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- o QC 0') "t "Indefinite leave of absence" for Springsteen STAMFORD. CT. FEB. 22 "H8rIey-Devlcleon given Jay Spr' Ieeve of 1Ib••nce." ... BII Dutdwr. AMFII_Iey-Dev1dMJn DInlc:tor of PubIc Relations. In • FridlIy evening phone CIII from 14-0'. COIjiGi6. head- ..... In St6mfotd. Dutdwr e&1c11II& eId•••", of Spr'........... being enforced for hieown good. ....wantto gat to the bottDm of hie etDm&ch problems. .. Jlty'. h&&ldly and 1..tit when he r8C6L" SprII'USt&elI ml•••d two WInatDn Pro s.t&a rounds I&at,... due to the atorrlIIC:h problem. He ........... • .. In Houston .."... hours aft&r pI&dI", fowth In the TT and ml•••d 111& Feb. I Houston Short Track .. • result. Spr"'USt&en ... s.t&a In FIorId& which b&gIn&~WMkand would 6V8I'I skip the AprIl 12S&cramentDMIaand po Ny111& M8y4 Sen JOM MIle ....... he Is 1..tit. TIIrM time Grand NetIon&I et.npIon t-p-"1nIcucIIng 111&f&med MlIyoCInIc. Dutdwre&IcI Spr......, would .11111..., sit out the 14-0 DIrt Track phone tit hie L•••r. MI. home on Mon., mcIInlng. Feb. 2&. Ald. "1 did Spe........... ....1it&Iy to .John D&vIdaon on FridlIy. In feet. I c:&Iled him. I'U the 14-0 DIrt Track SerIa. but I don't InI&nd to mlA &c:Id In my atomlICh end hopefuIy stopa thIe thing. I plen on I'&CIng at 8IIcreInento... th8t we ere worIdng with Jay 'MJOIW.. He Is..off the t&&m. We Just want to .,...... 1...chence of fIndInu out &XIICtIy whet Is wrong. DIck 0...... the .... of 14-0'. r&eInu t&&m. phoned from MhnuIc&e end .... "We want to make sure th8t 8V8rfOll& reellza and we.... th8t hie aItdng out the FIorId& .... wII give him time to lck~tI*Ig. "NhecId t&Iut pert In the FIorId& It would Ieeve prec:Ioua little c-..th8tweere wcwldl", with..., 1... ''The Hou6tDR doctors cIdn't COllIe up with much except • short- time for him to regroup befant S6crM1entD. We lied • round-robin cllacunlan of hie problem with the Houston doctor. Jay'. father end John D&vIdaon. We .......... th8t time free of recIng praaunt W6S n&&ded to pin clown die prabI&m. Butwe do went to make It &beoIut&Iy ... of Iron In Jlty'••••I&ih. He'. t.&Idng pile to correct th8t ahort&ge. end we're on • welt........ iWtbWnright now." O'Brien &deled. IDteI'D&tional MX races, the pre- __indicaron of wbo', bot for the 2 upc:omiDg GP wan. haw: bepn. In the Feb. 24 500cc race in KoeneI, BelPum. Team Yamaha', new riclu Andre Vromana (he rode Suzuki Iaa year) ran away with the flllt of two 50- minute motCII. then recovered from a aecond moto. tum one craib 15 aeconda behind the pack to win apinJ KTM"Jaak Van Velthoven ICOreda 2- 5 lleCond place over Maico-mounted Eddie Sterckx and Ivan Van Den BroecIt. World Champ Graham Noyce, riding hia fim race lince the knft injury. picked up a 7-6 fifth overall. Noyce wu ridiDg a Bill Buehka-tuned Honda with Pro-Link aupeuaion. their fint race with the new rear IlUlpe"lionlet-up_ 'Bred lIlckey wee ...... to ,.. In 111& Feb. 24 AvlgllOI.. fr&nc& IiGOcc bMi••tIcw... MX on • KMwa&1d 42111 u..Trek pracIuctIon bike. more •• pubic dIM not &how up In the top five pI&cIng&. WInnIng the event W6S SUzuId..mcuIt&d pp.erence and he did J--.Jecquee Bruno. 8ecorld through fifth pI&cInp went to V&m&h&·. Heken CerIqvI&t, Hond&-rnowwt8d Rolf D1effeub&ct.. Nell Hudson on • V........ end M&Ico'. Herbert Schmitz. Belgian lUper-kid Eddie Lejeune pkmked biI Honda to the head of the Feb. 24 round in the Belgian World 8&cr&menID or Sen Jo&&. WhIle the...performed tit Houston dldn't - In my opIIlion - pin down the problem any more 1h&n previous tats. the doctors tI-. InaIat th8t my diet Is to bI&me. I'm going to ch&nge my cIet and ... If cutting out C&I1&In tI*Ip cutsdown on the ..ld&rgoI. tlNlln" In aever&I I'&lIChed by ChampiODlbip Oblerved TriaJI Seriea, putting in a 112-point performance ow:r Bultaco rider Manin Lampkin', 120.8ICOJe. Third with 124.4wu Yrjo Veaterinen on hia Montella. and Swede UJf KarbIon, abo Monteaa-mounted. ICOred fourth. Reigning World Champ. America'. Bernie Schreiber took fifth with a 145.6 total on biI Bultaco. Karblon leads the aerieI point Randings with 