Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

fJ joseph Wahrer, head of th e Lima (O h io) Correctional In stitution 's Motorcycle Techno logy course, tells us that Tom Falicon a nd hi s wife, Magdalena, of Clearwater, Florida- based Fal icon Performance Engineer-ing, recent ly conducted a " very informative motivational sem inar" at the insti tu tion. The Falicons were in Ohio to auend the Cincinaui trade show. Fa lico n Perf o r ma n ce Engineer ing manufactures perfo rman ce cra n kshafts a nd com po ne n ts, and a lso reb uil ds cra nksha fts. Vance & Hines Motorcycle Center of Long Beach ; California, wi ll be sell ing and servicing Metzeler tires at all ARA road race events, a lo ng wi th selected o ther races at southern Californ ia's Will o w Springs Racewa y. Co n tin ge ncy cert ificates wi ll be hon or ed a t the trac k and technica l support provided. Aloe Up / FMF- backed mo to cro sser Ray Sommo suffere d a broken rig ht elbow wh en he cras hed in a sem i-fina l race at the Febru ar y 24 Atla nta Supercross. Sommo 's arm is in a soft cast, an d he was for ced to mi ss the March 4 Ga inesvill e Na tional MX. " Hope fully I'll be able to race at Daytona ," said Sommo. A specia lly-bui ll p e rim e t e r frame KTM was recently spotted a t a loca l so uthern Ca lifornia mo tocross race. Accordi ng to KTM's media relations manager Scot H arden , the bike was " a design idea KTM is loo king at, KT M co nt racted H o rst Lei m er (o f AM P Research) to develop the bi ke. It 's not a 1991 prototype , it's j ust a design KTM is looking a t." T he S e crets of Speed, a new series " ha lf-hou r TV programs begi ns of airing on ESP.N th is month , promises to "take the viewers on board and he 1990 AMA Championship Cup Seri es roa d racing seaso n will be th e r ic h es t eve r for the five-year- old racing organization . Founder Roger Edmond so n announced that a total of $1,135,296 will be up fo r grabs through a combination of purses, point funds and co n tingency awards in AMA/CCS Na tional Cham pionship and clu b catagories. AMA /CCS club raci ng will offer $230,000 in prize ",I0ne~ at AMA/CCS: Racing for more money in 1990. more than 80 races na tionwide, wi th the new U.S",Twin Sports program exclusively for H ar ley-Davidson 883 _ Sportste rs acco unting for $55,000. A to tal of $883 will be pai d to the first through fifth -p lace finishers in each U.S Twins Sport event. New th is year is $ 1000 in prize money distrib u ted back thro ugh 10th place in the Un limited GP class at all Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Sou theas t and Southwest regional events . T here will also be a guaranteed p urse in the Solo En durance GTO and GTU classes; the dollar amo unt depends on the num ber of entries. " The lion's sha re o f th e posted monies co mes from the two Nat iona l Ch ampionship programs - th e EBC Brakes Endurance Ch allenge and Yokohama Na tional Supersport Series by Kayo. T he end urance series has over a quartermill ion do llars up for grabs from nine companies, while the 600 an d 750cc Nation al Supe rsport Series offers nearl y $600,000 in purses and contingency awards from a to tal of 24 compa nies. T ho ugh many manufacturers voiced o bjectio ns over the so-ca lled "ransom money" required by the AMA/ CCS for th eir products to be used in the Nation al Supersport Series, a total of 24 compa n ies paid the fees and posted the necessary continge ncies to become series sponso rs. " While we are cont inuing to explore sponsorship from ou tside our industry, the support these companies are providing keeps racing alive for hundreds of very ta lented riders," Edmondson said. _ . The AMA/CCS season bega n at Dayto na In ternational Speedway on Marc h 2, and concludes at Daytona wi th the Race of Champions in late October. T Th e February 18 Q u i c k s il v e r National Enduro in Coal inga, Ca lifornia, that was cance led du e to an estimated 16 inc hes of snow that fell in the Clear Creek Recreation Area two days before the event , has been reschedu led as a non -National event and wi ll take place on March 