Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

field hearing on S2150, the National R ecreation Trails Fund Act. Sponsored by Sen. Steve Symms (R-Idaho), the bill would fu nd m ult ipl e-use trails through taxes paid on fue ls used by off-highway vehicles. The heari ng will be he ld on August 22 in the Ida ho Falls City Co unci l Chambers, City Electrica l Building, 140 S. Capitol Avenue, Idaho Fa lls , Idaho, from 9 a.m. to 2 p .m . Among those schedu led to testify in favor of the bill is Dal Smilie , a member of the AMA Board of T rustees. Motorcyclis ts are encouraged to attend the hearin g, a nd all OHV users should write their sena to rs a nd representatives in support of S2150 and its ho use companion, H R4040, which was introduced by Rep. Larry Craig of Idaho. Vol un teers fro m t he Am e rican Desert R a c in g Ass ociatio n(A RDA) and the Arizona Wi ldl ife ' Federation recent ly des igned and construc ted a large silt rentention struc t ure th a t spans Round Valley Creek in th e P r e sco tt N ational Forest. The structure, a 15-foo t tall dam spanning 92 feet, will pro vide local flora a nd fauna wi th a lush nparia n hab it a t while helping to raise th e watershed back to its hi stori cal I vel by backin g u p and hol ding wa ter from the brief but intense su mmer sto rms in th e trad itiona lly dry Arizo na fores t. ADRA solicited don a tio ns from many so urces for the project and received help fro m Arizona Reba r, H eldt Lumber, the Motorcycle Indust -y Cou ncil and Ame rican Honda. Prod ucts. Fay was pi loting a personal watercraft when he was struck by a boat that was towing a water skier. Memo rial services were he ld in Redlands on August 3. According to a press rel ease issued by th e AMA at th e Mid -Ohio road race Nationa l on August 5, the AMA National Championship Road Ra ce schedu led for Sep tember 16 at Willow Springs International R a c e w a y in Rosamon d, Ca li fornia, will take pl ace. The releas e was issued after rumors filtered through the pits that the race was in the process of being cancelled by 'Bill Hu th, th e o wner of Willow Springs. I n a n effo rt to i ncrease pre-race p ublicity, the AMA and promo ters have agreed to change the race-d ay sch e dules a t fu ture rounds of the AMA National Championship Road R ace S e rie s . Begi nning wi th the H ea rtl and Par k Topeka round on Sep tember 9, superbike practice will be timed on Frida y a nd Sa turday wi th those times qual ifyin g riders for the Na tional. In add ition, an eig ht- lap Race for the Po le event . will be held on Sat urday af ternoon ins tead of th e customary heat race format. T he ne w for ma t was designed to get local press in terested in the race 'as a th ree-day event , ra ther than a two-day affair. Alt hough there was talk of ado pting th e World Championship Superb ike and G rand Prix method of stric tly tim ed qualifying with no heat races, race promoters told th e AMA that they are still in favor of having a su perbike _ race o n Saturday , so th e AMA came up with the Race for th e Pol e even t. Beginning in 199 1, the len gth of th e S u per bik e Nationals w ill b e c u t to 40 m il e s , acco rd ing to race direc- Sch a in wntzw sBritish GP T ~xan Kevin Schwantz (rig h t) rode hi s T eam Lucky Strike Suzuki to a th ree-second win over the Marlboro Yam aha of Wa yne Rainey in the Bri tish Grand Prix a t Donington Park on ugust 5: Rainey's teammate Eddie Lawson inished third. Mick Doohan (H on) was fourth tth Niall Mackenzie (Suz) fifth ; Ran dy Mamol a ini shed six th on the Cagiva. Rainey still leads h~ cha mp io ns h ip over Schwantz, 198-173. . iThe 250cc British G P was won by Ita lian Lu ca da lora on h is Marlboro Yamaha. Second place ent to Honda 's Masah iro Shi mizu wi th Helmut rad l finis h ing th ird on another H onda. Do mi'Que Sarron (Hon) and Carlos Cardus (Hon ) ounded o u t the top five finishers. T he cham p io n hip leader going into the British ro und , J ohn ocins ki, cras hed while lead ing the race wi th 10 laps to go , thus