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grad e point average for the J992-93 school year. Surprise, surprise, surprise. AMA Grand National Champ ion R i ck y Graham is the fifth nomination for the AMA MotoWorld Athlete of the Year award. Graham, who won 12 races in 21 starts en route to the championship, joins Ke vin Schwantz, Je remy McGrath, Doug Polen and S am Ermolenko as nominees for the award which will be presented at the AMA Professional Awards Banquet on November 20 in Long Beach, California. One nominee has yet to be named. The nearly 200 motorcyclists who rode 80 miles from Westchester, New York to Shelton, Connecticut on October 3, raised $30,000 for the March of Dimes '93 Campaign for Healthier Babies. "We are absolu tely delighted with the response we had from area enthusiasts," said Scott Arigot, national marketing manager for BMW, the official sponsor of Ride America. According to Goat Breker, president of GFI Racing, all GFI-sanctioned events in northern California will be coordinated through GFI's office in Corona, California, effective Janu ary 1. Pat Pipes, who was previously involved in coordinating GFI events in northern California, is no longe r associated with GFI. Am erican Bob Moore will contest th e 1994 World Championship 125cc MX Series for Team Rinald i Chesterfield Yamaha. Moore was a member of the team in 1992, when he switched to the 250cc class after contesting the 125cc d ivision for KTM since 1986. He spent one year in the 250cc class with Bieffe Suzuki in 1993. Japan's Takahiro Sohwa may be back for ano ther season of AMA road racing, says Rob Muzzy. "It's very possible that Sohwa will be back for superbike racing onl y," Muzzy sa id . Sohwa finishe d the 1993 season fifth in the AMA Superbike National Championship po int standings and second in th e AMA / CCS 750cc Supersport standings. The 1994 Is le of Man 11 will be held May 30-June 10. The only major cha nge in the program will be the in troduction of a new class for four-strok e singlecylinder motorcycles, wh ich will be run in con junction w ith th e 125cc IT. In order to accommodate the new class, the 400cc Supersport class w ill run in conjunction with the Junior IT . rather than the 125cc IT. The feature race will now be call ed the TT Formula, and w ill incl ude Formu la One, superbikes and 900cc th ree-cylinder motorcycles, thus op ening the class up to new motorcycles like the Triumph Speed Triple. The '93 Camel Supercross and National MX Series may both be over and done with, but the MTEG Off Road Race Series is still go in g st ro ng. With on e r o u n d lef t in the se ries, No leen 'Yamaha's Shaun Kalos leads teammate Larry Brooks by a sin gle poin t in the motorcycle clas s . The fi nal round is sched u le d for N o ve mber 6 a t San , Francisco's Candlestick Par k. AMA 250cc G r a n d Prix Na ti o na l Champion Jimmy Filice is still without an offer for the 1994 season . "We' ve had no response," Filice said. "Not h in g 's happening; I'm pretty bummed. I had such a good year - I'm not ready for an early retirement." BORN: Kyleigh Carolynn Kesler, to dirt Tentative dates set for AMA Grand Nat'l C'shi Series he AMA has released a tentative, 25-round race schedule for next year's Grand National Championship Series. As we reported earlier, the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company will be a contributing sponsor to a $100,000 series point fund that will be divided among the top point scorers at the end of the season . "The Camel brand will be contributing onl y part of the point fun d," said AMA Pro Racing Director Roy Janson at the October 2 Pom on a Half Mile. "The rest of the fund w ill be provided by the race promoters and by the AMA." The follow ing is a tentative schedule, as six of the rounds 4a ve not yet been confirmed by the race facilities. T March 12 April 23 May 1 May 7 May 14 May 29 June 4 June 18 June 25 July 2 July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 August 7 Au gust 10 August 13 August 20 August 27 September 4 September 10 September 17 September 25 October 1 October 8 October 16 Daytona Short Track Sacramento Mile San Jose Mile Bakersfield Short Tra ck' Pomo na Half Mile DuQuoin Mile Par kersb urg Half Mile Dallas Half Mile Lima Ha lf Mile H arrisburg Ha lf Mile' 1-96Half Mile Hagers town Half Mile Sedalia Mile' Oklah oma City Half Mile Peoria IT Sturgis Half Mile ' Denv er Half Mile' Ind y Mile Parkersburg Half Mile Springfield Mile Castle Rock IT Sacramento Mile San Jose Mile Bakersfield Short Track' Pomona Half Mile Del Mar Mile' • pending track certification . Daytona, FL Sacramento, CA SanJose,CA Bakersfield, CA Pomona,CA DuQuoin, IL Mineralwells, WV Dallas, TX Lirna,OH Harrisburg, PA Lake Odessa, MI Hagers town, MD Seda lia,MO Oklahoma City, OK Peoria, IL Rapid City, SD Denver, CO Indianapolis, IN Mineralwells, WV Springfield Mile Castl e Rock, WA Sacramento, CA SanJose,CA Bakersfield , CA Pomona, CA Del Mar,CA Conferencecommittee guts trail funding_' _ T he