Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

I·INTHE·WIND· .~ -I Sonoma, California, August 25. Ben Bostrom finished 12th and was awarded the top privateer prize of $400. Michael Taylor and Al Salaverria received $250 and $150, respectively, for finishing as the second and third finishing privateers. Ute Elf Hard Charger Award went to Kenneth Evan, who started in 41st position and finished 25th. Evan won $400 from Elf. The 1996 Desert Cannonball rally by Pharaons will take place in Egypt, October 11-19. Ute rally will start in Alexandria and will cover most of the famous archeological and historical sites of ancient Egypt. Promoter Fenouil has set up a travel package to help the first 10 American riders that wish to participate in the event. For $5,000 your bike will be transported by plane (out of New York or Los Angeles ), along with a spare parts box. Also included is your Egyptair customs, all necessary insurance needed, a special black box for navigational purposes, all hotel and bivouac expenses, and food (except for lunch and dinner in Cairo). For more information contact Les Pharaons, 26 Bis Rue Parc, 94360, BRY 1Marne, or call 48-82-29-29, or fax 48-82-28-67. No Remorse Designs is now accepting sponsorship resumes for the 1997 racing season. Resumes must be received prior to November 1 and can be sent to No Remorse Designs, 1414 Fuhrman Court, Roseville, CA 95678. Matrix Sports Group, 6630-B Patterson Pass Rd., Livermore, CA 94550, Attn: Race Department. Bartels' Harley-Davidson still has some 883 rent-a-racers available for the October 10-11 Del Mar Road Race. Bartels has a turn-key package which includes a professionally prepared bike with full technical support at the race track. For more information, call Bartels at 310/823-1112 Pirelli has announced that it is currently accepting applications and resumes from North American racers interested in Pirelli tire support for the'1997 racing season. Pirelli will accept resumes from interested Pro and Amateur road racers, motocrossers and off-road racers through November 29. Materials should be sent to Pirelli Motorcycle Tire Division, 410 Eagleview Blvd., Suite 106, Exton, PA 19341. Speaking of the road race scheduled for the Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California, October 10-11, five-time British 500cc Oassic Champion John Cronshaw will be competing in the race on his BSA Gold Star and will go head to head against the likes of Barber Racing's Chuck Huneycutt and Stephen Mathews. EVS Sports Protection is now accepting resumes for the 1997 racing season. All resumes must be received by November 30 for consideration. Mail them to EVS Sports Protection, Attn: Rider Support, 2900 Airport Ave., Suite F, Santa Monica, CA90405. The AMA Heritage Foundation Banquet also will be held during the vintage weekend in Del Mar in October with sixtime World Champion Jim Redman scheduled to be the guest of honor. In addition, Harley-Davidson's Willie G. Davidson will join other guests such as Don Emde, Dave Aldana, Don Vesco, Ed Kretz Jr., Jody Nicholas and others. Seats are limited. For more information, call 800 1711-3872 or 718/596-0504. . Bieffe Racing is now accepting resumes for the 1997 Rider Support programs. Road race, motocross and off-road programs are available. Submit resumes to Aclassic returns All current and former cornerworkers and those who would like to become cornerworkers are invited to participate in the upcoming WERA Grand National Finals, scheduled for October 9-13 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. For more information, call 412/928-0557. T he San Jose Mile is back. Ute event, which has not been run since the 1993 AMA Grand National season, has been scheduled for October 20 - one week after the AMA Grand National Championship Series finale Del Mar Mile - and will be the highest-paying non-Grand National event in history, boasting a $50,000 7SOcc Expert purse. Gary Stolzenburg. of G&C Racing Inc., is promoting the event. Stolzenburg.. who also owns F&S Harley-Davidson and the F&S Harley-Davidson race team of Steve Morehead, and has been promoting dirt track races since 1971, said that the time is right for the return of San Jose. ''I'm doing this for two reasons," Stolzenburg said. "One, I tIiink the San Jose Mile was always a heck of a thrill to watch, and I'd like to see it back. And two, 1 want to take all the the