Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

I will not be able to campaign for re-election to the Board of Trustees," said Hasty. "I will, as the immediate past chairman, con tinue on the boa rd and, of course, thereafter will be av ailable for whatever task you m ight need of me." (Co n ti nued from p age 2) sand drag and dirt drag strips, plus access to over 15 miles of rid ing t rails. "If it runs on the dirt, we'll . have a track for it , " said Lou Pera lta, o ne of the partners of t he raceway . According to Peralta, promot ers will be encouraged to use the facility for their events and it w ill also serve as a private membership park; charter memberships are now available. For more information call 818 /3405750 or write to SVORP8r.R , P.O . Box 8938, Calabasas, CA 91302. According to Lisa Latham of AMA District 37, over the past few weeks a member of an environmentalist organ iza tio n has been representing himself as a member of District 37's board o f directors, a n d a dvisin g motorcycle sh op owners a nd riders th at 5 11 a nd HR780 n ow make it unlawful to enter th e California desert -areas to ride motorcycles. As we a ll know, th at is n ot th e case. S II is still in Senate subcommittee an d HR780 h as not passed th e hearing stage in the H o use o f Representa awfuL to enter tives. It is not un L designated areas of the Ca lifornia desert fo r racing o r recreation al pu rp o ses. Fo r more informati on, co n tac t the AMA Distri ct 37 Legislat ive Hotl ine a t 213/438-6527 or Latham at 714/ 995-4097. In a speech to the A M A Congress on Oct ober 12, J ohn Hasty, chairman of t he A M A Board of Trust ees and the membershi p elected rep re sen t at i v e from t h e So u thea st Region, announced that he would not ru n for re- election t o t he board. "Because of t he press of b usiness in m y law practice and in particular the triar of a ca se w hic h promises to co nsu m e my time in N ovem ber and Decem ber, In H asty's sta te of th e AMA address, he told th e Congress, " T he AMA is stro nger, fin ancia lly better off, stab le and more po werfu l that ever before in its hi story .a nd wha t's more, it 's growing stro nger every day." H e ci ted th e board's performance ove r th e past nine years a nd said the th ing /. he was most proud of was " the tra nsition of this association fro m o ne wh ich was 2 m illion in debt - in fact bankrupt - wi th 125,000 m embers into a n associatio n with $4.5 m ill ion in p a id fo r asse ts, $500,000 or so in re ta ined ea rn ings, a n o pera ti ng b udge t o f o ver $5 milli on p er yea r - a n d n earl y 170,000 m embers stro ng." H e a lso praised President Ed Youngblood : " In m y opinion th ere is no bett er man or woman in th is co untry to be th e president of th e AMA." .Multi-time MX champ Rick .John -: son will compete in the October 22 Barber Saab Pro Series car race at Del Mar, Cal iforn ia. John son went through a three- day Barber race school a f ew weeks ago and says he 's looking forward to the race. "In motocro ss, a million things at once are going on around you, so th ere's very little time to think; you j ust react . I feel like I have t he luxury of t ime when I'm in a ra ce car," But Johnson added, "In m otocross you rarely get above 8 0 miles- perhour. Th e f irst time you bend int o a long, fast sweeper in an openwheel rac e ca r, let m e tell you, it ca n be scary ." The Barber Saab race at De l Mar w ill start at 1 :0 0 p .m. ESPN will te lecast the race the f ollow ing Sunday , October 2 9 , and aga in on Fr iday, N ovem ber 1O. Check local listings for cha nnel and ti me. After a nine-h our meeti ng bet wee n race p romoter Bob Barn ard a n d th e Au to Cycle Cou nci l of Aus tra lia (ACCA), it was decided th at th e Aus tralian Mo to rcycle G rand