Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

I·IN THE WIND·' . lap record at the 2.5-mil e track. Oneishi both Satu rd ay and Sunday broke th e 100 mph average barrier with hi s best lap at one m inute, 29.74 seconds, avera ging 100 .29 mph . Oneishi rode th e Ov e r Racing OV-1 6, po w ered b y a Yamaha XTZ 660cc motor, to the win in Sunday' s 50 S Formu la One race, afte r cra shing w hil e leading Saturday's event. Onei shi w on th e Bo T Fo r m u la Once races both days o n an OV ER OV-15A race bike. If yo u ever w anted to tak e a lap arou nd the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the n her e's yo ur cha nce, by part icip ating in the Coca-Cola Contour Lap, which is a fea tu red attraction of vin tage Motorcycle Days, the A merica n Mo to rcycl is t Association's an n ual celebra tio n of th e hi st o ry of m otorcycling in America. In observance of th e ret u m of its original "conto u red" sof t-d rink bo ttl e to su perm ar ke ts , the Coca-Co la Com p any is sponsoring the lap around the 14-tum, 2.25-m ile Mid-Ohio cou rse, near Lexingto n, O h io, Ju ly 22. The even t will be open to all licensed mo torcyclists an d all brands of mo to rcycles . Fo r more information, call Bruce Truxall at the AMA at 614/891-2425. For those of yo u who like to pl an ahead, th e ne w Rama da In n, o n Route 8, in N ew H art fo rd, New York, will be th e official race headquarters for th e AM A 125 /250cc National Motocro ss ro und at Vohland takes ·lead in 250cc MX World Cham ionshi Series Una d illa, Jul y 23. For more info rmation, call 607/965-8784. Mary Hart of "Entertainmen t Tonight," Greg Ala n Williams, co -s tarri ng in "Ba ywatch" and "Bay wa tc h Nigh t," Steve Ram bo, weathercast er for KCB5TV Channel 2, Action News, an d Gregg Ketter, w eatherca ste r fo r KTT V-TV Ch annel 11, are some of the celebrities ex pected to partici p a te in thi s yea r's Ride for Kids motorcycle rid e in Dan a Po int, Cali fornia, Su nday, May 7. Th e ride, beginning and en ding at the Ca pistrano Bay Yach t Club, wi ll be held mostly in th e Ca mp Pen dl eton area. Regis tration begin s at 8:30 a .m . with th e ride beginnin g at 10:00 a .m . All donations will go to th e Ped iatric Brain Tumor Founda tion of the U.S. to support brain tu m or research in the nation's leading resear ch centers . For more in form ation, call 404 1449-0789. merican Tallon Vohl and (right) gaine d contro l of the World Championship 250cc MX Series poin t lead with a secon d-overall fini sh at ro und fou r, held April 30 in Maggiora, Ital y. The Northern California n finished se ve nth in the firs t mo to, and scored a stea dy win in moto tw o aboa rd his De Groot Kawasaki. Italian Andrea Bart oli ni (Yam) was th e overa ll win ne r v ia 2-2 m oto s co res, w hile 125cc World Champion Bobb y Moore (Yam) earned thi rd w ith 1-8 finishes. "This is the best thing th at could ha ppen to me," said Voh land. 'This is w hat I've been working for a win. Now I'm leading the World Cha mpionsh ip Series, and I plan to stay the re until the en d ." Ser ies favo rite Stefan Everts had a m iserab le day, as he crashed and pu lled ou t of the open ing moto. The Belgian then finis he d out of the top 10 in moto two. Fre nch ma n Yves Demaria was thi rd in the opening moto, but cras he d during the mo to two and broke his right fibul a and tibi a. Dema ria is expected to miss th e remainder of the se aso n . After four of 15 rounds, Vohland leads the way w ith 102 po ints. Demaria is seco nd with 98, and Everts sits in third wi th 93. A We spo ke w ith off-road ra cer Charles Halcomb, recently, and he's still recoveri ng nicely fro m the injuries he suffered at last year's Baja 1000. " I still have a little p ro b lem w ith m y leg," sa id Ha lco mb . "T he lo w e