Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

wo rked w ith the BLM to construct 200 fee t of re ta ining walls and 300 feet of fen ci ng at th e O a k w o o d Sp rings Stagi ng Area . For additiona l in formation about the p roject or to register as a vo lu n teer, ca ll BLM Pro ject Manager Ji m Cooper at 707/462-3873. Papa's walking around with a big smile on his face because he just received his first cash dividend as a shareholder of Harley-Davidson stock. On May 8, the board of directors of Ha rley-Davidson, Inc. d eclared a cash dividend of 6 cen ts per share payab le on A u g u st 16 to shareholders of record on August 2. It was th e fi rst-ever cash d iv id e n d declared by the co mpany which went public in 1986. The stock orig ina lly so ld for approximately $10 per sh are in '86 and has s p lit twice since then. It was selling for $44 per share on Thursday, Au gust 19, th e day Papa got hi s dividen d check. Th e 22nd An nual Griffith Pa rk Sidecar Rally will take pl ace o n October 23 -24 at th e Mineral Wells Picn ic Area of Griffith Park in Lo s Angeles . Clyd e Earl will on ce ag ain be showing movies of motorcycle racing, W.e. Field s and who kn ow s what else Sat urday evening until 10 p .m . which is curfew time for en tering in th e park . Camping is av ailable (no show ers) and several m otel s are located within 10 min ut es of the rally site. Su nday's th e main day and activ ities las t from 9,a.m. to 3 p .m. The rall y is tota lly in forma l; there are no awards given, no sidecar judging, no ga mes. According to Doug Bingham, the event's organizer, "The GPS R is mo stly a Sund a y p icnic, a chan ce to get together and chec k each other out. i.Many interesting o u tfi t s show up, and so d o many interesting peopl e - o ld friend s a n d n ew." Bin gham operates Side Strider, the exclusive importer of Watsonian sidecars . Fo r more i n fo r m a ti o n, ca ll Bingham at 818/780-5542. Bill Marcel, th e former Mick ey Thompson En terta in ment Grou p exec , and Circle Bell's Bob Belli no have affiliated w it h Jim Webb, who promoted the 1992 Fres no Mil e th a t w a s b oycotted by Ha rley-David s o n fac tory tea m me mbe rs d ue to rough track conditions, to promot e an AMA N a tion al Championship Road Race Ser ies round a t the Los Angeles County Fai rplex in Po mona , California, on April 8-10, 1994. They have formed a new com pa ny, Rac e West Produ ct i o n s, Inc. A sound tes t session was conducted at the Fairplex on Aug us t 20 to determine if th e r e wo u ld b e a noise probl em . Accordi ng to Marcel, the test saw the mot orcycles pass wi th flying colors and Fairplex o fficia ls say the sound levels generated b y th e road race m ach in es are acce ptable. Eight riders fro m South Afri ca wer e at th e Lo re tta Lynn's AMA Amateur / Youth MX Championship s in Tenness ee las t week to compete in a match r a ce agains t an eig ht-m an team of American riders. Riding 125cc motorcycle s, Suzuki-mounted American s Greg Ran d, M att Maxi moff a n d Anthony Po corob ba finished 1-2-3 in all th re e motos . Th e highest-pla cin g South African wa s Kawasaki-mounted Corrie Van den Bu rg, who was fifth overall. Team USA won th e ma tch race , 235 to 117. Riders rep resen ting California won the annual Stat e Cha mpionship Challenge a t Loretta Lyn n 's by virtue of scoring four class wi ns . Casey Johnson (250 B S tock), Keith Hayes (O pe n B/ C), Dustin Nelson (85cc Stock 14-15) and Eric Schnell (125 C Stock) hel ped th e Go lde n State team kn ock off defending champ Florida. The winning team mem- . bers will have their names inscribed on the State Championship trophy, which will be d isplayed at AMA headquarters in Westerville, Ohio. The Loretta Lynn' s event featured its usual menu of night-tim e activities for attendees, in cl u d in g th e fam ed HRC Raine back on to with Czechw in a r lb o r o Yamaha's Wa y n e Rainey (righ t) climbed back into the lead of the 500cc Wor ld Cha mpionship with a d om ina tin g vic tory in the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix in Brn o on August 22. The Californian' s win - combined w ith a fifthplace finish by championship rival Kevin Schwantz vaults him into the p oints lead by 11 'poin ts wi th th ree races remaining in the se ries . Second