Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

larres crowned in Ital pain's [ord i Tarres (righ t) clinched hi s six th World Trials Cha mp ionship with a runn er-u p finish at the July 16-17 Italian World Rou nd , held in Cared ine, Italy. The factory Gas Gas rider fini sh ed seco nd behind a rejuvina ted Diego Bosis, who competed aboard a privateer Beta. The popular Italian rider ended the da y with a score of 23, three better than Tar res' 26. Brit Dou gie Lamp kin rounded out the top three aboard his Screenart Beta, with a fina l tab ulation of 26. Though th e young upstart tied w ith Ta rres on points, he had fewer cleans than the champ and lost the tie breaker. Spaniard Joan Pons was fourt h overall aboard his Gas Gas, a nd fo rmer World Champion Tommi Ahvala rounded out the top five. The Finnish Fan tic rider secu reda firm grip on se cond in the series . poin t standin gs, thanks to a crash- induced DNF by third-ranked Marc Colomer. The factory Beta rider wasn 't not seriously injured , bu t was too shaken to continue. One round remains in the series: the July 24 Swiss World Round in Biasca, Switzer~ land. S Ward returns to two wheels F ormer factory Kawasaki rider Jeff Ward (above) recently made a return to twowheeled off-road racing. But this time, there was no motor powering his knobbies. Since retiring from motocross in 1992, the 33-year-old has spent much of his time on four wheels, racing Indy Lights cars and stadium off-road trucks. Ward, however, returned to two wheels at the July 9 Mammoth Mountain Kamikaze Downhill National, held in Mammoth Lakes, California, as a guest member of the factory Yeti Cycles team . "A few weeks before the race, I had mentioned to Troy Lee that I was thinking about going up and racing my own bike in one of the sportsman classes," said Ward. "But the next thing I knew, Troy had talked to John Parker of Yeti and arranged for a full-on team ride. Then I found ou t that Parker had entered me in the Pro/Elite class, and that was a bit of a surprise." Surprised or not, Ward raced down the mountain in five minutes flat aboard his fully-suspended bicycle and scored a very impressive 20th overall out of a field of 160 riders. The former 125, 250 and 500cc National MX Champion and Supercross Champion was clocked at 54.9 mph in the fastest section of the 'cou rse, and his performance in the National qualified him for the subsequent World Cup round. In his second run down the mountain, Ward turned in a time of 5:07, good enough for 28th. "I didn't expect to do so well, and I had no idea that I might qualify for the World Cup," said Ward. "I was still sucking wind when I had to go up for my second run. I wasn't in mountain biking shape, especially at that altitude. I think I could hav e done even better, had I prepared and had a good set of legs under me." Though Ward has a promising future ahead of him in auto racing, the Californian admits that downhill mountain bike racing has captured his interest. "It was a lot of fun . 1felt fast and had a great time," said Ward. "I would definitely like to do another." Other motocrossers who turned in notable performances were 1990 Western Regional 125cc Supercross Champion Ty Davis and. multi-time Women's National Champion, Mercedes Gonzales. Davis piloted a factory backed, full-suspension Foes Fabrication bicycle, and captured the Expert class win with a time of 5:14. Gonzales was the Women's Beginner class winner with a 5:55 run aboard her own rigid bicycle. necessities. Mot o Liber ty will transport the machin e from track to tr ack. After Road Atlanta , the motorcycle may be purchased for $7000. For more information call 214/242-6440. . Thanks to fund s generated by sales of the Randy Hawkins replica off-road line of riding apparel, MS Racing has donated shipping containers to the Ride to Win Fund, for use at future ISDE events. Such containers are vital as workshop facilities, rider lockers, repa ir areas, and for bike shipment. "These containers are crucial to the US team," said Ride to Win General Manager Dave Bertram. "Having the The Daytona Motorcycle Expo will be held at the Daytona Beach, Florida, Ocean Cen ter, October 21-23, in conjunction with the annual Biketoberfest celebrations. For more information call 904/252- 1511. l Molo Uberty and AGV Sports are offer- Floyd Ernde, winner of the 1948 Daytona 200, wishes to pass along his appreciation to those who have sent their well wishes during his year and a half battle with cancer. Cards and letters ma y be sent to Emde at 1820 W. El Norte Pkwy. #D3, Escondido, CA 92026. An official announcement has still not been made as to which riders have quali- fied to compete on the American team in D ing a 1994 Honda RS125 lease program at the August 16-21 Sears Point and September 16-18 Road Atlanta 12Sec Grand Prix Exhibition races, held in conjunction with the AMA Road Race Nationals. For a fee of $1250 per race and a crash damage deposit of $1500, a rider will be provided with an AGV helmet and a raceready 125cc GP bike with trackside assistance. The lease includes one set of O EM Yokohama tires, fuel and other ~-----------------------------~----------------------I ~ SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM . I I ([lID : Name I I Ad dress I I City I - - - - - - - - - -- - _ State _ _ Zip I Order Date _ I I Please start my. subscription to Cycle News: I 0 Every week for one year (50 issues) for $35.00 I (can be billed 3 monthly payments) r~ 0 Every week for two years (100 issues) for $65.00 : 0 Six months second class (25 issues) for $18.00 I One year (50 issues), 2nd class Canada or Mexico and all other foreign countries L ~~~~~~~:~~~~~ ~ ~~~:~~~~:~~~~ _ Continued on page 4 ucati Corse's Carl Fogarty took over the lead in the World Championship Superbike Series point standings with two wins in the Austrian round of the series at the Osterreichring circuit on July 17. Fogarty's win, comb ined with the miserable results turned in by World Champion Scott Russell, give the Brit the championship points lead over the Georgian, 128-118 after five rounds. It was onl y a few weeks ago that Russell seemed to have an insurmountable.P?ints lead over his British rival, but that is now history . Russell could only manage firushes of 14th and 12th on his Muzzy Kawasaki in Austria. While Russell faltered, Fogarty shin ed . The Ducati rider won both legs, beating fellow Ducati rid er Andreas Meklau and CastroI Honda's Doug Polen in both races. Polen's teammate Aaron Slight finish ed fourth in both races, with Ducati-mounted Stephane Mertens and Rum i Honda's Simon Cra far also duplicating their fifth and sixth place finishes in both races. The race was Polen 's best of his first season on the new Hond a RC45. The point stan dings now read as follows : Fogarty (128), Russell (118), Slight (105), Polen (97) and Giancarlo Falappa (76). 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