Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

p.m. at the Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Califo rnia. The p ubli c is invited to attend the recep tion and encour aged to arri ve by mo torcycle. For more information call 818/396-2397. On Sunday, February 5 a benefit trail ride was given for injured 0-36 veteran Charles Halcomb in Clear Creek, California, wi th some 230 supporters att ending the e vent. H a lcomb, w h o w as injured in the No vember running of the Baja 1000, is currently recuperating at his home in Santa Cruz, Californi a. Over $11,000 was raised to help Halcomb and his family through his recovery. Road racers Mark McDaniel and Dave Deveau have renewed th eir contracts with Cycle Motion Racing fo r 1995 . McDaniel and Deveau will race in the AMA SuperTeams Endu rance Se r ies with McDaniel also slated to compete in 750cc Supersp ort . The team w ill be backed by Team Suzuki Sport and w ill run a GSXR1100 in the endurance series and a GSXR7SO in 750cc Supersport. Former Grand National Di rt Tra ck engine builder/tuner Jimmy Cla rke is in intensive care fr om complications stemming from quadruple bypass surgery on January 31. Clarke has tuned for such notables as Jay Springsteen, Steve Morehead, Terry Poovey, Scott Parker and Bart Markel. Cards and letters can be sent to Clarke at 3340 Grayson, Ferndale, M148220. The FIammini Group, organizers of the World Superbike Championship, held a meeting with race team officials on .January 30 , with several initiatives brought to the table. Among those were an official World Superbike test day, which will be held at Misano in Italy on, April 25 for the leading World Superbike Championship teams. Flammini also announced that a World Superbike Shoot-Out will be held on the Monday after the British round of the series at . Donington Park - the race will be an invitational featuring the top riders and teams in the series. Additionally, the Flammini Group has made an official request to the FlM for World Championship st atus to be -given to the 600cc Supersport class in 1996. Tra velCraft has announced its fifth tour to the Spanish Grand Prix, the fourth round of the World Championship Road Race Series. The trip will begin on April 30 and will end on May 8, taking time for sightseeing as well as race watching. For a brochure or information on the Jerez trip or other GP escapes, call TravelCraft at 8001241-1223. Series kicks off the '95 season during Daytona Bike Week at the Ocala Motorsports Complex. Following th e quad rac e on Mo nday Ma rch 6, the motorcycles take to th e tra ck a t 3:00 p.m. for a non-mand atory p ractice sessio n. The trad ition al coo ko ut will follow at 7:00 p.m. OnTuesday, Mar ch 7, r id e r s li k e Scott Summers, Scott Plessinger, Fred Andrews, Ty Davis and Guy Cooper will begin their qu est for the title. For more info rmation call 304/594-1157. Racing schools: Keith Code's California Superbike School has added two Laguna Seca cIasses (May 23 and October 4) to their Willow Springs da tes, and have also scheduled a class for Road America on August 30. For more information call 800/530-3350. More racing schools: dP Safety Schools AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At SLO City Cycles in San Luis Obispo, California, on Feb ru ary 17 fro m 5:00 p .m. to 8:00 p .m . Team KTM 's Jim G ra y, Matt Sta vis h and Mike Lafferty , and Team Kawasaki's Larry' Roeseler, Ty Davis, Danny Hamel, Craig Smith and Kelby Pepper a re sched u led to appear, as is off-road racer Charlie Halcomb. has finalized its 1995 sched ule of racing schools w ith classes to be held at three Cali fo rnia ra ce tra ck s - Laguna Sec a Raceway, Thunderhill Park and Sears Point Raceway. For more information call805/m-8301. . Still more racing schools: The 1995 Class Racing School calendar incl ud es the Streets of Willow Springs, Laguna Seca, Pomona Fairplex, Sears Point, Second Creek (Denver, Colorad o), Texas World Speed way, H eartland Park Topeka , Road Atlanta, Watkins Glen, Mid-Ohio, Portland International Raceway, and Willow Spri ngs Raceway . For more information call 800/235-7228. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Wagoner Cycle Works in Tucker, Georgia, on February 24 fro m 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p .m. Team Ka wasa ki' s Mik e Kiedrow s k i, Mike LaRocco an d Ryan Hughes are scheduled to ap pear. For more information call 404/934-2453. CORRECTION: The correct date for the Cherokee National Enduro in Greensboro, Georgia, is March 19 and not february 26 as was listed in our Calendar section. For more information call 706/453-1242. Video game fans take note. Sega of America has introduced Motocross Championship for their new Sega Genesis 32X. The game offers three classes 125, 250 and Super Bike - and is scheduled for release on February 15; the game carries a suggested retail price of $59.99. FO RMED: Team 1040, a WERA National Endurance Series team featuring Kenny Lu, Dan Brennen, Brian Surtees, Brian Cincera and George Gervasi; the team will compete aboard a Honda CBR600 F-2 and will be sponsored by Nantucket Gold suntan products. Former 500cc National MX Champion Chuck Su n raced a Husaberg at the Adelanto Grand Prix on February 4, and broke his wrist when he hit a false neutral over a double jump. "I was expecting to have troubles with the off-road sections, but that actually went okay," said Sun . "I didn't think the motocross section would be any problem. It was . just one of those things ." Sun also reported that Sh a un Kal os is planning to campaign a four-stroke 'Berg in the entire National MX Series. OPEN H OUSE: At Moore and Sons Motorcycle Sales in Santa Cruz, California, on February 16 from 6:00 p.m.,to 8:00 p.m. Charles Halcomb is scheduled to appear. For more information call 408/475-3619. Last week's rumor that M ik e You ng had signed with Vertemati has been confirmed, Young will live in Italy and race the World Championship 500cc MX Series. He is also planning to race at the Mammoth Motocross on June 23, and afterward, will auction off two custombuilt Vertemati four-stroke race bikes . The Grand National Cross Country RESIGNED: John Driscoll Jr. from the Deltran Corporation, manufacturers of the SuperSmart Battery Tender. Driscoll has been hired by Cycle World magazine as an advertising salesman. NAME D: Ferodo of America's motorcycle division as a sponsor of four of AHRMA's "alternative" modem road racing cIasses; and Metzeler Motorcycle Tire as a contingency sponsor for three of AHRMA's vintage divisions. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Hond a / Suzuki/ Kawasaki/ Polaris / SeaDo o of O ca la in Ocala, Flo rid a, on March 3 beginning at 7:00 p.m. Team Kawasaki, Team Suzuki, Honda of Troy and HSKS Racing's Buddy Antunez and Tr avis Blackb u r n a re sched uled to appear. Fo r more information call 904/ 732-8531. STOLEN: a 1994 Kawasaki KX80BW, YIN# JKAKXWT15RAoo7989, from Josh Saw ye r, on Feb ruary 4. The bike was taken from ins ide the north gate at the Sea ttle Kingdome durin g the riders ' , m ee ting prior to the AMA Amateur Supercross even t. It was identifiable by its numbers, 101, and by the fact that it had 14- and 17-inch wheels even though it is a BW model. Anyone w ith informatio n leading to the return of the bike should con tact Wad e Sawyer, 406/4423221. No questions will be asked . ANNOUNCED: Harley-Davidson, Inc., and R.J. Reyno ld s Tobacco Co., ha ve signed m ulti-year contracts to sponsor the Sturgis Rally and Races, held annually in Sou th Dakota, according to the promoters of the event. APP OINTED : Brightstar Professional ' Motorsports as a distributor of Q-Sport Personal Performance Products. Dealer and road racing sponsorship inquires are invited; write to Brightstar at 324 Wells Street, #103, Delafield, WI 530181400. OPEN HOUSE: At Rosenau Powersports in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, on February 25 from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to view the 1995 Ducati and Triumph lineup. For more information call 313/278-5000. PROMOTED: Dave Banes to Assistant Director of Education of the American Motorcycle Institute in Daytona Beach, Flonda. Banes has served as an instructor in all phases of AMI's motorcycle and personal watercraft divisions for 14 years: NAMED: John Goodpaster to a threeyear seat on the AHRMA Board of Trustees. Goodpaster was previously an AHRMA road race tech inspector. 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