Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

I Davey Yezek (Suz) was the big winner at the War Memorial Coliseum Arenacross in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on December 8-10. Yezek scored both the 125 and 250cc Expert-class wins Saturday and Sunday, while Brock Sellards (Kaw) and Mike Katin (Hon) carded the 125 and 250cc Expert-class wins on Friday. AMA Grand National dirt track competitors will have another high-powered privateer team to contend with as aftermarket motorcycle saddle maker Mike Corbin has joined forces with the West Coast Racing team of Tim "Taco" Torreci lias and Eaken Racing to form Corbin Racing, which will field a threeman team consisting of Dave Camlin, Chance Darling and Lonnie Pauley for the 1996 season. Camlin will remain -aboard Harley-Davidson machinery with Eaken spinning the wrenches while Darling will campaign Bill Sagundesprepped Honda RS750s. Pauley will compete in the AMA 883cc National Championship Series aboard a Corbin Racing/Supertrapp Harley-Davidson 883. The entire operation will be based out of Eaken's Windham, Oruo, shop with the team taking to the road in a new Dodge Ram dually/40-foot Weekend Warrior fifth-wheel combo as well as a Team Corbin 18-wheeler at selected events. "Mike Corbin and I have been friends for a long time, and he asked me to put something together for ltim," said Torrecillas, who will be the team manager and handle the PR chores. "Mike has seen all the TV coverage that dirt track has been getting and the demographies of the fans, and he has seen a connection to both the Hondas and the Harleys." Former World Superbike Champion Scott Russell will definitely compete in the Marcl, 10 running of the Daytona 200. Russell, who recently tested the new Suzuki GSXR7SO at Daytona International Speedway, will try to become the first man ever to win four Daytona 200s. "I wanted to try the bike out and see what I could do with it," Russell said. "The thing is great, stable - I'm looking forward to doing the 200 with it." Pireill held its first test session at Daytona International Speedway on December 10-11, wi th a focus on becoming a force.in U.5. road racing. Among those trying the Metzeler and Pireill tires were Thunderbike Champion Yves Briguet, Austrian Christian Zwedorn, German Stefan Schewchowitsch and Canadian Owen Weichel. "This is my first time in the U.5.," said Salvo Pennisi, the manager of Pireill Group's testing and research and development office in Sicily. "It is very important for us. The American market is our next target and Daytona is the key. My visit here is to study so that we can build - in a very short time - a dedicated product for the March races." The test session involved tires for Superbike, 600 and 750cc Supersport, HarleyDavidson SuperTwins and SuperTeams. The fastest of the testers on the first day· was Briguet, who turned a 1:58.46 on his 600cc Supersport bike; Briguet finished 10th in last year's 600cc Supersport final at Daytona. According to sources in Europe, former 250cc World Champion John Kocinski is set to sign a contract with Ducati to contest the 1996 World Superbike Championship. Kocinski will team with Brit Neil Hodgson on the Virginio Ferrari-run factory team. Three-time Grand National Champion Ricky Graham is planning to hold a motorcycle flat track clinic, to be held December 23 and 30 in the Northern California area. The 39-time National winner would like to hear from riders interested in attending such a school. For more informa tion, call 408/4551113. American Indian actor Russell Means, famous for his roles in major movies such as The Last of the Mohicans and Pochahontas, will meet with Wall Street analysts and representatives of the media on December 12 to announce that he has entered into a wide-ranging relationship with First Entertainment Inc., the Connecticu t-based multimedia entertainment group, to promote the return of the famed Indian Motorcycle. Means will be chairman of the American Indian Motorcycle Trust, organized to benefit American Indian social causes by raising money through various Indian motorcycle activities. In addition to new team member Damon Buckmaster, Eraldo Fenacci has invited road r

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