25. The resched uled enduro wi ll pay District 36 points an d with the elimination of th e Nationa l's AA class special test loop will be approximately 85 miles long. T he Sali nas Ramblers M.C. expects some cancelat io ns and entries will be reopened to fill posi tio ns vacated by these cancelatio ns. Fo r entry info rmation, call 408/449-4608. The Chec kers M.C. has designa ted its 37th Annual Chec k Chase Na tio nal Hare & Hou nd in Lu cerne Vall ey, Ca lifornia, Mar ch 25, as an AI B ake r benefit event, Bak er, the founder of XR 's On ly in Hesperia, California, has been in a semi -coma since an airplane cras h la st Augus t. T he cl ub ha s p ledged $2 from every en try to help with Bak er's medi cal costs. Plus, the Checkers M.e. is plan ni ng to hold a ra ffle, wi th a ll proceeds going to Baker's recovery. If you would like to donate some th ing to ra ffle, or wa nt more informa tio n, call 619/244-2626. T he SCORE Great Mojave 250 offroad race, tha t was originally ' schedu led to be he ld at Lucerne Valley, Cal ifornia, on April 14, has been moved to San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico, and wi ll run on the weekend of April 20-22. The event now will be call the SCORE San Felipe 250. Rick R yan piloted a Honda and a pair of Kawasakis to the 125, 250 and 500cc Pro class wins at th e final GFI Racing Cal ifornia Winter MX Series North-South Sh owdown held March 3-4 in Brentwood, California. Ron Turner (Ho n) won th e Vet Pro class . a lifo rn ia motocrossers Clayton Blood and G reg Ziuerkopf were p resen ted wi rh Dodge Dak ota tru cks at the final rou nd of the CMC Golden Sta te Na tiona ls in San Bern ardino, Cali1ornia, Febru ary 25. T he tru cks are awarded each year to (he Pro class riders who accumulate the most CMC po in ts in the northern a nd southern regi ons of California. Blood, from Concord, Cal iforn ia, accumulated the most · " , points in the northern region jim Hicks presents a truck to Greg Zitterkopf. during the 1989 season, while Chi no resident Ziuerkopf earned the most poi illS in the southern regio n. C _ Address _ Order Da te State _ Zip _ It now appears tha t th e Aust r alian Grand P r ix will be held at Phillip Island on Septem ber 16. T he race was origina ll y p lan ned to tak e place at Syd ney 's yet-to-be-com p leted Easter Creek road race track, but the FIM temporarily stripped Australia of its GP when track bu ilders failed to meet the FIM deadline. FIM Pr esident Jos Va e ssen flew to Australia recentl y and met with th e Auto Cycle Council o f Australia (ACCA), and i t was decided that the 1990 GP would be held once again a t Phill ip Island. The 1991 Australian G P, however, will take place at the new Sydn ey facility in Apri l. Road racer W a yne Gardn e r had a hair-raising mom ent during testin g at Phillip Island in Australia o n Saturday, March 3. The 1987 500cc World Champion hit a bird on the front straightaway while testing the 1990 Ho nda NS R500 . The bird crashe d through the fai ring an d rad iator, bu t Gardner was abl e to keep control, slightly inj uri ng h is wris t in th e Name ~ process. The incident ended Ga rdner's scheduled plans to race a sprint car in Sydn ey tha t even ing. Gardner, however, stayed i n Phillip Isl and to com p lete th e rem ain ing two days of his three-day sessio n. The Aust ralian will then head for Suzuka in j apan for testing on Mar ch 12-13 prior to the March 25 ope ni ng rou nd of th e 500cc World Champions hip . Australian Tony Gill (H o n) won both th e 250cc G I' and 500cc Premier classes during AH RMA vintage road rac e action at Daytona International Speedway on Mar ch 5. Gill topped Dave Roper (Ma t) and Alan Ca thca rt (No r) in 500 Prem ier, and Lee Robison (Bu l) and Mik e Green (Duc) in the 250 GP class. California MXers awarded trucks Ci ty B AMA/CCS awards nass $1 million behind the scenes." The first show of the seri es, T he Riding Style of Freddi e Spencer, a irs on March 14 at I a.m., March 26 at 10:30 a.m ., and o n Apri l I I at 3:30 p.rn. (Eastern tim e). 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