Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

IN THE WIND By Pap_a----,W eal---,--ey----'---Defen di ng 250cc MX Worl d Champion Trampas Parker (H on) was the overall winner at round two of the World Championship 250cc MX Series Ap ril 5 in Pa yerne, Switzerland. Fell ow American Bob Moore (Yam) fini sh ed seco nd ove rall a nd 125cc Worl d Champ ion Stefan E v e r t s (Suz) of Belgium completed the top three overall finis hers. Sou the rn Cal ifornian M icky D ymond (H on ) was fifth overall. Everts leads Dutchman Edwin Evertsen (Kaw) in the po int standings, 92-65, while Parker moved from 12th to th ird in the standings with 62 points. Moore lies seventh in the standings , America n Don n y S c hmit (Yam) is ninth and Dymond 11th. Dutchman P edro T ragte r (Suz) topped Swede J oakim Kar ls son (Ka w) and Sou th African Gre g Albertijn (Hon) in the overa ll sta ndings at rou nd . th ree of the World Ch a m n p io n sh i p 125cc MX Series April 12 in Ponte a Egola, Ita ly. Northern Californian T a llon Voh land (Suz), who bro ke a bo ne in his hand prior to the start of the seaso n, fin ish ed fifth overa ll. Albertijn leads Tragter in the point standings, 122121, wi th Frenchman Yv e s Demaria (Souz) third, two poi nts beh ind Tragter. Danny Hamel (Kaw) won round four of the Nati on al Cha mp ions hip Hare & H ou nd Series held in J ericho , Utah , April 12. Larry Roeseler (Kaw) fi nished second and Paul Ostbo (Kaw) was th ird. The third ro u n d of th e Wiseco/ Yamaha/ Yokoha ma Grand Na tio na l . Cross Country Series, held April 12 in Shel by, North Carolina, saw Scott Summers (H on) keep his perfect GNCC record as he topped Sco tt Pl essinger (KT M) and T om Norton (Hon). Mark Manniko (Fan) rode to a 2038 win ove r three -t im e Nationa l Ch ampion Scott Head (Bet) at the April 12 EI T rial de Espana at Lucerne Valley in sout hern California to give him hi s fou rth sweep of the EI Trial and the Sch reiber Cup in five years. Local rider T om Hamann (Bet) finish ed th ird, just ahead of Kenny Luduc (G-G ). Luduc and Hamann switched fini shing slots behind Man niko and Head in Sat urday's Schreiber Cup. T eam Suzuki's Randy Hawkins scored th e overall win at the April 12 Sawmill National Enduro held near Santa R o sa , California. Kelby Pepper (KT M) was second overa ll , ahead of Kevin H ines (H us). Alan Gravit (KT M) and S teve Hatch (Suz) rounded out the top five. Fla t-tracke rs Will Davi s , Rust y R ogers , Erik Graybeal and Robert Lewis will participate in a s hort track exhibition on the asphalt oval at North Carol ina' s Charlotte Motor Sp eedwa y during N ASCAR n igh t testing on April 15. For more in formation ca ll 803/ 626-7959. 1991 MX Roo kie of the Year B utch Smith, who suffered a broken leg during a practice session at the openin g rou nd of the Cam el Supercross Series in Orlando, pl an s on returning to action at th e May 17 Southwick Nati on al MX aboa rd a Rad-N-Bad! Hanford (Ca lifo rn ia) Suzuki / Yamaha-ba cked Suzuki RM125. Priva teer MXer K e vin 'Crin e also plans on returning to action at South- _ CamelPro S eriesreturns on E PN S A MA G ran d Nationa l Championship dirt track racing returns to ESPN in 1992 with 10 one-ho ur broadcasts of Cam el Pro Series raci ng. ESP N's cameras will document the q uest of H arl ey-Davidson factory rider Scott Park er to becom e the first five-time champion in the 39-year history of the prestigiou s series. The first televised race of th e season will be the May 17 San J ose Mile, round four of the 17-event Camel Pro Series, originating from the San ta Clara County Fairgrounds in San J ose, California. The race will air on July 9/ 10, and will be one of six mil e dirt track even ts (both Springfield rou nds, the Sunday Syracuse round, Fresn o and Sacramento, in addition to San J ose) in cluded in the broadcast package. Also i n th e pa ckage will be three events from half-mile tracks (Mineral Wells, Oklahoma City and Pomona) plus the Peo ria TT. Produced for the AMA by Dave Despain & Associates, the ESPN broadcasts will air in prime time on Thursday even ings in the Pacific tim e zone (early Friday morning in the East ). The first five programs will air at 9:30 p.m. (Pacific time) on consecutive T hursday evenings from July 9 through August 6. A second block of five consecu tive broadcasts, from October I through October 26, will air 30 minutes la ter. Returnin g for th e secon d year as the presenting sponsor of the broadcasts is Harley-Davidson. On the heels of a successful debut season in 1991 , the American Motorcycle Institute (AMI) of Dayton a Beach , Florida, is ano ther returning spo nsor. Manning the ESP N microphones for the series , which will air under the network 's Speed Worl d ba nner, will be host Dave Despain and pit reporter Larry Maiers. Expert commentary will be provided by th e sport's winningest mech anic, Bill Werner. Current program p lanning calls for ESPN 's popular MotoWorld program, hosted by Despain, to air immediately after th e AMA Camel Pro Series shows. In addition to an no uncing its 1992 Camel Pro Seri es p rogramming