Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

eIN THE WIND e By Papa Wealey Cont inued from page 3 Texan round of the AMA Superbi ke Na ti onal Championshi p at Texas World Speedway co nfl ic ts d irectly with th e Ital ian ro u n d of th e World Superbike Series. ... c-r .... V ,.0 o .... u o Craig Erion a lso reports th at Two Brothers Racing will again receive su pport fro m H onda in 1992. "It looks like we've got th e gree n light from H onda th at we'll be ra cing with th em again next year." Two Brothers a re current ly ru n ni ng the AMA Superbike Series wi th Fred die Spencer an d Canadian Steve Crevier, with Crevier a n d japan's Takanob u Koyaba also contesting th e AMA/ CCS 600cc Su pe rsp ort Ser ies on H onda CBR6oos. The Mot or cycle H eri tage Mus eum in Westerville, Ohio, has received an 18foot trailer from the ' H i-Point Comp a ny as a donation fro m H i-P o int own er John Penton. " We 're very gra tefu l to Mr. Penton for hi s dona tion," m useu m dir ector j im R ogers sa id . " T h is fin e trailer wi ll h elp us effecti vely tra nsport co llectio n s a nd lo a n m otorcycl es for museum exh ib its." Eigh t-time National Enduro Champ ion D ick Burleson will host a o ne day end u ro school in co nju nc tion with th e fin al ro u n d o f the National Reliabili ty Trial s Series, th e Carson Valley Qualifier, on Fr ida y, Octob er 4 a t th e Ca rson Valley Inn in Ca rso n City, Nevada. For more information contact 702/885-0849 or 702/ 849-2474. Bel gian Mic h e l Simeon wo n the Suzuki World Cup road race in H ockenheim , Germany, o n September 14, topping Swede j oergen H aellinder a n d j a p a n ' s Ta kayu k i Mo rik it a . Simeon an d Haellinder eac h won a ra ce, but Simeon a lso co llected a seco nd versu s Haellinder's fifth. T he h ighest finish ing North Am erican was Ca nad ian Dar een Kni gh t who tall ied 8-12 fin ishes in the two races . No Ame ricans co mp eted in th e event. O 'Neal USA is o fferi n g a $3000 reward for th e return of three 1991 H onda m o to rcycles that were sto len fro m thei r box van recently in Chat sworth, Ca li forn ia. The th ree sto len b ikes we re : a H onda CR80 (j H2 H E0406MK80 0 673), a H onda CR25 0 (j H2 ME 03 0 XMM30 0 102) and a Honda C R500 (j H 2P E0207MM000631). For m ore in forma tion contact Dave Westfall at 818/998- 1049. Cycle News dea ler sa les represen tative Steve Got oski is a lso a b ik e-thef t victi m . G o to s k i ' s 199 1 Suzuki G SXR I IOO (jS IGV73 A8 M2 101482) was s tolen from the Qua li ty H o tel in An aheim, Ca li fornia, on Au gust 20. Go toski can be rea ch ed at 714/ 8485333. Our coverage of th e AMA 250cc Grand Prix ro a d race a t H eartland P ar k Topeka o n September 8 fai led to mention tha t ra ce winner Jimmy Filice was using carbo n -carbo n front b ra kes o n hi s Ya m aha T Z250. It marked th e first AMA 250cc National win for the brakes wh ich are manufactu red by Ca rbon -Carbon Ad va nced Technologies in Fort Worth, T exas. 54 Mu zzy Kaw asaki 's Scott Russell an d Jacques Guenette, Jr., will sign a u tograp hs at H ous ton Kawasaki in Houston , Texas, on October 2 from 6-8 p.m. The duo will la ter com pe te in th e AMA N ational Ch a m p ionsh ip Road Ra ce Series a t Texas World Speedway in Co llege Sta tio n, T exas, on Octob er 5-6. Greg Zitterkopf (KaW) scored th e overall win at th e Pep perrn ill/ Mesquite Gran P ri x, a ro u n d of the Ca sey Folks Best in The Desert Series, at Mesqu it e, Nevada, Se p tember 22 . Garth Sweetland (Kaw ) was th e runn er-up, w hi le Jimmy Lewis (KT M) was third. C RC's Jack Barbacovi recentl y pho ned Pap a announci ng tha t the CRC-sanctioned Friday n ight MXs a t L.A_ Cou nty Raceway in Palmdale, Ca lifornia, will run th rough October. The sch edu le was ori gi na lly sla ted to , end in September. For more informatio n ca ll 805/272-8889. O n ly four of