Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

for h is racin g licen se and is look in g for either a 750cc Supersport or 250cc GP rid e . Em d e w on t he 250c c ra ce a t Laguna in 1982 and 1983 and won th e 199 3 SuperT e am s e ve n t w it h Al Sa laverr!a . Em de can b e re ac h e d a t 408 / 649-5620. Lu cky Strike Su z uki ' s Daryl Beattie says h e' s pl ann in g on sta rtin g a he licopter ca ttle m u ste r in g bu sin ess in Au straliais deep north a fter h e re tires fr om racing, repo rt s Cycle News contri butor Darrvl Flack. Beattie also sa id he w ould like to tak e o n to uri ng ca r r a cin g w h ich is fo rm e r t eam m ate Kevin Sch wantz h as d one with grea t su ccess in Au stralia.. H onda race team m anager Ga ry Ma th ers w ill rid e a 1997 Hond a Valkyri e in the 1996 Kyle Petty Charity Mot orcycle Rid e Ac ross Am eri ca , ac co rdin g to Ame rica n Honda. Math er s, who usu ally rid es a Hond a Gold Win g, will particip ate in th e ride w hi ch b e gi n s in Sac ramen to, Californi a, on Ma y 6 and en d s in Charlotte, North Carolin a, on May 12. The 16th Annual Beverly Hills Motoring Accessories Charity Car Show w ill be held on Jul y 28 on th e lawn of th e Beverly Hills (California) Hi gh School. The s how w ill al so fea ture m otorcycl e s . For m or e infor m at ion, ca ll 310 /535-3895. Accor d in g to a p ress release issued by the team, d efendin g World Superbike Champion Ca rl Fogarty is inten t on fin ishing on th e rostrum in h is home race a t Donington Park in England on April 28. "My seaso n will sta rt proper at Donington, " Fogarty sai d . "We've struggled for dry track tim e in preseaso n testing but w e're get ting on th e pace, quickly." Yam a ha' s Co lin Ed w ards II is al s o hoping for a better result at th e Donington Park round of the World Superbike Cha mpion sh ip . " I can 't be to o an gry," Edwards sai d of his results in the opening ro und in Italy . "We got p oints w h ich I suppose is better than .las t year. I am di sappointed, th ough you d on't jus t qualify on th e front row of th e grid and then finish seventh and 11th. My goal is to win. I gotta go ou t the re and giv e 100 percent and nothing else . The top of the pod iu m is th e only place to finish ." On Jul y 20 , th e M iddle A t la nt ic Motocro s s Associa tion (MAMA) w ill hold a fund rai ser for a memori al fu nd in the na m e of Donny S chm it. Th e eve nt wi ll incl ude several " fu n " races and a charity silent au ction at Budds Creek MX Park in Mar yland . The event h a s be en a rra n ge d w ith coop era tio n from Schmit's w id ow , Kari , Fox is th e only sponsor of the event at thi s tim e, th ou gh the clu b is looking for others to d ona te to the auction a n d prizes for va rio us even ts. Fo r more info rmation, call Joh n Hoop er at 800/559-1923. Ca gi va N orth Ameri ca In c. is now a co rp ora te m ember of th e AMA. "We are look in g forwa rd to assis ting the A MA in p rom o tin g th e s p o r t a nd li fes ty le o f m ot or cy cl in g, " sa id Da n Van Ep ps; operations man ager of Cagiva. " We e nco u ra nge all Du cati a n d Husq varna rid ers to sig n up for individ ual ,mem be rshi ps as well. A stro ng AMA ens u res a b righ t fu tu re for the motor cycle in dustry, and for th e sport in ge neral." A major off -highway vehi cle trail system p lanned for th e central Appalachia ns in West Vi rginia h as m oved one s tep closer to imp le me n tati o n w h en West Virgin ia Govern or Gaston Caperton sig ned a bill cre at ing the Hat fieldMcCo y Region al Recreation Au thorit y, a pu blic corpora tion w hich will operate the trails. The legislati on had earlie r pa ssed t he sta te le gisl at u re with near-u na ni mo us support. " I am truly excited abo ut prospects for economi c d ev e lopm ent re lat ed t o t r a v e l an d tourism in th e H atfield-McCoy cou nties," Caperton said at th e formal bill sign in g on April 3. A d isqualificati on catastrophe w as narrowl y avoided af ter th e AM A Team lin e 750cc Supersport fina l a t th e Pomona Fairplex on April 20. Upon teardown, th e AMA fou n d all o f th e Su zuki s which were imp ound ed to have ill ega l cams. "The 750cc Supers po rt cams w er e different in th e winner' s circle than what we h ad, " AM A technical d irec tor Merrill Vanderslice said on Sund ay, April 21. "As it turns ou t, w e had a California model GSXR and the 48-state models have cams that are a lot d if fe rent ." Ev ery one co n ce r ne d wa s cl e a red of a ny wr on gd oin g an d the AMA will now get its h ands on a