Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

slated for February 13 in San Diego, California's Jack Murphy Stadium . Pro motocross riders who wish to enter should phone MTEG at 714/938-4100. Riders and fans should no t confuse the Ultracross event with MTEG's Super Crown of Stadium Moto- . cross race (f o r m er ly the San D iego Supercross), wh ich will be held in- Jack Murphy Stadium, February 20. Former multi-time Nationa l and Supercross Champion David Bailey, paralyzed in a cras h last year, was present at the January 30 Anaheim Super Crown of Stadium Motocross and worked with announcer Larry Huffman as a color commentator. " I' m continuing to work harder than I ever did, " Bailey said. " It would be good to get better and race, but rea listically I just want to get better and take things from there. If I get movement five minutes from now, I'll be racing. But the lo nger it takes the more questionable it (a return to racing) WIll be since it will take a few years for rehabilitation." Team Suzuki's Donny Schmit was forced to watch the Anaheim event from the stands after chipping a bone in his shoulder while practicing earlier in the week. Earls Court Exhibition Center in London, England, will be the site of the 1988 International Bike Show, October 10-16. England's largest bike show alternates between Birmingham and London each year; last October's show in Birmingham drew a record crowd of 109,000. • HIRED : Mark Smith as Acerbis Plastica USA's new product/ warehouse manager; Smith was formerly with Husqvarna USA as their national service manager; according to Bill Berroth, marketing director of Acerbis USA. on top of his duties as warehouse manager, Smith will be responsible for all new application testing. and testing of mounting hardware kits and mounting instructions. Erik Bue ll reports that both Jay Springsteen and Gene Church will n de Buell R- IO Os in the P ro Twi ns O G P class at Dayto na. Springsteen will use a modified Harley-Davidson Evolution engine. There are eight of the original 50 Buells still available and information on them can be obtained at Harley-Davidson dealers nationwide. The 1988 Buells have not been released, but Buell says they'll feature Harley's Evolution engine. Kawasaki ride r Sean Thornton of Californ ia has belatedly been named the 85cc (12-13) Olympiad Champion of the 1987 Florida Winter Olympic Mini Olympics. According to _ the event's promoter, WorldSports. the change was made to conform with the event's age rules. The purse for the February 20 Coors Super Crown of Motocross at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, California, is $35,000, not $32,050 as indicated on the rider entry blanks. Entries are still being accepted for the event in both the 125 and 250cc classes (deadline February 5). For en try informa tion , call Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group at 7'14/938-4100. 2 M ickey Thompson Entertainment Group is accepting entries for a professional Ultracross (st adi um motocross) race, sc heduled as part of the M ickey Thompson OffRoad Championship Gran Prix, eca Morgan , Alan Robbins , a nd John Seym o ur. Motorcyclists who wish to con tact the offices of committee members may phone 916/3229900 and ask for the legislator's office by name. Letters should be addressed to: The Honorable (n am e of senator), Senate Transportation Committee, State Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA 95814. AB36 was introduced last year by Assemblyman Rich ard Floyd (D-Gardena). The Ohio Valley BSA Owners Club of T oro nto, Ohio, will hos t the Can-Am Challenge Vintage T rials, an AMA-sanctioned event, at cable's Campgrounds in Toronto, O h io , April 16-17. The event is part of an East Coast vintage trials series being put together by Stan Jakubaszek of th e Corridor Trials Group of Robbinsville, New Jersey. Events are being planned for Maryland, Pennsylvania , New York, Ohio and possibly Canada. For more information, write to the Ohio Valley BSA Owners Cl u b, P. O. Box 23, Toronto, OH 43964, or call Paul Atkinson at 614/264- 1046. ' _ The Alligator Enduro will take place on Thursday, March 3 , during Daytona Cycle Week. Hosted by the Daytona Dirt Riders, the event is AM A -sanctioned and will start at the west end of Daytona International Speedway off Thames Road in Daytona, Florida. Entry fees are $25 for preentry (pri o r to February 24) and ' $35 for post-entry. Sign-up and tech inspection will be conducted Wednesday, March 2, from 1 to 5 p.rn, just east of the Speedway tunnel. If pre-entering , make check payable to the Daytona Dirt Riders and mail before February 24 to: Alligator Enduro, 'c / o Len Puckett, 772 Horseman Dr. , Port Orange, FL 32019 . For more inf orm at ion. call Puckett at 904/ 761 -5 5 2 2. The 5th Annual Florida Triple Crown MX Series will kick off at Cocoa's Diamondback track, Sunday, February 21. Round two w ill be the Amateur Nationals at Gatorback in Gainesville on February 27, _the day before the AMA National Championship MX. The fina l rou nd w ill take place at Daytona with the run ning of the annual Daytona Amateur Supercross on Monday, February 29 . Due to the fact that riders under 16 years of age will not be able to ride the Daytona event, the Triple Crown MX Series will be run in two stages: 1) Rounds 1 and ' 2 for riders under 16 years of age . and 2) Rounds 1, 2 and 3 for riders 16 and over. Interested participants should call WorldSports, 813 /822-8929. for f ull details. Team Obsolete's Rob Iannucci and Marco Po lo have disclosed that. their MV Agustas will most likely not be raced in the February 29 vintage road race program at Daytona Intern ational Speedway. P lans call for Dave Rop er and Polo to ride Matchless G' 50s in th e 500cc -P rem ier race at . Daytona. Polo will a lso ride an AJS 7R in the 350cc class and Rop er wi ll run