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mi ne their suitability for traffic control and escort security purposes. I Ho nda is planning to campaign the 1995 ., Granada-Dakar Rally wit h thei r new I EXP-2 mod el, a two-strok e rally bi ke tha t was un veiled at the Cologne Motorcycle Show . The experimental motorcycle featu res electronic fuel injection and a new combustion system, called ARC (Acti vated Radica l Combustion ). Th ou gh many of the details ar e being kept secret, the motor is known to be a single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, fivespeed, 402cc two-s troke , with the cylinder inclined at 35 d egrees. We er re d in re porting that road racer David Sadowski had signed a contract to ride a Fast By Ferracci Ducati in the 199 5 AMA U. S. Su p er bike Nationa l C ha m pionshi p. Sadows ki is in fac t working on a deal tha t wo uld see him ride a Ducati in the Ferra cci stable, but th e Geo rgia resi de n t wo ul d be payin g for the support. Sad owski is hoping to find a corporate sponsor to work in conjunction with Desmo , the Ducati enthusiast group tha t backed the former Daytona 200 winner in 1993. No word yet on w ho will be joining Mike Smith on the Ferracci team . ' Nearly 700 motorcyclists rode 64 miles in New Jersey recen tly to raise $55,000 fo r RideAmerica, the se cond annual March of Dimes Campaign for Healthier Babies, which was sponsored by BMW a n d sa ncti o ned b y th e AMA. Fr ank Zab ris kie of Boon ton Townshi p, New Jersey, won a BMW K75S in a drawing . that was held after the ride. South Flori da's firs t motocross park is slated to open in Ft. Lauderdale th is mont h . The openin g of the Dani a Motocross Park will end an eight-yea r ques t by owner Brian Penick to br ing the facility to Florida. Road racer G len n Szarek will replace th e injured Sco tt Gray in the 1994 Macau Grand Prix. Szar ek will ride the Team Virginia Breeze Yamaha 1000 as h e joins fellow Ameri cans Ch uck Graves, Pa ul Ha rrell, Eric Moe and Ricky Orlando in making the trip to the Far East. . Geo rge Hend rickson, 61, a fixture at loca l dirt track and mot ocross events in Southern California, died of cancer in El Cajon, California, 0(:\ October 27. Hendrickson, a former AMA official, was a paraplegic who helped devise and mar- ket a hand con trol for disabled motorists that is cu r re ntly sold throughou t the world. Hend rickso n is survived by h is wife Caroly n, two. da ug hters, Roberta Jense n and Doreen Hendrickson, a son , Jason Osb urn, tw o sis ters, a nd two grandchildren. The inaugural Jack Dominick Memorial Awar d was presented to road racer Tetsu Imanishi at the Motorcycle Road racing Association (MRA) awards banqu et in Denver, Colorad o. Im anis h i earned t he award as the first -y ear Expert with the highest ranking in the season-ending poin t stand ings. Jack Dominick, who d ied in April of 1994, was an active sup porter of road racing in Colorad o: Ha nsen Com munications, the publishe rs of American Roadracing; have announced that they will begin pu blishing The Pros tar Report, the official publication of Prostar Motorcycle Drag Racing. Team Hammer, Inc. , ride rs took home $59,235 in pu rse and contingency pa youts at the WERA Grand National Final at Road Atlanta on October 28-30. The payout incl ud ed $25,000 for finish ing firs t and third in the ESC Brakes Triple Crown; $10,350 for fin ishin g second, third, fourth and fifth in the final WERA F-USA race of th e season; $12,185 for w in ni ng the fin al WE RA N a ti ona l En d u r ance race of the year a nd th e series title; and $11,700 for ta king two