Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

IN THE WIND the Paramount Studios' New York Street back lot in Hollywood, California. Goat Breker is set to revive Speedway racing at the Victorville Fairgrounds in Victorville, California, according to a press release issued by GFI. The GFI Speedway debu t will take place on July 4 and will run every Friday night through September. The show will feature speedway bikes, sid ecars and SOcc Pee Wee s. For more information, call GFI at 909/653-4042. The GFI Youth World National Championships will be held at Perris Racewa y in Perris, California , July 4-5, wi th 10 GT bicycles to be awarded to cha mpions earning points in the motocross on Saturd ay a nd the supercross on Su nday. Kawasaki an d Yamaha will pay contingencies and Kawasaki is set to host a free barb ecu e on Saturday night. For more information, call GR at 909/ 6534042. The final round of the 25th annual GNC Texas Series, wh ich was rained out on June 8, has been rescheduled and will be hel d at Highlands MX Park in Hi ghlands, Texas, on July 13. For more info, call 214/351-9900. For th e la st three ro unds of th e 1997 AMA Wes ter n National Four-Stroke Motocross Series, IMS Racing has pos ted a $500 awa rd to the top ove rall pri vateer on a motorcycle with a displacement of 455cc or less. A session of the American Supercamp dirt track schoo l will be held in Dallas, Texas, on July 25-28, with guest instruc- tors Chris Carr and Bubba Shobert joining school owner Danny Waiker. Another session will be held August 22-25 in San Jose, California, again with Carr serving as a guest instructor. The AMA will honor three ou tstanding Amateur motorcycle racers with a new awa rd - the AMA H orizon A ward , established by the AMA Board of Trustees, AMA Horizon Awards will be prese nted annually in con junction wit h the AMA Amateur Nationa l Dirt Track and Motocross Cha m pio ns hi ps as we ll as the AMA Grand Cha mpionship Road Race. The award recipients, typ ically riders who are preparing for profe ssional racing ca reers, will be selected as the outstan d ing rid ers in th eir resp ecti ve cha mpionships. Following a leng thy e n vir on me n ta l assessment in the Routt National Forest, the efforts of the Front Range Trail Riders and the Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition have finally paid off. The Calamity Pass National Enduro has officially been approved for July 20, just south of Rand, Colorado. For more information, call 303/294-5050, ext. 320. John W. Tichenor, 92, the grandfather of motocrosser Ronnie Tichenor and the fatber of Ron Tichenor, died at his home in St. Petersburg, Florida, un June 28. Promoter Mike Summers ""ys it'. going to be the bigges t and the best Spo rtbike Nigh t ever. World Superbike stars Colin Edwards II and Aaron Sligh t are schedu led to be on h a nd at In Cahoots in Sacramento, California, on Monday, July 7, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. For more information, call 916/373- 1557. Th ere ha ve been a few changes regarding the rid er s who will be traveling to It a ly fo r the Int e rn a tion a l Six- Day End uro, Aug us t 18-24. From the orig inal list , three rider> have withd rawn and thus ha ve been re placed by three other riders: Eric Cleveland, Bruce Bell and Ray Simpson. Plus, the name of the Lobos MC team has been changed to the M id-West Enduro Rid ers . Once again, the Uni ted States World Trophy T eam will be mad e up of Ty Da v is (Kaw), Steve Hatch (Su z) ,. Randy Hawki ns (Yam), Chris Smi th (TM) , Rod ney Smith (Suz) and Scott Summers (Hon). The Junior World Team, for rid ers 23 years of age and under, will be made up of KTM rid e rs Sam Bu ff a , Br ia n Garrahan, Scot Stretch and Michael Lafferty. OPEN ED: Classic Motorbooks' home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be fou nd at the following ad dress: http: / /www.motorbooks.com. APPOINT ED: Frank Kashare, as vice president of Jim O'Neal Distributing Inc., by Jim O'Neal, president and owner of O'Neal USA and Azonic Bicycles. Honda of Japan research and development rider Taich i Honda puts a '98 aluminum-framed CR125 through its paces at the Sugo round of the AII-Japa n Motocros s series. will sign his new book, "Legends," at the celebration for the reopening of the store which was recen tly rebuilt aft er be ing . destroyed in a fire . For more inforrnation, call 909/629-2132 . OPENED: American Su percam p d ir t track school's ho me page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following add ress: http :/ / www.amer i-' cansupercamp.com. I AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At the Mid O hio Spo rts Car Course in Lexin gt on, Ohio, on July 11, 12 and 13 at the Her itage Racing and Barber Motorspo rts pit area. Forme r AMA G ra n d N a tio n a l Champion Dick Mann is sche d uled to appear. Fo r more informa tio n, ca ll 703/836-0157. M OVED: Nickel Silicon Ca rbid e, the com pany that provides refinishing and reboring services for N ikas il -coa te d cylinde rs, to 1212 Mc Kin ley Ave." Na tiona l City, CA 91950, 619/336-1 231 ~ fax 619/336-1235 . OPENED: Evan Wilcox's home page on the Wo rld Wide We b. Th e site ca n be found at the following address: http:/ /www.escape.ca/-wilcox. Wilcox produces hand -bea ten alloy pieces for Ducati, Norton, BSA, Laverda and others. OPENED: Mo tocross Racin g Association's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http:/ /www.racemra.com. R ES CH ED ULED: The Quebec City round of the Canadian Dirt Track Nationals, from August 29 to August 1, to avoid a conflict in dates. According to race promoters, legen d Jay Springsteen, as well as other top AMA dirt trackers \\0;11 compete in the race. PROMOTED: Steven Adams, to marketing, pu blic relat ion s and advertising coordi nator for KTM Sportmotorcycle USA. Adams coo rdinated the KTM Jr. Supercross Challenge this year. Cycle News contributors Geo rge and OPEN HO USE: At Brown Moto r Works, a 35-year-old BMW mo torcycle dealer in Pomona, Ca lifornia, on July 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. BMW Legend Don Emde OP ENED: Kid s: Don 't Smo ke Racing' s home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be fo u nd at th e foll o w ing address: http: //www.13x.com / kds. BORN: Geo rge Owen Hodkinson, to Karen Hodkinson, on Jun e 13 in Zumbrota, Minnesota. OPENED: Blue Ribbon Coalition 's hom e page on the Wo rld Wid e Web. The site can be found at the following address ~ http:/ / www.sha retrails.org. OPENED: Noleen's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http:/ / www. noleenracing.com. NAMED: Jeffrey L. Bleustein to the position of president and chief operating officer of Harley-Davidson Inc. BJeustein is cur rently president and chief operating officer of HarleyDavidson Motor Company and executive vice president of Harley-Davidson Inc. He will retain the resp onsib ilit ies of chief operating officer of HarleyDavidson Moto r Company. Richa rd FA Tee rlink , currently chairman, presid ent and chief executive officer, will continue to be an executive officer and ful ltime employee as chairma n of Ha rley Da vidson Inc. CORRECTION: Mike Seeley finished fourth place in the Four-Stroke Pro class : at the Commotion By The Ocean MX at Carls bad Raceway, in Carlsbad, Cali fornia. 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