Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

uary . Although he was a po lice reporter at the News for the last 30 years of his stay there, he always found tim e to . write positive rep orts o n local motorcycling events. Sh effer served o ne term on the Goshen City Council in th e earl y 1950s. T he re are ' no im media te survivors. Kawasaki Team Green wi ll, once again, be providing pit support for all Kawasaki riders tak in g part in this year' s SCO RE B aja 100 0, November 8-10. Those who are planning on using T eam Green's services, must let Team Green know as soon as possibl e. For more information, con tact James De C ain e, Kawasa ki T eam Gr een off-road coordinator, at 7I 4/770-0400, ext, 2228. After finish ing sixth in the 1990 Worl d Championship 125cc MX Series , Califorian T yson Vohla nd will ret urn to the U.S. to compete next year in the 125cc Western Region al Supercross Series and 125cc Nationals. Riders in the upper Midw est who are interested in raci ng the White Bros. Veteran's .W orld Championship M o t o c r o s s at Perris Racewa y in Perris, Ca lifornia, November 3-4, TriP ro Racing of Yorkville, Illinois, will haul your motorcycle and riding gear from Yorkville to southern California for the even t and back fo r $250 , allowing you to fly o ut and race. If yo u are interested, call Ru sty O tt at 708/553-9090. Arna izwinsE uronea oad r cetitle nr a .c a lifo rn ia n Richard Arn ai z (righ t) rod e his Rumi H onda RC30 to a conservative fourth p la ce finish a t ra in -sodd en Don ingto n Par k in Eng land o n September 30, wra ppi ng up the 1990 European F- I/S uperb ike Ch am p ions hip in the process. Arn ai z won four races, finis hed seco nd twice, fou rth once and DNF two o ther races en ro ute to winning the cha m pio ns h ip in h is first attem pt. T he former dirt tracker is slated to' rid e in the Italian ro und of the World Superbike Series on October 7 in Monza as a teammate to Rumi -backed World Champion Fred Merkel and Baldassarre Monti. Gary B aile y ' s M otocross School will venture to O gd en , U tah, o n October 6-7 befor e heading to Las Vegas, Nevad a, October 13-14. For mor e in for matio n on th e Ogden class, contact Rick All en at 801/776-6968; for inf o on Vegas call 702/ 382-8824. Lowell Thomson (Yam) was the 250cc Ultracross winner in round nin e of th e Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Gran Prix Series in Denver, Co lorado, September 29. Newly -crowned U ltracross ch a m p Mike Craig (Kaw) finished second and Larry Brooks (Kaw) was third. at th e Nov ember 3-4 White Bros . Veteran 's Wor ld Championship MX in Perris, California. Although riders must be at least 25 years of age to ride the Vet Championships, th e Vintage class will be ope n to all riders so long as th e bike is a pre-1974 model with no more than four inches of front wheel suspension travel and seven inch es in the rear. The Vintage class will run first o n November 4 so that the track will be as smooth as pos sibl e. Team Suzuki motocrosser Denny Step henson was forced to sit out the September 30 Steel City Nationa l in De lmont, Pen n syl va n ia , aft er he crashed in practice and bruised his sho u lder. . Vintage Iron International, th e same people who put on the vintage exhibition at the recen t U.S. 500cc MX GP, will help run the Vintage class Kaw a s a ki T eam Green will spo nsor a d e sert r acing schoo l a t Red Mountain near Ridgecrest, California, on October 13. T he schoo l runs in conjuction with the Viewfinders M.C. Hare & Hound at the sam e locat ion o n October 14. For more in formatio n call 714/781 -5967. A Amembers hit the camnaign trail M F ive members of the American Motorcyclist Associati on (AMA) ha ve thrown their 'helmets into the political ring this year and are running for state office. In California, Lib ertarian Party candida te Arthur Olivi er, is seeking a seat in the state's Assembly from the 54th district. Olivier , a resident of Bellfl ow er, has unveiled a political pl atform th at lists battling mandatory helmet law s and land clos ures as two of its top priori ties. . , In Illinois, John Lund is hoping to un seat an incumben t in the sta te's IOlst Republican Distri ct. Lund, a Decatur motorcycle dealer, is best known to local riders for his efforts to open public riding areas. . In Maryland, James Harkins is looking' forward to a trip to th e statecapitol in, Annapolis. Harkins, a republ ican from Whiteford, is campaigning for the House of Delegates in di strict 35-A. Har kin