interests of off-road motorcyclists and other recreational trail users have suffered a $15 million blow at the hands of the U.S. House /Senate Conference Committee on Transportation Appropriations, according to the AMA. On Friday, October 15, the committee met to resolve differences between transportation appropriation measures approved in the US. House and the Senate. The Senate had allocated $15 million for fiscal 1994 to the National Recreational Trails Trust Fund. But the US. House did not provide any funding for the trust fund which is enti tled to $30 million annually - and the conference committee adhered to the House version of the measure. The National Recreational Trails Fund was established in 1991 to assist in the construction and maintenance of off-highway trails for both motorized and non -motorized recreation. Federal funding earmarked for the fund comes from the gasoline tax revenues paid by trail users. Nevertheless, the U.S. Congress has consistently failed to appropriate monies to the trust fund. Congress allocated just $7.5 million - one fourth of the authorized total - for fiscal 1993, and now has totally cut off the funding for 1994. The major stumbling blo ck came in the House Transportation App ropriations Subcommittee, where chairman Bob Carr (D-MI) opposed the trails funding despite a request from the Clinton Administration for allocation of $15 million. The issue was part of a huge $13.9 billion transportation appropriations bill which now goes before the full House and Senate for approval. "We're very disappointed that Representative Carr and his committee have chosen to overlook the fact that trail users have paid taxes, a portion of wh ich were intended for a s pecific us e," commented AMA Washington Representative Jim Bensberg. "Various state projects are in jeopardy, which damages not only the interests of trail users, but also eliminates jobs and summer employment opportunities for disadvantaged you ths. n The AMA, in cooperation with the Coalition for Recreational Tra ils, is reconsidering its legisla tive op tions in light of this development. But barring passag e of a supplemental appropriations bill or other corrective legislative action, it appears that fede ral support for recreational trails in fiscal 1994 will grind to a halt. tracker Jim Kessler and his wife Angie, on October 4 in Long Beach, California. CORRECfION: In our coverage of the October 2 Pomona Half Mile, we misspelled the name of Aaron Hill's sponsor, Mike Shattuck; and tuner, Monty Heath. Sorry, guys. PROMOTED: Donnie Luce to field sales manager of White Brothers. Luce will be responsible for directing and developing White Brothers' outside sales team. PROMOTED: John Anderson to race coord inator of White Brothers. Anderson will handle all aspects of the ra ce s u p port program and all sp ecial race even ts for Whi te Brothers. CORRECTION: The Brothers dealership in Bremerton, Washing ton , delive re d BMW police m ot o rcy cl es to the Seattle po lice dep artment on July 15 of this year. A typ ographical e rror list ed the de livery date of July 15, 1994. ... r-, N l-i OJ ..0 o ... u o ENGAGED: American Roadracing editor and former Cycle NtcWS associate edi tor Brian Catterson to long-time g irlfriend Joanie Madrid in Phoen ix, Arizona, October 11. The couple plan to marry sometime before Dayt ona Bike Week, March 7-13. MOV ED: Advanstar 'Commu nica tions and Advanstar Expositions to 201 East Sandpointe Ave., Suite 600, Santa Ana, CA 92707-5761, 714/513-8400 or 800/854-3112 RESIGNE D : Greg Quado r from his position as Kawasaki Team G reen motorsports field technician. Quador plans to spend more time with his fam ily and less time on the road . MOVED: Dynatek, th e p erformance ignition company owned by Ken Rogers and Robert Paisley, to 164 S. Valencia Street, Glend ora, CA 91741, 818/9631669,818/ 963-7399 (FPlX). ~ National MX Series schedule set T he AMA has announced the schedule for the 1994 National Championship MX Series. Like last yea r, there will be a total of 12 rounds, and just one new track has been added - Maryland's Budd s Creek MX Track, host of the 1993 U.S. GP and several Nationa ls in years past, will host roun d six of the series after a one-year hiatus. San Berna rdino, California's Glen Helen OHV Park has been removed from the sched ule. With no 500cc class in '94, bo th the 125 and 250cc National Championships will consist of 12 rounds. March 6 May 22 May 29 June 19 July 3 July 10 July 17 July 31 August 7 Au gust 14 August 28 Sep tember 4 Gatorback Cycle Park Motocross 338 High Point Raceway Prairie City SVRA Park Red Bud Track 'N Trail Budd s Creek MX Track Unadilla Valley Sports Center Kenworthy's MX Park Spring Creek MX Park Wash ougal MX Park Broome-Tioga Sports Center Steel City USA Gainesville, FL . Southwick, MA Mt. Morris, PA Sacramento, CA Buchanan, MI Budds Creek; MD New Berlin, NY Troy,OH Millville, MN Washou gal, WA Binghamton, NY Delm ont, PA 3

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