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Card) by callin g the AH RMA members hi p o ffice a t 412 /627-4692 (between I and 5 p.m.'Eastern time). A once -a-year, th ree-day, fa ther-andson sessio n of th e Russ Darnell Motocross School will be h eld during th e Christmas vacation per iod at Darn ell 's Hemet , California, facil ity. T he school will be limited to five father-and-son teams. For more in for mation, call 714/ 658-RDMX. Dunlop will pr esent an autograph session with U.S. Team Dunlop rid er s dur in g th e AMA Na tiona l C ham pionshi p 125/ 500 cc MX at Broome-Tioga Spor ts Center in Bin gham ton , New York , on Sunday, Septe mber 2, from 10a.m. to 11:30 a.rn. (following th e practi ce session) at the Dunlop tent adjacent to th e start line/ p it entrance. Jeff Stanton, Damon Bradshaw, Jean-Michel Bayle, Guy Cooper, Doug Dubach, Jeff Emig, Ryan Hughes, Rick Johnson, Mike Kiedrowski , M ike LaRocco, Jeff Matiasevich and Denny Stephenson will be autographing specia l cards which will be supp lied by Dun lop. The 3rd Annual White Bros. Veteran's World MX Championships will be held November 3-4 at southern Califo rnia's Perris Raceway. All riders 25 years of age and older are welcom e to compete. Free overn igh t campi ng will be avai lable. Entries will be accep ted at th e track; there will be no pre-entries accepted. For addi tiona l in formation, call GFI Racin g at 7141788-5853 or White Bros. at 714/ 555-9442. Delegat es fro m seven West Virgi n ia off-roa d ridi ng clubs met in ear ly August to establish a sta tewide association dedicated to improving th e sport. Already, the West Virginia n enviro n mental assessment analyzing potentia l impacts of a proposed 1990 Barstow-to-Vegas race has been released for p ublic review and comment by the Bureau of La nd Manageme nt (BLM). T he preliminary findin g, released on August 22, associated with the document indicates that the 170-m ile, Thanksgiving Day weekend event may cause significant environmental impacts and, therefore, cannot be authorized with ou t completio n of a more intensive en viron menta l impact sta tement. "We are issuing th is en viro n mental assessment before signing a decision record to allow the public an opportunity to comment on th e document's adequacy," said Gera ld E. Hillier, BLM's Cal iforn ia District Manager. "If anyone has additiona l factual info rmation that cou ld impact our concl usion abo ut the significance of environmental impacts, we encourage them to su bmit the information within the next 30 days for our consi deratio n." Altho ugh the BLM den ied the AMA District 37 Sport Commi ttee's req uest for a 1990 race permit on March 6, a May 23 rul ing by the U.S. Distri ct Co urt ordered the agency to recons ider th e app lication and comp lete an environmental review of the proposed actio n. ยท" We set aside ou r previous decision and have made a new and thorough review of AMA's proposal for a 1990 even t," said Hillier. "We have concl uded that there cou ld be substan tial impacts to more than 900 acres of desert torto ise habi ta t, and th us have pr elim inary identified the need for an environ mental impact X L statemen t." The race course proposed by the AMA Distri ct 37 Sports Committee and considered in the environmental assessme n t is simi lar to the course used in the 1988 Barstow-to-Vegas event. The 170-mile course would begin off Alvord Road, north of 1-1 5 near Barstow, California, and end at State line, Nevada. The Nevada pgrtion of the course would increase from 13 mi les in 1989 to 40 miles in 1990. The permit stipula tio ns p ropo sed by AMA are similar to those outlin ed for Lhe 1989 event, with three major exceptions: the race woul d be a time d event , Wi th start waves restricted to 25 riders each; in areas where evidence of tor toises exists, a 50-foot corridor would be established and mar ked by con tinuous ribbonin g; and a maxi mu m of 250 vehicles would be allo wed in each p it area. Key issues considered in the BLM 's en viron men tal assessment include potential imp<\cts on the desert torto ise, a threatened species under Sta te an d Federal law; cumulative impacts of the race on th e environ ment over the years; socia l an d econom ic considerations, particu lar ly for local communi ties; manageability of the event; potential impacts on Wilderness Study Areas; and the recrea tional value