th e 72 contesta nts a t th e Septe m be r 15 Motocross des Nations weren' t mou nted o n j a pa nese machinery. An Austrian an d a H u n garia n rode KTMs, a member of the Luxembourg team wa s aboard a Maico a nd I talian Walter Barto lin i rode the four- stroke H usaberg. Canadi an-based RST R a ci n g h a s reached a n agreement with A p rili a to sell th e Ital ia n company 's AFI 250cc V-twin road ra cer in North Ame rica in 1992. A limited number of th e bikes will be available in '92 a nd rep rese ntatives of RST will be o n hand a t th e AMA National Champ io ns h ip Road Ra ce Series at T exa s World Speedway in College Station, T exas, on Octob er 4 to a ns wer questions a nd tak e deposits from cus to mers. NAMED: P h il ip Ca p o ssell a , vice president of motorcycle operations for BMW of North America , In c. Caposse lla, w ho wa s previou sl y ge neral mana ger of BMW 's central reg ion , re p laces Ha n s Ko u dell a who ha s acce p ted a senior management positio n a t BMW AG. BORN: Taylor Ri ch ard Alle n H alcom b, son of Am eri can Su zuk i o ff-road racing su pervisor Charles H alc omb a n d his wife Margi e, in U p la n d, Ca lifornia, on September 17. CORRECTION: Alt ho ugh Wo rldS- , ports did su pport the September 15 H onda R ider Ap p recia tio n Da y a t Florida 's Dade Ci ty Racewa y, they did not sponsor it as we stated in this section. The event was sponsored by Dade Ci ty Racewa y, American H on da , a nd five loca l H o n da dealers hips: H onda West, H o n da of La kela nd , Semino le H onda, Honda of Winter H a ven , a n d H a p 's. Accordi ng to Randy Yoho, " Over 400 riders a nd ap proxi ma tely 1000 spectators showed u p for the free practice sessions an d a chance to rid e th e '92 H onda CRs . The event was a huge success wi th hundreds o f prize drawings for produ cts from o u r- supporting H onda dea le rs, Wo rl d Sp orts, Mo to rcycl e St uff, a n d AXO. " NAMED: Steve Page, as p resident o f Son om a , Ca lifornia 's Sears P o int International Raceway. P age, a marketing execu tive with th e Oakland A' s baseball team for th e past II years, ta kes over the position vaca ted by Glen Long, wh o h as joi n ed a sp orts marketi n g fir m in Atl a nta, Georgia. Page will assu me h is n ew p o sition ' o n October I. BORN: H ail ee Kei r s ten Wa l es , daughter of Moto Line's Gl en Wales a nd girlfrien d Kare n Da rn ell , September 14 in Mesa , Ari zona. POINT STANDINGS World Championship 500cc MX Series (Final) 1. Georges Iobe 2. Jacky Martens 3. Dirk Geukens 4. Paul Malin 5. Billy Liles 6.Jo Martens 7. Dave Thorpe 8. Kurt Ljungqvist 9. Kurt Nicoll 10. Arto Pantt ila 296 223 181 175 175 145 144 138 132 130 World Championship 250cc MX Series (Final ) 1. Trampas Parker 2. Mike Healey 3. Alessandro Puzar 4. Peter Johansson 5. Marnicq Bervoets 6. Pekka Vehkonen 7. Dave Strijbos 8. Edwin Evertsen 9. Teus Visser 10. Michele Fanton 241 238 . 232 195 193 186 181 137 110 109 Camel SX Series (Final) 1.J-M Bayle 2. D. Bradshaw 3. Jeff Stanton 4. M. Kiedrowski 5.Jeff Ward 6. Guy Cooper ]. Matiasevich 8. MikeFisher 9. Mike LaRocco 10. Larry Ward 385/8 313/3 31V4 292 284/1 232 214 211/1 160 (poin ts/wins) Nat'lChampionship 250 MXSenes (Final) 1.J-M Bayle 2.Jeff Stan ton 3. D. Bradshaw 4. J. Matiasevich 5. Mike LaRocco 6. Doug Dubach 7.Jeff Ward 8. Larry Brooks 9. Keith Bowen 10. Larry Ward 277 251/4 21011 193/1 176 160 153 129 110 105 (points/wins) World Championship 125cc MX Series Nat'l Championship 125 MXSenes (Final ) 13 rounds) 1. M. Kiedrowski 2. Guy Cooper 3. Brian Swink 4.Jeff Emig 5.]