Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

for Chandler should be directed to the Pro Rider Benefit Fund, 14024 Sylvan, Van Nuys, CA 91401. Switzerland has passed new emissio ns regulati on s regardi ng unburn ed hydrocarbon s in two-stroke motorcycle ex ha ust; acco rdi ng to reports fro m Europe, th e regulations G ill not be passed by most of th e motorcycles cu rrent ly imported into that count ry. Team Yamaha's John Kocinski (above) and Jimmy Filice recently tested FZ750 Superbikes at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. Filice will ride one of the machines at Daytona in March along with Eddie Lawson. Kocinski won't be 18 in time for the FIM-sanctioned event, but did circulate underneath the lap record during the test session. o 0:: ' o '" ...J 0:: « ::!: u.. o >CJl ••. ••••. Press materials for various motorcycle shows and events refer to it as "The first motorcycle..:Einspur'" and "the Daimler," but the wooden motorcycle built by four American enthusiasts is a replica in general concept only. Compare the replica (above) to a drawing from Gottlieb Daimler's 1885 patent application (below); details and scale are considerably different. Be that as it may, the replica is still an amazing work of motorcycle art. More information on the machine is available from the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation, P.O . Box 6114, Westerville, OH 43081 -6114. W I- ,. Eddie Lawson (above) recently tested the Marlboro Yamaha 500cc Grand Prix bike at the Goiania International Autodrome in Brazil. Lawson was joined in the test session by new teammate Rob McElnea and the 250cc GP team of West German Martin Wimmer and Japan's Tadahiko Taira. -- Wind (Continued from p age 3) for h is home co untry of Belgium. That was co nfi rmed when the Belgia n GP gradi ng list was tu rn ed in to the FIM an d Malherbe's na me wasn 't on it. . Entries for the 12th Annual Busch Half Mile, Sunday, March 2, at Volusia County Speedway in Barberville include winners of all five half mile Nationals in last year's Camel Pro Series. Steve Morehead (Lima, Hamburg), Ted Boody (Spring Ascot), Ronnie Jones (Fall Ascot) and Terry Poovey (louisville) lead the entry. Other strong contenders include Pete Hames, Rodney Farris, Sammy Sweet, Donnie Estep, Tim Mertens and the only female to hold an Expert ranking in dirt track - Tammy Kirk. The Busch round as well as the three Expert/Junior nights of David Phillips won the Stadium Motorsport Corporation's Fan Designed Obstacle Contest for the Atlanta Supercross with his "Phillips Flyer." -_.---- • --- - ,~.,.--:-.........=.::.:.-.......::-........ -, ..............-.....---.::::.. .. ~ ~, The USA Network will air a twohour program on Daytona Motorcycle Week '86 on April 24 at 8 ;00 p.m . The show will be repeated, but no additional air dates have been set as yet. Check your local cable television listings. The North Chapter of th e O ver The Hill Ga ng and th e T ehran Shrine T emple o f Fresn o, California had schedu led a benefit motocross o n March 8-9 at Huron Cycle Park in Huron, Ca liforn ia; that's been changed to Tu lar e Raceway in T ul are, Ca lifornia because the ra in ed-ou t Febru ary 15-16 CMC Golden Sta te Seri es event will be at H uron on March 8-9. P roceeds of the OTHG / Shri ners race at Tulare will benefi t S hr in ers' Hosp ital s for Children. Mor e information is availa ble from 209/992-2925 or 209/992-4888. The winner of the Formula USA road racing series scheduled for Willow Springs International Raceway will w in a Toyota pickup truck, a solid-gold Formula USA belt buckle and $3000 in cash, according to Willow Springs owner and race promoter Bill Huth . The first race of the series at the Rosamond, California track is February 23; more information is available from 805/256-2471 . 0:: ~ o ~ u ~ short track at Memorial Stadium are all Eastern Regional Championsh ip Dirt Track Series rounds. Posted awards are $42,000 and incl ude a $6000 point fund. BMW of North Ameri ca is offering 9.9% fin ancing on its entire 1986 motorcycle line, throug h BMW Credit Corporati on. The fina ncing is avail a ble through all Ll.S, BMW dea lers. The February 16 CRC motocross sponsored by Malcolm Smith at Glen Helen Park in San Bernardino, California was rained out and has been rescheduled for March 16. More info rm at io n is available from CRC at 213/8307519. Road racer Todd Bru baker was recently seen on so u thern California KTTV Chan ne l l ls Weekend Magazine show in a feat ure about a beefcake calenda r printed for women. Bru baker, who rode for the nowdisbanded Sta rfire Racin g in 1985, was shown posi ng for the calendar o n th e beach, holding h is helmet and wi th the top of h is raci ng lea th ers partially removed. The Red Neck Roosters M.C. of northern California's AMA 0-36 raised $1000 for injured motocrosser Danny "Magoo" Chandler at the recent 0 -36 awards ban quet. The club challenges individuals, clubs and companies to match their contribution. More information is available from Jerry Dekay at 415 /828-4925. Contributions Duke Lam bert wo n th e Februar y 8 Sierra Blan ca 200k held in Mexico by PERT Ent erp rises. La rry Roeseler was second o vera ll in the tou gh event. whi ch was started by 140 ent ries and fini shed by 36. As he has been doing since 1971 , Gary 8ailey will design the "manmade torture test" for riders and machines entered in the 16th Annual Daytona Supercross by Honda, which takes place on Saurday afternoon, March 8 , at Daytona International Speedway. "Given the area I have to work with, it's hard to make any major changes from year to year: ' said Bailey. "However, I still have a few new things to toss into the challenge. I'm planning to make the track rougher than it's been in the past:' Practice for the Daytona Supercross starts at noon. The first qualifying moto is scheduled for 1 p.m. T he 1986 Wiseco- Daytona Dirt Track Series kicks off wit h the 12th An nua l Busch Half Mile at Volusia County Speedway in Barbervill e, Florid a, o n Sunda y, March 2. The final three ro unds ta ke p lace at Daytona Beach 's Memorial Stadi um o n th e eveni ngs of Mar ch 5-7-8. Last year's series sa w Texan Terry Poo vey gra b his thi rd series ti tle in five years by the scant mar gin of three points over Ronnie J on es with Ted Bood y just two points down from Jo nes. " I didn 't win any of th e rou nds last year," said Poovey, who a long with J on es and Boody will be back and itch in g to take hom e the seri es cham p io n' s S3000 chec k, " bu t the consistency was the re since I fin ished second twice and third twice in five races." Jones failed to score (Co ntin ued to pag e 12)

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