Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Wind Co ntinued [rom page 21 th ird . The following night series action took place in Kalamazoo. M ichigan. and Dan Ingram (Hon) won the main event with Ed Morris (Hon ) taking second and Brow t hird . Going into the f inal round in Muskegon. M ichigan 's Wa lker Arena on January 22. five riders are in close contention for the ser ies title. Hardin leads the point standings w ith 49 points but is closely followed by Springsteen who has 47. Ed Morris and Brow who are tied with 45 po ints each. and Ingram who has 44 points. Bubba Shobert su ffered more tha n a sprained wrist in th e p lay-ridin g cras h we reported last week. Sho bert chipped a bo ne and had a cast p ut on the wr ist, bu t has had it removed a nd says he'll race at the Cow Pal ace. Other news out of th e Shobert camp has th e three-time Grand National Ch ampion ridi ng a Honda RS250 in th e 250cc race a t th e April 10 U.S. G P a t Lagu na ·Seca. In addit io n. Shobert sa ys h e' ll race a Bob MacLea n H ond a RS250 in the Day' tona 250cc race in March . Lagu na Seca 's track leng t heni ng is all but complete and the " new " circuit w ill be examined by FIM representatives on February 1920. At that time . riders Kevin Schwantz and Kork Ballington are expected to cut hot laps to " rider test " the circu it. Pre-en try forms have been mail ed for the AMA/CCS road races whi ch will be held o n February 27-28 a t Florida 's Dayto na ' Interna tional Speedway and for the Daytona SuperSport races that will run on Sunday, March 6. If you plan to compete in those races a nd d id not receive 'a n en try for m, call AMA/CCS a t 704/6844297. The Clarendon Plaza Hotel i n paytona Beach. Florida. is pr9vidIIIg the rooms that the lucky winners of ou r W in Daytona Contest w ill be staying in during Daytona Cycle Week. Hotel ma n- races. The amateur racing will take place in the afternoon and the professional rac ing at night at the three venues. For more inf orm at ion. call 813 /938 -4573. agement reco m ends that Daym tona attendees make reservations as soon as possible because ' the annual co llege spring break w ill be starting the weekend. March 5 -6. Daytona Cycle Week is draw ing to a close.The Clarendon Plaza is locat ed at 600 North Atlantic Ave. in Daytona Beach. For reservations at the Plaza. call 8001 532-3224. Camel Pro Seri es com pe tito r Rich King of Iowa an d Jul ie Kien d ier were married on Jan uary 9. AMRA-Pros has announced that they are canceling all but th ree of the rounds o f the recently announced seven-race Dirt Track Speed Week which was to take place in Alabama and Florida at the end of February. Th e canceled rounds are the February 21 Phenix City. Alabama. half m ile race and the February 26-27-28 Tampa. Florida. half m ile races . The three AMRA-Pros rounds that will be run are the February 23 Lake City. Flori da. race; the February 24 Palatka. Flo rida. race; and the February 25 Ocala. Florida. race . While Royal Sherbet. founder and d i tector of AMRA -Pros was . unavailable for comment on Monday. January 17 - our press day. he spoke to Cycle N e w s the previous Friday and said he and Daytona Internationa l Speed way's J im France. co -promoter of the February 26-27-28 Barberville. Florida. AMA half mile races and promoter of the Daytona Memoria l Stadium AMA sanctioned short track races on March 2-3-4-5 . had discussed their conflicting dates and. were seek ing a way to avoid a conflict. An AM RA-Pros spokesperso n said they would now hold the Reu nion of the Legends. a gathering of racing stars of the past that was originally sc heduled for t he Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on February 27-28. and a v intage flat t rack moto rcycle show at the Daytona Armory. March 3 t hrough March 5. The three AMRA-Pros races in Florida will fea ture full amateur programs in addition t o the professional Motocrossers Dave Coupe. Larry Dashiell. Dean Matson. Jon Nelson and Greg Tirheimer starred in a special halftime show as part of the December 14 football game between the San Francisco 4gers and the Chicago Bears at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. California . The show was based on popula r movie theme songs. and t he t heme f rom Top Gu n was one of three songs performed . Unable to get Navy j et s to perform inside the stadium. Rich Schilling. Bill Spencer and Steve Weiss. w ith the help of sponsors A rai. Maxima and Moto-X Fox. pu t t oget her the show which instead fea tured t he riders f ly ing off 20 foot wooden ram ps. c:: w U Z w c.. Vl .J .J co a .... a ::I: c.. 32 A