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the year at Daytona," said Graham. "Since then we've been training and practicing together. He's a great kid." Jim Davis, Roger DeCoster, Floyd "Pop" Dreyer, Dick Mann, Bart Markel and Malcolm Smith are the motorcyclists nominated for the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1993. The top vote getter will be elected to the Hall of Fame and the induction ceremony will take place in June 1993 in Detroit. The,results of the election will be announced in late December. The 199.3 inductee will join previous inductees Erwin "Cannonball" Baker (1989), Kenny Roberts (1990), Joe Leonard (1991) and Joe Petral; (1992). If you have nothing planned for Valentine's Day, February 14, and are a glutton for punishment, check out the annual Elephant Mountain Conquest Ride in Colorado. According to the organizers, the ride is "a nonsponsored and non-sanctioned motorcycle event. There is no fee to participate. Participants can expect to encounter black ice" blowing and drifting snow, avalanche areas and sheer drop-offs. During previous Elephant Mountain Conquests, numerous riders have crashed, causing serious damage to both the rider and their motorcycle. This event is dangerous, and fun. Novice riders should spend the day shopping at their favorite mall or attending to their local motorcycle club business indoors. Ride organizers are hoping for real lousy weather." The ride's headquarters will be the Platte River Inn on Highway 285 in Grant, Colorado, which is U.S. GP returnsto Laguna Seca F allowing a one-year hiatus, the FIM World Championship Road Race Series will return 'to Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, in September of 1993, 'with three-time World Champion Kenny Roberts (right) set to promote the race. . Roberts has agreed in principle to a contract with Two Wheel Promotions and Dorna, the commercial and television rights holders to the World Championship, to organize and promote the race in 1993 with an option for the 1994, '95 and '96 events. Roberts is expected to sign the contract between his company, K.R. Sports Promotion Group, and TWP/Dorna before Christmas. The race is tentatively scheduled to be held on September 12, 1993. ''I'm really pleased to be able to organize for a Grand Prix to be held in the States next year," Roberts said from his home in California. "When I raced it was a great disappointment that I could not compete and win in front of my own fans. I know what this is going to mean to the American riders such as Qur current World Champion Wayne Rainey, Doug Chandler, Kevin Schwa~tz, John Kocinski and Freddie Spencer." Roberts has approached the Sports Car Racing Association of Monterey (SCRAMP), the managers of LagunaSeca Raceway, to obtain their cooperation in making the circuit available and the assistance of their staff and volunteers in the running of the event. Roberts is setting up an office at Laguna Seca and has hired former Australian GP promoter, Bob Barnard to handle the day-to-day operations of the race,.. promotions. Laguna Seca hosted the U.S. GP from 1988-1991. This year's event will feature both 500 and 250cc GPs, and for the first time in the U.S. a 125cc GP road race. "We have mixed emotions," AMA Vice President Dick Maxwell said on Monday, November 30. "We are real glad to have a Grand Prix back, but we're not too happy with it sitting on top of Sears Point (site of an AMA National Championship Road Race scheduled for August 29).,It's just too close." Maxwell, however, did confirm that the Grand Prix would not affect the AMA National scheduled for April at Laguna Seca Raceway. "The National will go on, there's no problem there," Maxwell said. "It doesn't put the National in jeopardy at all." '. approximately 45 miles southwest of Denver. For more inforrriation, call BMW of Denver at 303/936·2317. Dublin Kawasaki/Suzuki will present a Suzuki DR250 to the overall high point champion of the San Jose Enduro-thon Series that continues witl;l round three at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California, on'Sunday, December 6. Brett Landes currently 'leads Jeff Johnson in the point standings, 205-193, with two-time San Jose sprint car champ and former Camel Pro Series competitor Rod Spencer third with 155 points. The eight-race series continues through February. The American Motorcycle Institute of Daytona Beach, Florida, will hold its 4th Annual Brute Horsepower Shootout at the new campus locatiori, 1.5 miles west of Daytona International Speedway, on March 25. Entrants, whose bike's horsepower output will be measured on a Dynojet dynamometer, will be competing for $5000 in cash and prizes, The competition is free to both entrants and spectators and will be conducted from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. For more information, call Bruce Brahms at 800/881-2AMI. ~ single timed session will now be held '~, on Thursday morning. The two Twin 50 qualifiers have also moved, and will now take place on Thursday instead of Friday. Only the pole position will be decided from the Thursday qual- N ifying session, with the rest of the 79 0") starting positions to be determined by 0") finishing positions in the Twin '50s. ......-4 Thursday's racing program will also '" include a 60-minute GTU race for 0") endurance bikes, complete with gas ~ stops and rider changes. The 100(1.) kilometer 250cc Grand Prix final has ..0 also been moved and will now take place on Friday rather than Sunday; V the 750cc Supersport final and a 90U minute GTO endurance race will also (1.) be run on Friday. The Daytona Super- Q cross By Honda will be the only event held on Saturday. The week will end with the 600cc Supersport final, the Harley-Davidson Twin Sports final and the 52nd running of the Daytona 200 on Sunday, March 7. S , Din track racing also returns to Daytona with three nights of championship action taking place at Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium on March 4-6. An Eastern Regional will be held on Thursday night prior. to Friday night's 600cc National Championship event and Saturday night's opening round of the AMA Grand National Championship Series on the quarter-mile oval. Th,e opening round of the Harley-Davidson 883cc Dirt Track Series will be held in conjunction with the 600cc National on Friday night. The Anaheim Memorial Hospital Sports Medicipe ~rogram, a Team Kawasaki sponsor, will hold a 5KI 10K Run & Community Walk in Anaheim Bills, California, December 6. Mike Kiedrowski, the National 500cc MX Champion, will be on hand from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. to sign autographs along with teammates Ryan Huges, Mike LaRocco and Michael Craig. The run/walk, which starts at the Anaheim Memorial Medical Plaza at 8201 Santa Ana Canyon Road in Anaheim Hills, is being held to raise funds to support the development of local high school sports and athletics, and promote overall health and fitness within the community. MOVED: PSI Inc., manufacturers of high-performance exhaust pipes, to Hwy. 22 & 0, P.O. Box 72, Wild Rose, WI 54984. Their phone number remains the same (414/622-4555). MARRIED: Three-time World Champion road racer Freddie Spencer to Chelle Nickelson in' 'Shreveport, Louisiana, on November 18. NAMED: Robert C. Harris, as Association Executive of the Year by the Tallahassee (Florida) Society of Association Executives. Harris is the executive director of the ,Florida Motorcycle Dealers Association. Several changes have been made to the racing program for Camel Motorcycle Week at Daytona International Speedway which begins with AMA/ CCS Championship Cup road race action on Feoruary 26 and culminates with the Daytona 200 on March 7. The big. changes begin on Wednesday, March 3, with .the dropping of timed qualifying for the Daytona 200. The timed sessions have been dropped to allow for more practice time, and the MOVED: Dan Mahony/Wizard Photography to P.O. Box 139, Urbana, MO 65767,417/993-5798. 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