Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

FIM has announced tha t the 1996 ceremony will be held in Sevilla, Spain, Former CZ factorymotocross mechani c Viktor Lahita, 66, d ied from a massive heart attac k on March 26 at his home in the Czech Republic. Lahita became th e fac to ry mechan ic fo r joel Robert in 1966, with the pair going on to wi n the 250cc World Championship that year. Lahita worked in CZ' s research and devel opm ent department for m any years before becoming involved in vintage motocross fo llowing h is retirement . .Funer al services were held on March 31 in Strakonice, with Robert one of th e many motocross racers in attenqance. Lahita is survived by his w ife Lyd ia. In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dutch TT at As sen, IS-time World Champion Giacom o Ag ostini, six-time World Champion jim Red man and 1969 250cc World Champion Kel Ca rruthers will be r eunited with a fa mous Grand Prix machine on which th ey on ce raced . Agostini w ill ri d e a 350cc MV Agusta that he rod e to victory in Assen in 1976; Redman will be aboard the six-cylinder Honda 250 that he first raced in 1964; and Carruther s will be aboard th e 16-v alve Bene ll i four-cyli nder 350cc machine he campa ign ed in 1970, the season after winning the 2SOcc title on a Benelli. Th e to p World Su pe rbike teams are scheduled to take par t in a group test session at the Misano Adriatico circuit in Misano, Italy, on April 24-25. Among those scheduled to participate are Scot! Russell , Anthon y Gobert , Colin Edwards II , Doug Polen a nd Aa ron Slight. Th e first ro u nd o f the World Superbike Series is scheduled for Hocken heim, Germany, on May 7. Brit Te rry Rymer will race a Suzukipowered Bimo ta SB7 in the 1995 World Su p erbi ke Cha mpio ns hip . Rymer's effo rt will be run by Tea m Greco . Wendy's Restaurants has signe d on to he lp s ponsor th e Ap ril 22 C harlotte Supercross in Ch arlotte, North Carolina. Wendy's will join Thor, Scott , FMF, AXO, Dunlop , Skoal Racing, Charl otte Kawasaki and Cycle News as sponsors of the eve nt. The Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area recently celebrated its 2o-year annivers ary. The park was purchased wit h off-hig hway "green stickie" fun d s on April 1, 1975, and official- ly opened as the sta te's first vehicu lar re creation area on July 1, 1975. The park attracted some 25,000 people in its first yea r of op era tion and in 1994 the park drew over 100,000 peo ple. book. The Appeal Board recommends that AMA official seek more cons istent rules enforcement and penalty applications. The Appeal Board also sugges ts t ha t AMA Tech O ff icia ls w o r k to im p rove d ir ec t co m mu ni cation with r iders, mechanics and te am ow ners regard ing inspection and measurement procedures." Th e Appeal Boa rd consis ted of John Erickson, Mark Johnson and John Ulrich . Th e first round of the Malaysian Superbike Championship will be held o n Jul y '15-16 in Shah Alam and promoter s still ha ve Ka wasaki ZXR750s a va ilab le to lea se . The Kawasak is can be ren ted for $2500 fo r each r ac e, includ ing four n ights hotel accomo dation, local transportation , fuel , entry fee, championship fee, and two sets of new Michelin slicks. For mor e information contact Graham Williams in Aus~ tralia at 618/374-3374 (phone/fax). CORRECTION: Two cl a sses we re inadvertently left ou t of the results in our cove rage of the March 17~1 9 GNC International MX Finals, held at Lake Whitney MX Park in Whitney, TX. The y are as follows: TEENY MINI STK (7-8): 1. Sean Collier (Yam); 2. Chris Nihan (Yam); 3. Daniel Taft (Yam ); 4. Cody Dickey (Yam); 5. C raig Royse (Yam). 35+: 1. Ronnie Ray (Suz); 2. Darwin Huckabee (Hon): 3. Edward Ha ys (Kaw ); 4. Jim Anderson (Suz); 5. Woody Strickland (Yam) . The Aztalan Cycle Club has announced that it will hold its third annual North American Seniors MX Cham pions hip on September 9 at the Aztalan circuit in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. The race, known as "Dirty O ld Blasters Ill," will p ay $2400 in purs e money in th e four Expert classes. For more informa tion call 414/786-4420. CORRECfION: In Donn Maeda's Tum Four ed ito rial (Iss ue #13, April 5), he re ferred to Pa t Graham as Ricky Graham's mother, when she is, in fact, Graham's ste p mo the r. Barbara Homen is Grah am 's mother. Road racer Nancy Delgado w ill compete in the AMA 125cc Grand Prix National Championship Series for New York Mot orcycles. Delgad o w ill race a 1994 Honda RSl25 tuned by Paul Colman and Stu art Anderson. "I am very excited that the AMA is incl uding the 12Sec Grand Prix class in their series," Delga do said. "I think the com petition will be fierce and will probably make