Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

e~YHD e Wf~UfY 0') 6Y 1>411>41 00 0') ....... (Contin ued from page 2) Sona uto Gauloises announced their pl ans for 1989 at Le Mans. They propose to run a two -man 500cc G P team next year , promoting JeanP hillip Ruggia to the 500cc class, and retaining Christian Sarron for a 12th year, to help Ruggia find his feet. H owever, they obviously hadn 't to ld R uggia, who said separately tha t he may prefer to stay in th e 250cc class. It is also possibl e th at he is bein g head -hunted by a H onda team. Luca Cadalora. who will make his 500cc GP debut in the British GP at Donington Park. will ride a 250 there as well. The former 125cc World Champion. lagging in sixth in this year's 250cc Championship. will compete in both classes in bot h Eng land and Sweden. He says he wou ld like one more crack in t he 250cc class before moving up. bu t o nly a foo l turns down a facto ry 500cc ride. The 250 and 500cc G P riders met aft er the firs t day of French G P practice to discu ss wha t to do if it rained after th e start of the race - a n effort ( 0 avoi d a debacle simi lar to those of Belgium a nd Misano . They decided th at after one restart, in the event of more rain in a seco nd leg, that th e race should continue, and thos e wh o wished to pi t to change tires should do so. Oddly eno ugh , thi s was the same conclusion that th e FIM ca me to after the Belgian GP - what a pity they on ly did so after they'd al ready run a th ird leg. We should know the results of the Belgian GP less than a month after the event. First declared as an aggregate of three legs. then cut down by the jury to an aggregate of the first two. the results are still under protest. and awaiting the decision of an FIM-appointed tribunal. This is scheduled to sit on July 27. and will consist of the same three people who over-ruled the FIM jury decision to penalize riders who boycotted the Italian GP. The plaintiffs will also be represented by the same lawyer. But t he tribunal's decision may not be fina l - it can be protested. and will then come before the cent ra l committee ofthe FIM. The protesters are Team Lucky Strike Roberts and Team Sonauto Gauloises, and Team Roberts put out a statement quoting from their letter to the FIM. They were appealing on the basis of "natural justice." " It wa s th e FIM, through their offi cial , who started the race; and none of the riders wo uld hav e taken part if they had any idea th ey were n o t ra cing for ch a m p io n sh i p poi n ts," sai d Lucky Strike tea m manager Paul Butler. The decision co uld go on e of th ree ways. They cou ld ratify th e current results, aft er two legs; re-insta te th e first resul ts, aft er three legs; or discount the entire race for th e championsh ip, in which case th ey would probabl y pay prize mon ey on the basis of three legs. But if the decision goes agains t Wayn e Rainey's victory, Bu tler mean s to take th e matter to the lim it. " We mi ht consider a Civil actio n agains t the FIM for negligence; or even the Court of Human Rights," he said . : Team members for the U.S. Trophy and Jr. World teams have been selected for the 64th International Six Days Enduro in Walldurn, West Germany. September 24-30 . The Trophy team will consist of Dave Bertram (Open class). Terry Cunningham (125cc). Jeff .Fredette (125cc). Kurt Hough (250cc). Larry Roeseier (80cc) and Jeff Russell (250cc). The Jr. World team (24 years of age and under) will consist of Randy Hawkins (250cc). Aaron Hough (125cc). Fred Hoess (250cc) and Todd Harris (UW Four-Stroke). The Trophy team alternates are Charles Halcomb. Kevin Hines and Fritz Kadlec; Jr. World alternates are Scott Summers and Joe Zierman. A total of 47 riders from the U.S. will participate in this year's ISDE. including former 250cc MX World Champion Danny laPorte . A record num ber o f a t leas t 25 nations will compete in this year's ISDE. So far th ere are 20 Trophy team en tries, 16 Jr. World team s, a nd 94 Club and 29 Manufacturer teams. One nati on that will be represente d after a 31-year absence from th e Six Days is H unga ry. J a pan will be represe nted by o ne rider , T oshi Ni shi yama. Nish iyam a, who is the KTM importer for Ja pan , will ride a KTM . H e's been co mpeting in the Six Days since 1976. Brian Slark has moved from California to St. Louis. Missouri. to manage Classic Marketing for Dave Mungenast. pioneer St. Louis Honda dealer and former ISDE rider. Classic Marketing s·pecializes in vintage and classic motorcycles. Slark can be reached at 314/391-3715. MOV ED: BEK Racing, ma n ufactu rer of Kwik Kick sta nds , to 1105 W. Redlands Blvd., Redl ands, CA 92373 , 714/798-917 6, effec tive August 1. The personal library of Floyd Clymer will be sold in Pasadena. California. July 27-31. According to a classified ad in the Los Angeles Times. books. ads. photos. posters. magazines. scrapbooks and miscellaneous items covering "100 years of American and European auto. cycle. train. racing & transportation" will be sold. The sale will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day at 2670 E. Walnut in Pasadena. Aloha T radewind T ravel is offering discount roo ms a t th e Mark 205 Motor Inn in Van co uver, Wash in gton , for riders or fans a ttendi ng th e August 26-27 AM A 125/ 500cc Nati onal MX in nearby Washou !f

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