Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

appear include Wes Cooley. Eddie Law!'lon. Christine Baur and Wayne Rainey. The park and ride lo t w ill be at 10801 Ventura Blvd. in North Hollywood. Films will be shown at t he KPF K stud ios. 3729 Cahueng a Blvd.. about a bl ock and a half aw ay. Ad m iss io n is free. Off-road aces Scot Harden and Larry Roeseler will be holding their second desert ra cing school nea r Lancaster , CA , on Jan . 23-24. As before, th e school will fea ture video tape as a teach ing a id , and class size will be kep t small for maxim um attention . For more info, call 702/36 1-2298. Oops. If you went out to Sunrise Valley Cycle Park in Adela nto , CA on a Sa tu rd ay expecting to find some motoc ross but d idn't it's not thei r fault . Du e to a slip -u p on ou r part , th eir ad in the last issu e of th e pa per rea d ra cing on th e seco nd an d fourth Saturday of the mont h when it sho u ld ha ve been Sunday! Just to set t he re cor d straight , they hold D -37 motocross on the sec ond Sunday, poin ts pa ying CMC ra ces for members on ly on the th ird Sunday a nd open racing on the fourth Sunday of each month . For more info , call 714 /245-7339 or 246 -6109 . Attention all you Kawasaki riders! The Team Green van will be ma k ing the rounds of the CMC Go lde n Sta t e Series, which continues on through February. How ever, they'll be at A nahe im for the Saturday night Supe rcross and following day's amateur race. The marathon at Carnegie SVRA in Livermore. CA on Jan. 16 has been cancelled, A 0 ·36 hare scrambles will run the following day. however. a rescheduled race from the Jan. 3 rain-out. Papa loves 'to have fun, and a little item slipping across the old gent's desk on press day morn caught his eye . The Plonkers are ha ving a fun trial on Jan . 17 at Reche Canyon in Riverside, CA for all classes , from "easy Beginner" to "incredible Expert." Sign up is at 9 a .rn .. and entry is $6 . Call 213 /5309428 or 943 ·441 5 for more info . Duralube's Tom Denner w ill be a VIP panelist in th e Jan. 16-17 Week· end w ith the Sta rs Telethon f or Cerebral Palsy to be broadcast in t he Los A ngeles area on KTTV. Channel 11. Denner, who has cerebral palsy. w ill be interviewed on t he program and he is also working t o raise money in advance for Un ited Cerebral Palsy. If you'd like t o make a pledge. call 213/856-8002 or watch the program. The Barstow Resource Area of th e Bureau of La nd Management IS seeking pub lic inp u t as part of its Vehicle Route Approval Process in its section of the California Desert Conservation Area . It 's im po rt a nt that all motorcycle and ORV routes in the area be identified and submitted to the BLM. The deadline is Feb. 8 , and you can write or call the BLM at 831 Barstow Rd . , Ba rstow , CA 92311 , 714 /351 ·6736. 1981 U.S. Trials Champion Curt Comer has been signed by t he Montesa factory for 1982. Comer will defend hi s U.S. title as well as riding the Scottish Six Day Trials and selected world championships rounds. Jerry Surber, the promoter of the Grand National Championship MX Finals which will be held In th e Houston Astrodome on Mar. 21 , informs us that the CMC Golden State Series will be used as qualifying events for the GNC event. For info contact Surber at 4108 Glenbrook Ct . , Hou sto n , T X 77087 , 713 /641-3025 . Jones goggles has a plan for riders to support their pants and the U.S. '82 Six Days effort. Jones is offering a limited·edition belt buckle commemorating the 1981 ISDE. The buckles are solid brass replicas of the ones worn to the '81 Six Days by our riders. If you feel a need for support send $15 to Jones Goggles, 1930 Central Ave.. Bou lder, CO. 80301. A ll proceeds w ill go to the team. W e do n't kn ow if ther e were any turns on the way down the ai sle , but road ra ce rs Marty And erso n and Sue .Cha m bers were married Dec. 19. Su e is th e on ly woman to hold an Am erican Road Ra cing Associat ion cla ss cha m pionsh ip. Speaking of A RRA. head honcho Earl Smith says that in 1982 ARRA will be giving lots of money away, including gold Krugeraands. ARRA will also have a money race during each meet. where one-half of t he previous meet 's profits w ill be up for grabs, Honda 's line -up fo r the Daytona extraveganza will feature the Daytona debut of World Road Ra ce Champ Marco Lucchinelli. In the 200 -mil er. Freddie Spencer and Mike Baldwin will ride the SWS sh own elsewhe re on this spread. Lucchinelli and Roberto Piet ri will ride th e air -cooled RSC 1000 machines used in last yea r's F·I contests. For th e 100 -mile Superbike ra ce , th e line-up is Spencer, Ba ld win . Pietri and MX er Steve Wise. Anyone who has a claim against J .C. Whitney & Co . following their 1979 bankruptcy should know that there is a creditors' hea ring coming up Feb. 2. Th ose with claims should write to the following parties by Jan. 15: Norman H. Nachman. Munitz & Sweigh. Ltd.