Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

slight setback when he sliced his right index finger under the nail. The cause of the injury? The propeller of a remotecontrol airplane. Windham should be back in action for the Amateur Nationals at Loretta Lynn's and Ponca City . mechanic for racers such as Rand y Scott and Brad Hurst in the Northwe st, and he was presented an a ward at last year's AMA Grand National Championship round at the Castle Rock IT for his dedication to the sport. Fuel tests carried out a t the Belg ian 2SOcc MX GP, held June 12 in Lommel , have revealed that British rider Paul Cooper was not in accordance with the FIM Motocross Technical Rul es . According to the tests, Cooper's fuel contained too much lead. Cooper will have the chance to carry out countertest before a judgement is made by the International Jury. Ron Commo, Jr. won the opening two rounds of the Canadian Trials Championship on July 2-3 in Rivere Du Loup, Quebec, Canada. Como beat the comp etition at the two rounds by 27 and 64 points, respectively . a The Third Annual Mikuni Calendar Motorcycle Show will be held on Sunday, July 24 at the Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica airport in Santa Moni ca, California. The show will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will feature performance sem inars, calendar race bikes, cu stom and hi gh-performance new products, and what promoters are billing as "the biggest custom and sport bike show in Los Ang eles." For more information call310/392-8822. The ESPN broa dcast schedule of the 1994 AMA Grand National Dirt Trac k Series has bee n revised an d will now begin on Augu st 12 with the first of 10 delayed one-hou r broadcasts. With one exception, the shows will air on weekdays at 1:00 a.m. Eastern and 10:00 p.m. Pacific time. One broadcast, the 1-96 National from Lake Od essa, Michigan , will air during primetime in the East. The first show in the series will be the DuQ uoin Mile which will air on Thurs day, Au g ust 11 at 10:00 p .m . in th e We st, and Friday, Augus t 12 at 1:00 a.m. in the East. i I The 1994 AMA Grand Na tional Dirt Track Series will conclude with a doubl ehea der on October 16 at the Del Mar 'Fai rg ro un d s in Del Ma'r, California. Due to a sc hed ul e rev isio n fo r the H arley- Davids on 883 Dirt Track Series, the mile dirt track at Del Mar will now hos t the final event of that series on the sa me program as the Gr and Na tional finale. The Harl ey-Davidso n 883 rou nd originally scheduled to run in conjunc tion wit h the Grand National event in Denver, Colorad o, has been switched to Del Mar. Tiny Gollel, 58, died after a bout with cancer at his home in Woodland, Washington, on July 7. Godel was a longtime The sports marketing department of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Sports Marketing Enterprises (SME) will soon begin handling sports marketing programs for other companies. "We are happy that other corporate clients now can enjoy the many benefits that our sports marketing department provides Reynolds Tobacco," said James C. Schroer, RJR vice president of sales and marketing . "This does not si g n a l a reduction in our own sports marketing efforts. We remain commit ted in th at regard. We simply now will make our expertise, derived from three deca des in the fie ld, av ail able to o th e rs. " Th e d epartm ent will b e heade d b y T. Wayne Robertson, who was n amed president. While th ere is still no word on the American team selection for the MX des Nations, several European squads have been armounced. The French team will consist of Mickael Pichon on a Honda 125, Frederic Bolle y on a Yamaha 250, an d Yve s Demaria on a Honda 500 . Demaria normally rides a 250, but was the ob vious choice for the 500cc divis io n si n ce Yama ha d oesn't make an open bike. For Belgium , Werner Dewit w ill rid e a Su z uki 125, Marn icq Bervoets will race a Suzuki 250, and Stefan Everts will be aboard a Kawasaki SOO. Again, Everts will be unfamiliar on the 500, but was the logical choice since Suzuki does not manufactur e an open bike. The British squad will consis t of Mervyn Anstie on a 500; James Dobb on a Kaw as aki 125 and either Kurt Nicoll or Rob Herring on a 250. Dobb has been raci n g in the States thi s season, fo r Tea m Sp li tFire / Ho t Wheels / Kawasaki . For mer 250 cc Wo rld MX Cha m pi o n Alessandro Puzar