Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Effectiv e June 9, Scott USA offices , formerly located in Ketchu m , ID , will open in Clearfield, UT to provide quicker a nd more efficient service to Scott USA and Pett y USA customers. Here's the new address and p hone: Scott USA, P .O , Box 1478 , Freeport Center, Clearfield , UT 84016 , 8011775-2121 . Dennis Sigalos, one of our best speedway riders presently racing in England, will return to California for one week on ly. According to an Motorcycle Speedway Inland press re lease, he races there on June 4, and we suspect he 'll show at the other SoCaI tracks, too. Ready for th e 10th annual Bel -Ray USG P of Mot ocr oss? Ten di ffere nt nationalities will be represented , a ccordi ng to co- promoter Gavin Trip pe, and they have 14 European ride rs signed to date. In ad dition to th a t , the 250cc Support class is looki ng 125 / 250cc like a combina tio n Na tional even t! Planning to ride are 250c c series po ints leader Kent Howerton , 125cc series po ints lead er Broc Glo ver with cha llenger Brian Myerscough and Ma rk Barnett, and 250cc contenders Mike- Bell a nd Warren Reid . On Sa tu rd ay, some of the best wom en racers will com pe te in their Nati onal , a lso to be covered by ' ABC Wide World of Spo rts, , Saddlebac k Saturday Motocross starts the three-race Summer Series on June 7, then runs on the next two consecutive Saturdays with a total $3.000 Pro purse ($800 per race plus a $600 point fundI, $3,000 in Amateur prizes, plus drawings for a Suzuki RMBO and a SCAR membership . California Ra cing Club is still in need of peo ple to be in the Walt Disney movie, The Devil and Max Devlin , If you show up at the Carlsbad shoot on J une 9-11 , you 'll gel not only a free lunch but tickets to the Coca-Cola Superb owl of Mot ocross as well . Cont act CRC at 215 / 850-75 19 or 714/689-6114 . Former 500cc world Champion road racer Barry Sheene lost the little finger of his left hand in a racing accident during the May 26 French GP. A friend, contacted at Sheena's home in England, reports that "other than losing the finger, Barry is OK." Acting on behalf of the members of the American Federation of Motorcyclists' Los Angeles chapter, Lee Fleming of Champion Motorcycles presented trophies of appreciation to AFM President Harry Bresach and AFM Secretary Rem Juliussen. " Every year these two guys run the six-hour race and take an incredible amount of flak during protests after the race . Running such a big race is a big job, and we thought it was time that somebody gave them recognition for a job well done. Under the AFM system, total responsibility for accuracy lies with the team's own scorer, and everyone knows that. It's a good system with plenty of double checks to prevent cheating," said Fleming. The trophies read" Albatross Award for Valor in the Face of Nefarious Protests, AFM Six-Hour 1980." "We couldn't get an albatross for the trophies," said Aeming, " so we got a big pigeon instead. Both birds seem equally appropriate anyway. " Bultaco-rnou nted Bern ie Sch reiber won th e June I round of the World Observed Trial Championsh ip Ser ies held in Fra nce . Finishing second to Schreiber' s 147-p ointtotal was Man uel 2 Soler (Bul) with 162. Yrjo Vesreri nen (Mon), Eddy Lejeu ne (Hon) and Antonio Gorgot (Oss) rounded out the top five. With points leader Ulf Karlsson (Mon ) finishing 10th , Schreiber picked up 14 clear points and now trails the Swede in the point standings. 