Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eINTHEWIND e Le Mans ' Fr an ce, were va rio us ly . blamed on gusty weather and sand blown across the track. As well as Michael Doohan slipping o ff unhurt, both Niall Mackenzie and E d die Lawson went down. Lawson was hurt, and tersely commented the nex t da y: " I spun out," before flying home to California. Mackenzie also ... refused the option of blaming ou tside ~ interference, such as grit on th e track . " Everyth ing was going well , I was ~ going to break the lap record and ..D. qualify on pole. Then I was down." The Scotsman broke a bo ne in his left foo t, and said that he was okay to ride, 11) b u t h a d troubl e on left -h arid er s, 0.. beca use he had to stay seated rather 11) than sta nding o n the foo tpegs. " If it crJ slides, there's no t much I can do to control it. Luckil y there are only two left-banders here that are at all im portant. " W a yne Gardner didn 't fall , but had a good exp lanatio n of the reason wh y. " T hi s is one of those tracks where you have to scratc h really hard jus t to make tenths. 8 .... New 250cc Worl d Champion Luca Cadalora will defend his titl e next year, aba ndoni ng hi s p lans to mov e stra ig h t into the 500cc class if he won . " My am bition is to win every 250 race in one year ," he smiled; though no doubt John Kocinski's difficulti es in adapting this year, and those of form er 250cc GP heroes Sito Pons and Juan Ga rr iga, have he lped to persuade th e Italian road racer to carryon doing what he is good at. Cad al ora's decision is crucial for the o th er Honda rid ers, Honda has said the y will make only two works protot ypes for 1992, as well as so me 25 RS "Specials," a few of which ma y h ave extra factory sup por t. Cadalora will surely get o ne of them. T his leaves Helmut B rad l, Ca rlos Cardu s , Wilco Zee le nbe rg and Masa hiro S himizu all ho pi ng to get the other. All are maki ng ot her approaches, with Suzuki on the shop p ing list, and Martin W im mer still not signed up for a second year. T here may be a tworid er Lucky Strike team for next year, with o ne of th em being Span ish. Cardus? Or will they stick with current hopefu l H err i Torrontegui, who fin ished 11th at Mugello o n the bike in a one-off tes t ride . Zeel enber g is an ot her strong possibi li ty on a Suzuki; bu t is also loo king at Aprilia, wh o will make works-level engines available to selected custom ers next year. It 's time for AMA members to nomin ate c a n d id ates fo r the AMA Board of Trus tee s fro m the Northwest, North Cent ral and Northeast Regio ns. T he no minating ballo ts are enclosed in the October issues of Ameri can Motor cyclist magazine and th e official ball ots must be used; copies will not be accepted, and th e nominating dead line is October II. Two AMA members from the Northwest Region have informed us that they 're ca mpaigning for nomination. Incumbent board member Dal Smi lie, vice chairma n of the Board of Trustees and chairman of the American Motorcycle Herita ge Foundation, has announced he'll seek reelectio n. Smilie, who hails from Helena , Montana, is a lon gt ime mo torcycle righ ts activist, is both an on- and oH-road· enthusias t and a for mer am ateur racer, an d throug h hi s work with the He ritage Foundation was instrumental in the creation of th e Heri tage Museum that opened last year. R o b e rt W ick of Santa Clara, Ca lifornia , is also runnin g. Wick has been an AMA member since 1980, is currently a Li fe Member, and is activ ely invo lved wit h Dir t Alert. T he top three nom inees fro m each region will appear on the ball o t to be publ ished in the J anuary issue of American Motorcyclist. No member receivi ng fewer th an 25 no minations will appear o n the ba llot. ter, Isostat , If the deal works o u t, Rhodes will re loca te to It aly and compete in the 350cc Four-Strok e class a longs ide reigni n g 500 cc Wor ld Enduro Champion J aroslav Katrinak, of Czecho slo vakia, who will defend hi s titl e in the 500cc class on a Husaberg 501. " I was app roac hed abo u t th e ride in Czecho, and I sure hope everyt hing works o u t," said Rhodes. " I th in k it would be a lot of fun ." If he does go to Europe, he will be the first American to serio u sly ca m p aig n the World Cha mpio nshi p Enduro circu it. . There were rumor s circu la ting at the ISDE in Czechoslovaki a that th e FIM mi ght up the max imum age lim it to 24-years-of-age (ins tead of the IJresent 23) for riders in the Junior World Trophy class. As it sta nds now , bo th J immy Lewis and David Rh odes, who were mem bers of th is year' s winn ing U.S. J unior World team.in Czech oslovakia, wou ld be ine ligi b le to compete in the Junior Wor ld class next year in Aus tra lia, since both of the m will have turned 24. If the age limit is ch an ged, the sa me U.S, squad Lewi s, Rh odes, Chris Smith and Stev Hatch - would most likely reu n ite t defend their tit le in 1992. Minnesota 's Donny S c hmit wi l contes t the 1992 World Cham pionshi 250cc MX Series for Michele Rinaldi' Chesterfield Yama ha team, wh ere h will join 1990 250cc World Champio Alessandro Puzar. Schmit, the 199 I25cc World Champion, has a on e-yea contract with the team . Schmit Ie Sylvain Geboers' Bieffe-spo nsore Suzuki team, whi ch will move up t the 250cc class next year with 125c World Champio n S t e fan Eve rts a a defini te starter. No rep lacement fo Schmit on the two- ma n team has bee made. Is Englan d's Paul Malin headed fo the U.S.? At the Sep tember 15 Mot cross des Natio ns in Holl and, 19-yea old Mal in , the youngest-ever 500cc M G P winner, was trying to make arra n gemen ts with the Briti sh Auto Cycl U nion to relinquish h is British licens U.