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don't believe the Cartwright Act would apply to th at situ a tio n. In su in g th e three major organized particip ants in AMA racing, aren 't you in fact jeopardizing not only the motocross program but perhaps the Grand National Championship an d the road racing championship as well? I do n' t think so . I do n ot thi n k tha t p ursu ing th e action that yo u ca n see well described in the co m p lai nt th a t we alleged that has taken p lace wi ll h urt motocross racing in th e V.S . The contrary is true, we feel. I wo u ld like to point o ut tha t th is is a sui t again st three named in divid ual co mpan ies, it's no t a suit agai nst th e Japanese manufacturers,o ther European manufacturers , all of who m continue to support th e AMA a nd its p olicies. 'We in no way ' intend to p a int th is with a broad brush . Can we assume then that you have exhausted all yo ur dealings or compromises or any agreements that could possi bly be made with these companies b ef o r e yo u m a d e this announcement? Vneq u ivoca bly yes. I am, al o n g with Mr. Wayne Mo u lt o n , on the co m m ittee which was appointed by th e Board of Trustees to negotiate with th e manufacturers. One of them wo u ld not talk to us at all, the other one - well here I shouldn't get i nto th e factua l situ a tio n . I can tell you that I am morall y satisfied that I could ha ve done absolutely nothing else to reach a co m p ro m ise jn this situa tion. How was the decisio n made and the authority given to brin g this action against the three def endants? A resolution is passed at th e en d o f eve ry Board of Trustees m eeting, which are n o rm a ll y sched u led a bo ut every quarter , authorizin g ' th ree officers and two other trustees to act on behalf of th e Board of Trustees betw een meetings. This is wh at wa s done, the vice-presiden t (Bill Baird), the treasurer (Hasty) the secr eta ry (H a zel Kolb ), one class B m ember a nd one class A member wer e selected for the deci sio n . . The AMA 's req uest for a tem p ora ry restrain in g order against the Honda, Suzuki and Yam a ha riders was refused by V .S. District Court Judge Malcolm Lucas on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 23. Lucas did set another hearing date of Oct. I to hear further arguments on the case. Reactions from the three companies named in th e suit were minimal. American Honda's rep resen ta tive on the AMA Board of Trustees, Gary Smith, said. " We 're rea l disappointed that the AMA decided to take this particular tac t. We weren 't aware that anything lik e this was going to happen since we had a meeting with the AMA on Monda y a n d in that meeting th ey said th ey would get back to us and let us know in a couple of days whether or not they were considering our offer in regards to the 1983 professiona l motocro ss format . Apparently this is their offer; we haven't he ard from the m other than their attorneys." Asked if th e action might affe ct Honda 's partici p a tion in other forms of racing, Smi th rep lied , "The problems we're having rig h t now ar e strictly related to the 1983 motocross format and concern s no o ther format of AMA ra ci ng or AMA connection. As far as I can tell you, tha t' s the only issue involved. " Yamaha's only comm ent was issu ed through Russ J ura of the Yamaha legal affairs depar tm ent. " T h e matter has been referred to o ur attorneys. The only comment we have at this time is that th e la wsu it is utterly wit ho ut merit. 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