Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ ~ IN THE WIND By Papa Wealey Yamaha Europe through th e host agency, the Fede ration des Clubs Mo tocyclistes de la Police Nationale. . Any American po lice officer interested in trying o u t for the three-ma n U.S. team sho u ld con tact: PMRWC, P.O . Box 3358, Sim i Valley, CA 93093, 805/ 522-6027. Potential spo nsors wh o wish to provide product, service or fina ncial su pport for th e U.S. team shou ld wri te/call th e sa me add ress / p hone number. Muddy Creek Raceway in Blountville, T ennessee, will h ost th e openi n g ro u nd of the AMA Southeastern Regional Championship Mega MX Series, March 10. T he series will cons ist of 16 even ts to be held in Tennessee, Geo rgi a, North Ca ro lina an d Virgi nia. Southern California-based GFI Racing will stal/e Pee Wee class halftime exhibition races at the Anaheim , San Diego and Los Angeles, California, Las Vegas; Nevada, and Phoenix, Arizona rounds of the Camel Supercross Series. Pee Wee class riders wh o wish to parti cipate should contact GFI Racing at 7I 4/788-5853. GFI will also hold Pee Wee Na tionals as part of the G FI California Winter Series with a Yam aha PW50 being presented to the overall win ner at the final rou nd of the series in Perris, California, February 23-24. Ocala Motocross Park in Oca la, Florida , will h ost th e $25,000 Pro Inv itational MX o n Saturday, December 29. Three separate classes 125, 250 and 500cc - wi ll be offered with each running qualf iers and one mo to , thus all owing competitors to compete in more tha n one class. A special int erm ission stunt show will also be featured. On Sunday, December 30, a ma te u r co mpe ti tio n will be feat ured. Ocal a Mo tocross Park is open for practi ce Tuesday throug h Friday fro m 10 a.m. to 5 p .m . Emig Racing (G.E.R.). The elder Em ig will be based at 80 1-A E. 23rd St., Ind ependence, Missouri, 816/46 17223. Kawasaki factory MX team riders Jeff Ward, Jeff Matiasevich and Mike ' Kiedrowski, al ong wi th H onda 's Rick Johnson an d Jeremy McGrath, l25cc MX Wor ld Champion Donny Schmit and Supercross and 125cc Na tio n a l ch am p Johnny O'Mara will be amo ng the Pro class riders competing, in the December 29 GFI $10,000 Invitational Supercross at southern Californi a's Perris Raceway. The race is pa rt of the open ing round of the GFI California Winter Series Nor th-South Showdown. AGV/ U SA, the American-arm of th e Italian helm et manufacturer, is current ly accep ting applica tions fo r its 19 91 Rider Support P rogram. ' Racers enrolled in the program will be elig ible for dir ect product sponsorship, discounts on products, and other ben efits, includin g cash contingency prizes. For more inform ati on, call 301/ 663-8171. M ichell e and Mark Moreland, owners and opera tors of Mor eland's MX Park in Stanton, Michigan, lost thei r two oldes t daughters, H oll y, 5, and Kerry, 3, in a dro wning accident o n the family's p roperty o n Friday, December 7. T he ir son, Grant, 3, who was also involved in the in cident, is still un conscious and in critical condi tion . Expressio ns of sym pathy can be sent to the More land s, c/o T he Dirt Work s, 5290 Alpine Ave., Cornestock Park, Mich iga n 49321. Kayo Corporation has upgraded its Yokohama dealer/racer s u p port program b y o ffe r i ng a dd i tio na l incent ives. For more in forma tio n, call 210/ 526-9207. Since factory Yamaha motocrosser Jeff Emig's father is no longer hi s son 's mechanic o n th e National circui t, Gary Em ig has reopened Gary Trading_D_laces,--~ ' a co up le of them were talking about " kicking some butt" in the race, in at least a coup le of cases the bu tts that go t kicked were their own . National advert isin g sal es m anager Terry Pratt su ffered a broken right foot in the race and associa te editor Paul Carruthers was a no-show at work the next day, usin g th e flu as an excuse to cover up th e aft ermath of a heavy get-off in pre-ra ce practice. Assistant editor Ken Faught was the fastest of o u r staff member s, with associat e ed itors Nat e Rauba and Ki t Palmer, advertis ing sales man ager Mark Thome , Ca rruthers , P ra tt , a dvert is i ng sa les m anager Tom Gonter and pub lisher Mike Klinger follo wing hi m across the fini sh line in tha t order. Recent ly crowned 125cc Nat ional MX Ch am p ion Guy Cooper brok e the fifth metacarpal bon e in hi s right hand in a heat race at the Geneva Supercross in Switzerla nd, December 7. Cooper will be sidelined for up to four weeks. First wo rd o f th e e x pec ted restru ct u ring o f Malcolm Smith Products, wh ich w as rece n tly pu rch a sed by Tu ck er -Rock y Di st ribu tin g , co mes with th e informati on tha t Jim Lewis, who headed up the firm for man y