non -Cali forn ia mod el Suzuki GSXR750. Planet Desmo Racing w ill sp o nsor a track d ay at th e new Gin german Raceway in South Haven, Mich iga n on Ju ly 4 with three r ide r gro u p s pl an n e d : Street I, Street" an d Hot Shoe. Riders wh o a r e m emb er s of CCS, WERA , GLRRA , AH RM A, DOCC o r SSA can register for $85 on or before April 30. Th e fe e a fte r th at d a te is $ 100. Fo r m ore info rmation, call Jeff Jen nings at 610/399-0958 or visit Des mo ' s site on the Worl d Wide Web at the following a d d ress : http : / / www .e m a non.ne t / -je n ni ngs 1g i nge r. h t m fo r m ore details. Personal Watercraft lllusirated, the sis ter, publicat ion o f Cycle News, is ac tivel y se ar chi ng for a n a s s i stant editor. Knowl ed ge of person al w atercraft, and an English or journalism d egree is preferred. Send resumes to Personal W atercraft Ill ustrated, Pau l Carru thers, 2201 Ch erry Ave., Lon g Be ach, CA 90806. No phone calls, p lease. H IRED: Cameron Co atney, as assistant ed itor of Cycle News, effective im mediately . Coatney w as for merl y assistant ed ito r of Personal Wa tercraft Illust rated, a monthly person a l wa tercra ft m ag azine publish ed by CN Pu blishi ng. APPOINTED: Masek Sports of Casper, Wyoming , as the newest d istributor for Spectro O ils of America. Masek can be conta cted at 307 1237-9566. OPENED : P arkw a y Mo to rc ycl e Rentals in Ashevill e, North Ca ro lin a. Park way featu res late model an d v in ta ge BMW, Mo to Gu z z i and Cagi v a m otorcycl es availab le for d ail y, w eekl y o r monthl y r ental. Par kwa y is loc ated just tw o m inu tes fr om th e Blue Rid ge Parkway. For more infor. marion. call 800/6 09- 7433. Parkway a lso ha s a hom e pa ge on th e World Wide Web. Th e s ite can be found a t the fo llowing address : http : I I iconz . co . nz 1 bmw 1 p a r k w a y 1 ParkwayHomepage.html . OP EN ED : Pro-A ct ion Su spension ' s h ome pa ge on th e World Wide Web . The site can be found at the following ad d ress: http:/ /www.pro-actio n.com. AUT O GRAPH SIGNING: At HarleyDa vidson of Sacramento in Sacramento, California, on Ma y 3 from 7 to 9 p .m. NASCAR p ersonalities, including Ky le Pet t y , ar e sch e d u le d t o a p pear to cel eb r a te th e st art o f the Kyle Petty Ch arity Rid e Acr oss Am er i ca . Fo r m or e in fo rm a t i o n , call 916/929-4680. AUTOGRAPH SIGN IN G : At Good Times Kaw asaki in, Sac ramento, Cali - forn ia. on May 3 from 6 to 7 p .m. Team Kawasak i's Jeff Em ig , Da mo n H uffm an , Ry a n. Hu g h e s a n d Mi k e Kiedrowski are schedu led to app ear. Fo r m ore in forma tion, ca ll 916/ 3442141. ' . A UT O G R A PH SIGNING: At Fa y Myer s in Den ver, Colorado, on May 17 from 6 to 7 p .m . M emb ers o f Te am Suzuk iis mot ocross team ar e schedu led to ap pear. For m ore in formation, call 303/744-6632. AN N O UN CE D : The Donnie H ansen Motocr os s Aca dem y as a sponsor of th e 1996 Rocky To p USA Motoc ro ss Racin g Series. AN N O UN CED : A sponsorship ag ree ment bet w een Team Suzuki Sport, the ro ad ra ce su p por t arm o f Am eri can Suz u ki M oto r Cor po ra t io n , a n d ProF lex Bicycles. Pr oFlex will p rovid e its 756 m odel mountain bikes to mem bers of the team for train in g . OPENED: TravelCraft' s hom e page on th e World Wid e Web . The site can be fou nd a t th e ' foll owi n g . addre ss : http: / /www.tra velcraft.com. AUT O G R A P H S IGNING : At Mic h a e l' s Ka w as a k i in Carson Ci ty, N evad a, on Ma y 11 from 2 to 6 p .m . Team Green's Ty Davi s an d G reg Zitterkopf are sch ed u led to a ppear. For mor e in formation, call 702/ 883-6480. PROMOTED: Terry Bea l, to the positio n of Motor sports Marketing Coordin at or fo r Yamaha M otor Corp. Beal will be responsib le for assisting wi th promotion s, public relations, advertising, marketing and consu me r events. AUTO GRA PH S IG NING : At Capitol Yamaha, in Sacram ento, Californi a, May 3, from 6 p.m . to 7:30 p.m . Team Ya ma h a's Dam on Br ads haw , John Dowd, Doug Henry and Kevin Wi nd h am are sched u led to appear. For mo re informat ion, call 916 /485-9200. NAMED: Lan ce Bryson, as Vice Presid en t of Marketing a nd Publi c Rel ations, for Mike Kidd Promoti ons In c. Bryson will ov ersee sp onsorship sa les and resp on sibilities, alo ng with media and public relations. For th e past five years, Bryson ha s been working for the In ternatio nal Jet Sports Boating Association as Na tio nal Sales Manager for Jet Spo rts magazine, th eir in-ho use publicatio n . 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