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motorcycle over many years. The award is presented to individuals and companies who help portray motorcycling in a positive light in the public media. Patty Mills, Bob Perkins and Carl Reynolds have been reappointed to three-year terms on the AMA Board of Trustees. All three were unopposed in their reelection bids. Mills, of Topeka, Kansas, begins her second term as trustee for the AMA's South Central Region. Perkins, of Granada Hills, California, returns as trustee representing the Southwest Region. Perkins has been a trustee for the last 10 years and currently serves as the board's treasurer. Reynolds, of Danville, Virginia, begins his first full term as trustee for the Southeast Region. He was appointed to fill that seat after it was vacated late last year. The three incumbent trustees were the only candidates in their regions to receive the nominations necessary to have their names placed on the ballot, meaning that they were automatically reappointed to the board. Under the terms of the AMA Code of Regulations, all candidates must receive a minimum of 25 nominations to be considered for board seats. SCORE and the High Desert Racing Association (HDRA) have agreed to merge, effective January 1, 1993. The two off-road race promoters co-organized a series of races from 1986 through 1991, but went their separate ways for the 1992 season, SCORE promoting four races for both motorcycles and four-wheel vehicles and HDRA hosting five races for fourwheelers only. The merger will see a series of seven or eight races talee place in 1993 and they'll be held in Arizona, California, Nevada and Baja California, Mexico. The series will be known as the SCORE International Desert Championship Series and the first· round will be the Parker 400 which will take place in Arizona in January. The series will conclude with the running of the Baja 1000 in November, 1993. SCORE's Sal Fish said he initiated the merger negotiations earlier this year and that he'll serve as the company's CEO and HDRA's Danny Cau will serve as president. In an October 30 press release, the FIM announced changes in the minimum weights for World Championship Superbike Road Race Series machines. In 1994, the present 308 lb. minimum for twin cylinder bikes will be increased to 319 lbs. while the present 363 lb. minimum for three and four-cylinder bikes will be decreased to 353 Ibs. Author Alan Girdler and photographer Ron Hussey will be autographing copies of their recently released book, Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle, at"Autobooks in Burbank, California, on Saturday, ovember 7, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ''I'll also autograph copies of the new edition of the Harley Buyer's Guide," Girdler said, "plus anything else anyone wants autographed." In addition to the signing, a remote broadcast of the motorcycle show Centerstand will take place at 1 p.m. The. show, which is hosted by Marge Fowler airs on KPFK-FM, 90.7. Autobooks is located at 3524 W. Magnolia in Burbank. A First Timer class has been added to the White Bros. World Veteran's MX Championships which takes place at southern California's Perris Raceway, November 7-8. Entries permitting, the First Timer class will be broken down into age groups. Entry is limited to riders who have never raced in any form of motorcycle competition before. And speaking of the World Veteran's MX Championships, former National Champion and Motocross des Nations World Champion Johnny O'Mara will be competing in the event, as will former factory team standout Brian Myerscough. In addition, the White Bros. have received an inquiry from Canadian National Champion Ross Peders()n and they're hopeful he'll compete. From the Down Under Supply and Demand Department..: Australian Motorcycle News reports that the Honda distributor in Australia, Honda MPE, has sold its entire supply of 1993 CR motocrossers to its dealer network. The distributor's marketing manager said they had increased their orders for 1993 CR500s and CR250s by around 20% and had imported the same quantity of CR125s and CR80s as last year. Roger DeCoster will be the special guest at the 1992 New England Sports Committee Awards Banquet at the Sheraton Inn in Milford, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 24. The motocrosser-turned-stock car racer finished his rookie year in eighth place in the final series point standings. He logged nine top 10 finishes and two top five finishes in the 14 race series: Jeremy Whatley, of Great Britain, will be KTM's number one rider in the 1993 World Championship 500cc MX Series. Whatley, who finished ninth in the 1992 series on a Honda., inked