Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

'..IN THEWIN~ 'I fo u nder Brian Catterson ab out ta ki ng th e class to a national le vel. Up date d rules are available from Dou g Johnson at 509/ 453-1976. Mul ti-time Isle o f Man TT winner Joey D unlop h as be en awarded an OBE in th e Queen ' s New Year Hon ors list for his services to mot orcycling and for his mercy trip s to war-to m countries . On ly tw o other moto rcycle racers have pr eviously received the award, Geoff Du ke and World Speedway Ch am pi on Ivan Mauger . Shoe m an Ken M aely called th e Cycle News offices rece ntly to remind all dirt trackers to get th eir stee l-shoe orders in early for Dayt ona. Maely can be reached at 909/277-8989. California Trail Rid es, O ran ge Co unty Dual ies M / C and Fin eline Mot osp orts will host a m otorcycle pa rts and accesso ries "garage sale" to raise m on ey for th e Pedi atr ic Bra in Tumor Fou ndation on March 16 in Huntington Beach, California. All mon ey ra ised at th e sa le will be don at ed to the Ped iatric Brain Tumor Found ation a t the Rid e for Kids dual sport event on March 17, th e day after th e sa le . Fo r m ore informa tio n, ca ll 714/ 992-9291 or 714/842-9253. Former m otorcycle racing legend Larry Roeseler teamed with Jerry McDon ald in a Ch evrolet 5-10 pickup truck to win Cl ass 7 in th e Parker 400, th e seasono peni ng race in th e 1996 SCO RE OffRo ad Rac in g De sert Ch amp ionsh ip Series on January 20. Roeseler is bein g g roomed to t ake o v e r as the te am ' s Class 7 lead driver. The AMA has released the sche dule for th e 1996 Flo rida Flat Track Series, w h ich w ill again b e p romo ted by th e Florid a Harley-Davidson Dealers Associatio n. A $10,000 points fujld has been posted for th e nin e-race series, which is sched ule d to run as follows: Oglethorpe Speed way / Savannah, Georgi a - March 1; St. Au gu stine Sp eedway 1St. Au gustin e, Florida - March 2; Volusia Speedw ay (as p ha lt)/ Ba rbervi lle, Flo ri d a Mar ch 3; Volus ia Speedway (d irt ) /Barb erv ill e, Florid a - Mar ch 3; Vo lusi a Speedway (dirt) / Barberville, Florid a March 4; East Ba y Ra cew ay / Tam pa, Florida - March 5; St. Au gustine SpeedW Y/ St. Augustine, Florida - March 7; il Municip al Stad ium /Da ytona Beach, Fl o rid a - M arch 8; Mun icipal Sta dium /Dayton a Beach, Florida - March 9. Sp ea kin g o f Vo lusia Spee dway, th e Council (MIC) as d irector o f m ember services. fam e is sche d uled to ap pear. For m ore inform ation, call 216 / 453-5464. A UTOGRAPH SIGN ING: A t Aurora Suzuki in Sea ttle, Washingt on , on Feb: ruary 2 from 6 to 7 p,m. Team Suzu ki's m otocross team is sche d uled to appear. For more in fo rm a tio n, ca ll 206/7832323. Florid a racing co m plex will h ost tw o rounds of th e Florida Flat Track Series on th e same day, March 3, as a collaborative ef fort between Ken Lilly of th e Mot orcycle Asph alt Racing Series and d irt tra cker Steve Morehead has crea ted the first Florida Harley-Davidson Dealers Bash. Lilly w ill run a MARS even t on th e Vo lusia as p halt o val at 2 p .m. while Mo rehead' s "Exp erts on ly" h alf m ile is s ched uled to begin at 7 p .m . Mo re hea d sai d th at the d own t ime between events will be filled with festivit ies, incl uding a barb ecue and a live band . Spectato rs attending the MAR S event will also receive a d iscou nt if they buy a ticket for th e di rt track. " Ken let me come on board and join forces wi th him to h a ve th ese races," Morehead sa id. "Th is firs t year (the dirt track) is jus t go ing to be Exp erts o nly, but I' m h oping that th is will be a su cce ss fu l sho w, becau se then m aybe we can bu ild it up even m ore. We get a lot of European people d own th ere, an d th is will be a goo d w ay of introducing th em to our sport." . AUTOGRAPH S IGNIN G : At In la n d Wheel Center in San Bernadino, Californi a, on January 24 from 6 to 9 p .m. Team KTM's Mike Healey, Team Green 's Gre g Zitterk opft, Team H onda ' s Jeremy McGrath and Steve Lam son, Team Inn ova tion Spo rts ' Phil Lawrence and Team Pro Circui t's David Pingr ee and Ch ad Pederso n ar e scheduled to appear. For m ore in formation, call 909/6324. