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T he fin al round of th e five-ro und
Masters of Motocross competition
will ta ke pl ace Su nday, February 14,
as part of th e Seattle Kingdome
Supercross in Seat tle, Washi ngton.
T he series fea tured two ro unds in
Holl and a nd two in Ita ly and goi ng
into the fina le in Seattle, Belgium 's
Eric Geboers heads the point standin gs with Californian Rick J ohnson
second. T he European riders who
will compete on Sunda y will make
a n appearance at Saturda y nigh t's
Super cro ss i n th e Ki n gd om e.
Although poin ts leader Geboers is
co mm itted to running the Le Touquet Beach Race in Holland and will
mi ss the Seattle race, am o ng the
Europeans expected to compete are
H olland's Davey Strijbos, Leo Com bee, Pedro T ragter and Gert -J an van
Dorn , Belgium's Peter Dirkx, and
Italy's Michele Fanton .
Pam Kendrick of Greensboro,
North Carolina, will serve as the
1988 Miss Camel , a goodwill
ambassador for the Camel Pro
Series. Kendrick, 23, attends the
University of North Carolina in
Greensboro where she is majoring
in pharmacy. Kendrick replaces
Galia Gomez who served as Miss
Camel in 1987.
BMW of. North America is recalling
approximately 4700 motorcycles to
correct a possible defect in the rea r
shock absorber moun tin g eyelet. It
is estimated tha t in as many as 10percent of th ese mo torcycles, the
lo wer mounti ng eyelet could crack
as a result of an unfavo rabl e manu fact uring tol erance. In most ins tances the shock a bsorber will remai n
. attached to th e motorcycle rear dri ve
assembly, but in extreme cases, the
shock absorber co uld becom e detached. The' motorcycles whi ch are
i n vo lved wer e prod uced from
October 1985 to Mar ch 1987 and
incl ude the R80G /S, K75, and KIOO
models excep t th e K100LT . O wn ers
of affected mo torcycles have been
contacted by BMW of North America
and noti fied th at repair of th e shock
absorber will be performed free of
cha rge.
The California Superbike School
" Fact ory Ride " program for Wil-
to Sandpiper, start at $392 from
New York as well as several other
East Coast cities; from southern
California, three days/two nights
starts at $191 . Packages are also
ava ilable from other areas and
include round trip airfare, car
re nta l and hotel r o o m. Hotel
rooms may also be booked separately. For further inf orm ation, call
800 /541 -1223.
low Springs Motorcycle Association Novice class racers has been
extended to include the WERA
races held at Rosamond, California's Willow Springs Raceway
throughout the '88 season . The
top six finishes for the year will
count towards the nearly
$15,000 sponsorship offered by
t he Superbike School. Riders who
have never raced before ' 8 8 and
who have attended Superbike
School sessions are eligible. For
more information. ca ll 213 /4849323.
Will ow Spri ngs has been ;,I testing
hotbed of late wit h HRC using the
faci lity daily. Testing has in cluded
the use of RC30s, NS R5OOs, NS500s
and NS R250s wit h j a pan ese - test
pilo ts handling the riding. Team
MacLean sto pwa tches had one pilot
on a 1987 NSRSO cutting times
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under those of th e la p record , held
by Scott Gray o n a Yoshimura
Su zu ki Tornado. T he HRC test
pi lots have also been doing th eir
share of crashi ng with three riders
going do wn on Wedn esda y, February 3, prompting o ne on loo ker to
question , " How many of th em gu ys .
(riders) do th ey have?" Rothmans
H onda 's Shunji Yat su sh ir o, who
fin ished ninth in th e 500cc Wor ld
Ch ampionshi p in 1987, was a turn
nine cras h victim on Monday, February I, but the factory rider escaped
unhurt.
The 1988 Molson Canadian
National Supercross Series will
feature three races. incl uding two
events in Olympic Stadium in
Montreal. Quebec, (M ay 21 and
May 22). and a race in Exh ib ition
Stad ium in Toronto, Ontario.
(June 4) .
SRE Promo tions with sponsorship
from Yam aha will hold a mini road
race (read Yam aha YSR50s, H on da
MB5s, eic.) o n a go-kart track in
Oxn ard , Ca lifornia, on Februar y 28.·
Practice starts at I I a.m. wi th raci ng
ta king p lace at noon . Fo r more
i nforma tio n contact SRE a t 805/ 871- .
7055.
Sandpiper Travel of Naples, Florida. is now booking air and hotel
reservations for the Apri l 10
Laguna Seca GP. Working with
several hotels in the Monterey.
California, area , Sandpiper can
place race teams and race fans
either near the t rack or near the
ocean. In most cases . there is no
minimum stay req uired. Packages
are also offered : ' double occupancy prices for f ive days/four
nights , for one example according
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The 1988 American Historic Rac ing Motorcycle Association
(AHRMA) awards banquet is set
for March 2 at the Holiday Inn
Surfside in Daytona Beach, Florida, during Daytona Cycle Week.
Honors will be del ivered to 1987
Historic Cup Series winners and
the Vintage Mounts-sponsored
AHRMA Sportsman Award will
be presented to a rider who will
be named at the banquet. Reservations are required, and no
t ickets will be sold at the door.
Reservation forms were mailed to
AHRMA members who are competing at Daytona. The deadline
for reservations is February 13.
Call 419 /253-4442 .
