Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

well as merchandise bearing pir~ted Harley-Davidson tra dema rks or logos. T he seized merchandise incl udes clothin g (jackets, T-shirts, shorts, tank tops), belt bu ckles, decals, stickers, signage, clocks, and drug paraphern alia (the sale of whi ch is ill egal in the state of Florida, and ha s never been ' a licensed Ha rley-Davidson product). ATK is o ffering $3000 to an y AT K four -stroke rider who places fi rs t overa ll at the White Bros. Wor ld Fou rStroke Classic whi ch will take place during the U.S. 500cc MX G P at Glen Helen, Ap ri l 4-5. Interested rid ers shou ld con tact Dan Wh ite at Wh ite Bros. to pr e-enter; call 714/ 554-9442. The grand openi ng of the Dan Rouit Flattrack Museum will take p lace on Saturday, May 2. T he mu seum is located at 309 W. Rialto in Clovis, Ca liforn ia, just east of Fr esno. A wealth of flat track raci ng memorabilia 'is on disp lay, but the main at tra ction is, of course, the motorcycle s. Dick Mann's Goldstar, J im Rice's BSA Rocket, Bub ba Shobert' s indoor sho rt tra cker an d a 1912 Ind ian board track racer are just a few of th e bik es in th e museum . While the museum will be open on ly by appointment following the open ing, everyon e is in vited to view the collectio n from noon to 5 p.m . on open ing da y. Adm ission is free and a tri -tip, bean and salad dinner will be available for $6. T he Rouits, Dan ' and Kath y, invi te all flat track racing fans to " bring your fo lding chai rs and do some bench racing. " The openi ng . takes place the day before th e Fresno Mile rou nd of the AMA 600 National Dirt T rack Seri es. A raffle of posters from the collection. of the late Roxy Rockwood will be conducted. While admissio n is free, donations will be accep ted and 10% of funds ga th ered will be don ated to T he Cla yton Foundation. For more infor ma tion, call 209/291 -2242(IOa.m. t0 3 p.m .) or 209/ 297-8096 (4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.), . A one-day speedway school will be held at the Ken Maely Ranch in Corona, Cali fornia , April 4. Longtime A di vision rider Jimmy Lawson will instruct the fu ll-day cour se. For more in formation, call 714/277 -8989. Dan Ingram, runner-up a t the March 7 Daytona Camel Pro Series Sho rt Track, suffered a broken wri st in a heat race crash earlier that evening. " I knew it hurt, but I di dn' t think it was broken," said Ingram, wh o iced h is wri st before the main event. " I didn' t sleep at all tha t ni ght, so I went to the doctor in the morning and found o u t tha t th e na vicular bone wa s cracked." Ingra m's wri st is presentl y .immobilized in a cast, but th e Indiana April 4-5 500cc U.S. MX G P at southern Californ ia 's Gl en Helen OHV Pa rk. rider expects to be in top form at the April 18 Sacramento Mile. " Hell , if I can get second at Dayton a with a br ok en wrist, just wait u n til I' m healthy at Sacra mento," he said. REMINDER: Televisio n coverag e of the 1 9 9 2 Camel S u p e r cross Series begi ns airi ng March 26 at 9:30 p.m. Pacific tim e on ESPN and th e one-hou r shows will air wee kly. throu gh July 2. Be sure to check your local listings for th e chan nel and ai r time in your area. Due to the Saturday, April 4 desert bill field hearing in Palm Desert , California, the 2nd Annual U .S . MX GP Dual Sport Ride , whi ch was schedu led to take place that da y, ha s been rescheduled. It will take p lace the day before, on Friday, April 3, so that concern ed riders can atte nd the field h ea rin g. As p lanned , th e Suzukispo nsored barbecue for particip ants of the California T rail Rides-orga n ized dual sport rid e will take place Satu rday evenin g. If eno ug h riders participate in the rescheduled ride, H onda will continue wi th plans to supply lunch during the Friday ride' s break , and also su p ply a su pport tru ck. The exclusi ve campi ng area for the ride's participants a t th e Gl en Hel en OHV Park in San Bernardino , the site of the U.S. 500cc MX GP , will open Thursday evening, Apri l 2. For more information, call 7I 4/846-1241. Dow n e r s Grove Ya mah a Suzuki/ DGY Racing will host th eir annua l open house at their Downers Grove, Illinois facility on April 2-5. On display all four days will be th e Yam aha YZI25D motocrossers campai gn ed by Doug Henr y and J immy Button , and the Suzuki ridden by Brian Westp ha l in Supersport races. For more info rmati on , call 708/ 971-2602. Due to the date change for the Sacra mento Mile round of the Camel Pro Series to April 18, the sho rt track race at northern California's .Lodi Cycl e Bowl will now take place on Saturday ni ght, April I I, a