Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

and Vittorio Scatola in the World Superbike class and to Vittoriano Guareschi, Jean-Pierre Jeandat and Michele Malatesta in the Supersport class - all were negative. Drug testing was performed on race winner John Kocinski, James Haydon and Pere Riba 'Cabana ·in superbike and to Massimo MeregaUi, Marc Garcia and Giovanni Bussei in Supersport. Again, all were negative. From May 1 to June 30, IMS will donate 25 percent of all retail sales and 10 percent of all dealer sales to the Mike Young Trust Fund. Young recently suffered damage to his spinal cord while practicing for an AMA 4-Stroke MX National. Over $20,000 was raised at the Mike Young Jr. Charity Auction, held on May 9-11 at Chaparral Motorsports and at Glen Helen Raceway. Over 58 manufac~ turers, dealers and individuals showed their support by donating products and more than 35 riders gave jerseys for the auction, according to Chaparral's Mike Tolle. Donations can still be sent to the Mike Young Jr. New Life Fund, at 1042 N. Mountain Ave, Suite B, #361, Upland, CA 91786. TravelCraft has arranged for open training at the Kenny Roberts Training Ranch in Barcelona, Spain, during the Barcelona Grand Prix on September 14. The training class, for all rider leyels, is scheduled to be led by Jimmy Filice and will include two days of riding, the Grand Prix and the Dirt Track USA event. The cost for the eight-day trip is $2000 per person, including air travel, hotel, car, race tickets and equipment. For more information, call 800/2411223. The Florida Motorsports Complex in Ocala, Florida, will host an open practice day on June 7, prior to the regional qualifier for Loretta Lynn's. Tickets are now available for the Cosmo's Factory concert tha t will be held on July 4 during the Hollister Rally in Hollister, California. The Cosmo's Factory is made up of former Creedence Clearwater Revival members Doug Clifford and Stu Cook. The rally is to commemorate the 50th anniversary af the "Wild One" legendary rally-in 1947. Friends and family of the late Donny Schmit are currently working with Mil- lville MX track owner Jon Martin to put together a Donny Schmit Memorial race at the Minnesota venue on August 1-3. The memorial race will take place on the Saturday Amateur day, the day prior to the AMA National Motocross at Millville. reported that up-and-coming British road racer Scott Smart is the cousin of former 500cc World Champion Barry Sheene. Smart is actually Sheene's nephew -. and the son of former British road racer Paul Smart and his wife Maggie, who is Sheene's sister. pet Kawasaki-Polaris-Honda in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 16 from 7 to 8 p.m. Kawasaki's Jeff Emig, Ryan Hughes and Damon Huffman and Pro Cir-' cuit's Ricky Carmichael are sched uled to appear. For more information, call 702/451-1121. The Riders Association of Triumph (RAT) has announced that it will run a rally in conjunction with the Steamboat Springs Bike Week in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on September 12-14. All Triumph owners - old and new - are welcome to attend with RAT memberships available on site. The new club, which was launched in September of last year, has grown to a membership of over 1500. For more information, call 770/631-9500. OPENED: DATS Racing's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found a t the following address: OPENED: EBC Brakes' new production plant in Las Vegas, Nevada. The plant will manufacture sintered metal brake pads. http://www.pleasers.com/~atsracing. BORN: Hanah Renee Gerencer to 1996 AMA Hillclimb National Champion Lou Gerencer and his wife Heidi on April 21. OPENED: OMRA's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at: http://www.teleport.com/-blaw / omra.hlm. New Hampshire International Speedway has announced the inception of the Michelin/Motorace $1000 Dash for Cash, the first purse-paying Pro event in Loudon Road Race Series history. The race will run unqer CCS Unlimited Grand Prix rules and will pay $400 to the winner with the rest of the money going to the top five finishers. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Sportsman Cycle Sales in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 16 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Lance Smail, Guy Cooper, Scott Harden and Nick and Ross Pearson are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 702/641-6401. BORN: Alec Christopher Peronnard, to Eric Peronnard and his wife Carol Nordstrom, of Desert Only Yamaha/Travel, in Hederson, Nevada, on May 1. Kruse International and the Chrysler Corporation will present the "world's largest motorcycle auction extravaganza" on Tuesday, August 5 at Sturgis City Park in Sturgis, South Dakota. The inaugural Black Hills Motorcycle Auction will be part of the Sturgis Motorcycle Week. For more information, call 800/968-4444. OPENED: Smith Sport Optics' home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.smithsport.com. OPENED: Suzuki of Van Nuys' home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.themall.net/-suzuki4u/sv n.htrn. The Holiday Inn - Arena in Binghampton, New York, has been named as the official race headquarters for the AMA 125/250cc National Motocross Championship round at Broome-Tioga Sports Center in Whitney Point, New York, scheduled for August 22-24. Special rates are available. For more information, call 607/722-1212 and mention the AMA National. OPENED: Matto Cycle Inc's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at http://www.mattocycle.com. CORRECTION: Dave Ondas and Donnie Book rode a Team Green Kawasaki to victory in the Tonopah 300 on March 29, using Bel-Ray and not Maxima oil. The revised schedule for the Toyota Canada Superbike Championship has been released. The six-round series will run as follows: Shannonville, Ontario May 23-25; Chilliwack, British Columbia - June 14-15; Race City Speedway, Calgary - June 20-22; Circuit St. Eustache, Quebec - July 4-6; Atlantic MP, Halifax August 8-10; Shannonville, Ontario August 29-31. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At ProAction in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, on May 21 from 5 to 9 p.m. Pro-Action riders Mike Jones, Mike Katin and Jim Evans are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 412 / 846-1629. CORRECTION: In last week's issue we AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Red Car- MOVED: Trail Rider Magazine, to PO Box 217, Granville, MA 01034. OPENED: Holeshot Engineering's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.ktrn-racetecll.com. PROMOTED: Elain Ruff, to vice president/CEO of finance and business administration of Acerbis Plastics USA, by Franco Acerbis, owner and CEO of Acerbis Plastics of Haly, effective immediately. CORRECTION: According to information we received from an AMA press release, we reported that an "overall" champion would be declared at the conclusion of the AMA National Reliability Enduro Series at the Track Mountain Enduro, in Yamhill, Oregon, on June 2122 - an incorrect statement. Only "class" champions will be recognized. "We are trying to pattern ourselves after the successful FIM Enduro series, and they recognize champions in each of the four (Lightweight and Heavyweight TwoStroke and Four-Stroke) enduro classes," Director of Member Activities Hugh Fleming said. ·"It is not meant to take anything away from one individual but rather to give more riders an opportunity to bask in the glory of being a National AMA Champion. The five class winners will be treated equally and all will be able to take home a coveted National title." Unlike in Europe, however, the AMA will recognize the Senior class for National status. BORN: Brandon Paul Krause, to Kawasaki/Team Green off-road race Paul Krause and his wife Jennifer, in Newport Beach, California, on April 30. APPOINTED: TWS USA as the U.S. importers of Vertex motocross piston. TWS is located in Ontario, California. For more information, call 909/3913278. 0 r----------------------------------------------------------------, ([fID 0]:Jj SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM Name _ Address City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State _ _ Zip 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 Six months second class (25 issues) for $19.00 L One year (50 issues), 2nd class Canada or Mexico and .all otherforeign countries $78.00 (U.S. funds). 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