Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

areas, infield and free infield car parking. The ticket must be purchased by October 18. Other ticket packages will be available all the way through race action, which begins on October 17 and wraps up on October 20. According to Daytona International Speedway, more than 1,500 entries from around the world will compete for 38 championships at the 13th Fall Cycle Scene road races at Daytona on October 17-20. The third Harley-Davidson Twin Sports World Final and a pair of 50-mile races to decide the NASB Sunoco Race Fuels Formula USA Championship highlight the NASB pro portion of the' program while 33 CCS titles also will be decided over the weekend. AMA 125cc National Motocross Cham-pion Steve Lamson will race in the Hamel 100, the $5,000 Pro purse race on November 10 during the Elsinore Grand Prix in Elsinore, California. Lamson will also will be available to sign autographs at the Legends Barbecue on November 9 at Diamond Stadium from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. For ticket information, call 909 1245-4487. According to GFI, the cl osed -course track which will be used for the upcoming Elsinore Grand Prix is not your typical Grand Prix track. The course will start downtown and run through the hills of Elsinore, featuring similar terrain as depicted in recent motocross videos. Jeff Matiasevich, Donald Upton, Mike Metzger, Guy Cooper and Ty Davis have signed up to compete, as well as off-road racers, Paul Krause and Larry Roeseler. For more information, calr 909/653-4042. Speaking of the Elsinore Grand Prix, Perris Raceway, in Perris, California, wiJI be hosting an Elsinore Grand .Prix Warm-up for riders to tune their bikes and themselves prior to the GP. The event will be held November 3 and will consist of 40-minute races on the fadIity's extended Grand Prix course. The Willow Springs Motorcycle Club is offering a day on the Streets. of Willow for $50 per rider for the entire day on November 1. Tne day at the track in Rosamond, California, is for WSMC members only with the track opening at 8:30 a.m. and c;:losing at 5 p.m. For more information, call 805 1256-1234. More than 300 motorcyclists participat- ed in two simultaneously held BMW Miracle Rides, Sunday, September 22, raising nearly $50,000 for the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, 'the only non-profit health foundation dedicated to .finding the cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Australian Superbike National Champion Peter Goddard will replace the stillinjured Daryl Beattie on the Lucky Strike Suzuki team for the upcoming Australian Grand Prix on October 20. Goddard, who also had a full season on a Lucky Strike Suzuki RGv500 in Japan in 1993, won the Australian Superbike title on a Suzuki GSXR750. Beattie's' return has been thwarted by a bad wrist, for which he will unCiergo surgery shortly. "I was really thrilled when I got the call to take over Daryl's bike," Goddard said. "Of course not because he couldn't ride - I'd rather have had the bike any other way. But GP chances like this don't grow on trees, so I want to make the most of it. It's a privilege to get a ride like this, and I'll do my very best." Motocrossers Buddy Antunez and Denny Stephenson will compete in the AMA PJ1 Oils Arenacross Series on the Thor 1Honda 1Primal Impulse Racing Team, which was put together by Parts Unlimited and TUF Racing's Dave Antolak. The team will be managed by Billy Whitley. The Los Angeles-Barstow to Las Vegas Dual Sport Ride the final event of the AMA/Suzuki National Trail Ride' Series, November 29-30, will be a "Toys for Tots" benefit run. For more information, ca11818/249-2141. On-Trac Events will present the West Coast Arenacross Challenge, October 18-20, at the San Francisco Cow Palace. Pros will race on Frida y and Saturday night with Amateurs taking to the track on Sunday. For more information, call 702/267-4392. HIRED: T. David Porter as Pirelli racing manager for the Pirelli Motorcycle Tire Division. . Pinsonnault takes fourth straight title T hree-time and defending 540cc National Hillclimb Champion Paul Pinsonnault wrapped up his fourth straight championship at the final round of the AMA National Championship Hillclimb series in Oregonia, Ohio, October 13, tying the legendary Earl Bowlby's record for consecutive titles. Pinsonnault's second place behind sometime 1996 comp'etitor Richard Soter Ill's nitro-fueled BSA was enough to clinch the championship and capped off an exCiting season that featured many new faces in the winner's circle. All-Star invitational winner, BSA-mounted Terry Thompson, had a strong finish to .his season with a third place on the day. Pinsonnault's main championship rival, David Watson, finished sixth and ended the season 12 points adrift of Pinsonnault's 135. Scott McNeely, seventh on the day, finished the season in third with 109 points. In the 800cc class, Harley-Davidson rider and 1995 champ Steve Dresser claimed his second straight Devil's Staircase win ahead of Lou Gerencer, who clinched the 800cc title two weeks ago in York, Pennsylvania. Gerencer came up just 0.043 second short in his bid to win the· biggest National Hillclimb ever. Third on the day went to Rodney Williams. Gerencer took the championship with a commanding lead over Mickey Dent, 138-99. Tom Reiser was third with 92 points. previously, Saunders held a position as the company's export sales manager. sports Public Affairs Council's Washing-_ ton, D. C. office. PROMOTED: Frequent Cycle News contributor Michael Ross, to chief instructor of the Hontech program at the Phoenix, Arizona, campus of the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute. Ross succeeds Ed Abdo, who quit the position to become the curriculum development coordinator atMMI. FORMED: E-Line Accessories, by offroad racer Kevin Hines. E-Line will offer carbon kevlar accessories for most makes and mode]s of motorcycles as well as high-output lighting systems. For more information, call 508/295-0812. OPENED: Carbon Tech's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the foHowing address: http://www.carbontech.com. APPOINTED: Mike Nisebaum as the new vice president 1general manager of U.S. Tsubaki's engineering chain division. MOVED: Pro Circuit Racing to 2771 Wardlow Rd., Corona, CA 91720, 909/738-8050,909/738-8065 (fax). CORRECTION: Race Tech's home page on the World Wide Web had the wrong address in last week's issue. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.race-tech.com. OPENED: Sunburst Performance's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.sunbrst.com. OPENED: Uni Filter Inc.'s horpe page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://members.gnn.com/ unifilterl uni. htm. MOVED: Braking Brake Systems, to 1333 India St., San Diego, CA 92101, effective October 15. The 800 phone number remains the same at 800{BRAKEHARD. PROMOTED: Peter Saunders fo sales and marketing director for Avon Tires; HIRED George J. Pantos, as chief lobbyist and manager of the American Motor- BORN: Justin Christopher Martin, to Georgian motocrosser Tommy Martin and nis wi fe Sharon, September 26 in Macon. MOVED: Body Mechanic Sports Massage to 520 Second Ave., Suite 5E, New York, NY 10016, 212/545-1619. . OPENED: Maier Mfg.'s home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.maier-mfg.com. RENAMED: U.S. TsubakiInc. is renaming one of its major divisions: The Union Cnain Division IS now called the Engineering Chain Division. CORRECTION: Kevin Erion of Erion Racing called to say that contrary to what was reported in "SuperTeams R.I.P." (Issue #41, October 16), neither he nor any of his riders were contracted to receive a $25,000 bonus for winning the Performance Machine SuperTeams championship and that there was no such bonus in posted contingency. "I do not have a. bonus plan such as that in my contract," Erion said by phone October 11. As far as whether or not one of his riders has a bonus deal with Honda, Erion said his riders are contracted with him, not Honda and that he has no knowledge of such a bonus. l'~ r----------------------------------------------------------------, CErn ~. 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