Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

so th at riders like East Coast Regional Su percross champ Denny Stephenson have a cha nce to carry the number one pla te they earned. American motocrosser Bob Moore was schedul ed to rid e the Sep temb er 16 Motocross des Nati ons for West Germany, but had to pull out of th e team du e to an arm injury. Moore rode the World Ch ampionship 125cc MX Series with a German license a nd is the 125cc G erman Nati onal Champion . Motocrosser J ean -Michel Bay le returned to ac tion a t th e September 23 Masters of Motocross event in Maggi ora, Ital y. Bayle, who broke his arm in a crash at the Washougal 125/ 500cc National Championship MX, finished second.in the first rnoto and after handling problems relegated him to 21st in moto two, Bayle sat out the th ird and final moto, Ron Lechien was also back in action at Maggiora, but the former National Ch ampion retired ' from the first and third motos and fini shed 23rd in the . second moto. Cu rrent 250cc MX Wor ld Champion Alessandro Puzar will remain with Michele Rinaldi's Chesterfield Suzuki team next year; John Van den Berk will also be back as his teammate. Immediately following the Septemb er 16 running of the Australian Grand P rix at Phillip Island, the majority of the world's best road racers flew to Sydn ey, Australi a, to participate in IRTA's ' (In terna tio na l R oadraci n g T eams Association ) test day at th e new Eas t ern Cre ek circuit, the site of th e 1991 Austra lian GP . Despite bein g held o n a weekda y, th e test wa s witnessed by some 30,000 sp ectators, who had paid admission. According to new 250c c World Champion John K ocinski, the new circu it is a lot tighter and slower than Phillip Island, but th e majority of the rid ers still liked it. A judge in Deer Lodge, Montana, recently ruled that motorcycle da redevil Evel Knie v el can no t ' be con' sidered an expert on motorcycles or motorcycl e cr ash es. St ate Distri ct Judge Ted Mizner agr eed with obj ections from Honda Motor Co. lawyers tha t Knievel was not qualified to ' be an expe rt witness to testify on behalf of a Montana man wh o was injured in a 1980 motorcycle accident. S.II update: Senate Bill II , Senator Alan Cranston's Desert Bill that would close off over eight million acres of California public lands to off-highway recreat ion and severely restrict fami ly camping access, is sched uled for marku p Sep tember 26. T h is is th e iast opportu nity for S.II to be discussed in th e Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources. The Bill m us t receive a majority vote (50% plus one ) to pass ou t of Comm itt ee. If S. II does not pass out of Committe e it wi ll be "dead." A new Bill would then have to be introduced in 1991 before the . 102nd Congress. " a -ever'" Ascot likely- to decide title L st T he Saturday nigh t, Sept ember 29, Ascot Half Mile rou nd of the Ca mel Pro Series is bein g billed as the " last -ever" dirt track motorcycle race at the Garden a, California, facility. Alth ough there are skep tics wh o feel tha t th e cons tructio n of an o£fice buildi ng on the property will be dela yed for a t least a .year and racing will conti n ue at the facility in 1991 ; defendin g Gran d Nation al Ch ampion Scott Par ker and cha llenge r Chris Carr are not over ly concerned wit h that. Wh at they are concerned with is the 1990 Ca mel Pro Series Cha mpions hip. Go ing into Ascot, the next to las t round of the series, Harl ey-Davidson factor y rider Parker enjoys a 14-point lead over team mate Carr. Par ker could put the title ou t of Carr's reach with a win at Ascot. If. Park er wins, Carr mu st finish second or he will be elimi nated fro m the poin ts chase. Carr is in a mu st-win situa tio n, and th at 's a cha llenge he's mo re than capable of meeting at Ascot. Like Parker, he is a three-time winner on the fast half mil e oval. For winning the titl e, a rider collects $100,000 of th e $200,000 series point fund. Second pays $30,000, a whopping $70,000 differen ce. Twen ty-nine-year-old Parker has gone to the bank with the winner's share the past two years, while 23-yearold Carr was the runner-up last year and third the year before, behind Parker and Bubba Shobert. Going into this season, Parker had earned $316,500 in Camel point fund awards, Carr $166,500. Parker is shooting for his th ird straight Grand National Championship/Camel Pro Series number one pl ate , and by accomplishing his goal he would becom e only th e fifth rid er to win three or more titles. Carroll Resweber