Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

lega l motorcycles, will take place on Sunday , Oct ob er 2 1, in th e north Geo rg ia mountains. The even t will start and fin ish at the T .W.O. Campgro u nds in beau tifu l down to wn Suc hes a nd, according to the event 's o rgani zer, pr e-run cere mon ies wi ll feature a " tickertape para de in dow n town Suches a t 8:IS ·a.m., ope ning remarks by the ma yor of Suches a t 8:16 a.m ., the ta pe-delayed singing of the Na tio na l Anthem by Rosa nne Barr a t 8:16 a. m., rookie or ienta tio n a t 8:17 a. rn., a nd tire burnout/warm-up a t 8:18 a.m." Yep , it 's a fun run, folks. For mor e inform ation, ca ll 401/ 9635477. Tea m Yamaha' s Damon Bradshaw and fem me motocro sser Mercedes Gonzal e z are amon g th e ea r ly entra nts for th e October 27-28 Honda Top Gun Showdown MX a t Muddy Creek Raceway in Blo un tvill e, Tennessee. T he event' is sponsored by 12 Honda dea lers from three so utheast states a nd is the fin al ro und of the P izza Pl us-sponso red Mega Series . Kawasaki 'co ntract for 199 I. Kiedrowski. who began his professional career as a Team G reen -supported ' rid er, will rid e the 250cc class in the Ca mel Supercro ss Ser ies a nd will lik el y remain in the 125cc class for . th e N at ion a ls. J eff Mati a se v ic h renewed his co nt rac t with Kaw asak i a nd wi ll move to the 250 and 500cc classes for next year 's Nat ionals. J eff Ward will co m p lete the second year of hi s two -year contract with Kaw asaki in 1991. December 7-9. T h e group , led by Gra n d Nati onal Champi o n Scott Parker and Chris Carr, will race o n short tracks (260 and 100 meters) in co nju nctio n with the Bol ogna Mo tor cycle Sh ow. Also expected to joi n the top two dirt trackers are J ay Springsteen , David Durelle, Mike Ha le a nd Dou g Cha nd ler. Ron Wood Racing will be sh ipping 12 Wood -Rot ax bikes to Ital y for the event. " I thin k it will be interestin g, " Carr said. " It shou ld be good for America n -sty Ie di rt track racing. It will sh ow these people how g uys like (Way ne) Rainey, (Edd ie) L aw son a n d (Kevi n ) Sc h wa n tz starte d." North Carolina's Asbury Moto-X Park will ho st the October 27-28 Stop Child Abuse Now MX. T he event will ben ef it the chi ld abu se center in Winston-Salem. For more information , ca ll 919/765-0221 (day time) or 784-6513 (evenings). R~ad racer R ich O li v e r brok e two bones in his righ t wrist, two broken fingers o n h is right hand and a bro ken left th umb in his crash du rin g the Superpres tigio In tern at ion al 250cc race a t Calafat in Spain, Sep tem ber 30. According to Sp an ish journalist Den nis Noyes, the Marlbo ro Rob ert s rider from Ca lifornia im pr essed ma n y in wha tI was hi s Eu ropean road race de b ut . Ol i ver , who was rid ing a Yama ha YZR 250 , fin ishe d seco nd beh ind J ohn Kocinski in the first leg of-the th ree-race event, but crashed in the second leg when Spaniard Da niel Am atri ai n weaved o n the front stra igh taway and kn ock ed O liver off. Spani a rd Car los Cardus, who finished a close seco nd to Joh n Kocinski in :the 1990 250cc World Championship, suffered a chipped verte bra in h is back, a crushed right knee jo in t a nd a bro ken left ank le in additio n to bro ken ribs in h is pre-Superpresti gio p ractice crash at Ca lafat , West Germa n Helmut Bra dl a lso suffered a bro ken leg in a practice crash at Ca lafat. 1 Cal ifornia m otorcycl ists wh o a re (s ho uld be) loo kin g ahead to th e Novem ber 6 electio ns shou ld be a ware tha t Dem ocratic gu bernatoria l ca nd idate.Dia n n e Feinstein is tell ing TV viewers via a graphic in a co m mercial that .she is "endor sed by the Sierra Cl ub.