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on the third Sunday of each month, the American Road Racin g Association' (A R RA ) will no longer be involved and ARRA licenses will be honored only at the December 13'15 event. Pre-entry for the December race will be available at the race track only on the 13th and 14th with post-entry fees taken on the 15th. T he format for the December event will remain the sam e as past ARRA event s, with open practice and new riders school on Friday; ope n practice, racing school and Novi ce racin g on Saturday; and Expert racin g on Sunday. In addition, WSMC will be op en in g an o££ice at W ill ow Spri ngs to su p p o rt their motorcycle events . "We'll be trying to get th e riders more practice days and low er fees for next year," Willow ' Springs owner Bill Huth said. After "ea ting, breathing and sleeping th erapy," World Champion Wayne ' R a i n e y was preparing to cl imb aboard a sta tionary bicycle for the first time last week. "It's coming along, " Rainey said of his broken leg. " H opefully, I' ll be able to start pedaling on Friday (November 22). by riders are donated; H onda and other sponsors take care of expenses. The tentative 1992 Ride for Kids schedule is as follows: February 15, Dan a Po int, California ; April 26, Knoxville, T ennessee; June 7, Atlanta, Georgia; June 21, Denver, Colorad o; J uly 12, Ch icago, IlIinois; August 29, Dubuqu e, Iowa ; September 20, Wash ington, D.C. , area. Negotiat ions for at least one more ride, in the Midwest, are in the final stages. According to L.A. MotorWorks team manager Maurice' Murray, there's a good chance that AMA 250cc Grand Prix National . Champ ion Jimmy Filice will ride for th e team in next year's 250cc World Ch ampionship. " We don 't hav e a wh ole lo t of informa tion a t th is point, bu t we' re trying to pu t it together, " Murray said. " Our sponsor has committed." The team is now in the process of acquiring the necessary machi nery and personnel to contest the Grand Prix series. Blackha w k Fanns R a c e w a y in Rockton , IlIinois, has underg on e a comp lete repavin g of its l. 8-m ile road race circu it and the addi tion of an "S" turn ex iti ng turn thr ee. The new tra££ic pattern wi ll ta ke road racers to the left and return them to what was turn four at a reduced speed. Road racer Nancy Delgado, who su ££ered a fractured skull du ring timed qualifying for the AMA/CCS 600cc Supersport race a t Mia mi on , November 9, plans to go ice raci ng this winter and w ill retu rn to road raci ng in March. "I' m feelin g good," Delgad o said on Friday , No vember 22. "When I look dow n I see doubl e on the left side, but th at's becau se I bruised a n optic nerve. It's just go in g to take some time to heal. I would like to kn ow wh at hap pened in the cras h. Tom (Kipp) knows he hit me, but he doesn't kn ow wh y. Turn eight is a reall y tricky corner and I don't really blame him. He was very aggressive that weekend. " Delgado is cu rrently staying in Jacksonville, Florida, but will soon return to her home in Connecticut. All profits from the December 14Anza Borrego 100 Dual Sport Adventure will be donated to the ISDE Ride to Win Program to help with th e American ISDE effort , T he ride is bein g cond ucted by special permission an d will take pa rticipants, limited 'to 50 rid ers, th rough southern Ca lifornia's Anza Borrego Desert State Park. The entry fee is $50 and there will be no post-entry. For an entry for m or more inform at ion , se nd a se lfaddr essed, stamped env elope to Mojave Adventures, P.O . Box 713, H esperia, CA 92345, or call 6191244-4655 or 2512477. I Warren Elliott, the Ducati rider who crashed in the November 10 Miami National Ch ampionship Superbi ke Series race, su££ered a broken nec k in the sixth lap get-off. ''I'll be wearing a ha lo for the next three months, " said Elliott. Prior to the Superbike race, Elliott finished eigh th in the Pro Twi ns GPI race at Miami and that performance was good enough to wrap up th ird place in the final point standings of that class. Cards and letters can be sent Elliott at 187 River Rd., East Haddam, CT 06423. T he 17th Annual A MA I n vit a t ion al I n d oor P ro Ice Race T our gets underway .at the Ri ch field (O h io) Coliseum on Sunda y. eve n i n g , Decemb er 29, Other rou nds of th e tour are schedu led for Muskegon, Michiga n 's Walker Arena on Friday, February 7, and a t Dayton a, Ohio' s H ara Arena on February 8. Entries in clude defending champ Dan Ingram, Larry Pegram, Don Estep , Bryan Ville lla , Chuck Springsteen, Ian Segedy, Brian Atherto n and Bryan H ard in. Don Emde of In fosport has an no unced that his firm will launch Motorcycle Collector Magazine, a bi-mont hly pub licat ion for motorcycle collectors who