r leg always feel s as th ou gh it's as leep . I s till h a ve some . blood clots w hich slows down the blood circu lation. Other th an that, I fee l great and am back to w ork, or reality, sho uld I say." manager of motorsports sa les o f Yama ha Mo tor Co rporation. His res ponsib ilities in clud e the motorcycle, ATV, snowm ob ile, scooter, race karts and gene rator product lines . NAMED: Dennis McNea l, as d ivision Cycle:News Rider of the Month: Mike Hale T NAMED : Kim Je rm an, as d epartment m an a ge r o f sa les p rom oti on for th e Mo torsports Group, at Yamaha Mot or Corpora tion , Jerman w ill be resp onsible fo r consum er even ts, national d eal er m ee tin g s a n d m otorcy cle d emo programs. he month of April ha s been very good for Mike H a le. Th e d irt tr acker-turned road racer ope ne d a lot of eyes w hen he won the H P4 600cc Su pe rs po rt Nationa l at the Pomona Fairplex, then ba cke d it up by scoring his first ever Superbike National win only a few minut es " . later. The Carroll to n, Texas, rider com pleted h is April hat trick at the Laguna Seca roun d, where he aga in toppe d the 600cc Supersport Na tional. In addition, H ale finishe d a strong fourth in th e rain -d elayed Su per bike Nati on al, and conti nues to co ntrol the po int leads in bo th se ries . Th e Smokin' Joe's Ho nda factory rider says that he con tin ues to learn every tim ehe th ro ws a leg over h is m otorcycl e, and considering the fac t that this is only his second-fu ll season aboard a road racer, we'd say that Hal e is enjoying a pr et . ty steep learn ing curv e. HIRED: Mike Wymer, to ru n the Dyn o Lab at White Bros . He w ill be worki ng closely w ith personnel in White Brothers' research an d development de partment. AUTOG RAPH SIGNING: At Ame rica Live ! in Sacramento, Ca liforn ia, on May 8 from 7:00 p .m . to 10 :00 p .m . Roa d racer Fre d Merkel is s ched u le d to appea r. For m ore info rma t ion, ca ll 916/373-1557. A UT O G RA PH SIGNING: At HarleyDavidson of Sacramento in Sacrame nto, Califo rni a, on May 5 from 5:00 p .m . 8:00 p .m . NASCAR d rivers Harry Gant an d Kyle Petty are sched u led to ap pea r. For mo re info rmation call 916/929-4680. PURCHASED: Sta rSp orts Marke ting's in te rest in M ich elin T ire Com p a ny 's West ern Racin g Tire Sales and Service by Gary Arnold, of Western Track Services. Tim Smith will contin ue to manage both office sales and race tra ck services o f Mi ch elin r a cin g produ ct s . StarSports Marketing is owned by road racer Scott Gr ay. MARRIED: Pis tol Ra cing presid en t Dick Bushkill to hi s fian cee Rita Zin k in Ft. Myers, Flori da, on April 1. PROMOTED: Joshua Cho to edi to r of Thund er Alley, a h igh-perform a n ce H arle y-D avid son -or iented m a ga z ine published by TA M C ommunications, Inc., in Norwalk, Ca lifornia. Cho was fo rmerly a n e d ito ri a l ass is ta n t fo r TAM's A merica n Iro n M a g a z in e, Ho ttest Cus tom Harleys and Thunder Alley. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: A t Cycle Gear in Sacramento, California, on May 13 fro m 12 :30 p .m. - 2:00 p.m . Team H ond a /l -80 0-Coll ect' s Ste ve Lam son and defend in g AMA 250cc GP Champio n Rich Oliver are sche duled to appear. Fo r mo re info r matio n ca ll 9 16 / 488 7977. l~ r----------------------------------------------------------------, ([!ill ~ SUBSCRIPTIO N ORDER FORM Name _ Address Cit y _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Order Dat e State _ _ Zip _ Please start my subscription to Cycle News: 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 months second class (25 issues) for $19.00 One year (50 issues), 2nd class Canada or Mexico and all othe r forei gn countries L $78.00 (Ll.S, funds). 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