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ducts and club membership ($21 per year). contact the DIOC at P.O. Box 650857. Miami. FL 33265 or call 305 /226-4216. fiY p~p~ Wf~LfY (Continued from page 2) Road racer Rich O liver will ride Yamaha TZ250s for a team backed by Grand Prix star Randy Mamola and his manager J im Doyle in th e 1989 AMA Castrol 250cc Grand Prix Seri es. According to O liver, photographer Mik e Scully of Flyin ' Past Ph otos in trod uced him to Mamola and Doyle during a breakfast meeting last September at Alice's Restaura n t, a popular north ern Ca lifornia meeting pl ace for motorcyclists. The duo th en watched O liver com pe te in an AFM club race and th e AMA National at Sears Poin t and were impressed en ou ~h by hi s pe rformance to help him put together an effort. Ol iver, who rode for J ohn Lassak Racin g in '88 and .Ii nis hed fourt h in th e 250cc GP overall point sta ndings, bri ngs with him spo nsorship fro m H o u se o f Wheels in H o u sto n , Texas, and Air Tech Fairing of San Diego, Ca lifornia. The team will be known as Randy Mamola Racin g unless a major sponsor is secured, in which case the name will be changed to something similar to the Nordica / Roberts arrangement. "Just to be associated with Ran dy will get me a lot of press in Europe, a nd my ultimate goal is to race there," O liver said. Join ing O liver's team w ill be former Two Brothers Racing tuner Dan Kyle. who'lI switch his attent ion to the two-stroke Yamahas afte r spending '88 tuning the f our-st roke Ducati F-1 on which Kev in Erion won the AMA Pro Twins Mod ified Production Championship. Despite th is accomplishment, Kyle is probably best known as the builder of the unique Honda head/Ducati motor-powered. Spondon framed "Du-da" which rece ived much attention though it was only raced once. finishing second at the Loudon National. The machine . currently resides at Kyle's northern California home. Spea ki ng of th e "Du-da," it seems a no ther o ne of these contrap tions is taking shape at H om er Knapp's H oll ywood Mo to rcycle Mach ine. This one belongs to Ely Schi ess, whose clai m to fame is bein g the last racer to qual ify and finis h the (1984) Daytona 200 on a Triumph. Sch iess says the difference between his and the Two Brothers bik e is that his will use H onda heads and cylinders, wh ereas the Erion's bik e used Du cati cyli nders. Schiess is also bu ildin g a chassis th at is a copy of the stock F-I un it, but in corporating 118-inch larger diam eter chrome-mo ly tubing wi th th inner walls. Sch iess, who wo rks as a motion pi ctu re speci al effects designer in Hollywood, says that he'll run th e bik e at Dayto na, and if all goes well, in th e entire AMA Pro Twins Grand Prix Series. 50 The Ducati International Owners Club warehouse was recently burglarized and they could use the proceeds f rom sales of Ducati and Moto-Guzzi T-sh irts. sweatshirts. etc. to get back on their f eet. For more information on these pro- Dave Antolak, ow ner of Tuf Racing, has announced the formation of Nort h American Raci n g . Larry Owens will head the new company which will handle the privateer MX race tea m that was previously run by Tuf Ra cing. New sponsors for the team include Bell H elmets, Dunl op, Sil kolene, Sm ith , No leen / O h lins, Apico, Scott, M. Robert , VP Gas, AXO , EBC and Answer Products. Mark Robinson has announced that he will debut a prototype machine of his own design at Daytona. Called the RMC C1 P. the Castrol 250cc Grand Prix class entrant will field a watercooled. inclined parallel twin, two-stroke ' engine w ith Yamaha TZ250-style forward-facing carburetors and ' rear-exiting exhausts. slide power valves and a handmade aluminum chassis and swingarm. Robinson is currently working with select aftermarket compan ies such as Mikuni. Extrude Hone. Wiseco. Wh ite Power. Answe r , PVM. Brembo and FMF on the development of the prototype, and all have agreed to be OEM suppliers on the proposed product ion model. T h e p ro duct ion mode l. to be ca lled the C1A. will be identical t o the prototype but w ill f eature ABS plastic bodywork rather than the f iberg lass of t he prototype. Robinso n ' s three-year pla n in cl udes a y ear of select Natio nal events with himself as • t he rider. followed by two years with Gary Staas in t he sadd le. f irst at the U.S . GP and AMA Na tionals in 1990. and then. hopefully. in Europe in 1991 . Robinson 's ultimate goal is to