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amenities include a helmet check and closed-circuit television coverage on race day. . Class Motorcycle Schools has announced that a second day has been added to its Sears Point Raceway session, with the schools being held on August 26-27 following the AMA Superbike National at the Sonoma, California, facility. From there, Class will head to the Pacific Northwest for schools at both Seattle International Raceway and Portland International Raceway, followed by dates at Laguna Seca and Willow Springs. For more information, call 805/9339936. Three-time Worl1!1 Champion Greg Albertyn will be a special guest at the Tony D. Motocross School in Clifford, Pennsylvania, during the week of July 22. The following week will see Guy Cooper as the special guest at the school in Troy, Ohio, following the AMA Motocross National. In addition, the Suzuki factory race semi will be at both schools and will give students a personal tour of the big rig. For more information, call 410/635-6916. American Suzuki will soon begin mailing entry forms for the 1996 RM Cup to qualified Suzuki RM racers across the country. The event will offer some $100,000 in contingencies for Suzuki racers in 11 classes, including a $23,500 Pro purse. The event will be held in Branson, Missouri, on September 7-8. For more information, call 714/996-7040, ext. 309. Castaic Lake MX track will close down on Tuesday, July 23 and Thursday, July 25 for track renovations. The track will reopen on Saturday, July 27, with an all-new layout and a free barbecue. The first race on the new track will be held on Sunday, July 28. For more informatioq, call 805/294-0020. . Gunnar Lindstrom is asking for your help. He is trying to find someone who has a video-tape copy of the Pepperell MX that was featured on ABC's Wide World of Sports back in the early '70s. Lindstrom says that there should be numerous copies floating around. If you have one, please call Lindstrom at 3101781-5541. Jerem O The Gary Bailey Motocross School, scheduled for September 4-6 at the Bull Run motocross track in Lewiston, Maine, has been changed. The new date is September 3-5. For more information, call 540/650-1759. Former Women's MX Champion Mercedes Gonzalez finished second in the NORBA National Downhill Mountain Bike race in Snow Summit, California, on July 13. Gonzalez was beaten by reigning World Champion Leigh_ Donovan. Mert Lawwill's son, Joe, finished eighth in the Pro Men's class. The Gary Semics Motocross School is hoping to expand. Semics is training and certifying instructors to teach under his school's name and format, and currehtly has three active instructors with more on the way. Those currently instructing are Ike DeJager in Carry, North Carolina, Darryl Dunlap in Kirtland, New Mexico, and Justin Blake in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For more information, call the Semics school at 3301758-8333. The Keith Code/Moto Liberty 125 GP School scheduled for Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, on August 26 is sOld out for those wanting to use Moto Liberty bikes. Owners of 125cc GP bikes can still take the school on their own machine for half price. The school scheduled for October 2 at ew Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New..-Hamsphire, still has space available. For more information, call 800/530-3350. Afton I. Barnell, 73, died· at her home in Downey, Calif.ornia, recently after a long bout with emphysema and cancer. Barnett, who with her late husband Charles, founded Barnett Tool & Engineering in 1948, is survived by her daughter, Colleen, and son-in-law, Mike Taylor, who currently operates Barnett Tool, daughter and son-in-law, Doralee and Bill Murray, seven grandchildren and six great grandaughters. Cards and letters can be sent to Barnett Tool, 8920 Freeman Ave., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670. The Fifth Annual Mikuni Calendar Bike Show. scheduled for July 28 at the Santa Monica Airport Museum of Flying in California has evolved into the biggest custom and high-performance motorcycle show in America with 80 major motorcycle and aftermarket product companies in attendance, according to event promoters. . :Ci1ill n the Fourth of July, National MX and Supercross Champion Jeremy McGrath participated in a Spec Truck Series race at the Orange Show Speedway in San Bernardino, California. In the race, that featured everyone competing in similariIy prepared Chevy 5-10 pick-up trucks, McGrath started off the race in about 10th then worked his way up to fourth by the finish. at Eastern Creek on July 14, reasserting his position as the next Australian to stake a claim for an overseas ride, reports Cycle News contributor Darryl Flack. The Southeastern Sportbike Association (SSA) will hold an open practice and road racing school on August 3-4 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, <;:;eorgia. One day sessions will cost $150 or two days for $250. The school can be taken for an additional $25. "For more information, call 770/977-0538. Team Obsolete Promotions have announced that six-time World Champion Jim Redman will be the guest of honor at the Team Obsolete Promotions 1San Diego Antique Motorcycle . Club's vintage road racing program which will be held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California, on October 10-11. The final round of the AMA Grand National Championship will be held on the Del Mar Mile on October 13. OPENED: The Texas Cross Country .Racing Association's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following addres : Australian road racer Troy Bayliss (Kaw) turned in two stunning rides in the second round of the Shell Oils Australian Superbike Championship http://www.brit.com/-tccra. CORRECTION: It was Manchester Honda's Scott Carter, not Shane O'Connor, who suffered a DNF while running in the top five at the recent Southwick 125cc MX National. We confused Carter with O'Connor, who finished an eventua119th. ANNOUNCED: FDF Enterprises as the exclusive distributor of Stealth Body Werks. For more information, call 770-929-1579. OPENED: Motorcycle Memories' home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.mshopper.eurografix.com 1 vendors 1mc-meml mcmem.htrn. BORN: John Summers to Duane Summers and his wife, Yvette, on July 11. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Summers is a former Cagiva, Husqvaina and Ducati factory rider and an ISDE gold medal winner. OPENED: The TSS Custom Textile Graphics home page on the World Wide Web. 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