Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

wife Charlene, sons Leonard a nd R obert , and daughter Kim Shree. Godspeed, Walt. Tread Lightl y! is lo oking for members, according to Cliff Bla ke, national Tread Lightlyl coordinator for the U.S . Forest Service. Tread Lightly!, which has been a program of th e Forest Servi ce and Bureau of Land Management (BL M) for th e past two years, is dedicated to protecting publi c and private lands through educa tion about responsible use of offhighway vehicles and other forms of back -country transportation. The orga n izatio n recently filed in corporation papers in California and as a nonprofi t corpo ra tio n will , according to Blak e, " p ursue this educational effort on a much larger scale by drawing on the resources of our members. It will be a n important partners h ip between public and private sectors. " Prese ntly, more than 30 organizat ions representing manufacturers, publishers, user a nd enviro nmen tal groups have signed as ' fo u nd in g members. The Forest Service and BLM, will offi cially join Tread Lightlyl in a Washington, D.C., sig n in g ceremony on October 29. Info rmati on o n joining Tread Li gh tly! is available from Blake a t 801/ 625 -~170. Edgell Expositions has an nounced its 1990-91 sch edule of Int ernational M oto rcycle Shows . The series of sh ows ki ck s o ff i n Houston , November 22-25, at the AstroHall/ AstroArena, and continues a t Anaheim, December 7-9, a t the Anaheim Co nvention Center. The new year will seej the following shows take place: Boston, January 4-6, a t the Bayside Exposition Center; Phoenix, January. 11-) 3, Phoenix Civi c Plaza; Chicago, J a n u a r y 18-20 , Ro sem o n t/ O ' H a re Ex po Center; New York, February 13, ~acob J a vits Convention Center; San F rancis c o , February 8-10, Cow Pal ace; Detroit , February 15-17, Cobo Hall ; Cincinnati, February 22-24, Albert B. Sabin Convention Center (n ot .to be confused with the Dealern,ewsl Cincinnati Motorcycl e Expo wh ich is for the trade only); Philadelphia , March 1-3, Valley Forge Co n ventio n Center; a nd Daytona, Ma rch 7-10, Da ytona International Speedway. 199 1 wer e not se t at presstime, Sadowski says he's planning on racing in the 500cc Grands Prix. "I've got to get on a 500," he sa id. " T here ar e a lot of guys over there (Euro pe) that are seeking Americans. I've also been told th at a 500 will be a lot less demanding on m y lo wer ba ck. " Former 500cc Supercross c h a m p Steve Stackable continues to recover from severe injuries suffered in a June 30 auto accident in west T exas. Stackable, who suffered a crushed leg and hip in the accident, recently began walking again with th e aid of cru tches. Anyone wh o wishes to contribute to th e Steve Stackable Medical Rel ief Fund can send donations to G ibbo ns , Winkler a nd Bayer , P.O. Box 1452, Au stin, TX 78767. H osPITal STOP: Iri sh ro ad ra cer Gary Cowan, who was paralyzed as a result of h is 250cc Grand Prix crash at Daytona Intern ational Speedway in March, recently was released from th e hospital and is now living in an apartment in Northern Ireland. For those wishing to drop Cowan a line, his new address is as follows: 10 Knockburn Crecent, Ba llymacoss, Lisburn BT282QH, Northern Irela nd. Mult i-time MX World Champion Eric Geboers says tha t there is little ch ance that he will enter a two-man team o n factory H ondas in next year's World Championship 500cc MX Series. "It has not been possible to fin aliz e a dea l wi th a ma in sponsor (for the team )," Geboers said. " I am onl y interested (in running the team ) if I can do it properl y. We just started to try to put the package together too late this year , but I'm definitely interested in ru nning a tea m in 1992 if I ca n' t work a nything out for '91 in th e next few weeks." American Billy Liles still hasn't signed a co n tra ct for 1991 in the hopes that Geboers can offer him a contrac t, but Liles is assured a p lace on the J ohnson Kawasaki team again if th e Geboers team fails to materializ e. Hos PITa l STO P: Brian Van Wright, vice president of the Baltimore Co unty T rai l Ri ders, suffered a broken jaw, co llapsed lu ng and paralyzing spina l injuries in a car accident in Baltimore, Mary land, October 17. Cards and letters can be sent to : Brian Van Wright, Patient 5N23 , University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, 22 S. G reene St., Baltimore, MD 21201. World Sports announced that th e lar gest-ever contingency