Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

AMA Superbikes get live 1996 Off-Road TV for 1996 schedules announced T T en of the 11 races in the 1996 AMA Superbike Series WilI be shown live under a new television agreement, according to the AMA. In addition to The Nashville Network (TN ). coverage of the Daytona 200 and the Loudon Classic, eight of the others ~l be shown live on either Prime SportsChannel or the new Speedvision Channel. With the addition of Speedvision, the AMA says that television time for the Superbike ational Championship will nearly double. The races which are shown live on Prime SportsChannel will later be shown tape-delayed on Speedvision, and the races shown live on Speedvision will be shown later on Prime's regular Cycle World program. Additionally, the AMA says that having a production truck on site for the live races will allow Sunday highlight shows across the country to pick up the AMA Superbike feed directly off the satellite. "We are excited about the new television package," said AMA Pro Racing executive director Tom Mueller. "Dan Murphy ( of First Auto Sports Television) did a great job putting this deal together. The benefits 'of having a production truck on-site will increase production quality, facilitate satellite uplinks, and give us )lew avenues to reach a television audience." Chet Burks Productions will again be producing the Prime and Speedvision shows. Speedvision, a new network dedicated to motorsports coverage, claims to reach 11 million households, while Prime and its affiliates reach 44 million and TNN reaches a total of 64 million households. Beach, Florida, in March. For more information, call 800/241-1223. Ron Archer, the owner of Archer Travel and the AMA Travel Desk, is holding Bike Nile on Mondays at his Burger Garden restaurant in the La Cresenta area of Southern California. Fifteen percent of all gross receipts for the Bike ites will be donated equally to the Clayton Foundation for injured racers and to the AMA's Government Relations Committee. For more information, call the Burger Garden at 818/9573906. Dirt track legend Eddie Mulder is trying to put together a series of dirt track half miles and ITs for both Vintage and Pro 600cc racers. Mulder would like to hear from any interested parties at 800/364-6060. The AMA is seeking an avid motorcyclist to fill the newly created position of Resource Development Director. The qualified candidate will be responsible for developing, managing and reporting on a diversified fund-raisin,g program of advocacy, public education and museum fund programs. Interested individuals can send resumes to HR Director, AMA, 33 Collegeview Rd., Westerville, OH 43081-1484. PJt Lubricants has signed on to be the title sponsor of the 1996 AMA Super Arenacross ationals. PJ1 will post a $35,000 point fun.d for Expert riders with $10,000 being paid to the Arenacross National Champion at the conclusion of the series in March. "After quite a long search, we determined the Arenacross series offers the best opportunity for our company to showcase PJ1," said P. J. Harvey, president of PJH Brands. "Not only is the racing close, but it also gives spectators a chance to see PJl perform under some of the most demanding conditions imaginable. It" s an important part of our marketing plan - and there's simply no better way to demonstrate the quality we put into every one of our products." Jarvis debuts Scor a Eas G raham Jarvis, the British rider who fronts the tiny French Scorpa factory in International trials competition, gave the radical-looking 1996 Easy model (right) a sensational debut at the ovember 17 Montpelier Indoor Stadium Trial, held in Montpelier, France. In the process, Jarvis whipped seventime World Champion Jordi Tarres! Tarres had protested about the dangerous nature of some of the Montpelier sections and it was Jarvis - very inexperienced at the indoor game - who drew the short straw and had to ride the six sections first. Amazingly, he completed the opening lap with a single dab and led the field after the first circuit. . "That surprised everyone, even myself," said quiet man Jarvis. The 3000-strong French crowd were right on the Brit as he continued to impress on the new Scorpa, but it was 1991 World Champion Tomrni Ahvala who got his act together to go on and easily win the event aboard his factory Fantic Section. Ahvala dropped just seven marks total, while Jarvis got the better of home favorite Bruno Camozzi for second with an 18. Tarres was fourth with a surprisingly off 30 marks, while Marcel Justribo, Kenichi Kuroyama and Doug Lampkin rounded out the field. John Dickinson he AMA has released tentative schedules for the 1996 off-road season, which includes the National Enduro, Reliability Enduro (ISDE Qualifier), Hare Scrambles and Hare & Hound