profits from this race and put it right back into the People's Point Fund for the top 20 riders. In 1994 we paid out $35,400. In 1995 it was $37,000. I'm not going to make a dollar off this race. It's all going back to the riders. And all of the top riders have promised me that they will be there: Parker, Atherton, Morehead, Davis, Springsteen, all of them." ' Stolzenburg said that in addition to the Expert purse, the race will pay a $5000 Harley-Davidson 883 purse, a $3000 600cc Expert purse and a $2000 600cc Pro-Am purse. Stolzenburg also said that there will be more than just motorcycle racing taking place at the event. An antique car and motorcycle show will be held in conjunction with the race. . "I want to make this an annual event," Stolzenburg Sjiid. "We owe it the old-time dirt track fans and the fans from the Bay Area to get this going again. A lot of fans have· .been begging for someone to put on this race. I decided to step up to the pump and do According to sources close to Polaris, the snowmobile and personal watercraft manufacturer will definitely produce a motorcycle in 1997. The first motorcycle to be produced by the Minnesota-based manufacturer will be a cruiser named Victory. Stay tuned. Michael T. Keehan will ride a BMW KllooLT in the Fourth Anrtual Ride for AIDS Education. Keehan will leave Los Angeles on September 3 and is scheduled to arrive in New York on September 16. The Willow Springs Motorcycle Club will present a free racers' seminar with Keith Code on Saturday, October 19 at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California. The seminars will be held throughout the regularly scheduled Saturday practice with attendance limited to riders who have been racing for two it." Racing is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. Admission for the race and the show will be $25 for reserved box seats, $22 for a reserved seat, $20 for general admission, $10 for children 7-15. Children 6 and under will be admitted free. For more race information, call 800 1783-2222. For show information, contact Cary Buck at 415/348-7760. years or less; and who have paid for the regular practice day and have a friend on hand to time their laps. Utere is a limit of 15 riders on a first-come, first-serve basis. To register, call 818/246-O7l7. With the battle for the AMA Superbike National Championship going to the final round at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 6, it's interesting to note that a win in Vegas for Miguel DuHamel would give him 14 AMA Superbike wins in his career, tying him for fourth with four-time World Champion Eddie Lawson. It would also put him only six wins behind the all-time AMA Superbike National win leader, Fred MerkeL. A Doug Chandler win in Vegas would give him eight career AMA Superbike wins, moving him into a tie for 10th with Wes Cooley. Both DuHamel and Chandler are trying to win their second Superbike National Championships. Lawson, Wayne Rainey and Wes Cooley have won two AMA Superb ike titles while Merkel and Reg Pridmore are the only three-time winners of the series. Yoshimura Suzuki's Aaron Yates became the 36th rider to win an AMA Superbike Natiol1al when he scored the win at Sears Point Raceway on August 25. MotoRing Technical Training Institute is now taking applications for its motorsports technician program, beginning September 30. According to MITI the program is comprehensive in nature, covering motorcycles, ATVs, personal watercraft and snowmobiles and featuring intensive hands-on training. For more information, contact Ward Ring at 401/434-4840. CANCELED: The 1996 True Grits SOee Fun Run, according to a release from Fun And Reliable Tiddlers. I OPENED: BSY Racing's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.bsy.com. NAMED: Bill Sparks as director of marketing and public relations for McGrath Motorsports. McGrath Motorsports is an upstart team which will field Jimmy Gaddis and two yet-to-be--named riders in the 1997 AMA PJI National Arenacross Series. For more information, call 815/538-7744. OPENED: EVS Sports Protection's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the foUowing address: http://www.lcneebrace.com. CORRECTION: The U.S. Motorcycle Nationals, a round of the AMA Grand National Championship, will be held in KnoxviUe, Iowa, and not Knoxville, Tennessee, on Septem~r 21. 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