s is an avid motor cyclist and teach es ATV and motorcycle training courses in hi s spare time. In New H am psh ire, Rep ubl ican Sherm Packard is a candidate for the House of Represen ta tives in the 23rd dis trict. If elected, Packard, an activist for the New Hampshire Motorcyclists Rights Organization who hails from Londonderry, says he wou ld like to serve o n the House Transportation Committee. And in Utah , J im Billingsley is running for a seat in the House of Represen tatives fr om the 27th distr ict as a L ibertarian Part y candida te. Bill ingsley, from Sa lt Lake City , says he decided to get involved in po litics so he co uld help' defend the righ ts of Utah mo torcyclists. . In addit io n to th ese AMA candidates, Republ ican Lowell Landowski is running for the U.S. H ouse of Representat ives in Ca liforn ia 's 3rd Congr essional Distri ct. Landowski, from Sacramento, has served as a staff member of the California O ffHighway Veh icle Recrea tion Commission for the past nine years, all the wh ile showing su pport of off-highway recreation use. Du ring that time, he gai ned insight into OHV p lan ning, as well as experience in environmental an d land use issues. '~These candida tes have tru ly demonstrated th eir dedicat ion to preserving mQtorcycling in their respective sta tes, and we owe the m a great deal of gratitu de," says Robert Rasor , AMA vice president of government rela tio ns. " Bu t more importan tly, we owe them our votes o n election day." Rasor says that riders sho u ld c;heck with th eir local county electio n office for vot in g in forma tion. As we went to press we learned that W a yne R ainey (Yam) won th e Paris Superbiker s even t - a ra ce that combined off-road and ro ad ra cing skills - o n September 30 in Par is, France. Cornerworkers are need ed for the October 26-28 A MAl CCS R ace of Champions at Daytona International Speedway. Volunteers will be treated to lu nches, even t sh irts and great tra ck sid e ra cin g , not to m ention sunshine, the beach and parties. For mor e informati on , ca ll Roger Lyle at 301/933-2599. ... o ,....., l-< V ..0 o .... u o lead before reunng with a chu nked tir e, used a special set of Yokohama slick s; he didn 't start on a used set as we reponed. CO RRECTION: Peter Wensloff was the rider who crashed in turn five o n lap 16 of the 250cc GP fin al at Willow Springs, not Tom Paris; Paris, as noted last week in o ur Voices section , retired wi th a broken cha in after 15 laps. CORRECTION: Ben Williams fin ished fourth in th e 250cc GP fina l at Willow Springs o n a two -year-old Yam aha TZ25 0U , no t a one-yea r-old T Z250W as we repo rted. L OST: A pair of MX boots, a too lbo x and a milk crate fu ll of spare parts at th e September 22 Mesq uite Grand Pr ix in Nevad a. If you fo und any of these items, ca ll Sha wn Debl an c at 702/8739775. N A M E D : David Diable, as international sales an d marketing man ager for International Motorsports, APPO INTED: Mark P hares, as public relations ma nager for Thor Action Sports. Phares has over five years of experience in th e motorcycle industry, four of whi ch were sp ent working with Acerbis USA. RESIGNED: Brian Catterson, from his posi tio n as associate editor of Cycle News, to assume a similar position at Cycle Worl d magazine. HIRED: Mike Wymer, as technical service manager for Kerker Exhaust Systems. Wym er was formerl y a longtime Kerker employee before going to work for Muzzy Kawasaki for the 1990 road race season. CORRECTION: We mi s.understood what Kiyo Watanabe .said af ter he retir ed from th e P ro Twins fina l at Willow Springs, September 16. T he H onda 'H awk rider , who raced wi th win ner Pete Johnso n for the GP2-class CO R RECT ION : Add Jay Spring. steen to th e list of three-time Gran d National Champions that ra n wit h th e feature ite m in this section last week concerning the fina l Ascot Half Mil e. Sorry for th e brain fade, Spri nger. ~--------~---------------------------------------------------------, !SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM . . I 1 I I Name I I ~ I City I StateZip I I Order Date I L I Please start my su bscrip ti o n to Cycle N ews: I I 1 I. 1 ~ ' Every week for, o ne yea r (50 issues) fo r $35.00 (can be billed3 monthly payments) 0 Every week for two yea rs (100 issues) for $65.00 0 Six months second class (25 issues) for $18.00 0 ean.da One year (50 issues), 2nd class or Mexico and all other foreign coun tries $75.00 (U,S. iu nd» . 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