The 125 lntermediates
burned up the lirst turn
at Carlsbad Paceway and
the cover of C/ale News
30
years
ato... Hank
Saott rook a controver-
sial win
at the Oklahoma
Half
l'lile flat track
races...
Jimmy
Weineft's
-
2-l flnishes topped Tony
DiStefano's
l-2 finishes to take
the 250cc out-
door motocross win
ar Pennsylvania
Motocross Park,
while David Newswanger
took top honors in the
500cc support
class
that same weekend... Bruce Penhall
took a
history-makinS grand slam of
the Team and
Handicap halves of the speedway
races at
lrvindale... Martin Lampkin won the
59th
running
of the ISDE Six Day Enduro.
Plate
Wars
Dueling press
releases were issued
regardinS the
Toyota logos
that are
required
!o be used on the number plates
of all those
contesting the AMA
Toyo6
National
l'lotocross Championship,
with
Honda participating
in the
program
a( the
opening round
of the sedes at Hanttown
on May 21,
but doing so
"under
duress."
The
Honda release came on Sunday,
May 2l
with Alr4A Pro Racing following
up with a release of its own on Monday,
fiay
22.
With
the AMA securin8 Toyota
as a
sponsor, the Toyota logos
aTe mandared -
with every rider having
to
run
the
plares,
prompting
Honda
s
release
to srare thar:
''While
American Honda welcomes
Toyota
and
applauds the AMAS
success in brintinS
a significant sponsor to this national
series,
ir does
not agree with
the AMAS marker-
ing
de
