Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

-' nd then step down . Also re-elected ere corporate m embers John oover o f Kawasaki , T im Hoelter f Harley-Davidson, a nd P aul D e an f Diamandis Communications ublishers of Cycl e a nd Cycle World n agazines. In addi tio n to Cova, P a tty ills from the South Centra l Regi on o ine d th e board as a n individual em ber-elected tru stee. T he la te H azel olb represented th a t region on the oard for m any years . ' r he FIM has nam ed AMA Presid ent d Youngblood to chair a comm ittee o look at th e possib ility of all G ra nd rix promo ters sharing th e cos ts of Ps , Suc h a move would ta ke the load ff th e U.S., Au stralia, Brazil a nd a pa n GP promoters, wh o face enoro us costs du e to th e dis tances the o mp etitors must trave l to a tte nd the ir vents and other reasons. ill B o yce , " Ca p ta in Bill y" to hi s riends, was feted by a lar ge ga the ring t th e AMA Official s Dinner at Port ra nge, Florida, th e even ing of th e aytona 200. Boyce offi cially ret ired rom th e AMA, where he had been a ainstay in th e professional raci ng epart me n t for many years , on Januar y I, but will sta y on as a consultant. illie Horky, widow o f former AMA rofessional racing department head ules Horky, Earl Widman and Susie opp planned the affair. . he Dirt Diggers M.C. will host th e r s Light Vet Pro Rac e at the 2nd Annual H angtown National harnpionship 125/250cc MX Classic n March 31-Ap ril 1. Alread y prentered in the vet race are former World hampion Br ad Lack e y, fo rmer a tio nal Champion Marty Smith, illy Grossi and Rex Staten. irt trackers interes ted in ordering teel shoes from Ken Mae ly should do so before April 5. Maely says th at he 'll be off to China on April 15 a nd wo n' t re tu rn home un til the en d o f Ma y. .' T eam Green wil t be p roviding pi t service to all Kawasaki riders in th e April 21 StORE/HDRA San Felipe 250. The only requirem ents ar e preentry in th e SCORE drawing for sta rting positions and use of Team Green 's fuel and o il. There will be a minimal fee for fuel. Call Team Green at 714/770-0400 Ext. 2226 or Kawasaki of Riverside (California) at 714/6838839 if you intend to use th e pit servi ce; sign-up deadline is April 3. We 're told that " T he Hunt for Mr . O ctober" at Daytona wasn 't neccessary as baseball great Reggie Jackson did appear at Sunday's opening ceremo- "Air Polens ~~ nies, b ut the bike on which he was to take a lap did not. WERA has a n nounced th at i ts endurance ro ad race ser ies will be j oi nt ly sponsored by Kerker E xha u s t Systems a nd S canda nav ia n Brake Systems. Kerker a nd SBS have agreed to sponsor the series o n a mu lti-yea r basis wit h th e series o ffering a point fu nd of $25,000 in 1990 and $35,000 . In 199 1. In additi o n, $283 ,525 in co ntingency money has been posted by various mo tor cycle industry co mpa nies. T he series ti tle will be Kerkerl SBS WER A National End urance Series. The , Nashvill e Network (T N N) will telecast th e Daytona 200 o n Su nday, Ap ri l 15, a t 3:00 p.m. and aga in a t 7:00 p .m . (Eas tern times) on American Sp orts Caval cade. Th e Daytona Supercross will be telecas t o n Am erica n Sp orts Ca val cad e o n Sunday, June 17, als o at 3:00 a nd 7:00 p. m. (Eastern ). Steve Evans will ho st bot h th e Dia mo nd P Sports -p rod uce d 90-minu te telecasts, joine d by co lor co m mentators Paul Page and G ary Gerould. The .Wh ite Bros World Champions h ip Four-Stroke MX & TT will be held May 19-20 at southern California's Perris Raceway. The TT will take p lace Saturday night and theMx o n Sunday. A special Legends o f TT race will beheld Saturday night and it's ex pected to draw many of the stars o f the past. Once again, a vintage bike show will be held during th e weekend, a nd free ca m p ing will be availab le. N e ale Shilton a nd Rod Coates , two names con nec ted to Triumph for many years , passed away 'recently: Shilton, who had mad e his home in Scandanavia for quite some time, wa s th e a u thor of many works on British bikes and ra cing" including articles that , a p peared in this publica tion. Coa tes, made his home in Ma ryland, a nd for yea rs was a mainstay at Tri u mp h 's East Coas t headqua rt er s ' in T imonium , Ma ryland. Kolbe H onda in Woodland H ills , Cali fornia, will be hosting an Off Road Open H ouse on Friday, March 23, featuring Team Honda MX riders Rick Johnson, Jeff Stanton, Mike Kiedro w ski and J ean -Michel Bayle, as well as five-time 500cc