a one-year deal with the Austrian team. e G position of publisher of the Petersen Motorcycle Group (Motorcyclist, Dirt Rider and soon-to-debut ·Sport Rider magazines). Goodwin has been with Petersen for four and a half years and was previously associate publisher of the motorcycle group. Dick Lague remains vice president, ex~cutive publisher and editor-in-chief. MOVED: Heads Up Designs, the Keith Evans-owned helmet painting company, to 1101 Lewisohn St., Butte, MT 59701. The phone number remains the same, 406/782-3306. ANNOUNCED: Tour & Travel, 'a Massachusetts, November 22. Activities start at noon and conclude at 10 p.m. The banquet fee is $30. For more information, call 508/252-3673. Rodney Orr, a former National Amateur MX Champion (Ponca City, 1986), has been named the Most Popular Driver of the 1992 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series. Orr was presented the award at a banquet held in MOVED: Sunset Off-Road, whose owner, Francois Deroeux, is the U.S. representative for the Paris-Cape Town Rally, to 27636 Ynez Road L7110, Temecula, CA 92591, 714/6766366. CN FIM aims for global nersD-=--=--ect----:ve=_____ .-;i elegates to the October 18-25 World Motorcycle Congress of the Federation Internationale Motocycliste (FIM) at Columbus, Ohio, approved a financial plan designed to start the organization on the road to a more global perspective and toward equal financial treatment of all member federations organizing World Championship events. Historically, the FIM has been a European-centered organization with limited activities outside of Europe. But member federations from throughout the world have played an increasingly significant role in recent years, despite being burdened with higher costs for organizing FIM World Champinship events. At its 1990 Congress in Budapest, Hungary, the General Assembly of the FIM agreed in principle that "the costs for World Championship events, with regards to riders and FIM, must be the same for all organizers throughout the world." But in practice, organizers outside of Europe have continued to shoulder substanial travel cost assessments not required of their European counterparts. The 1992 FIM Congress was presented with a four-year financial plan, proposed by American Motorcyclist Association President and FIM Vice President Ed Youngblood. The plan calls for a phased-in approach to bringing the costs of World Championship organizers from throughout the world into balance. In his opening comments to the 1992 Congress, FIM President Jos Vaessen noted, "The ratio between the costs for a World Championship event for a European and a non-European organizer is out of proportion and this can no longer be accepted ... The FIM is a wOlld-wide organization whereby one of the most important conditions is that everyone throughout the whole world is equal." The "equal treatment" plan presented to the FIM Congress calls for all organizers within FIM World Championship Series to share the travel costs associated with events outside Europe. European organizers will begin contributing toward those costs during 1993, and will increase their contributions in 1994. In the meantime, the FIM Management Council will assess progress and make recommendations toward a plan to equalize costs among all organizers as early as 1996. After debate, the FIM General Assembly agreed to immediately implement the 1993 and 1994 phases of the plan and to further study the impact of the plan on European organizers before moving further. "I'm very pleased with the decision taken at the Columbus .Congress," Youngblood commented. "This is a project that we've worked on for three years. If it can be realized, promoters in the United States and other nations outside Europe will have equal opportunity to bid for World Championship events. They've never had that under the previous FIM system." With a year's experience in hand, the FIM General Assembly will again address the issue at the 1993 FIM Congress in Dublin, Ireland. Hopefully, the near future will see the U.S. play host to more than the single FIM World Championship event - the U.S. 250cc MX GP at Budds Creek, Maryland - that is scheduled for 1993. ~ Q') Q') 1'""""4 ......"' ...... ~ Q.) ,.0. S PROMOTED: Scott Goodwin, to the "travel magazine from a motorcyclist's perspective." Published by Norwalk, Connecticut-based TAM Communications, the premiere issue will go on sale February 23. The publisher is Buzz Kanter and the editor is Charles Masi. D ~ Q.) :> 0 Z helps you do of your gif p. at one time. You family and friends get a eekl reminder of your thoughtfKlnes each time Cycle News · delivered to their door. 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