Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

THE EIC BRAKES TRIP CRO N LE W MAY.20-.21 JUNE .24 - .25 AUGUSr .26 -.27 MICIDGAN - - MOTORCYCLE ~BOOTOlJT .. ROAD ATLANTA BRASELTON, GEORGIA GRATTAN RACEWAY PARK GRATTAN, MICHIGAN PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY PORTLAND, OREGON The biggest prize in American motorcycle racing is not in Supe rcross, it's not in ANIA Superbike. The biggest prize ~ in Formula USN~. The EBC Brakes Triple Crown offers $6 2,500 to the to p three Formula USA teams plus $53,000 in purse money to Formula USA riders plus $90,000 in contingencies from g reat compan ies like Suzuki, Honda , Kawasaki, Yamaha , Shoei, EBC, Michelin, Dunlop and W iseco. That's over $200,00 0 for three Formula USA events! Besides the two powerfu l Formula USA races at each event, W ERA National Cha llenge classes will provide more great racing for your entertainment. Performance Mac hine/Good ridge National Endurance, Michelin Supe rstock, Moto Libe rty 125cc Grand Prix and the Yamaha FZR600 Cha llenge are just a few of the cla sses you'll see . Road Atlontc, Grattan Raceway Park a nd Portland Interna tiona l Raceway are a ll beautiful, challeng ing roa d . courses-great for the riders and great for the spectators. If you can 't make it to these events or even if you can , you'll be a ble to catch the a ction on national lY. Prime Network/Sports Channel will be a iring a total of six hours of covera ge from these events o n the ir Thursday night . "Cycle World" prog ram. Check your listings for the exact times a nd dates. ~FORMULAUSX .w VIDEO EBC BRAKES RELEASES Now Available Through Cyc le News Vid eo Th eater "FIGHT to the FINISH LINE" 1994 AMA U.S. Superbike Series Review It) 0\ 0\ ...... 0...... Retail price on th l. re'.... S24.95. lnclu... shipping. . (#248A) Fight to the Finish Une is the highlight video of the 1994 AMA U.S. Superbike series. Review each of ten rounds, from Daytona to Road Atlanta as young Australian sens ation Troy Corser led the Fast by Ferracci Ducati charge throughout the season to emerge as the new U.S. Superbike Series champion. Along the way, you'll see the Vance & Hines Yamaha duo of Jamie James and Colin Edwards II as they never give up, and nearly capture the title, coming within a point of the championship in the closing laps of the final round. 1994 was also the debut year for the new Harley-Davidson VR1000 Superbike, as Miguel DuHamel rode the development curve upward through the season with ever-more impressive showings. You'll see all the action, developments and controversy from the '94 U.S. Superbike Series in this 40-minute showfrom Motovideol (1 tape I SuperbikeClass highlights only; comes in a plain white video box). ~ &-----=--:-:=~ ==-=--=:::=~ ::-:=~==~~iiii iiff.Aj5f-:--- .To Order Videos, Call (310) 427-7433 - Charge to ~ 4 year's class champion Mic hael Blose, Dylan Lord , Randy Norman and Michael adorn. KTM was a first-time sponsor o f the World Minis by posting a $3700 savings bond for the Pee Wee Stock class, going to the top five finishe rs who were riding the new KTM SXR50. KTM riders did no t disa ppoint by top p i ng b oth Pee Wee divisio ns . Mic hael Willard was un touch ab le in the 50cc (7-8) Stock class and s tormed to a co nvi nci ng double mo to sweep over Canad ia n Tod d Bisse ndon last yea r's 4-6 division winner Jess Bow ler, Chris N ihan and Craig Ehnat. KTM sup po rt rid er Mike Aless i was impress ive in the 50cc (4-6) di vision by s torm ing to victori es in both he ats and main even ts. : Yamaha riders we re untouc hable in the 50cc Mod ified cla sses as Vincent Blair a nd Chris N ih a n fi nis he d first and secon d, resp ectively, while Cody Dickey, Ch ris Blose and Shawn Coo k r ounded o u t th e top five in a fiel d of 42. Th e Pax Racin g Team pu t Honda's in to the w in n ers circl e for th e fir st tim e since th e da ys of m ini ace Rick Simmi t. Bria n McGavran to p p ed the 80cc Stock (12-13) class, while team mate Dylan Lord scored the win in the 80cc (9-11) class. McGravran was not the to p pick, h o w e v e r , for the title in the Stock (12-13) class, as many had Yamaha riders Justin Buckelew taking the number-one tr ophy . In th e beginning, it loo ked like Chris Tocco wo uld pu ll off a su rp rise, b u t his inexperienc e s howe d, as he dro p p ed b a ck to an eventua l fifth. McGa vra n ba ttled ea rly with Buc kel ew bu t the Honda ri der was n o m a t ch fo r th e u ltra smo oth ' an d s ty lrsh 13-year-o ld from N e w Mexico w ho prom p tl y dou bled p ast McGavra n to take the lead. But Buckele w w oul d b e o ne of those ri ders wh o's d ream of a National title wo u ld be smash ed af ter landing too har d and ex ploding a rear wh eel. McGavran w ent on to win the runoff ov er a hard-chargin g Johnny Mar ley, who closed gro und at the finish . "I saw Ma rley comi ng but I jus t stayed smoo th." In the 80cc (9-11) class if was th e same story with di fferent players. This t im e th e r id er to b e at was Travis Pas trana. Pastran a, who ma ny .believe to be th e secon d -fastes t Min i ri der in th e world , ne xt to Carmichae l, was expe cted to p ost a pa ir o f effo rtless wins in th e 80cc (9-11) class. But like Buck e lew, h e t o o suffere d i ll fa te b y ex p lo d ing a wheel a n d h an d in g the title to 10-year-old Dylan Lord. Lord was all smiles af ter collecting h is firs t ever Na tio nal title in an event w here a title was supposedly unavailable. Lor d defeated Texa n Chase Reed, Bobb y Bond s, Chad Cook a n d Em it t Kling. Buckelew suffe red mor e bad lu ck in the 12-13 Modi fied class w hen th is ti me a freak incident occurred whe n his carbureto r fell off while leading the moto . "It's hard to believe," sai d Buckelew. " I won all my motos but the mains went all wrong." With Buckelew out , Marley was able to step in, but he too suffered the now all-too-common E.W.s. (exploding wh eel syndrome) a n d w as a lso force d out of the race . Sea n H ambli n picked up the lead and loo ked to be riding smart after a week of u p an d down races. "Once Marley 's w heel we nt ou t, I knew all I

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