Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

I piece. The shares jumped 18 percent to close Thursday at $27.125 as investors bought into the company. According to the Orange County Register, founder and chairman Jim Jannard made nearly $139 million overnight, and is now the second-richest Orange County resident, behind billionaire Donald ·Bren. Jannard's stake in the company is now $672 million. Shane TritUer's S.S.c. MX Racing will visit Hungry Valley OHV Park in Hungry Valley, California, on August 20. Classes for all bike sizes and skill levels will be offered. Practice starts at 8 a.m., and the first race is at 9:30 a.m. For more information call 805/294-0020. According to John Dickinson, our World Championship Trials Series corresp9ndent, the Italian Fantic factory is trying to recruit the services of Brit Steve Colley for the '96 season. Colley would like to stay with the Gas Gas factory, as Dickinson reports that the Fantic ride "isn't very popular." The British Trial des Nations team will consist of Doug Lampkin, Steve Colley, Graham Jarvis and Steve Saunders. "Sa unders will be good for the team," said John Dickinson. "He will likely ride the sections first, then advise .the other three about what to do." The Spanish Trial des Nations team will be led by soon-to-be-seven-time World Champion Jordi Tarres. Marc Colomer, Joan Pons and Amos Bilbao will complete the team. The September 10 Motocross des Nations in Sverepec, Slovac Republic, will be sponsored by Pepsi Max, Bieffe, UFO and West. For more information call 39/171-387070. Eddie ]\{ulder is scheduled to compete in the August 20 Rodney Farris Tribute IT, held on the new IT scrambles track at Hollister Hills SVRA in Hollister, California. Oasses will be available for all machines, modern and vintage. For more information call 408/295-6906. Torco Inte1"Qational Corporation, manufacturer of high-performance lubricants, has teamed up with the American Motorcyclist Association to establish the Torco Trail Riding Fund. Torco will donate $2 from the sale of every Torco Trail Riding Fund T-shirt to the p~o gram, which will support off-road gOV" ernment relations activities. In addition, .Knudsen tops Swedish Speedway Grand Prix Torco will also donate 45 cents from the sale of each case of Torco GP-7 Racing 2-Cycle Oil to the fund. The August ~7 Southland Racing Association Grand Prix at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California will be the first race held 011 the aLI-new Glen Helen Raceway Grand Prix Course. For more information call 714/957-2985. ommy Knudsen (right) became the first rider to win two World Championship Individual Series events by scoring his second victory in as many rounds during the Swedish Grand Prix at Linkopping Speedway in LinkQpping, Sweden. The Danish-born Knudsen defeated series leaders Tony Rickardsson of Sweden and Denmark's Hans Nielsen in the A Final to earn the win, which vaulted him into the top 10 in points, with 44. If he continues his pace, he may well remain on the GP trail for 1996. It would be a fine achievement by Knudsen, who crashed out of the first round in Poland. Hancock enjoyed his best Grand Prix performance yet with a determined display which saw him secure third place in his A Final debut after qualifying with 11 points. He was a model of consistency throughout his qualifiers and did well to beat Nielsen in the big showdown. Hancock's finish also earned him top-American status as countryman Sam Ermolenko battled through another frustrating' night, suffering bike problems while leading Knudsen in heat nine; a victory there would have helped Ermolenko in his bid for the A Final. Ermolenko went on to finish fourth behind England's Chris Louis, Australia's Craig Boyce and Sweden's Peter Karlsson in the B Final. American Billy Hamill was also more subdued after crashing in his opening ride, but he picked himself up and went on to qualify for and win the C Final. With two rounds to go, the battle for the championship has developed into a twohorse race as Nielsen leads Rickardsson, 69-63. Louis is now in third with 55, three points in front of Hamill. Ermolenko and Hancock are tied for eighth in the series standings with 47 poiJ:'ts each. T A free, four-color .brochure detailing the schedule of events and ticket prices for Camel' Motorcycle Week '96 is now available. The 55th running of the Daytona 200, Daytona Supercross, Vintage Days and the AMA Grand National Dirt Track Kickoff highlight the March 1-10 spectacular. To obtain your free brochure write: Daytona International Speedway, Dept. CMW-,l, P.O. Box 2801, Daytona Beach, Florida, 321202801. Now that the 1995 NMA Grand Nationals at Ponca City, Oklahoma, is over, the NMA has officially announced its dates for the 1996 25th Annual NMA World Mini Grand Prix and the 21st Annual Grand Nationals at Ponca City. The World Minis will be held in Las Vegas, August 11-13, and the Grand Nationals will again be held in Ponca City, August 6-10. For additional information call 909/657-6782, or 310/8688112. The RV Manufacturers' Show, presenting' sponsor for the Pomona Half Mile, is offering a limited number of free commemorative bumper stickers to be given away with the purchase a pair of ticke.ts to the October 7 round of the Grand National series. See your local Harley-Davidson dealer to puchase tickets. Jim McClinton, a long-time motorcyclist enthusiast and racer, was lost to cancer recently. McClinton was an active vintage racer and AHRMA supporter during the '90s and most recently helped out at the Steamboat Springs MX track in Colorado. He competed motocross in the Vet and Old Timers class in the '80s, and was a scrambles expert in the '60s. McClinton was a retired machinist from Mare Island Naval Shipyard and was a Northern California Bay Area motorcycle supporter. The Gary Semics Motocross School is now accepting resumes for 1996 sponsorship packages. Interested parties can send their resumes to GSMXS, 178 Carter Circle, Boardman, OH 44512, attn: sponsorship. The pre-entry deadline for the Women's World Motocross Championships has been extended to August 21. All Pre-entrants are eligible for a free motocross school with Mike Keidrowski at Glen Helen on August 21. Women who Wish to participate in the school without racing must register with 0.5. Women's Motocross Team for a $50 fee prior to the school. For entry and registration information, contact Debbie Matthews at 714/837-3374. CORRECTION: Or rather, Addition. The Wind item concerning' Chuck Sun's being named as the Northwest Sales Manage.r for KTM USA (Issue #31) listed a trunc,!ted telephone number. The correct number is 503/977.9760. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Sportbike Night at America Live! in Sacra- mento, California, from 7 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday, August 22. Team Suzuki's' Fred Merkel, Cycle Motion Racing's Mark McDaniels, and Team Valvoline Suzuki's Dave Stanton are scheduled to appear. For more information call 916/373-1557. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Bob Thomas Honda/Kawasaki of Irwin, on September 1 at 6 p.m. Team Honda/l800-Collect/Fox riders Jeremy McGrath and Steve Lamson are scheduled to appear. For more information call 412/863-0237. . CORRECTION: Bert Shepard snapped the photos found on page 10 and 11 in our coverage of the Peoria National TT as well as the Scott Parker/Andy Tresser photo on page 13, and thus deserves credit for them. 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