Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

call the races along with three-time World Champion Freddie Spencer. The on-again, off-again, on-aga in Blackwater 100 is no w off again . Th e infamous event has been cancelled and replaced by the Starvation 100, whi ch will be held on June 18-19 near Eliza beth, West Virginia, approxima tely 15 m iles so uthe ast of Parkersburg, West Virginia. The Blackwater was cancelled because of unresolved environmental and liabilit y issues. For more inform ation call Racer Productions at 304/ 5941157. GFI Racing is now accepting applications for stock Pee-Wee riders to pa rticipa te in Mick ey Thompson En tertainm en t Group Sta d ium interm is s io n sho ws at the following locati ons: Salt Lake City, Utah; Detroit, Michigan; Las Vegas, Nev ada; and Denver, Colorado. For more information call 909/371-3434. Italian road racer Mauro Lucchiari left the Yamaha Belgard a World Sup erbike team only a we ek before th e Ma y 29 . round of the ser ies in Misano, Italy. Lu cch ia ri competed in an It a lian National on the Yamaha YZF750 on May 15, bu t was beaten by his younge r teammate Massimo Meregalli. "The team did not seem to be able to resolve the handling problems the bike suffered from ," Lucchiari said . " Besides, I think that the Ducati 888 I rode last year suits my riding style better." Lucchiari rode a Ducati that he obtained through David e Tardozzi in the Italian round at Misano , finishing fifth in the first leg and third in the second. Twigg Cycles will hos t the Flat Track Celebrity Golf Tournament on Frida y, July 15, the day before the Hagerstown Half Mile National. Th e tournament will b e h eld at th e Blac k Rock Golf Course in Hagerstown, wit h all proceeds going towards the late H. William Twigg Memorial Scholarship Fun d . Each team will consist of one celebrity di rt track racer as the teams battle in a four-man scramble. For more information call 301/739-2773. Racing legend David Aldana will corid e with Nancy' Delgado on the Team PowerBa r Suzuki GSXR750 for the remainder of the 1994 WERA National Endurance Series. Mark Kerling posted the best finish of his career at th e May 21-22 Na tional Reliability Enduro in Olympia, Wash-' dealers, ATK Am eri ca w ill soo n be traveling around the country, offer ing demo rid es to prosp ecti ve dealers . Interested dealers should call 1-800ATK-USA4. ington, despit e less-than -p erfect cir curnstanoes . " My mech an ic and I packed my moto rcycle in gear bags and flew to the event Frid a y m or n ing, assembled the bike and impounded it fo r the event, " sa id th e Grand Prix Yam aha /Motion Pro / DeVol / FMF / Ma xim a /Fox/Brakin g / Po werBar /IN Inn ovations -spo nsored Kerling. "After riding the two da ys and completing the fina l motocross test, we disassembled the machine in time to catch our flight home." Kerl ing finished an impressive fou r t h ov era ll , and won th e U gh tweight class (O-l25cc). For those longin g to return to the good old days of dirt-track racing, "The Guyz at The Shop " and Ventu ra Raceway will be ho sting the third annual Ventura Vintage Short Track Races in conjunction with the seventh annual Ventura Antique and Clas sic Motorcycle Sho w . and Exchange at the Ventura County Fairgro un d s on June 25 and 26. Legend ary racers Ed Kretz jr., Don -Emd e, Jack Hateley, Skip Van Leeuwen and Eddie Mulder are sched uled to attend. For more information contact Harr y at 805/ 656-6777. Another impressive off-road feat was turned in by 15-year-old Jason Greer at the May 21 AMA Na tional Amateur Day Har e Scrambles at Bud ds Creek, Maryland. Gr eer, from Smithfield, Virginia, rode a Yamaha YZ80 to the overall win, finishing '35 second s ahead of his nearest competitor . Th e Ca sey Cycle City /Texaco-Havoline / Regin a-spon sored rider pulled off the win against ad ult riders on full-sized bikes. Entered in the B cla ss, Gr eer started a minute behind the A d ivision, but physically passed the entire A class before fading slightly late in the race. On elapsed time, however, Greer was still the winner. AMA Di strict 37 will h old th e EI Mirage Dry Lake team hare scrambles at the EI Mirage Dry Lake OHV recre ation area on Sunday, Jun e 19, to benefit the District 37 legal defense fund which goes toward fig h ting land use issues such as the recently pa ssed S21 and its companion bill HR518. In addition, a . kid's event and poker ru n will be held on the Saturday evening before the race. For more information con tact Jeff a t 714/ 778-3674. As exp ected, severa l ch an ges are in store for the 1995 Dakar Ra ll y . The event - which has traditionally ru n from Paris, Fran ce, to Dakar, Senegal - has seen