Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division (the Green Sticker program), will be honored with the Golden Helmet award, given to those individuals who have gone far beyond the scope of their duties to improve off-highway vehicle recreation opportunities. "Quite frankly," deputy director Oiff Glidden said, "I don't know how we can replace a legend. Jerry's contributions to this program will have far-reaching impacts long after most of us have gone on to other endeavors." According to Jim Lewis of Lewis Communications, Inc., Lewis CommuiUcations will no longer be representing Motorcycle Product News Magazine for advertising sales. "We received a Federal Express letter on October 30 from Peter Brown, the new owner of MPN, terminating our relationship effective the day before the letter arrived, October 29. It caught us by complete surprise, and was very disappointing to us, having invested 14 months of hard work to assist a compa-. ny with no knoWledge of the motorcycle market." Effective immediately, all advertising and editorial-related business should be addressed to AB Publishing in Madison, Wisconsin, at 608/2490186, according to Lewis. Hot on the heels that 500cc Motocross World Champion Shayne King has signed a two-year contract with KTM comes word that his older brother Darryl King has been signed by Husqvarna. Third in the 1995 500cc World Championship, Darryl King finished fifth in 1996 on a Honda CR500 after a nagging thumb injury slowed his early-season charge. It is understood that King has already tested for the Italian factory and is expected to race the company's new four-stroke in 1997. The dates for the New Haven and Niagara Falls rounds of the AMA PJ-1 National Arenacross Series have been swapped. New Haven will run on January 17-19 with Niagara Falls scheduled for January 24-26. Hotel rooms for Daytona Bike Week are now available through TravelCraft. The TravelCraft Bike Week brochure is now on-line at http:) / www.travelcraft.com. Traditionalists can order a paper copy of the brochure, or can make reservations, by calling 800 / 241-1223. Andrea Coleman, co-founder of the British-based motorcycling charity Riden; for Health was honored recently by England's Motor Cycle News as the winner of its Award for Services to Motor Cycling in 1996. For the second year in a row, Honda has won both the AMA Road Racing and Motocross Manufacturer Awards, while Harley-Davidson extended its string of AMA Dirt Track Manufacturer titles to nine by winning that championship again. With 21 AMA Manufacturer Championships, Honda has won more than any other manufacturer in AMA racing; Harley-Davidson has won 17 AMA Dirt Track Manufacturer titles. AMA 250cc Grand Prix Champion Rich Oliver is the fifth and final 1996 AMA/Speedvision Pro Athlete of the Year nominee. Oliver, who won all 10 of the AMA 250cc Grand Prix events on his Team Oliver Yamaha, joins Jeremy McGrath, Doug Chandler, Billy Hammill and Scott Parker as nominees for the award, which will be presented at the AMA Awards Banquet in Las Vegas, November 16. An AMA Pro Competition Bulletin issued October 22 outlines the rules for the 1997 AMA Formula Xtreme Series, which will make its debut next year. The rules are as follows: Formula Xtreme competition is restricted to motorcycles (engines and frames) produced for street use and available in the U.S. through retail dealers. Canadian versions of approved United States models will be allowed and a List of eligible motorcycles is available from the AMA; the top five riders in the AMA Superbike Championship from the previous year are ineligible; Formula Xtreme motorcycles must meet the following requirements in addition to the requirements in Equipment Standards General and Equipment Standards - All Road Race Motorcycles. Except for the following items, all other modifications are unrestricted: engine displacments - 750cc and up (fourstrokes); engine cases, cylinders and cylinder heads must be the original material and castings; original electric starter and charging system must be installed and functioning normally at all times on 750-800cc motorcycles and on all fuelinjected motorcycles; the main frame must be originally from an eligible model but may be modified; the main frame and engine must originate from the same manufactuier; the fairing bottom must be constructed as in Superbike for fluid retention; the minimum weight is 375 pounds. According to a press release issued by Z-Man Motorsports, road racer Scott Zampach, who was injured in the NASB Formula USA race at New Hampshire International Speedway, October 6, spoke for the first time from his hospital bed October 28. The