prize total has been po st ed for this yea r's 19th Annual Florida W inter National O l ympics which takes place November 19-24 at Gainesville, florida 's Gatorback Cycle Park during th e Thanksgiving Day week. The pom bined total posted by the Big Four Honda , Kawasak i ; Suzuki and Yamaha - is $169,520. Am eri can Honda has a nnounced that it will honor its 1991 Contingency Program at the Florida Winter National Ol ym pi cs for riders wh o co m pe te o n 1991 CRs. Riders of 1990 CRs will receive awards as per the 1990 Contingency Program. ' Camel Supercross and 250cc National Champion Jeff Stanton was sche duled to ha ve surgery " to clean u p m y left kn ee" o n Octob er 23. "T he cartilage damage is the accumulation of th e stress a nd strain of several years of motocross racing and crashes," said Stanton a t th e Octob er 21 Masters of Mot ocross race in France. " It's not th e result of a ny particular crash. " Stanton is expected to be o ut of action for three weeks. ' The 7th Annual Turkey Run, a hare scrambles from which all proceeds go to the U.S. Marine Corps R eserve-co n d u cted T o ys for Tots charity fund, wi ll take pl ace on November 4 at Big Valley, which is loca ted three mi les south of Ea st Palestine, Ohio. For more information , call 216/538-2220 or 216/33 77719. Reserved 'p arkin g will be offered for the first time at this year's Florida ' Winter National Olympics at Gatorback, as wi ll entry in to the facility on Saturday, November 17, and registration on Sunday, November 18. Formula One car racing-style electronic boxes were fitted to machines a t the Masters of Mot ocross so th at lap scoring and timing was completely electronic. On e more time , the H yatt : Newporter in Newport Beach , Ca liforn ia, will be the site of the 1 9 9 0 AMA Profe ssion a l A w a r ds Banquet, no t the Queen Mary in Long Beach . The banquet has been held on the Queen Mary for the past severa l yea rs, a n d th e AMA 's Pat McCo y says th ere are some who think it will be held there this year. You 've been forewarned, so don 't go to Long Beach and board th e big ship looking for th e superstars of racing o r your Da ytona 200 winner Dave Sadowski recently returned to his Buford, Ceoriga, home after spend ing two weeks in California undergoing back therapy from San Francisco 4gers' doctor s. " He (the doctor) says I'll be ready to win a cha mp io nsh ip next year," Sadow ski said. Although his racing plans for friends on the night of November 3. Head for Newport Beach and the Hyatt Newporter. With a purse of over $50,000 up for grabs, the Suzuki N atio n al Cup Series final will be run a t . Road Atlanta, Georgia, on November '3'-4. The top road racers qualifying for the finals from each region are as follows: Regi on I - Titian Bue, Bill Loomis; Reg ion 2 - J eff Atw ell; Regi o n 3 Kurt Hall, Doug Kidd ; Regi on 4 . Ala n Bertagnoli, Ra y Yoder; Region 5 - Michael Martin, Greg Abbott; Region 6 - Geoff Cesrnat, Dan Turner; R egi on 7 - Joe P itt ma n; R eg io n 8 - Dav e Deve au , Mark Mcfraniel: Regio n 9 - Chuck Graves; and Regio n 10 (fro m the National Supersport Series) - Tommy Lynch. The winner in eac h of the two classes cc) (750 and l lOO will earn $5000. o O'l O'l eo l-o V ,.0 o ...... u o ENGAGED: Gary Hildreth, sales manager of Kiwi he lm et importer Tri ton I nternational , to Angela E. Peters. The wedding to set to ta ke place in spring of '91. BORN: Clint Dean Sh ob ert , so n of three-t ime AMA Grand National Champi on Bubba Shobert a nd his girlfriend T ara Sumners o n October 20 in Carmel, California. MOVED: Aircon e In c., the exha ust system manufacturer, to 5050 " F" Steptoe Ave., La s Vegas , NV 89122, 702/ 456-4177. HIRED: Scott Zam pach, forme r AMA 600 Supersport ro ad race cha mp , by Bu ell Motor Co. o f Mukwon ago , Wisconsin. Zampach 's responsibilities will incl ude test rid in g as well as sales and marketing. In addition, Zampach will be racin g Buell bik es a t th e AMA/ CCS Race of Champions meet a t Da ytona later this month. Buell p lans on fielding Zampach in the Pro Twins class aboard " Lucifer's Hammer II" nex t year. NAMED: Former two-time 500cc MX World Champion J eff Sm ith as the exec u tive director of the Am eri can Histori c Mo torcycl e R acin g Association. MOVED: The Am eri can Hi storic Racin g Motorcycle Racing Associa tion to 4000 Mountain La ne, P.O . Box 882, Wa usa u , WI 54402-0882. The phone number is 715/ 842-9699. 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