Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Wind ' (Cont inued from page 2) Draft Management Plan will be at the Ca lifornia Desert D istrict Advisory Council meeting in Rivers ide on September 3. Public comment on the plan will be heard at 2 :00 p.m. in the Victoria Room of the Park Inn , 1150 University Ave. The formal public review period on the draft plan w ill close September 11 . Written com ments may be submitted before September 11 to the Bureau of Land Management, Need les I Resource Area Office, P.O . Box , 888, Needles, CA 92363. The Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group-promoted stadium motocross scheduled for January 30 in Anaheim (California) Stadium will follow the traditional AMA supercross format, not th e ultracross format introduced this year at MTEG events. "We intend to put on th e same type of event that has always been put on here," Thompson said during an August 27 press conference at the stadium. 'T h o m p so n has applied for an AMA sanction for. the race, which would make it part ofthe 1988 Supercross Series . but it is unclear wh ether or not a sanction will be issued. Bill Amick, AMA vice president of professional competition, told Thompson in a recent letter tha t the AMA will " reco mme n d " Thompson be granted a sanctio n , but also said th e AMA, " intends to honor o ur obliga tions under the In sport Agreement. " The In sportAgreement gives Mike Goodwin's Su percro ss In corporated (SXI) the sole right to produce AMAsa n ctio n ed supercross racing in so u th ern California. Thompson recently was awarded an exclusive contract by the city of Anaheim to promote all motorsport events in Anaheim Stadium. Supercross Incorporated recently filed a breach of contract suit in Orange County Superior Court against the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group, charging MTEG with violating a non. competition ag reement between the two promoters. SXl's Mike Goodwin alleges Thompson violated an agreement which said Goodwin would not promote offroad automobile races in southern California if Thompson would not promote motorcycle racing . T hompson, who promoted " Ult racross" stadium motocross races during selected MTEG events in 1987, counters t h at Goodwin rendered the agreement nu ll and void when he added offroad auto rac ing to t he AM A- . sanctioned supercross program at Anaheim Stadium in January of 1986. Funeral services for Darell Davis. who was fatally injured during a Junior class heat race at the Hamburg (New York ) National Championship Half Mile on August 21. were held at the Belfair Community Baptist Church in Belfair, Washington , on Thursday, August 27 at I p .m . Expressions of sympathy can be sent to Davis' family at 5683 Minard Road West. Bremerton, WA 98312. Holland's Kees Van der Ven (KTM) won the final World Championship 500cc MX Series round in Rogeenburg, Switzerland , August 30. Van der Ven topped both motos with Great Britian's ~ndy Nicholls (Kaw) and Mervyn a Anstie (KTM ) f inishing second and th ird , respective ly. Belg ium's Georges Jobe (Hon) clinched the championship with 304 points, with Great ' Britain's Kurt Nicoll (249), Van der Ven (243), Fin land's Kurt Lju ngqvist (2 0 9) and 1986 500cc World C hampion Dave Thorpe of Eng land (1 8 2) ro unding out the top f ive. ~ e Belgium's Eric Geboers (Hon) swep t both motos in Nykopings, Sweden , August 30, for th e overa ll victory at the final World Championshi p 250cc MX Seri es round. Gr eat Briti an 's Rob Herring (Yam) went 3-4 for second overa ll. wh ile H oll and 's C ert Van Doom, Italy's Michele Rinaldi (Suz) and Sweden's Peter H ansson (KT M) claimed the top five positions. American Jim Holley (Yam) finish ed ninth overa ll. Defending 250cc World Champion. Finland's Pekka Vehkonen (Cag) crashed in th e first moto and broke hi s hip. Geboers, who clinched the titl e three weeks ago in Argentina, finished the season with 381 po ints. foll owed by Vehkonen (299), Sweden 's J orgen Ni lsson (H o n. 287). Rinaldi (286) and H erring (194). (714) 530-2712· 10301 Garden Grove Blvd.. Garden Grove. CA 92643 FRICTIOI IOlFlCTlOl Barnettselects meopomum clutch plate friction marerial from six differentcompoundsavarlable to transfer tre maximum horse power to me rear wneet. These matenars are permanentlybonded to an aluminum or steel core. When used with Barnett's "state of me art" heavyduty springs, ~ .i1I' you'll have the strongest longest • las .llng clutCh avarlable. Get Frenchman Jean -Michel Bayle (Hon) went 1-2 and claimed the overall victory at the Aust rian GP , . the fi na l r ou nd of the World Championship 1 2 5 cc MX Series. Second w ith a 4 -1 tally went to Italian Massimo Cont ini (Cag), w hile Be lgian Davey St r ijbos (Hon) took th ird with a 2 -6. American Bobby Moore (Hon) finished fifth . How ever, it was Holland 's John Va n den Berk (Y am) who captured the championship w ith 357 points after f in ish ing 3-9 i n Austria; Strijobs f in ished second with 341 . Bayle finished third with 310 points, followed by Italy's Coraddi Maddi (Hon) w ith 245 and Massimo Contini (Cag) with 225 . Moore claimed seventh in the f inal point sta nd ings w ith 155. "Fna ,on Nol FICtion " - Win WIth Barnettl P.O. Box 2826, Santa FeSprngs. CA 9067 i 0 Prior to clinch ing the AMA Superbike National Championship on August 30 at Sea rs Point Int ernational Raceway, road racer Wayne Rainey ink ed a deal that will see him race for Team Lucky Strike Roberts in Europe in 1988 and 1989. Ra i ney w i ll r ide a Yamaha YZR500 on the Grand Pr ix c i rcu it fo r Roberts; it i s un kn ow n at press t ime who else w ill ride for Roberts in 1 9 8 8. Current team members are Randy Mamola and the i nju red M ike Baldwin. Mamola is currently second in the 500cc GP point standings. 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