Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Some of the best trials riders in the U.S. have entered the Wednesday. Merch 4. Daytona Observed Trials. Heeding the list are defending National Champion Marland Whaley. former National Champion Lane Leavitt. contenders Jack Stites. Curt Comer. Don Wrenn. Steve McNeal. Bob Hopkins. Brock Sattlemeier. Wayne Galvin. Gary Hoover. Wayne Kirk and Ron Como. Also pr. entered is Lane Leavitt·s 'wife Debbie. one of HoIIywood's top stunt performers. Lap sponsors ·for the Daytona 200 include Hi·Point Racing Products, Pace Management, Gary Bang East, Interpan, J.R.C. Engineering, H-D of Altamonte (Florida), Baltimore County Trail Riders, White Construction Co., .Lockhan Consumer Products, Diamond Chain Co. , Continental Products Corp. , American Motorcycle Institute, and Dennis Kirk, Inc., For each lap sponsored, the leader of the lap will pick up $100. SeYeral of the above rap sponsors have sponsored more than one lap, with Gary Bang East heading the list with a total of 20 laps. $fHN'ta ",. .""ted, in their annual Ve. in Sports issue. overlooked the achievement of Kenny Roberta in winning his third c:onaacutive 500cc World Championship in road reeing. Only Mike Hallwood and Giacomo Agostini have taken more conaacutive titles. As America's only World Champion in motor aport for the past two ....ons it seems only fitting that he rate at leat a mention. If you're in the SoCal area over the Mar. 6-8 weekend, be lUre not to mill' the Speedway Spring Clallic .mea. The aaion Ram Friday night in the ItDa1l Orange County Fairgrounds track, then moves to Ventura for a Saturday night race, then winds up at San Bernardino', Inland Motorcycle Speedway on Sunday aft~oon. Stan IiIte National Champion Bruce Penhall, the Moran brothers, Bobby Scbwartz and Ronnie Prelton CotDpete before they head back to England. They'll be facing a ~d of 1ocally. '-II riders captained by Alan "Crazy" Chriatian. A get well quick wIeh to Ipeeltway BIg'" whom vn ...,. uncle! ~ ....-rv recently for • corree:don of • ehou.... . . o.r...- problem. Bruce Pen'" undelwent the ..... operedon IMt November. CaRrol Oil haa polled over $20,000 in contiJlsency prize money for AMA/WiDlton Pro aeries, and U.S. road racers. The money is divided into event, halfway point Randinp and fmal point atandinp payoffa. WiJllton Pro dirt track evenu and Formula One, Lightweight Expert, Superbike and Sidecar road racing c1l11l1CS make up the eligible evenu and c1uaes. The The Goodyear 2381 soft compound dirt track tire has been approved by the AMA for use in short track and TT events only. The 2381 compound was withdrawn from use last yeer after controversy during the Harley-Davidson Dirt Track Sarles. The tira was on sale at this year's Houston Nationals although it was not AMA approved at the tima. Riders interested in attempting to qualify for a slot on the ISDT squad mwt submit a letter of intent to the AMA before March 21. To be eligible for selection a rider must compete in at least three National Championship Reliability Trials events. Letters should be sent to Kathy Wanta, AMA, P.O. Box 141. Westerville, Ohio 43081. WIllIe G. Davidson of H"'yDevidson will officially kick off the 1981 "Bikers Fight Muscular Dystrophy" campaign with his Muscular Dystrophy A8a0c:iation Ride to Daytona. Davidson will start from the Vork. Pennsylvania H"ey-Daviclson plant on friday. February 'D. and visit various c:ltiea along the way. Last year his ride netted .13.000 in contributions. The campaign raised .196.000 for MDA. Davidson will appear on the NBCTV show III",., on Monday, Merch 2. The show. to be broadcast from Charleston. South Carolina. will be on at noon. Check your TV listings. Word out of acenic SunnytDead, CA, is that DeAnza Cycle Park is the proud new owner of a l00·foot, AMA-apeci· fication RarUng gate for iu motocrou coune, replacing what CN correlp'?ndent Ron Lawson termed "the Itiller bUDgie." Other news is that on Mar. 8, daredevil Hana Steini will attempt a world record motorcycle leap, soaring off a ramp CODItrueted at the top of one of DeAnza', humongous hilla. A quick peek at the pr_ntry list for the Daytona 200 shows that as of the February 8 eut-off 26 riders from around the worlcl. ten Canadians. one rider from Puerto Rico and f11 Americana made up the 124 rider entry. Expect to _ about 20 post-entrlea as the clays tick away to the March 8 racing extravaganza In Daytona Beach. Notable among those not on the entry list was thrae-tima 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts. Apparantly. someone in his organization forgot to post an entry on time. Roberts hall said he'D be there seeking his aacond Daytona 2DO victory. In eddition. Glne Bovaird. Car18r AIaop end Wendy Epstein have all entered. Bovaird was the first and only female to attempt to qualify Iaat year - she did - and was running well before crashing late In the raca. "A lot of my friends are riding 50 I thought it would be fun," said twotime AMA Grand National Champion Dick Mann about his entty in the Wednesday, March 4, Amateur Supercross during Cycle Week in Daytona. Mann will ~1.50 tak.e part~ the Daytona 200 pre-race activities and will take a parade lap aboard the BSA on which he won the 1971 event. AMA legislative AnaIyat Gary Wlnn hall been nominated to the Tranaportetion R. . . .ch Board. a prIvete scientific agency which advises Congress and Federal agenclas. Wlnn wII serve on the Motorcycle Committee. The Committee wUl concentrate on motorcycle design. operator per. formance. Injury prevention and accident analyaia. (Continued to page 4J) Craig VettIIr Is becoming ina II (' IgIy involved with lighter weight. alleemlned vehicles. His Iateat. "SUeemlner." Is a luxury touring rnotDrcycIe that getII over 126 mpg at 56 mph. The Streamliner's slippery ahepe reduces drag by such a factor that ita KawasaId 2&Occ engine has more then enough power for touring. The seat is designed to support the rider's back. bottom and Iega. The ric* can sit .. dey without fatigue. Seven gaIIot_ of t»board fuel give. non-stop range of 87& ml.... Craig Vetter's,J STREAMLINER I

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