Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Motor Sport (Continued from page 15) Life after Motor Sport With the demise of Team Motor Sport , Arnaiz a nd Kress were left to . fi n d the ir o wn ri des for 199 0 , a ltho ug h Hill did what he cou ld to . help. Currentl y, Arnaiz is weighi ng his o p tio ns. trying to decid e betw een bu yin g a used H onda RC30 superbike for the AMA Natio nals, or fo llowing Do u g Pol en 's exa mple and contesting the All -J apa n Formula O ne Series. Bo th ave n ues are open to him. " I thi n k I' d ra the r race in . J apan (tha n in the U.S.)." Arnaiz says...It wou ld be totally different. I' d have good eq u ipment, I'd make some money, I wo u ldn ' t ha ve to worry abou t ge tting the bikes to the races a nd ' ma ki ng su re th e y' re ' put toge ther. And I wo ul dn 't ha ve to be a way fro m my family (his wife Kim .a nd da ugh ter Kirsten wou ld go with him ) so much. It wou ld be a lo t ' better." . Even if Arnaiz does race in J a pan . his .U.S. competition wo n't be ab le to rest easy. . " I' d still li ke to" do something in the U.S.... Amaiz .sa ys. ." I think I' ll be abl e to buy the bike (th e RC30) an d ha ng on to it for the season. Then, even if I d id race in Japan , COME HAVE FUN WITH·US•••AT HONDA OF ATLANTA'S SUPERCROSS CELEBRATION FEBRUARY 23 & 24 MEET TEAM HONDA'S RICK JOHNSON & JEAN-M'ICHEL BAYLE Friday Afternoon, 5:30 - 7:30p.m. . Special SLipercross D iscount Tickets or Coupons On Sale, Plus Early Entry Passes TIckets Also Available at A I Rodi Honda, Decatur. (40 4) 284-3100 and Airport Honda. Forest Park. (404) 366-3321 . . Register ,To Win Our Grand Prize: 2 Paddock Tickets Camel Motorcycle Week, March 5-11, Daytona International Speedway. 2nd Prize: . 2 Reserved Grandstand Tickets to both the 20th Daytona Supercross by Honda and the 49th Daytona 200 by Arai. 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" an American - designed and bu ilt contender in t he International Lightwe ight 'c lass. Creat ing the ."American Challenger" has exhausted our funds and we are appeal ing to you to support us in getting to Daytona. We have reached a point where we have ' bu ilt an American motorcycle capable of competing . on equal terms. Please help' us put on a first class effort at Daytona - I appreciate your support," ' DA VE IJAMS, Pmsident 'San Diego, ' CA - " I can't say for sure that we'll win. but I can say that they're going to know we were there l " . DA VID ALDANA~Rider J: 0.. I could come back and maybe do a . race or two here - like Dayto na." Kress, rneanwhile. vhas firm plans for 1990. He'll be aboard a Suzuki GSXR750 for. the AMA/ CCS Su persport races. and will supp lement that wi t h cl u b r a ces o n that a nd a GSXR I IOO wit h sponsorship fro m Cycle Im ports. Cycle Gear, Arai, a nd some hel p fro m Muzzy R&D a nd Grizz ly Performance. " I' ll do as m uc h club rac ing as I can." he says. "I' m going to do a 'Doug Pol en ,' you know, bo p a ll across th e countryside. 1 don ' t"have the mo ney to be competitive on a Su perbi ke, so I' m going to start from sq uare one' with the Supersport stuff and the Suzu ki Cup Final. T ha t's w h er e I'm headed . . . equal eq u ip ment. ' .' ''I'm really looking forw ard to this year. 1 know what i t's like now. I know all the tracks; 1 know what I' ve got.to do to be competitive; I know what it costs. This year , I know what it's go n na tak e to do it." ' As [or H ill, he hopes to stay involve d in moto rcycle road raci ng: " I still love the sport, and I'd like to continue to work in a marketing capacity within the sport. Motor Sport as a n organization is no t d eceased. If the opportunity presents itself in the fu ture, I'll re-establis h Team Mo tor Sport." In spite of the eventual ou tco me; Team Mo tor Sport .may soon be h avin g an u noffi cial re u nion. 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