package, AMA has reached agreement with Dave Despain & Associates to negotiate an expa nded dirt track broadcast package for 1993. AMA's objective is to obtain broader coverage of maj or 1993 events and also to provide exposure for its 600 National Series and Junior Nat ion al Series. " O ur Camel Pro even ts on ESPN were received en thusiastica lly in 1991 , and our 1992 series of 10 races will further serve our many fans," com mented AMA Vice President Dick Maxwell. " We're also excited by the opportunity to expose our spo rt to the wide audience provided by ESPN , and to afford a con tinuing opportuni ty for broad er consumer reach to spo nsors such as H arl ey-Davidson and AMI. " For years, AMA dirt track racing was one of the best-kept secrets in mo torsports,' Maxwell continued. " With the cont inu ity of our broad casts on ESP N, and an aggressive push for 1993 that is already well under way, we' re going to share tha t secret." wic k. Cr in e su ffe red pu ll ed back mu scles, in addi tion to facial injuries, in the 125cc main event at the March 28 Tampa Supercross and th e back has been slow in responding to treatm ent. With th e demise of B ubba Shobert Racing, Texan Terry Poov e y spent the o ff-season refurbishing his per sonal Honda RS750 with finan cia l back ing fro m Sakaida and Son s , a Los Angel es-based trucking compan y. " It 's bad," said Poovey about the bike on which he 'll campaign the '92 Camel Pro Series. " Every bolt on the bike is ti tani um. It's th e trickest it's ever been, but then I've never had this mu ch money to work with." Poovey hopes to score h is first Grand Na tional Championship win in over six years a t the April 18 Sacramento Mile. ''I'm exci ted abo u t Sacramento - I ha ve a great bik e and I've been trai ni ng hard . This is the most competitive I' ve been in five years." added Poo vey. Hern don. ''I'm alrea dy using only one crutch, so I should be fin e by Pomon a ." Afte r hi s i njury , H ern do n secured sponsorsh ip from Inn ovation Sports , manufacturers of th e CTi Knee Brace. "It's too bad I waited until now to get one," joked H erndon. Dirt tracker Ronnie Jones was a sp ect ator at th e "April 4 Mi ckey . Thompson Off-Road Gran Prix in Irving, T exas. " I came to watch Rick y J ohnson race his tru ck," said J on es. When asked if he also has hi s eyes set on o ff-roa d racing, Jones repl ied , " Undou btedly, it looks Jike a bl ast." And if Poovey or any other Honda rider win s the Ap ril 18 Sacra mento Mil e, th ey will br eak a seven-race Harle y -Davids on win streak , held by Scott Parker and Chris Carr. The last tim e a non-Harley rider stood atop the hi gh step of the po di um at the Cal-Expo State Fairgrounds was in the Spring o f 1988, wh en H onda factory rid er Bubba S hobe rt won . A gate way ride to the New York Stat e Fairgrounds for th e first leg of the Syracuse Twin Mile s , rounds 7 and 8 of the AMA Grand National Ch ampionship/Camel Pro Series, will take pl ace on ·Sa turday, June 13. The rid e begins at 14 participating New York area Harl ey-Davidson dea lers at noon and ends at th e fa irgro unds before the star t of the first-ever n ighttim e Syracuse Nati onal. On Sunday, J une 14, ride rs who pa rtic ipated in the ride are invited to retu rn to th e speedway for a comp lime ntary break fast at 9:00 a.m., and the first 500 riders to arrive on Sunday will be allo wed to take a lap on th e mil e track before th e start of th e second Nati on al. For more in forma tion call 817/834-2298. Billy H erndon underw ent reco nstructive knee surgery in late March to repair th e knee that he injured at the March 7 Daytona National Short Track. H erndon will be ou t of ac tio n for six to eigh t weeks, but pl ans to return to racing at th e May 9. Pomona National Half Mile. ''I' m go ing to therapy three days a week , and everyon e th er e seem s to be p retty im pressed with my progress," said The H o nda Rider's Cl u b of America (H RCA) will offer a number of attractions for members during th e April 25-26 Laguna S e ca round of th e AMA Na tional Ch ampionsh ip Roa d Ra ce Seri es. In add ition to weekend-long reserved parking and free coffee and donuts on Saturday and Sunday morning, the clu b's trackside tent will feature closed-circuit TV coverage of th e races, a secured helmet- Sure, using the street for a race track is illegal. But there's a bigger issue at stake here : safety. Responsible riders know just obeying the law isn't enough. They wear helmets, eye protection and protective clothing. They have a proper moto rcycle license, read their owner's manuals, and none of them would even think of riding under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Nobody wants to pay a speeding ticket. But responsible riding practices ca n help save you a lot more than just money. ~HONDA Come ride with us. 0 19 Amt'riran lIonda Motor CB.,Inc. (111V1) 111 Ctwck Out MDtarcycl. Ri..... Skill. Tl"ainiNJ 1-8DD-447-47DD ,. message from .". Otla Of HIghWay Slfety ancI MOD' VehcIe 0Ms0n or the Oecwtment Of TranaoortabOl'l. 1

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