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The pie is very small and we can't go cutting it up . There's no animos ity , we 've just g iven th em (the A MA ) a chance to get thei r plans together ." Championship Cup Ser ies presi den t Roger Edmondson was also on hand in Florida to meet with race p romoters in a separate meeting from the one held by the AMA. Edmondson , wh ose contract wi th the AMA ran out at the end of the 1994 road racing season, is working on p utting toge ther the North American Superbike Series in 1995. "We were prepared with a lot of info r'm a tton ," AMA vice president Tom Mueller sa id in regard to th e meeting with race prom oters. "Myself, Dee White (operations ma nager), Ron Ba rrick (road race ma naged a nd Merrill Vanderslice (acting director of competition) went there with our marketing plan and other th ings, and we were looking for input from the sites. We haven't had a meeting with promoters in four yea rs, but we never got to the issues at han d . The talks centered on the situation with Roger (Edmondson), and the future. They requested a one-hour break and w e left the room. At that point, they brought Roger in - who was in town to apparently pi gg yback our meeting the next day with his own meeting. When we returned , Jim Haynes spoke for the group and sai d that no further sanctioning or scheduling issues would be resolved until we worked out the Roger situation. At that point there was nothing left to discuss. All the promoters then left town, so they d idn't stay for Roger's meeting either. Now it's back in the AMA's comer as to w hat we do with Roger and how we p repare for th e nex t meeting. It's a shame because the staff put so much work into all the materials we brought to the meeting, and we d idn 't get to show it." Wit h the World Cha mpionship Series over, many changes are ta king p lace inside the observed trials fraternity . Great Britain's Steve Colley has signed a contract to contest the 1995 British and World Championship Tri als Series aboard a Gas Gas jT25O, leaving Do ugie Lam pkin as the sole ' rider on the Screenart Beta team . In signing with the Gas Gas squad, Colley joins six-time World Champion J ord i Tarres a n d Angel Garci a, as well as Joan Pons, who will ride a Gas Gas for the Italian importer. Pon s will contest the Italian National Series, rather than his Spanish Cycle News Rider of the Month: Stephane Peterhansel home-country Nationals. Though not set in stone, it looks as if Marc Colomer and Amos Bilbao will trade places - Colomer going to the Montesa tea m, and Bilbao moving to the Beta camp. Dale Malasek of Gas Gas USA has for sale a total of nine 1994 Gas Gas Enducross motorcycles that were ridden by factory team members at the September 20-25 International Six Days Enduro, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Malasek has five 250s, and four 125s - includ ing the machine that was ridden to victory in the 125cc class by three-time World Champion Paul Edmondson. "They're all in reall y great condition," said Malasek. "They're all fitted with the trick stuff - heavyduty rims, Renthal bars - you name it." The 250s cos t $3900, an d the 125s are $3600. For more information contact Gas Gas USA at 7801 Eastside Dr., Kansas City, MO 64152, 816/741-7615. Frenchman Stephane Pe terhansel '(r ig h t ) proved once again that he is without a doubt the most versatile off-road rider in the world, as he scored the overall individual victory in this month's International Six Day Enduro. For Peterhansel, it was the third time in his career that he topped the prestigious event. His most recent ISDE win came on the rockstrewn trails of the John Zink Ranch near Sand Springs, Oklahoma - a far cry from the sa nd dunes of the Paris-Dakar Rally, another brutal event which he has also won three times . Peterhansel's uniquely smooth and precise riding style doesn't gra b a lot of attention, but his effortless speed is also unequaled. Motocross racer Dou g Duba ch will teach a free ($15 for insurance coverage) Wo men's Only Motocross Scho o l at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernadino, California, on September 30. The school will run from 9:00 a.m . to 2:00 p.m. and will include a nutrition class taught by Endura's Mark Howard. For more inform ation call Debb ie Matthews at 714/754-7305 . Long-time motorsports photographer D an Maho n y will be hosting the fall version of his Pomona Picture Party in conjunction with the Pomona, California, round of the AMA Grand National Championship. Mahony will display his classic racing photography on October 7-9. For mo re information call Dan at 8OO/277-S037. According to reports in A ustralian Motorcycle News, Austr alia is th e favorite to host the In te rn a ti o nal Six Day End uro (lSDE) in 1998, with Traralgon in Victoria 's Latrobe Valley the favored venue. Both local government and business in terests are backing the proposal, w hich will be p resented by Motorcycling Australia officals to th e FIM Con gress which will be held in Kuala Lumpur in Octob er. Moto Jou rn al ha s reported that JeanMichel Bayle has received an offer from Lucky Strike Suzuki to r ide th e ir RGV250 in the 1995 250cc World Championship Road Race Series. Bayle currently lies ninth in the 1994 250cc Wor ld Championship point standings after finishing seventh in the Argentinian Grand Prix on September 25. Bayle rode with a broken metacarpal bone in his right hand, the result of his crash in the U.S. GP at Laguna Seca on September 11. According to English magazine Business Age, Berni e Eccelstone, the man who sold off his interests in Grand Prix road racing to Dorna , is now the 63rd-richest man in Great Brita in. Last yea r Eccelstone was 291st on the money list, but he's jumped to 63rd with a reported worth of over $270 million. The Macau Grand Prix will be held on November 19-20, with the motorcycle program to run on Saturday, November 19 on the Guia Street Circuit. Formula 3 cars will highlight Sunday's program . Ken Maely, the steel-shoe-making guru, returned on September 15 from his trip to China. Ma ely apologizes for those who sent orders in his absence, but says he can get shoes ready in time for the Pomona Half Mile and Del Mar Mile. Ma ely says to send the repairs to him via UPS and he will deliver the shoes to Pomona and Del Mar. The Isle ,of Man TT will run on May 29Jun e 9 in 1995. New for '95 is the 600cc Supersport race now being dubbed the Junior IT. In addition , 400cc Supersport had been dropped, but 400cc fo u r stro kes will be eligible to compete with 250cc two-strokes in the Lightweigh t IT. Sidi has signed the entire Italian Farioli KTM team, incl u d in g former 500cc Four-Stroke Enduro World Champion Fabio Farioli and current HW Enduro Champion Giovanni Sala, to wear Top Action boots during the 1995 race sea son . ISDE winner Stephane Peterh ansel has tentatively committed to ride the 1995 Acerbis Ad venture Nevada Rally, and says he will most likely cqntest a Yamaha YZ360 . Peterhansel rode a factory 650cc four-stroke in this year's running of the eve nt, and found the bike to be too unwieldly. AU T O G RA PH SIG N IN G : At Cycl e Gear in Sacramento, California, on October 1 from 12:00 p.rn. to 2:00 p.m. Erion Racing's Larry Pegram is sched uled to appea r. For more information call 916/488-7977 . 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