of the Barstow-to-Vegas race in rela tio n to ot her off-highway vehicle opport unities. Copies of the enviro nmental assessment are avai lable from BLM 's Ri verside office,' located at 1695 Spruce Street, or by calli ng 714/276-6383. The comment (lSiod will end on September 21. Rob ts nro osesU.S.road 'raceseries er D hree-time World Champion Kenny Roberts has proposed a new series featuring what he calls "the best American road racers on the best available equipmen t" Moto du Monde, Ltd., a sancti oning and promotiona l body created by Kenn y Roberts, Gary Howard and Stanford Crane, aims to produce motorcycle road races and television programs beginning in 1991. In a telephone interview on T hursday, Augus t 16, Rob er ts said that a statement would be premature, but he did not deny his involvement: "Yes, we're working ona series and have been for a whil e," he said. "Our goal is to supply a race to the American public that will be the most exciting event to watch . We want to ma ke racing in America an event , like the GPs . "We need to start with teams," .Roberts continued, "A professional number of team s, and we need to be ab le to supply those teams with the best possib le machinery. We'd like to do the series with four-cylinder 5005, but right now we don't see any other way to do it than wiLh 250s. ' "We're not interested in competing agai nst the AMA or WERA; we want to compete agai nst the sports we have to compete agai nst, like baseball . . . " While Roberts declined to detail his plans, Moto du Monde promotional and marketing materials obtai ned by Cycle News indica te that the series organizers hope to lure potential sponsors into backing some 15 team s, each at a cost of .$750,000. That money wou ld buy the spo nsor: a two-rider.team complete with team support personnel; 25 pit bikes with the spo nsor's logo; an 18-wheel transporter with logo; a company team tent measuring 20'x 30'; 50 VIP tickets per event; coverage through tel~vision, print and video media; and all press releases from the 1991 eight-race senes. The proposed eight-race series includes rounds at Seattle, Washington; Por tland, Oregon; Sears Point in Sono ma, California; Brainerd, Minnesota ; Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisco nsi n; Heartl and Par k Topeka, Kansas ; and Moroso Motorsports Park in West Palm Beach, Flori da. A comparison between the annual income of NASCAR and Moto du Monde race fans shows that while NASCAR has more fans in the $15-30,000 bracket, Moto Du Monde is stronger in the $35,OOO-plus range. However, the materials obtained by Cycle News do not indicate where those numbers came from, nor just what is a Moto du Mon de fan. Roberts says tha t a press conference outlining his plans will be held soon. T Off-Highway Vehicle Association (WVO HVA ) has 12 member clubs representing approximately 1000 riders. A primary goa l of the association will be to develop a sta tewide OH V tra il system, accordi ng to Jeff DeVol, elected president at the Augus t 4 meeting in Charl eston . West Virginia riders interested in join ing a club or forming one sho u ld co n tact , WVOHVA at 3041727-7441. T he three -hour AMAlCCS Endurance Cha llenge to be held in conjunction with the AMA Natio na l Champ ionsh ip Road Race Series ro und at Heartla nd Par k Topeka in Topeka, Kansas, on Sep tember . 8-9, will see a ba ttle between th e to p endurance racing teams in the nation as AMAlCCS champs Dutchman Racing will be challenged by WERA cha mps Team Suzuki E n d u r a n ce . Also gunning for the $1000 bou nt y pos ted by series . sponsors EBC Brakes for the first team to beat both Dutchman Racing and Du tch man II are th e second-ranked teams fro m both series, Team Mad Dog an d The Human Race Team. Vintage road racers ar e being sought by Pro mo-Motor, S.A. de C.V., to compete in the support race of the 1990 Int ern ation al Masters Superbi ke Road Race in Mexi co City, Mexico, December 7-9. Riders with AH RMA eligible bikes should contact Loyal Truesda le at 213/464-5720, FAX 213/ 656-7111. A special travel package for specta tors incl uding airfar e, hotels and special VIP tickets is ava ila ble from the same source. Five-time 500cc MX World Champion Roger DeCoster fou nd out how tiri ng it is to organize a major event like the U.S. 500cc MX GP at G len Helen O H V Park. 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