. McGrath 6. Steve Lamson 7. Buddy Antunez 8. Doug Henry 9. D. Stephenson 10. Tyson Vohland 1. Stefan Everts 2. Bob Moore 3. Pedro Tragter 4. Yves Demaria 5. Andrea Bart olini 6. M. Van Drunen 7. WillieSurratt 8. Greg A1bertijn Pit Beirer 10. Donny Schmit (After 10of 377 368 259 198 172 163 158 155 155 World Championship Superbike Series (Af ter 10 of 14 rounds) 1. Doug Polen 2. Rob Phillis 3. Raymond Roche 4. Fabrizio Pirovano 5. Stephane Mertens 6. Carl Fogarty 7. Terry R}'llIer Davide Tardozzi 9. Fred Merkel Giancarlo Falappa 318 215 211 175 159 118 108 95 World Championship 500cc RR Series ' (Af ter 14 of IS rou nds) 1. Wayne Rainey 233/6 2. Michael Doohan 224/3 3. Kevin Schwantz 204/5' 4. Wayne Gardner 150 5. John Kocinski 141 6. Eddie Lawson 126 7. Juan Garriga 112 8. Didier de Radigues 99 9. Doug Chandler 85 10. J.P. Ruggia 78 (points/wins) World Championship .250cc RR Senes . 15 rou nd s) 1. Luca Cadalora 2. Helmut Bradl 3. Carlos Cardus 4. WHco Zeelenberg 5. Masahiro Shimizu 6. Loris Reggiani 7. P.F. Chili 8. Jochen Schmid 9. Martin Wimmer 10. Paolo Casoli (After 14 of 22817 213/5 198 158 142 . 115/1 99/1 92 78 65 (points/wi ns) World Championship Trial Series 12 rounds) 1.Jordi Tarres 2. DiegoBasis 3. Donato Miglio 4. Tommi Ahvala 5. Bruno Camozzi 6. Philippe Berlatier 7. Amos Bilbao 8. Thierry Michaud 9. Thierry Girard 10. Takumi Narita (After 9 of 162 138 132 127 98 91 82 65 60 48 400/3 351/2 28811 275 264 253 210 20411 195 172 (points/wins) Nat'l Championship . 500 MX Senes (After 3 of 6 ro unds) I.J·M Bayle 2. Jeff Stanton 3.Jeff Ward 4. D. Bradshaw 5. Ron Lechien 6. Doug Dubach 7. Keith Bowen 7. Gene Naumec 9. Fred Andrews 10. Lance Smail 140/2 126 125/1 117 98 59 57 57 56 50 (point s/wins) Nat'l C'ship Hare Be Hound Senes Paul Ostbo 8. Jimmy Lewis 9. Ted Hunnicutt 10. Ron Naylor 90 80 79 72 65 51 46 45 Nat'l Championship Enduro Series (Af ter 5 of 9 rounds) 1.Jeff Russell 2. Alan Gravitt 3. Randy Hawkins 4. Blair Sharpless 5. Kurt Hough 6. Steve Hatch 7. Kevin Bennett 8. Kevin Hines 9. Alan Randt 10. Larry Roeseler 126 83 71 67 65 57 53 52 50 40 National Hare Scrambles Series (Af ter 5 of 9 rounds)" 136 1. Scott Summers 2. Ron Naylor 85 3. Duane Conner 82 4. Tony Hendon 65 5. Harvey Whitaker 38 6. Chris Caplinger Eric Mashbir Terry Cunningham 33 9. Jeff Russell 30 10. Aaron Hough 29 "Bes t 7 of 9 rounds 13 rounds) 1. Duane Conner 2. Terry Cunningham 3. Doug Blackwell 4. Jeff Russell 5. Thomas Norton 6. Scott Summers 7. Craig Jones 8. Tim Shephard 9. Aaron Hough 10. Frank Keegan (After 7 of Grand Nat'VCamel Pro Series (Af ter 14 of 16rounds) 1. Chris Carr 2. Scott Parker 3. Ronnie Jones 4. Kevin Atherton 5. Larry Pegram 6. Dave Durelle 7. Steve Morehead 8. Ricky Graham 9. Rodney Farris 10. Will Davis Mike Hale (points/wins) 600 Nat'l C'ship Series (Final) 1. Chris Carr 2. Larry Pegram 3. Steve Morehead 4. Wink Freitas 5. Rodney Farris 6. Terry Poovey 7. MikeHale Aaron Hill 9. Dan Ingram 10. Rich King (Point s/wins) Nat'lC SB Series 'ship (After 6 of 8 rou nds) 1. Thomas Stevens 2. Scott Russell 3. Miguel DuHamel 4.Jamie James 5. Dale Quart erley 6. Rich Arnaiz 7. Jacques Guenette, Jr. 8. Pascal Picotte 9. Tom Kipp 10.Tommy Lynch (point s/wins) Nat'I250 GP Road Race Series (Af ter 6 of 8 rounds) (Af ter 5 of 6 rou nds ) 1. Gart h Sweetland Danny Hamel 3. Larry Roeseler 4. Don Griewe 5. Paul Krause 6. Chris Crandall Nat'lC'ship Cross Country Series 1. Jimmy Filice 2. Nick Ienatsch 3. Chris D'Aluisio 4. RickKirk 5. Rick Tripodi 6. Danny Walker 7. Tom Paris 8. Mike Sullivan 9. Brad Sawyer 10.Jon Cornwell (point s/ wi ns) Nat'l600 Supersport Road Race Series (After 7 of 9 rounds ) 1. Miguel DuHamel 120/6 86 2. Tom Kipp 3. Larry Schwarzbach 70 4. Jeff f armer 57/1 5. Tri pp Nobles 49 6. Rich Arnaiz 47 7. Iamie James 45 8. Takanobu Koyama 36 9. Steve Crevier 32 10.John Choate Jim Leslie (poin ts/wins) Nat'l750 Supersport Road Race Series (After 7 of 9 rounds) 1. Scott Russell 140n 2. Britt Turkington 3. Jac9ues Guenette,Jr. 4. Titian Bue 5. BobSandy 6. Tripy Nobles 7. Jeff Jeino 8. James Schaefer Glenn Barry 10. Andrew Deathridge Mike Moores (point s/wins)

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