Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

ia; and September 20-22 lorida. Morose , he date for Love Ride 8, the annual fu ndra ising ride tha t takes p lace in southern Ca lifornia, has been cha nged o November 3, one week earlier than riginallyanno un ced. Last year 's ride, ove Ride 7, attracted over 8000 riders nd raised over $85 0, 000 for th e usc ula r Dystroph y Association. ove Ride 8, a 1OO-m ile ride that starts n Glendale and ta kes pa rticipants to lami gos Ranch in Mal ibu Canyon, is spo nsored by Harley-Davidson of G lendale. Participants p ledge a min im um of $40 and are trea ted to an af ternoon of entertainment featuri ng live performan ces by promine nt artists nd free food. Last year, David Crosy a nd J ackson Browne headlin ed the af ternoon's ent ertai nme nt . For regi sration packet availability and furthe r informa tion, call 818/246-5618. ay Springsteen fan s can now become embers of th e Jay Spring s t e e n an Clu b . T he new cl u b is th e rainchild of th e three-tim e Grand Nat ion al Ch ampion 's manager and longtime persona l friend, Bob Lawson. "As we all kn ow , J ay, like the rest of us, is not' getting any younger," Lawson said, "and now that J ay has no immediate p lans of retiring from the sport he loves so much , we would like to establish this program now so we can help Jay continue his racing for seasons to come." Proceeds fro m membership fees will h elp fund Springsteen 's racing effo r ts. The annual mem bership fee is $30 and each member will receive a special commemorative "Spri nger" Tvshin, baseball cap, VIP membership card , quarterly news letter and more. To join or obtain more information, contact: J ay Sp ringsteen Fan Club, P.O . Box 32121, One World T rade Cente r, Long Beach , CA 90831-2121, 213/43 7-6776. WERA will be hosting- the Dean Durkals ki Memorial E n d urance Series , a three-rou n d, two-h our regiona l endurance road race series. Durkalski , a former WERA racer, was kill ed by a drunk driver in a street bik e accident in June of 1990. Hi s parents , who wa nt to put someth ing back into the spo rt thei r son loved and make it ava ilabl e at the track s he raced, have posted $5000, $2000 of which will be p aid o u t as a point fund a t the comple tio n of the series to the overa ll top 10 teams. Each race will offer a $2000 purse ($1000 from the Du rkalskis, Rainey- wins his fourth in French GP T California Green Sticker fundsaved ollowing th rough on a campaign .promise made last year , Caiifornia Gov. Pete Wilson has announced that he will not go along with a legi slative plan that woul d ha ve taken over $8 million from off-h igh way motorcyclists and other motorized recreation enth usiasts. Wilson's anno uncement puts a stop to a proposal, approved earlier by the State Le~slature, that wou ld have transferred th e money from Ca lifornia's Off-Highway Vehicle (O H V) fund to he lp ba lance the state's budget, which was in debt to the tune of about $ 14 billion. The OHV fund, also know as the Green Sticker program, is maintained through fuel taxes and regi stration fees imposed on off-highway riders , and is to be used to fund projects speci fically designed to enhance th e responsible use of off-road vehicl es in the sta te. Regardless of tha t, lawmakers saw the fund as a convenie nt source of income and had singled it out as a pa rtial solution to the state's comp lex budgetary problems. Bu t thanks largely to the efforts of Bob Ham, a Sacramento lobbyist working for the O ff-Road Vehicle Legislative Coa lition, whic h incl udes the AMA's Distri ct 36 an d 37 affi liates, the California Off-Road Veh icle Association (CO RVA) an d the Cali fornia Four-Whee l-Drive organization, the discrim inatory plan has been shelved. Ham lobbied hard in spite of several legislative obstacles and main tained close ties wi th the governor's office, urging Wil son to block the transfer proposa l. " After the new bu dget pro po sal was passed by the Legislature," said Ham', " it looked as though our mo ney was headed for ano ther legi slative divers io n. But wh ile ru nni ng for governor, Wil son promised that he wouldn 't accep t suc h a p lan to bal an ce the bu dget. We're grateful that he kep t that promise, and that . we