Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Ohio, for the Ohio State Championship Asphalt Sho rt Track on Friday nig ht, . June 10. A $7500 purs e is expected to draw a sta r-studded Expert field .. For more information contact On Track Promotions at 803/626- 7959. Glen Helen OHV Park General Manager Steve Nilles tells us th at th e m otoc ross track at the p op ular San Bernardino, California, facility, is receiving a total face-lift. "Ron Crandall and Don Woods have teamed up to build a mo re exciting track," said Nilles. "The track will continue in the same direction, bu t will be much mo re technical." As usual, the track will be open for practice sessions on Wednesdays and Saturdays. For more information call 909/880-3090. Pri vateer motocrosser Jeff Glass, best kn own for securin g a sponsorship from Surf Detergent , has released a Guide to Motocross Sponsorships, in which Glas s shares his secrets to success in securing sup port. For more information con tact Glass Motorsp orts Promotions at 800/624-1530. The Old Timer's MX Associa tion will hold their ann u al World Ch amp ionships at the famous Ma mmoth MX course in Mammoth Lakes, Californi a, June 11 an d 12. A $500 purs e w ill be offered in the Vet Pro class. For more in formatio n contact Bob Rud d er at 619/246-8359. Motorcycle Raceway in Oklahoma City, Oklah oma , will be the site for the 1994 WIMSA Ladies Motocross World Cup. Women fro m six countries, including New Zealan d , Au st ralia, Ru ssia, the .Ukrain e an d France will be takin g part in the event, which is sched uled forMay 29. In a su rprise move accord ing to the AMA, the Senate Commerce Science a nd Transp ortation Committee has delayed action on the con firmation of Dr. Ricardo Martinez as the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Sa fety Admin istration. President Bill Clinton's choice for the position, Mar tinez' ap pointment was antici pated, as he was questione d for only a half an hour by the committee during his confirmation hearing. The committee wa s scheduled to vote on Martinez' nomination by late May, with the confirmation to follow . Now, specualation is that the .confirmation will stay on hold un til the commi ttee members and Transportation Secretary Frederic Pena can resolve differences on transportation po licy. Californ ia Assembly Bill 3717, which will amend .the California Off-Highwa y Motor Vehicle Recreation Division - or green sticker - fu nd and tum it into a trust in order to prevent further "borrowing " of green sticker m oni es for non-motorized use, continues to move successfu lly throu gh t the state legisla ture. . Customers who purchase a new ATK motorcycle from a dea ler before June 30 will receive a free ATK Factory Racing jacket. Th e jackets normally retail at $115. For more information, call 800/ATK-4USA. Eugene Lee, 67, passed .away Friday, May 20, in Long Beach, Californ ia. Lee was a TT Scrambles and Grand Pri x racer of the 1960s and '70s, and the hus band of long-time Cycle News correspondent, Maureen Lee. Condolences can be sent to Maureen at 5250 El Cedral, Long Beach, California, 90815. New section added to track for SX series finale Dennis Noyes, general coordinator for Dorna an d press officer for the FIM Wo rld Ch amp ionsh ip Roa d Ra ce Series, was in Lagu na Seca on May 2022 for the AMA U.S. Superbike National Cham pions hip round instead of in his customary position at the Austrian GP in Sa lzburg. Noyes h as bee n appointed general di rector of the United Sta tes Gr an d Prix, which is being pro moted this ye ar as a joint venture between K.R. Spo rts Promotio ns, th e Kenny Rob erts-owned company, and Doma Promo cion de Deporte S.A., the Spanish sports marketing company that h olds all commerci a l ri ghts to the Gra nds Prix, and he was on hand to begi n .promotion of the race. "This is the first GP I've miss ed since the Dutch TT of 1990 when I was managing the Spanish Little League Ch am pions in th e Eu ropean Li ttle League b as eball tournam ent in Germ any," Noye s said fro m h is office at th e ra ce tra ck . "Things are looking very good for this year's U.S. GP. We've decided to hold off launchin g our promotion cam paign un til afte r the In d y 500 is run. N o motorsport event in the Uni ted States can compete with Ind y, but afte r Ind y the b igges t race on th e Amer ican motor sp or ts calendar is the U.S. GP h ere a t Laguna, a nd we're go in g to make sure every body kn ow s about it this time ." Noyes will work with U.S. GP marketing director Robert Jackson fro m Do rn a USA and Tip Nunn and Brian Muir of Tip Nunn's Events, th e we ll-known agency which will handle publicity for the U.S. GP. As was the case last year, Las Vegas' Sam Boyd Silver Bowl will be the site of this year's 'final Coors Light Challenge, Round 15 of the Camel Supercross Series on June 11. The tra ck itself will not be the same, however, as promoter Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group has added a new section that is reminiscent of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 's legendary parastyle jum p. The Las Vegas event carries the torch for the Coliseum race, which until last year had been the series-closer for more than two decades. It was considered the premier Supercross in the world, and was best known for its parastyle section, which launched riders some seven stories from the top of the stadi um back down to the floor. To build the Silver Bowl's version of the parastyle obstacle - dubbed the "SuperJump " - the track constru ction crew will convert the locker room / score board building at the open end of the stadium into a two-story jump. The jump will launch riders out of the stadium and into the parking lot, before they soar back down to the floor to continue the next lap. "The peristyle jump was a trad ition for supercross fans for many, many YfCars," said MTEG pres ident Dann y Thompson. "Las Vegas is an ideal location for a season finaleand with the national and international expos ure this event will attract - there isn' t a better place for the "Superlump." On Monday, June 6, the track crew will begin hauling in over 25 million pounds of dirt that will be needed to construc t the jum p and the rest of the track, with comp letion scheduled for practice on Friday, June 10; RESCH ED UL ED: The Tria ls des Nations, originally scheduled to be held in Andorra on September 4, will now be held September 3. RESCHED ULED: Th e July 17 Italian round of the World Cha mp ionsh ip Trials Series has been relocated from Cavedine to Imer. OPEN HOUS E: At No rthern California's Dublin Kawasaki/Honda /Suzu- I ki, on Frida y, June 3, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. On hand will be Team Kawasaki I riders Mike Kiedrowski, Mike LaRocco an d Rob bie Reynard, along with Tea m Su z uki's Damo n Huffm an, Bria n Sw in k , Ezra Lu s k, P hil Lawrence an d Jimm y Button, as well as other surprise personalities. Fre e refre shmen ts and door prizes will be ava ilabl e. For more information, call 800/750-4135. CO RRECTI O N: Registra tio n for th e MTEG-promoted Las Vega s Am ate ur SX will be held at the Showboat Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 11 from 2:00 to 6:00 p .m. - not Jun e 12 as we reported last week. No post entries will be accepted . 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