secon ds, a fou rth, two fifths, a sixth and a ninth in the Suzuki Cup finals . Team Ha mmer, In c., races as Team Suzuki End urance in the endurance series and as Team Valvoline Suzuki in the WERA F-USA Se ri es, WERA National Ch allenge Ser ies and Suzuki National Cu p Series. Rich O liver, who completely dominated the AMA 250c c Grand Prix National Championship, is the final nominee for the AMA/MotoWorld Professiona l Athlete of the Year Award. The Fresno, Californ ia, res id ent won e ight of th e 10 250cc GP even ts in 1994 to win his first AMA Nationa l Champ ionshi p. Oliver joins fellow road racer Troy Corser, 250cc National MX Champion Mike LaRocco, Sup ercross Champion Jeremy M cGrath, World 125cc MX Champion Bobby Moore and AMA Grand National Charnpion Scott Parker as th e six nominee s. The award will be handed out at the 20th Annual AMA Professional Awards Banquet which will be held Dubach retains Vet World Cham ionshiQ _ a ma ha' s Doug Dubac h (right) s uccessfu lly defended his World Championship title at the White Bros. World Championship Vet Nationals, held at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Ca liforni a, November 5-6. Dubach, who won last year' s event at Perris Raceway, topped both motos aboard his Pro Circuit-p repared Yamaha. The 31year-old easily beat Jeff Ward (Kaw) and Mike Beier (Yarn) in the opening moto, and overcame a laterace cras h in the second moto to complete his do uble-rnoto sweep. Ward inherited the lead br iefly when Dubach crashed, but was foiled by a lap ped rider on the las t lap and had to settle for second , overall. Willy Musgrave was th ird in the second mo to ah ead of Beier, but Beier's 3-4 edged out Musgrave's 5-3 for third overall. Mu sgrave was fou rth overall, while Tom Carson (Hon) rounded out the top five. Nea rly 1000 entrants sho wed up for the ever-growi ng tw o-day event. Y What's our number? J eremy McGrath, Doug Henry and Mike laRocco will carry number-one plates in 1995, a s they are the reigning champions of the American Motorcyclist Association 's three prem iere motocross and s u percross se ries. Tw o-time Supercross Champ ion McGrath will wear a number one at the indoo r events, while two-time 125cc National Champion Henry and 250cc Nat ional Champion laRocco will hav e the honors at the outdoor Nationals. All three have also been assigned alternate numbers to use at the events in which they are not champions. For instance, McGrath will carry a number one indoors, but a number three outdoors. Rider numbers are assigned based on a points system derived from the 250cc Supercross, and 125 and 250cc Nationals only. The 125cc Eastern and Western Regional Sup ercross Series do not pay National points. For superstitiou s reaso ns, number 13 will not be issued to any rider for the '95 season. 1.Jeremy McGrath (SX) 1. Doug Henry (125 Nafl) 1.Mike laRocco (2SO Nafl) 2. Mike laRocco 3. Jeremy McGrath 4. Doug Henry 5. Sieve Lamson 6. Jeff Emig 7. Mike Kiedrowski 8. Jeff Stanton 9. Ryan Hughes 10. Brian Swink 11 . Larry Ward 12 Damon Huffman . 14. John Dowd 15.Kyle Lewis 16. James Dobb 17. Jeff Matiasevich 18.Denny Stephenson 19 Michael Craig . 20. Jimmy Button 21 . Larry Brooks 22. Robbie Reynard . 23. Tim Ferry 24. Ezra Lusk 25. Todd DeHoop 26 Mike Brown . 27. Craig Decker 28. Doug Dubach 29. Cliff Palmer 30. Erik Kehoe 31 . Buddy Antunez 32. PedroGonzalez 33. Tony Amaradio 34. Ray Sommo 35. Brian Deegan 36. Chad Pederson 37. Davey Yezek 38. Sect Sheak 39. Jeff Curry 40. Jimmy Gaddis 41. David Pingree 42. Phil Lawrence 43. Kevin Windham 44. Dag Boyesen 45. JimNeese 46. Barry Carsten .47. Kevin Crine 48. Kohji Ohka wara 49. Rich Taylor SO. Mike Treadwell 51.Jason McCormick 52. Chad Lough 53. Michael Brandes . 