National Champions hip trials meets this year. Satisfying a recent order that the SCORE Parker 400 off-road race not be held on the California side of the Colorado Ri ver becau se of the emergency listin g of the desert tor toise, SCORE Intern ationa l has mapped a .130-mile loop north, sou th and east of Park er, Arizon a , on which the race wi ll be held , J an uary 27. The loop consists of a nearl y 90-mile lon g section that was part of the original race course, p lus another 35 or more m iles of trai l tha t parallels th e Ca liforn ia/ Arizona proj ect irriga tion cana I. The race will start by the . Colorado River a t the Blu ewat er Marina, with permission gran ted by the Colorado River Indian T ribes, who cont ro l the area. Motorcycles will be flagged off at 6:30 a. m., for a six-ho ur race coveri ng approxi mately 268 mil es, in two loops. .. The American Trials Association has opened a 24-hour information a n d vo ice mai l hotl ine. The number is 213 /259-6631 . Donny Sch mit, wh o finished fourth in the 125cc National Championsh ip MX Series aboa rd a privateer Honda, has officially join ed th e Sylvain Geboers Suzuki/Bieffe T eam and will ride works Suzukis in th e l25cc World Championsh ip MX Series. Tyson Vohland is yet another American motocrosser who is headed for the European GP circuit, The northern Californian will chase the 125cc World Championship on works Suzukis provided by Carpi Motors, the Italian .S uzuki im po rt e r. BORN : Kevin Carter Williams, son of former Cycle N ews associate editor and cu rren t co n tri b u to r Farren Williams and hi s wife Carol, on December 28 in Modesto, California. ACQUIRED : The exclusive rights t o import and distribute Renthal handlebars and sprockets in the U.S ., by Axo Sport AmeriCa of Valencia, California. Roger Lyle, president of the MidAtlantic Road Ra cin g C lub (MARR C) su ffered a broken wris t in h is return to dirt racing at th e Hangover Hare Scrambles in Hagerstown, Marylan d. Lyle thus join s Cycle News associate editor Brian Catterson in the Brothers in Plaster bri gade. Ca tterson broke hi s wrist on a dirt bike during practice at last month 's Brad La ckey Christmas G rand Prix. Cards and letters can be sent to Lyle at 4413 Sigsbee Dr., Wheaton , MD .20906. Papa doesn 't think Brian can read , so you don't ha ve to bother writing him. The Los Angeles Vintage & Classic Motorcycle Auction w ill be held at the Santa Mon ica Civ ic Center February 10-11 . Produced by ACS International, Ltd. of St. Paul, Minnesota, and sponsored by the Aspen Ryders of LosAngeles, the auction will feature over 300 c lassic and v intage motorcycles', Highl ights include a 1 9 1 3 Rover, a 1923 Ind ian Chief. a nd a 1 9 6 3 BSA Goldsta r DBD34 that has never been removed from its origin al crate . Ac co rding to t he auction 's produc e r, t he Go ldstar is do c um ente d in writing by BSA to be the la st" Go ldsta r shipped fr o m t he fa ctory. Th e auctio n begins at 9 a .m . on S a t urday, February 10, and continues at 1 0 a.m . on Sunday. February 1 1 . For mo re inf o rm ation. ca ll 6 12 /633 -9655 or 2 1 3 / 8 2 1 4211 . Th e Am eri can H isto ric Ra cin g Motorcycle Associati on's (AH RMA) 1990 Awards Banquet will be held on Tuesda y, March 6, in Daytona Beach, Florid a's Hol iday In n Sur fside. Tickets are Sl6 each and mus t be pu rcha sed by February 9 from AH RMA, 265 Morris St., Morgan town , WV 26505, 304/ 291-2253. Supercross and 250cc National champ Jeff . Stanton and 125cc National champ Mike Kiedrowski showed up scraped and bruised for the GFI California Winter MX Series race in Perris, Cal ifornia, January 14. The Honda team mates had crashed in separate incide nt s while participating in a photo shoot for a mountain bicycle publication . Multi-tim e Su percross and National Motocross Champion Rick J ohnson is still enco u ntering probl ems with his rig h t wrist, whic h was broken in March of '89. " I' m in the process o f breaking down the scar tissue, and there's so me arthri tis in th e wrist ," said ' J ohnson after 7-10 fini shes in the 250cc Pro class at the GFI race a t Perri s. J ohnson added th at he was goi ng to seek the help of a specialist. Clear Lake Kawasaki in Webster, Texas, will be holding a grand opening /autograph session with factory Kawasaki MX team riders Jeff Ward, Johnny O'Mara, Jeff Matiasevich and Jeff Emig on Friday, February 2 - the day before the.Houston Camel Supercross at the Astrodome - from 4:00 p.m. to 6 :00 p.m. For more info rm at