Prix wou ld in deed be held at a yet- to-be- Ho rst Leitner, the founder of ATK motorcycles who recently sold the compa ny , has f orm ed AMP Research to develop motorcycles and automotive products. His latest creation is the Scott 610, developed f or the English engineering firm PBH . It is powered by a 610cc Rotax four-stroke engine in a Leitner-designed frame. W hite Bros . w ill import the Scott 610 fo r sale in the U.S . when it becom es ava ilable nea r the beginning of the year. bui lt facili ty near Sydney. Desp ite the move from last year 's venue o n P hi llip Island to Sydney being voted down, 9-2, by th e ACCA only a week prior to th e m eeting, th e deci sion was reversed and th e GP will be h eld on Septem ber 16 if th e FIM g ives its approval lat er th is month. The race venue change comes about beca use of th e state of Victoria 's strict rules prohibiti ng to bacco advertisrnents on Phi ll ip Island, laws th at wo u ld serious ly dampen Ba rna rd 's GP sponsorshi p wh ich co mes mainly from the tob acco in d ustry. The sta te of New So u th Wal es has no suc h laws, th us th e Syd ney circuit wo u ld not com e un der suc h res trictio ns. Sources i n Europe rep ort that three-time World Champ ion Kenny Roberts has indeed been talking with Phillip Morris regard ing Marlboro sponsorship for his GP team in 1990. Roberts was reportedly in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Monday, October 9 , for further talks with the tobacco giant. Fifteen-time World Champion Giacomo Agostini, meanwhile, has secured Marlboro backing for Luca Cadalora in the 250cc class and is reportedly still negotiating for 500cc c lass sponsorsh ip . Road rac er Mike Baldwin reports th at th ere is a good cha nce he will retu rn to ride in th e World Superbike Series in 1990. "Birnota seems keen on ha ving me back for n ext yea r," Baldwin sa id on Monda y, O ctober 16. " I wa nt to do th e World Super. b ike rou nds agai n nex t year an d th er e are two or three tea ms inte res ted . So the re are a co u p le o f possi b ili ties." Bal dwin a lso reports tha t hi s road racing schools at Bridgeh ampton Raceway o n Long Island , New York, ha ve been a success , a nd th at h e is p la nning o n co ntin ui ng th em in 1990. Go rdon Caudill, 49, WERA 's Southeast Region starter, died on Monday, October 16, from complications of a heart attack suffered on October 3 . Caudill was a sho rt track racer for 15 years and road raced for 10 years before m aking the transition to officiatin g racing events. Caudill's fam ily has requested that i n l ieu of f low ers, donations be sent to any Shriner 's Hospital. Ca lifo rn ia- based Co nt inenta l M o to sport Club (CMC) has a n nou nce d it is expa n d i ng its ac t iv i t ies int o eas tern Ca na da. Accord in g to C MC, a success fu l firs t year o f opera tions in Alberta co ntribu ted to th e sa nc tion in g body's decision to ma ke a franchise ava i lable fo r O nta rio, Quebec a nd th e Atl antic p ro vinces. T he franch ise holders for eas tern Ca na da a re Mark Stallybrass and Ri ck Bolton. Stall ybrass sai d, " Dayto-da y fu nc tio ns will be looked a fter by us. T his way yo u 'll have Ca na - CALENDAR (Con ti nued from page 39) MASSACHUSETTS HARE SC AM8LES R AMA Nan C"ship Series/NETRA. King Philip Trail Riders. Wrentham. 