• attorneys for the debtor, 115 South laSalle sc, Chicago. IL 60603; Joseph Stein . co-council for the Creditors' Committee, Rothbart. Stein & Moran, 1 North laSalle St.. Chicago, IL 60603; and James A . Chatz, co-council for the Creditors' Committee , Chatz. Berman, Maragos, Haber and Fagel. 140 South Dearborn St. , Chiago. IL 60603. Yamaha 's Mike Bell, injured in the Lake Madera Golden St ate race, wilT undergo arthroscopic knee surgery on Jan . 12. The operation will be per· formed by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ridell, and beca use of the nature of the surgery, Bell will be released from the hosp ita l the same day and should return to competition in minimal tim e. Motorcycle Safety Foundation president Charles Hartman has been appointed a member of the Pennsylvania Task Force on Driving under the influence of Alcohol and other Controlled Substances. The task force is part of a Pennsylvania effort to reduce the number of alcohol and drug related traffic deaths. California is in the middle of a similar crackdown on drunk driving. Perhaps the roads will be safer for bikers if more states enact such legislat io n. SCORE Intern ational held their awards banquet at the L.A. Marrier and honored a few of us two-wheeled types. American Honda was na med Motorcycle Manufacturer of the Year. Off-Roadsman of the Year titles went to th e Pfeiffer brothers , Kurt and Kent for Classes 20 and 21. Larry Roeseler for Class 22 and Steve Bell a nd Lynn McGraw in Classes 30 a nd 38. R.J. Reynolds announced that the 1981 Winston Pro Series point fund will total $150,000. First leg payoff remains at $35.000, the seco nd leg is up to $100,000 and the year's top five F·1 road racers will receive $15,000. Co upons worth $1 off the 16th an nual Anaheim Motorcycle and Accessory Trad e Expo are now avail ab le from local motorcycle d ealers throu gh out southern California . Produced by Hester Com m unica tions, Inc. , th e Expo will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center, California Room / Sou th Hall and open to the public on Friday, January 15, 6-10 p.m. and Saturday, January 16 , 12 noon -In p .m . In addition to the tremendous display of new motorcycles and accessories , show producers have also arranged for live radio broadcasts. hosted by Larry "Supermouth" Huff'man of On Any Sunday II, fea turing question and answer sessions with top factory riders from Honda , Kawasaki , Suzuki , Yamaha and Husqvarna. Motorcycle racing films , tech sessions with factory mechanics and chances to win free tickets to the Anaheim 1982 Supercross Kickoff are just a few of the consumer specials that have been planned for the 1982 Expo. The Expo will also see the first public presenta tion of the 1982 Cycle N ews Ride Awa y Sweepstakes. which will see a 1982 Suzuki RM250 motocrosser and an exciting new street bik e from Kawasak i gi ven away next yea r. THE NATIO AL PAPERS It's a new year, it's a new race season , it's time to crank up the '82 title chase bo th here and abroad . Let's go. Winston cigarettes has upped th e Pro Series point fu nd money to $150 ,000. If a rider can lead it at th e halfway mark and then at the end he ca n take $35,000 from the total fu nd . Several times in the past th e rid er that is leading midway is not the rid er who is high point a t the end of th e season. It is uncanny how many times th e bonus at the halfway mark is d ecided by a single point. Good news from Winston for the Formula One National road racers . $15 ,000 in final season point fund money will go to the road racers that finish in the top five point spots, On the su bject of W inston money that has been paid out over the past eight years: The