Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

valves per cyl inder, water-cooling and electronic fuel injectio n . It is of un it construction, w ith a g eard riven primary (rather than the custo mary chain or belt) and a five-speed transmission . Competition target date is Da yto n a '991. (Co n ti nued from pa ge 2 ) ing s and main bearings have all been redesign ed to in c re a s e dura b ilit y of the rod bearings and to e1im ina t e flywheel flex . O t h e r changes in c lu d e : larger and st ro ng e r rocker box shafts; onepiece billet aluminum clutch; new b ill e t magne sium o il pump (designed to p re vent broken parts from reac h in g the mot o r's interna ls ); e xternal oil lines repla ci ng all interna l p a s sageways; a n d a Motoplat ig n it io n with two spark plug s per cylinde r. Everyt hi n g exc e pt the crankcases and , fly w h e e ls w ill retrofit older XR s . Co nway says th e introd u cto ry p rice of th e new X R750 motor has been set at 5995. He claims that it would sell for $8000 if Harley's parts a nd accesso ry division h ad kept it s sta n d a rd profit m ar g in . hut a ll racing motors a nd parts h ave been ma rk ed down . If yo u' re pl anning on att end in g th e N o vern bel' 2 1-25 Florida \\' in t l" Ol ympi cs a t C at o rba ck MX Par k in G ain esvill e, Ihe Ioll ow in g m ig h t p rompt yo u 10 arrive a day ea rly. On Monda y, November 20, th e firs t-eve 'Wim er Ol ympi cs softba ll tourna ment will be held a t Catorbac k. Other o ff- track eve n ts includ e a vollcyba II tournamen t. a hors esh oe pit ching co n tes t and an am at eu r tal e-nt con tes t. In additio n . evervo ne will a lso hav e a cha nce 10 soak Sco tt USA's Bevo Fo rte a nd o the r MX r eleb ri ries in th e Scott USA Dunk in g T ank. North ern California's Motoring , Press As s o c ia t io n has selected three-time Castrol 250cc Grand Prix c ha m p John Kocinski as its Motorcycle Racer of the Year. Kocinski w ill be honored at the MPA 's Awards Ba nq ue t which is set for S a t u rd a y night, January , 3 . in San Francisco . Fo r banquet in fo rm a ti o n, call Bill Spencer at 408-436-8228 . BORN : Kevin Rob ert Riley, so n o f Warner Ri ley. 16-time Bonneville record holder a n d 200 Mil es-P erHour Cl ub member . an d hi s wife Do ric, o n October I I in Eva nston , Illino is. Three-time Grand National C ha m p io n Jay S p ring s t e e n will not be a member of the Harley-Davidson factory team ne xt year but he will re c ei ve support. " J ay' s d one a lot fo r Harley- David s on a nd the spo rt of racin g , a nd w e want to s how ou r support as h e cont in ues his caree r," sa id Ma rk Tuttle , Harle y 's vice president o f e ng ineering . " We want Jay t o be a m e m be r of the Harley racing fami ly for as lo n g as he wants." Springsteen will receive f u n ding , the fi rs t of the new run of XR750 e ngines, and ra c in g parts in 1990. He ' ll continue to campaign d irt track races on equipment built by Mike Mockbee of Bartels ' Harley Davidso n o f Culver City, Califo rnia. Conway sa id th e racin g team will n ot replace Springsteen . In stead . H arley will go with a three-man team next year - Camel Pro Champion Scott Pa rker , 'series runner-up a n d 600 Nati ona l Champion Chris Carr and Kevin Athert on , wh o fin ish ed I I th in this year 's Camel Pro Seri es. Conway also said that Harley will test its new road racing engine next summer. The ' motor is currently configured as a 60-degree V-twin with overhead cams, four !,o llowing a planning session in southern California last week , re p re s e n t a t iv e s of the M ickey Thompson Entertainment Group, SRO /Pace Management, and SuperS ports Promotions have announced expanded plans for the , 990 Camel S u p e rc ro s s Series. " Th e 1990 season has so much going for it," said MTEG Execu t ive