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Fu ne ra l arrangements for speedw a y star Denny Pyeatt, who tragica lly lost his life in a race crash in En g la n d last weekend , were made just before presstime. The funeral w ill be held Thursday , J uly 22, at the McFarland M o rt uary, 887 Em e ra ld Bay Dr ., S outh Lake Ta ho e , CA 95731 . Card s and letters of condolence can be sent to De n n is ' parents at P .O. Box 7409, S o ut h Lake Tahoe, C A 95731. any of the Americans competin g in British League speedway w ill be returning . home for the fu ne ra l. " MG M called me this week a n d said th ey wa nted Bru ce Pen hall for th e lead rol e on CH iPs bur the schedule wou ld not allow h im to ra ce speedwa y," sai d J eff Immedia te , pe rsonal ma nager lO th e Speed way Ch a m pi on of th e Wo r ld. "I tol d them tha t Bru ce will not turn his back on hi s fans, sp onsors or the promotion of the World Final Au g. 28 at the L.A. Colieu m . Bruce ha s decided not to accept th is very lucrative offer and will co n tin ue to race a nd promote th e World Speedway Final until the tele vision peop le see it our way . This is one time th ere will be no negotia tions." C BS will air highlig hts of this w e e ke nd ' s Miller Hig h Lif e Las t Sup e rb o w l of Mot o c ro ss on it s S p or ts Sunday p rogr a m ne x t w e e ke n d, Ju ly 25 . Chec k ' loca l lis t ing s fo r the time a nd c ha nnel. We were in error two weeks ago in identifying a big hillclimb in Nebraska . cove red elsewhere in this issue, as an AMA Natio na l. Tt's not pa rt of the AMA P rofessio nal Hillclim b Cha m pions hi p Seri es, and th e AMA Amateu r Na tio nal hillclimb is set for Sept. 5-6 in Charllernont, MA. T ha nk s to Bill Tomich of th e AMA for bringing that to our attention . The July 21 -A ug . National Mot orc yc le Racing Ass o c ia t io n 's We s t e rn a t io n a ls , which will ru n at Ora nge County Internationa l Racew a y, will be spo ns o re d this yea r by Va nce & Hines. Free p it pa s s e s for t h e Sunday p ro g ra m (a $3 value) a re available at Yamaha Mission Viejo , Orange Co u nty Cyc le, a n d Fa irwa y Yamaha . Each d ea le r w ill a ls o be holding a drawin g fo r an RX5 0 to be g iven away, and there w ill be another RX50 draw n fo r at t he race. Question to G a vin Trippe, p ro moter of T h e Su pe r bikers race sch eduled for Oct. 31 at Ca rl sbad Raceway: Wha t heat will MX and Supercross Na tiona l winn er, current U. S. Road Racing Champ ionsh ip points leader a nd prim e Wi nston P ro Series-Roo kie of the Yea r cand ida te Steve Wise ride? MX? Dir t track? Road race? All th ree? Speaking of The S up e rbikers. the made-for-ABC Televis ion spectac le will feature a $50.000 purse with the overall winne r getting $ 1 0 . 0 0 0 . Also new this year is an im po rta nt rule chan g e : All twostro ke engines must be producio n units. T h ere was so me confusion regard ing a Poop item last week a bo u t Patti Singleton 's new accessory store. Patti was fo rmerly with ~innin~ Perform an ce a nd left the fum to start her retail bu sin ess. Win n ing Pe rformance is not involved with that b us iness, a nd in fact, on ly sells to distributors. A MA District 3 7 riders w h o w a nt a n y changes in the com pe t itio n ru le s are urged to writ e those c h a ng e s dQwn's nd s u bmitthem to the appropriate steward as soon as possible. Discussion o n ru le changes will begin with the August Competition Committee m eeting, and all proposed rule changes must be submitted before the September m eet ing . Rocky C ycle's Larry Matre collared Papa the other day with this im porta nt bit of information for San Fra n cisco-area motorcyclists: A TV program featuring Laguna Seca coverage a n d an interview with Ken n y Robert s will be aired o n Channel 5 (KP IX) in August. The crew from Even ing Magazine was filmin g and interviewing KR at the track from Thursday 'thro u gh Sunday, Keep an eye on loca l listings." Earlier this year we mentioned a 250cc V-twin four-stroke coming f rom Honda . Well. the bike is o ut. at least in Japan. and a Japanese m a Aa zin e sliding across our desks fe a t u re d full color pix of the machin e. Named the VT250 , it ' s a . be a ut if u l bike with a red f rame and eith er black or white bodywo rk and a q uarter fairing . While our Japa n e s e is not that fl ue