Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Poop (Co ntin ued from page I i ) H onda o f Pasaden a (Ca lifo rn ia ) is selling bumper stickers to ben efit th e California All-Terr ain Vehicle Asso cia tio n's ATV Legal Defen se Fund. Th e red- a nd -whi te stickers read . " If th ey o u tlaw 3· wh t'Clers. o n ly o u tlaws will hav e 3· w hee le r s ," m easure l5x3.i 5 inc h es, a nd sell for 2.00. St ickers are ava ila ble from CATVA, cia Ho nda of Pasadena . 1695 E. Foot hill Bin !" Pa saden a , CA 911Oi. The Touring Riders Association of American will sponsor a benefit run for the Veterans Center in Montebello, California on October 27. The " Bo rn in the U.S .A. Run " is sanctioned by the AMA /District 37 and in addition to the road run, there w ill also be a dual purpose ride . For more information call Gi l Ro jo at 818 /336-2893 or Rick O'Connor at 213 /695-9051 . J im m y Ga nno n of La wr en cevill e. G eor g ia . has been added to the list o f U.S. team me mbers for the Im erna tional Six Days Enduro. whi ch will run fr om Sept ember 30 thro ugh O ctober 5 in Alp , Spa in , A spot o pe ne d up for G arm on wh en Ro n Ri bol zi with dr ew from t he team. Frenchman Th ierry M ichaud pu t his seventh w in of the ser ies in th e rec o rd books at t he Finnish round . File photo. World Observed Trials Championship Series: Round 9 Ifichaudscoresseventh win in Finland By Mike Rapley ESPOO, FINLA N D, AUG . 25 Thierry Mic haud wo n h is seven th Worl d Cha m p io nsh ip trials this year wh en h e was vic torio us in the Finnish rou nd of the series. With seven wins an d two seconds, barrin g disaster, Micha ud, has the world title firml y within grasp as defending champ Eddy Lejeune o nce aga in ma naged second , .3.0 so me 12 marks behind Mi ch aud , Brit a in 's Steve Sau nders tu rn ed in a no ther magnificent th ird p lac e ride, a nd though seco nd ove ra ll in the series is with in hi s gra sp , the cha nc es of h im d islod ging Lejeun e a re remot e. T he n imh ro u n d o f th e l 2-e \'em series was held a t Espo o , j us t o utside He lsinki . a ven ue used for man y years. But wh ile the gen eral a rea was fam ili ar. th e section s were a ll tot all y new a nd ca used som e p robl em s. Heavy rain in th e mornin g co mbi ned with green , slim e-covered rock s brought th e tr ia l to a standstill. with those early riders sufferi ng five a fte r five as .t hey str uggled to ma ster the slip pery rocks. T he ir pr o blems ca used so me lo ng lines to form through th e first la p a nd i t was o nly o n the seco nd circuit tha t th e sectio ns deve lo pe d int o good. cha lle ng in g haza rds. Micha ud was th e a bso lu te mas ter o f th e tria l with n obody else even close to cha lle n g ing him . proving so • co ns i tent with laps o nly two mark differen t. J ohn La m pk in a nd Tony Scarlett were close at tilt' end of th e first lap of 22 secti ons but o n th e seco nd J o h n lost ou t a nd d ropped from eighth to a lowl y l -I th , a result th at he ca n hardly have been p leased with . Sca rlett stayed sevent h in a na ilbi ting battl e with Diego Ba sis, but it was proba bly th e excel lent ride of Finn Peter j a h n wh ich ca used th e bigg est upset wh en he took fift h p lace. Eddy Lejeun e wa s th e nau ght y boy in Fin land wh en he was stopped by th e poli ce