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a nd sealed gas tanks. and the tanks w ill be refilled at the e nd of the run to determine the a m o unt of fuel used. For a set of officia l rules. d ro p a line to Vette r Economy Ru n. No . 1 Alta Mira Lane . San Luis Obispo. CA 9 3 4 0 1 . As part of the Police Oly mpics held in northern Californ ia this year. there will be a motocross at Hollister Hills on July 8. Does the winner get a ticket for speeding? The Yamaha 650 S ociety will be having their annua l co nve nt io n/ ce le brat io n Aug. 13-1 5 at Peoria. IL. In addition to t he annua l Peoria TT National to watch. t here will be show s . movies. eventS. clinicsanet even an awards banq uet. For more details and registrat io n informat io n . contact the Ya m a ha 650 Society, Box 1. Prince ville . IL . 6 1 5 5 9. H osPIT al STOP: Expert deser t racer Kenny Up p suffered serious knee injuries at th e Desert Vipers Du al European Scrambles recen tly. and following an examina tion by a sports medicine specialist. un derwen t three hours of surgery on June 22. Ken should be home by the time th is is in print . bu t he's likely to be ou t of action for the rest of the year. Send those get well cards to 13024 E. Ave. "X-3. Pearblossom. CA 93553. World Speedway Ch a m p Bruce Penhall spent \the Mo nday after the American Spe e d way Finals u,,:!dergoing a screen t est. A screen test for what? Pen ha ll t e ste d for a lea d ing role (w hich Larry Wilcox is giving up) in CHIPs, a nd the test was done on a $20 .000 set ·a nd with current CHIPs star Erik Estrada . Penhall was the only 'person out of 13.000 applica nts to test with Estrada . " Bruce wanted to do this." said his mana ge r Jeff ImlJlediato. adding , " How eve r. we don't feel the chances of landing the role are very high. Bruce admits t ha t he's not a n actor - he's had no experience." Howeve r. Immediato said that Pen hall had bee n called back fo r a second test. It's like ly that Bruce will ha ve some kind of a role in CHIPs, and the re may be an episode writte n around the World Speedw a y Fina l at 'the L.A. Coliseum. Negotiati o ns are currently underway t o use fo otage fro m the event . HosPIT al STOP:J.c. " Pap py" Hoel was admitted recently to Methodist Hospi tal in Rochester. MN. in order to un dergo testing. The. founder of the White Pla te Fla t Trackers Association would no doubt love to hear from his friend s in motorcyclin g. so drop him a li ne at Methodist'Hosp ital. 201 W. Cen ter St.• Room 5-104A. Rochester. MN 55901. HosPITal STOP: Off-road racer Bob Balentine should be leaving the hospital this week to begin convale s c ing at home. Acc o rd in g to friends, Bob w ill be re leas ed as soon as he can walk on crutches. and they expect that soon. As for the awaited first child of Bo b and Michele. it's still just that - awaited. Mail to the Bale nt ines should be sent to Star Ro ute Box 2396. Helendale. CA 9 2 3 4 2 . Next year's American round of th e World Trials Championship Series will be held in Texas. according to the AMA. T he FIM's provisional 1983calendar lists the dat e as Apr. 17. The '83 FIM calendar also Iists the 500cc U.S. MXG P at Carlsbad for June .26 and the Unadilla 250cc MXGP for July 31. As soon as you get . an '83 calendar. mark those dates. Luckily, the ra ins held off un til after the S ide wi nders Re gio nal TT at Clackamas. OR . had finis hed ru nning June ·2 5 . The big winners were Fra nk Word. on the o nly Harley in the Expe rt field . Junior Ra ndy Green (Hon) a nd Novice Gary Trull (Kaw ). Coverage next week. HosPITal ST OP: ARRA co-promoter David James was in volved in a horrendous-loo king practice crash on his sidecar at Ri verside June 27 and went to the hos pital to ha ve a sore shoulder checked out. Whi le bein g Xvraye d, he reportedly fell and suffered a head inj ury. J a me s' co- . pro moter. Earl Smith, is rumored to have tak en up a colle ction and will present James with a Dodgers protective batting hat at the next ARRA race. Contributions up to a nickel wou ld be accep ted. Get-well cards or letters ca n be sent to him care of ARRA. 220 W. Carrillo St.