giving the hampio ns hip lead to Cardus, 162-149. U.S .ISDEriders go to school id e T o Wi n, a n on -profit or ganization tha t su p po rts the U.S. World Trop hy and Junior World teams a t the Intern ational Six Days Enduro (ISDE), recently sponsored a training camp for the ride rs who qual ified fo r the two tea ms a nd will be co m pe ting in th e 65th ISD E in Vasteras, Sweden , Septemb er 3-8. The twoday training camp was hel d at Carnegie Cycle Park in Livermor e, Ca lifornia, J u ly 28-29, and former Supercro ss a n d N ati onal MX Ch.ampion Bob H a n nah served Bob Hannahgives riding tips 10 endu ro riders. as in struc to r. Hanna h revealed some of his motocross know-how to the enduro riders in ho pes of improving their MX special test times a t the Swedish ISDE. U.S. ISDE riders in the past have been criticized for being outclassed in the MX and grass tra ck special tests by th e dominant European tea ms. In the past five years, ISDE gold medals have been won or lost in the special tests. T he U.S. Trophy tea m is seeking its first-ever win at the ISD E. . Among the riders attendi ng the camp were Dave Bertra m " Charles Halcomb, Da vid Rhod es, Steve Hatch a nd Scott Dra fs. " I th in k it 's a great idea having the training camp," said Rhod es. "I know I lea rn ed a lot in th e two da ys, which should hel p me out a bunch in Swed en. Hannah did a great job ." R tor Roger Edmondson and the Race for the Pol e ma y end u p featuring som e sort of point-paying system to giv e riders add ed in centive. Road racer Mike Harth wi ll rid e a fu el-inject ed, Yamah a FZR I OOO- powered Bimota in round six of th e WERA Formul a USA Road Ra ce Seri es a t Road Atlanta in Braselt on, Geo rgia, o n Au gu st 12. T he bike will be backed by Hank Dow of T eam Mad Dog. R ic h King (W-R) topped Will Da vis (H -D) and Larry Pegra m (W-R) in th e Expert class short track final at the AMA Regi onal Cha mpionshi p Dirt , Track Series ro und at Peoria, Illino is, August 4. George Price (W-R) beat Cha d Barth (H- D) a nd George Ga rvis (H o n) in th e P ro-Am main event, while B rian T illson (W-R) led J ason F le tc her (W- R ) a n d J am es H art (W-R) across the finish line in the Junior final. Series team manager , is now in char ge of t he Win ston Ra cing Serie s , a nationwide auto racing program. Bob Janelle, who was the Camel Supercross Series field rep , is now in cha rge of the show cars and the elec tronic sco reboa rds at mo torsports events. Larry H a ney, who was the Camel P ro Ser ies field rep , has moved into a cus to mer re la tions posi tio n . Curtis Gra y has returned to the mo tor cycle d ivision a nd will represen t R.]. Reynolds a t Ca mel Pro Series events the remainder of the season. Ty Norris has joined SME as a pub lic re lati ons representative, respons ible [or publ icizing the Ca mel P ro Series a nd the Winston Racin g Series . CORRECTION: Pro Twins G P2 class competitor Er ic Ph ill ipe rode a Mot o Guzzi at the Ju ly 2 1-22 AMA N ati on al R o ad R a ce in M ia m i , Florid a. Suzuka 8-Hour fir st timer Donald Jacks: " It was like Christmas. They (Japan's Birnota importer) gave me a gear bag . It had new leathers , two pairs of boots and a new rain suit inside." CO RRECTI ON: In our report of the Block ' N ' Tackle National End uro in G u n niso n , Colo ra do, Jul y 22, we inad vertan tly left out the Fou r-Stro ke A class in the results. Dwight Rudder (Suz) was the winner, whil e Paul Krause (ATK) was second. CHANGES: Shuffli ng of pos iti ons has taken place at R.]. Reynol ds' Sports Marketi ng Enterprises. Ro b Powell, who was in charge of motorsports, has taken an ear ly retir em ent. Dan ' Hen ley, who was Ca me l Pro PROM OTED : Mik e Ros so , to National T echn ica l Servi ces Coordinator for KT M America. Rosso will coordinate all techn ica l activities a t KT M America as well as direct co mmun ica tion to the factory in Austria. -------------------------------------------------------------------,. 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