Vice President M ike De S tefano . "Both our series a nd event title sponsors w ill be back, wh ich is a major factor. The R .J. Reyno lds Tobacco Company, t hrough its Camel brand, and Coors w ith its Extra Gold Super Challenge event s p o ns o rs h ip had a tremendou s impact on the rebirth of the sport in 1989. They are returning to the series w ith broad- based programs that will provide more exposure and focus mo re national attention on the sport of supercro s s racing in 199 0." The supercross promoter 's group has reached a n agreement with ESPN 10 televise 16 one-hour programs o n a delayed basis next year. Four new venues have been added to th e seri es: the Rose Bowl in Pasaden a. California; th e Silver Bowl in Las Vegas. Nevada; Su llivan Stadium in Foxborough, Massach usetts; a nd Charlotte Mem orial Stadium in North Ca ro lina. A supercross amateu r prog ram w ill be in place in 1990. The AMAsanctioned Amateur Supercross Series will be an added feat ure at most venues host ing Camel Supercross events. "It's probably the single most important step forward the sport could take at th is time, " said ,S u p e r S p o rt s President Bill West. "For some t ime now, there's been a growing concern over the la c k of any kind of program to motivate, train and develop new young riders. We're in the process of putting it all together so it can be im p le m e nt e d int o next year's schedule ." The a m a t e ur events will take place the day after t h e Coors Extra Gold Super Challeng e races at all but a few designated venues on the 1990 Camel Supercross schedule . According to MTEG's DeStefano, portions of the amateur events w ill be in c lu d e d in the ESPN television package. Finally, a points system is being devised and a season finale for to p points w inners is planned for the Los Angeles Memor ial Col iseum where the Camel Supercross Serie s fina le is scheduled for June 23 . T he 32n d Annual New En gl an d Sports Committee (N ESC) Awards Program will be held on Saturda y. Decembe r 9 . a t t h e Greenfi eld Armory in Greenfi eld , Mu ss a chu seus. Doors open a t noon and the a wa rd presentations begi n at 2:30 p.m . Door prizes will be a wa rded throughout th e day a nd even ing with o ne lu cky a tten dee winning a n a ll expe nses-pa id trip for IWO to Florida for th e 1990 Dayt ona Cycle Week. T ha t pr ize includes airfare, mot el accommoda tio ns and $200 in cash . For more informa tion, call the NES C HOllin e,41 317i2-0685. Former National MX Champio n Tony DiStefano will conduct a Ton y D Motocross School at Ocala MX Park in Ocala, Florida. on Monday, November 20 . The school precedes that week's Florid a Mini Olympics. Multi-time National MX Champion Bob Hannah w ill be on hand as will a Suzuki support c re w . DiStefano w ill conduct another school at Lake Wh itney Cycle Ranch in Texas on December 2 . Hannah and Suzuki personnel will also be a t Lake Whitney. At the rece n t WERA Ro ad Aruma meet, roa d racer Da vid Sad ow ski says tha t in 1990 he will either fulf ill h is two -year cont ra ct with Van ce &: Hin es or co m pe te in the japanese Formula I Nat ional Cha m p io ns h ip (wh ich T exan Dou g Polen won thi s year). " It' s a lillie more prole: siona l a rena ," Sad ow ski sa id o f the japa nese 1'-1 clas s. " I'd love to be a ble to pu t tog et her a deal to make 'a living racin g in th e States, bu t the way things a rt' goin g it doesn 't seem possible. F-I is a stepping sto ne to a Grand Prix ride, wh ich is m y u ltima te goal." Two mont hs prior 10 th e Road Atlanta m eet, Sadowski had sa id that he couldn 't co ntin ue with th e Vance &: H in es team . but th e recent sig n ing o f Steve johnson as crew chi d and the fact that V&:H will be th e top Yamaha team in 1990 m ay help persuade h im to stay. Tom Ha lverson h a s re pl a c ed Ke