Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

The prize money for winning a World Superbike race is 6000 Swiss francs, about $4258 at an exchange rate of 1.409 francs to the dollar, Second is 5000 SF ($3549), third is 3500 SF ($2484), and fourth is 3000 SF ($2129). For his day's work in England, Carl Fogarty earned $7742, Aaron Slight took home $$7098, and Scott Russell's cut was $6387. Team Suzuki Endurance captain Jo hn Ul rich called to voice his displeasure with our coverage of the WERA Sunoco/Performance Machine National Endurance Series round at Road Atlanta on April 23. The portion of the rulebook that Ulrich says he was alluding to regarding rider ro tat io n s in WERA endurance racing was faxed to Cycle News by Ulrich with the following por tion marked: "The purpose of this rule is to prevent one ride r from riding an entire endurance even t or almost an entire endurance event p u rely for a team 's competitive advantage (because the co-riders are slower). The purpose of this rule is not to prevent a team with only two riders from finishing competitively if one of those two riders is legitimately injured or incapacitated ..." Virginia Breeze Racing's Glenn Szarek was the lone rider for the team during the four-hour race which was . shortened to two hours and six minutes of actual competition due to red flags. Team Suzuki Endurance won the race after Virginia Breeze pulled out with 15 m inutes to go due to a faulty fuel pump. According to World Endurance Champion Dou g Toland, his team - Moto Sport Courneuvien - d id not have a Honda RC45 at their disposal for the 24 Hours of Le Mans on April 16-17 as we reported in our coverage of the event. "We never had an RC45 at the race track," Toland said. Our story quoted Toland as saying that they'd tried the RC45 in practice, but decided to use the RC30 in the race. Toland claims he not only d idn't say that they tried the RC45, bu t that he never sp oke to our reporter at Le Mans. The Californian also disputes the quote which says, "During the winter I had some contacts with factory teams, but in the end I thought the best thing to do was to continue with these Frenchman." In a phone conversation after the event, Toland s ai d: "I chose to ride for a smaller team over a factory team c'rnon. Who in their right mind would turn down a factory ride?" Toland crashed the team's RC30 in the sixth hour while running fifth, and the team abandoned their efforts in the 11th hour " d ue to a progressively slowing motor." Round four of the District 36 Central California Sp ri ng Mo tocross Series has been rescheduled for May 8 and will be run at the Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area. The round which was originally scheduled for April 24 at Metcalf Park w as ra ined out. For more information contact Moto West at 408/238-8208, or the District 36 MX hotline. 805/547-0312. The $5 post-entry fee for the Frazier Mountain 100 D u al-Sp o rt Ride has been waived, acco rding to California Trail Rides' Larry Langley. "We had to postpone the event from March 27 due to snow," Langley said. "The snow is all gone and the wildflowers are in full bloom. We have lots of trails in Hungry Valley SVRA and the surrounding Los Padres National Forest. It should be a great event:' Entry includes camping in Quail Canyon and a Saturday evening barbeque. For more in form atio n call 714/992-9291. Governor Pe te Wilson received the endorsement of the 100,000-me mber League of Highway Vehi cle Voters at the 25th Annual Convention of the California Off-Highway Vehicle Association (CORVA) in San Diego , California, on April 30 . " Governor Wilson understands our commitment to the environment and he understands the need to consider the important role people and the economy pla y in sound envi ronmental policy," CORVA president Ed Waldheim said. "Prohibiting off-road vehicles from the protected lands will prevent thousands from the opportunity to delight in some of ou r sta te's most beautiful vistas and to learn more abou t nature and the environment," Governor Wilson said. "Protecting our environment for the people requires a delicate balancing job that can't be s tr essed enough - protecting the en vironment from bei ng da maged whil e keeping it open to be enjoyed, used and studied by as many people as possible: ' Dunl o p will .conduct a sweepstakes promotion for mo torc yclists th rough the rema inder of 1994 . The sweep stakes will offer consumers a chan ce to win a trip for