place in Brno went to Rainey' s teammat e Luca Cadalora . The Itali an fin ish ed 7.770 second s beh ind Rainey, bu t was th ree seco nds clear of third p lac e finishe r Mich ael Dooha n on the Ro thmans Honda . Ca lifornian John Kocin ski 's d ebut ride on the factory Cagiva ended wi th an impressiv e fourth pla ce, so me 14 seconds clea r of Texan Schwantz and the Lucky Strike Suzuki. ' _ . Californian Doug Ch andler fin ished ninth on his factor y Cagiva , and Lou isiana 's Freddie Spencer DNF in h is comeba ck rid e on the Yam aha Motor France entry . Rainey now leads the cha mpionship by 11 points over Schwantz, 214-203, w ith the next race of the three remaining rounds sched u led for September 5 in Misan o, Ita ly . Doohan and his teammate Da ryl Beattie, sixth in Czech oslovakia, are tied for third in the series stand ings w ith 136 p oints. Cadalora, mea nwhile, jumps up to fifth w ith 104 points . Ita lian Loris Reggiani won h is first 250cc GP of the season in Brno, riding his factory Aprilia to victory over the Honda NSR250s of Rothmans' Ma x Biaggi and Du cad os Pons' Alberto Puig. Biaggi finished .just .979-of-a-second behind Reggiani with Puig just another .349-o f-a -secon d behind Biaggi. HB Honda's Dorian o Romboni and Marlboro Honda 's Loris Capirossi filled the top five places. Championsh ip leader Tetsuya Harada rode his Telko r-Va lesi Yamaha to a sixth place finish to kee p his points lead intact. Harada leads Capirossi by 24 points w ith three races to go, 161-137. The 125cc GP was won by F.e.e. Technical Sports' Kinya Sakat a, the Japanese rider just edging championship leader Dirk Raudies by .041-of-a-second. Third place went to Sakata's teammate Takeshi Tsuji m ura, who finished so me 18 seconds behind the battle for victory. Raudies leads Sakata by 12 poin ts in tJ:te champ ionshi p point standings. M C hili Cook-Off a nd the Dirt Shi r t s Fashion Show. A special segment was added to th e Friday n igh t sc hedule called " Bevo Bas h," in honor of the s oo n -to-be- w e d Bevo Forti of Sco tt Goggl e s. Som e of Bevo's friends , inclu di ng Ch uck Adams of Dirt Shirts, Mo tocros s Action m a ga z ine ' s Chris Hult n e r, Ra cer Productions' Dave y Coom b s a n d for me r fac t ory t eam motocrosser Mi cky Dymond - " roasted" Bev o with tales of h is past racing exploits. Forti's wedding date is se t for mi d-September. "Radio Fox" made its debu t this year at Loretta Lynn's. The live two-hour radio s how, hos ted by Pete Fox of Fo x Racing, for m e r Natio nal Cha m pion M icky Dymon d a nd Cycle New s co n tributor Da ve y Co o m b s, aired on a radio station tha t reached all corners of Loretta Lynn's Dude Ranch. The show fea tu red alternative music, live interviews with the li k e s o f D amon Bradshaw, Jeff Emig, Bev o Fo rti , Suz uki 's Pat Al ex a n der and Kawasaki's Mark Johnson, and telephone interviews w ith Je remy M cGrath, R ic k J o hns on , Don n y Schmit and Stefan Everts, among others. "We had some problems a t first because none of us really kn ew what we were doing, but in the end we sta rted to get the hang of it and really had fun," said Fox. "Next year we w ill be a lit tle mo re organized, but the feedbac k we got from riders and th eir pa rents was m o s t ly positive . We h o p e it becomes a Loretta Lynn's trad ition ." Many teams hav e been finali zed or are at least close to bein g finali zed for the Septemb er 12 MX des Nations in Schwanen stadt, Austria . Once a ga in, the team from Belgium will most likely giv e the U.S. squad - Jeff Emig, Jeremy McGrath and Mike Kiedrowski - the s tro ng est challenge. The Belgium team .w ill be made up of former 125cc World Champion Stefan Everts, Werner De Wit and Marnicq Bervoets. De Wit will com pete in the 125cc cla ss; Everts in the 250cc d ivis ion , and Berv o ets in the 500cc cla ss. Belgium's team manager, Johnny Strijbo s, su rp r isingly elec te d not to nam e Jacky Martens to the team. Martens is curren tly leading th e World Cha mpions hip 500cc MX Series aboard a four-strok e Husqvarna. "I un d erstan d Strijbos' p redica me n t, " sa id Martens. "Everts has refused to ride a 125, and th e team is being sponsored by Echo and Johnson, sp o nsors (respectively) for Everts and Bervoets." Host country Austria will go with Siggi Bauer (500cc), Ka rl Su lzer (250cc) and Jergen Fink (125cc) at the MX des Nations, while the German team will b e made up of Bernd Eck e n bach (125cc), Dietmar Lach e r (250cc) and Joc he n Jas inski (500cc). The U.S. team is keep ing a close e ye on who w ill m ake up the al ways-strong Sw edish team . Joakim Karlss o n (125cc) and Jorgen Nilsson (500cc), who is currently involved in a close battle for the 500cc title, are almost certain members , while it is still up in the air as to who . will co m pe te in the 250cc class, eit her Peter Johansson or Marcus Hansson. France w ill for sure go with M ika e l Pichon (125cc) and Yv es Demaria (25Occ), but a 500cc rider is still a mystery. Ita ly is exp ected to field Fr anco Ro s s i (500cc) , A l essa nd r o P uz ar (250cc) and either Ales s io Chiod i or A n drea Bartolini in th e 125cc class. Ho lland will have a strong team with Davey Stri jb os (l25cc), Pedro Tragter (250cc) a nd Gert Jan van Doorn (500cc) . Grea t Brita in has n o t yet named a team, but their on ly real candidates a re Kurt. Nicoll , Jeremy Whatley, Mervyn Anstie o r Paul Cooper . Br it s James Dobb and Rob Herring are curren tly on the d isabled list becau se of inju ries . The AM A has announ ced the team that will fl y th e Stars and Str ip es at th e Trials des Nations in Ireland, October 2. Topping the list w ill be Geoff Aaron, w ho Hnished secon d in th e 1992 AMA/NATC National Champion ship O bserved Trials Series. Aaron will be join ed by veterans Ron Commo and Raymond Peters and n ewcomer Jess Kempkes, who cap tured the National H igh School class ch ampions h ip last year by p ostin g five conse cu tive victories. The alternate w ill be Andy Saum. The tea m will co mpete agains t top riders fr om m o r e th a n 20 n at ion s in Kilbroney Pa rk, near Rostrevor, Coun ty Down, in Ireland. Peo p les Travel is handlin g official Trials des Na tions tour a rrangement s through St e v e Rolely at 800 /336-7662. For more informati on about the event, o r if you would like to make a donation to help support the U.S, team, contact Marilyn Wicker a t 615/526-1794. HIRED: Joel Smi th, as general manager by Glen Helen Raceway, the licensed concessionaire of southern California's . San Bernard ino County Regional Parks for Glen Helen OHV Park. Smith, a recen t graduate of U.e.L.A., is the son of Malcolm Smith. S TOLEN: Ke ith Code 's gea rbag o n A ug ust 17 fro m h is van wh ich was parked in fr o n t of his Lo s An g el es home. The gear bag con tai ned a se t of custom Ku sh itan i l ea th e rs (bright orange, ye llow and bla ck, with "Ke ith Code" on the back and " Dian etics" in large b lo ck letters on the front), two pairs of Ku sh it ani matching g loves, and two p a i r s o f red and white Kushitani boots. C ode is offering a reward .for the return of the items. Call 213/484-9323. MOVED: The corporate headquarters of Modern World Ventures, manufacturers of Fog City an ti-fog products, to 5948 Mon zal Av e., Piedmon t, CA 94611; 510 / 650-41 80, fax 510 / 650-4170 . The East Coast sales and distribution office and phon e numbers rema in the same . A PPOIN TED: Da v id Ha m mer a n d Pete Brown by Yama ha Motor Co rp . as district managers for the Carolinas and no rthe rn California, respective ly . Hammer was most recently th e sales manager of a Yamaha dea lersh ip in Durham, North Carolina. Brown was a Yamaha dea ler in Santa Ba rb ara , California, for 21 years. NAMED: Joe Bruton of BCC Distributing Inc., dba Spectro Oils of Alabama, as Spectro Oil s distributor fo r Mississippi, Alabama and northern Georgia. Info: 205/987-7801. CORRECT IO N: In our coverage of the July 24-25 AHRMA Vintage T rial at northern California 's Donner Ski Ranch that appeared in our August 18 issue, an editorial error credited "the legendary Malcolm Smith" for w or king with event organizer Mik e Fenner to bring forme r World Champion M ick Andrews to the event. It wasn't Smith, it was the legend ary Dick Mann. CORR ECTION: Conflicting da tes for the AMA/CCS Race of Champions at Day tona Inte rnational Speedway appeare d in a dvertise men ts in o ur August 18 issue. The even t w ill ta ke p lace over the October 22-24 week end. For ticke t information, call 904/ 253RACE (7223). a 3

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