-#3. Santa Barbara. CA 93101. Road ra cers interested in using the roa d course at Carlsbad Ra ceway. curre ntly being used by the S CCA for sports cars. should contact the folks at AR RA who a re investigating t he potential of t he track for cl ub racing. They can be reached at 805/966-5700. Ho sPITal ST OP: 'Vette pilot. partygoer and roa d racer Ja y Macy broke his collarbone in two places. suffered a chipped elbow and numerous bruises when he ate it at Bakersfield's stadium road race J une 26. Though hi s doct or said he'd be out of action for 10-13 weeks. Macy said, "We'll see." an d ho pes to be able to contest the Sears Point Na tional Aug. 21-22. In the meant ime. he' ll rebuild his bike and read any get-well cards or letters you send to him at 1I19 Wren Glen, Escondido. CA 92026. Retired MX star Ma rt y Smith will be putting on his ow n motocross scho ol at Chula Vista's Speedway 117 facility o n July 13. The day will include six .ho urs of instructi on, a high protein lunch and a free T-shirt. For more info o n the school. call 714/22 2 -9 9 1 0 . While talking to Smith. Papa in q uired about the rumors that Smith wou ld ride for the Cagiva importers .in the 125cc Na tionals. "That was' more than a rumor," said Smith. " Something was going to happen, but the bikes haven 't gotten here yet. I may still ride the las t two Nationals of the year. or maybe the Trans-USA Series." . John Dixon, who get s his t hrills riding a rocket -pow e red drag bike. cra c ked t he 200 mph barrier in an exhi bition run May 30 during a n Int ernationa l Hot Rod Associatio n event at Fa yette ville. North Carolina's Cum be rla nd Internation a l Racew ay. Dixon turned in a 225.2 7 m ph run and while leaning .fo r..w ard as he w as s low ing down accidentally pulled the rip cord o n his e mergency ch ute . The insta nt dece le ratio n pitched Dixon off a nd he badly skinned up his feet lind behind . Get well mail can be sent t o Super Cycle Eng inee ring , P.O . Box 268. Wallace. No rt h Carolina 284 66 . The AMA has an no unced that Champagne Travel of Lorain. Ohio. has been selected to organize-the official Phil Gagnon and (we think) Jim Lawson did not have a good t ime at San Bernardino. Photo by Scott Daloisio. . U.S. Team Tour to the 57th Annual ' In tern a tio n a l Si x Days En duro (lSDE). to be held September 20-25 in Czechoslovakia. AMA executive director Ed Youngblood said. " O ur selection of an organizer was infl uenced by the special exper ience availa ble th rough this agency. This tour actually will be organized by Gigi Penton. who has an extensive backgrou nd in Six Days experience as a memb er of the Penton famil y. famo us as ISDE participan ts and su p porters." Those interested in joining the officia l AMA tour to Czechoslo vakia should con tact Gi gi Pento n at Cham pa gne Travel. 1305North Ridge Road West, Lorai n, OH 44052, or call 216/282 7075. " ' '8 1 125cc Nationala nd Supercross Champion Mark Barnett wants to get out of the d irt and onto the streets. at least for some R&R . 8arnett is trying to line up a Suzuki GS1100 to keep down on the , farm in Alabama. but one problem lies in the way-ten miles of dirt and gravel roads before Barnett can get to paveme nt. T he release of video cassettes of On Any Sunday and O n Any Sunday II has been dela yed. We're now told that it will be "a mo nth to six weeks " before the tapes will be available. Distribu tion arrangements are being made and the tap es sho uld be available in both video stores and motorcy-d e dealerships. We 'll keep yo u infor med. Lu Lu Brymer. wife of Don Bryme; who owns and operates Bryar M.ot~rsport Park in Loudon. New Hampshire, has announced she's publishing the 1982 AMA Winston Pro Series R e view. The book . will be put together after the final National in September and will be available as soon thereafter as possible. according to Brymer. An introductory offer will see the book selling for $10 to all who place orders prior to August 1 of this year; $15 after that date. For complete info. write: Lu Lu Brymer. '82 Review. P.O . Box 106. Redondo Beach. CA 90277. Penns ylvania 500cc National MX win ner Darrell Shultz is getting into -road racing, bu t on ly on a beginner's level. " I ju st bought two (Honda) MB5's (50cc road bike)," said Sh ultz. "We set up a little course and we raceit's a blastl It 's th e most fun I' ve had in a lon g time: ' Don't forget that Cycle News/ West is having a contest to pick a new slogan for aT-shirt to be produced. So figure out what -you'd like to replace "The Best Go West" with. and send it to Cycle News T-shirt Contest. P.O. Box 498. Long Beach. CA 90801 . First prize is $25 and a T-shirt. Robert ,H . Wehma n , president of Spectro Oils, Inc. announced at the annual stockholders' meeting that .sales of Spectro's mo torcycle products increased by 12% in the second quarter of fiscal 1982 compared to the same period of 1981. Corona " Rac ew a y will be having a night of free sportsman entries to their regular Friclaynight motocross. July 2. 7