Series. We also included the '96 schedule of the AMAsanctioned Grand National Cross Country Series. The events and dates are as follows: AMA National Enduro Series: February 11 Wickenburg, Arizona February 18 Coalinga, California March 17 Forest Hill, Louisiana March 31 Crosbyton, Texas April 28 Wellston, Ohio June 23 West Greenwich, Rhode lsland September 8 Canton, llIinois September 15 London, Kentucky October 27 Delaware City, Delaware AMA National Reliability Enduro Series: May 18-19 New Waverly, Texas May 25-26 McArthur, Ohio June 1-2 Idaho City, Idaho June 8-9 Tillamook, Oregon AMA National Hare Scrambles Series: February 4 Hollister, California March 24 Columbus, Texas April 14 Hurricane Mills, Tennessee April 21 Redding, California June 30 Berkshire, New York September 22 Roseburg, Oregon October 6 Lynnville, Indiana October 20 Park Hills, Missouri November 3 Millfield, Ohio Seven-time World Champion John Surtees was inducted into the International Motorspdrts Hall of Fame on November 1. After winning his seven World Championships and six Isle of Man IT races, Surtees retired from motorcycle racing in 1960 and focused his attention to car racing. In 1964, the Brit won the Formula One World Championship in a V-8 Ferrari, becoming the first man to win World Championships on both two and four wheels. PURCHASED: Maico Motorcycles of Germany by the Dutch firm, Rodem BV, who will continue distribution in the U.S. through U.S. Maico of Oxford, Alabama. The motorcycles will continue to be called Maicos. For more information, call U.S. Maico at 205/831-3029. MOVED: Platypus Worldwide, the company headed by Aussie Peter Nash which distributes the "Crusty Demons of Dirt" video tape, to P.O. Box 11839, Costa Mesa, CA 92627,714/645-7306, Fax 714/645-7282. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At South Valley Motorsports in Draper, Utah, on December 2, 12 p.m.-4 p.m. Yamaha's Bob Hannah is scheduled to appear. For more information, call 801/566-9345. MOVED: Powroll Inc., manufacturers of four-stroke performance accessories, to P.O. Box 920, Redmond, OR 97756, 541/923-1290. BORN: Angelo Urbano Forti, to Scott USA's Bevo Forti and his wife, Helen, on November 13 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. HIRED: Dave Warren as the new customer-service / rider representative at Applied Racing Products. HIRED: Mike Church, by WERA Motorcycle Roadracing, as Marketing, Promotions and PR person. Church for- AMA National Hare & Hound Series: January 28 Lucerne Valley, California March 17 Murphy, Idaho April 13 Jericho, Utah April 28 Red Mountain, California September 15 Yerington, Nevada October 6 Reno, Nevada October 27 Lucerne Valley, California Grand National Cross Country Series: March 5 Ocala, Florida March 24 Hickory, North Carolina April 14 Hurricane Mills, Tennessee April 28 Oarksburg, West Virginia May 11 (Sat.) Brownsville, Pennsylvania June 2 Boyers, Pennsylvania June 16 Elizabeth, West Virginia August 25 Millfield, Ohio September 15 Fainnont, West Virginia September 28 (Sat.) Mount Morris, Pennsylvania October 13 Crawfordsville, Indiana October 27 TBA merly held the position as sales manager for Cycle News East in Tucker, Georgia. Church can be reached at 770/9248404. ACQUffiED: Covina Yamaha/Kawasaki by Bert's Motorcycle Mall in Azusa, California. Bert's now carries all the Japanese Big Four including Honda and Suzuki, as well as Ducati. For more information, call 818/334-1288. MOVED: IndigQ Sports, to 207 Banks Station, #617, Fayetteville, GA 30214, 770/719-3800 and 770/719-3888 (fax), effective November 30. PROMOTED: Brian Fleck to the position of off-road manager for Dun lop Tire Corporation's Motorcycle Tire Division. Fleck will be in charge of the offroad racing program, including race support and event sponsorship. He also will assist the technical department with the development and testing of off-road products. Fleck pent the last two years assisting Dunlop road race manager Jim Allen with Dunlop's DOT road race tire program. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At MotoPro in Oceanside, California, on December 3, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. BMW legends Reg Pridmore, Don Emde, Walt Fulton, Don Vesco and Jody Nicholas are scheduled to appear. SIGNED: An international distribution deal between Motorbooks International and the California Superbike School for Keith Code's books: "A Twist of the Wrist," "A Twist of the Wrist Vol. II," and "The Soft Science of Roadracing Motorcycles." PROMOTED: Michael Heckman to the position of sales representative for the Petersen Motorcycle Group. Heckman will be responsible for advertising sales in Motorcyclist, Dirt Rider and Sport Rider magazines. IN ~ 0\ ,...., 0\ C'l aJ S Q) 1; Z 3

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