for speed ing, a p pa ren tly tim ed at 93 kph (5i mph ) in a 50 kp h (3 1 mp h ) zone . Th e Belgi an wa s esco rt ed aw a y from th e finish lin e for a reprima nd, mu ch to the fans di sg ust, with th e la test news bein g that he m ight yet be cha rge d. • Resu lts 1. Thie rry Michaud (Fan) 72 ; 2 . Eddy Leje une (Hon) 8 4; 3 . St eve Sau nd er s (Hen) 93; 4 . Gi ll es Burgat (Yaml l 08 ; 5. Peter Jahn (Ha n) 108: 6 . Diego Basis (Mo n) 114 ; 7 . Ton y Scarl ett (Yam) 116 ; 8 . M ar t i n Karlsson (Bet) 1 1 7; 9 . Ph ill ip e Ber lat ier (Apr) 120; 10 . Re na ta Chiaberto(Fa nJ 12 2; 11 . Lui s Ga ll . ach IM erl 124 ; 12 . Pascal Couturier (Bel) 124; 13. Lars Karlsson (Fan) 127; 14 . J oh n Lamp kin (A rm) 127; 15 . Urba n Lindholm (Ya mI 127 . W ORLO CHA M PION SHIP POINT STAN DING S, 1. M ich aud (17 4 1 2. Lejeune (148 ); 3. Saunder s( 1341; ; ; 4 . Bu rgat (10 3); S, (TIE) Gallach / Scarl en 1731 7, 55); 9. Chiabert o (55); Berlati er (64 ); 8 . Couturier 1 • 10. Basi. (SOl, The Springf ie ld M ile's Junior f inal res ults g ot the gremlin treatment la st week when we inadv ertent ly ran the fi nal's g rid position lineup inst ead of the results. The Junior who finished second t o winner Brian Atherton was Don Myers of Honeybrook, Pennsylvania . Myers and his Wood-Rotax are sponsored by WW Racing , AMW Eng ineering, Kal -Gard , Carlisle Tires, Ml Travel, H-D of Elkhart. Indiana and hi s parents. Following Atherton and Myers across the line were Wade Camlin . Winkie Fre itas. Nickie Fontana, Recil Hart, Dan Knecht, Randy Hunt, Tim Skov, Wes long, Aaron Hill and Brad Furlong , in that order. T he proposed cha nge in th e Na tiona l l\ (X form a t for th e 1986 seaso n has been under fire from ma ny of ih e pr iva te er rid e rs. If the cha nges a re adop ted . a typi cal ra ce day wo u ld co ns ist of a 250ce or 500ce Narional and a l25ccSupport race (there would be n o 125cc Na tion al s). Am on g th ose aga ins t th e cha nges a n- Floridi an Jeff Frisz as well as Cali forn ian s J im H ol ley a nd J on Ortn er . " T h ey a re for cing th e p r iva teers to bu y two differen t sizes o f bik es," sa id Pa u l Frisz. father a nd tun er of J eff Fri sz. " and with a hi gh er co nce n tra tion o f factor y riders in th e 250 a nd 500cc classes (riders will be a llo wed to ride in both classes), th e chances o f a pri va teer fin ish ing h ighl y art' redu ced . Th e privat eer will geta sma ller shareol the pu rsemoney a nd a srn a ller sha re ' o f co nt in ge ncy mon ies from his spo nsors. \\' e a re pre pa red to form a rid ers u nion - if 'necessa rv - to co m ba t th e cha nges. T he re must be a no the r wav to do th in gs," . Th e AMA D ·37 Sports Committee is sponsoring a desert clean-up and a play day in lucerne Valley, Ca lifornia. at Anderson Dry lake on September 28-29. Course and campsite trash clean- up starts at 8 :00 a.m, and runs to 4 :00 p .m : September 28, and play day activities and 10 events start at 9:00 a.rn , September 29. Refreshments (including free beer) will be prov ided by the BlM and D ·37; trash bags have been donated by American Honda and hau ling will be , done by, the BlM . T eam Lockhart (Kaw) won th e Sep ternber AMA/CCS U.S. End ura nce R oad Ra ce C ha mpio ns hip Se ries ro u nd run a t West Vir ginia 's Summit Poi III Ra ceway. Tea m rid ers