Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

B tJ Wind (Con tinued from page 15) . Championship, will be the instructor. For more information or advanced reservations contact Ken Maely at 7 14/735-05~0 . e Th e fourth round o f th e CMC Golden State Nationa l Motocro ss h eld at Carlsbad Raceway in Carlsbad , California, o n J anuar y 24, wa s televised an d will be shown on th e The Nashville Network so me time in April. Two-time AMA Grand National Champion , Ricky Graham i s excited about the AMA 's new 600cc Nationa l Championship Dirt Track Series, which includes a combined field of Junior and Expert r iders at each event : " We're going to try to do as many 600cc races as we can, " said Graham during the series opener at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, Californ ia . '" think it's a super good t hi ng . All the manufacture rs make them (600cc, sing le -cylinder motorcycles) . · We'll have to be careful rid ing out there w ith those kids, but it'll give the kids some experience riding with National riders . I've been waiting for something like this for years." Oklahoma 's R on n ie J o n es, wh o finis hed seve n th in th e 600 cc National short track and II th in th e 600cc National TT in Sa n Francisco , said h e will run severa l short tra ck and TT ra ces in th e new 600cc National Dirt Track Seri es, but will not ride a ny o f th e 600cc m ile and h alf mile even ts. Dan Ashcraft (Yam) won the first round of the 1988 AMA National Hare & Hound Series, held January 24 in the California desert near Lucerne Valley. Paul Krause (Kaw) finished second overall and Larry Roeseler (Kaw) cla imed third overall and first 250. The 125cc class win went to John Braash (Yam), who finished 14th overall. Bubba Shobert received " Mo torcycle Rider o f th e Yea r" a nd " Mo torsportsman of th e Year" awa rds from th e Northern California Motorsport Writers Associa tio n during th e associa tio n 's 25th a nn ua l awards banquet , held in Sa n Francisco J anuary 22. " Whe n I won the (Mo torsportsman o f the Year ) award I was really su rp rised . It usu a ll y goes to th e au to mobi le p eopl e," Shobert sai d . Camel Pro Series co mpetitor Ted. Boody was one of a handf ul of riders who were not allow ed to ride the 600cc N atio nal short track in San Francisco 's Cow Palace because of a m isunderstanding in the day's schedule. " I got the w rong story Friday night (duri ng the Amateur/Pro-Am program);" said Boody. "They didn't send me an acceptance letter, and they said (Saturday's short track) was a night race so I got here in time for a night race, and they said ' sorry .' " At least two other riders suffered the same f at e. The short . track was a night race, bu t reg istration was held between 1:0 0 p .m. and 3 :00 p .m . and practice was held early . A Sa n Diego Su peri or Co urt jury ruled 10-2 January 19 tha t Honda bea rs no responsib il ity for injuries suffered in 1982 by 15-year ol d Frank Cusimano Jr., w he n he fell from th e back of a three-wheel ed H onda ATCI IO whi le ridi ng as a passenger. During th e six-month tria l, the bo y's a ttorn eys a lleged Cu simano su ffered br ain damage because th e Honda ATV from which he fell was inherent ly unstab le . The j ury ru led, however, th a t Honda had fulfilled its Off-road.groups oppose Agonia confirmation LONG BEAC H , CA, J AN. 25 " He is not a friend of the off-road com m u n ity in Californ ia," according to the California Off-Road Vehicle Association. "(H e) has failed to represent the interests of h is off-r?ad co nsti tuency ," ac cord m g to th e AMA. His ac tio ns are " to tally unaccepta" d" . hI e, accor . mg t? the C~h~or. rna All-Terrai n Veh icle ASSOCIatIOn. Wh o are the y talkin g a b o u t? Califo rnia 's' tem porary Director o f Stat e Parks and Recrea tion , H en ry . R. Agon ia. The three organ iza tio ns all ege Agonia is an anti -ORV environ m entalist and th ey warn h e wi ll become the perma ne nt h ead of th e sta te p arks departmen t if he is co n firme d by th e Cali fornia Sen at e. All th ree organ izauons say th at must not happen. Short ly aft er Agon ia was named acting director, ea rly in 1987, he ·cl o sed dow n Anz a-B orrego State Pa rk to n on-str eet licen sed vehicles, th en refused to di scu ss th e closure with representati ves of the off-road ' co m m u ru ry, accord ing to CORVA . CATVA al leged th at Agonia has 24 · " ~ ~v.e~~ l y dam,!ged .the volun~eer ~,P!nt. ~n California by pu~t!ng vmdlCt!ve m anagem ent (p o lici es) over baSIC human safety." . Agonia 