create state-ofthe-art American -made production street bikes. For more information on the RMC. contact Robinson at 617/585 -5236. Robinso n , inci de ntally , built th e Du ca ti F- I which Staas ro de to vict ory at th e AMA P ro Twins Modified Prod uction race at Loudon , New Ham psh ire, last year. T he bi ke in cor porated a linked br aking system that uti lized a n adjustable brak e proportionin g valve to modera te front vs. rear wh eel stopp ing power. According to Mike Green of the California Vintage Racing Group (CVRG). members of that organizatio n w ill not be taking part in the Vintage MX hosted by CMC at Carlsbad. California. on January 28. For more information. contact Green at 415 /829-6091. Contrary to wh at was printed in th e J anuary 11,1 989 issue of Cycle News, 1989 Moto Guzzis will not be available with CDI ignition. In stead, th e Italian-made V-twi ns will contin ue to utilize good old-fashioned poi nts igni tio n, th ough it is ru mo red that 1990 will see a switc h to electro nic ignition. Edgell Expositions reports that attendance at the recent Atlanta. Georgia. and Washington, D .C .• International Motorcycle Shows was up over last year's figures 25% at Atlanta and 36% at Washington. Mike Webster. show manager for both of the events. said the shows "ind icated a hig h int erest and enthusiasm level ," Webster said he f eels th is is very positive for the industry outlook. Three-tim e World Champion Eddie Lawson recently t rave led to Japan to meet w ith Honda t op brass rega rd ing his new Rothmans Honda Grand Prix ride . The Californian was also scheduled to test the 1988 NSR500. weather permitting, at Suzuka. Defending World Champion Lawson and his new teammate. former World Champion Wayne Gard ner. will be t esting the 1989 equ ipment in Brazil on January 26-29. adding that retail bike sales were high at the shows. Last week, Papa tol d you abo u t the J anuar y 21 banquet ·th at fo rmer Tri u m p h factory m echan ic Pa t Ow en s is hosting to celebrate th e retention of mo torcycle mechanics trai n i ng co urses a t Los Angel es T rade-Tech College and to drum up su pport for the Ow ens and Patricia Holli ngs worth campaigns for electio n to the L A. Comm uni ty College Board. O wens reports that tickets to th e banquet will be avail abl e Sat urda y nigh t at th e door of th e San Di m a s Co un try C lub w h ic h is "loca ted at 1400 Azen ida En trada in San Dim as, Ca lifornia. If you get turn ed around, call the club at eit her 818/ 966-4451 or 714/ 599-8486. CORRECTION: The WorldSports ad for the February 4 Seattle Amateur Supercross which ran last week contained the wrong phone number for information and the wrong deadline date for pre-entry. The correct information phone numbers are 206/4359782 or 503/761 -6042 and preentry forms and fees must be received by January 31 . In addition, there will not be a 250cc CMC Pro class run at Seattle. BO RN : Anna Aileen See, daught er of ama teur road racer Mark See and wi fe Melissa, on December 15 a t Shady Gro ve H ospi tal in Rockvill e, Maryland. The Int ernational CBX Owners Association will hold i t s 6th Annual East Coast National Meet at Daytona Beach. Florida, during Camel Speedweek. Headquarters will be the Holiday Inn Boardwalk. For more information. contact Clint Hooper at 817/855-6977 or Dave Severns at 813/5267996 . Pasadena (Ca liforn ia) Ci ty College is offering a motorcycle mecha n ics' course for bik e ow ners wa nting to do th eir own repair s o r anyon wishing to receive a certi fica te of achievement and employment in this field. T he classes begin Februar y 6 at the Community Skills Center at 325 S. Oak Knoll in Pasaden a, but enrollment is taki ng pl ace now. For more in formation, call Wayne H oulihan at 818/578-7041 or th e Engi neering an d T echnology Office at 818/ 578-7267. So Cal Surfwear has sig ned motocrossers Ke ith Bowen. John Kitsch. Dale Spangler. Ed Bao . Vic and Jason Rivas. and Mike Pascarella t o product sponsorship contracts. Kitsch and Spangler will contest AMA 125cc Supercross and outdoor Nationals; Bowen and Pascarella 250cc Supercross and outdoor Nationals, and Bao and the Rivas brothers East Coast Expert class events. A ll riders w ill be aboard Tuf Racing -prepared Suzukis. So Cal Surfwear says they're int erested in hearing from any top pro who is interested in product support. Ca ll So Ca l Surfwear at 312/208-9289 or write: 101 N . Harrison ss. Geneva. IL 60134.