two to the 1995 British Grand Prix at Donington Park in England; five trips for two to th e 1995 Un ited States Grand Pr ix at Laguna Seca; 50 sets of Dunlop motorcycle tires; and Dunlop motorsports apparel. The sweepstakes will be promoted through 3O-second television commericals which will air on Prime Network's coverage of AMA , WERA and World Superbike road races as well as in print advertisements. The BMW Batt le of the Legends will make its West Coast debut at Sears Point International Raceway in Sonoma, California, on July 9-10. Two twoday, two-heat races will pit 10 champions of North American racing aboard id entically prepared BMW R1100RS spo rt tourers. Daytona winner David Aldana heads the list of entries which includ es Yvon DuHamel, Don Castro, Don Emd e, G ary Nix o n, Re g Pri dmo re, Roger Re im an and Do n Vesco. The Battle of the Legends will run in conjunction with the AHRMA Vintage racing program. Accord ing to a press release from Performance South Racing, Nat e Lun dy will no longer own the team which runs Rich Oliver in AMA and WERA 250cc Grand Prix racing. "I canno t finanically afford to fund the championship team we have built by myself an ymore," sa id Lundy, who started the team five years ago . "I really love the 25 0cc GP class, but w ith the AMA's attitu de towards this class and its la ck of marketability, corporate s ponso rs w ill continue to look to NASCAR o r other sports marketing enterprises to promote the ir products. A least this is what wa s reported to me b y th e many corporations w e ha ve tried to build a re lationsh ip with." Lundy will -continue to be involved in road racing and will continue to pursue his own personal racing program. He will also remain president of Perform an ce South, Inc., and will continue with limited support for the team in 1994. Glenn Scott and Rich Wink le r have combined forces to design and build the cou rse for the May 7 Seatt le Kingd om e Supercross. In the past, Scott worked soley for Mic key Thompson Entertainment Gr oup, while Winkler worked exclusively with Pace Motorsports and Pace Supersports. "It is important to the riders in the series that the tracks they ride from week to week remain consistent from promoter to promoter," said Scott. "Each track designer has his own concepts when designing a track - with each unique in its own way. Bu t with Rich 's help in Seattle - I feel we can use our collective experience to produce one heck of a race course." Spectators and road racers in the TriState area shou ld be interested to know tha t a race is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, June 5 at the newly paved Flemington Fair Speedway in Flemington, New Jersey. According to the promoters, this will be the only road racing facility in the state. For more information, ca1l908/866-0SOO or 908/782-2413. Though it has yet to be confirmed, rumor has it that the Paris- Dakar Rall y, which this year was actually the Paris- Dakar-Paris, will start in Spain in 1995. Rally interest in France is not as high as it is in Spain at the moment, which would help to account for the reported switch. KTM has annou nced that they will aga in be offering a rental program for th e 1994 Acerbis Adventure Neva da Ra lly, which will take place in Las Vegas on August 13-20. Two packa ges are being offered - one for parts, technical an d pit support, and the other for a KTM rental motorcycle. The first package costs $500, while price on the second package is $2300. A 50 % deposit must be received by May 1. Call 619/258-6300. Speaking of the Nevada Rally, multi-time Spanish Rally and Enduro Champion Jordi Arcarons, two-time Paris-Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel and German factory KTM rider Jurgen Mayer are all scheduled to compete in the race. FORMED: Applied Racing Products, a division of Applied Mfg. Inc., an Escondido, California-based manufacturer of custom-machined racing parts for Team NCY, Team Noleen and Team DGY. For more inforination call 800/853-0555. HIRE D: Pro motocrosser Terry Tinney by Tucker Rocky. Tinney, who finished fourth in the AMA National Arenacross Series, will serve as Sales Manager for the Arkansas and north Mississi ppi territories. . BORN : Baylee Nicole Odom, to speedway racer Don Od om and his fiancee Deanna Kossuth, in Whittier, California, on April 29. RESIGNED: Jayme Shelton, GFI Racing's office manager since 1990, to pursue other interests. 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