Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/126787
The Latest Poop (Coni il1ued from page 3) HosPITal stop: Mile Baldwin is recovering from a broken and compressed tibia suffered in a crash at Brainerd on September 2. Cards and letters should be sentLO Baldwin c/o 4540 Dufferin St., Unit 42, Downsview, Ontario, Canada M3H 5X2. Kenny Roberts is home in Oakdale. California following surgery to pin his left femur; cards should be sent clo his manager. Gary Howard. 401 Split Rail Ln .• Anaheim. CA 92807. (Above) Winner Elmer Trett (near lane I and Brian Johnson square off inthe Top Fuel final. (Below) Ray Neace (near lane) got the jump. but Ray Bellucci took the Pro Comp final. Mike Harnden of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada won the 1984 CMA Open Motocross ational Championship on a CR500 Honda, ending Suzukirider Ross Pederson's multi-season domination of the class. Harnden won the title by two points, 122 vs. 120 in the four-race series. _ MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY "ANGES NMRA National Championship Drag Race Series: Round 8 National Trail wins to Trett,. Kizer Named President of Cagiva Tonh America, GianFranco Castiglioni, one of the direcLOr - along with brother Claudio - of Cagiva .p.a. of Varese, Italy; former Cagiva North America President Atillio Sandroni has left the firm to pursue other business intere ts. Named Vice President of Cagiva Nonh America, Alberto Carnelli. Named By Joseph Mclaughlin KIRKERSVILLE, OH, AUG. 25-26 General Managerof'Cagiva North America, Danic;la Carnellia. Elmer Trett cruised to yet anothtJ-r Top Fuel win, and Terry Kizer established new elapsed time and top speed records in winning the Funny Bike class at the NMRA Mid-America Advenising agency for Cagiva Nonh America, Parkhurst Communications, run by Joe Parkhurst. Nationals held at National Trail Raceway. Trett dusted off Sam Wills of NaIf Racing in round one, then 16 won the final over Brian Johnson's Richie Rich Racing/Race' Design Kawasaki by nailing a 7.66 second, 186 mph run against the Englishman's 8.02/181.45 blast. Wills had posted the fastest qualifying speed at 7.415/193.96 while Trett, on his Mountain Magic Kawasaki, turned the quicker ET, a 7.207 while running with a blown head gasket. To rub salt in the wound, Wills' loss LO Trett in round one happened despite a lower ET (7.48LO 7..62) and a faster run (191 against 184 mph)! Wills was joined on the trailer by Craig Burns when Johnson clocked a 7.60/181.45 run against Burns' fastest trip of the meet, 7.96/185 mph. Terry Kizer lowered both ends of the Funny Bike record in qualifying at7.611/181.81 and backed itupwith a 7.75/181.45 mph pass against Bob Malloy's Karatsaki Kawasaki in round two. Kizer, on the R.W. Motors/Race Design/BHP Kawasaki, went on LO beat George Bryce in the final, turning 7.96/181.08. Bryce's Starcycle Suzuki ran off the mark, clocking 8.21/154.37 after a top-end rebuild in the pits. Ray Bellucci, a tool-and-die-maker from Illinois, worked precisely through the field of eight bikes on his way LO another Pro Comp win. Ray's Bellucci Engineering Kawasaki was fast qualifier at H.245 1.55.97 which gave him a bye rUIl ill the first round. He then trailered Many Blades with an 8.35/155 pass before taking onand sinking-Rich leace's eace Brothers Racing Suzuki in the final wi th an 8.28/156 blast. Emerging from the shadow of the absent Terry Vance, two New Jersey natives met head-on in the Pro Stock final. Number One plate holder Bob Carpenter and number two ranked Randy Mason qualified in that order and Carpenter made sure the rplationship stayed the same throughout the day. Carpenter blasted his Suwki through the traps at 8.63/154 for the win in the final against the losing 8.66/151 of Kawasaki-mounted Mason. Carpenter worked his way to the final in the eight bike field by first dumping the Suzukis of" Pizza John" Mafaro and Gary Watters, on an exVance mount. Watters red-lighted away his chances in the semi against Carpenter. Mason, who turned very consistent elapsed times a II weekend on his way LO the final, had an easy time again t Larry Cook's Kawasaki in the first round and then eliminated Suwki rider Rick St~tSOIJ j,; thl{ ~<;mi-.. _- .• _ Named Increased Harley-Davidson's . share of the over-700cc streetbike market, up 8.5% compared LO 1983 year-to-date figures, to 15.4% of the market. Moved Spectro Oils of California, to 9155 Archibald Ave. #401, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730,714/ 989-7070. Born Aaron Matthew Benson, August 20, to Cycle News contributor and 'AMA Legislative Analyst Matt Benson and wife Karen. R.J. Baker Ad~ertis ing, as advertising and public relations agency for Lucas, famed producer of electrical systems for British motorcycles. Named Named Heather Boyce, as Editor In Chief of Wing World magazine, the monthly publication for the membership of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association. Named Sam Hildebrand, as CoPublisher and Central Office Manager of Wing World magazine; formerly Editor In Chief. TEri YEARS AGO Evel Knievel's Skycycle wound up nose-first in Idaho's Snake River, but lots of money wound up in racers' pockets as a result of the accompanying $100,000 motocross. Yamaha's Pierre Karsmakers had a big payday, winning both moLOS of the Open Pro class to top Honda's Rex Staten and Husqvarna rider Jim West. Karsmakers also competed in the 250cc Pro class, where he finished third behind doubIe-moto winner Marty Tripes and Tripes' Can-Am teammate Jim Ellis. Bultaco's Jim Pome-' roy won the first l25cc Pro moLO, but then fell to 26th in the second. That left the way clear for Honda's Marty Smith LO take a 2-1 victory over Husky's Brad Lackey and Honda's Bruce McDougal. Rookie Expert Hank Scott recorded his first AMA Grand ational win when he LOok a solid win over fellow Harley-Davidson riders Rex Beauchamp and Doug Sehl. Kenny Roberts led off the line, but found his Yamaha down on power and eventually dropped to fourth. Michigan rider Bob Hopkins rode a Yamaha LO win the Ute Cup observed trials event in Fairway, Colorado. Bultaco-riding Californians Bernie. Schreiber and Lane Leavitt finished one and six points behind, respectively. CRC held a moLOcross at Elsinore, California's Rawhide Raceway, and Andy Northrup won the I25cc Novice under 16 class, followed by Greg Dreskovick and Charlie Starr. In the 125cc Novice class for older riders, Doug HeiI took the win ahead of Monte Perlin and Willie Amaradio. Brad Lackey, Jim Pomeroy, Mike Runyard and Jim Weinert were named by the AMA to represent the U.S. in the Motocross and Trophee des Nations events. Crystal Champion (Yam) won the Cycle News/East-sponsored Women's Motocross. Her competition included Teri Elrod, Donna Neam and Tammy Kirk, who wound up second through fourth. Northern California speedway racer John Cunningham won the Napa Wine Cup race, scoring 13 points on the night. Alan Christian and Norm Denny tied for second with 12 points each. Kawasaki rider Scott Pearson pulled the holeshot and went on to win the 360cc Expert main event of a Fremont, California, short track. Second went Co Steve Carillo, followed by Lowell Moural. In the 250cc Expen main Rick Delacy came up the winner over Mike Faria. CZ pilot Kevin Ha~ten took his third overall win of the year as he was first to the flag in the Stumpjumpers AMA 0-37 hare scrambles. Second overall went to Husky's A.C. Bakken, who led Hasten in the first half of the race J>efore crashiQg._