Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Don't forget that the finals to Craig Vetter's High Mileage Contest will be held at the Laguna Seca track on Sunday, July 17. The lOp riders and bikes from Saturday's preliminary will go at it on the race track on Sunday, each trying to go the maximum distance on a nickel's worth_of gas. Corona Raceway and R.A.C.E. heve two speciel events in July. The first is a Buddy Nite sponsored by Sunwen Vamaha of Corona on July 16. Sportsmen get one free entry with one peid entry. There is Mao '600. in contingencies thet will be given away. The HCond event Is Pro Nite, July 22, sponsored by Rincon Kewa..ki of San Bel'llllrdino. There will be a free Pro entry for all mail entries or .6 pon, plus .600 In contingencies to the Pros. For Info, call 714/ 736·1306. • Several weeks ago we wid you about some items whose purchase would benefit the 1983 ISDE Rider Fund. There's a new item on the list, a Malcolm Smith jersey with ISDE logo that will sell for $20 plus $1 postage and handling. For that, or ISDE Tshirts and sweatshirts, contact Joyce France, 1983 ISDE Rider Fund, P.O. Box 126, Fairmount, IL 61841, 217/ 733-2867. Whoaaah, babyl Freddie Spencer's NS600 Honda begins a slide worthy of the San Jose Mile. nre problems that caused this sort of handling forced Spencer to slow after building an early lead at the Belgian GP. Photo by Henny Ray Abrerna. Aunrellan sldehacks will show their nuff at the end of the regular IPssctw.y progrem et In....d Motor Spsadway In San Bel'llllrdlno, CellfomiII, on July 13. The meeting will be held in room 358 of the County Administration Building, 1600 Pacific Highway in San Diego. HosPITal ESCAPE: SoCal DesertlGP Expert Steve Ballmer is out of the hospital after incurring a broken neck at the Rosarito Beach GP in April. Ballmer says that the only symptom was some tingling in his fingers, that he's nearly healed now, and that he'll debut his crash-free style in August. Three ORV groups - CA4WDA, CORVA and AMA 0-37 - will have booths ..t up at the July 2224 San Fernando Valley Fair at Devonshire Downs. All the booths will have machines on display and personnel at tha exhibits, which are open from 11 to 11 each day. In order to have the track go up Into the nands at the Augun 6 Miller High Life Superbowl of Motocross at the Pa..dena Ro.. Bowl, promoters Stadium Motorsports will have to do a lot of work. It ...ms thattha cement ateirways they were plennlng on using ara so old they won't support the weight of the treck. So to go up 34 rows of ...ts as they want to, SM will have to drill holes In the ateirs and fill tham with quick-dry concrete. It is axpected to can Mike Goodwin '20,000 for just that pert of tha operation. HosPITal STOP: MOlocrosser Lance Homer suffered a broken femur when he was hit by another rider in a July 3 race at Dixon, California. Lance will be in the hospital for a month as a result of the break, and is expected to be out of action for three months total. Send those words of cheer lo him at Room 271, Community Hospital, 3325 Chanet Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95404. ' Those Superbike riders heading up lo Oregon for the July 23-24 Superbike Pro-Am might want lo take advantage of a practice day hosted by the Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association on July 21. This may be the only chance for privateers to practice on the circuit; the factory teams will be renting the track on the surrounding days. For more information, phone Ken Neal at 503/289-6016. The Racing Aaociation of Cycle Enthuaiataend Rincon Kew...ki wiH p.....m Pro Night et Carone R8C8WllYon Frldey, July 22. Mail entry will be free to tho.. of the profeulonel persuasion, and post 'entry will only be $6. Corona will chip in .16 per rider to the pur.., and there will ba $600 in added contingencies. More inf01 Call 714/736-1306. The California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission will meet July 22 in San Diego, beginning at 9 a.m. Among the items on the agenda are the 1984-85 capital outlay budgets, and reports on PIsmo Beach, Hungry Valley1lJl&Sytamore Canyori. Rumors are aterting already about the 1984 motorcycles. Word is thattha 1984 Honda motocro...rs will be much different than this year's models. The 250 and 126cc class machines are seid to have front, but not rear, disc brekes. Also, the engines have been reversed in the seme manner as this year's works bikes, with the chain and clutch on the opposite side. Honda's top secret ATAC system will be seen on a few models. We also hear that Honda will now sit back and simply update their line with a major revision every few years. They forsee no great strides that will Instantly obsolete today's bikes. We have heard that et least one manufacturer, at least in testa of early prototypes, found their 1984 line to be three seconds a lap slower than their riders on another manufacturer'a 1983 models. The Japanese are not the only ones who have been busy. KTM will have mostly cosmetic changes on their 250LC, but a 125cc with a tiny and powerful new engine has been seen. It is rumored lO weigh in al under 200 pounds and COSl under $2000. It seems the Austrians wan t a share of the Iuc•cuive 125cc JIla]j\c.et.I' .