total now stands at $750,000, of which Jay Springsteen and Gary Scott have taken a combined total of $190 ,000. SCOtt is the only rider to pick up a Winston check every time during the eight seasons. The club up in Washington wants to bring back the Castle Rock race track . They have been digging it out from under the volcano ash and mud for two years and will get going with a non -National biggie next summer to the tune of about $10 ,000. Look for a National to return there in '83. Also loo k for Canadian Yvon DuHamel to return to road racing in '82 here in the States. Yvon , well past 40 , got back into the swing of things in '81 up in Canada and cannot resist just one more time at Daytona, etc. You remember DuHamel? He would crash when on his way to the win many tim es in the '70s, or if he rod e a steady pa ce he would have th e bik e b reak. Age a nd re ti rement may gi ve him th e righ t form u la this time , b u t can a ny rider in his age bracket rea lly come back? Ed d ie Lawson , Superbiker and dirt tracker deluxe , finally gets his chance in Formula One National class road racing with an all new Kawasa ki 500c c two-stroke. Lawson and di rt tracker Wayne Ra iney team up for Kawasa ki to form th e " Mea n Green Team" Su pe rb ike effort. Word is tha t the slick fast 250cc Kawasaki 250 is no m ore. Hats off to the AMA - they have fin all y combined the Lightweight Exper t and Novice classes into one, which debuts a t Daytona . There are reall y no No vice 250 riders a nyway. A long over d ue decision that will reall y boost th is even ly m a tched class . Also in th e "No More" category is th e Trophy Race held at all N at ion al dirt track even ts. Inst ead , t he AMA now has a "last cha nce " event th at will find the winner only moving int o th e National final. The Trophy Ra ce h as a lwa ys been a consolation event with no poi n ts and no transfer , but it did pa y all t he ride rs that rode in it. It appears th ere was another move to again try a nd put the Juniors ba ck into the National dirt track event s. But it was turned down. Promoters ca n still host a Junior In vita tiona l, which is perhaps th e best way to go . A good Junior is still aJunior for onl y on e season. A good J unior also gets a cha nce to ride in at least one Invitational , if he wa nts to . Yamaha , th e offici a l spo nsor of the twin Nationals a t Houston for so m an y years . is not the sponsor in '82. W or d is that Honda jumped in and took it as soo n as it be came avail ab le. Harley-Davidson is not goi ng to sponso r th e d irt track series in Florida this yea r b ut the di rt series, with poi nt fund money, will continue to lure dozens of vet eran Expe rts to tune in their new equipmen t and hu ndreds of Junior and Novice rid ers int o skipping school so they ca n sta rt or cont inue their climb to fam e. Tammy Kirk becomes only th e sec ond girl to ever enter th e N at ional events at Houston in Februa ry a nd th e dirt series in March in Florida . Dorothy Rowe, the onl y other woman who was close to becoming an Expert , ha s re o tired after several years in th e Junior class . She would have been a Junior again in '82 had she continued . Randy Mamola is a confirmed ent ry for the Da ytona 200 aboard a Suzuki 500. Randy made onl y one appearance in the states in '81 and won at Laguna Seca . The la st tim e he raced Daytona he came close to winning both the 100-mile 250cc even t a nd the 200 -miler with both efforts on Yamaha. Now if Honda and Nava Helmets will get together and bring world champ Marco Lucchinelli to Da ytona for the first time it will really pump some new life in to th e annual biggie. Dale Singleton retired his pig , "Elmer Ill" for the same reasons the ohter two were put in the pen. Too big and too fat . Let's hope that "Elmer IV" can keep his diapers on and behave himself on stage at th e Hawaiian Inn at Daytona better th an his older brothers , wh o went o n to be com e pork roasts and b ac on strip s. All th ree have been in Da ytona 's fa m ed Victory Lane so Elmer IV has his work cut out for him - or he gets cut ou t. Word is out tha t somebody is plan ning a "roast" at Dayto na for either Da le or Elmer , or ma ybe bot h. A look a t Hou ston th e next time around . Roxy Rockwood 3

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