10.10401/ 397·7654. MASSACHUSETTS MOTOCROSS NESC C' ship Series. Middleboro. Info 413/772-0685. MISSISSIPPI MOTOCROSS Rolling Hills MX. M cComb. Info 504/ 664·4297 or 884·2471. NEVAOA MOTOCROSS • CMC/OTHG/NV f all C" ship Series . Fernley MXPark. Fernley. In 7021 fo 885·0233 or 322-4311. NEW JERSEY ENOURO 50 E EAC'ship Series. Stump Jumper C Enduro. Motorcycle Competition In c. Warren Grove. Info 609 /82 9·731 1. dians lookin g after Canadian raci n g. It 's not a case o f the Americans taking over. We wi ll ha ndle a ll nego tiations with sponsors, promoters, riders and th e industry." According to Stall ybra ss, CMC's head office in Irvine, California, will b e involved in a d m in ist ra tio n , licen sin g, in su rance a nd provid ing the blueprints o n h ow to mak e th e franch ise work. Former 250cc National Hare 8r. Hound Champion Paul Krause has inked a deal with ATK. Krause, who was a member of the w inning team at last year's Baja 1000, rode Team Green Kawasakis for the last two yea rs. T ea m Kawasaki 's Ron Lech ien is on th e roa d to recovery after breaking th e femur in h is right leg a t th e Steel City 500cc National MX in Delmont, Pennsylvania , O ctober 1. According to a close friend o f Lechien 's, doctors in serted a rod in th e middle o f th e bone from hi s kn ee to hi s hip and h e is already wa lking without a cast. The doctors say that Lechien should be 100% heal ed in three months a nd can st art riding . again. Bu t the do ctors say th a t th e rod should be surgica lly rem oved before he starts ra cing aga in , which will add a few more months to hi s ! ecovery. The Texas Vintage Racing Club in conjunction with Vintage Iron of Fresno, California, will host the five-round Texas Vintage Iron Fall MX Series. The series is open to riders aboard bikes built in 1975 or earlier and gets underway on October 8 at Bruleson . A vintage bike, donated by Vintage Iron, will be g iven away in a drawing among the top overall finishers at the end of the series. For more information, call Marvin Shockey at 817/ 577-2437 or Rick Oestricher at 817/581 -1682. Mot orcycli sts a tte ndi ng th e Octob er 28 HR780 field hearing in Bishop, California , a re urged to be on th eir best behavio r. The nati on's media will focus on th e hearin gs a nd many feel the ga thering o f cn viro n me nta l- ' isis a nd multipl e-u se advoca tes, su ch as off-high way vehicle users, ca ttle m en, miners, etc., is more th an likely to p rod uce some h eat ed d iscu ssions. Hard working motorcycl ists lik e Ed Waldheim a nd Mik e Bish op have . co ntac ted us and req uested th at we as k a ll mo torcycli sts to co ntro l th eir tempers if th ey find th em selves in a co n fro n ta tion. In o the r wo rds, be cool! Symonds Cycles of Sylmar, California, is hosting it s annual British Yard Sale on the traditional third Sunday of November (which this year falls on November 19); 12206 Foothill Blvd ., Sylmar, CA. For further inf orm ation call 818 / 897-4738. NEW YO MOTOCROSS RK • AMA. Broome-Tioga Spans Center. Blngham,on. Info 6071648·4997. NORTH CAROLINA HARE SC RAMBLE S Nt HS Series Wolf Island Downs. . ReidsvIlle. Into 919/ 349-7959. NORTH CAROLINA MOTOCROSS Silver Creek Knob MX. Morganton. Into 704/564·2808. OHIO SHORT TRACK All Pm-Motions. Inc. Burbank Sports Are na. Burbank. Info 2161 624·2852. OHIO HAR ESCRAM8LES Sunset Ramblers Me. Galion. lnlo 4191756 ·8601 or 468·3213. PENNSYLVANIA HARE SCRAM8LES AMA/O-6. Flying D utchmen Me. Pine G . Info 7171345·6340 or rove 345·B918. SO UTH CAROLINA MOTOCROSS • NAME fall Series. Camp Coker. Society Hill. Info 919/342-4492 or 875-3805. TENNESSEE TRIALS STRA C'ship Serie Observed s Trials. Round 10. Pigeon Forge. Info 61 5/967·3008 or 967·3033. TENNESSEE MOTOCROSS • Th under H MX.. Cleveland. Info ill 615/ 479-1340 or 472-6248. TENNESSEE MOTOCROSS Smoky Mountain MX. Pigeon forge Info 615/453·6145 or 428· . 0718. TEXAS MO CROSS TO • Burleson MX Park. Bur1eson. Info 8171295·8908 0' 295 ·1760. TEXAS ENDURO Sabine Enduro Circuit. Red R iver Enduro. M unester. Inl 4091122o 7928or 835·851 2. TEXAS MOTOCROSS • Skeete, Mlt Alv Into 409/925· in. 4232 . WASHINGTON Off ROAO RACE NMA Off-Roed Series ISOE type_ . PSER. Shelton. Info 206/943·1559.

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