Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

buddy, Guy Cooper," said Jones, who is one of Cooper's Oklahoma neighbors. Trina is due in late March, shortly after the season-opening Daytona Short Track. " You can feel it kicking, " said Jones. " I can't wait." T he time qualifying sessions on Wednesda y, March 4, for the Su nday, March 8, running of the Daytona 200 will qualify only the four fastest rid ers - the front row of the grid. The change from qual ifying the 10 fastest was made to place more ernpha-' sis on the Twin 50 qualifying races held on Friday, Mar ch 6. World Championship Motorsports ' Bob MacLean has confirmed that he will field a one-rider team in the World Championship 500cc Road Ra ce Series. MacLean said hi s rider is yet to be named, although it's more than likely that it will be Australian Peter Goddard. The FIM Management Council has a u thor ized FIM Presid e n t Jos Va e ssen and General Secretary Guy Maitre to enter th e final stages of negotiations with TWP (T wo Wh eel Promotions) and Dorn a and to sign a binding agree ment as soo n as final wordi ng and some lega l aspects of the con tract are sett led. The main issue still to be decided is the matter of IRTA's (International Racing T eam 's Association ) place in the Worl d Championship. Reportedly, the FIM does not wis h to sign a co n tract tha t spec ifica lly mak es reference to IRTA, bu t accepts the bindi ng nature of the con tra ct between TWP and IRT A, guaranteeing IRTA important powers and al so fin ancial co nditions of the racing teams. TWP and Dorna had originally planned to announce th e Grand Prix schedule on January 22 and may still be able to do so if the FIM , TWP and Dorna meeting o n January 21 is successfu l. HIRED: T yrone van H oo ydonk, former Cycle N ews and Cycle magazine edi torial staff member, as a sen ior acco un t exec u tive at Los Angelesbased Burson-Marstell er. Hoo ydonk will handle the Suzuki account for the pub lic relations firm . CO RRECTION: We erred not once, but twi ce in th e spe lling of Darr en Bach ard 's nam e in o ur coverage of th e Nov ember 23 District 36 49'er Enduro that appeared in our J anuary 8 issue . Cal iforn ian Bach ard, who is spon so re d b y Sant a R o sa Kawasa ki, d ropped zero points in th e enduro, to tie AA class rider Dave Ber tram for th e ove ra ll win . Bach ard was the 250cc A class win ner. Brad Morrison ha s been disqualified from the Vin tage 4 National Final held during the WERA Grand National Finals on October 31 at Road Atlanta, giving the win to Mike Tiberio. WE RA has ruled that Morrison 's Suzuki TR750 is ineligible for Vintage 4 class racing. NAMED: Richard Ch iga shi to the position of execu tive vice president of Sunstar Engi neeri ng U.S.A. Chigashi replaces Steve Sa take, who held the po sition since 1976. Satake will be relocatin g back to th e sp rocket ma nufacturer's head quarters in J apan to assume new responsib ilities. The August 5 Sturgis National Short Track ro und of the Ca mel Pro Series at Black H ill Speed way in EDDIE LAWSON Some call him the gr eat est rider who ever lived. Fast app roachi ng legend status, nobod y won more 500cc Grands Prix in the 1980s than Eddie Lawson . In seve n years of Worl d Championship competition, Eddie has won th irty 500cc Grands Prix. Only the legendary Giacomo Agostini and Mike Hailwood have won more and Ha ilwood 's recor d of th irty- even victories is within reach. Crespinel' s image of Eddie Lawson was created over a three -day period at the U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in April of 1990. If Jeff Stanto n can cross the finish line first in the Janua ry 25 Coors Light Ch allen ge in Anaheim Stad ium, he'll beco me the third rider to win two supercr o ss even ts at the sou the r n Ca lifornia facility. Stan to n, who won the event last year, would join 1979 and 1981 winner Kent Howe rton and 1988-'89 winner Rick Johnso n in co mp leting back-to-back Anaheim triumphs (there was no Ana he im race in 1980). NAMED: Jerry " Speedy" McH ale as AMA C hampi onship Cup Ser ies (AMAlCCS) director of competi tio n. McHale has relocated to North Carolina wh ere he will di vide hi s tim e between the AMAlCCS headq uarters and selected CCS races. He will reta in hi s duties as nat ional referee for th e AMA Pro Ser ies. M ike Hale, th e 1990 Camel P ro Rookie of the Year, was also seen spectating at the Astrodome. " I can remember coming up here to wa tch the sho rt track when I was five," said H ale. " I wish we could get another race like tha t going, I think we'd put on a better show than this . .. " If you' ve been to the United States Grand Prix or t he American roun d of the World Superbike Series in the past th ree years, you probably alr ead y know about James Crespin el, His commissioned work includ es portraits of Mikha il Gorbachev, Martina Nav ratilova, Michael Jordan , Brian Bosworth and St eve Largent, in addition to images of James Dean , Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe. He is quickly becoming one of the most sought after competition artists in the United States. Many world class riders themselves own original oil paintings by Crespinel and now lithographs of his works are ava ilable for both th e collector and enthusiast alike, thro ugh Cycle News Products. The Automobile in Art Gallery in Long Beach , California, will open on Saturday, January 25. The gallery 's in it ial sh ow will feature both automotive and motorcycle art, the latter from Hector Cadematori, whose illustrations hav e graced the pages of several motor cycle publications including our very o wn Motorcycle R oad R acer Ill ustrated, and Ste v e Possom, the scu lptor who created Glo ry Days for th e AMA Moto rcycl e H eri tage Museum. The gallery is loca ted at2 13B North Pine Avenue in downto wn Long Beach. T he Superbike class of the European Road Racing Championship h a s been canceled, according to the FIM. The World Championship SuperbikeSeries will now integrate th e riders fro m the canceled championship with a consolation race being held in addition to the two World Superbike legs for all riders who don't qualify. There will also be a separa te classification for riders wh o don 't participate in the five races outside Europe - as a European Superbike Championshi p. The FIM is also discussing having a 600cc Supersport World Championship in 1993. Brainerd Interna tional Raceway will host , for the fourth stra igh t year, the U.S. ro und of the World Ch am p ionship Superbike Series o n J ';Ine 14. eRE Sturgis, Sout h Dakota, h as been changed to a 600cc National. No replacement has been announced, and the 1992 Camel Pro Seri es is now do wn to 16 races. As the schedu le now sta nds, the 600cc National Champio nshi p Dirt Track Series will consis t of 10 races. B ORN: Bryan Ri chard Sco tt, so n of Crai g and Kath y Scott, on January 9, in so uthe rn Cal ifornia. Craig is dealer parts sup po rt manager for American Suzuki. CORRECTION: In our coverage of round two of the Florida Winter AMA MX Ser ies at Diamondback Park , Cindy Col e was credited wi th winn ing th e Women 's class in th e story. As th e results indi cated, Kim Sybert was the winner, and it was Sybert wh o hurt her arm in the first moto. SIGNED: Nat ional Enduro Cha mpion Jeff Russell by Fox Racing. 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