Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

There's Wind no other (Con tin ued from page 2) and final round of the 1988 WERA Tsubaki/GS Battery National Endurance Road Race Series will . be held. Going into the final endurance round, a scant 23 points separates first place Human Race Team and second place Team Suzuki Endurance. A full grid of 65 teams is expected to start the final endurance race. feeling like it 00 00 O"l in the world... I ...... tact Mike Kidd Promotions a t 817/ 433-5507. AMA President Ed Youngblood is among the motorcyclists who'll take part in the November 6 Ted Boody Memorial Ride which starts Sunday morning at Hansem Dam Park in Sylmar, Califomia. Following the ride, motorcycles. cars and other assorted prizes will be raffled off with the proceeds going to the Boody Memorial Trust Fund. ~ O"l H IRED: Tim Carrithers as associa te ed itor of Mo to rcycl ist magazine; Ca rrithers .was p revio usly sim ilarly em ployed a t Cycle magazine, which is now in the process of relocating to Newport Beach , Ca lifornia. .... Q) ..0 a Q) ;> o A tentative schedule has been released for the 1989 CMC Golden State MX Nationals. All eight events will be run in California with the first four comprising the pro series; the amateur series will cover all eight events. .The series begins January 7 -8 at Glen Helen OHV Park in San Bernardino then moves to Sandhill Ranch in Brentwood, January 14-15; Sunrise Cycle Park in Adelanto, January 21 -22; Carlsbad Raceway in Carlsbad, January 28-29; Marysville's E Street Track, February 5; a soon to be an nounc e d southern California locati o n, February 12; Prairie City OHV Park near Sacramento, February 19; and back to Glen Helen for the final round , February 26. Carls ba d's race on January 29 will be t aped for telecast on TNN . Z This is the magazine you have been waiting for: Road racing. Neck and ne ck. Down the s t ra igh t. Aro und the swe ep er. Thr ough t he ch icane . Tha t's ho rs e -pow er a nd speed. On th e race tr ack. From a round t he wor ld.a nd ac ross the country. The re 's really no ot her feeling like it in th e world. Now t he re is a glossy, full-co lor magazine that special izes in bring ing road racing into your home. CORRECTION: In our Sep tem ber 21 issue 's coverage of the August 27 MX at Goodtimes Mot or sports Park in San Antonio, Texas, Pa t Moore (Kaw) was incorrectly credi ted wi th the victo ry in the 250cc Novi ce class; Lamee Ta bassi ( H o n) wa s th e wi nner and Moore finis hed second. This is the m agazine. Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated w ill put you at t he race track. Every is s ue. Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illus trated w ill present the mach ines and the people that ma ke up District 16 dirt track racer Gary Wollin , 35, of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, died on September 20 as a result of injuries suffered in a crash during the Senior class final a t a half mile race in Illinois, September 18 . Wollin is survived by his wife Terry and two children, Linde and Lance. worldwide roa d racing and the high -performance motorcyc le world. . 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Dill Cord No. SilnllUro - -- - -- • L MMMM - - - - - - - _ - - • Road Racer i",,;flr(ll.~{ 2201 Cherry Avenue Long Beach, CA 90806 (213) 427-7433 FAX (213)427-6685 O V IS issues) 1st Cl ss CalYda or Mexico and , II otherforeigncountries · S20.00 (U.S. Fund ne lar a s). After a five-month hospital stay du e to i n juries su ffe re d w h i le p r erunning the Baja 500 cours e, desert ra cer Morgan Mol acco wa lked o u t of a San Diego, California . hospital last week a nd returned to his Phela n . Ca lifo rn ia, home to begi n a long pe riod of rehabilita tion. _ eN T he five -race T ex as Ar enacr oss Series wilI offer a $30,000 cas h purse and will feature racing in th e 125 and 250cc classes, p lu s four-wh eel ATV competition. The open ing race will take place in the Mesquit e Rodeo Aren a in Mesq uite, November 18-20. O th er ro u nd s wi lI ta ke p lace in Ty ler 's Oil Pal ace. J a n ua ry 6-8; Od essa 's Ector County Coliseum. J an uary 13-15; Belton 's BelI County Coliseum, J a n ua ry 20-22; a nd Ft. Worth ' s Will R o ger s Coliseum , February 10-12. Pro races wilI be run o n Frid ay and Saturday with a ma teur racing featured on Sunday at all events . For more information , co n- T erry Van ce (Suz) ended his drag racing career on a winni ng note as he downed Da ve Schultz (Kaw) in the NHRA Castrol GTX Ch ampionship Seri es round a t Pomo na, California , O c to ber 30. Va nce turned in a winning 8.022 second, 165.28 mph run, top pi ng Sch ultz's 8.087/160.94. Desp ite wi n ni ng th e race , Va nce ca me u p short as far as the series title goes. Schultz won the titl e with a to tal ' of 7220 po ints wi th Vance finish in g second wi th 6932 points. The AMA District 36 Hare Scram- ' bles currently scheduled to take place in Wilseyville. California, is feeling the effects of the extreme fire danger present in all of northern California. If it does not rain in the area prior to race day, be sure to call one of the following numbers to be sure the race is still on: 209 /334-5584 or 951-6206. 415 /635 -5073. T he 1989 World Championshi p Superbike Road Race Seri es wiIl co nsist of 14 rounds. incl uding one Am erica n rou nd at Mi n neso ta' s Bra inerd Intern at ional Raceway on J une II. Superbike World Champio n Fred Merkel will begin the defens e of hi s titl e a t England 's Donin g to n Pa rk . Ma rch 26. The remainder of the series races wiIl take pl ace in H unga ry, April 30; Brazil , May 14; Argentina, May 21; Canada (Mosport), June 4; U.S., June II ; H o Ila nd, June 22; Austri a . July 2; Fran ce, July 30; J apan , August 27; West Ge rm any, Sep tember 17; Sicily, September 24; Au stra lia, Oc tober 8; and New Zeal a nd, Octob er 15. Fin ish line Products Co., the Patchogue. New York-based firm that specializes in repairing mashed exhaust pipes. has announced a contingency award program that is available to all clubs, organizations and promoters of motocross, hare scramble and enduro events. Interested parties should call 516 /7582777. Req u irements for a ma jor rout ing change acco m panied th e o ne-day permit issued to th e AMA Distri ct 37 Sports Commi ttee by th e BLM for the November 26 Barsto w-to-Vega s Ha re & H ound race. Because of a 65mile ro ute cha nge, th e race will no longer have a ny cross -coun try segm ents within th e Ea st Mojav e National Scenic Area so uth of 1-1 5 and is now routed co mp letely awa y from the Soda Lake area. T he rerou ted race wi Il be contained within th e Boulder Transmission Corrido r, acco rd ing to Gerry Hillier, Cal ifornia Desert District Manager for the BLM . T he race wiIl cover appro xim a tely 167 mi les from Alvord Ro ad, north of 1-15 nea r Bar stow . Cali fornia, to Sta teline, Nevada. BORN : Le Frederick Scott Taylor, son of Sarah Taylor, Cycle News circulation assistant. and Fred Taylor, October 26. at Long Beach. California.

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