announced his retirement following the Jun e 26 Czech GP. The Italian was out of the top 15 in the p oin t standi ngs after the GP, and will th us not earn FlM-expense-paid trips to the American, Venezuelan and Japanese GPs. Puzar was champ in 1990, and wi.ll likely try his hand at road racing or car ' rallies. Former two-tim e World Speedway Champion Bruce Penhall and form er World Speedway Pairs Champion Dennis Sigalos piloted their Ocean Sp ray Scarab Specia l to its second victory in as man y outings at the Sarasota/Wellcra ft Regatta offshore powerboat National in Sarasota, Florida, on June 5. Penhall and Sigalos competed with 100 o ther boats in front of over 300,000 spec tators, placing first in the D class and an unofficial fifth overall. Penhall and Sigalos had scored their first victory on the boat's ma iden voyage at the Dana Point Challenge regional race on June 5. The pair will be gunning to make it three in a row at the Boston Harbor Thunderfest in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 30th. Perris Speedway will be re openi ng under the direction of Scott Bell, cousin of 1980 AM A Supercross Champion Mike Bell, and Bill Manley, fath er of former mo tocross racer Brian Manley. Sp eedw a y mo torcycl e racing will resume at Perris on Saturday, July 30, and continue on Saturday, August 6, before switching back to its r eg u lar Thursday night timeslot through September 29. For more information contact Bell or Manley at (909) 677-2971 or 245-1706. Tony Gardea , of the Mickey Thompson Ent ertai n men t Group, is hoping that spectators might have ,caught on video tape the infamous incident wh ere Suzuki rid er Shane Trittler an d Damo n Huffman tangl ed coming off the SuperJump at the Las Vegas Supercro ss on June 11. Trittler did a complete somersault and landed on the back of Huffman's seat d uring the 125cc main event. According to Gardea, the ESPN television crew fail ed to ca tch this bizarre, incident on camera, and MTEG is offering four free tickets to a 1995 Sup ercr oss race to any one wh o has cap tured th is moment on their own video camera. For more informa ti o n call Gard ea a t 714/254-3001, or sen d a copy to MTEG, 2000 Gene Au try Way, Suite 305, Ana heim, CA 92806. The Ride To Win fund (RTW), in Richmond, California, is asking for loans of motorhomes an d d rivers to lodge the America n Wo rl d Tr ophy and Jun ior World Trophy team riders at the ISDE in Tu lsa, Ok lahoma, this September. RTW is hoping that enth usiasts who are planning to attend, specta te or assist the U.S. team might volunteer use of their motorhomes for Trophy Team rider lodging s ince the closes t motels are qu ite a d istance fro m th e race site. According to RTW, th ese "rolling homes" will gain special access near the Pare Ferme and starting area. Any interested parties can contact USA Trophy Team manager Dave Bertram c/o Cycle Gear at 510/236-7384 9 ,am~5 pm PDT. Speaking of the ISDE, F&:L Racing Fuel will be providing trackside fuel service on the John Zink Ranch at Pare Ferme, but pre-arrangements are encouraged. Teams and/or individual riders who are in te res ted in using this service should contact Bru ce Conrad at 310/603-2200 or 310/603-2257 (fax). F&L will also have a "weather station"· in their p its. Po st ed on a blackboard under the gasoline pump several times each da y will be the latest true density altitude figures , includ ing barometric press ure, temperature and humidity items that can be of help when jetting your motorcycle. Accordi ng to AMA/D-37's Jeff Miller, 0 -37 ha s filed for a pe rmit from th e BLM to put on a po int-to-po int race li nking Ca lifornia ' s Johnso n Va lley . OHV with the Stodd ard Valle y OHV for Thanksgiving Weekend '94 . The proposed event is approximately 120 miles long. The final deci sion o n whe ther or not the race can be he ld is likely to come in October. With the Bue ll S-2 Thun derbolt now eligible for com p e titio n in the AMA/CCS 750cc Supersport road race class, Buell has posted con tingen cy awards for overall and Top Expert programs. A win in the class on a Thunderbolt will ea rn its rider $1000, and the conti nge ncy aw ards will be paid back to 10th p la ce ($150) . Twin cylin de r motorcycles can ru n unlimited displac ement in the class while four-cyli nd er motorcycles are required to stay under 750cc. 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