America's
motorcycle newspaper
Volume XXIII
Sharon Clavlon.
Pub/ish~
Mike Klinger, Comptroller
Skip Johnson. AoSSociate Publisher!
Nal;ondl Salts Manager
Jac::k Mangus. Associate PubLuheT/Editor
Rheba Smith, Circulation Managn
Caroline Gcndry. £xuulive Suretary to
the Publisher
Hawaii enduro
After reading your account of the
Mauna Kea 200 for the past two year
I've decided to give it a try in 1987.
Could you provide me with the following: Name and addre s of sponsoring dub/entry information, and
ome of the alternatives for a. shipping your own bike, b. rellling a
decent bike, c. buying then selling
while in Hawaii, or whatever?
boring, but important i sues be more
like most new paper. That i two
paragraphs maximum per ubjecl. A
wbole page devoted to one editorial
subject in a magazine is even more
boring than sitting out on a ra e
course with a broken bike.
JERR Y COUNTS
AMA District 37
Land Use Comminee
Canoga Park, CA
Editorial
Kit Palmer. ASSOctale Ed,lor
Paul ulrruthers. ASSOCtalt' Edrtor
Farren Williams. Assoruue Editor
Mikl' Larson. A,\slstan/ Ed,lor
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35th Annual Autorama Motorsports Expo in Detroit, Michigan.
The event will take place in Cobo
Hall January 2-4. Harley-Davidson,
Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and
Yamaha will show their new '87
motorcycles. Coupons for $2 off
general admission on Friday night,
January 2, will be available through
local participating dealers, Show
hours are Friday, Saturday and·
Sunday 11 a.m. to midnight.
The Texas-based Central Road
Racing Club (CRRC) will host a
road race in Monterey, Mexico, on
February 14-15, with a four-hour endurance race taking place on Saturday
and sprint races on Sunday. For more
info, call the CRRC at 713/468-3899.
HosPITal STOP: Former desert
racer Bob Balentine, who suffered
a career-ending collision with a
truck during a race about seven
years ago that left him with a partially amputated right leg, was
involved in another head-on collision while trail riding in Red Rock
Canyon, California, December 13.
Balentine and another motorcyclist
hit head-on in a blind tum, leaving
Balentine with a severely damaged
left leg and knee. Cards and letters
can be sent to Balentine at the
lorna linda Medical Center, Unit
9300, 11234AndersonSt., lorna
linda, California 92354.
The American Historic Racing
Motorcycle Asst>ciation (AHRMA), a
new organization chartered with the
AMA, will host the six-round AMA
Hi toric Cup Series of road races for
vintage m.achines, along with other
vintage events, in 1987. The first race
of the '87 Historic Cup Series will
take place on Monday, March 2, at
Daytona International Speedway in
Daytona Beach, Florida. That race
will be one of the 'kickoff events for
. Daytona Cycle Week '87. Other HistoricCup races will be held at seleCted
AMAChampion hip Cup riesand
Camel Pro Series weekends around
the country. AHRMA al 0 plans to
involve it elf in hi toric MX racing,
road-riding evems, exhibitions and
mOLOrcyde conservation projeCls in
an efforL to preserve the heritage of
the estimated 2 million older motorcycles in this country. Chairing the
Hi toric Racing Advisory Board for
the new organization is two-time
AMA Grand ational Champion
Dick Mann. "Our organization 's main
goal is imply to put historic motorcycling on the map," said GaryWinn,
executive director of AHRMA. For
information on AHRMA, including
a race schedule, rule book, and membership benefits, write to AHRMA,
Rl. 2, P.O. Box 214, Marengo, OH
43334.
Honda rider Willy Simons captured
the 125cc class win at the Central
American Motocross Championship final round in Costa Rica,
December 7. Kawasaki rider Jose
Marute finished second. In the
250cc class, American Jim Holley
finished second after suffering bike
problems and a first-turn crash.
Adrian Roberts lKaw) took the
250cc class win. Over 20,000
spectators watched the outdoor
Supercross-type event.
Riverside Raceway will join Willow
prings in ho ting AFM South road
racesin outhern California in 1987.
The AFM outh cason opener will
take place at River ide on January
17 -J . Ri vel' ide Racewav wi II also
ho t AFM South events on July 25-26
and October 10-1 I.
The Maico factory in West Germany resumed production of
motorcycles in mid-November.
With the firm in the hands of receivership, Swedish millionaire Jan
Nordbeck, the Maico importer in
Sweden and the man most people
feel will buy the factory, pointed
out to the receiver that· his offer
would be diminished if Maico lost
a significant part of its 1987 proijuction. England's Trials & Motocross News reports that the
receiver is currently considering
an offer for Maico's street bike
from China. They report that the
Chinese have put in an offer to
purchase tooting and manufacturing rights for Maico's 250cc MDS
street bike.
Steve Cole competed in the Open
lmennediate class at the Barstow-toVegas desert race and finished second.
His name was left out of the official
results we ran with our coverage of
the race.
Spencer Singleton, brother of twotime Daytona 200 winner Dale
Singleton who died in a plane crash
two years ago, is looking into the
feasibility of producing a video-·
tape which would cover Dale's
career both on and off the track. "I
even have footage of Dale singing
'The Ballad of Elmer' la song about
Dale's mascot, Elmer the pigl at
Daytona several years ago," said
Singleton. "If enough people express interest in purchasing such a
tape, I'll produce it and have it
ready by Daytona Cycle Week next
March." If you're interested, drop
Spencer a line at 1046 Keith Mill
Rd., DaJton, GA 30720.
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