years, and Kinny Jones , whose p hotographic talen ts were di spl ayed in th e pri zewin ni ng Ma lco lm Smith P rod ucts catalog, are no longer with th e firm . J ones says he was inf ormed o n Friday, December 7, that hi s services were no longer desired. We were unabl e to contact Lewis. Racing Enterprises, promoters of weekly MX races at so u thern Cal ifornia 's Carlsbad Raceway , will begin holdin g races featurin g two 30-m in ute mo tos o n a 2.5-mile course on the first Saturday of each mo n th , begin n ing J anuary 5. T he course includes th e trac k formerly used for the U.S. 500cc MXGP. _ ewly-crowned World Pro Stoc k Champions Darrell Alderman and J ohn Myers (on four and two whee ls, respectively) excha nged ri des recen tly a t Warn er R ob in s Dra gw ay in Geor gia. A cold and slic k track ensured neit her racer bro ke any wo rl d records, but bot h men adapted surprising ly well to their new rides. Myers mad e four laps down the eig hth- mile track, including one PH OT O BY MELVYN RECO RD where th e Mopar Parts/Wayne County Speed Sho p '90 Dod ge Dayton a made a hard right turn toward the guardwall just off the starti ng line. However, Myers kep t his head and merely drove away from the wall , im pressing everyo ne present with hi s cool ness. He retu rne d to record a 5.60-second, 90 mph best on his las t lap , p u lli ng the parachute way before the fin ish line. From the mom ent he sat on the Star Racin g/Wax Sho p '89 Suzu ki GSXR, Alderman loo ked com pletely a t home in the saddle, and in just three laps recorded a 5.53/ 133 clockin g. . Like Myers, however, Alderma n too had his moment s on th e bike. On his secon d run, Alderma n wound-up the Suzuki away from the sta rt ing line, recording a stunni ng I.I 4-second 60-foot time (eq ua l to Myers' best ever), bu t was a lmos t p itched from the bik e du e to the tremendou s accelera tion. Alderman event ua lly regained control and coasted down-track. " Every Pro Stoc k racer should ride one of these bi kes, i t's like bein g sho t o u t of a canno n," Alderman ent h used. " All I need now is a strap to hold me down to the bike!" ' N Form er AMA Na tional Dirt T rack Referee Walt Masterson, 72, pass ed away o n Sunday, December 9. Born in Watsa, So uth Dak ota , Ma ste rson served as Distr ict 36 referee in the '60s an d as the Western Na tio nal referee until his retirement in 1982. Along w i th h is wife, Alice RobertsMas te rso n, th e m oth er o f Kenn y Roberts, Masterson lived o n Ken ny's Hickma n, Cali fo rnia, ran ch. Altho ug h he was reti red, he was called upon o n a number of occa sio ns to put h is expe rie nce as a heavy eq uip ment operator to use in help ing build dirt tracks in the northern Ca lifornia area. In addition to Alice, Masterson is surv ived by h is first wife, Juani ta, and two da ug hters. God speed , Walt. Yo u 're holding o ur big end-of-the-year issu e and we trust you' ll enjoy it. We're go ing into o ur ann ua l holiday mode and wo n 't pri n t o ur next issue until Monday, J anuary 7. It 'll h it the mail the follo win g day. . " SIGNED: Bill y Li les, wh o will agai n A coup le of issues back we mentioned in this sectio n that members of the Cycle Ne ws sta ff wo uld take part in th e December 10 Brad Lacke y Christmas Grand Prix at sout hern Cal ifornia 's 'Carlsbad Raceway. Well , they did, and although the ite m said cam paign the Wor ld Champions hi p 500cc MX Series, with Gatorz. Lil es will endo rse the new Z Goggle and Z Grip. SIGNED: Motocrosser Dou g Dub ach with DG Performan ce. Dub ach will cam paign DG-equipped Yamahas in th e 250 and 500cc Nationa l Ch ampion shi p MX Series, Mickey T hom pson Cham p io nsh ip Gran P rix Series and se lec te d Cam el Supercros s Seri es event s. PROMOTED: Doug Hanchett to th posit ion of vice president of Kayo Corporation. In addition to his present ma rketi ng respo nsi bilities, Han chett , will o versee the development of Kayo'S) motorsports activities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM N ame _ Address _ City Order Date State Zip _ Please start m y subscription to Cycle News: o Every week for one year (50 issues) for $35.00 (can be billed 3 monthly payments) o Every week for two years (100 issues) fo r $65.00 o Six month s second class (25 iss ues ) for $18.00 On e year (50 issues), 2nd class Canada or Mexico and all other foreign coun tries $75.00 (U.S. funds). First class and ai rm ail ra tes available u po n req uest. 2 _ o T h is is a renewal o Please bill m e o Bill 3 payments of $11.67 o Enclosed is my check o r money order Charge m y 0 Visa 0 ...... Mastercard . ~ ~- _ Signa ture MC/Visa # _ _ Expiratio n Date Sen d to: Cycle News, Inc., P.O. 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