Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

additional AMA .even ts in 1988 , including a 600cc Na tional Championsh ip in O ctob er a t th e Devil s Bowl. For more in formatio n , call 817/ 488-9133. Former Team Honda motocross mechanic Chris Haines has formed Baja Off Road Tours . Haines. who tuned for 1 25cc National Champions Ron Lechien and Micky Dymond . says his exclusive guided tours in Baja California. Mexico. in cl u d e use of a Honda XR250R. lodging. meals and a 4x4 chase vehicle. For more information. contact Baja Off Road Tours. 25108 Marguerite Parkway. Suite B-126. Mission Viejo. Ca .. 92692. 714/8306569. . An swer P rodu ct s a n d Silkolene L u bri cants h ave pos ted $22,500 in co ntingency funds for th e Pro classes of th e CMC G olden Sta te Nationals a nd th e Flo rida Winter AMA MX Seri es. Riders- wi ll be eli gibl e for contingen cy. m oney by p lacing first »th rough fourth overa ll per event, contingen t u p o n thei r usin g Answer Alum ilite H andlebars a nd/or Silkolen e Perform an ce Lubricants. For more in fo rma tio n, co n tac t R o n Ana stasia a t 805/257-04 11. In case you missed it in last week's . newspaper. MotorWeek Illustrated. the Dave Despain-hosted TV show. is now being telecast on ESPN at 12:30 a .m . Eastern time on Thursdays/9:30 p .m . Pacific time on Wednesdays. and an updated version appears on Su nday mornings at 9 :00 a .m. Eastern time/6 a.m . Pacific t ime. Anaheim (Contin ued from page 2) sion in a March 1984 partnersh ip contra ct betw een Good wi n a nd MTEG. In his ruling, Ba nkruptcy Judge J ohn E. R yan n ot ed that a p revious judgement on the co ntract - was mad e in MTEG's favor in 1986 and denied G oodwin 's request for an injuncti on to stop the events. " Now we ca n co nce ntra te totally o n p ro d u cin g . . . top qualit y 'even ts," T h ompson'said after the -j udgem en t. " We co ul d n' t u n equi vo ca b ly prove o ur whol e case, but we are co n fide nt th at we will wi n (eventu a lly)," sa id Goodwin. " We wo n 't be able to stop T hompson from ru n ning m otorcycl es in th e meantime. " Although the An aheim race will be held as sche d u led, it is still undetermine d whe ther or no t it will be sanctioned by the AMA or be p art o f th e 1988 Supercross Series . Tho mpson h a s applied for an AMA sanction, a n d the AMA would like to sanc tion th e An ahei m race as the ope n ing ro u nd of th e Supercross Series, but the right to p romote AMA-sanctioned supercross races in so u thern Ca lifornia belongs to SXI by a previous co n tra ct (the In sport Ag re ement), and SXI refuses to surrend er that ri ght. "We still ho pe to sa nctio n (the An aheim race)," sa id AMA Vic e President of Pro fessional Com pe tition Bill Amic k. " We th in k th e event shou ld be sa nctio ned, (b u t th e situation has not been reso lved ). Because th ere's a lawsu it, there's not a whol e lot I ca n say. I heard th e fa ctories wi ll be there. I t's proba bly going to look like an AM A-sanctioned supercross wh et her we're th ere or not. " Ami ck added th at the AMA will not san ction any su p ercr oss race ,which con flicts with MTEG's Anaheim event. When asked if th e AMA would sue for th e ri ght to gra nt MTE G a sanction for Anahe im , AMA president Ed You ngblood said , " We have not filed suit against any body. " We have explored - a nd we h ave made no decis io n yet - seeking a declaratory judgement," Youngblood said. " We would tak e th e case to the judge a nd say , ' Yo u tell us, yes or n o , ca n we grant th is sanctio n?' It 's n o t a su it, it 's a legal maneuver. " " We have stated tha t we will explore every poss ib le means. to find a so lu tio n , " Yo ungb lood sa id . " W i th o u t viol ating the Ins port Agreeme nt, we would like to sanction Ana heim." Beca use th e AMA has expressed interest in sanc tioning the race, SXI has filed a lawsuit against the AMA , cha rg ing th e associatio n with "a nticipa to ry br each of co ntract." SXI a lso charges that sta teme n ts m ade in a n A MA press rel ease issued in Decem ber were libelous. "The Insport agreeme nt prohib its th e AMA fro m sanctioning events without our permission," sa id Goodwin. " I n n ews rel ea se la s t Decem ber , they sa id th ey were lookin g for a way to sanc tio n T hom pso n for th e Anaheim event, "An d they made stateme nts that due to th e bankruptcy of SXI; th ere might be .so rne question of s xrs ability to perform ," G oodwin added. "That's n ot tr ue , and it 's been terri b ly da magin g to us. It 's made it diffi cult to do ' business with o ur sp o n so rs. It ' s part o f th e AMA co nsp iracy to pu t us o u t o f business." Youngb lood declined to co m me nt o n Goodwin 's law su it. The biggest question amon g fans - will factory riders be at Anaheim? - a p pare n tly was answered irnm e-: di at el y following th e co urt decision. " We 're goi ng to hav e the factory riders, " Thompso n sa id. " We do not know , at this point, if we' ll have an AMA sanction, but we kno w we'll have th e top ri ders." H onda an d Yamaha confir med that their fac tory su percross tea ms will co m pete in An aheim, w hile spokesme n fo r Ka wasak i an d Su zu ki sa id th eir supercr oss teams mo st likely will race. Desp ite a co m me nt from Kaw asaki th at n o fina l decision h as been mad e, T eam Green rider Ward h as joi ned J ohnso n in producing promotiona l ma teria ls for ' the race an d MTEG offi cia ls said both ri de rs h a ve " sign ed up " for th e event, an d tha t, "all the regu lars are co mi ng arou nd." " All of our factory riders wi ll race Anaheim, " co n firmed T ea m Honda's Da ve Arno ld . " There 's n o co nflicti ng AMA race a nd it's good exposure. " " We don 't rea lly have any reason not to co mpete, " said T ea m Kawa saki 's Roy T u rner. " If it 's an AMAsanctioned race we're su re we wi ll co m pe te. We will probably be th ere - it 's a defin ite maybe. Ana heim is a big event an d we h ope we can partici pate in it, but th e cham p io n shil?,is wha t we' re going to be racing for . " We're go ing to go , ass u mi ng th ere are n o more cha n ges in th e format," sai d Yamaha 's Ken Cla rk. " At this time, it loo ks li ke we ma y (race in An aheim stadiu m )," sa id Suzuki spokesm an Pat Alexander. " We wo n't make a fin al determina tio n until nex t week. 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