Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Under the a uspices of the Clay to n Eoundati on, Moroney's Harley-Davidson, Spe ctro Oils of America and other con cerned motorcycle industry manufacturers, a raffle will be held to benefit injured dirt track racer Jason Fletcher. The prize is an exact replica of Fletcher's Harley-Davidson 883 race bike; 10,000 tickets are to be sold at $10 each with the winner to be picked during Camel Motorcycle Week at Daytona in March, 1995. Send a check or money order for $10 to Clayton Foundation, 2201 Ch er r y Ave., Long Beach , CA 90806 or to Spec tro Oils of Am erica, P.O. Box 208, Brookfield, CT 06804. For more information call 800/2-GET-0IL and ask for John Dunne. The High Sierra M.e. Nation al Hare & Ho und, which was scheduled to run as the final round of the series on November 6 in Carson City, Nevada , has been postponed. According to th e club, a 100% new course had been prepared, including virgin trails and fu n twotrack. Unfortunately, it was too much for the BLM to approve in time for the scheduled date. "They did give us an alternative site - an off-road ra ce car track," said course mars hal Sco tt Meyer. "But after I rode the most challenging sections in s ixth gea r, we decided that we would not lower our standards for a quality event in order to meet a bottom line or a date. As our riding areas dwindle and get o verworked, I know everyone will appreciate our decision to postpone to sp ring of 1995." The change means that the October 23 race in Lucerne, California, will be the final round of the '94 series. The Mickey Thompson Entertainment ' Group (MTEG) has added two new venues for its 1995 Mickey Thompson O ff-R oad Racing sched ule - Detroit, Michigan, and Albuquerque, New M exi co , will join Anaheim and San Diego, California, Seattle, Washington, Las Vegas, Nevada , Salt Lake City, Utah, and Denver, Colorado as the sites of the 1995 series . The series begins on January 21 at Anaheim Stadium and concludes at Rice Stadium in Utah on June 17. According to WERA, TNN's Race Day television show will air tw o live 30min ute shows from the WERA Grand Na tio nal Fi n al at Road Atlanta on October 30. In addition, the Prime Network will air a one-hou r s how on November 17 and a second one-hour sh o w on November 24. ESPN2 will show a Trip le Crown recap on February 1, 1995 w ith ESPN airing a halfhour recap on February 4. ESPN will also air the Suzuki Cup races in a 30minute show sometime in February. start in the Johnson Valley ORV Are a and finis h 120 miles later in the Stodd ard Vall ey Area. Beginners, N ovice Women, Magn um Novice, Sup er Senior an d Mini riders will stop at 70 miles. According to AMA District 37, they wo rked closely with the BLM't o establish the route, which features a 20-rnile cor ridor to connect the two areas. No p assing or racing is permitted in the corridor. All proceeds will go the District's Legal Defense Fund. For more info rmation, call 714/898-4599. If you are in terested in helping to work the race, call 714/751-9238. A new motocross vid eo will soon be hitting dealerfIoors. "Terrafinna" is a 35-minute tap e produced and directed by Fox Racing, featuring Doug Henry, Ezra Lusk and Robbie Reyn ard . Th e tape will be available on November 1 fo r $19.95 For more in for mation call Fox at 408/776-8800 . Cycle News contributor Derryl Anders o n was hospitalized for cancer on October 12. Anderson is in good spirits and is looking forward to seeing his old racing friends at the races next summer. Cards and letters can be sent to Anderson at 4228 NE 74th St., Portland, OR 97218. Ac cording to th e Britis h Trials & Motorcycle News, the motocross GPs will return to a longer moto format for 1995. Rather than the 30-minute -plustwo-l ap system used this year, 40minute-plus-two-lap motos will be uti lized next season. In addition, the FlM is considering limiting the number of rid ers allowed to participate in the Saturday qualifying sessions, though such a change would probably not be imp lemented until '96 or later. According to a n ews s tory in the Columb ian newspaper from Clark County, Washington, the Washougal Motocross Park may not be in operation beyond th e 1995 sea son. "There will