the ex-Dick Mann BSA 750 Triple in the F750 class. The '88 Team Obsolete effort is sponsored by Accessory Mart, Bell Helmets, and Castro!' BORN : Darby Leigh Anderson, to Eric Anderson, national sales manager for Intersport Fashions West, and wife Judy, on January 5 in Missio.n Viejo, California. March I is the tentative date for a hearing on AB36, California's proposed mandatory he lmet law, according to a spokesperson for the California Senate Transportation Committee. The measure was approved last year by the Assembly Transportation Cornmi ttee and heard twice in the senate committee before being placed on hold until the 1988 legislative session. The AMA, which encourages helmet use but opposes mandatory helmet laws, recently sent an a lert to California members asking them to contact com m ittee me mbers and urge them to vote against the bil!. Committee members include Wadie Deddeh (ch a irm an), Jim Ellis (vice cha irman ), Marian Bergeson, Ralph Dills, Gary K. Hart, Dan McCorquodale, Newton Russell, Rose Ann Vui ch , Robert Beverly, Leroy Greene, Reb- Speaking of the Alligator Enduro, yo u've probably been wondering if the Czar of Motocross, Bevo Forte, would return to Daytona and attempt to repeat his '87 Vintage class victory. We caught up to the Scott USA rep the other night and he to ld us. " I'Il be back and I'll be riding my 1973 Bul taco again, but this year I'm going for the overall win. I'm going to start training real hard the night before the Alligator. " If a gator doesn 't get you during the Alligato r Enduro, you can tackle the Ok lawaha Enduro in Florida's Oca la National Forest on Sunday, March 6 . The Florida Tra il Riders and Southeastern Enduro and Trail R iders Assoc iation sanctioned 100-mile run is being put on by the Aza lea City M.C . and will start at Lake Delancy on Forest Road 75. For information, call 904/328 -9747 (days) or 904 /684 -2698 or 467-9863 (even ings). Current 250 and 500cc Motocross National Champion Rick Johnson has been working with Truth for Youth, a non-profit organization, on an anti-drug and alcohol video. The video, which features race footage of Johnson and an interview conducted by two youths, will be distributed to schools and yo uth groups and is designed to stimulate discussion on substance abuse. J oh nson hopes the video "will h elp kids make it through life...and ' smooth o ut the bumps of growing up (without turning to drugs or alcohol)." Northern California dirt tracker Andy Tresser. who turned in the weekend's best performance by a Junior ri der during the opening rounds of the 600cc National Championship Dirt Track Series in San Francisco, California, January 23-24. was riding a special Ron Wood -prepared, Brown Brothers Wood-Rotax, not a Harley-Davidson as we reported last week. "It wasn't a .Harlev, " Tresser said. "It was a special Ron Wood bike; the motor was bu ilt for Chris Carr." Tresser thanked Wood, Bruce Brown and Ron Brown. Based on preliminary results, Dan Smith (H us), riding solo, was the wi n ne r of th e SCORE Par ker 400, hel d J anuary 30 n ear Par ker, Arizona. Second overall went to the team of ' Grant P al e n sk e/ P a u l Kra u se (Kaw), and third was claimed by brothers ' Phil and Jimmy Means (H o n) . Mike Baker/Kurt Pfieffer (Ya rn) topped the 250cc class and the Frank Chase/John Bra asch (Ya rn) team collected first in the 125cc division. .According to CMC president Stu Peters, the January 24 round of the CMC/Dodge Truck Golden State Nationals, held at Carlsbad, California, will be televised on April 17 on cable television's The Nashville Network. The show will feature action from the 250cc Pro and M ini Expert races. The 125 and 500cc Pro races were also taped and will be shown in early May. Check your local cable listings for exact times. The American Historic Ra cin g Motorcycle Association (AH RMA) has extended the deadline for entering th e Dayto na Cycle Week vintage road race and MX races . The dea dline, which was February 13, is now February 20. For entry info, contact AH RMA, Rt. 2, P .O . Box 2 14, Marengo, OH 43334, 419/253-4442. The Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives held hearings January 28 on the "adequacy and effectiveness " of recent consent decrees (negotiated settlements) between ATV manufacturers and the Con sumer Product Safety Commission. The hearings were chaired by staunch ATV critic Doug Barnard (D-Georgia) and included testimony from several ATV opponents, including former CPSC Commissioner Stuart Statler. " The ' proposed consent decree will , not reduce the unacceptably high levels of deaths and injuries becausewarnlnqs and training are not sufficient to reduce the toll from ATVs. " said Barnard. " There is a growing problem in deaths .assoc iat ed w ith four-wheelers, wh ich the settlement does not (Continued to page 23) Super Crown of MX replaces San Diego SX By Farren Williams LONG BEACH, CA, FEB. I The AMA Coors San Diego (Ca li fornia) Supercross h as been canceled and replaced by ro u nd two of Mickey T homp son Entertainment Group's Coors Super Crown of Stadium Motocross Series. The MTEG Super Crown race w.ill be held in San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium on February 20 - the original site and date for the now defunct 1988 San Diego Supercross. San Diego Supercross tickets already purchased by southern California race fans will not be honored at J ack Murphy Stadium the nigh t of the Super Crown race. They m us t be returned to Ticketron for refunds. Tickets for the rep lacement race, th e Coors Super Crown of Stadi u m Motocross , can be purchased a t T'icketrnaster. According to Mike Goodwin of Supercross Inc., (SXI), the company which attempted to promote the now-canceled AMA supercross race, anyone who purchased supercross (Continued to page 47)

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