Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

9!~"!~~~ND e 00'" ..-. By Papa Wealey Alt hough the manager o f three-time World Cha m p ion Freddie Spencer denies the sig n ing. so urces close to Spencer say he ha s indeed sign ed a n a greemen t to race Bimo ta s in the 1990 World Superbi ke Series. Spencer is not expected to mak e th e next ro u n d o f th e series in Donin gton Park. Engla n d on Apri l 15. Au stralian roa d ra cer Wa yne Gardner wa s sched u led to travel to th e Andes in So u th Am er ica foll owing th e U.S. G P a t La guna Seca . Gard ne r will tra vel with h is father to Peru to see Machu Piccu , th e lost cit y o f th e In cas. T he eig ht- day trip will end in La Paz. Bol ivia. Doug Polen. a spectator a t th e U.S. G P . co n firmed th at he wi ll ride a Yoshimura Suzu ki in th e seco nd ro u nd o f th e AMA Su perbike Seri es a t Road At lanta o n May 8. Pol en wi ll ta ke th e p lace o f S teve Cr evier . who wa s in jured a t Da yto na . a nd will team with Miguel DuHamel. It will be Pol en' s fir st race since he lost fo ur toes from hi s left foo t 1rI a test cras h at Willow Spri ngs Int ern a tio nal Racewa y. Jimmy Filice wa s a lso o n h and specta ting a t th e U.S . GP. T he former 25 0cc G P w in ner who was bad ly in ju red in a n a utomobi le accident in Februa ry was in good spirits at Lagu na. Fi lice . who is u nder co nt ract with HRC to co nt est the 250cc j apanese Championship, says he will try a nd do th e las t four ro u nds o f the series begi n ning in Augu st. Fi lice . 27. ha s bee n bed -ridd en since the accident. a nd Lagun a ma rked h i s fi r st pub lic appeara nce. Road racer Doug Toland wi ll ride a Tea m L iege-Mo torcase I·londa RC30 tn th e u pcoming Le Mans 24- Hou r End u ra nce race. Tola n d wi ll team w ith Ri chard Hubin a n d Eri c Bragard. T he AMA has a n no u nce d th at a to ta l o f 37 rid"rs will rep rese n t the U.S. a t the 1990 International Six-Day s Endur o in Swede n th is fall. O f th ose 37 posi tio ns , 10 wi ll be fi ll ed by Troph y a nd junior World Team riders a nd the rest by U.S. club rid ers . A total of 12 qualifyi;,g da ys wi ll be a vaila b le for a ll rid er s. but on ly th e riders' five best days will (Q U ill . The Troph y a nd Juni or World team riders wi ll be selected from the top tw o finishers in eac h cla ss at th e end o f th e series. A new S e nior class has been added to th e ISDE this year. Each co u lll ry will be all ow ed to field a three-man team for rid ers o ver the age of 40. H oping to qua lify on the U.S. Senior team is eig h t-time Nationa l Enduro Champion Dick Burleson. No lo nger ar e eco lo gy t ir e s req uired to be used at the ISD E Qual ifiers in th e U.S.• h ow ever , knobb y heigh t wi ll be limited to 13m m a t the ISD E. Stan Searle, father o f desert racer G reg Sea rl e. a n d a nothe r o ff-road mo tor cycli st were kill ed in a hea d-on co ll ision at a n AMA Distr ict 36 ha re scra mb les in Doyle. Ca li forn ia . Apri l I. T he accidelll ha p pen ed before the race . wh ile Searle was warm in g u p Greg's race bike. Sea r le is survived by hi s wife jud y. a nd th ree sons. Jeff, N eill and Gr eg. 66 Bill Adsit a n d Rand y Norman (KTM) teamed up to win th e Ap r il 7 District 38 FRT BUll Bomb 150 desert race. rou nd two o f th e five-race Bu dwei ser/ Bud Light Su perstition Champi on sh ip Series. T om Moen a nd Gerry Ca m p bell (KT M) were seco nd overa ll after duel in g w ith th e w in ni ng team th roughout th e race. Norm an su ffered a broken co llarbone whe n he crashe d a fter he ra ised bo th a r ms o ff the handl ebars in a victory salute as he crossed th e fin ish lin e. RESULTS Motocross Green's Racrway Disputanta, VA Mar. 26 By Caryl Pigg !iO .\ Bob Gnl.. M ilchtll Robb W X'1d w. ,alrf Bobb~ Kemp W nt Cuni1 ;ll 1:58 nann\ Whinrn 8il" Pirro Swbird 15C BmRld\ RobHrmdon aun Hall Sro W n ood RoeLl \'al~ o SOll n \ JUm Road racer Rand y Mamola under we nt surgery a t the Seq uoia Med ica l Ce n ter in no rthern Ca li fornia on Apri l 9 to repair th ree d islocat io ns in hi s wrist. accordi ng to h is ma nager J im Do yle. Ma rnol a suffe red th e injury w h i le m ak in g a mira cul ou s save d uri ng th e la tter stages o f th e U.S. GP a t La guna Seca o n Apri l 8. Mamol a still ma naged to fin ish seven th despi te the in ju ry. Ton... M aino SR':Z; ROIInir ib\' R.ndy Kinibrdl TrmIiOwtw. Stn!'Otildreu TcevM aino OPL~8 Hoo 11w.Hon Hoo tD ~TM Hon t1... "am Hon Hon Han K.oI,,' ~nl' Willl:Jlm K.J", POll Sullivan Otalb but1 Hon Mai Sit+30 G1'K Pieper Alan K ocota\ Can' \lorri\ xr; BrUff' Bri(l~ HUKhn Hon Hon Yam Hoo Sw \R +~o Mea nwhi le. World Champion Eddie Lawson, who was in j ured on Friday, Ap ril 6, a t the U.S. G P wh en h is br ak es fai led en tering turn two . is sched u led to undergo surgery o n h is broken heel a t 7:30 a.m. o n April 10. He will a lso be o pe ra ted o n a t th e Seq uoia Med ica l Ce n ter, but is expecte d to stay longer th an Mam o la. As th is issue went to press, we lea rn ed tha t Kevin Magee ' s co ndition has improved. Accordi ng to Christi WeI- · ter . pub lic relatio ns direClOr o f th e San Jose Med ical Celller. Magee rema ins in the inten sive Gue u nit. but is now mort' aware a nd has begun to respond to simp le sti mu li. H owever. he is sti ll listed in cri tica l b ut stab le co ndi tion . Cards a nd le tt ers ( n o fl o wer s are a llowed ) ca n be sent to I\lagee c/o San J o se Medi ca l Ce nt er, 675 E. Santa Clara St.. Sa n J ose, CA 95112. MOVED: Ch ase H a rper to 725 Un io n . Ave.. Sa nta Barbara . 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