Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

i·IN:THEWINp·.::'::'1 : · . Sp orts Marketing Tom Mueller, the AMA has put its no-compete offer to Roger Edm ondson back on the table in an effort to avoid the owner of Championship Cup Series from promoting a competing road race series in 1995. "We learned from some of our road race promoters tha t Roger said if we pu t the same deal back on the table he'd take it," Mueller said. "Last week, on Friday (September 30), the AMA put the deal back on the table. We couriered the papers to him and all he's got to do is sign on the d otted line. He has until tomorrow (October 4) ." The deal, reportedl y worth some $1.5 million, will keep Edmondson from being involved in pro fessional road racing for seven years. With Georgian Mike Smith expected to sign a contract to race Muzzy Kawasakis in the 1995 AMA U.S. Superbike Nationa l Championship, the big question seems to be who will join Mike Hale on the Smokin' Joe's Racing team. "We're talking to all the names you'd expect us to be talking to," team owner Martin Adams said. According to reports fro m Australia , Antho ny Gobert, the new ly crowned Australian Superbike Champion is hopeful of join- Edwards for World Su erbike Series? A ing the AMA series in 1995. The 19year-old won the series on a Honda RC45 and many are naming him as Smith's replacement, but Adams hasn't signed anyone to a contract yet. And the winner is.. . Mike Kilpatrick of Simi Valley, California, chose a 1995 Yamaha YZ250 as his prize for winning the Cycle News/Yamaha Sizzling Summer Sweepstakes. cco rd in g to reports from Europe, Colin Edwards II (right) will compete in the World Championship Superbike Series in 1995, although Yamaha Motor Corp. USA denies the report . "That's not a for sure thing," Yamaha's Keith McCarty said on Monday, October 3. "He's obviously a choice, I think his results at the end of the season would make him a choice. I think the question has been brought up , and he was certainly a name on the list. It's way down the road to decide that at this point." Reports from Europe indicate that Edwards will spearhead Yamaha's full factory effort into World Superbike racing, placing him alongside Yamaha test-rider Yasutomo Nagai in a team that will be based in Italy. Edwards won three AMA U.S. Superbike Nationals in a row this season, and ended up fifth in the championship point standings. If the 20-year-old Texan were to leave the Vance & Hines Yamaha team for a shot at the World Championship, it would indeed open up a slot on the Terry Vance-owned team for 1995. Neither Vance or Edwards were available for comment on Monday, October 4. CMC will hold a Rider Appreciation Day on Sunday, October 9 at Sunrise Valley Raceway in Adelanto, California. CMC will offer a free race entry for all its riders . For more information call 619/246-7262. Yoshimura Suzuki has sign ed r o ad racer Donald Jacks to a one-y ea r contract that will see the Floridian contest th e AMA U.S. Superbike National Championship and 750cc Supersport Series in 1995. Jacks finished 17th in the 1994 AMA U.S. Superbike National Championship. Noted road racing announcer Rich ard Chamb ers will host a radio show in Daytona Beach, Florida, during the Biketoberfest weekend on October 20- 22. Chambers' show, called "Along Pit Road," will air from 8:00 p .m. to 9:00 p .m. at Shakey Jake's Sports Bar and Restaurant on Ridgewood Avenue in Daytona Beach. Russell's back in the hunt Kawasaki Mo tors Co rp ., U. S.A . has been awarded the larges t motorcycle contract ever issued by the California Highway Patrol for the purchase of nearly 300 law-enforcement-equipped motorcycles. Delivery of the motorcycles will begin in October and will con- . tinue through December of 1995. U ZZy Kawasaki's Scott Russell (right) moved himself back into contention for the World Superbike Championship with two victories in ap palling conditions at England's Donington Park on October 2. The Georgian's perfect day - combined with the lackluster performance of championship leader Carl Fogarty - leaves the two separated by only five points with just one race remaining in the series, on October 30 in Phillip Island, Australia. It was also a good day for newly crowned AMA U.S. Superbike National Champion Troy Corser as the Australian rode his Fast By Ferracci Ducati to second place finishes in both legs. Russell and Corser battled for the lead in the first race with Russell ultimately winning by just twotenths of a second. Third place in the first leg went to Yamaha-mounted Paolo Casoli with Ducati-mounted Alan Carter and Rumi Honda's Simon Crafar rounding ou t the top five finishers. Castrol Honda's Aaron Slight finished eighth with Fogarty a lowly 14th after struggling with a poor tire choice. Italian Mauro Lucchiari led the second race as rain continued to fall. After five laps, Russell trailed Lucchiari and Corser by five seconds, with Corser taking over the lead on the 10th lap . Russell ended up passing Lucchiari on lap 12 and Corser on lap 17 to take the victory. Lucchiari held on to third with Casoli fourth and an angry Fogarty fifth. The Brit had assumed that Ducati would order Lucchiari to slow and let him pass, but that never transpired. Slight ended up 10th. So with one round remaining, Fogarty's lead has been cut to just five points over Russell, 268-263, and Slight is third with 251 points. M Ray Crumb (Yam) wo n the Las Vegas round of the MTEG Ultracross Series at the Sam Boyd Stadium, on October 1. Finishing second was Larry Br ooks (Yam), while third place went to Jas on McCormick (Hon) . Series points leader Kyle Lewis (Yam) finished fourth. A press release from the Cactus Group in Scottsdale, Arizona, says that former , Team Noleen member Shaun Kalos will ride for their team in 1995. Kalos will contest the 1995 Supercross Series and National Motocross Series, while Alex McElyea will race the 125cc Western Regional Supercross Series, 250cc Eastern supercross events and the 125cc National Motocross Series. According to the release, negotiations are underway with potential non-industry sponsors, and the team will travel in a 40-foot truck trailer. No information was given as to what brand of motorcycle the team will use. The u.s. Women's Motocross Team will promote the California Cup National Ch ampionships at Los Angeles County Raceway in Palmdale, Californi a, October 15-16. According to the WMXT, the event will be the only women's National held on the west coast this year, and the pro class will feature a 100% payback. All classes are offered, and no membership is required . Pre-entries close on October 10": For' more information, call 714/754-7305. MARRIED: Motorcyclist Magazine editor Mitch Boehm to American Honda's Suzanne Rossick on Sep tember 24 in Rolling Hills, California. CORRECTION: We inadvertently listed the incorrect d a tes fo r the an nual 100cc National, held at Lod i Cycle Bowl in Lodi, California. The correct dates are Saturday and Su nday, October 2223. For more information call 408/3716871. CORRECTION: ATK's advertisement in Issues #38 and 39 featured an incorrect phone number. The correct number is 800/285-8724. 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