it the most exciting race to watch during the AMA National road race weekend." For more in fo r m a tio n on Delgado's program call 404/881 -6768. CORRECfION: Jeff Cole of C&J Racing frames called up Cycle News to clarify that the breakage Kenny Coolbeth Jr . suffered d u ring the Pomona Half Mile occurred to the shock absorber itself and not the chassis as we reported . AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Yamaha/Suzuki o f Texas in Fort Wo rth , Texas, on April 28 from 6:00 p.m, to 7:00 p.m. Team Suzuki's motocross team is sche duled to appear. For more information call 817/285-9999. Las t week we reported that an AMA Appeal Board had uph eld the AMA's d isqu alifica tion of road racers Shawn Hig bee and Ben Bostr um from th e Dayt on a ro u nd of the AMA Ha rle yDavi dson SuperTwins Se r ies by a majori ty vo te. This week we havethe statement from the Appeal Board : "The Ap p eal Bo ard is here to ju d g e t he infraction and appeal based on the rule alone, and finds that the ru le was broken. The refo re, t he Appeal Boa r d upholds the disqualifica tion of Shawn Hi gb ee a nd Ben Bostru m. Ho wever, th e Appeal Boa rd is co ncerned w it h the AMA's handling of the appeal, particularly the 'presen ta tion of the AMA's case in th e media prior to the Appeal Board hearing. Th e Ap peal Boar d recommends that this pen aly beco me consis ten t for violations of rule 6-t on page 52 of th e 1995 AMA Pro Racin g ru le- CORRECfION: The correct address to send cards and letters to injured racer Dan Barne tt is : Dan Barnett, room 6302, Lorna Linda University Medical Cen te r 11234 An derson St., Lorna Linda, CA 92354. The home address is 14933 Amorose sr, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530. CORRECTION: We m iss p e ll e d t he name of Hideo "Pops" Yos hi m ura's wi fe. Yoshim ura is survived by his wife Naoe Yoshim ura. CORRECTION: The d a tes for the Mammot h Moun tain Sn o w Bo ard / Motocross Champions hips are June 6-7, not June 4-5. OP EN HOUSE: At Grapevine Kawasaki , in Grapevine, Texa s, on April 27 from 5:30 p .m . to 8:30 p.m. For more information call 817/481 -2500. AUT OGRAPH SIG NING: At Sammy White' s Kawasa ki City in Irving, Texas, on April 28 from 7:00 p .m. to 8:00 p .m. Team Ka wasaki' s Mike Kiedrowski, Mik e LaRocco, Robbie Re ynard and Ryan Hughes are sched uled to appear. For more information call 214 / 438-9425. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: at Roseburg Kawasaki/Suzuki in Roseburg, Oregon, on May 19 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Team Suzuki Off-Road's Rodney Smith is scheduled to appear. For more information contac t Rand y Wing at 503/672-6065. PURCH ASED: Protech Leather Apparel, by the Management Resource Group of Rhode Island. Protech is a manufacturer of leather appa rel fo r motorcy clis ts . For m ore in fo r m a tion ca ll 401/454-5737. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Charlotte Yamaha, in Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 21 from 6:00 p,m. to 7:30 p .m. j eff Emig, john Dowd and Kev in Windham are scheduled to appear. For more info rmation call 704/394-7301. STOLEN: Fred Stucky's 1994 Ducati 888/955, VIN #ZDMIHB7R9RRBOO2039, in Philaladelphia, Pennsylvania, on Ma rch 30. Anyone with information should call 215/923-3048. CORRECTION: The dual sport r id e which will be held in conjunction with the White Brothers 4-Stroke World Cha mpionsh ips at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California, on May 21 is sponsored by Four Strokes Only and Dual Dogs . ACQUIRED: Slick 50, Inc., by Quaker Sta te Co rpora tion. Q uaker State will acquire the majority of the outstanding shares of common s tock of Slick 50 fo r a comb ina tion of cash and stock a nd t he ass u m pt ion of certain outstanding indebtedness of the acquired company. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: A t Yamaha / Suzuki Sport Cen ter in Seaside, Cal ifornia, on Ap ril 28 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p .m. Team Suzuki's Fred Merkel , Donald Jacks and ThomasStevens are sched uled to appear. For more information call 408/899-2401. 0 r------------------------- ---------------------------------------, ~ ~ SUBSCRIPTIO N ORDER FORM Nam e _ Address City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ State _ _ Order Date Zip _ Please start my subscription to Cycle Ne ws: o Every week for one year (50 issues) for $38.00 (can be billed 3 monthly payments) o Every week for two years (100 issues) for $70.00 o Six mo nths second class (25 issues) for $19.00 L One year (50 issues); 2nd class Canada or Mexico and all other foreign countries ~ $78.00 (US. funds). 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