Uni Filter Air Fi lters have been
selected as the officia l air filter for
the 1988 Yamaha MX team. T eam
riders Broc G lover, Micky Dymon d
and J eff Sta nton will use Uni Filt ers
excl usively in Supercross a nd
Natio nal Champio nship MX
competition.
In a move they say is " designed
to enhance it s presence in' the U. S.
Bridgestone
t ire industry, "
(U.S .A.), Inc. has announced it
w ill relocate its corporate headquarters and tire sales group from
Torrance. California, to Nashville,
Tennessee. The new headquarters
w ill be located 15 miles from the
company 's tire manufacturing
plant in laVergne, Tennessee.
Bridgestone has offered every
employee. a total of 165. now
working in Torrance a position in
Nashville, targeting August 1 as
the completion date of the move.
L ubri-Tech Mo torcycle Products
Division of H ydrosol , In c. will be th e
official co rpora te sponsor of th e
Ill in ois Motorcycle Safety Program.
T his marks th e second co nsecu tive
year that L ubri-Tech has supported
the program tha t trai ned over 7200
in 1987.
AMA Grand National Champion Bubba Shobert tested one of Team
Maclean's two 1988 Honda RS250s at Willow Springs in southern
Cali forn ia recently; see accompanying Wind it em for more on the test.
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Ferodo L td. wi ll supply Team
Yoshimura with bra ke pads for the
team's Superbike and Su persport
class road racers as well as work with
Yoshim ura in the development of
new compound designs in 1988.
AMA Grand National Champion
Bubba Shobert · tested Team
Maclean 's 1988 Honda RS250 at
Rosamond, Ca liforn ia 's Willow
Springs International Raceway on
Wednesday, February 3 . Shobert
and the Honda circulated in t he
1 :3 1 - ran ge ' i n what was on ly
Shobert's second time at the
southern Cal ifornia race track.
The Texan was happy w ith the
bike and his lap times (only a
second off Wayne Rainey's Wil low Springs 250cc track record)
brought sm iles to t he faces of
Team Maclean's Bob Maclean
and Tim O'Sullivan.
The Laverda Owners Club/USA will
hos t the 1988 All Itali an Motorcycle
Rally at Iowa City , Io wa, J une 1718-19. All riders and fans of Ital ian
motorcycles are invited to attend .
Incorpora ted withi n the ra lly wi ll be
a dealer show featuring Cagiva,
Moto Guzzi, Moto Morini, Beta and
Bim o ta m otorcycl es, along with
product di spl ays from Pirell i, Champi on Spa rk Plug Co., AGV H elm ets,
Fureal Leathers (Bates, Brooks, Hein
C erecke) and others. For more info rmati on , con tact Warren Dorn , 545 N.
Hu m phrey, Oak Park, IL 60302,
312/386-8224.
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Un ion Grove, Wisconsin's Great
Lakes .D ragaw ay w ill hold their
annual awards banquet and party
at Vance's Hall in Rac ine. Wisconsin, February 28 . Festivities begin
at 12 noon and continue until well , who knows? Dinner reservat ions must be made in advance
and by February 20. Send $18.50
for each attendee to Great Lakes
. Dragaway, P.O . Box 154, Union
Grove, W I 53182, or call Mary at
414/462-5520 or Janet at 414/
878-3948.
No rt hern Californ ia 250cc Grand
Prix co mpetitor Rich Ol iver broke
both hi s feet in a test session cra sh
a t Wi llo w Springs International
Raceway in Rosa mond, Ca lifornia,
on Monday, February I. O liver was
passing a slower rider between turns
five and six wh en th e rider moved
over forcin g Ol iver off th e tra ck.
Ol iver was ab oard a 1988 Yamaha
TZ2 50. Oliver says if he can wa lk by
Daytona, he'll try and ride in the
opening round of th e AMAICastroI
250cc Gran d Prix Series at th e fam ed
speedway o n Mar ch 5. Oliver is
scheduled to team with Engla nd's
Ala n Carter on J ohn Lassak Racing's
Yamahas. Carter is due to arrive in
the United Sta tes o n Febru ary 15.
Solo max Rac ing w ill be supported
by U.S . Suzuki in their attempt to
w in the 1988 WERA Endurance
Championsh ip . Riders Kevin
Rentzell, Scott Russe ll and John
Eidenberger w ill ride a Suzuki
GSXR ; 100 in the Heavyweight
Production c lass at all WERA
endurance events. The team will
also be sponsored by Dunlop, EBC
Brakes, Shoei and Kal-Gard.
Bates Leathers wi ll post co nt ingencies in th e AMAlCCS Endurance
Ser ies, th e AMA/CCS Supersport
Series, WSMA's Formula USA 600cc
class and in Yamaha' s YSR Californi a Ch ampion ship. In addition to
the roa d rac ing series. Bat es will also
post co ntingencies in th e NH RA
Ca stro l Mo torcycl e Dr a g Ra ce
C ha m p io ns h ip. Det ail s o f th ese
program s and rider req u irem ents
will be avai lable from the o rga n izing
cl ubs.
From the publicity mill at U .S.
Suzuki comes word that rock
music star George M ichael has
pu rchased a Suzuki GSXR750.
The former Wham ! member is
celebrating the success of his f irst
so lo album, Faith.
Vance & H ines is the official sponsor
of the 1988 AMA 600cc and 75O