's a p pointme nt to the posinon o f Stat e Director o f Pa rks a nd Recrea tion will become permanent if he is co n firmed by th e Ca lifornia Senate during co n fi rma tion hearings o n February 17. The AMA, CORVA an d CATVA enco u ra ge o ff-road riders in Californ ia to oppose Ago n ia 's ap poin tme nt by writin g or phoning sta te sena tors as soo n as poss ib le. Letters shou ld be addressed to: Honorable (na me of sena to r), Stat e Capi tol , Sa cram ento , California 9581 4. Sena tors' phone numbers appear in th e box adjacent to th is sto ry. For m ore information or to find o u t who represents yo u i n th e California Sen ate, call th e CO RVA Hotline at 800/237-5436. • responsib lity to warn the rider of th e risks of ATVs and th a t Cusimano 's parents were largel y responsib le for hi s inj uries because they failed to p roperly su pe rvi se their child . San Francisco's Cow Palace is famous for its rodeo action with cowboys bulldogging wild steers, but there was some bulldogging action of a different sort during last weekend's 600cc National TT. Junior rider Andy Tresser of San Mateo, California, was running third and locked in a battle with Ted Boody and Sal Hoffman in the third Expert/Junior heat race when Tresser m isjudged his li n e going into turn one and clipped the hay bales on the inside of the track. The impact knocked Tresser off his motorcycle, but he ma naged to stay in the race by " bu lldoggi ng" his mount. "The bike put me into a tank slapper," Tresser said. " I stepped off the seat, ra n along with the bike, laid on th e bike and gassed it.." When Tresser turned on the throttle the bike straightened out; everyone who saw the incident agreed it was a great save. Despite the wild ride, Tresser held onto third place. Rook ie Exper t Ma rk Co rsetti o f Sto ckto n, . California , got quite a surprise wh en h e powered onto th e fro nt stra ig h t during time tri al s a t the 600cc N ation al T T in San Francisco - th e front end fell off h is Wood-Ro ta x dirt tra cker. " O ver th e j u m p it cracked and I did n ' t kn ow it," Corsetti said. " It fell apart in the nex t turn." The ro okie crashed but was unhurt. The GTU class results from the endurance road . race run at Arizona's Fireb ird International Raceway on January 3 have been changed. Thomas Eastman (Hon) won, Derek Mulligan (Hon) was second, Jim Cox (Yam) third. AMA'MX (Con tin ued from page 2) Amick. "The delays have been beyond our co n tro l, but we 're pl eased to be able to announce 23 . firm dates at this time." Meanwhile, th e AMA is pursuing any appropriate means to ensure a unified stadiu m motocross series and additiona l dat es ma y be announced. Super cross, In c. h as ex pressed interest in o btai n ing AMA sanc tio ns for events in Foxboro , Massachusetts; Sacramento, California; and San Jose, California, but discu ssions are still pending. . The Mickey Thompson Entert ain ment G ro up (MT EG) has exp ressed inter est in bringin g its sta di u m m o to cross p ro gra m under AMA sa nc tio n . MTEG 's 1988 ca le n dar incl udes events a t Anaheim Stadi u m this Saturda y ni ght, J anuary 30, San Diego Stadiu m on February 20, a nd Los An geles Memoria l Col iseum on June 18. "T here is room .with in o ur 1988 sched u le for several m ore su pe rcross events, " said Ami ck , " pro vided th ey fa ll w ithin a rea son a bl e trav el pattern: ' . Following is th e sche du le released today by th e AMA: . • 216 Houston . TX 211 3-14 Seatt le. WA 2/28 3/ 5 3/ 13 3/27 4/ 9-10 4/ 16 4 /23 5/ 1 1/14 5122 5/29 6/5 6126 7/3 7/10 7124 7/31 8/14 8128 Gainesvill e, FL Daytona 8ch, FL Anderson, SC Sacramento. CA Pont iac, MI Dallas, TX Tampa, FL Axt on. VA E.Ruth erford , NJ Southwick. MA Mt. Morris . PA San Antonio, TX Hollister, CA 8uc hanan, MI Binghamton, NY New Berli n. NY Troy,OH Millville, MN . Washo \lgal, WA Supercross Supercross 1251250 Nat! . Supercross 125 1250 Nat! 1251250 Nat! Supercross Supercross Supercross 1251250 Nat! Supercross 1251250 Nat! 125 / 250 Nat! 1251250 Natl 500cc GP 125 /500 Nat l 125/500 Natl 250ccGP 125 /500 Natl 12.5/ 500 Natl 125/ 500 Natl California senators' phone numbers John Doolittle Barry Keene Milton Marks James Nielson John Garamendi Leroy Greene Daniel Boatwright Quentin Kopp Nicholas Petris Bill Lochyer Rebecca Morgan Dan McCorquodale Alfred Alquist Ken Maddy Rose Ann Vuich Don Rogers Henry Mello Gary Hart Ed Davis Alan Robbins Newton Russe ll Herschel Rosenthal David Roberti Art Torres H.L. 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