several start- and finish-location changes in the past several years . In 1992, th e ra ce ran from Pa ris to Capetown, South Africa, before returning to its normal rou te last year. In '94, the route again ran from Paris to Dakar, bu t then returned back to the start in Paris. Next year , the rally will feature a differe nt start area, in Gre nada, Spain, but will again finish in Dakar. The racewhich is sche d uled for Jan uary 1-15, will be shorter in length and duration, but the course will be more technical. According to Jean-Claude Kill y of TSO, the rally will also be more affordable thi s year. In a d ditio n, it h as been an n o un ced th at Fren chm an Hub er t Auriol will head up the organization of the rally for TSO. Auriol won the event on factory-backed BMWs in 1981 and '83, and again in a car in '92. He is still a factory d river for Citroen, but will retire at the end of the year, before the rally. For more information, call Frog Specialties, the American contact for the rally, at 310/329-9669. . For those of you in terested in send ing cards and letters to motocrosser Erik Kehoe, who suffered back injuries (see High Point National MX story on pa ge 10) d uring a morning practice session in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania, you can d o so by dr opping a line to Honda of Troy, 4790 S. Dixie Dr., Dayton, Ohio, 45439. Kehoe will be laid up for quite a while. Cycle Gea r I Tea m Green Ka w as a ki rider and a member of last year's ISDE U.S. Junior Trop hy team Patrick Garraha n un de rwent surgery Tuesd ay, May 24, to repa ir a badl y broken and dislocated left wrist afte r he crashed into a tree at the Washing ton ISDE Qualifier in Olym pia, May 21-22. Garrahan also sustaine d many facial lacerations that req uired over two ho urs of stitchi ng . San Jose Sharks team doctor, Dr. Arthur Ting re pai red Garrahan' s w ri st and expect s a fast and full recovery. Cards and letters can be sen t to Garr ahan clo Cycle Gea r, 303 43r d St. , Richmond, Californi a, 94805. . FORMED: The Natio nal Amateur Hillclimbers Association in Monson, Massachussetts. The group is open to anyon e intereste d in mot orcycle and ATV hill- . In an effor t to re cruit q ualified new climbin g. For more information write to the NAHA at 1 May Hill Rd., Monson, MA01057. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Cycle s! in Beverly, Massachusetts, on June 16 from 7:00 p .m to 9:00 p .m . Vance & Hines Yamaha's Jamie James and Colin Edwards II are scheduled to appear. For more informa tion call 508/927-3400. NAMED: Bob Beyer, to the newly created position of Off-Road Director for the Glen Helen OHV Park, by Glen Helen Racing, Inc. The San Bernadino, California-based.company has also announced that Steve Nilles has been named General Manager /Motocross and Gran Prix: For more information call 310/529-6214. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Don & Roy's Cycle Shop in Brook field, Wisconsin, on Jun e 9 from 7:00 p.m to 9:00 p .m. Vanc e & Hines Yamaha's Jamie Jam es and Colin Edwards II are scheduled to appear. For mor e inform ation ca11414/786-3220. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING : At Desert Only Yamaha in Henderson, Nevada, on June 10 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Team Yamah a's Jeff Emig and Michael Craig are sched uled to appea r. For more informa tion call 702/565-5254. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Green Bay Motorsp orts in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Jun e 10 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p .m. Tea m Su zu ki' s Donald Ja ck s, Thomas Steven s, Britt Turkington and Tom Kipp are scheduled to appear. For more information call 4141 499-0606. MARRIED: Smokin' Joe's Racing team owner Martin Adams to his fiancee, Siv, on May 18, in Louisville, Kentucky. The couple celebrated with a party in Monterey, California, th e night after the AMA U.S. Superbike Nati onal Champ ionship race at Laguna Seca. FORMED: Ga lt Racing; a division of Mountain Road Associates, a Port St. Lucie, Florid a, firm tha t speci alizes in performance training and results management for professional athle tes. CORRECTION: In our coverage of the American Speedw ay Final we incorrectly reported that World Champion Sam Ermolenko is a di rect seed to the World Final. Errnolenko is only a direct seed to th e Overseas Final in Co ventry England. From there he must qualify for the World Final, just like everyone else. a r----------------------------------------------------------------, (]Jill ~ SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM Nam e _ o Address . 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