be a track and a race seaso n in 1995," Ralph Huffman, an owner of the facility told the newspaper. "But 1996 could be a different story." The future of the race track depends on what happens with related plans to build highpriced homes on the hills above th e Washougal River . It appears that British MX des Nations hero Paul Mali n will ride the 125cc MX GPs for Mitsui Yamaha in 1995. Malin will also likely receive material from Michelle Rinaldi 's Italian Yamaha team. Current 125cc World Enduro Champion Paul Edmond son appears set to res ign with Gas Gas for another two years. The Brit first joined forces with the Spanish man ufacturer at the beginning of th is yea r. It is still u n clear whether Edmondson will remain in the Lightweight division, or if he will move up to a 250cc for the Hea v yw eight class. Harley-Davi dso n and The Rolling Stones have entered into a cross-licensing agreement that will see a custom Harley-Davidson Bad Boy motorcycle manufactured complete with Rolling Stones graphics. The bike will be the grand pr ize in a sweepstakes organized by Harley and its dealers. In conjun ction with the contest, there will be a range of ball caps, T-shirts, sweatshirts a nd jacke ts produced for the North American Voodoo Lounge Tour. Dates have been set for the 1995 World Championship Enduro Series. Rounds include Spain on April 1-2, Portugal on April 8-9, Italy on May 13-14, France on May 20-21, Sweden on June 10-11 and Finland on June 17-18. The International Six Day Enduro will be held in Jelenia Gora, Poland, Sept ember 18-23. The Supercross Int ernacional, a Mexican Supercross with a $31,000 250cc Pro class purse, has had a date change. The event will now run November 5-6 in Guadalajara, and No vember 12-13 in Monterrey. For more information, call 011-528-333-Q913. Fou r-time World Champion Eddi e Lawson finished eighth overall in the Havasu to Harrah's point-to-point personal watercraft race on October 16. Lawson wa s third in the Pro Runabout Mod ified division on his Yamaha WaveRaider in the race that sent riders from Lake Havasu, Arizona, to Laughlin, Nevada. On Satu rday, November 26, the traditional Thanksgiving Weekend date for the classic Barstow to Vegas Hare & Hound, point-to-point desert racing will return to Southern California. The ra ce, labeled the Co rrido r Run , will The 115th FIM Congress opened in Kua la Lumpur, Malaysia on October 17 wit h FIM President Ios Vaessen giving his opening address. Among the ann o u ncemen ts com ing on the fi rs t day was regarding the European Road Racing Championship - for 1995, th e 125cc European Championship round w ill be run in conjunction w ith the World Champ ionship Grands Prix, while the 600cc Supersport, 250cc and Superbike Championships will run in conjunction w ith the World Superbike rou nds. The famil y of Becky Eakin, the girl who was seriously injured while spectating at the Washougal Nat ional MX, suffered their second tragedy of the year when Beck y 's brother Kevin Eaki n was seriously injured while racing at a Washington MX track recently. Eakin was air-lifted to the same hospital as h is sister and was placed in a medi cally induced coma . Cards of encou ragem ent can be sen t to the Eakin's at 15415 !'!W Ferr y Rd., Por tlan d, OR 97231. According to a press release issued by 4M Raci ng, road race r M ark Fos ter broke the motorcycle lap record at Firebird Raceway in Chandler, Arizona, on October 9, while riding his Yamaha TZ250. Foster also won three races on the day. Kawasaki Team Green ha s extended its dead line to sign up for their pit serv ice for the upcoming SCORE ,Baja 1000, on November 11-13. Interested parties must contact Team Green by Friday, October 21, at 714/770-0400, extension 2225 or 2226. Th e second annual M a lc olm Smith Dual-Sport Rid e will take place on November 13, beginning and ending at Malcolm Smith Motorsp orts in Riverside, California. The store opens at 6:00 a.m. and Smith hits the road / trail a t 8:00 a.m . For more information call 909/687-1300. MA RRIED: Oregon Motorcycle Roadracing Association (OMRRA) President Janice Logan to OMRRA Vice President Norm Rindal on October 29 in Beaverton, Oregon. 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