io n, call 713/ 486~4604. Former two- tim e 125cc MX Nati onal Champion Micky Dymond was scheduled to co mpe te as a privateer Kawasaki rid er at the third round of th e GFI Cali fornia Winter MX Series South a t Perri s Raceway in Perri s, Ca liforn ia, J anuary 14, but he did not ride. The form er factory Yamaha rider was unavailabl e for comment before th is issu e's deadlin e, bu t according to T ed Studley ·of Pro . Circuit, Dymond's spo nso r, Dymond suffered facial inj uries whe n he fell earl ier in the week whil e practicin g. He is expected to compe te in th e o pe n in g round o f th e Mick ey Thompson Off-Road Ch ampi on ship 250cc Ultracross Series at Ca lifornia 's Ana hei m Sta dium , J anuary 20, accor ding to MTEG 's Bob Ru sso. Dunlop's race service crews w ill be on ha nd for all rounds of both the Florida Winter AMA MX Series and the GFI California MX Series. Trackside service is provided in Florida by Motorcycle Stuff (813/621-9666) and in California by Big "Y" Racing (213/404-2377) . Dun lop will also provide product awards to selected series champions. Bill Bagn ell repor ts the passin g of three veteran motorcyclists over the recent hol idays. First, J erry Fairch ild died in his sleep a t h is Corona, Cal iforn ia, home just before Ch ris tmas. Fairchild, 78, was a noted tuner, specializing in JAP speed way bikes duri ng the 1930s a nd the post-war era. O n Decembe r 29, Charles D . . " Chuck" Baskerville s uc c umbed fro m cancer of th e bladde r at age 82. Ba s ke rville was t he publis her of Moto rcyc list ma gazine during the 195 0 s and ' 6 0 s . Bagna ll, wh o wo rke d fo r Baske rville as edit o r of t h e magazin e fo r a number of years, said . "Not only was Ch uck o ne of the fine st people I' ve ever had t he pleasu re of knowi ng, he was al so the world's greatest boss!" Charles " Pee Wee" Collum lost his long battl e wit h Lou Gehrig' s disease as the new year got underway. Co llum was a grea t speedway racer in the pre- and post-war era , compe tin g with suc h grea ts a s ·th e Milnes, Lam oreaux, et a l. Collum and J ack Milne carr ied on th eir rival ry in later years on the go lf courses in and aro und Pasaden a, Californi a , both bein g PGA tourna men t-q ua lity players. Godspeed, gen tlemen. PURCHASED : Mr . Turbo Company from the 'Hofm e iste r fam ily of Illinois. by Houston-based Terry Kizer 's Hired Gun Performance; Hired Gun will continue to market the turbocharger kits ava ilable under' the name Mr. Turbo, a d ivision of Hired Gun Performance. For more information, call 713 /442-7113. BORN: Ryan Scott Ham el, son of AFM road racer Mike Ham el and h is wife Cathy, in Reno , Nevada, J an uary 5. Fo rmer speedway ra c er Jo hn Sandona passed away at his home in Reche Canyon, Califo rn ia. on J anuary 3. Sandona , 35, finished third in the 1 9 81 and ' 8 4 U.S . National Speedwa y Cha m pio ns hip and was t he w inner of the 1 9 8 6 Bruce Pe n ha ll Clas sic. North ern California su percross fans who would like to get together en masse in a ttending the January 27 Anah eim Cam el Supercross Series round, sho u ld call Glen Murphy of Pen insula Honda a t 4181245-7840. According to Bill Spencer, " We're ce le b ra ti n g Sa n J o se h osti n g a supercross this summer and want to start out by att ending the ope ning ro und of the Camel Supercross Series as a gro u p." Reg Pridmore. three-t ime AMA Superbike Champion and head of the CLASS Safety School, will be conducting a fund raiser for the Save the Children Foundation in conjunction with his school session at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, on April 1415. one week after the U.S. GP. CLASS hopes to ra ise $20,000 at the fund ra iser. wh ich promises to attract a number of celebrities. CLASS recently re leased its 1990 schedule wi th dates from March to October from Watkins Glen to Sears Po int. For more info rmati o n contact CLASS at 805 / ,6427228. ACQUI RED: Pacific Coas t Cycle Co rp., manu facturer of specialty motorcycle tool s and ot her products, by Motion Pro , In c. of Redw ood City, Ca lifo rnia. Elva Earll of Fresno, California, is seen here receiving a $1000 bonus 'c he ck from American Performance Engineering (APE) President Jay Eshbach. Earll was crowned the 1989 Western Pro Gas Drag Racing Champion after topping all comers, including her hustiand and son, in the s ix-round WPGA-sanctioned AP E Pro Gas . Challenge that was conducted on drag strips in Palmdale and Bakersfield, California, and in Las Vegas, Nevada.