buy , sell and restore old ' motorcycles. According to Ernde, the 1972 Daytona 200 winner, the magazine will focus primarily on he lping the hob: byist find parts and restoration services, as well as sp otlighting many of th e classic motorcycles of days gone by. ' The first issue is scheduled for March 1992. For subscription and/or ad vertising information, call Emde toll free at 800/ 827-7097. R oa d ra cer Robert " D r . Bob" Meister is retiring from full-time dentistry to concen trate his efforts on the 1992 AMA Pro Twins Championshi p, the AMA/CCS Endurance Series and th e AMA/CCS regional championships. Meister, who finished second in the 1991 AMA Pro Twins GP2 champ ion sh ip , will continue to carr y th e " Dr. Bob" nickname in his rac ing efforts and .is looking for a qualit y champ ionship ride for '92. For more information cont act Meister at 414/784-8972. American Motorcycle Institute (AMI) of Dayton a Beach, Florida, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in January, 1992. Part of the celebra tion will be the reloc ation to its new 10acre campus one-mil e west of Daytona International Speedway on U.S. 92. The new campus will house classrooms, labs , spe cialty shops, o££ices and meeting rooms. In addition, it features recreational facilities for AMI students and staff members, including a swimming pool, and basketball and tenn is courts. The school will host its grand opening celebra tion in March, during Camel Motorcycle Week '92. As reported in an earlier issue, 1990 Camel Pro Rookie of th e Year Mike Hale will be among the American continge nt of dirt trac kers trave lling to Bol onga , Ita ly for an invitational short track meet, December 6-8. U nli ke the other riders who will relax upon returning home, Hale will en ter the hospital ear ly the next morning to have a titanium plate and scr ews rem oved from his wrist. Honda has anno unced tha t it will be bringing four of its RS250 road racers into the U.S. in 1992. The bikes will sell for $17,000, including a parts kit, and will be available in January. For more information contact Brian Uchida at 310/783-3886. BORN: Paul Edwa rd Stermer, son of Rid er magazine Editorial Director Bill Stermer an d wife Margery, November 16 in Thousand Oaks, Californ ia. In issue 1145, we inadvertently lis ted one of .Will Davis ' new sponsors as Charlie Aruda , rather than Louie Arut a. Alo ng with Craig Rogers, Aruta is co-owner o f th e Honda RS750 that Davis will campaign in the 1992 Camel P ro Series. Sorry , Charlie. .. Oh, I mean Louie. BORN: Brian Walter Adams, son of o££-roa d racer Craig Adams and hi s wife Terri, in San C lem ente, Californi a, on No vem ber 10, a day afte r Craig and his teammates won the Baja 1000 +30 class. MOVED: T he Arai Helmets Professiona l Racing Service Headq uarters to 6330 Ol d Orch ard Way, Orangevale, CA 95662, 916/989-2908, Fax 916/9895714, Severa l top motocross stars will compete in the GFI Racin g/ Goat Gere $ 10,000 In vitati on al Su percross to be held in conj unc tion wi th th e Decemb er 28-29 opening round o f th e GFI California Winter Serie s a t Perris Racewa y. According to pro moter Go at Breker , he 's lined up Team Yamaha's Dam o n Bradshaw, Doug Dubach and Jeff Emig, Kawasak i's Jeff Matiasevich and Jeff Ward, Suzu ki 's Steve Lamson, Peak / Pro Circui t Honda's Jeremy McGrath and Buddy Antunez, and form er 125cc Nationa l and Supercross Champion Johnny O'Mara for the event, Road racer Ste've Guanche su££ered a broken lower leg in a ro ller skating accident in Miami Beach, Florida, on November 10. Guanche finished 27th in the AMA/CCS 750cc Supersport race in Mia mi on November 9, The CRCC O R R E CT ION: san ction ed , Kawasaki/Suzuki of Ridgecrest-pro moted MX at Desert Empire Fairgrounds in Ridgecrest, California, will tak e place on Sunday, December 8, not on Decemb er I as was sh own in our Ca lendar section last week. CORRECTION: In our coverage of the November 2-3 Wh ite Bros. World Veteran 's MX Champ ionsh ip, the +40 Intermediate class results list ed for Sunday's event were actually from Saturday's race. Sunday's +40 Int ermediate results follow: I. John Var ley (Kaw); 2. Niles Frederiksen (Kaw); 3. Ron Way (Hon); 4. Bob Milner (H on); 5. Leroy Smiih (Ho n). Motocrosser Buddy Antunez cheered his friends on at a November 23 local MX at sou thern California's Perris Ra ceway since he couldn 't compete himself. " I broke my ankle here a few weeks ago ," said Antunez, " I get the cast o££ in a week, so I' ll be ready when the season begins." Effective immediately, the Willow Springs Motorcycle Club (WSMC) will run all motorcycle road race even ts held a t Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, California. 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