55. He', followed by Vesterinen (25). a three-way tie among Malcolm Rathmell, Lampkin and Rob Shepard at 18. and Schreiber with 17. Lejeune foUowa with biI 15- point winner', acore from the Be1gian ew:Dt. IX••ntIy going on between Hayes' office erld the Governor'. office. The bottom line now Is th8t nego- 11&Ilol. wII be concIiid&d thIe W&&k end en override lItt&mpt couIcI oc:cw "'1IlII1y .. Feb. 28. Cal your AI..mblymen tDdey. urging sup- port of Heya' efforts. Speaking of the Sagebrush Rebellion, a little more fuel wu added to the fire by the Imperial County Board of SupeniBon, who pUled a relIOIution amdrmning the BLM for iIrJIOring the county', adopted general~p' ment plan in the BLM', recently- re1eued California De8en CoIIIerva- tion Area draft plan. P&pe got. Red Garter Endwo _ Eric McKenna put hia Open daa Eurocyclea Maieo on top of the heap in the Feb. 24 Prairie City GP. praented by the Polka Dota M.C. Pune money wu paid to the top five overall finiahen. and the fim three rode the big MaiCOI. Second and third went to Randy Loah and Ed Marchini. Greg Manz broke the Maieo Kring with a fourth overall on bil420cc KTM, but then Richard Comhl put biI 250cc Maico in fifth to become the only 250ce bike in the money. Coverage next weelt. Russ ColIna Is rebuilding the b&cIt &&etIoI. of hie II••,ICIUS "SorceIw"" Top Fuel dr&gbIk. to &CC&Pt • ....aIIcIt. H. ,.... to run only at two evwna.howewr- 111& NMRA I..................Ont.eo 6V8I'ItL The AMA 12S/25Occ National Championship MX Series the Hangtown MotcJcn.~e on Mar. 22-25 at Sacramento', Prairir City Off·Highway Vehicle Park. This year', with 12th Annual Hangtown Motoc:roa C1aIIic is IpOIIIOred by Carmichael Honda and co-apotllOred by Coon. idea are available at all TIelr.etron outIeu and at le1ected northern California motorcycle clealen. Advance ticlr..ett are $5 for Saturday'. SporbIIDan Ibow and $8 for Sunday', Nationals. Gate admillion on Sunday will be $10. More tiem info? [ija1916/9!0-1121. C.N. Deepthroet. our CelIfomI& cepItoI correspondent, h&d • long talk withOMofA...mbIym&n Bob Heya' &Idea I&at week &bout the S&gebruah Rebellion end he explained In del&ll.d whet W6S In the mel tDdey. The DIrt DIggers hIIve scheduled their OYW'-110 mile long run - which by the way, Is pert of the We...... RegIoe" Series end 111& Golden State s.t&a - for Merch 11 In the Bellinger Canyon 6r&6. Went .. entry bl&nk7 C8II 7141378-2128. Ride a British street bike? Then this is the deal for youl On April 1!I. there'D be a Britiah-bike-only ride that Ram at the ROle Bowl for a 9:50 a.m. de- parture time. h'D be a 75-mile ride with breab at Wrightwood and Crestline. The ."....tchful Son of o-t Duck HIlt P&pe • copy of the Februrt ,...... of """" """ ..... the monthly publlc&ticM of 111& Sen GorgoIIio ch&pI&r of 111& SI&rr& Club. The """. """ ..... reports that. "Bob Tyrrei. Sen ............ NetIon&I fore&t s...... whet we tNnk &bout the wIIcIem III end b&cItCOl8ltl'Y _ SupervIsor. ... offeIed .. SIena Club III6Inb&rs • rare opportunity - • chalICe to .. 111& fore&t s...... ........... EaeI'.' .. "Further PI&nMIu "In 111& RARE recomrnencI&d were not offered • simler meet- .'It'. In.....'" th8t we Benwdlno NIItIcwI&I fore&t Plan." AMA Govw'nment ReIIitIona Aao- cI&te DIr&ctor Rob ReMtr com- rMnt&d. In"." IIIthough he &dcI&d. "they'd probably give us OM Ifwe ..keel." To &&Ie. COIiI&Ct Tyrr&I at the Sen 8&nwdIno N&don&I Forest Super- vIaor'. office. 144 N. Mount&In VIew. Sen ....... d1l'1O. CA1Z408. In the Sen .......... NetIon&I Forat. The main IM'POM of 111& ......'" CA ., II" .". ..", Is to punu&de the fore&t ServIce th8t some of 111& _ II decision &houId be dalgn&t&d .. .'WIIdern..... In the ,. Sen Por EXChange The Hostages The B. 1. M.· Went. bumperstick. that r&&Iy euma It up7 Stan Coma and John Serr&II .......... up. lot of theM little be&utIa. .... they pI&n to .... them on .... at the VI....... GP. Mer. ,~ at RIvenIde. The price wi! be .,. and they'D &end &U proths to the Phantom Duck of the Desert. That·•• berpIn no IIIIItt8r how you cut It!

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