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At 510 City Cycles in San Lu is Obis po, Ca lifo rn ia, on February 16 fro m 4 to 9 p.m. Team Suzuki Off Roa d riders Rod ney Smith, Rand y Haw ki ns an d Steve H atch a re scheduled to appe ar. For m ore info rmation, call 805 /541-1741. HIRED: Fo rmer H on d a factory rid er and two-time Trans-Am Cham pion Rich Eier stedt, by th e sa les and p romoti on s department at JT USA, the Chu la Vista, Ca lifornia, mot ocross apparel com pa ny . CORRECTION: We mad e tw o mistakes in our coverage of th e O rlando Su percros s. Eastern Region al125cc Su percross .Champion Mickael Pichon 's mechanic is Chad Watts, not And rew Reyn olds, and the SplitFire/ Pro Circuit/ Ka w a s a ki team ' s semi is brand-new, no t a handme-down fro m th e Kaw as aki fac tory te am . We were co rr e ct , h o w e v er, in rep o rting th a t Pichon easily w on th e 125cc m ain event. L&R Racin g Products has geared up to begin fu ll production of its Husaberg dirt tr a ck er s (see Issue #13, April 5, 1995 ) a n d pl an s to debut 350cc and 600cc bikes in the Flo rid a Flat Tr a ck Seri es during Cam el Mot orcycle Week in Dayto na, Florida. Pro-Am riders Geral d Te nret a n d Gre g Riddle w ill b e aboard th e m achines in Day tona. AUTOGRAPH SIGN IN G: At Ana hei m Kawasaki in An aheim, California, on Januar y 26, 6-7 p .m . Tea m Kawasaki's Damon Huffma n, Ryan Hu gh es and Jeff Emig are sched u led to appear. For m ore information, call 714/563-1700. Form er 250cc Gr a n d Pri x Nationa l Cham pion Jimmy Fili ce has accep ted th e position o f lead trainer for Kenny Roberts' Training School in Spai n. Filice will work at the school during the week and will compete in the Ducados Open Series on the weekends. "It's good," Filice said . "It's a goo d opportunity for me long term as the sc hoo l continues to grow. I think it'll be good for m e an d it gives me the chan ce to help other guys ." Filice is sche du led to travel to Spai n at th e end of January for his fir st sc hool session w ith a group of Ma laysian racers . The opening round of the Ducados Series is sched uled for March 3. AUTOGRA PH SIGNING : At Hinshaw 's Mo torcy cle Store in Auburn, Washington, o n February 2 at 6 p .m. Tea m Hon d a /l -800-Coll ect /Fox riders Jeremy McGra th and Steve Lamson, as ' well as Hon da of Troy' s Larry Wa rd, Mike Craig, Brian Swi nk , Mike Brown, Jeff Willoh and Casey Lytle are sche d ul ed to appea r. For m o re informa tio n, . . call 206/939-7164. A UT O G RA P H SIGNING: A t Lynnwood Yamaha in Lynnwood, Washington, on Feb ruary 2, 6-7:30 p .m. Team Ya maha ' s Damon Brad s h a w , J ohn Dowd and Kevin Windham are sched u led to appea r. Fo r more information ca1l206 /774-D505. HIRED: Scott Dewey, by Seals Network Sales Inc., th e advertising sales affiliate of Sea ls Comm u nication Corp., as vice president of network s ales. Dewey will a lso se rve as m arke ti n g director fo r Sealsco . Dewey m ost rece nt ly was marketing manager for Fox Racing Inc. AUTOGRAPH SIGN IN G: At Rorick's Dirt Bike Ace., in Canton, Oh io, 'on February 4 fro m 11 a .m . to 4 p .m. Se th Enslow of Crusty Dem ons of Dirt video H IRED : Ga ry LaPlan te, former public relati ons director for Torco Intern ation al Co rp ., by the M ot o r cy cl e In du stry HIRED: Jack Mangus, as ge ne ral m anager of Che t Burks Production s, th e producer s of Prime Network and Speedvision's coverage of th e AMA National Cha m p ionsh ip Road Race Series . Ma ngu s is th e former ed itor of Cycle New s Dixie, Cycle Ne ws East an d Cycle News. AUT OG RAPH S IGN ING: At th e Vito n ix Booth in th e ex po area a t th e Janu ary 27 Anaheim Su perc ross, 4-5 p .m. Team Si zzl er /No le en /Yamah a rid er Kyle Lewis and Aus tra lian Nati on a l M X Champ ion Kim As h ken azi are sched uled to appear. AUTOG RAPH SIGNING: At Escondi do Cycle Center in Escondid o, California, on February 9 from 5 to 7:30 p .m. Off-ro ad racing legen d Malcolm Smith, Team Hond a' s Jeremy McG rath and Steve Lams on , Te am Kawa sa ki ' s Jeff Emig, Ryan Hugh es and Damon Huffm an and Team Suzu ki' s Greg Albertyn, Tim Fer ry, Mike LaRocco and Ezr a Lusk are sche d u led to appear. For more inform ation, call 800/564-8078. CO RRECTI ON: W e repo r te d in las t w ee k ' s is su e th a t dirt tra ck er Ja s on Flet cher w as o ne of three riders who had signed on w ith the road ra cing team Team Labelle /MVR, when in fact it was Jaso n Fra zier w ho had joine d th e team, not Flet cher. NAMED : M att H ilgenberg, ow ner of Speed & Sp ort, a vi n tage restoratio n facility in Lon g Beach, California, to th e AHRMA Board of Trustees. FORMED: A hom e p age on th e Wor ld Wide Web by Galfer Brak es. The hom e page can be found at http:/ / www .sil com.com/ -galfer. R EOP ENED: Tripl e Sp e cia lt ies in Tempe, Ari zona. 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