54. Jeff Pestana 55. KeithJohnson 56. Guy Cooper 57. Scott Carter 58. Lance Smail 59. JeffYentzer 60. Jeremy Buehl 61. Mike Healey 62. Michael Jones erger . 63. Roy Schellenb 64. Brian Carroll 65. Nathan Ramsey at th e Long Beach Sheraton. For mor e informa tion call 614/891-2425, ext. 258. Form e r AMA Superbike N a tion al Ch ampion Th omas Stevens called the Cycle News offices to tell us tha t he has signed a contract to ride for Yoshimura Suzu ki in the 1995 AMA U.S. Superbike Nation al Championship. "I've sign ed a o ne-y ea r deal with Suz uki and I'm read y to go racing again," Stevens said. The de al is for superbike only, although Stevens did offer his services to race in the AMA 750cc Supersport class. "They d idn't want me to take any attentio n away from the superbike," Stevens said. "They' re very committed to getting bette r results." Stevens will be jo ined on th e three-rider team by Fred Me rkel and Do nald Jacks: Of the addition of Merkel, Stevens said: "It's just another guy to compare my skills against." California off-road competitors will be in te reste d to know that the CCMA's Leapin' Lizar d Enduro, scheduled for Nov ember 20 in Ballinger Canyon, Californi a, will pa y d istrict points for both District 36 and District 37 riders (despite the fact that Dist rict 37 has neg lected to include the event in their newsletter or Cycle News calendars).' For more informa tion, call 805/434-3614. In othe r. District 37 news , The Pros pectors M.e. has changed the location of th eir California City Grand Prix, originally sched uled for Cali fornia City on December 3-4. The even t w ill now be held at the H ungry Valley SVRA near 66. Shaun Kalos 67. Tony Larusso 68. Shaun Kalos 69. David Gaylord 70. Mike Chamberlain 71 . Brian Austin 72. Bruce Strallon 73. TonyGraves 74. Kurt McMillen 75. Mike Rsher 76.TyWallace 77. Jeff Dement 78. Jean-Sebastien Roy 79. Craig Noack 80. Pat Gomm 81 . Rick Ryan 82 Earl May . 84. Steve Herman kbum 85. Travis Blac 86. Rusty Holland 87. Tommy Clowers 88. Ron Lachein 89. Donald Upton 90. Dale Spangler 91. Joel Dengler 92. Carl Valliancourt eg 93.Gr Bowen 94. Carlo Caen 95. Spud Walters 96. Cory Keeney 97. JimChester 98. Wally Silva 99. Jeff Glass Gorman, California, and will be called the California G ra nd Prix . For m ore information, call 818/332-1573 . Malcol m Smi t h Moto rs p ortsw ill be having an open ho use on Saturday, November 12, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at their location in Riverside, California. There will be a factory dual spo rt seminar, and Smith himself will be on hand to answer questions. For more information call 909/687-1300. BORN: Jared Laurence Holl ey, to former Team Ya maha mo tocross er Ji m Holley and his w ife Melissa, in Glendale, California, on November 4. STO LEN: Gibso n Keller's 1978 Harl eyDavidson FXE, vehicle identification # 9D61499HB, on October 22 in Sandusky, Ohio. If you have an y information call 419/927-4444 . HIRED: Carlos Carnp illo, as spo rts marketing manager for Gatorz. For mo re ~ information call 619/293-7925. 0\ 0\ M OVED: Paca / Superspor ts to 9780 16th St., North St. Petersburg, FL 33716, 813 /579-8211 (voice), 813 /576-84 14 (fax), effective November 7. APPOINT ED: Thorn Rich ard so n as general ma nager of Cha mpionship Cup Series (CCS) . Rich a rd so n has worked part time for the road racing organization for the past 10 years, wo rking all positions from pit steward to Southeast race director. (N ..... -.D ..... l-< Q) "S 6 Q) z 3