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Larry Roese ler (Kaw) was the overall winner in round two of the AMA National Championship Hare & Hound Series in Red Mountain, California, February 12. Second place went to Chuck Miller (Hon), wh ile third overall went to the first 250cc rider, Ted Hunnicutt (Kaw). Kurt Pfeiffer (Yam) and Kenji Gauthier (Suz) rounded out the top five. MOVED: Arlette. a Cagiva dealer and supplier of sport accessories and fairings for European motorcycles . to 111 North Bell. Cedar Park. TX 78613; phone number rema ins the same. 512/2500774. J .C. "Pappy" Hoel passed away on Wednesday, February I, in Sturgis, South Dakota. Hoel was the founder and charter member of the Jackpine Gypsies M.C., Black Hills Motor Classic and. White Plate Flat Trackers Association. Hoel was one of the first Indian motorcycle dea lers in South Dakota and he la ter became a Yamaha dealer. He was a life charter member of the AMA and was awarded the Al'1A's Dud Perkins i Award in 1983 . He was also a member of the Retreads of America and the Classic's Rally Boosters of Sturgis. .During the 1983 Sturgis R all y, Governor Bill Janklow proclaimed August 14 J.c. "Pappy" Hoel Day in South Dakota. Hoel is survived by his wife Pearl, son Jack Hoel , and brother Ed Hoe!. A memorial has been established by the White Plate Flat Trackers Association, a group of active and retired professional racers. Anyone wishing to send a donation to this memorial may do so at the follow ing address: Mrs. Pearl Hoel, White Plate Flat Trackers Assoc., 2301 S. Baldwin St. .. Sturgis, SD 57785. There w ill be no less than f ive Rotax-powered tandem-twin Aprilias competing in 1989 AMA Castro l 250cc Grand Prix Series . but surprising ly' none w ill b e ridden by America n ri ders. The five foreign riders w ill be Englishman A lan Ca rter. Canad ian M iguel DuHamel and South Aft ican Robbie ' Petersen o n John Lassak -tuned mach i ne ry . and Canadians Stephan Crevier and John Cornwell on Frank Ciampiniowned April ias. In addition to the AMA series. all five riders will be competing in some or all of the RACE -sanctioned Canadian National Championship Series. Carter may also ride a few Grands · Prix on Aprilia factory V-twins. When John Lassak Ra cing team sponsor Bob Pave was asked if the fact that he was backing three foreign riders in an American racing senes bothered him, he replied, "I never 'co n sider ed it before, but no, it doesn't. I just want to win and I'll win with whoever 'h as the best chance. I think Alan (Carter) has real shot at the title." Pave also explained the .reason behind the team 's switch from Yamahas to Aprilias: "It's no secret that (Kenny) Rober ts' team (Team Nordica Roberts) was getting parts that no one else could. They had some advantages that we just couldn't match if we. stayed with Yamaha.'.' Pave and Lassak purchased their three machines from West German Roland Busch and American Andy Leisner. Lassak accompanied U.S. Rotax importer Tony Murphy to the Ro tax factory ' this past November, and the Austrian firm has agreed to help by updating the team's motors to '89 specifications. John Lassak Racing is sponsored by Micheli n, White Bros., Bassani and Castrol. Lassak will also be providing some backdoor help on southern Californian Richard Moore's Yamaha TZ250. a Washington, has announced its 1989 Yamaha FZR600 contingency program. Any racer who buys an FZR600 from Lynwood Yamaha and scores a win in the 600cc Production class of WMRRA races held at Seattle International Raceway is eligible for $200, while a second-place finish is worth $100. For more information call 206/774-0505. Former 1 9 8 7 AMA Pro Twins Grand Prix Champion Doug Brauneck will contest the 1989 series on an updated version of Dr. John Wittner's Moto Guzzi. Called the 1000 RII . the machine features Weber fuel inject ion designed in conjunction with Maserati and Dr. John. enhanced four-valve heads with optimized port shapes and "cam-in-head" valve gear. Crane cams and aerodynamic bodywork by DeTomaso Automobi les of Modena. Italy. The team claims power output of over 100 bhp at 6900 rpm and they expect to see higher top speeds at Daytona (their previous best was 168 mph at the October AMA/CCS Race of Champions) . The first round of the '89 AHRMA Vintage MX Series will take place Sunday, March 5, at Ga torback Cycle Park in Ga inesville, Florida. T he Vintage MX will be held between motos of the AMA National Championship I 25/250cc MX Series round that will be run the same day . Classes will be combined and scored separately . Entry packages are avai lable by writing to Vintage MX, 5360 SR 229 East, Marengo, OH 43334 or by calling 419/253-4442. The January issue of the OverThe-Hill Gang newsletter brings word that three-time Daytona 200 winner Dick K lamfoth is " doi ng ' well " after his hospitalization last fall as a resu lt of ' an aneurysm. Friends can drop Dick a note at 10214 Honda Hills Rd. S.E .• Route 2. Thornville. OH 43076. or give him a call at 614/ 323-3766. HosPITal STOP: Ed Offut. mechanic for John Lassak Racing. was seriously injured in a street bike accident on Su nday. February 5 . and is currently recovering in an intensive care unit; cards and let t ers can be sent to Harbor UCLA Medical Center. 