·'~ Need another reason to vote for Pete Wilson for go vernor cif Ca li fornia ? cr A gro up of Arrierica n di rt trac kers will be competi ng in a th ree-ro und d irt track ser ies in Bol o gn a , Ita ly, o n H on da will field a three-man team for the 1991 Camel Supercr oss Seri es and 250/500cc Na tio na ls. Jean -Michel Bayle wi ll rem ain a t H onda fo r a no ther two yea rs a n d joins J eft S t a n t o n, who recentl y sig ne d for a no ther three years wi th Ho nda , a nd Rick Johnson , who will comple te h is fina l year of a three-year deal. Honda will re turn to the 125cc class in full for ce, having signed . J ere m y McGrath and St e ve Lamson to ride the Western Regional 12.5cc Supercros s Series and B rian Swin k fo r the Eas tern Regi onal Series. Accordi ng to H onda MX T eam Man ager Da ve Arnold, the 125cc team will be managed by Pro Circuit, who will also do all of the engine mo di fica tions. Arnold also says tha t Pro Circu it owner Mitch Payton is curren tly pursuing a major sponso r to hel p su p port the team. Entry forms a re no w available for the 19th Annual W i nter National . O l ymp ic s t h a t w i ll ta ke p lace Novem ber 19-24 at Gatorbac k Cycle Pa rk in Gain esville, Florid a. O ver $175,000 in co nti ngency award s have been posted, incl ud ing $69,920 in YZ Bucks from Ya maha , $35,200 in certificat es from Suzuki , $20,700 in T eam G reen Bu cks fro m Ka wa saki , a n d $ 13,800 in cert ificates fro m Honda . - Expert / Pro-Am riders will compete for a $8700 p urse. For entry forms or mor e infor ma tio n on the event, ca ll WorldS-. ports a t 8 13/ 822-8929. Damon B radshaw has sig ne d a co n tract whi ch will keep him a t Ya mah a fo r a n o ther three yea rs . Yamaha MX T ea m Manager Keith McCarty will make an announcement abo u t h is team ma te(s) a t a later date. KTM America will sponsor the fin al round of the 1990 AH RMA Vintage MX Series a t New York 's Unad illa Valley Sports Center, Octob er 13. KTM will also have its bikes o n d isp la y that day a nd d uring the AMA Na tio na l C ha mp io ns h ip 125/500cc MX the followi ng day. Not able pre-entries for the AHRMA Na tional include twotim e 500cc Wo rld Cham p io n Jeff Sm ith and Ba rry H iggin s. There's no officia l word o n the 1991 Suzuki M X team li neup, but M ike LaRocco will be back to complete hi s two-year contract and Guy Cooper says he has a job at Suzuki next year, rega rd less o f th e o u tcom e of t h e National Cha m pi on shi p 125cc MX Series whe re he's second, one point behind wit h on e ro und rema ining. Motocrosser Jean-Michel Bayle has hi s eye on road racin g in the fu ture. H is new Ho nd a cont ract allows him to test a 250cc G P road race mach in e in practic e sessio ns . Accor di ng to Ca lifornia Trai l Rides' Larry La ngley, the da te for th e In yo 250 Dua l S p o rt t r ail r ide near Independence, Ca liforn ia, has been cha n ged fro m O c tob er 20-21 to Novem ber 10-1I. It turns o u t tha t October 20 is th e opening day of h unting seaso n a nd sin ce 1000 deer tags (licenses) have been issued for the In dependence area, th e U.S. Fore st Servi ce will not let the event tak e place at the sam e time h un ters are roam ing a bout. Pa pa goes a long with th at l Hansen Da m Park in Syl mar, Ca li for ni a, will be the site of A M A D irt Day on Saturday , Novem ber 3, in conj unctio n with that even ing's AMA Pro Aw ards Ba n qu et in Long Bea ch. O wn ers of class ic dirt bikes are in vited to d ispl ay their bikes a t H ansen Dam Park. Products