Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

the All -Japan Road Race at Sugo. Michael Dowson (Yam ) was second. w ith Kenis hi ro Iw aha shi (Hon) thi rd . (Co n tin ue d from page 2) Has lam reportedl y set to join Mam o la, H aslam was Kevin Sch wa n tz' teammate on Pepsi Suzukis in 1989. ..... (1) ..0 8 (1) ;> o Z Accord ing to Terry Vance, who for many years has 'been associated with Suzuki, the Vance & Hines AMA Superbike team will campaign Yamahas and not Suzukis in 1990. "It's true, " Vance said when questioned about the rumor on Monday, October 23. "It's a long-term, smoking dea l ." Vance went on to say that Vance & Hines Yamaha have no firm p lans yet rega rding riders, but will decide by December. The Vance/Yamaha ag ree ment also came about t o give Yama ha S upersport bi ke custome rs a p lace to go in the aftermarket , much l i k e the Suzuki /Yoshimura li nk . As f ar as drag raci ng goes, multi -time champion Vance said: "That's how we started and we will stay involved . We just have to figure out how we want to position it. The road racing effort is our major concern at this point." Vance said the deal with Yamaha was finalized on Wednesday, October 18. The Vance & Hines ag reem ent with Yamaha a p pare ntly leav es T eam MotoSport without support in 1990. The team of Ri ch Arnaiz and Phil Kress rode Yamahas in both th e AMA Superbike Championship a nd th e AMA/CCS Endurance Series in 1989 wi th Arnaiz fini shi ng third in the Superbike title ch ase; the team is cu rren tly fifth in the endurance ch a m pio ns h i p with o ne round remainin g. Team Mot or spor t was k n own to be n e g otiatin g wit h Yamaha regardin g backing for the ir 1990 team . According to a press release from Yamaha Motor Co rp, U .S.A., long -time race team manager Ken Clark has left the company. "As a resu lt of a recent Yamaha Racing Department restructuring, Ken Clark, after 13 years of spearheading Yamaha 's racing efforts, will be leavi ng the com pany to pursue other interests." G u y Cooper (Hon) was the bi g P ro class wi nner a t the 13th Ann ua l Kaw asaki Race of Cha mpions even t held Octob er 21-22 a t Raceway Pa rk in Eng lish town , New J ersey. Cooper top ped Keith Bo wen (Suz) and Carlo Coen in th e 125cc P ro class, th en came back to win th e 250cc Pro class over Chris Co leman (Kaw) a nd Ca rl Vaillancourt (Hon ). Co lema n ' was th e 500cc Pro class winner over Kurt McMillen (Hon) and Keith J ohnson. N ewl y-crown ed 500cc Na tio na l ch amp J eff Ward (Kaw) fell tw ice in the first 500cc P ro rnoto but came back to win th e seco nd ro und. Wayne Rainey (Yam) won the AIIJapan Road Race at Sugo Circuit, October 15. Kevin Magee (Yam) f inished second with Tadahiko Taira (Yam ) th ird. In the 250cc ranks, John Kocinski (Yam) won, w ith Tadayuki Okada (Hon) second and T. Harada (Yam) third. ' 42 Doug Polen ' (Su z) won the For mul a One rac e held in con ju nction with Mid-Ohio Motocross Course in Man sfield, Ohio , is for sa le. If you 're in tereste d in purch asin g th e facility , ca ll Aaron Polbu rn a t 419/281 -9127. Ray Roy (Yam) won t he Cabo 1000 point-to-point road race in Baja Ca liforn ia , M exi c o, on October 16. Roy, w ho completed the 1059 miles in 11 hours and 59 m inutes, t opped Sha un Crane (Suz) and Steve Losofsky (BMW) . Jerry Shore, owner of American Motocross Enterprises (A M E), di ed as a result of a heart attack on Sunday, October 15. Shore and AME were known for the Friday races they co nducted at Indian Dunes in southern California. Funeral services were conducted in Palmdale, California, on October 20 . The final ro u nd of th e Mickey . T'ho m pso ri O ff-Road Championship Gra n P r ix Series th a t was schedu le d to ta ke p lace in Sa n Fr ancisco 's Candl estick P ark o n Octob er 28 has been cance led, du e to com p lica tio ns a ris ing from the maj or eart hq ua ke th a t h it th e Bay area on Tuesday, Octob er 17. " We ta lked with Ca nd lestick Park officia ls thi s morning (Oc tober 