Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Dirt T r a ck Racers Associati o n (VDTRA) will return to racing in Florida with two th ird-mile events sched u led for March 5-6 during Camel Motorcycle Week. VDTRA will run its races at River City Speedway, 40 miles or so no rth of Barberville, Florid a on Highway 17. For more informa tion, call 918/836-6999. ' Starwest S u p ercross Park in Moreno Valley, Cal iforn ia, w ill begin offeri ng Sa tu rday pra ctice day s o n S turd a y mornings , beginnin g on February 17. Th e Saturday practice wil l run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m ., featuring speci al sess ions for 60 and 80cc rid ers along with regular riding sessions for mot orcycles. Starwest also offers a separate Pee Wee track. Starwest is also open for riding every Tues day and Thursday from 4:30 t o 9:30 p.m. The cost for all sessio ns is $15 per bike, includ ing the rider, and $10 for Pee Wee rid ers. Specta tor admission is $4. For m ore informati on, ca 909/9434535. The Bu ell Motorcycle Company has launched its brand in Japan. according to a release from the company. Following a press conference on Feb ru ary 12 to announced the venture, Bu ell was sched u led to hold a th ree -d ay d ealer meeting in Tokyo. Thi rty dealers have been set up with sales exp ected to be around 150 units in 1996, the first o f which will be available on March 1. The company will offer th e Sl Lightning and the S2T Thund erbolt touring model to the market. Buells are currently sold in th e Uni te d States, Canada and Chile. In winning the February 10 San Diego . Su percross , t hree-ti me Super cross Cha mpion Jerem y McGrath m oved into a tie wit h six-time National MX Cha mpion Br o c G love r for fourth on the AMA all-t ime win lis t. Co incidentally, the "Gol de n Boy" was on hand to w itn es s M cGr a th ' s ru nawav w in . Both McGrath and Glover boas t 44 National MX and Su percross wins. Jeff Ward is third w ith 54, a n d Bob Hanna h a nd Rick Johnson are tied for first with 63. Personal W atercraf t l/l ustrated, ' the sister p ub lica tion of Cycl e N ews , is ac tivel y searching for an associa te edi tor to work on the month ly perso nal wa te rcra ft m a g az in e. A jo urnalism or En g li sh deg ree is required and kno wledge of the personal watercraft ind ustry is p re ferred. Resumes can be sent to Personal Watercraft Illu st rated, Attn: Paul Ca r-' ruthers, 2201 Cherry Ave ., Long Beach, CA 90806. 0 phone calls please. MARRI ED : Sm o kin ' Joe ' s H ond a ' s Steve Cre vier to longtim e gi rlfriend Chri st ianne Tay lor in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada , on Saturday, Febru ary 10. Christianne is the sister of Cana dian road racer Michael Taylor. MARRIED: Grand National di rt tracker and road racer Joe Win st on III to Jen nifer Haubert in Las Vegas, Nevada , on , Sund ay, January 14. LAU N C H ED Da yt o n a Inte rn a t ion al Speedway ' s hom e pa ge on jhe Wo rld Wide Web. The site can be found at 'th e a d d re ss: http: / / fo ll ow in g spee dweeks.com , . OPEN ED: Ryan Young' s Trials Superstore , the six-time AMA /NATC National Trials Champion's Gas Gas d ealershi p in Kent uck y. Youn g can be reached at his e-mail address of RYOUNG@ryt rials .w in.net. The store also has a ho me page on the World Wide Web which can be found at: http: / /www.win.net / rytrials. The phone number is 800/ 607-8742. APP OINTED: Brian Slark, as a Board of Directors Trustee by the American Histo ric RAcing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA). Star k is a longtime industry figure and No rto n guru, who also serves as d irect or of safety and tech for th e org ani zation. LAUNC HE D: Moto Italia's home page on the World Wide Web. The address is as foll ows: h ttp : / /www .aa .n et / -garage / motoital.html. BOR N : Colin Patrick, to longtime Cra nd .Nationa l Cross Co untry contender Frank Keegan and his wife Krissy on Decem ber 25 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania. AUT O G RA PH SIGNING: At Sports Cycles in Sulphur, California, on March 15 fro m 5 to 8 p .m .. Tea m Suz uki offroad racin g team is sched u led to appear. For m o re in fo rmation, call 318 /6253278. A UTOG RA PH SIGNING: A t Spacep or t Cy cles in Titusville, Florida, on March 7 from 6 to 7 p.m. Team Suzu ki's MX, roa d