nt . we 've de d uce d tha t the engine is a 90de g re e DO HC V-twin with fourvalve he a d s . Power. a c la im e d 3 5 at 11.000 rpm. is delivered t h ro ug h a hydraulic clut ch a n d chain drive. The VT a ls o features Pro-Link s uspension. Timothy Gibbs. co-star of the NBC television series Father Murphy, is also an active minicycle racer. Photo by Marc Korody. Here's a look at the 1983 Kawasaki KX500 which is being ridden by Goat Breker in the 500cc National MX Series. What you see is what you 'lI get. except for the tank and triple clamps, according to Breker. Sources indica t e the engine will be 480cc, and single-strut Uni- Trak rear suspension will be stock. Breker's engine has been sandblasted, while the '83 production bikes w ill ha ve black engines. Attention readers - this is th e last week to enter the Cycle News '82 Rideaway Sweepsta kes by mail. The contest' s mai l-i n deadline is Friday, July 30, and the drawi ng will be held Aug. 15 at the Cycle News office. So get your entries in now for a chance to win either a 1982 Kawasaki GPz750 street bike or a 1982 Suzuki RM250Z motocrosser. The last chance en try blank is on p. 40. There w as an e rror in t he results of la s t week's Laguna Seca road race National cove ra ge. Ho nd a 's Mike Bal dwin s ho uld have been lis t ed at 14th overa ll (g ood fo r one National point) w ith 32-3 plac ing s in t he two 1 0 0 km he ats. Los Angeles T imes Mo torsports Editor Shav G li ck repor ted recently that Wo rld Speedwa y Ch amp Bru ce Penhall had a tryout in the Ma rch team's Form u la O ne ca r at Sil ver stone. T he March team manager was reportedly very im p ressed when Penhall averaged 94 mph .in the rain . Wit h the Oakland Raiders m oving ' in t o the Los Angeles Coliseum t o pla y football (what in heave n 's na m e is that?) this year, there were a few raised eyebrows when Raiders owner AI Davis declared t ha t only a court order could keep t he Raiders from playing their h o me o pe ne r in the Coliseum Aug . 28 (t he date of the World Speedway Final. also slated for the Coliseum). " AI Davis is full of ••••." s a id W o rld Final promoter Ha rry Oxley w he n we called for his react io n. ' ''O n ly a court order' or o u r signed cont ra c t with the Coliseum Commi s si o n. Apparently Davis d id n 't re a lize that the Commission ha d rent e d us the facility for the n ig ht . We called t he Commissio n and - the y admitted that Davis had made a mis t a ke." said Oxley. Our Ca lendar has been in error showing the fi nal 125/ 500cc AMA MX National of the year at Carlsbad Raceway as being Aug. 22. It will run Aug. IS, and it will be the last AMA National of its kin d , since the AMA will implement its Grand National !\tQtP{J;QSs,Champ 'enshipconcept in 1983 , doin g a way wit h mu lt iple classes. Johnny "Valley Boy" O'Mara won an extra $500 from the Miller Brewing Company for his Hondaassisted leap off the"Miller Mountain" while dueling with Danny "Magoo" Chandler in their heat. Johnny's amateur pilot attempt took him 71 feet. three inches. CM C wi ll be hosting a race a t Ca rl sbad Raceway on Sa turday, Aug. 14. the day before the last AMA 125/500cc Nati on al of the yea r the re. Riders will be competi ng on a fu lly -p rep ped Nati on al track, with Pros going for a $3.000 purse and th e sportsmen after $2.500 in gift cert ifica tes. Eac h rider wi ll a lso receive free ad mission to the foll owin g day 's National. Team Yamaha has entered Broc Glover, Rick Johnson and Scott Burnworth in the Unadilla (New York) USGP 250cc MX on August 1. According to promoter Ward Robinson, the riders were entered within one hour of the entry deadline. Motorcycles will be pa rt of the show a t th e Sept. 25-26 Caesa rs Pal ace Grand Pr ix. the fina l rac e of th e Form u la One a u to raci n g cha m p ionship. AFM Pro. wh o orga n ized th e 250cc In vita tiona l race a t the Long Beach G ra nd Prix. will be p u tting togeth er an in vitati onal Formu la O ne motorcycle race on the 2.6-mi le co urs e qr;i\f~p tp( Caesar Palacepark-, in g lot in Las Vegas. The motorcycle race will ru n on Sunda y. Sept. 26. alon g with Ca n -Am series ca rs. T he Formu la O ne autos run on Sat urday. American road racers Jimmy Adamo and Doug Lantz will team up to ride a Ducati in the August 1 World Championship Endurance Road Racing Series round in Suzuka, Japan.