1000 W . Carson St.• Torrance. CA 90509. 213 /533-2345 . The same news letter, which is compiled by Butch and Tom Baer, says the Over-The-Hill Gang will be hosting a breakfast "for a ll interested old-timers" at the Inlet Harbor Restaurant in South Daytona on Wednesday, March 8, of Daytona Cycle Week. Another date to mark on your calendar is the weekend of August 12-13 when the annua l gathering of the OTHG will take place at Dick Klamfoth's Honda Hills in T hornville, Ohio. Lynnwood Yamaha of Lynwood, Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey. California. has completed repaving in preparat io nfor the April 14- 1 6 U.S. Grand Prix. The racing surface has been repaved and widened (from 30 feet to 40 feet) from the Co rkscrew t o j ust past turn 11. "We don't anticipate t hat 'speeds will increase very much since we adhered to the existing racing line." said SCRAMP's Art Glattke . " If the riders do go quicker. it will be because t he track is smoother." The repaving work was only part of a $250.000 program which also included add itional paddock pavement. power and water and revamping of the ma in entrance road. , - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - ' - - - -- - - - - -- - ------:---, a: UJ U Z UJ ll. Ul ...J ...J iii Johnny Issacs. head of the Tulsa. Oklahoma -based V intage Dirt Trackers Association. t ell s us the group will be taking part in the Daytona Cycle Week Youth/ Amateur/Pro-Am half mile program at Vol usia County Speedway. March 6-7. For more information. call 918/445-0671 or 813/360-0543. > '" o s :I: ll. Papa has one and only one official 1989 Australian Grand Prix patch and he'll give it to the first reader who can tell us the name of the last Australian to win a 250cc Grand Prix road race , the year he won the GP, and in what country he scored the victory. T he earliest postmarked correct answer will determine the winner. The usual contest rules are in effect in each and every state, province; country, continent and planet this publication is distributed, which means employees of Cycle News Inc. are not eligible, nor are members of their immediate family (and in the case of Pau l Carruthers, his father Kel Carruthers isn't eligible), etc. Send entries to Aussie Patch, Cycle News Inc., P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 908010498. The American Federation of Motorcyclists L.A. Chapter has canceled its April 1-2 Riverside Raceway road race due to confl icts with events scheduled at both Willow Springs and Sears Point the same weekend. A new date has been added. however. May 25-26 at Firebird Raceway in Chandler. Arizona. For more information call 818/365-8232. SuperS ports, the St. Petersburg, Florida-based motorsports promotion group headed by Bill West which produces among other motorcycle events the Tampa, Miami and Atlanta Supercross races, has inked a ' deal with the Sebring (Florida) Airport Authority to promote the 1989 12 Hours of Sebring, an IMSA endurance car race.' The KTM Weekend & Josh McCoy Hare Scrambles will take place at the Amherst Meadowlarks clubgrounds in Amherst. Oh io. ' on Sunday. February 26 . A steak fry will follow the day's racing . KTM will host a dealer tech seminar on Monday. For race information. call 216/988-9100. Texans Kent Howerton and Jim Savoie wi ll co-host the Texas OffRoad Ol ym pics on April 22-23. T he event will be run on former 500cc MX National Champion Howerton's , San An tonio-area ranch and will consist of a Grand Prix (hare scrambles), a dirt track oval race, and a motocross. The Grand Prix and the dirt track races will mark the first time that riders other than factory folks will be allowed to ride o n Howerton's turf. The MX will take place at Savoie's Goodtimes Motorsports Park in San Antonio. A special Rhinestone Cowboy Award will be ' p resented to the rider with the highest total score from the three events. For more information and entry forms, caII512/674-9422. Marco Lucch inelli. the 1981 500cc World Champion. has apparently called an end to his road racing career. The flamboyant Italian. who campaigned a Ducati 851 S in the World Championship Superbike Series last year. will manage the Ducati team in this year's series. Riding under the watchful eye of "Lucky" will be Cagiva GP team member Raymond Roche and newcomer Bal- ' dassarre Monti. who won the Italian "Twins" t it le last year. Roswell Honda in Atlanta, Georgia, wi ll host a free Honda CR Race P rep and Tech Clinic on Thursday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. All Honda CR and XR owners, as well as owners of other brands, are invited to attend. For more information, call Bill Benton at 404/442-8460. The February 5 Coyote Hills Hare Scrambles in northern Cal ifornia was canceled due to rainfall during the week prior to the date the event was to have run . The Santa Clara County Park and Recreation Department manages the land and they would not allow the Los A ltos Dirt Bikers (LADB) to hold the race. The LADB will run a hare scrambles on February 26 and hope to obtain an April rain date for the canceled event. (Continued to page 14)