hospital had removed a 6mm tracheotomy and replaced it with a smaller 5mm unit Monday and a speech therapist at the hospitar plugged the unit and asked Zampach to utter a few syllables, which he did. Later that evening, Zampach had a one-hour conversation with his wife Dinah. Zampach is listed in serious, but stable condition at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mike Hale back to the Smokin' Joe's Honda team for 19977 It's possible, says team owner Martin Adams. "It used to be that I did the hiring, but nowadays that's done by American Honda·," Adams said on Monday, November 4. "I have a say in the hiring of riders, but it's not just me. We've talked to Mike, but so far nothing has been done. Of course, I'd vote to have Mike Hale but it's a case of can we work this thing out financially. There's a possibility." Would the hiring of Hale be at the expense of Steve Crevier, who has another season left on his two-year contract with Honda. "We'd certainly observe that contract," Adams added. "Maybe there would be three bikes, a satellite team... but we're getting ahead of ourselves here because this is only in discussion at this point. The first step is could we meet the financial responsibility that hiring Hale would entail - more bikes, equipment, technical crew, etc?" Hale finished second in the 1995 AMA Superbike National Championship riding a Smokin' Joe's Honda, but moved to Promotor Ducati for what was a disappointing 1996 season in the World Superbike Championship. The BMW Battle of the Legends will come to a close after five years with the running of the final event at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, March 3-9. BMW promises that the .event will go out in style with several speical events, involving many North American and European motorcycle racing champions who have participated in the BMW Battle of the Legends since its inception nearly six years ago. "We have enjoyed a long and rewarding relationship with AHRMA," said Richard Dampf, the national event/ fleet manager for BMW Motorcycles. "And we look forward to continuing our support of the organization through evens such as the popular BMW Pace Ride. Although details for Daytona '97 are still being formulated, we intend to make Motorcycle Week a memorable event for BMW Battle of the Legends fans." On March 3, 1997, AHRMA and GMA All American Racing will sponsor a "Tribute to Trackmaster bike show in the main pit area at the Daytona International Speedway. This event will be open to all Sonic Weld and Trackmasterframed motorcycles and is being promoted as a way to say thank you to Trackmaster founder Ray Hensley for a lifetime dedicated to motorcycle racing. There is no entry fee other than the standard Daytona admission and a selection of awards will be presented in addition to signed certificates during the day's tunm-break activities. For more information, call 301/872-5260. According to a press release from dP Safety School, both the AFM and CCS will be conducting road races at the Buttonwillow track outside of Bakersfield, California, in 1997. To celebrate this news, dP is making a special group offer available to all riders for a school at the facility. Five riders will make up a group and the cost is $200 each; the person who puts the group together, collects the entries and full deposits and sends them in will receive an additional $25 discount. For more information, call dP at 805/7728301. BORN: Angelica Michele Orosco, to dirt tracker Freddie Orosco and his long-time girlfriend Theresa Paul, in Riverside, California, October 25. BORN: Amber Lynn Erichsen, to former Pro dirt tracker Darrin Erichsen and his wife Brenda., in Westerville, Ohio, September26. APPOINTED: Give Jones as export sales manager for Avon Tyres, Ltd. OPENED: CLass Motorcycle School's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.classrides.com. RESIGNED: Carol A. Stacy from Cycle World magazine after six years as western advertising sales manager. Stacy has started her own company, CAS Communications, "to match partners and sell sponsorships to outside industry corporate clients with motorcycle OEMs, international motorcycle shows, race series, television and on-line services and magazines." Stacy's first client contract is with Advanstar for which she will sell sponsorship for its motorcycle shows. CN r----------------------------------------------------------------, CErn ~ SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM Name _ Address City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State _ _ Zip Order Date _ Please start my subscription to Cycle News: . 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