•.• un week we told you about the anti-B-to-V editorial that aired on Channel 9 in the Los Angeles area. The writers of the editorial were miles off basa on their facts, lumped the "motorcycle element" in with the "pot-smoking youths" James Watt felt would attend the Beach Boys concerts. One of Pape's cohorts fired off a letter to Channel 9, protesting the misrepresentation of the facta and the derogatory a1atements. However, in Channel9's reply, they missed both points, and 10 obviously they haven't gotten the idea. Maybe a letter explaining to the station management that if they don't have the time or the energy to watch their facts, that motorcyclists haven't got the time or energy to watch their programs would be in order. Channel 9's address is 6516 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90030. Verbatim, the editorial 'was as follows: "Many travel experts consider Califomia's high de..rt to be one of the world's natural beauties. It is a place where plant life and animals survive harmoniously as nature intended. This November the delicete balance of this primitive reserve will be disturbed by 1400 vehicles. The Oepertment of Interior and Bureau of und Management has authorized a 1 59 mile Barstow to us Vegas motorcycle race over open terrain. In the rece the motorcycles will leave a wake of destruction of thousands of plants and animals native to our precious desert. The Interior Oepertment is also allowing three pit stops for gasoline, oil and repeir ..rvice. Pit crews along with spectators Will only further endanger this wilderness environment. Secretary of the Interior James Watt refused to let the Beach Boya aing at the Fourth of July concert in Washington. He felt that they would invite pot smoking youths to the nation's capitol. But in California he is allowing the motorcycle element tou.. ourdesertforfree.ltisaAd commentary to think thet it took nature aeons to create our pristine desert only to have 1400 motor· cycles ruin it in one day." Delivered by Fernando Del Rio, Vice Prelident Public Affeira.. Kidd's Barbecue is the name of a restauram in' Boyd, Texas. If you think it just might have something to do with 1982 Camel Pro Series Champion Mike Kidd, you're right. "My father, mother and brother run the place," said Kidd. "My dad wanted to be closer to the racing facility I have here and to where I live so he wem imo the restaurant business. What else would you call the business, but Kidd's Barbecue? He's recuperating right now from breaking two bones in his lower right leg while riding in an enduro about six weeks ago. He's on crutches, but gets around pretty good." The Pontiac TT, the aeason-ending Camel Pro Series race in Pontiac's Silverdome, has been bumped from its previ'ously announced date, October 8. due to a scheduling conflict with football games. The Pontiac TT will take place on Saturday night, October 22. The Camel Pro Series banquet will take place t!le following evening. Wedding belJs will be ringing shonly for Dennis Palmgren, one of four now-retired-from-racing Expert ranked din tracking Palmgren brothers and a former AMA Eastern Regional din crack champ, Dennis and his fiancee, Beth Ramsey, will tie the knot on July 23. Dennis and Beth will make their home on a horse ranch they recently purchased in Maryland. The Oakland-Alameda County Stadium in Oakland. California has been confirmed as the site of the Wrangler Daah, a 875,000 20-lap Supercross. The event will be run in conjunction with a Pace Management-promoted Supercross over the October 22-23 weekend, and will carry an AMA sanction. $26.000 will go to the winner of the event. "Wrangler has enjoyed a fine working relationship with Pace Management over the past two years. and we're all excited about gearing up for this new project which will surely culminate the 1983 Wrangler Super Series National MX tour," ..id Wrangler Super Seri•• mamlger,Kathy Hoy. g a

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