Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

I·IN 'THE'WI-ND~ I Summer's c'linches GNCC title A Both Miguel DuHamel and Doug Chandler took part in a private Dunlop tire test at Daytona International Speedway recently. According to Dunlop, the test was to help whittle down some of the tires that will be tested again when all the top, Dunlop-usn:g AMA Superbike teams show up at Daytona in December. third-place finish at High Point Raceway in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania, September 28 was ffi l just enough for Team Honda's Scott Summers to clinch the 1996 AMA Grand National Cross Country title for the fifth time. Summers last won the GNCC title in 1992, after winning the two previous years. Summers went into the High Point GNCC needing to finish third or better to claim the crown, which he did, giving him a total of eight off-road titles - five GNCC and three Hare Scrambles National Championships. Summers is now tied for second place with eight-time National Enduro Champion Dick Burleson for the all-time title record for offroad titles. Ed Lojak holds the record with 11 offroad championships. At the High Point race, reigning GNCC champScott Plessinger, of Team KTM, scored the win, while Team Yamaha's Duane Conner finished secqnd. Summers was third, followed by Yamaha riders Fred Andrews and Doug BI.ackwell. . There are still two rounds remaining in the 13-round series. Due to an injury suffered by lead Pony Express rider Joe Nardone, the Pony Express Preservation Ride has been postponed from October 1, 1996,. to June 24, 1997. All current sponsors have renewed their commitment to the event, according to ride promoters. For more information, call 714/364-6117. With Vintage Iron International announcing last week that it will no longer sponsor AHRMA's Vintage Motocross Series beginning in 1997, California's Speed & Sport has jumped in and will back the Series in 1997. Speed & Sport will also continue as the title sponsor of AHRMA's Vintage Trials Series. Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California, has unveiled its Wall of Winners, 'which will list winners of all major events at the race track. The Cadillac Grill in Las Vegas will host Sportbike Nite on October 3, the night prior to the AMA Superbike National Championship weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The AMA has announced the first sponsors of its National Champions Awards Banquet, scheduled to be held in Las Vegas on November 16. Early supporters of the event are K&K Insurance, PACE Motorsports, and the American Motorcycle Institute. The banquet will be held at the Imperial Palace Hotel & Factory Connection is currently accepting race resumes for 1997 rider support. Interested parties must send their resumes to Factory Connection, 10 Cross Roads Industrial Park, Rochester, NH 03868, by December 1. Although the AMA Manufacturer Championship has yet to be decided in the AMA Superbike National Championship, Harley-Davidson and Honda have clinched the award for AMA Grand National Championship and AMA Motocross National Championships, respectively. The aWilrds is Harley-Davidson's 17th overall and ninth in a row while Honda's win in the category is the company's 14th overall and second in a row. Casino. For more information, call 614/891-2425. Pro Line Motorsports and the Gwinnett Place Mall United Artist theater (Atlanta, Georgia) will host the video premiere of three new videos from Fox Terrafirma III, Crusty 2 and Air Raid on October 17 at 6 p.m and 8 p.m. Free tickets are available at Pro Line Motorsports. For more information, call' 770/497-0994. Dan .Mahony Racing Photography will again host its "Picture Party" during the AMA Grand National Championship race on the Del Mar Mile in Del Mar, California, October 13. Several thousand photographs of AMA motorcycle racing dating back to 1950 will be available to look at and purchase when Mahony hosts his party at the Travel Lodge on Friday, October 11, and again at the motorcycle show at the fairgrounds on October 12. Metzeler has announced that it is now accepting resumes from North American racers interesting in Metzeler tire support in 1997. The resumes must arrive by November 29. Materials can be sent to Metzeler Motorcycle Tire North Our "In the Wind" item regarding the upcoming San Jose Mile only gave the phone number of the promoter and also gave a wrong price for tickets: All reserved seats are on sale for $25. To order tickets for the October 20 event, calJ BASS at 408/998-BASS, 510/762BASS or 916/923-BASS, or visit any BASS outlet or the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California. Tickets also can be ordered via fax from the fairgrounds by faxing 408/9987223. America, 410 Eagleview Blvd., Suite 106, Exton, PA 19341. The FIM Grand Prix Permanent Bureau met recently to examine the situation regarding fuel regulations for the 1997 racing season. It was decided, in absence of any position by the Grand Prix Manufacturers Association, that a decision regarding the use of unleaded fuel would be postponed until January 1. The FIM Technical Commission has drafted an unleaded-fuel-only regulation and the Grand Prix Manufacturers Association now has six months to take a position on that proposal. In light of the recent death of top-fuel motorcycle racer Elmer Trett, the Trett family has announced that they will continue to operate the family racing business. Tret!'s daughter Gina says that business-wise, everything will operate as normal at ':frett's Speed and Custom. For more information, call Tret!'s Speed and Custom at 706/754-3784. The infamous Bam Burner Series will return to San Jose, California's Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, October 19 with four Saturday night races scheduled for November with two more in December. For more information, call Engines Only at 408/374-4298. CORREcrION: In the letter from Falicon Performance Engineering (Voices, Issue #38, September 25) the word 110t was accidently omitted, an error that changed the meaning of the letter. That portion of the letter should have read, "When, we would not stop all production and put Mr. LaBelle ahead of aLi our customers, he chose to abuse rather than wait a few days for us to try to work his job in and accommodate him with a heaHreating source other than ourselves." CORRECTION: The WERA 125cc GP one-hour endurance race is being sponsored by Sharkskinz and not Sharkinz as given to us on a WERA press release last week. CN Lucero wins·U.S. National Speedway title S teve Lucero scored 14 points and defeated 1990-91 U.s. National Champion Mike Faria in a runoff to claim the U.S. National Speedway ChamJ>ionship !iefore 7,500 fans at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, Califorma, on September 28. Northern California rider Louis Kossuth was third with 11 points. Defending U.s. National Champion Greg Hancock scored 10 points and finished fifth. With the win, Lucero, who'laid claim to the title in 1988, joins Steve Bast (1969, 74) Mike Bast (1971,73,75-79), Bruce Penhall (1980-81), Kelly Moran (1983-84), Bobby Schwartz (1986,89), Sam Ermolenko (1993-94) and Faria as a two-time winner of the title, and°the 32-year-old Lucero now has the honor of longest time span between championships, eight years. ''It feels great," Lucero said. ':Absolutely unbelievable.l won it in 1988, and after that I was on the JlOdiurn five times, so we've been knocking on the door. You win one and people ask you if you can do it again. We had to wait a while, but they can't say anything now." The U.S. Women's Motocross League wiJ] perform a motocross exhibition at the California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Program's 25th Silver Anniversary Celebration at the Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area on October 5. r----------------------------------------------------------------, ([iffi ~ SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM Name..:· o _ Address State _ _ Zip City Order Date _ Please start my subscription to Cycle News: o .Every week for one year (50 issues) for $38.00 (can be billed 3 monthly payments) o Every week for two years (100 issues) for $70.00 o L Six months second class (25 issues) for $19.00 One year (50 issues), 2nd class Canada or Mexico and all otherforeign countries $78.00 (U.S. funds). First class and ainnail rates available upon request. _ This is a 0 New Subscription o Renewal o Please bill me o Bill 3 payments of $12.67 o Enclosed is my check or money order Charge my 0 Visa 0 Mastercard Signature _ MC/Visa# _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Expiration Date . 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