is the on ly fourtim e champ, while J oe Leonard, Bart Markel and Bubba Shobert won three titl es. Ascot has been the site of many title-deciding races, and could well be once again Saturday night. Although the Sacramento Mile closes out the season on Saturday ni ght, October 6, there are few who doubt that the titl e will be decided ' at Ascot. ' With ' the cancellation of the 1990 Barstow-to-Vegas Hare & Hound, AMA Di strict 37 is planning an alternate race called B-to-V (Battle-toVictory ) 1990 to be he ld over th e Thanksgiving weekend. It will be an AMA-sanctioned D-37 points-paying benefit hare & hound held at Johnson Valley , California, Although th e exact details are not yet finalized , the hare & hound may consist of three loops, totalling approximately 120 mi les, and all proceeds will go directl y into the D-37 "war chest, " D-37's legal defense fund. Long-time dirt track photographer Dan Mahoney wi ll be selling photos a t the September 29 Ascot H alf Mile in Gardena, Cal iforn ia. Mahoney says that he'll only have a few prints of each photo, some of which he says have never been seen before. oca ted from Canog a Park, California, to West Sacram ent o, California. The move sta rted Septemb er 24 and will be co mp leted by Octob er 14. Drieson Int erna tional also owns SuperTrapp Industries. T he Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, will host the inaugura l running of the Sacramento 50,000 S u p e rcro ss, Octob er 19-20. The twon ight event is AMA-san ction ed and will offer a grand total of $50,000 in prize money in both the 125 and 250cc cl asses. Rider s alre ady p re-entered in cl u de factory Suzuki rider Gu y Cooper , Tallon and T yson Voh land, St ev e Lam son , Ty Dav is, R yan Hugh es, J erem y McGrath, Michael Cra ig, Mike J on es, Jim H oll ey and Austra lian Supe rcross Masters Ch ampi on Crai g Dack. HIRED: Mark Heinrich s, as cu stomer service manager a t SuperTrapp Industries. H einrich s form erly worked for Davi s H onda /Y am aha /Suzuki in Davis, California. PROMOT ED: Mich ael Burke, to the pos itio n of nation al sales man ager at SuperT ra p p Industr ies. A PPOINTED: Donald Adams, as marketing and office manager at AirTec h Str eaml in in g of O cean side, California. Amateu r motocrosser D e rrick Sims of Ceda r Hill , T exas, was awarded the top prize in a drawing at the NMA MX Grand Na tionals in Pon ca Ci ty, Oklahoma, last August.. Sim s won a 1990 Ch evrol et pi ck-up tru ck, and according to NMA 's Ron H enricksen, another new tru ck will be up for gra bs at next year 's Ponca Ci ty G NC event , Augu st 5-11. ' CO RRECTION: In ou r coverage' of the Swedis h Intern at ion al Six Days Enduro , we in correctly listed some of th e V .S. riders as getting bronz e medals when they actuall y ea rned silver medals. Here's a corrected list of all th e V. S. riders wh o ear ned medals. Gold medals: Jimmy Lew is, Kevin H in es and K elb y Pepper. Silver meda ls: Alan Randt, Scott Draf s, J ohn Nie lsen , J ason Dahners, Drew Smi th , Charles H alcomb, Brian Mull , Gar y Hazel , St eve Hatch , Ma tt Stavish, David R hodes and Dave Bertram. Bronze medals: Taz Harvey, Shawn HIRED: Camron Bussard , as editor of American Roadracing; Bussard was formerly executive edito r of Cycl e Wor ld magazine. P URCHASED: Kerker Exhaust Systems , by Drieson Int ern ational , Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio: Kerker will be rel- ... G<":) .... V ..0 o ..... u o Haybarger, Bill Perkins, Dana Van Stee, Barrett Bro wn , Brian Lohman and Greg Surdyke. CO RRECTION: AMAlCCS 600cc Supersport Ch ampion Dave Sadows ki's Yam ah a FZR600 is tuned by AI Ludington , not J im Leonard as we reported in our covera ge of th e fin al rou nd of th e series at Will ow Sp rings Intern at ion al Raceway. Leon ard is rep on sible for Sadows ki 's Yamah a FZR750R Superbi ke. LOST: A Bell M2 hel met at the final ro und of the AMA Na tional Ch ampionshi p Road Race Series held at Will ow Springs Internation al Raceway on September 16 by Pro Twins G P2 competi tor Rob Tuluie. T u luie , who finished th ird in hi s class, left the whi te, red and blue hel met in the win ner's circle. Any informa tio n on the helm et can be passed on to Tuluie at 512/479-6122. BORN : Tate Warren Barr , to for mer MXer Rodney Barr an d his wife Renn , on Septemb er 13 in Shelby, North Caroli na . MA R RIED: Fo rme r AM A 250cc Nation al Road Race Champion David Emde to Reb ek ah Ford Plam on September 2 in San Marcos, California. 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