Vintage Mo tor cycle Show a nd Vin tage Swap Meet will be held May 28-29 at th e Ill ino is Sta te Fairgrou nds in conj unction wi th the Springfie ld 600 Na ti ona l Short T ra ck a n d th e Grand Nati onal Ch ampio nsh ip Spri ngfiel d Mi le. For addi tio na l informati on, contact th e Illin o is Motorcycl e Dea ler s Associatio n, 2000 E. Cornell, Springfield, IL 62703, 2171753-8866. . The Bra inerd (M innesot a) Internati onal Raceway road race round of t he 1988 Camel Pro Series has been canceled. according to Brainerd's Mark Jacobs. The race had been scheduled for July 31 . That leaves only six road race rounds (D ayt ona. Road Atlanta. Loudon. Road America. Mid Ohio. and Sears Point) on the ' S8 Camel Pro Series schedule. and seven road race rounds (Laguna Seca's July date is not a Camel Pro race) on the AMA Grand Natio nal Champ ionsh ip Road Race Se ries schedule . Intertec P ublish ing Corpora tion, a su bsid iary of Macmi llan , In c. a nd p u blisher of the Mot orcycle, Mo ped & All -Terrain Vehicl e Trade-In G u ide a nd a vari ety of mechan ical repair ma n uals, has acq uired Clymer P u b l icat ions, t h e Los An gel es , Ca liforn ia-based p ub lisher of mo torcycle repair and service manual s. T he addition of Clymer adds 200 titles to the Intertec line. According to In tertec Gro up Vice Presiden t a nd P ub lisher J oe Zana tta , Int ertec will reta in Clymer ed itoria l offices in Ca liforn ia wh ile marketin g will be mov ed to the company 's Overlan d Pa rk, Ka nsas, headqua rters. T he Clymer line,however, will be so ld by a sa les fo rce separa te fro m ot her In tertec p ublica tio ns. International Speedway has put together a travel package for fans who wish to attend the February 19-20.Hawaiian Speedway Classic at A loha Stadium in Honolu lu . Hawaii. For $459 fans get roundt rip ai rfa re to Hawaii. over a week 's lodging at the Reef Tower Ho tel in Wa ikiki. and a t icket to the races . For more information. contact Long Beach Travel Serv ice. 1617 E. 7th St.• Long Beach. CA 90813. 213 /591 -4401. Honda Racing Corpora tio n (H R C) of J apan will be send ing four J apa nese mo tocross riders to the CMC/ Dod ge Truck Go lden Sta te Na tional MX Seri es ro u n ds 'a t Carl s bad ; California, J an uar y 24, a nd Sunrise Valley, Ca lifornia, J anua ry 31. T he riders will be accompan ied by th ree technicians, a train er and a team . manager from J apan , a nd will be using Honda CRs su pp lied by Amer ican H o nda. T he four riders a re Isa Ida, 32, the 1986 J a pan ese 125cc National Cha mpion ; H . Ishibash i, 21, the 1987 J apan ese Jun ior 250cc Na tio na l Cha mpion; Takas hi Yasui, 17, who fin ished eig h th in hi s first season as a n Expert in the 125cc class ri din g for Mu gen ; a n d Izum i Yoshida, 18, th e 1987 125cc Internatio nal Ju nior class cha mp. The f irst round of the 1988 AMAI CCS EBC Brakes Endurance Road Race Series will be run on Saturday. February 13 at Firebird Internat ional Raceway in Phoenix. Arizona. AMAICCS sprint races will be run on February 14. 1988 AMA Dirt Track National Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 ·64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 n 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Bubba Shobert Kenny Roberts . Ricky Graham Not in use Not in use Not in use Not in use · Steve Eklund Jay Springsteen Doug Chandler Scott Parker Ted Boody Mickey Fay Hank Scott Garth Brow Ronnie Jones Aaron Hill Terry Poovey Billy Herndon Chris Carr Willia m Davis Keith Day Robert Land Bryan Villella · Jon Cornwell Kirk Strong Jim Filice Randy Triplett Scott Adams Bryan McDowell Dan Ingram Pete Hames Dave Hebb Wink Freitas Mark Gruber Wayne Rainey Erick Gruber Robert Crabbe Roger Thompson Les Washbon Doug Davis Steve Morehead Jon Champlin Alex Jorgensen Brian Bonesteel Kris Armentrout Martin Bushman Don Howard Steve Labordus Curtis Rehmert Stephen Champine Chris Evans Tim Mertens Chad Felicio C. Royal Adderson Martin Lavoie Rusty Rogers Dave Durelle Steven Kasten Sammy Sweet Charlie Orr . Steve Burkholder Tim Stults Don Estep Randy Texter George Roeder II Bill Hofmeister Darrin Erichsen Thomas Colson Bryan Hardin David Miller Rick Weir Sal Hoffman Dan McDonnell Ted Taylor Robert Buffington Scott Stump Don Wilson Robert Nichols Rich King Billy Taylor . Edward Morris Michael Reid Michael Ragan . George Richtmeyer David Feggestad Kelly Larkin Robert Lewi s · Mike Farley Keith Jacobsen John Parker Rodney Farris Greg Wagenknecht Jeff Dietz Scott Pearson Eric Rausch Delbert Beck Brian Atherton Duane Veeder

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