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-':--_ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - have the potential to win the AMA "title," Du ring the two -da y Daytona test , Honda shared th e track with th e Porsche GTP sports car team , last year' s Rol ex 24 Hours .of Daytona winners. After the final session for th e ca rs, Hans Stuck, a well -known endurance dri ver, approached Freddie Spencer and told hi m he'd seen him race at Germany's Nurburgring in 1985 - th e year Spencer won both the 250 and 500cc World Championships. " I hav e watched you race many times," Stuck said to Spencer. "You ar e truly a hero. " And how fast are the $300,OOO-plus Porsche 926C cars? Stuck's best time was a I:38.07 for an avera ge speed of 130.681 mph. This year's Loudon Camel Classic Superbike National scheduled for June 21 at New Hampshire International Speedway has been lengthened from 60 to 100 mil es. By upping the race distance to 63 laps on the 1.6-mile circu it, promoters are forcing teams into making pit stops, ala the Daytona 200. The FIM management council approved the Bernie Ecclestone/ TWP/ Dorn a Grand Prix road race contract by an all but unanimous vote last weekend. Eleven council members voted yes, with one m ember , th e French delegate , abstaining. The world is still awaiting a firm GP schedule, but we're told that on e will be released thi s week. From WERA comes word of a unique cont inge ncy award posted by FTM & Associates, the firm that holds the exclusive marketing rights in the U.S. for RK ' chain, Fram filters , Autolite spark plugs and Bendix brake pads. FTM, on behalf o f those compa nies, is offering the Top Four-Stroke Award , a bonus of $2000 th at will go to the top placin g fou r-stroke rider if - that 's if a two-stroke wins a WERA F-USA race. In ligh t 'of th e fact that Kenny Robert s has announced th at Marlboro ha s withdra wn sup port of h is U.S. team which fielded Yamaha 500cc two-stroke GP bik es in th e F~ USA Seri es last year a nd th at he wouldn 't field an American team th is year, on e has to question the award. When we asked Dou g Gonda of WERA what two-strokes were expected to win a F-USA race this year, he said, "We keep hearing different things. First it 's Rich O liver will ride a 250 with a 350cc engine, and th en that Wayne Rai ney might field on e of the 5OOs. T hen there was word that Marlboro's dropping sponsorship of the New York CART race opened up money to back a Roberts team. Who knows? " Metzeler tires has announced th at it will post over $185,000 in contingen- _cie s for WERA P ro , endura nce" championship will p ay $2000. In addition, the tire company ' will post contingency money in the T op Expert and Harley-Davidson T win Sports classes. Cycle N ews Associate edit or Paul Carruthers and . assistant editor Ken Faugh t made a sma ll wager on the ou tcome of the Ana heim Su percross on January 25. Carruthers chose JeanMichel Bayle , Fau ght picked J eff Stanton. The loser had to wear a dress to work on Monday morning. Damo n Bradsh aw won the race, Bayle was second and Stan ton th ird. Sin ce Bayle beat Stanton, Faught lost th e bet an d headed to work in one of his mother's dresses. Nice knees, Ken. HIRED: Charl esHalcomb as district sal es manager for American Suzuki. Halcomb will leave his job as off-roa d marketing supervisor to rep resent Suzuki in northern Californ ia, Nevada and par ts of Oregon. MOVED: Neil Keen, purveyor of dirt track racing eq uip ment, to 848 Guthrie Rd ., Wentzville, MO 63385, 314/63 91586. __ ~roducts CYCLE NEWS Wear your Hat, T-Shirt, or Fanny Pack to tell everyone "Once a month is not enough. " CYCLE NEWS T-Shirts T -Shirts fea ture CYCLE NEWS "tire" print large on back, smaller on ches t, on 100% cotton. Available in sizes Medium, Large, X-Large and XX·Large for $11.95 each, includes s h ipping and handling. CORRECTION: In th e caption for a photo accompanying a report on the January 4-5 Fort Worth, T exas, Arenacross, Jason Edwards was incorrectly identified as Jason Langford. Edwards wa s the 125cc Pro class winner on J anuary 5. ENGAGED: Buzz Buzzell i, former Harl ey-Davidson publ ic re lat io ns manager , and Lisa Lemme. Buzzelli still mak es his hom e in Milwaukee; Lemme is fro m Des Plaines, Illinois. CORRECTION: Richard Ohigashi, not Chi gashi as we had it in th is section last week, replaces Steve Satake as execu tive vice president of Sunstar Engi neeri ng . MOVED: Ga torz Sport Optiks, to 10943 Wheatla nds Ave. Suite B, Santee, CA 92071, 619/258- 1614, 8001767-4287, Fax 619/ 258-5723. NAMED: . Sam Yamash ita 's Mo to Liberty, as U,S. di strib u tor of Nankai leathers. HIRED: American expatriate Den nis Noyes as medi a dir ector for Dorna Sports Promotion, Inc., the Span ishbased sports marketing firm that is involved with the Worl d Championship Road Race Series. Noyes, who lives near Madrid, has served as an editorial staff member for Solo Moto , a Spanish weekly motorcycle publication, and his byline has appeared many times in Cycle News. CYCLE NEWS Hats and Fanny Packs APPOINTED: Richar d H. Evans as vin tage and regi onal road race events in 1992. Class winners using Metzeler tires are eligible to win $80 per race in each class and that amount will be upped to $200 for the Metzeler Fu ture Stars portio n of the Grand National ' Final at Road Atlanta in October. The Novice and Expert Superstock classes at the fin al s will pa y $250 to the winner, with endurance. clubman and ' vintage riders eligib le to win $150 for a win ; Metzeler will pay through to 10th place in all WERA classes. president and chief executive officer of Dorna, USA. Avelino Ponte, who has been responsible for the introduction of Dorn a in th e U.S., will now report to Evans as executive vice pr esident and chief operating officer of Adtime USA, Inc., the Dor na subsidiary th at produces the computerized billboards most visibly employed courtside by II NBA basketball teams. In one of his first moves, Evans announced the appointment of James E. Burnette as executive vice pr esid en t and ch ief operating officer of Dorna , USA. Metzeler is also posting $20,000 for the AMA/CCS 600 and 750cc BORN: Megh an N icol e Ra ub a , National Supersport classes. A rider using Metzeler tires to win eith er class will earn '$250. whil e winning a daughter of Cycle N ews associate editor Nate Rauba and his wife Pa m, in Riverside, Cal ifornia, January 24. Featuring the CYCLE NEWS logo in wh ite puff-print on red corduroy. Adjustable, one size fits all, now avai lable for $9.95 each, shippi ng and han dling free. Fa nny Packs are st rong nylon ' construction with multi-adjus table belt. Plenty of room for your st uff, for only $9.95 each! VISA/Mastercard Orders are OK! To order. use the Cycle News Products Order form located below the Advertiser's Index in th is issue. Order by Phone (310) 427-7433 [111 3