dona ted by manufacturers a nd aftermarket firm s will be raffled off a t 3 p .m., with all proceeds go ing directl y to the AMA Distr ict 37 Legal Defen se Fund. A specia l p in will Defending 125cc MX Nationa l Cham p io n M ik e K iedrows ki, who lead s th e 125cc Nat ional point sta ndings as a Team H onda rider, has sig ned a be availa ble featuri ng the la te T ed Boody who , alo ng with four-time Grand National Champ ion Carroll Resweber and TT a nd desert racing ace Edd ie Mulder, ca rried number 12 on the Grand Nat ional Champ ions hip Series circuit. American Motorc ycle Institut e (AMI) of Daytona Beach will again throw o pen their doors to competitors a t the AMA/ CCS Ra ce of Champions. Shop facilities a t AMI , which is located adjacent to Daytona International Speedway, will be open 21 hours a day October 24-27 fo r teams to make ad justments or repairs to machines . Work space and even dyno ti me ca n be arranged in adv ance by calling AMI at 800/874-0645 during business hours. l-r Q) ..0 o ..... u o T h e As ph a lt O v a l Na t ion a l . M o t orc y cle Championship will ta ke place on Saturday af ternoon , Oc to ber 20, at South Bos ton Spe edway i n So uth Bosto n , Vi rg in ia. Racing will be conduc ted o n a threeeigh ths mile, h igh-ba nked oval and machinery is limited to 500 a nd 600cc bik es a nd Goodyear CD-5 a nd CD-8 tires are the o nly tires all owed. The event will offer a $ 10,000 purse with all pre-entered riders guaranteed $50. Open to a ll profess io na l li censed rid ers, th e event will run all classes together - Expert, Junior and P ro Am . For entry for ms, wri te o r call : J Oe Kell y Motorsports, 2103-A H ampstead Ave., Ri chmond, VA 23230, 804/2826664. Tickets are avai lable at Kell y Motorsports or Ed 's Honda-Yamaha in South Bosto n . Kawasak i of P h ill ipsburg/Easton in Phillipsburg, New Je rsey, wi llhost a n ope n house with Kawas ak i factory m oto cr o sse rs Jeff Ward , J e ff M a tias e vic h and Johnny O'Ma r a as special guests. T he open ho use is be ing h eld i n co nj u n c tio n with Raceway Pa rk 's Ka wasak i Race of Champions MX , Octob er 20-21. The racers will sign autogr a ph s bet ween 4 p.rn, a nd 6 p.m. For mor e information, call 201/ 454-9700. AMA Pro fessional Mo tocross Manager Roy Janson says tha t th e AMA will abolish the curren t rule which req uires a rider to leave the 12Scc National class wh en he wins a second 125cc National titl e in favor of a new rule which allows a rider to defend hi s title rega rdl ess of the number of cha mp io nsh ips ea rne d. T he P ro -Am points system , whi ch curren tly bumps a ri der to Expert status whe n he ea rn s 180 Pro- Am points, is likely to be revised fo r the 1991 seaso n so tha t riders will o n ly ga in advanceme nt po int s in the 125cc - - - - -- Continued on page 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------,I SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM This is a renewal P lease b ill m e D Bill 3 payments of $11.67 D Enclosed is m y ch eck or m oney order ~. ~ I Charge m y D Visa D Mastercard .~ D D Ad dress _ City State Zip _ Signature O rder Date _ _ I I MC/Visa # P lease start my subscription to Cycle News: D Every wee k for o ne year (50 issues) for $35. 00 (can be billed 3 monthly payments) D Every wee k for tw o years (100 issues) fo r $65.00 D Six mo nth s secon d class (25 issues) for $18 .00 . . . . One year (50 Issu es). 2nd class Canada or MeXICO and all other Ioreigncou nuies S75.00 (U.S. fu nds). First class and airmail rates availab le upon request . 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