18), a nd while th eir prel iminary investiga- : tions indica te the sta diu m is structura lly sou nd, we were in ag reeme nt th at o ther considerations warra nt ed o ur canceling th e e ve n t," said MTEG President Bill Marcel. Those considerat io ns include the a vaila blil ity of a fleet o f trucks and heavyd ut y eart h -moving eq u i p m e n t needed to bring in the 10,000 yards' of dirt required to constru ct the race co urse insi d e Can d lestick P a r k. "This is the kin d of equipment th at is go ing to be bad ly needed fo r emergency a nd clea n-up p urposes th roughout th e Bay area, a nd tha t cer ta in ly ta kes p riority over o ur event," sai d Marcel, who added tha t MTEG has mad e a fin ancial co ntribution to the Red Cross in Sa n Fran cisco. Alt ernate sites were considered, but it was deci ded that there would no t be eno ug h tim e to p roperly prepare for a di fferent location. With the cancelation of the San Francisco race, the 1989 Mickey Thompson Off-Road Champion ship Gran Prix Series is effectively over and J im Holley (Yam) has repeated as the Ultracross champ. Holley ended the abbreviated se ries w ith 458 points, whi le Tallon Vohland (Kaw) was second w ith 354, Brian Manley (Kaw) third with 332, Tyson Voh land (Kaw) fourth with 271 and Lowell , Thomson (Suz) f ifth with 208. Kawasaki, with 1047 points, was first in the Ultrastock Manufacturer's point stand ings, Yamaha was second with 627 po ints, Honda' third with 548, Suzuki fourth with 451, Cagiva fifth w it h 106, KTM sixth at 37, and ATK seventh with , one po int. MX vetera n Rex Staten suffered back and facial in j u ries in a crash at a prac tice trac k in Alta Lo rna, Ca lifornia, on Sa turday, October 14. He was hospita lized but was released on Wedn esday, October 17. Sta ten will likel y miss the u pcom in g CMC Go lden State Na tio nals wh ile he recove rs. Cards a nd letters ca n be sent to Staten a t H CR-V-31-C, App le Valley , CA 92307. Roger Edmondson, head of the AMA Championship Cup Series, called to inform us that entries for t he October 27-29 Race of Cham pions at Daytona In ternationa l Speedway are closed. The only exceptions are the Yokohama 600 and 750cc Na t ional Supersport classes. Entries are still open for those two classes and heat races will be run to determine which ri der s make the f ina ls. The AMA/ CCS has received a total of 1363 • entries thus far. For further inf ormation call the AMA/CCS at 704/684-4297. ACS International of St. Paul, Minnesota, will host the November 11 Dallas Vintage & Classic Motorcycle Auction ' 8 9 at Southfork Ranch in Plano, Texas.• Motorcycles can be registered by ca ll1ing 612 /633 -9655 . Early' entries include the following : 1915 Doug las 350, 1 9 1 6 Tri umph Model H, 1928 HarleyDavidson 21 Single, 1 929 Ariel Red Hunter, 1953 Vincent Black Shadow, two 1959 Ariel Square Fours and a 1973 Mammoth Munch. A spokesman for BMW North America tol d Cycle News th at th e Germa n co mpa ny wi ll introduce fo ur new mo dels destin ed for th e U.S. in 1990 - th e hi ghly-touted KI su persport bike, a sta nda rd K75 (witho u t fa iring), a K75LT lu xu ry to ure r, as well as the RIOOG S Paris-Dak ar d ua lsport machine. BMW is sche du led to show the new mach ines to th e press in San Antonio, Texas, November 16-19. . Speaking o f vin tage bikes, th e Texas Vintage Racing Club is currently ru nning th e Texas Vinta ge Iron Fa ll MX Ser ies. T he five-ro u nd series got und er wa y ea r lier th is month a t Bu rleson and will contin ue with ro u nds at La ke Whillley on Oc tobe r 29, Wolfcreek o n November 19, back a t Bu rleso n o n Decemb er 10, a nd tenta tivel y concl ude a t Mosier Va lley. For mor e in for matio n, call 817/ 577-2437. Tea m Tuf's Keit h Bowen w ill be pa rt of t he Little A lfta, a motocross t rain ing camp, that w ill be conduct ed November 10-12 at Park City, Utah . To enroll , or for more inf orm ation, call Dale Bohm of Triangle .Training at 801 /4679419 . Former dirt track