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Petty, NHRA drag racer Danell Gwynn, off-road driver Danny Thompson and former World Champion surfer Tom Carroll were spotted at the event. e don't need another wall ... (Contin ued from page 4) In ad di tion , Larry Coleman , KalGard racing mana~er, will have a Kal-Ga rd disp lay m the Daytona Motorcycle Show at Dayto na Internat ion al Speedway. EBC Brakes has announced that they will again sponsor the AMA/ CCS Endurance Challenge road race series in 1990. The agreement was reached between AMA/CCS rep Patrick Murphy and Andy Freeman last week and, according to EBC, will guarantee a significant point fund for riders in the series as well as free product to the leading teams. EBC Brakes also announced that for the second year they will work together with Team Yoshimura to develop disc brake pad com pounds for road racing, and have also signed an agreement w ith Rob Muzzy for his Kawasaki team to use EBC brake pads in the 1990 season. ' Mechanics with pit boards are in danger of being banned from giving th eir riders signals on supercross tracks. According to Roy Jansen, AMA professional motocross manager, there have been problems in th e signalli ng area with me chanics stepping out o nto the track and, in one instance, a mechanic throwing rocks at his rider. An announcement was made two days prior to the January 27 opening ro und at Anaheim, that mechanics would n't be allowed to give signals fro m the trac k. That an nou ncemen t was gree ted with op pos itio n fro m the factory teams, so at a motocross advisory board mee ting an agreement was reached to keep the signa! area at future events, pro vided there are n o fu rther p ro bl em s wi th mechan ics stre tchi ng the bound ari es of the design at ed areas. We don't need HR780! You could ·lose your favorite riding area! Senator Alan Cranston and Congressman Mel Levine have proposed a law to lock up most of California's desert land. If passed, this law known as S.ll and HR.780, would outlaw riding your dirtbike or ATV anywhere in over 9 million acres. That's an area the size of Connecticut and Maryland put together! It's called "Wilderness," a place in which all vehicles are banned-cars, motorhomes, 4-wheel drives, motorcycles, ATVs, bicycles, and ... even wheelchairs! What can you do? Go to the public hearing! February 10, 1990 Beve'rly Hill High School 10:00 AM 241 Moreno Drive. Beverly Hills. CA Bring a letter expressing your views. Give it to the clerk and it will be included in the hearing record. A number of noted spectators were on hand for the opening round of the Camel Supercross Series in Anaheim, California, January 27 . Rock star Ted Nugent, NASCAR drlver ' Kyle 50 Hold it right there! Contrary to what we reported in this section recently. Bob Hannah will be the third. not the second, motorcycle racer to compete in the April 22 Toyota Pro-Celebrity Race, which is run in conjunction with the Long Beach Grand Prix. Kenny Roberts was the first, as we reported. but we missed former speedway World Champion Bruce Penhall, who competed in the invitational race in 1983. Other pro racers who will compete with Hannah are three-time Indy 500 winner Johnny Rutherford and unliinited hydroplane champ Chip Hanauer. Celebrities include Olympian Florence Griffith-Joyner, actor Lou Diamond Phillips. and football Hall of Famer Larry Csonka. R ESIG NED: Rod Anastasia from his po sition as marketing director of Answer Products of Valencia, California , effective January 12: An astasia's duties will be assumed by Eddi e Col e, pr esid ent of Answer Prod ucts. A large assortment of products donated by Honda, Kawasaki, Motorcycle Mama, Yamaha, Champion Spark Plug, Skip Van Leeuwen Enterprises and Sammy Tanner Distributing will be raffled off on Thursday, February 15, at the AMA District 37 office in Glendale, California, in conjunction with the 0 -37 awards program for road and dual-sport riders. Tickets purchased at the Hansen Dam rally last fall will be . in the drawing. All proceeds will go to the District 37 Legal Defense Fund. Tickets for the raffle may be obtained ($1 for one ticket, $5 for three, $10 for seven, and $20 for 15) by making checks payable to the 0-37 Legal Defense Fund and mailing them to 0-37, 3550 Foothill Blvd ., Glendale, CA 91214. Products will be ma iled to winners not in attendance and out-of-state support will be appreciated. Road racer Wayne Gardner had his first-ever outing in a sprint car recently at Sydney, Australia's Parramatta Speedway. The 1987 500cc World Champion drove former Australian Motocross National Champion Stephen Gall's car in a six-lap demonstration before competing in a support race that saw him finish 12th in the 20-car field . w a: s o u ::2; W Z a: w '" '" o > s :J: e, To find out how you can help or to make a donation, call the California Desert Coalition at (714) 684·6509. Do it today; your sport-is at stake! APPOINTED : Skip J ohnson, former Cycle News associate p ublisher/ national sales manager, to the position of advertising directo r of Water Scoo ter magazine by Wayzata , Minnesota-based Ehlert Pu blish in g Group.