Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

be donated to the Clayton Foundation, a foundation that was created to provide financial assistance to injured racers. In adclition to the racing, booths at the track will be manned by personnel who can provide up-to-date information on motorcycle safety equipment and insurance. Sponsorship of individual classes is being provided by Lynnwood Yamaha (450cc Superbike), Seattle Cycle Center (600cc Production), Lynnwood Cycle Bam (§OOcc Superbike), Shawn McDonald (750cc Production), Cycle Sport (750 Superbike), Bellvue Suzuki-Ducati (Open Production), Brother's Honda/Mike Velasco Racing (Open Superbike) and qregon Motorcycle ~oad Racing Association (Novice). The AMA Regional Championship Half Mile that was rained out on May 23 at Clark County Fairgrounds.in Springfield, Ohio, has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 14. Practice will start at 4 p.m., time trials at 6, and racing at 8. For more information, call Championship Racing Enterprises at 513/434-7750. The June 19 Devils Bowl Half Mile, a round of the AMA Grand National Championship Series, will be the firstever Grand National race at the Mesquite, Texas, facility. Devils Bowl Speedway hosted the first-ever World of Outlaws sprint car race in 1978 on its high-banked clay oval. Tickets for the Mike Kidd-promoted event are available at participating Harley-Davidson dealers in Texas, and they may also be ordered by phone at 800/462-6751. Race headquarters is the Ramada Inn in nearby Garland; for reservations call 214/279-6751. For adclitional information, call Mike Kidd Promotions at 817/834-2298. The AMA has established a special legislative hotline that enables riders an opportunity to send federal legislators a personalized Mailgram stating the AMA's position on the California Qesert Protection Act and/or a provision in a current federal law that attempts to coerce states into passing mandatory helmet laws. The AMA opposes the provision of that law that would impose penalties on states that don't pass helmet laws covering all motorcyclists. However, two bills S295 and HR799 - are being considered in Congress to remove the sanctions against states refusing to pass helmet laws. The cost of each call to the hoUine is $4.95, with a portion of the charges going to help the AMA defray the expense of the service. Callers must be at least 18 years old to participate. Upon reaching the hotline, riders will be asked to provide their name, address and ZIP code so that a Mailgram can be sent to their senators and congressman, asking those officials to oppose the controversial Desert Protection Act or to support S295 and HR799. Tim Oman, 36, a longtime member of Bridgestone's motorcycle tire sales department, died on May 29 as a result of an accidental drowning. Memorial services for Oman were held in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 2, and funeral services were held on June 7 in Vancouver, Washington. Oman is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Oman of Vancouver, and two sisters. He joined Bridgestone in 1986 and was involved in motorcycle tire sales for the past five years. He regularly attended motorcycle trade shows and motorsports events on behalf of Bridgestone and had many friends in the motorcycle industry. Godspeed, Tim. The good folks at Donahue HarleyDavidson/Delano Sport Center in Delano, Minnesota, have asked us to thank everyone who has contributed to the Davey Durelle Medical Fund by purchasing raffle tickets and to teU everyone that there are still some raffle tickets left. Durelle suffered serious injuries at the final round of the Camel Pro Series at Pomona, California, last October. Although he returned to racing at the Memorial Day running of the Springfield Mile, Durelle has been saddled with medical bills that greatly exceed his insurance coverage. Butch Donahue, Di.u-elle's longtime sponsor, has donated a Husqvarna 125 Enduro for the raffle and all proceeds will go to reducing Durelle's debt. The remaining raffle tickets are $20 each and may be obtained by sending your contribution, name, address and phone number to Donahue H-D/Delano Sport Center, Attn: Butch Donahue, 4354 U.S. Hwy. 12 S.E., Delano, MN 55328, or by calling 800/827-2530. Durelle will draw the winning ticket