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Lag una Seca Raceway has announced that ticket sales for this summer's World Superbike Series round are up 30 percent from the 1994 Ll.S, Grand Prix ticket sales. 'The word has spread that fans wiII not be able to bu y p addock access at th e event, so they are ordering in advance," said Scott Atherton, the track manager at Laguna. 'The World Superbike organizer has given us a limited number of pad dock-access tickets. At the current pace, it is feasible that we wiII sell out of all paddock-access tickets before July 1." Co nt rary to rumors that the track was covered in sno w, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area' s Debbie Chapman reports that the famo us -mo tocross tra ck in Mammoth Lakes, California, is in ideal condition . The ann ua l races will be held June , 22-25. In addition, several new twists will greet this year's racers. A d ouble jump, two huge tabletop jumps and several new turns are fealured in this year's race track. For more information call 619/934-0642. AMA Natio nal Cham pionship Enduro Series point leader Ty Da vis has en tered to com pete in the W h ite Bro s. Fou rStroke Championship MX race, to b e held in conjunction with the a nnual Ma m moth M o u n t ai n MX, June 23 . Davis, a multi-time race winner at Mammoth, jo ins Soun d of Thunder Series point lead er and two-time Worl d Champion Do nny Schmit, defending champion Greg Zitter kop f an d former champion Gordon Ward. White Bros. reports that thi s year's Pro Four-Stroke class p urs e is one of the la rgest ever. Fo r more information call 714/692-3404. Glen Helen Sp eed w ay promoter Jim Fishback has op ted to move his speedway and m otorcy cle racing program from Wednesday nights to Friday nights starting on June 23, placing the program in d ir ect co m petition with Cost a Mesa Speedway, which has bee n ru nning its speed w ay program on F ri day nights si nce 1969. "We h aven't been able to dra w the crow d neces sary to turn a profit on Friday nights," Fishback said . "And I believe th at there are enou gh riders available to present our races on .th e sa me night as Costa Mesa Speedway. We ha ve up-and-coming stars, like Rick Pearce of Bakers fi eld , d r i vi n g down every week. Mo ving to Frida y nig hts wiII make it much easier on riders such as Pearce and the fans who won' t have to answer an alarm clock on Saturday morning." Ru s s Wageman' s ~il Pro will be on hand at the Mammoth Mountain MX Track fro m June 10 through June 25. Pit Pro stocks a complete line of parts, tires, accessories, and of course - carburetor jets. For mo re information see Wageman in the Mammoth pits. Although Po len wouldn't say exactly what he was working on, he is trying to finalize plans to return to racing in 1995 and expects to be racing in the Laguna Seca round of the World Su perbike Series on July 23. Polen's name has been mentioned as a possible re placement for Scott Russell on Rob Muzzy's Kawasaki team. Remember Rainbow MX Park, the Pala , California, motocross p ractice track' that was forced to close its doors by its neighboring avocado farmers? Well, owner Bob HarveIl reports that in addition to carrying on wi th his battle to reopen th e facility, h e has ac quired an entirely new piece of land in Hemet, C a li fo rn ia . Ra inbow II MX Pa rk is scheduled to open ior practice on Septem ber 1. "It's a beautifu l area," said Harvell. "We have 54 acres to work with . The track has a little bit of everythi ng - sand, hard-pack an d jumps." For mor e info rmation call 909/926-4646. California Harley-Davidson of Harbor City wiIl celebrate its 20th anniversary with an eight-hour party on July 29, from 12:00 p .m . to 8:00 p .m ., with the entire parking lot of the d eal ers h ip being converted into a classic California beach party that is free and open to the public: For m or e info rma ti on ca ll 310/539-3366. The AMA has released a 30-second televisio n comme rcial promoting the benefits of AMA membership. The comme rcial will be ai red with te levised motorcycle raci ng events o n ES P N , TNN an d the Prime SportsCh ann el. Fox Ra cing ha s ren ted out Motocross 338, the facility that wiII host the June 25 Southwick 125/ 250cc National, in order to film scenes for the ir upcoming video, Terrafirma 2. On June 22, Do ug Henry and John Dowd wiII style for the cameras, and fans a re invited to corne watch, free of charge. Fans attending may even appear on the final edit. For mo re information contact Motocross 338 at 413/569-9055. Vance & H in