race and off-road racing teams are scheduled to appear. For more in formation, call 407/ 269-5941. MOVED: The Russell Racing School, to Sears Point Racway in Sono ma, California , effective Ju ly 1. The Russell Schoo l has been head qu artered at Laguna Seca Racew ay in Monterey, Californ ia, for Real dirt returns to So Cal hat cou ld be the dawn of a new era in Sou the rn California d irt track racing histo ry w as brough t to light when Perris Auto Speedway hosted a groundbreaki ng cere mo ny to celebrate the near-completion of its hal f-mile clay oval facility on the Lake Perri s Fairgrounds in Pe rr is, California, on Februarv 6. The SOOO-seat faci lity, which is loca ted jus t sout heas t of Rivers ide, is schedu led to open its door s with a spri n t-car show on March 30. It is the first new dirt track to be constructed in Sout hern Californi a in 25 years, and it will be the first Sout hern California h alf mile to ru n weekly shows since th e d emi se of Ascot Park in 1991. ' In fact, Asco t may be w here PAS has its begi nnings, as long time race-car ow ners Don, Danny, Ken and Chris Kazarian (left to right), the new venu e's prop rietors, spent m uch o f their lives , field ing sprint cars with su ch drivers as CRA champion Bubby Jones at the fabled Gardena track . "Ou r family has a racing tradition that dates back to the ' 60s," said Ken Kazarian. "So this is exciting for us . We see this ~s a new beginning for dirt track. Southern Cali_ fornia ha sn' t had (something like) this in a long. long time. Our vision is to have a high-quality racing facility th at the rest of the country can look up to." Along those lines, Kazarian said th a t th e permanent structu res at th e site will include mod ern restroo m facilities and high-quality food concession s. It will also be h ard-wired in key areas to facilitate television coverage. Several improveme nts will be made to the site each year . The track itself has been designed to accommodate both half mile and qu art er mile racin g. The back straigh taway will be elevated to make for a full vie w of the racing action even when the infield is full of race transporters. And the infield itse lf has been designed to allow for a full-o n IT course, giving Perris Auto Speedway the ability to host half mile, short track and TT events. Kazarian says that part of the plan is to run no less than four AMA Regional di rt track races in 1996. "We still have to talk with the AMA to negotiate the d ates," Kazarian said . "But we've put a lot of time an d e ffort into it, and we 've also been talk ing to people abou t hosting AMA-sa nctioned am ateur dirt track events on a more frequent basis." Approximately 200 people attended the groundbreaking ceremony, and en thusiasm was running high - perha ps none was more moved than longti me Southern California racing an nouncer Bruce Flan ders, wh o will be annou ncing several even ts at the track. "God, what a glorio us da y," Flanders sai d . "A brand-new dirt tra ck in Sou thern California . You know, there's something viscera l abo u t dirt track racing. The first two guys ever to race did it on the dirt. And now we have the first new Southern California d irt track in 25 years... Can you tell I'm excited? This place is gonna be aweso me!" W the past 15 years. Russell has signed a l O-year con tract with Sears Poin t Raceway. CHANGED: The ph one number o f the Sou theastern Sportbike Associ ation . The new number is 770/977-0538. MOVED: Racer Productio ns, prom oters o f the Grand Na tional Cross Cou nt ry Series, High Point Racew ay, Steel City Raceway, Brow n sv ill e Ra cew ay , the "Amateur National MX Cham pionships at Loretta Lynn's and various other offroad and dual-sport even ts. Th e new ad dress is as follow s: Racer Productions, Rout e 12, Bo x 267 , M o r g antown, W V26505 , 30 4 / 284 -0084 (vo ice), 304 /284-0081 (fax). Racer X Illust rated can be reached at the same address, but , the phone number is 304/ 284-0080. AUTOGRAPH SIGNI N G: At HSKS of Oca la, Flor ida, on Ma rch 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. Team Hon da of Troy, Team Suzuki, Tea m Kawasaki and HSKS riders Paul Currie, Anth o ny Pocorobba and T ravis Bla ck b u r n a re sche d u le d to a p p e a r. For more information, call 904/732-8531. 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