racer Ray Wa lton, 72, died at Lake City, Florida, October 15. Walton raced Indians during the 1940's an d 1950's out of his Wooster, Ohio, home, carrying National number 61 . . The Oregon Mo to rcycle Road Racing Associatio n (O MR RA) wi ll ho ld it s a n n ua l a wards banquet o n Sa turday, Novem ber 18. T hose interested in a ttend ing sho uld ca ll 503/ 655 -7266 for in fo rm a t ion a n d reserva tio ns . A team of six American r oad racers has been named to compete in the annual Macau Gran Prix, a race through the streets of the Portuguese territory which is locat ed near Hong Kong on the mainland of China. Last year's Macau Gran Prix was won by Pepsi Suzuki's Kevin Schwantz. Led by team manager Henry DeGouw, Larry Shorts, M ike Harth, Donald Jacks, Pau l Bray, John As hmead and Danny Roberts will take part in the November 25-26 race meet. The team i s sponsored by Federal Express and leaves for Macau on November 1 6 . Also planned for the participants is a short vacation in Thailand. SOL D: Racecraft ers, the Lawndal e, Ca liforn ia- based mot orsports accessory co m pa ny, to former employee Gary " G-Ma n " Allison and partner J im Kawa goye. T he p revious owner, Bill Korbus, dec ided to sell Racecrafters to concentra te o n his boom in g T'-shirt busi ness , a nd to devot e mo re time to his sports ca r racing. All iso n, who in th e past few years has worked for Racecrafters, Vance & H ines a nd Pro I tali a , sa id the cha nge will beco me effective Novem ber I. Current 125cc World Champion Tram pas Parker has agreed to t erm s on a 1990 contract with KTM, according to England's Tr ials and Motocross News. It also appears certain that the American/Italian rider will move up to the 250cc class with Holland's Gert-Jan van Doorn . Broc Glover is negotiating w ith KTM regarding his future with the Austrian company. BORN : Patricia Danielle Nichols, dau ghter, of Cam el Pro Ser ies competitor Rob Ni ch ol s and his wife Donnell , on October 2 in Sn ellv ille, Geor gi a. Celebrati ng their 29th birthdays this wee k are G P roa d racer Wa yn e Rainey (Oc to ber 23) a nd Ca me l Pro ' Ser ies co mpe ti tor Ronn ie Jones (Oc to ber 29). I I More than $1.1 million 'Can b~ claimed by Kawasaki motocross riders in Kawasaki's 1990 motocross contingency program. Kawasaki will pay up to $200 in Team Green Bucks, wh ich are redeemab le at participating Kawasaki dealers, to. the top five overall f inishers in the Amateur classes at 1~ different series and selected races. Pro class riders will also be eligible for up to $750 at the same series and races, and a 250cc Camel Supercross Series main event win w ill pay $5000 while $1500 will go to a 125cc. Supercross main event winner. /JL 125cc National MX overall winw ill also pay $1500, whi le a' 250cc National overall w inner would receive $2500. An Ultracross main event victory in the Mickey Thompson Off-Road Gran Prix Series is good for $500. In addi tio n to th eir motocross con tingency , Ka wasa ki will a lso oIfe; $171,600 in o ff-road co n ti ngency ; $74,400 for drag racers and $394,65d .for road race even ts. David A. Bishop, 36, died on Saturday, October 14, from inj u ries suffered in a street-bike acci dent. Bishop was service manager of B&B Cycle Shop in Mansfield, Oh io, and wa s an avid racer, competing in the AHRMA Vintage GP Two-Stroke class. He is survived by his w ife Elaine, daughters Melinda and Laura, his parents, two brothers and two sisters, an _ materna l grandmother, all of~ Mansfield. Cards and letters or. any memorial contributions ca nbe sent to: Mrs. Elaine Bishop~ c /o B&B Cycle Shop, 343 E. 4th St., Mansfield, Oh 44903. - .r c Dance the n ight away l For thos S attendi ng th e Novem ber 3 AMA . Professional Awa rds Banquet on thtf Queen Mary in Long Beach , Ca li-' Iornia, mak e note th at following th e 6:30 p.m, coc kta il hour, 7:30 dinner and th e awa rds presen tation, a band will provide music for dancing. .

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