on July 26 at the Minnesota Pro-Am Dirt Track Championships at the Wright County Fairgrounds in Howard Lake. Robbie Reynard, who made his debut as a pro motocrosser at the May 30 Mt. Morris National MX, said he owes a thank you to Jay Colingwood, who gave Robbie a "great sketch" at Mt. Morris. Colingwood had executed the sketch as a class project (he got an A+). "I didn't get a chance to thank him," said Reynard, "so, thanks, Jay!" Speaking of Robbie Reynard, there's good news and bad news regarding the broken wrist he sustained at the San Jose Supercross, June 5. The bad news is that the Kawasaki Team Green rider broke two bones in his right wrist, but the good news is that the breaks were "clean," according to the doctor who set the fractures tha t night in a San Jose hospital, and should heal quickly. Reynard, who was taking part in only his second pro race, broke the wrist on the last lap of the 12Sec feature when he landed short over a double jump while running third. Paul Krause and Earl Roberts of Kawasaki Team Green were two of many riders who suffered injuries as a result of a booby-trap constructed by spectators at the June 5 Baja 500. A 4' x 3' hole was dug into the ground in a fast, wide open turn. Krause reportedly broke his ankle and injured his hand after hitting the hole, and Roberts broke a femur bone. A California Superior Court judge on June 2 ordered the closing of southern California's Temecula Motorsports Park after archaeologists found human remains on the track. Accorcling to the Riverside Press-Enterprise, members of the Temecula band of Luiseno Mission Indians believe their ancestors lived at the si te of the motocross track. Promoter Don Shoemaker received permission from Temecula city officials on June 3 to construct another track 300 yards from the closed site. Shoemaker had a race scheduled for Sunday, June 6. "We risk losing the whole season (if we don't have the race) and we can't afford to lose it," Shoemaker told the Press-En terprise. Motocrossers and their family members . and friends plus spectators who celebrate the Fourth of July at Axton, Virginia's Lake Sugar Tree Motorsports Park by participating in or watching the MegaSeries round will notice the improvements made by new owner Bob Bailey. "We want to revital- ize the interest in outdoor motocross," said Bailey. "We're working to make our facility a pleasant place to visit. We've graded off an area and turned it into a softball field, plus we've installed horsehoe pits and a volleyball court. We have other improvements in mind that we'll be making in the near fu.ture to make the facility a place that people will want to visit." If you live in California's Inland Empire and need a quick way to find out the weekend's race results, tune to radio station KRTM on Monday afternoons. The station, which can be found at 88.9 on your FM dial, has begun to include a motorsports update in their Monday sports program. Included in the motorsports portion of the program, which is hosted by Cycle NI!WS contributor Dave Burgess, are results from both local and national motorcycle events, including supercross, motocross, dirt track and road racing. The sports update begins at 4:40p.m. Accorcling to a press release from Two Brothers Racing, road racer Rick Kirk has retired from the sport. Kirk, 29, who raced for Two Brothers for the past' two seasons, ci,ted personal reasons for hanging up his leathers. Kirk, an Oklahoma native, is a father of two children and is a partner in a family owned computer business. His spot on the Two Brothers Racing endurance road racing team will be taken for the remainder of the year by Nick Ienatsch. Ienatsch will team with Tommy Lynch. Belated news of the passing of Robert Hanrahan, 32, just reached us. Hanrahan, who is also known as "Hammer" and who made his home in Wheatridge, Colorado, died on April 28 as a result of injuries suffered in a street bike accident a few days earlier. Hanrahan was Colorado's #1 Open Pro class motocrosser and #1 Vet Pro class motocrosser and cross country rider. Godspeed, Bob. Harry Falkenthal, owner and operator of southern California's Lemon Grove Cycle Supply, died on May 29, the victim of a stroke. A native San Diegan, Falkenthal raced BSA Gold Stars in the late '50s and early '60s with the Lions M.e. He