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Robb ie H ol bert of Cycle Shack in
Sta fford, T exas, sent Pa pa a clipp in g
from the November 26 Houston
Ch ronicle with a note say ing, " I
don 't pl an o n bu yin g a ny more
Chron icles." Wha l upset Robbie? An
AP rep o rt o n th e Barstow-to-Vegas
race that a mo ng o the r th in gs sa id,
" T he race stag ing area LOok o n th e
loo k of a heav y metal conce rt ear ly
Sat urdav with riders a nd th eir fam il ies, ma ny clad in leather and
chains, a rrivi ng before dawn for the
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World Champion Jordi Tarres of
Spa in has signed a new contract
with Beta and he'll contest the
1990 World Championship
Observed Trials Series aboard the
Italian marque. Tarres won the '89
title with an amazing string of 10
straight wins, riding a watercooled Beta which was the prototype of the new 1990 Beta that
is now being imported by Cosmopolitan Motors.
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victory on the fina l nig ht LO fini sh
as runner-up overall.
Overall class cham p ions fro m the
1989 SCORE -HDRA Off- Road Series are J o hn Braasch J r. in Class 20
(l25cc), Mark Va nsco un in Class 21
(250cc), La rry Roeseler in Class 22
(O pe n), Lee Pearson in Class 30 (30
o r mo re yea rs o f age ), Richa rd
] ackso n in C lass 40 (40 a nd older ),
a nd Charles Salmen in Class 50 (50
and o lder). Roeseler was the overa ll
mo tor cycle champion. They were
h on o red a t th e SC O RE -H D RA
Awards Banquet at the Los Angeles
Ai r port Ma r r iott o n Saturda y,
December 2.
T he AMA wa s recently selected as a
recipient of a T ak e Pride in Ameri ca
award by th e Slate of Ohio for th e
success of its Volunteer T ra il Rider
p ro g ram. T h e p ro gram , imp le mented in 1988, enco urages trail
riders LO assist Forest Service personnel LO promote stewar dsh ip of natur al reso urces a nd en co ura~e safe
a nd proper use of the lan d. WIlh th is
a ward, th e program is now eligible
for nati o nwide recogni tion by being'
forwa rded lO the nati o nal compe tilion. The goals of the T a ke Pride
. in America a nn ua l awa rds program
a re LO recognize those efforts which
help increase th e wise use of public
lands a nd natural resources, enco urage a resp onsible attitude toward
th ose lands a nd p rom ot e participatio n in caring for th e en vironment.
Colorado's Mark Manniko (Fan)
scored his third consecutive
sweep of the Schreiber Cup and
EI Trial de Espana trials events on
December 2-3 in Lucerne Valley,
California, Kip Webb (Fan) trailed
Manniko in the final results at both
events, Paul Webster (Bet) finished third in the Schreiber Cup
while Tom Hamann (Bet) was
third in the EI Trial de Espana.
R ick J ohnson (Hon) was crowned
the Kin g of Berr v after scori ng th e
best co mbined fin ishes at the Paris
Su percross held in Bercy Stadi um in
Pari s, Fran ce, Novemb er 29-30 a nd
December 2-3. J ohnson won th e first
of four ni ghts of racing a nd went 54-2 in the rema inder of the races .
Dam on Bradsh a w (Yam ) won the
second night, La rry Ward (Suz) nig ht
thr ee, a nd Jeff Leisk (Han) LOo k th e
Supercross Series and 2S0cc
Nationals where he will be joined
by Mike LaRocco. Guy Cooper
and Larry Ward will also ride the
Camel Supercross Series and
12Scc Nationals. Buddy Antunez
and Jimmy Gaddis will contest
the 12Scc Western Regional
Supercross Series and 12Scc
Nationals, while .Ieromv Buehl
and Denny Stephenson will ride
the 12Scc Eastern Regional
Supercross Series as well as
12Scc Nationals.
La rry Roeseler (Kaw) was the un official win ner a t th e Tecate 250K
Enduro in T ecate, Baja Ca liforn ia ,
Mexico, December 2. Former fourtim e Enduro Nati onal Champion
Terry Cunningh am (Kaw) finis hed
second overa ll, while current lWOtim e Na tional Ch a mpion Ra nd y
Ha wkins (Suz) LOok third.
In conjunction with the GFI Winter MX Series round at southern
California's Perris Raceway on
Sunday, December 31, ATK
Motorcycles will offer test rides
on thenew 1990 ATK 604 E/S
and 2S0 and 406 MX models.
Furthermore, ATK President Kenneth Wilkes has announced that
ATK will donate $100 to the
District 37 Desert Defense Fund
for every ATK motorcycle purchased by District 37 members.
Contact your local ATK dealer for
further details.
A $S3,OOO purse will be up for
grabs at the opening round of the
1990 Camel Supercross Series.in
Anaheim, California, January 27,
The 2S0cc class winner will earn
$8000 of the $4S,OOO 2S0cc
class purse, and the 12Scc class
winner will receive $22S0 of the
$8000 12Scc purse.
Cagiva SOOcc Grand Prix road racer Randy Mamola (left) and his manager
Jim Doyle (second from right) were presented the keys to a pair of Ducati
Pasos in a ceremony at John Munroe's (right) Munroe Motors in San
Francisco, Cal ifornia, November 23 . In addition to the bikes, which were
gifts from Cagiva, Mamola and Doyle received customized seats from
Paul Gomez (rear ) of Corbin,
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