day after it was origi nally scheduled to run. It will no w be a do uble po ints race. In addition, the short track race schedu led for Apr il 18 at Hills Ferry has been canceled. For more informa tio n, call Lodi M.C. Presiden t Ja mes Mahoney at 209/544-1027. American Suzuki has announced its 1992 Drag Racing Contingency Program tha t o ffer s in creased payou ts in NHRA and IDBA competition for a record total of $43,900, over $13;000 more th an posted last year. In addi tion, they've added nine classes to th e payo u t. T he newl y added IDBA classes are Funny Bike, Pro Comp, T op Gas , Su per Comp, Pro Gas, Super Gas, Super Street, Super Elimin ator 'and E.T. Bracket, in addition to Pro Stock. The new classes will pay first pl ace riders ($300) in each category, while awards have been posted in Pro Stock for first ($500) and second p lace ($150), as well as semi -final ($75) and qualifier runners-up ($25) in seven events. NHRA Pro Stock awa rds will go to first pl ace ($500) and second place ($300), and to sem i ($150), quarterfinal ($75) and q ualifier ($50) runnersup in 10 rounds . Defending National Enduro Cham p ion J e ff R u s s e ll thought he had bro ken his foot in the March 14 T ecate 250 End uro in Mexico, bu t X-rays later showed it wasn 't broken. But Ru ssell went back to the hospital on March 22 after experienci ng more pain in the foo t. " It (the foot) is gett ing worse, not better ," sa id R ussell in a pho n e conversa tio n on March 23. " I had to go to emerge ncy, because it had gott en .' so swollen an d had developed redn ess. Apparentl y, everyone was so concerned tha t I rnight've broken it, th ey overlooked the scratch o n my foot; I probably have blood poisoning. Right now I have an LV. in me a nd I' m on antibiotics. I' m go ing back to see the doctor toni gh t and I sho u ld kno w more. This is th e wierdest th ing I' ve ever experienced. It loo ks like I'll miss th e Ill in oi s Na tio na l Enduro n ext week (April 5)." . Jerry Hebel ha s secured a new loca tio n for h is Daniel Boone M otocr o s s Park in London , Kent ucky, and plans to begin operat ion s April 5. Hebel has been assured that th e property ow ner who opposed h is original site has no op pos ition to the ' new area, but he must still get an en tertai nme nt perm it from a loca l judge. Hebel p lanned to hold h is first race on April 5, bu t that race andan event schedu led for April 12 have been cancelled, although the park will be open for practice. If defendin g Came l Supercross Cham- p ion J ean- M ic h el Bayle can win the March 28 Tampa Supercross in Florida , he will mo ve back into a tie wit h two -tim e Camel Su perc ross Champ ion J e ff S t a n to n on th e all tim e supercross winner's list. Stanton 's victory in the March 21 Indianapolis supercross gave him a total of 15 su percross win s, one more than the Ann ou ncer Larry Nas t o n , who calls the action at several rounds of the Cam el Supercross Series, will assist Bruce Flanders in an nouncing the Frenc hman . Bayle won the 1990 event in T ampa Stadi u m and also won last year when the race was moved across the bay to th e Suncoast Dome in St. Petersburg, Flor ida. Rick J oh n s on is at the top of the list with 28 wins. A T ampa victory for Damon Bradshaw wou ld move him into a tie with Jean-Michel Bayle for sixt h on the all time su percross wi n list. Bradshaw's five-race win strea k earl ier this season . boosted h is total to 13 su percross victories. T he Baltimore County Trail Ride rs Association (BCTRA) of Maryland will host a s h o rt t rack race.at Potomac S peedwa y in Budd 's Creek , Maryland, on Saturday night, April 25. "The track is a three -eigh ths mile oval and it has steeper banks than the old Dorsey track we used to run races at in Baltimore," said BCTRA's Tay lor Wh ite IV. Th e AMA sa nc tio n ed p rogra m will incl u de Amateur and Semi-Pro classes, plus a Pro class. For mor e informa tion, call 3011472-2360. AMA Su perbike Na tio nal Champion Thomas Stevens ' will compete in th e openi ng ro und of the WERA FUSA Series at Willow Springs on April 5. " I just want to get some more tim e on the track wit h the new bike," th e new Muzzy Kawasak i rider said. ''I'd rat her do th at tha n sit around. Va nce & H in es Yamaha 's Larry Schwarzbach broke his collarbone during a test session crash at Laguna Seca recen tly. T he Texan is expected to be fit for the second ro und of th e series at La guna Seca on April 26. RETAINED: Robert A. Powell & Associa tes of Winston- Sal em, North Carolina, by the AMA to handle media rela tions a t Cam el Pro Series events. 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