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,:I N' ;rH'e::WINQ::', ~, :" : :";'ยท:'::/"1 I"': Two-time World Observed Tr ia ls Champion Mick Andrews will host his H appy Tria ls Sch oo l in co nju nct ion with tile American round of the World Championship Observed Trials at Donner Ski Ranc h, in No rden, California . There will be a three-day school July 1820; a two-day school July 21-22, and a day-long school July 23. On July 24 a round of the AH RMA/British Bike Magazine Na ti onal Tr ials Series will also be hel d at the Ra nch. For class reserva tio ns contact Mike Fenner at 916/967-0262. Team Valvoline Suz uki member Chuck Graves broke the overall Will ow Sprin gs International Raceway motorcycle lap rec ord on Sunday, June 19, 1994, while winning the WSMC Open Superbike event. Graves bested Eddie Law son 's two-and-a-half-year-old record by 12/1oos of a second, running 1:25.22 around the nine-tum, 2.5-mile road course. Later in the day, Graves Slight gets disqualified from BritishWSB ' won his third consecutive Toyota Cup Unlimit ed F-l event. . Sears Point Raceway combined efforts with Save Ma rt Superm arkets to raise mo re than $26,000 for troubled you ths in Sonoma County, California. Visions For Youth, a Sonom a County youth organization in Northern California, received a check for $26,164 that was raised in a golf tourn amen t. In a hearing held on Tuesday, June 14, the FIM International Jury ruled to exclude Aa ro n Slight (right), Andreas Meklau and Rachel Nico tte from the results of the first rou nd of the Wor ld Championship Superbike Series at Donington Park on May 2. The three were found to be gu ilty of using fuels which were not in accorda nce with Article 63.01 of the FIM Road Racing Technic al Rules. In ad dition to their disqualification, the three ride rs will be fined 1200 Sw iss Francs. Slight and Meklau had finish ed 2-2 and 15-9, respectively, in the two superbike races at Donington, wh ile Nicotte raced in the 600ccSupersport class. By losing his championship points from Donington, Slight slips back to fifth in the series standings with 45 points, 67 points behind championship leader Scott Russell going into the round in Spain on June 19. "They shouldn't have taken my points from the first race at Donin gton," Slight said . "The fuel was tested after the second, race only. They've given us five days to appeal, but printed the revised points anyway. When the appeal is lodged, they will reinstate me un til it is heard by the FIM. The only person to blam e is ELF and they admitted the erro r; they've been very good about the whole situation. I'd done my homework and got the points in the bag at the start of the yea r so I cou ld get ahead in the series when the bike is fully sorted." Tired of those "easy" one-day dualsport rides? Team Dual Dogs' Six Days of Northern California might be the solu tion. The rid e will run from July 38, s ta rti ng a nd finishi ng in Red ding. Organizer Damon Powell recom mends the even t for those planning to compete in th e Ace rbis Ad venture Nev ad a Rally. "It's challenging, an d like th e rally, there won't be an y trail markers . It's all done by nav igation," says Powell. For more information, call 818/7011913. Demaria, Albertyn split 250cc GP MX wins in En land The Honda Rider's Club of America is offering riders the oppo rtu nity to be a "factory r id er " for a w eek, at th e approaching Nevada Rally, Au gust 1320. The ren tal program provid es a rallyspec, Honda- prepa red XR600 or 628 like th o se rid d en b y tea m r iders Chuck Miller and Charles Halcomb. A techn ician, maintenance, parts, gasoline, etc. are all include d in one price. Availabili ty is limited, and enrollment closes July 1. For more inform ation, ca ll Bruce Ogilvie at American Honda, 310/7833748, or fax at 310/783-3900. Frenchman Yves Demaria (right), of the Pepsi Honda team , and South African Greg Albertyn, o f the Johnson Su zu ki team, traded 1-2 moto finishes at the British MX 250cc GP in Foxhill, England, on June 19. Dem aria was d eclared the overall winner by crossing the finish line firs t in the tiebreaking second moto. However, both riders earned the same amount of points on th e d ay : 37 . However, Albertyn, the . defending champ, mo ved back in to the se r ie s points lead over Belgian Stefan Everts, 221-219. Everts, of the lHK Kawasaki team, posted 3-3 moto finishes for third overall . Belgian Marnicq Bervoets, Albertyn' s teammate, finished fourth overall with 5-5 moto finishes, while American Tallon Vohland, Demaria's teammate, rounded out the top five with 4-7 moto finishes. Chesterfield Yamaha's Donny Schmit dropped to third in the standings after salvaging just eight points on the day; he was nursing a sore shoulder which he had injured before the race. Schmit currently sits third in the series point standings with 168 points, just one point ahead of Demaria. Bervoets is fourth in the standings w ith 149. KTM's Trampas Parker, from Louisiana, went 7-DNF at Foxhill, while Englishman James Do b b (Kaw), a member of the Splitfire/Hot Wheels/Pro-Circuit /Kawasaki Team in the US., flew back from california to compete at his home GP but could onl y muster 24-16 moto finishes. The Peoria Motorcycle Club is promo tin g three AHRMA Vi ntage National events at their facility in Peoria , Illinois , on July 2-3. A motocross will be held on Saturday, July 2, wit h a trial and TT sched uled for Su nday, Jul y 3. Among the riders from the past who a re scheduled to compete are: Rog er Reiman , Roger Soderstrom, Moon Buchanan, Ted Da v is , Roger Howk, Neil Keen, Jeff Smith and Dick Mann. BORN: Peter Andrew Green, to West Coa s t British Racing's Michael Green an d his wife Patty on June 13 in livermore, California. O PENED: Th e San Diego, Ca lifornia, offi ce o f Z Cu s tom Lea thers at 7968 Arjon s Drive, Suite A-lOl, San Diego, CA 9212 6. Th e ph one number is 619/549-6761 and the fax is 619/5496762. BO RN: Paige Lindsey Henson , to di rt track racer Ricky Henson and his wife Shelly on May 25 in Boise, Idaho. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Mid Ohio Suzuki in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, on Friday, Jul y 15 from 6:00 p .m . to 8:00 p .m. Yoshimura Suzuki's Thomas Stevens, Tom Kipp, Britt Turkington and Don ald Ja cks are scheduled to appear. For more information call 614/392-9721. M OVED : Honda Northwes t BMW Suzuki to 3747 Park Mill Run Dr. , Hilliard, OH 43026. The phone number is 614/771-0771 . AUTOGRAPH SIGNING : At Bucks Cycle in Valparaiso, Indiana on July 1 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Team Suzuki r iders Br ian Swink, Phil Lawrence, Da mon Huffman, Jimmy Button and Ezra Lusk are scheduled to appear. For more information call 219/ 462-6911. L' r----------------------------------------------------------------, (lJill ~ SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM Name _ Address State _ _ Zip City Order Date _ Please start my subscription to Cycle News: o Every week for one year (50 issues) for $35.00 (can be billed 3 monthly payments) o o Every we ek for two years (100 issu es) for $65.00 Six months second class (25 issues) for $18.00 One year (50 issu es), 2nd class canada or Mexico and all other foreign countries 2 L ~:~~~~~!~~~~~ ~~~:~~~~:~~~~ _ o This is a 0 New Subscription o Renewal o Please bill me o Bill 3 payme nts of $11.67 o Enclosed is my check or mo ney order Charge my 0 Visa 0 Mastercard Signature MC /Visa# Expiratio n Date Sen d to: Will ~ I Inc. P.O. 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