MX World Champion Roger D eCost er. The open house will begin at 5:30 p.rn. and end a t 7:30. American Suzuki has fin alized its offroad 1990 Suzuki RMX and DR Contingency Program. The RMX program puts $247,750 , up for grabs by Suzuki R MX250 riders at II major o ff-ro ad series , across th e co u n try ,' , u st one m onth a fter losing four toes in a Willow Sp r ing s practice crash, road racer Doug Polen showed up to spectate at the a yto na 200. P ol en wa s in good sp ir its and spoke free ly of hi s accident, go in g so far as to dub h i s ath le ti c shoes , o ne o f w h i ch has obvio usly been mod ifi ed : " Air Polens." The Texa n was so graphic in de scribing h is su rgery -th a t m o st' li stener s had to turn away.- In fact, f ell o w road racer Do ug Ch andler sai d th at he co uld n' t get th e story off hi s m in d after speakin g to P ol en prior to a hea t race. Polen plans to insert a ste el shan k into the top o f h is left boot in the hopes of returning to raci ng a t th e seco nd ro und o f the Japanese National Champ ionship o n Ap ri l 22; Po len is t he defend in g All -J a pan Formul a One a nd Formula Three C ham pion. l incl udi ng th e AMA Na tional Ch amp io ns h ip Endu ro , Hare Scrambles, Reli ability T ria ls (and ISDE) , Cross Country and H ar e & H ound Seri es. For DR riders, Suzuki has posted $60,000 and th at'll be available at the AMA Nati onal Championship Enduro , Hare Scrambles and Reliability Trials Series, the IS DE a nd the T exas Enduro Series. and endi ng a t th e Honda Rider Educa tio n Center in Colton. Following th e event Pat Owens will be o n hand distributing free Pete Wilson for Governor bumper stickers . For more , inform a tio n, di al th e D-37 dual sport hotline number, 818/249-2141. The March 17 Las Vegas Supercross was the 200th supercross event sa nctio ne d by th e Ame ri can Motorcycli st Association since the series was formed in 1972. It was decided a t th e most recent FIM Congress meeting that riders contestingrhe 1990 FIM World Championship Road Race Series will get a 25% p urse in crease . Rider representative S ito Pons had fought for the increase and told Cycl e N ew s during his recent Laguna Seca test session that th ere was a good chance rid ers would boy cott the winner's rostrum celebrations unless ,the purse money was in creased. Frenchman J ean-Michel Bayle ha s been to the world-famous ga m bling city of Monte Ca rlo in the principality of Monaco on the Mediterranean Sea, but th e 250cc World Champion MXer sa id tha t th e city doesn't compare to Las Vegas, Nevad a. " It 's like a completely different planet here," Bayle sai d at th e Las Vegas Su percross. Northern California 's Lodi C ycl e Bowl , si te of th e development of th e AMA 's DTX dirt tra ck class, will host a Pro -Am TT, it s first program with DTX cla sses o n Sund~y, Mar ch 25. Cable televisio n 's Prime Sports Net 'work will telecast th e Michael Callan Producer / Agaj anian Enterta in m entp roduced The Asco t Speedway Ch a lle nge , beginn ing Thursday, May 24, at 10 p.m. (Pacific time). The ser ies will feature 13 one-hour programs which start taping a t Ascot o n May 17. In ad di tio n to speedway motorcycles , the series will al so fea tu re spee dwa y sidecars and the Ascot Bikini Contest. Two-time World Champion Bru ce Penhall and Larry Huffman will host th e seri es. T he 1990 series marks the Agajanians ' fifth year of televising speedway racing which has resulted in 71 programs broadcast 124 times on national TV. T hat makes spee dway the most highly telecast form of motorcycle racing in th e U.S. to date . AH R MA National Cham pio ns Matt and Ginger Hilgenberg will receive su p port for th eir 1990 vintage MX effort from 25 Travel, a Florida-based tra vel agency with 22 offices in the U.S. Matt won the Premier Lightweight a n d 500 cc Expert classes in both AHRMA National and AHRMA-West Seri es in ' I989, while his wife , Ginger, ca p tured th e Women 's Novice title in th e AHRMA-West Seri es. According to Hilgenberg, 25 Travel is offering travel dis counts and an ex tens ive tou r packag e to vintage motorcycle enthusiasts. AMA District 37 will be holding its Benefit 3 Dual Sport Ride on Sunday, Mar ch 25, beginning a t th e D-37 o ffices in Glendale, California, The 2nd Annual W o m e n ' s Invitatio n al Motorcy cle Ride will be held . Saturday, March 24, from 8-10 a.m . -------------------------------------------------------------------. 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