60-51. Veste rine n (50) is third ah ea d of Lejeu ne (42). Schreiber's win in France was his last ride on a Bultaco. Bernie announced that he will be riding for Ital-Jet. along with M anuel So ler, and the pair w ill be competing on 330cc six-speed prototypes that are slated for production this fall. At pressr ime, no definite fu ne ral a r rangements had bee n m ade for Da vid jones. Martha Shobe rt, racer Bubba's mother a nd a close frie nd of the jones family , reported that "some prob lems have a risen in t he transfer of Da vid's body from Louisvil1e to Oklahoma City. T he family feels tha t the funera l will take place on Wedn~ay afternoon." Co ndolences m ay be relayed to th e Jones Family, 8201 N. Brookside Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 75152 . Mrs, Shobert also re po rts that a David Jon~ Memorial Fu nd is being esta blished , We ho pe to ha ve d etails of the fund in next week's paper. Round three of the AMA National Championship Hillclimb Series at Jefferson, PA, on June 1 saw John Williams (Honl, Earl Bowlby (BSA> and Willard Kinzer (Honl take wins in the 5OOcc, 750cc and Unlimited divisions, respectively. Ma rk Barnett (Suz) won the Ma y 51 Su percross Molson in Montrea l, Ca nada's O lympic 'Pa rk Stadium , Over 45,000 fa ns wat ched Barnett lea d Broc Glover (Yam) a nd Do nn ie Canta lou pi (Yam) to winner' circle. The final rou nd of th e Canadian Supercross Championship Series will run J une 7 in T oront o. Georges Joba ISuz) roosted to a pair of moto wins on June 1 in the Belg ian 250cc MX GP. Gennady Moiseev (CZI, Patrick Fura (Husl, Raymond Boven (Hus) and Jan Kristofferson (Yaml followed in moto one . The second moto saw Jaroslav Falta (CZ), Dimitar Rangelov (Husl, Boven and Kris tofferson chase Jobe to the flag. Jobe, via his 30 point day, moves into the standings lead with 76 while Falta trails at 59 followed by Boven with 55. Vicki Haag called Pa pa the other day and let him in on the good news: U.S. Su zu ki has d on ated two RM125s to be awa rded a t the W ome n' s N ati on al Motocross; one at th e Ju ne 21 125cc Expe rt ra ce and the other at the Aug. 17 even t. Vicki also said tha t en tr ies are still open for th e June 21 race , which will be televised by ABC's Wid e World of Sports. So if you're in terested in m ak ing your TV debut , give Vicki a ca ll at 714 /462-9595 . Those of you holding reserved seat tickets for the cancelled Mt. St. Helens M .C. races at Castle Rock may retum them for a refund to Bill Bolar, 350 Delameter Rd.. Castle Rock, WA 98611. There was an error m last week's Latest Poo p bulletin on the Cherry Creek hare and hound in Utah . KTM's Bob Ba lent ine was the winner as repo rt ed , but the runner-u p was Goshen , Utah's Kris Morgan (Hus) , who led the race u ntil com ing up with a fla t rea r tire. Freddie Spencer was to have made his GP road race debut in France, but didn't go. "Erv and I felt the bike just wasn't ready yet. It's basically a stock Yamaha 5OO_a~ the best one of those finished _ ninth in France. When we go. we want to be prepared to win. Erv is building a new frame since the normal one is made for guys the size of Kenny Roberts. For me, that's cramped, Our first event will be the July 6 Belgian GP at Spa," said Spencer. Race ac tivities beg a n J une 1 a t the Isle of Man TT and on e face that was su p posed to be there isn't. Da vid Aldana had a com mitmen t to go, bu t with ra cing at Road America ha d to cu t back his participation to one event. T he sponsors t hen cu t his sta rt money offer . " It wasn't wort h it to go. If you don't get ple nty of t ime to learn the (57 .5 mile) course, then you do n't have a chance to do good . Of course , if the money ha d been right .. ;" One plus one plus one only equals three. In David Aldana's case , he swooped Freddie Spencer in their Superbike heat at the finish line and turned around to give Spencer the number one sign and a big grin. Unfortunately, the grin turned to a frown when Spencer sped past. leaving Aldana to quickly realize that there was one more lap to go in their four-lap event. Ed Lojak, top scorer in two rounds of the ISDT Qualifier Series, m issed the final round in Washington so that he could attend his high school graduarion . Looking ahead? Then keep the California Four Wheel Drive and Cycle Show in m ind, It opens in the

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