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in formation call A.M .L at 800 /8812AMI. Th e 19th Annual Velve t To uch Golden St ate Motocross Nationals will begin on January 8 at Sunrise Valley Racewa y in Adelanto, California. For more information call 619/246-7262. The 1995 Cycl e Wo rld Interna tiona l Mo torcycle Show in Denver, Colorado , on December 2-4, will feature the Legen ds of Motorcycling, hosted by Larry Huffman. The show will featu re former mo tocross legend David Baile y, forme r fac to ry Yama h a MXer J i m "Ho f lyw o o d " Holley a n d two-time G ra nd Nati onal Ch ampion Gary Nixon. For mo re information call 714/513-8400. Wo rld Sp orts Imports, an im port compan y dealing in 125 and 250cc Grand Pri x road racers, ha s .form ed a racing tea m for the 1995 season . Warren Dunaway will be the team's rider as he competes in the WERA Formula ill Champions hip aboard a 1995 Honda RSl25. The team will also compet e in th e Isle of M a n TT and selected round s of th e Ducados Open Series in Spain . Dunaway also hopes to earn a Wild Card berth in the Uni ted States Gr and Prix, sche d uled for August 6 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Speedway USA in Victorv ille, California , was re cently renovated w ith the dirt oval being converted in to an a renacross track . The High Desert stad ium w ill host the firs t of a 10-week series beginning on Decemb er 3. The stadium seats 4300 people and, according to promoter Gene Woods, is the onl y permanent arenacross stad ium in the world. For more information call 619/245-6111. Hon d a Racing Corp o ra tion rec ently p resented 500cc World Champ ion Mich a el D ooh a n with the Honda NSR500 on w hi ch he w on th e World Champions hip. Doohan was pr esented the ma chine by HRC p resident, Mr. Shinozaki, in a gesture similar to former World Champions Wayne Gardner and Fred d ie Spencer. The 1995 World Endurance Championship will consist of five rounds. The series will begin wi th the Le Mans 24 Hour in France on April 16 before moving on to a six-hou r even t in Assen , "Ho llan d (April 30), a 24-h our race at .ffim :_ Sp a- Francorcha m ps in Belgiu m (July 16), the Suzu ka 8-Hour in Japan (Jul y 30) an d the Bol d'Or in France (Sept ember 17). And yo u thi n k you had a bad week departmen t: Cycle News associa te ed itor Kit Palmer, who leads the staff in miles ridden on a moto rcycle, now has no ch o ice b u t to make his 52-mile (one wa y) commu te - between his Rivers ide, California, home and ou r office in Long Beach - on two w h eels. La st week, Palmer' s wife The resa .was r u n into while d riving Palmer's recen tly paid for p ickup tru ck. Naturally, the d riv er at fault was uninsured an d Palmer's truck was to tale d . O n Monda y morn in g, Palmer was leaving his house to head nort h for a Suzuki RF600 press introduction in Bass Lake, Califo rnia , when he discovered th at the family's second veh icl e wa s ... s to le n . We 'v e since r e m oved any s harp objects fr o m Palmer's desk. Jeff Emlg lifts a wheel In a Margay shifte r kart at Yamaha' s press con ferenc e. Former AMA 750cc Supersport Cha mpion Britt Turkington, wh o was not resigned b y Yos him u ra Su zuki for the 1995 racing season, w ill likely compete in the {\MA U.S. Supe rbi ke Se r ies aboard a Du ca ti, An other Super sp ort Series regular who appears set to make th e m ov e to th e Superbike class on a . Ducati is Californian Jason Pridmore. Pridmore rode Kinko's-backed Yarnahas in th e 1994 600 a nd 750cc Super sport Series. Yamaha announces '95 racin teams Uring a Nove mber 18 pr ess conference held at the Adams Kart Track in Riverside, Californi a, Yam aha made official the rid ers who will ma ke up their road race, motocross and off-roa d teams for 1995. . As we have reported earlier, Yamaha's factory MX squad will consis t of 1992 125cc National Champion Jeff Emig; mu lti-time ama teur champ Kevin Windha m and perennial privateer John Dowd. The biggest news here is that longtime 125cc rider Emig will be moving up to the 250cc class for the '95 outdoor season. Fox Racing will outfit all team members except for Emig, wh o is still contracted to wear Thor: Ano ther item of interest is Yamaha's switch to blue and white as the official team colors. The once-florescent team semi now features the new color scheme, and the race bikes and team gear will also be blue and white. As -for the Yamaha-supported private teams, Team Noleen will again consist of Larry Ward, former MTEG Ultracross Champion Larry Brooks and current Ultracross champ Kyle Lewis, while Pedro Gonzalez and Mike Metzger will make up Team North Coun ty Yamaha. NCY will receive ad ditiona l support from casual clothing manufacturer Primal Impulse, and will travel in a new team fifth-wheel transporter. . For their off-road effort, Yamah a will continue to support 1993 GNCC cha mp Fred , Andrews, Duane Conner and Tim Shephard throu gh Shephard's Sportcycle Yamaha shop . The three will contest the Grand National Cross Country and Ha re Scramb les Series. Andrews is currently recove ring from hip surgery after hitting a tree. Jamie Jam es w ill head up Yamaha's road ra ce effort, contesting th e AMA U.S. Su perbike Series . James will not defend his title in the 600cc Supersport d ivision . Instead, he'll leave that to Tom Kipp. Kipp will also race the Supe rbike Series, but will no t defend his 750cc Supersport cro wn. After the ann ouncemen ts, Yamaha gave team riders, journalists and company personnel the chance to mix it up in the Yamaha YZl25-powered Margay Tsunami shifter ka rts , w hich are capable of speed s up to 115 mph. Who was the fastest? None other than Bob Hann ah, who even managed to catch air when he used a curb to double-jump an 5-tu m. Jam es also turned som e head s, with a d rivin g style tha t brou ght back memories of Hannah's old rid ing form on a motocross bike . . OPEN ED: Race Shop In tern a tiona l in Acton, California; Race Shop International will import the Hawk's Racing line of motocross/off-road appare l. For more information call 805/269-4208. O PEN ED: San Jose Yam aha, form erly known as Kenn y Roberts Yamaha Country, in San Jose, California . Th e sh op als o features new ownership and has been remodeled and res tocked . Call 408/287-2946 for more information. MA RRIED : Skip Norfolk to Kristy Van da veer on Oct ober 1 in Owings, Ma ryland. Norfol k is U.S. Supe rcross Nationa l Champi o n Jere my McG r a th' s mech anic. BORN: Jake Patrick Su mmers to MidAtlantic road racer Brian Summers and his wife Na ncy on October 29 in Clifton, Virginia . C'I D ------- --------------- -- --------------------- -------------------, I ~ SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM Name _ I I , Address City _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ State _ _ Zip Order Date _ Pleas e start my subscri ption to Cycle News: o Every week for one year (50 issu es) for $38.00 (can be billed 3 monthly payments) !l 0 Every w eek for two years (100 issues) for $70.00 ' o Six months second class (25 issues) for $19.00 ( One year (50 issues), 2nd class Cana da or Mexico and all otherforeign countries $78.00 (U.S. fund s). 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