~. wins 11thstraight MX des Nation The A MA Boar d of Trustees is made up of six gen eral membership elected members (one from each of six region s ) a n d si x re p rese n ta ti ves selected by corporate AMA members. Elected members serve three-year terms on th e board . Selected co r p o ra te members serve two-year terms. Elected members may not be employed by any company curren tly holding a corpora te seat on the board, no r be an emp loyee of the AMA. An indi vidua l may not hold th e office of AMA Congress Delegate and T ru stee at the same ti me. Nominees must have been mem bers of the AMA for a minimum of th ree years as of September I, 1991. To jo in the AMA, call (toll-free) 800/ AMA-J OI N (800/262-5646). err Stanton (righ t) led Ameri can teammat es Damon Bradshaw and Mike Kiedro wski to an unprecedente d I Ith consecut ive Motocross des Nations victory on Sunday, Sep temb er 15 at the ' Euro Circu it in Valkenswaard, H oll and. Mich igan 's Stanton , who handil y won the fir st of three rnot os - rnot os tha t mix com pe tito rs from di fferent displacement classes - in the World Cham p ionship team event, charged back fro m four crashes in the fina l 30-minute plus two-lap race and th en took first in the 500cc class via a last-lap pass. The Ho nda rider's in-class win cli nched the victo ry for th e Ameri can team. "I think Amer ica has to thank J eff Sta nton ," declared U.S. team manager Roger DeCoster. " H e saved them for th e seco nd year in a row ." With each team 's best five of six moto finishes cou nting towards the tit le (first awards one point, second two po ints, and th team with the least amou nt of poi nt s is the winn er ), the U.S. ended the day wi t a winning score of 10 po ints, whi le Belgi um and host Hollan d each tallied 1 po ints. Belgium was awa rded second by virt ue of more class win s than Holland. Stan ton was Amer ica 's top performer as he swep t the 500cc class, while Nor Carolina's Bradshaw tall ied 2-5 fin ishes in th e 250cc class aboa rd a Yam ah a, an southern Californ ian Kiedro wski, ridi ng a Kawasak i, contribu ted 4-2 fini shes i the I25cc class. Belgian s Stefan Everts (Suz), the 125cc World Ch ampion , and Marnicq Bervoe (Kaw) ha d esta blished a lead for Belgium with three class victo ries in the firs two motos. But Bervoets and teamma te Dirk Geu kens (Hon) collided on the firs lap of the fina l moto and for 34 minutes Holl and 's Gert-J an Van Doorn (Hon held a clear ad vanta ge and ap peared set to give th e Du tch team the overa ll victory , Sta nton held fifth in the 500cc class at the 20-minute mar k, 38 seconds beh in leader Van Doorn, but pulled back up to 10 seconds per lap around the rugged sandy course. Stanton sealed the Ameri can victory with a pass on Sweden's Marcu Hanson (Kaw) for second pl ace in the 500cc class j us t before the sta rt of the fin a lap, but continued his charge and passed Van Doorn for the 500cc class victo on the las t circ u it to kn ock H oll an d back to third in the final stan dings. Italia Alessandro Puzar (Suz) won the moto aboa rd a 250cc mach ine. Al ex Hodgkinso J There will be n o open practice a t Budds Creek Mo tocross Park the week p r io r to th e Octo b er 6 Na tiona l Ch ampionship MX at th e facility in Budds Cr eek , Maryland , a lt hough there will be one practice sessio n from 1-3 p.m . on October 4 for riders wh o p rese nt an AMA professi ona l MX license at the front gate. Race headquarters fo r th e even t have been changed to the Best Western Motel in L a p la ta , Marylan d . T he p hone number is 301/934-4900. Wa shington 's D a v e Rhodes , a memb er of the win ni ng U.S. Junior World Trop hy team at the International Six Day Enduro in Czechos lo-' vak ia , has been offered a ride for th e 1992 Wor ld Championship Enduro Seri es by the Italian Husaberg impor- r--~-------------------------------- - - -------------------------- SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM N ame --,-- Address _ Cit y O rder Date State ---: Zip _ P lease start my subscription to Cy cle N ews : (non-California residents) D Every week for one year (50 issues) for $35.00 (can be billed 3 monthly payments) D Every week for two years (100 issues) for $65.00 . D Six months second class (25 issues) for $18.00 . 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