Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

..... ao 0') ..... CCIoc:kwI.- from Iefd Du . . . . . the drtnck cOlilingellt. Hoed c:I8np SCIMt o.v. Aldene W.,.. RIIIney . . R8ndy Goa', EddIe I..INnon C21JcouId do Preview A legion of Superbikers Hoadaa wae the f _ billa on the track ba year - 10 rate him a ddioite conteDdcr for the more than $10.000 that goes to the winDer. Graham Noyce. aIIO Honda_mted, fin;.hrd RCODd in the World 5OOa: Mocuu. . ~.-·I' Noyce traditiooaJly does during biI annual YiIiu to CarIIbad for the IUIIIJDer USGP, bat thia. biI fint time in The Superbihn. If be adiquickly to the track, be'll be in the bunt. By Del. Brown Bring a generous helping of the world's best motorcycle racing talent - talent from all over the world and from the sport's major disciplines - and mix them up on a track that's half asphalt. half din and altogether different and you get three thi • ngs. The fjnt is a great made-for 18 . TV apectacle that will air on ABC. Wide World of sports _time early DCltt year. The aecoud iI the likelihood rtf a great race, with aJOUBb taIaIt on baud to riYal any other ewmt rtf the year. ADd that taIaIt Ieada to the third _ thia • the only race in the world that offen the ~"biIity of aeeing Hakan CarlqviIt ft. Mik Kidd, Freddie Speuar ft. Graham Noyce. Rolf BilaDd ft. Steft Wile. Match-upe like tJM.e limply do DOt esiIl dIewhere. Motoera.cn have dominated the event through ill fint twO yeara both with better riding and'better tDaChinery. That tDay c~ thia year, with the IWidanI of tDachinery becoming more equal, and becauae of a reduction in factory MX team participation. Yamaha and Suzuki will DOt field teaJDI thiI year. "It taka too much time to prepare and there are too many raca in the IeaIOD." laid Yamaha'. Keeny Clark. "What other profe.ional aport can you name where the IeaIOD MJina in ~ the end of JaDUaIJ' and endI in Noweuber?" In Ipite rtf the IIO-abowa. the field • one of the Ilea nu. There are twO currau world championa. three curreot natiooal champlODl, four exet.am~ and three exnatiooal champlODl. The f~. for ~ year'. Super' ~ 11l • aIigbdy different. There ~.IM; a ~t for each of the ~ dilciplinea mvolftd. road race. din track and tDOtOCI'a.. pbu a final. The fint three rac:a will be 10 lape and will tram&r me riden each to the final. There will be DO ~ chaoc:e to tram&r. The final ~ be .Il! lape. . Some chaDga ~ be lDCUiporated mto the coanc thia year. Fna, the road race aection baa been revened to place a.greater emphuia on braking. The din track .weeper hal been widened ~ and ~ be pded even tDOre to gJ¥e the din tracken an advaD;tage. Let • ~ a look at lOme of the prerace faYOrUel. and a few clark honea... wor:'d Motoera..... Defending Superbiken champ Steve Wiae bead. the MX CODUngenl. However 1981 hal been aD off year for the rapid; Texan due to a broken bone iD hiI throttle hand that cauaed him to mill DIOIt of the IeaIOD. The Team Honda rider ahou1d have the advantage of pel equipment KJddCbeltilIel R81rwywlth Anrry . . . . . . . . . be e.tqvlat. . . . be. * - t . Many Moara . . the fint American to win the CarIIbad USGP. and in The Supel'biRn. be'll be riding lJIIe rtf the few four-lUOlla. a Bmwpowa' Factory Honda XR5OO-bued bike. Moara really baa DOt cIooe IDIlCh _ _ the CarlIbad win. but if be . . . the touch back. look oud ODe rider who • boner thaD the Three Mile bIaDd innardI at the IIWJ"'rDt • LOP Honda rider Damay -Map" Chandln. He _ eway 500cc Support race in the TraDl-USA Superbikera III Entry list Motoeroa riders ..,.WIH o..t.nNoyce Merty ...... Serge8ecou Heken CertqwM ...... .......... e.toe SerrelIO JecIt JohiI8Ol'l ..." K8¥1nDuN Denny a.... Roed I1IC8I'8 Edc8e Leweon DuvId Aldene JockT.,tar II"''''''' Fr. ...... 8d.....I. . RoIf8lend JeM.CIeude OlIvIer RoberID Plelrf.v..... John BwtlllilCOUrt MIce . . . . . . JImmyAdemo McAllen. TX EI...... 1eI ..... DIego.CA Frence .lUCIddn.........., Tuecon.AZ ... V...... NV Downey.CA ... V NV CaetII CA LoeAn•• III, CA om.to.CA ..... Ane.CA 8co id,UK " part. LA OIdLyme.CT Bwltao..1eI Fl . . C. V_ _ .I. W MA Hunllli.ton Beech. CA GI.lico.,.. NY Dirt trackers Bruce ........ KennyCener MlkeKJdd ..,.Eldund MlckeyFtiy Weyne R.lney Scott,......., RonnleJona RJcIuiyG.....m Ted Boody ..."tteney N..-port Beech. CA Vorbhh, EI....1eI Boyd. TX . .n ..... CA PuyIIIIup. WA Downey.CA sen..... CA Oldehome CIty. OK S...... CA ........ MI S ........ CA .... .......,. .... ... .... .... H~ v..... v..... MeIco MeIco WI .... llIdlIMeIco v..... bwll II WI ..IIIi V..... ' ':1» MeIco Hu-rw.'. V..... ......... MeIco H~ V. . . . . MeIco HondII bw kl V....... .... SuzukI Cen-Am HondII

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