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Camier To Jordan's Team? Leon Camier may be joining Englishman Neil Hodgson in America next year, but it 30 Year§" Ago... October 14. 1975 ...=7"l:.....""~I"l"f.,...., Kenny Roberts, wearing the num- ber-one plate for the last time before surren- dering it to Gary Scott, went out in style by winning the final Camel Pro Series - - - - -... round at Ontario Motor Speedway in California... Jimmy Weinert and Jim Pomeroy finished ahead of Roger DeCoster at the TransAHA round in Lexington, Ohio... Bob Balentine rode his KTM 400 to victory at the California City Grand Prix. He pocketed $700 for the win... We interviewed Malcolm Smith after he won the Roof of Africa Rallye. won't be in the AMA Superbike Championship. The Padgett's Honda rider, who currently leads the British Supersport Championship with one round remaining, has been in negotiations to join jason Pridmore and Steve Rapp on the Michael Jordan Motorsports team. Camier spoke about meeting jordan at the final round of the AMA series at Road Atlanta. "I was invited out there after they saw me racing in the [Suzuka] 8 Hour for Moriwaki," the 19-year-old said. "There's a possibility of me racing for them in the Superstock class. I've told them I'm interested, providing there's a plan for the future beyond 2006. But I haven't had a formal proposal back from them." Camier also said that HRC was interested in tying him up in the UK, with a future move to the World stage. "Racing a Superbike would be great," he said. "It's important for my career that I continue to move forward." Matthew Birt r.:~~~r.'~~!'!'lI We featured the all-new 1986 H 0 n d a Interceptor 750 wn__~~ on the cover 20 Itl:;J:l-:-~!:!:!!~=t years ago. Honda ~JliI~1 introduced the 450 Rebel and the dual-purpose trials-bike-Iooking Reflex Iii......::::t.::i-_,;;,;";:::;,, t hat same year... We announced the passing of Chuck Stearns, the first American rider to finish the Paris-Dakar Rally. He died of leukemia... Ty Davis won both the 12S and 2S0cc Intermediate class at the TransCal MX at Laguna Seca... Frenchman Thierry Michaud was crowned World Trials champ in Switzerland... Mercedes Gonzales topped Sue Fish to win the Women's National Motocross Championship at Sunrise Cycle Park in California. 1 10 Year§" Ago... October II. 1995 Rodney Smith and Geoff Aaron graced the cover I0 years ago to accompany our coverage of the ISDE in Poland and the Trial des Nations Leon Camier may end up racing for Michael Jordan Motorsports. Chisholm Perfect At Englishtown Kyle Chisholm was the big winner at the 29th Kawasaki Race of Champions in Englishtown, New jersey, October 1-2. Chisholm, on the Team Green/Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki, won every moto he competed in for the 125 and 250cc Pro-class wins. Honda rider Robby Marshall had a good weekend as well, finishing second in both classes, while Suzuki rider Barry Carsten went 3-3 in the two Pro classes. In the 250cc class, Honda riders Damien Plotts and Ty Wallace rounded out the top five, while in the 125cc class, Honda-mounted jeremy Cook and Kawasaki pilot Mitch Dougherty went four-five. Michael James in Austria. We also featured a couple of new bikes, the 1997 Suzuki GSXR750 and Yamaha Royal Star... Scott Parker recorded his eighth win of the year at the Cal-Expo/Sacramento Mile... For the second year in a row, Italy won the ISDE in Poland, while Team USA finished a respectable fifth. Rodney Smith was Top American... Over in Austria. Spain took the gold at the Trial des Nations. Team USA competed in the 8 class and got fourth ... Denmark won the World Team Cup Speedway Final in Poland. Cantinued from page II dent, NBC Sports. Tickets for the 2005 U.S. Open are on sale now and available through www.ticketmaster.com, by calling 702/474-4000, or at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office. Advanstar has announced that American Honda Motor Corporation will post $147,000 in contingency for the upcoming K&N Filters presents BooKoo Arenacross Championship Series. America Honda is posting $100,800 for the Pro 250 and 450cc classes, and an additional $46,200 for the Amateur classes over the 12-race series. Pro-class Honda riders can earn $1000 per win, or $4000 per weekend, if they sweep all four Pro main events. Additionally, Honda will award money to the top fIVe riders in Pro and Amateur classes. Winning Honda riders will be paid through their Red Rider Rewards debit card. For more information, visit www.hondaredriders.com. Road racer Geoff May has inked a contract with Team Hammer Inc. to race for Team M4 EMGO Suzuki in the AMA Superbike Series for the 2006 season. May, 25, raced in AMA Superstock and AMA Supersport in 2005 for Team M4 EMGO Suzuki, ending the season eighth in Superstock points. In Supersport, May ended the season fifth in points. "It's a great opportunity for myself and the team to showcase what we can do again next year," May said. "This season was a learning year for me and my first on a factory-supported team, so we were learning from scratch in some aspects. We had some good results but, of course, we would have liked to have done a little better at times. Still, I feel like we leamed a lot, and at the end of the year, the Pirelli tire development was really coming along. I'm looking forward to racing with the team again next year, and the mechanics are great. Suzuki's new GSXR600 looks like a really good bike, and we are anxious to see what it can do. We feel that we've made progress this year, and we are excited about 2006." The team plans for May to race in AMA Supersport and Superstock again next year. i!0 Year§" Ago... October 16. 1985 ill Briefly... HIRED: Tom Morgan, as director of engine development for White Brothers Performance Products. In his role, Morgan will be tasked with four-stroke engine development and development of engine products, according to White Brothers. "We are very excited that Tom has decided to join the White Brothers team," explained Marc Fiore, vice president of sales and marketing at White Brothers. "His experience, combined with our resources, will allow us to successfully broaden our product offerings." Under Morgan's direction, White Brothers will now offer performance engine packages for beginners to professional racers, complete with jetting specs, technicaJ support and maintenance information, as well as big-bore and straker motors for vet racers, according to White Brothers. The Brett Downey Safety Foundation will hold is inaugural golf fund raiser on October 29 at the Menifee Lalkes Country Club in Menifee, California. All money raised will go directly to promoting track safety. The foundation has already started its pilot program with five tracks in Southern California, and more information will be available on that shortly. The foundation uses the money raised to provide tracks with starter kits, which include vests and flags for track flaggers, two-way radios for communication between some of the flaggers, and enter and exit signs for the tracks to post in the appropriate areas. Furthermore, the foundation has created a brochure with safety tips and track etiquette for riders of all levels, as well as for parents, to ensure their children know how to ride safely at a track and know what to expect from tracks. Finally, the foundation is in the process of creating a DVD to provide to the tracks and events to help train flaggers using the standards developed by the AHA for its road-racing program. This will help in unifying what the flaggers are taught and allow promoters to obtain flaggers from a pool of educated flaggers for their events. For more information on the foundation, visit www.mxsafety38.org. Road racer Keith Pinkstaff, 49, was killed on September 24 in a street-bike accident near Portland, Oregon. A greatly respected senior and founding member of Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association, and Pacific Super Sport Riders, Pinkstaff was also a road-racing champion, earning the North American Superbike Championship in 1995. CYCLE NEWS • OCTOBER 12, 2005 13