Wendell Ph ill ip s and Dal e Burr o ughs co vered 29i la p s in th e September i si x-h o u r race. Quester Su lliva n Ra cing (Ya m) fi n ished second, whil e CoG Racing (Ya m) was third. Top co ntenders T eam Moto-Cuzzi DNF, wh ile Team Onta ri o su ffered tru ck problems en route to the tra ck a nd failed to pos t for the race. • RISK By John Ul rich J ohn Kocinski is th e o n ly asp irin g Super bik e star I' ve ever seen ge t in shaving-crea m fights with a yo u ng g irl a t three co nsecu tive races. Kocinsk i is I T, looks a bo ur I j c sometirnes acts a bo u r t -i.he sta nds five feet, five inc hes tall and weigh s 118 pou nds, a nd says h e h opes he doesn't grow a ny bigg er. H e fig ures h e's just the righ t size to be a professiona l mo torcycle ra cer and th a t's wh a t he's su re h e's go ing to be. If it sounds li ke J o h n Kocin ski is conIidem .rhar 's right. Bu t he' s co n fiden t without being coc ky, at least not in public. Meet him a nd the first thing that co mes to mind is th at he's one of th e ni cest, untainted, innoc ent kids ever seen a ro u nd a race tra ck . The last time a boy like this was near road ra cing wa s in 19ii, and his na me was Fredd ie Spencer. Durin g th e week. Kocin ski a ue nds a Ca tholic boy 's h igh school in Li ttl e Roc k, Arka nsas. H e wea rs a tie every day; unl ess he ea rn s A's a nd B's, hi s parents wo n't let him race . Bu t underl ying a ll t ha t n icen ess is a la yer of raw aggression that on ly shows o nce Koci nski is zipped into a se t o f racing lea thers a nd snaps do wn his helmet visor. Once o n a bik e, h e looks like he's been riding m ot or cycles a long lime, a nd h e has; 13 years to be exac t. H e first sa t o n a dirt tracker a t age fo ur: he sta rted roa d ra cing a t age 13: h e wo n AMA Ama teu r ch a m p io nsh ip s o n a H onda MT l25 R at age 13, 14 and 15, in 1981, 1982 a nd 1983. H e's raced a VFi50F Int ercep to r in AMA Su perbi ke races with a best fini sh o f fift h p lace a t Mid-Ohi o . H e's a lso ridden a TZ250 Yamaha, a nd won th e AMA Form u la Two race a t Brainerd, Mi nnesota over th e Labor Da y Weekend . John Kocin ski has to be tak en seriouslv as a road racer, as best sh own hv th e fact tha t he raced with Wa yne Ra in ey for th e lead at Bra in erd . before Ra iney's RS250R broke; Kocin ski beat reigning Ai\lA Formula Two C hampion Don Green e for th e win. Abou t th at aggression : Kocins ki doesn 't cu t a nybody an y slac k on th e ra ce track, and has a ten den cy to stuff a nd cu t in o n lapped riders in \\' ERA Nationa l Endura nce Races. One pi lot a t Road A tla n tic in August was ready to fi nd Koci nsk i a nd tea r h is head off before h is frie nds ca lmed him down; th e ri der in q uestion o u twe ig hed Kocinsk i by a bo u t 100 pounds and was in cen sed th at Kocinsk i had used him for a berm in the back sectio n. Kocinksi is a lso bra ve. If th e bik e h e' s rid ing isn ' t wor king just right. , Kocin ski wi ll ride it hard a ny way. cha tterin g a nd slidi ng throug h turn s, tr yin g to go faster a nd fa ster. Cycle Tech Ra cin g's GSX R i50 wasn 't workin g ver y we ll a t Nelson Ledges in practic e before the 24-hour; Kocinsk i was seen tryin g to p u t th e recalcit rant uzuki through,th e corner at th e end

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