n ny Clark in handl ing the sa le of Yama ha 's road racing bikes, the FZR750R OWO, S upe rb ike and TZ250 . Acco rd ing to Hal verson , Yamaha plans to import as ma ny as 40 TZs; as o f October 27th h e ' d t a ken 20 deposits . Halverson al so sa id tha t if th e WERA television series deal does indeed co me togeth er , Yamaha wi ll likel y support so me Formula USA racers in addi tio n to sup p o rti ng AMA S u per b ike co m pe t itors Van ce &: Hines. A drawing was he ld for a Yamaha YSR50 at the October 27-29 Daytona Race of Champions w ith the proceeds benefitting Cam Roos, the former AMA /CCS 600cc National Supersport Series points leader who suffered serious spinal inj u rie s in a September 10 Steamboat Springs, Colorado, road racing accident, A total of $2050 was collected (a portion of which 'was used to pay ' for the YSR50), and a $1 2 0 0 c a shier's check s e n t to Roos . Some of those making large contributions were Street and Competition Cycle, Team G ib s o n ia / En g le rt Racing and Roger Edmo ndson of the AMA /CCS. who donated the $ 3 0 0 he collected from fines. Bill Bryan of Longwood, Florida, won the drawing . Dunl op's new Sporun ax rad ia l ti res were desi gned for Ilw sl!('('l. bu t Ihl'ir pr edictable qua l iries ha w alread y found favOl with a n umlx-r o l lOad ra cers. Those usin g Sporrmaxr-» at the AI\IA /CCS Du yt o na and /or WER A Road Arl an u: finals included Kawasak i's Doug Ch and ler, Vann' &: H ines' David Sadowski , and T ea m Suzuk i's Pau l Bra y and Mik« Smir h . Dunlop tir e tech n iri a n jim Al len said he 'll fly to southern Cd ifornia 's Will o w Spri ngs hu er n a rio n ul Ran'wa y soon to do sonw tesling ro w. u d t h « d eve lo jn n eu t o f a lacing Sport max. Liberty Ambulance Service will now provide med ical personnel for Willow Springs International Raceway. Liberty has set up a new office near the track in Rosamond, California, and w ill be ab le to provide additional ambu lances s h o u ld they be needed in a matter of minutes, rather than forcing long waiting periods if all the ambulances ha ve to leave the track for the hospital. Liberty's paramedics ar e a lso ab le to administer basic life s u p p o rt tech n iques, rathertha n m ere ly stablize injured riders, and are on-line w ith the ho spital t h ro u gh rad io telemetry. . :\IA RRI ED : i':at ,· R a u h a , C yril' N e w s a ssoc ia te ed it o r, to Pam H anl ev in River side. Ca lifo rnia , o n Saturda v, N o vember II ; th e new lyweds h on eym oon ed in Haw ai i. CHANGED : The p hone numbe r, due to a revamping of the are a code system, of E&H Raci ng of Aurora, Illinois. t o 708 /897 '129 ; E&H Racing distributes and provides race service fo r P ire lli, EBC Brakes and Ara i products . MA R R IED : Canu-l 1'10 Seri t's co m petitor Ch arl ie Orr and Ann EIiason in Irvin g, T ex a s. o n Sa turday , N ovem bel' I I. BORN : Josh ua J a m es Ba lla rd , son of former A MA National Ha re Scrambles C hampio n Geoff Ba llard a nd h is w ife Jen i, in Austra lia , No vem ber 8 , Accordi ng to th e Los An ci anos i\ 1.c. "s Ra y Abott , ent ries for th e T ecate 250 K Enduro in T ecate. Baja California. Mex ico , a re still avai lab le. Fo r more inf ormation , ca ll 619/ 481-688 I. or 460- IiOO.The American Motorcycle Ins t it ut e of Daytona Beach, Florida, has announced it w ill sponsor the March 4 -5 AMA Southeast Amateur/Youth Reg ional Champion sh ip short track ra c e s wh ich will be held du ring the 1990 Daytona Cycle Week at the New Mun icipal Stadium . FORMED: Fitl &: Mill er Engines. In c., a n engine -b ui ldi ng service. by principal s Bob Mill er a nd Will Pfizenrnaier and em p loyee Bob Mil liken and associa te Bob Go rsuch ; n 174 Penro se S t.• U ni t I . S u n Valley. CA 91352. 818/ 768-2908. 55

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