es is now a contingency sponsor of the AMA Harley-Davidson SuperTwin s Se ries . Va nce & H in es recen tly introduced a limited-edition Race Sys tem for th e Harley-Davidson, 883 and Scott Zampach used the system to win the Laguna Seca rou nd of th e series. Vance & Hines wiII pay $200 to win, $100 for second, $75 for third and $50 for fourth throu gh l Othplace for riders 'u sing th eir products. For more information contact Vance & Hines Racing, Inc., 14010 Marquardt Ave., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670, BOO/592-2529. The WiIIow Spri ngs Motorcycle Club (WSMC) will hold special benefit races for injured roa d racer Mau rice M ara scio, who is curren tly semicomatose following his accident in January, on June 17, at Willow Sprin gs Raceway in Rosamond, California. The club will d onate all entry-fee monies from the Solo GTO and Solo GTU 5O-milers to the Marascio family to aid with expenses. For more information call 805/2561234. HRP Products has a new di rect order line, as well as a new fax line. The order line is BOO/FLAK-JA!<,an d the fax number is 603/692-4117. The original customer service line, 603/ 692-2118, stays the same. M oto Lib erty and T he C a li f o rn i a Su perbike Sch ool h ave announced a second 125cc Grand Prix riding school, sch ed u led for Monday, October 16, at Road Atlanta in Brasel ton , Georgia, the d ay after the WERA Grand N a ti onal Finals at the same facility . Mo to U berty wi ll provid e th e 125s with Keit h Cod e doing the teaching . For more info rmation call 800/530-3350. Scott Parker (H-D) won the AMA 600cc National TT at the Peoria Mot orcycle Clubgrounds in Peori a, Illinois, on June 11. Parke r topped Joe Kopp (W-R) and Aaron HiII (Rtx) in th e N ati on al. Rich King, w ho finis h ed fo u r th in Peoria, co ntinues to lead the 600cc N ational Cha mpionship wit h 22 points , tw o more than Chris Carr who was competing -in the AMA Su p erbik e National at Road America on June 11-12. Alt hough fo r mer World C hampion Do ug Polen has been a no-s how for the last round of bo th the World Ch ampionship Su perbike Series an d the AMA Supe rbike Natio nal Cham pionship Series, you can expect the Texan to be back in t h e thick of things shortly. Wataru Yoshika wa (Ya m) won t he Suzuka Superbike 200 km road race in Suzuka City, Japan , on June 11 . Yoshikawa bea t Akira Yanagawa (Kaw) and Norihik o Fu jiwara (Yam) . Muzzy Kawasaki's Anthon y Gobert finished fourth with Takuma Aoki (Hon) fifth. Dave Sadowski, who was filling in for the injured Kevin Magee on th e Yoshimu ra Suzuki, ended up in 30th place after com pleting 32 of the 35 laps. Tohru Ukawa (Hon) won the 250cc Grand Prix class at Suzuka with Ma sau Azuma taking the win in the 125cc GP event. TYhe Peoria Motorcycle Club is inviting any Pro rider who has ever raced in the Peoria TT during its 47-year his tory to be a weekend guest of the club for the AH RMA Classic Bike Magazine Na tional Vintage TT at the Peoria Clubgrounds on July 2. The weekend will also include a n AH RMA MX on July 1 a n d a n AHRMA N ati onal Trial on Ju ly 2. For m o re information ca ll A H RMA at 715/842-9699. The Fou rth Annual Mikuni Ca lendar Street Bik e Show wiII be held on Sunday, Ju ly 30 at th e Santa Monica Ai rport's Museum of FIying in Santa Monica, California. There wi ll be .exhibits by over 50 manufacturers, distributors and dealers involved in the racing, high-performance street and custom bike ma rkets. BO RN: Russell Leno Wageman, to Pit Pro 's Rus s Wageman and his wife, Beth, on June 6 in Valencia.California, C ORRE CTI O N: Road racer Hikaru Miyagi, the thi rd -place finisher in the 600cc Supersport clas s at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Cou rse on June 4 is sponsored by Action Speed Racin g and not Erion Racing. AUT OGRAPH S IG NING: At Buck's Suzuki an d Yamaha in Valparaiso, Indiana, on Ju ne 30, from 5:30 p .m . to 7:00 p .m. Tea m Suzuki's MX team is scheduled to ap pear along wi th team manager Roger DeC ost er . For mor e information call 219/462-6911. FORMED : A.C.S. Specialties, a N ational vi n ta g e r oad racing tea m, fea t uring Duane Veeder and Joseph Gately. Gately will also com pete in AHRMA Nation al Dirt Track races. AUTOGRAPH SIG NING: At TUF Racing Kawasaki in Dekalb, Illinois, on Friday, Ju ne 30, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Team Kawasaki's Mike laRocco, Mike Kie drowski a nd Robb ie Rey n ard a re scheduled to appear. For more info rmation caII 815/T:>6-3588. 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