Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Americans sween French 125cc MX GP D onny Schmi t led an America n sweep of the top four positi ons at round four of the World Cham pi onship 125cc MX Series held J un e 10 in Ern ee, Fran ce. T he Suzuki rider won bo th motos, beating KTM 's Bob Moore in the firs t race and Moore's teamma te Mike Heal ey in moto two. Healey's thi rd in the first moto gave him second o vera ll, wh ile Tyson Voh la nd 's (Su z) 4-3 moto finis hes edged o ut Moore's 2-7 for the fina l pla ce on the rostrum. Schmit (rig h t) lead s H ealey in th e point standi ngs , 127-98, with Holland 's Pedro Tragter third with 90 points. Moor e is fourth with 86 po ints and Voh land lies fifth at 80. In round five of the World Championship 500cc MX Series in Vanta, Finland, American Billy Li les (Kaw) was second overa ll to Belgian Eric Geboers (H a n ), who swep t bo th motos. Dirk Geukens (Ho n) rounded out the top th ree. Lil es leads Geboers in the points sta ndings, 156-149. Italian Alessandro Puzar (Suz) conti nued his do mina nce in the 250cc G Ps with a doubl e moto win in rou nd six of the 250cc Worl d Cha mpionshi p MX Series in Markelo, Hollan d. Peter Dirkx (Ho n ) was second overall and Pekka Vehkon en (Yam) claimed third. Pu zar has a massive 82-point lead over Dave Strijbos, 210-128. Ame rican Tram pas Parker (KT M) was forced to sit out the Dutch G P due to a broken co llarbone suffer ed May 27 in the Czechoslovakian G P. mile- long back straightaway. " No mention was made of any p lans to repave th e track. Although th e release sta tes that the chica ne is being added speci fically for car races, it " may" be used for mo torcycle races. T he AMA infor ms us th at th e draft en viro n mental assessment concern ing the Ba r s tow-to-Ve ga s race that th e BLM is devel oping is du e to be completed by July 16, not June 16 as we were originally told. The Central Road Racing Club will conduct an b en efit auction at its June 23-24 race at Hallet, Oklahoma. All proceeds from the au ction will go towards helping pa y the hospital bills incurred by John Pollard who su fIered paralyzing injuries in a practice crash a t Oakhill Raceway on May 6. Anyone wishing to donate items or nio ney sho uld cont act the CR RC a t 800/423-8736 or Jimmy Swearingin a t ~1 7 /58 1 - 62 67. Baj a P ro mo tio n s' Tecate Grand Prix in Baja , Mexico, ha s been mov ed up to June 16 from its ori gina lly sched uled dat e of June 30. The change was made du e to the schedulin g of th e SCO R E Show for June30-Jul y I ; Baja Promotions is an exhibitor in the show. The Tecate Grand Prix will be held in the new Santa Veronica OffRoad Pa rk, whic h is located approximately 20 mil es east of the U .s./ Mexico bor der crossing at T ecate. B1ja Pro moti on s has also announced two more date cha nges tha t have come about as a resu lt of a request by the office of the Secreta ry of Tourism of Baja Ca lifornia, Mexico. The. Gran Carrera d e Campeones, originall y chedu led for October 26-28, will take place o n September 21-23. Because of that da te cha nge, th e Ensenada Gran Prix, which was to have taken p'lace o n September 15, will now run on October 6. Fra nk Word, who foll owers of dirt ack racing should remember, celebra ted Memorial Day by winning a whi tewa ter hydroplan e boat race , the !I2nd An n ua l Boamick Wh itewater ace, a t G rants Pass, O rego n. Word as been com peting in wh itewat er boat racing for six years. The Ove r T he Hill Gang will hold its six th a n n ual re unio n at Dick Klamfoth 's H on da H ill s in L innvill e, Ohio, on Ju ly 28-29. For mor e information, call But ch Baer at 413/2673343 or Tom Baer at 603/668-4769. The September 1-2 2 4 Hours of Liege , set fo r th e fa m ed SpaFra nco rchamps circuit in Belgiu m , has been canceled. T he race was to have pa id po ints towa rd the 1990 FIM Wor ld Enduran ce Cup. Tom Turn er of Two-Stroke Racing (TSR) is no longer providi ng FMF Racing, whi ch primarily builds after- When would you pay $99.00 for a piece of paper? market exha ust pipes for two-stroke motocross machines, with comp u terdesigned blueprints for exha us t pipes. According to Turner, none of FMF 's 1990 pipes wer e design ed o n hi s com pu ter. FMF o wner and founder Don Eml er designed the '90 lin e a nd says he will cont inue to exclusi vely design his pipes in the future. Fr en chm an Jacky Vimo nd ha s retired from racing motocross at the ' age of 28. Vimond won th e 250cc World Cha mp io nship in 1986, but su ffered a serious back injury du ring a celebrat io n party shortly after he took th e titl e. After tak in g a year off to recover, Vimo nd returned to raci ng in 1988. " My doctor has advi sed me to quit as there is a real danger that I could be paral yzed if I crash badl y again ," said Vimond. " O ne of the vertebrae in my spine is out of place and the disc has already been com pressed. [ suspect that th e problem started after the fall in 1986, but my cras h in Nam ur, Belg ium, last year also probably contribu ted to it. " Belgian Andre Vromans will also be retiring from motocross at the June 24 5QOcc G P in Lommel, Belgium. Vromans, 34, is best known for his battle with American Brad' Lackey for the 1982 500cc World Championship. Lackey clinched the titl e a t the last round in Luxembourg wh en Vrom ans forgot to turn at the second corner. Multi-time Supercross and Nati onal MX Champion Rick Johnson will be sig ning autographs at Penninsula Honda in Sunn yva le, Ca lifo rnia, June 16. J ohnson wi ll be there between 11 :00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m .. 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