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officers from across the country who raised funds for the Daytona Beach Chapter of the Police Athletic League. For more information contact Officer Nick Fiore at 904/254-7421. ington, round of the AMA 125/250cc National MX Championship Series. The Honda of Troy team is scheduled to appear from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 18. Fast by Ferraci's Larry Pegram and Erion Racing will be the featured guests of Sacramento's Sport Bike Night at Bleachers in Sacramento, California, on August 20 from 7-10 p.m. to kick off the Sears Point National road race to be held on the weekend. For more information call 916/373-1557. GROUND BREAKING: At Brown Motor Works, Inc. a BMW Dealer in Pomona, California, on Wednesay, August 14, at 11:30 a.m. For more information call 909/629-2132. A transport will be leaving from the West Coast on August 30 for the RM Cup motocross event to be held in Branson, Missouri. Suzuki riders interested in shipping their bikes round trip should contact On Trac Events' Robert Hansen at 702/267-4392. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At the Pit Pro trailer during the Washougal, Wash- Hamill grabs Swedish Speedway~G~P ___ merican speedway star Billy Hamill has given himseU a goldeJ:l opportunity to challenge for speedway's World Championship after winning the Swedish Grand Prix in Linkoeping, Sweden, August 10. The Californian is now just seven points behind long-time leader Hans Nielsen, who had his first Grand Prix yet, finishing in ninth place. Hamill was an unlikely winner as he needed a win in his fifth ride to get through to the A Final after dropping three points in four rides. But his victory in heat 18 over . home country favorite Henka Gustafsson s.ecured a place in the top four and gave him a level chance at a victory. Hamill's Cradely Heath Heathens teammate and fellow American Greg Hancock also qualified for the A Final with 11 points, joining Hamill, Gustafsson and Poland's Tomasz Gollob in the run for the Swedish crown. Gustafsson seemed set for victory in the all-important A Final when he pulled clear of Hamill and Gollob down the back straight, but Hancock fell while running in last place, and the race had to. be restarted, giving Hamill a second chance. Hamill got the drop on Gustafsson in the rerun and was a clear winner by the end of the race. Gustafsson finished second ahead of Gollob, Hancock was fourth. Nielsen now leads Hamill 77-70. Tony Rickardsson is third with 68. Gustafsson has 56 and Hancock 54. . John Hipkiss A MOVED: Engines Only to 1046 Dell Ave., Campbell, CA 95008, 408/3744298. CANCELED: The Lodi Motorcycle Club's scheduled August 17 race at the Lodi Cycle Park in Lodi, California. HIRED: Scott Goodwin as Vice President; Management Supervisor of Rogge Effler & Partners advertising agency. Goodwin, who served as the Publisher u.S. fourth after Finnish Six Days op--=--.::en:-=....=e=----r _ A of Motorcyclist and Dirt Rider magazines at Petersen Publishing for the past seven years, will oversee the firm's American Suzuki motorcycle and ATV account. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Vesta,l Marine and Cycle in Vestal, New York, on August 23 from 606:30 p.m. Team Yamaha's Damon Bradshaw, John Dowd, Doug Henry and Kevin' fter a long and grueling day at the 71st International Six Days Enduro in ~ameen linna, Finland, August 12th, the U.S. World Trophy Team, made up of five-time National Enduro Champion Randy Hawkins (Suz), multi-time GNCC and Hare Scrambles National Champion Scott Summers (Hon), former National Enduro Champion Steve Hatch (Suz), reigning National Reliability Enduro Champion Rodney Smith (Suz) and Chris Smith (Hon), are currently ranked fourth, one of the best opening day finishes for the U.S. squad in years. The U.s. team sawall of its six riders complete the 190-plus mile course, made up of mostly rocky, dry and dusty trails and pavement sections, relatively unscathed. Heading the World Trophy team division is the team from Finland, led by horne-country hero Karl Tiainen (Hus), who currently heads the 500cc Four-Stroke class. The runnerup team is the defending champ Italy, followed by Sweden and the U.s.. France is in fifth place, followed by the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Great Britain, Spain and Australia round out the top 10 of the 14 countries fielding Trophy tearns. As far as individual results, Italian Giovanni Sala (KTM) is leading the 250cc class; fellow Italian Petteri Silvan (Hus) leads the 125cc class; Swede Anders Eriksson (Hus) leads the 400cc Four-Stroke class; and Tiainen leads the 500cc Four-Stroke class. Smith is heading the U.s. attack, but only by. 1.57 points (seconds) over Hawkins, and 6.53 points over Davis. Smith sits eighth in the 250cc class (one position ahead of Davis), and Hawkins is currently seventh in the 125cc class. Official results after day one show Summers in 16th place in the 500cc Four-Stroke class, but a mistake in his score has been protested - if the protest is overturned, as expected, he should be among the top three in the class. In the Junior World division, Sweden leads over Finland, Italy, and France. Brian Storrie (Kaw), Mike Lafferty (KTM), William Hamilton (Hus), Don Knapp (KTM), the four riders that make up the U.s. Jr. World team, are currently sixth. In the Club Team division, a U.s. team has a firm grip on second place. The Daytona Dirt Riders - Guy Cooper (Suz), Fred Hoess (Suz), and Jon Nielson (Hon) - are in contention to give the U.s. its first Club Team division victory. The weather conditions in Fj.nland are hot and clear and it i~ expected to stay that way throughout the week. Of the total 45 American riders that started the event Monday morning, all finished out the day, though many dropped route points along the way. Windham are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 607/7548185. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Zim's Yamaha in Gresham, Oregon, on August 16 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Team Yamaha's Damon Bradshaw, John Dowd, Doug Henry and Kevin Wind_ham are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 503/666-7091. (N New YZFs this fall We all knew it was going to happen, but Yarnalla has finally made it official: The YZF600 and 1000 will be on sale in the United States this fall. ' The biggest news is the arrival of the Supersport-aimed YZF600, designed to put Yamaha back on top of the class it abandoned after winning in 1994. One of the available colors is in· fact Yamaha's blue and white racing livery, though until final track' testing is completed Yamaha would not confirm its participation in the AMA 600cc Supersport series. "It is our intention to go supersport racing," said Bob Starr, Yamaha Motorsports' National Communications Manager. "But the final decision will be made in the next few weeks." The 600R is powered by a 599cc, 16-valve Genesis-design engine equipped with a quartet of 36mm Keihin carburetors wrapped in a Deltabox twin-spar steel frame. The suspension is fully adjustable. In addition to the racing paint scheme, the 600 will be available inred/ white and black/ silver. The YZF1000 fills the void left by the discontinued FZR1000 introduced in 1987. The 1000 gets a reworked version of the 1002cc engine that powered the FZR, including a lighter crankshaft and pistons. The new liter-class superport machine also gets improved ergonomics as well as fully adjustable suspension. Available colors will be red/white and black/silver. (For a riding impression of the 1996 European YZF1000, see Issue #10, March 13, 1996.) 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