have a governor tha t stands by h is wor d." In addition to saving the O HV fund, Wilson's move may also open the door for the long-awaited development of a new riding area at Otay Mesa in San Diego County. In an accompanying sta tement, Wilson sai d, "These funds, collected specifica lly to support the O HV program, have been committed for pending legis lation to support an OHV park." F matched by $1000 from the WERA based on 35-plus teams entering the event ). Round one will take place on July 27 at Michigan's Grattan Racewa y, round two a t Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia on August 17, and the concluding round at Nelson Ledges in Ohio on September 28. T uf Racing's Ron T ichenor was a no -show at the July 21 Lake Sugar Tree 125/250cc National MX in Axton, Virginia. Tichenor appare ntly decid ed to jo in Tuf 's n ew est rider, Ron Lechien, a t a su pe rcro ss rac e in Japan. ea m Marlboro Rob erts Yamaha's Wayne Rainey (right) ext ended h is lead in th e 500cc World Championship with his fourt h win of the season at the Circui t de Paul R icard in Le Castellet, Fra nce, on July 21. Rainey's victo ry over his cham pionshi p rival, Rothmans H onda 's Michael Doo han, gives him an eight-point lead after 10 rounds. Four-time World Ch amp ion Eddie Lawson . gave Cagiva its second rostrum finish of the season as he finished third, narrowly defeatin g Lucky Strike Suzuki 's Kevin Schwanu. Sonauto Yamaha's Jean -Ph ili ppe Ruggi a was a popular fifth in his home G P. Cali fornian Doug Chandler had the best GP fini sh of his career, finishing sixth on the Team Roberts Yamaha. Team Marlboro Roberts' John Kocinski, meanwhile, crashed on the ope ni ng lap of th e GP after qualifyin g third. Rainey now leads Dooha n, 168-160, in the championship points standings; Schw an u is th ird with 136 and Lawson lies fourth with 108 points. In the 250cc Grand Prix, Italian Lori s Reggiani wo n hi s first GP since 1987, givi ng Aprilia its second straight win of the season . Regg ian i beat HB Hond a 's H elmut Bradl and Repsol H onda 's Carlos Cardus. Aprilia 's Pier-Francesco Ch ili and championship lead er Luca Cadalora on the Rot h man s Honda rounded out th e top five finishers. . Cadalora's lead in th e champ ionship has been cu t to II points as he leads Bradl , 169-158. Cardus is third with 140 points. The 125cc GP was won by defending World Champion Loris Capirossi on the Marlboro T eam Pileri Honda. Capirossi top ped Marlboro Schuh Zwafin k Honda's Ralf Waldmann and his teammat e Fausto Gresini. Capirossi leads Gre sini in the title chase, 151 -136. Rolf Biland and Kurt Waltipserg (L CR) won th e Sid ecar GP, topping championship lead er Steve Webster and Gav in Simmons. positions ahead if they were to finish outside th e top five. If Bayle wins one of the remaining four motos, Stanton must win the other three in order to tie Bayle in points. In th e case of a tie, Stanton would win the cham p ionsh.ip since he would have more mot o CO R RECT IO N : That was Dan Barrick, not Dan Merri ck, pi ctured tak ing a vic to ry lap ride a t Hagerstown Speedway on Larry Pegram 's H onda RS750 on our fro nt page last week. Barrick helped wren ch Pegram to victory on th e Eaken-Spo nseller Racing Honda at the Hagerstown Half Mil e rou nd of the Cam el Pro Series. With only two ro unds remaining in th e AMA National Championship 250cc MX Series, the July 28 Troy, Ohio , Nat ional and th e series finale a t Southwi ck, Ma ssa chusetts, on August 1, Honda 's J eff S tanton is in a position to jo in T ony DiStefano and Gary Jones as the only riders to win the 250ccMX National Championship three times in a row . In order to win the title, Stanton, who trails tea mmate Jean-Michel Bayle by 10 points in the sta ndi ngs , must beat the French man in all four remaini ng motos, provided Bayle fin ishes each moto. If they both fin ish wit hin the top five, Stan ton mus t be at least one posi tion ahead of Bayle in each mo to, and two WIn S. BORN : Ch ristian Mich ael Crai g, son of mot ocrosser Michael Craig and wife Joanna , on Jul y 19 in EI Cajon, California. NAMED: Tony McAndrew as sales represen tative for Bridgestone Tire's motorcycle tire division. 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