was a longtime member of the Los Ancianos M.e., organizers of the Tecate Enduro. Falkenthal opened Lemon Grove Cycle Supply as a spoke/wheel specialty shop in 1971. He is survived by his. wife of 34 years, Gayle, children Gayle, Lisa and John, his mother Margaret Dunn, and brother Jack. Godspeed, Harry. The 9th Annual Over The Hill Gang Reunion will be held at the home of Dick and Bev K1amfoth at Honda Hills in Linnville, Ohio, on the weekend of July 31-August 1. The annual gathering brings together racers and associa tes who were involved in motorcycle racing 25 or more years ago for a weekend of bench racing and enjoying one.another's company. Monday, August 2, is set aside for a golf tournament. For more information, call Bobby Hill at 614/875-5582, the Klamfoths at 614/228-0690 or Butrh Baer at 413/2673343. For motorcycle racers, ou tside-theindustry sponsors are hard to corne by. Sure, motocross has the efforts of Team Splitfire/Hot Wheels/Pro Circuit and Team Surf, but no one has recently shown the imagina tion of off-roader Daryl Folks, son of Best in the Desert's Casey Folks. Folks, who hails from Las Vegas and will compete in the Nevada Rally this August, has secured support from none other than the Cottontail Ranch, a brothel in Esmarelda County, Nevada, where prostitution is legal. The Nevada Rally will use the parking lot of the brothel as a pitstop. On June 15, the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee's National Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee will sponsor a hearing on HR518, the House version of the California Desert Protection Act. It is important to submit written testimony for the record, which is usually open for two weeks after the hearing. Mail your statement to Congressman Bruce Vento, Chairman, Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, Attn: C. Stanley Sloss, Hl-812, Washington, DC 20515. Four-time World Champion Eddie Lawson has inked a contract to ride a Honda in the July 25 running of the Suzuka 8-Hour in Suzuka City, Japan. Lawson won the event on a Yamaha in 1990, and many believed he would ride a Yamaha again at Suzuka in 1993 especially after ending his brief retirement with a win on a Yamaha in the Daytona 200 in March. Lawson was scheduled to test the new Honda RVF750 at Suzuka the week of June 7. Team Slip-It has once again issued a challenge to everyone who plans on competing in the June 26-27 Trask ISDE Qualifier, a round of the AMA National Reliability Enduro Series, at McMinnville, Oregon. Team Slip-It will again campaign Italian-made TM 80cc bikes and team members challenge any four riders on any make and size bikes to take them on. You can accept the challenge at the Team Slip-It motorhome at the event's start area. For more information, call Fred Cameron at 415/459..Qll}1. SOLD: Boulder Yamaha of Boulder, Colorado, to Jim Wright, by Jack and Judy Dominick, who have owned the dealership for the past nine years. NAMED: Mitch Boehm by Petersen Publishing as editor of Motorcyclist magazine. Boehm takes over the editor's chair from Art Friedman who will remain on the staff as senior editor. Boehm, 31, was associate editor of Motorcyclist from 1985-1989 before taking a position at the Honda Motor Co. where he worked for three years in the product planning/press relations division. Boehm has been managing editor of Cycle World magazine for the past nine months. Friedman, a former Cycle News editor, served as editor of Motorcyclist for 13 years, starting in 1980. He said the change was initiated........ by him and will enable him to spend more time with his family. "I'm also looking forward to writing more," Friedman said. MOVED: Shoei Helmet's head office staff and public relations department to new accommodations at CP10 Building, 7th Floor, 5-8-5, Ueno, Taito-Ku, Tokyo, 110 Japan. Phone: 81-3-5688-5170; fax 81-3-3837-8243. BORN: Alexander Laughton Fine, son of Donald Fine and Heidi Sma kula, who are both WERA road racers and members of the flagging and communications group Competition Race Control, in Woodlawn, Ohio, on May 18. . AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At YamahaKawasaki of Putnam, Connecticut, Team Mirage's Dale Quarterly, on Saturday, July 10. Info: 203/928-7565. (N 3

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