Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Ol;'~~ ~:--. - c ,.'<' "~._1)~:';' _, for a n AMA -sanctioned MARS as phalt h alf m ile o n Sep te m be r 19. A $22,000 purse ha s been posted fo r the even t, which will in clude 600cc Pro-Am and Expert classes, an 883 TwinsS ports class, and a $215O-to- win 750cc Expert class, For more information , contact Ken Lilly at On Tra ck Promoti ons, Inc., 803 /6269455. In te re sted in a new Harley-Davidson? How about a new free Harley-David son? The Motor Co mpany will be givin g away a b rand-new Hog each week for 52 weeks during the Harley-Davidson D rea m Sweepstakes, a promotion for Harley-Dav idson Cred it's new chro me H arl ey -Davi d son Visa ca rd . Additionally, 38 winners each week will win merchandise certifica tes va lued from $25 to $1000 fo r red em p tion at partici pating Harley dealers. Transactions with the card will automatically qualify the ho lder for the sweeps takes . The entry d ead lin e is August 31, 1998. For more information o n obtaining a card or en teri ng the Dream Sweeps ta kes, call 888/ WlN5252. Dirt tr ack promo te r Ch ris Agajanian an nou nc ed tha t addi tional luxury skybo xes and s ui tes ar e available for the Del Mar Mile on October 12. The tw o ad d itional skyboxes ca n accommodate u p to 25 0 pe r sons, while th e lu xury suites will acco m moda te 20-40 . Both offer excellent viewing of the d ay's racing activities as well as indoor d ining; entertainment areas , televi sions and wet bars. Fo r more in formatio n, call Do n Henry at Agajanian Presents, 310/ 5479898. Hooters Restaurant in ewport Beach, California, will host Showcase Bi ke Night on Thursday, September II. Mansson Technologies is schedu led to display a Britten, a Honda NR750 , Fred die Spencer's RC30 a n d m an y other exo tic b ikes. Erion Raci ng, Graves Motorsports and Team HyperCyde wi ll also be on hand, as will Hooters Suzuki's Jam es Randolph. For more info nnation, ca ll FS Productions at 714/7521669. According to a press release issued by John Lawless, road racer Mike Ciccotlo wa s released from his 1997 contract with 20/20 Racing and the team is cu rrently accepting resu mes fo r th e 1998 AMA 600 and 750 cc So pers port classes. Resumes can be sent to Team 20/20 Racing , P.O. Box 682, Unionville, PA 19375. Dave Whee ler s uffe red a frac t u re d neck, collarbone and ankle, as well as a punctured lung when he crashed hi s BBR Mo torsports entry o n Augu st 17 at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, Ca liforn ia . Wheeler is recovering well, according to BBR. -. \ -0 , ~ • • . ""'-~~~_;-~:-~ti;~.- . . -. _ ~ _ Chiodi 125cc World ChamR-=-=io-=-=-n _ OP ENED: Denver Us ed Motor cycle Pa r ts ' (DUMP) home page on the World Wid e Web . The site can be found ..t the following address: http: / /www.dendump.com. ta lian Yamaha rid er Aless io Chiodi won the 1997 125cc World Motocross Championship with his 3-1 moto sco re at th e last round o f th e series in Leirop, H olland, on Au gu st 31. Chiodi topped title rival Sandro Puzar by 40 points in the cha mpionship, 378-338. Puzar had hounded Chiodi through out the Season bu t scored fifth in moto one and d id not finish moto two, allowi ng Chiodi to cruise to the title. "It' s what I ha ve dreamed about," Chiodi said. "Wi nning has been possible in the past, but here it has happened." Claudio Federici ha d an excellent first mo to, ta king the win in fron t of Marcel van Dru nen, Chi odi, Oscar Vro h ma ns an d Puzar, In th e second moto, behind w inn er Chiodi ca me H eik ki va n d en Berg and Van Drunen . James Do b b and Brian Jorgensen round ed ou t the top five. Puzar had hoped to tak e his third World Cha mpionship and sa id, "Yes, of course (I am disap poi n ted) , bu t it was always go ing to be hard here. Chiodi wa s ve ry fast this year. I ca nno t fault him." First-moto winner Federici was third in the championship on 251 points. In the already -deci d ed 250cc World Motocross Cha m pions hip, new World Ch ampion Stefan Everts blasted to a I-I overall win as the series visited Roggenburg, Swi tzerland, on August 31, th e penultimate rou nd of the IS-ro und series . It was Everts' ninth overall win o f the season and his win total no w eq ua ls the number his fam ous fathe r Harry tallied in 1981, as we ll as brin ging him w ithi n one win of tying Sebas tien Tortelli's 10-race reco rd set in last yea r's 125cc cha mpionship. . "It's what I'll be go ing for in Germany next week," Everts said. "I have a lot still to d o this year and winni ng 10 overalls is one of them ." Everts ' wins w ere impressive to say the least. In fact, in the second moto he was in such a d ominant mood that he was cruising to an easy win wh en his mind drifted. " I had a little crash a nd Marnicq (Berv oe ts) nearly ca ugh t me. But I settled d own and made a good finish." Mamicq Bervoe ts was second overa ll on 3-2 finishes , w hil e Tallon Vohland was third after finishing 4-3. Eve rts now has 491 cha m pionshi p points, followed b y Bervoets with 349 and Pit Beiter, w ho was fou rth overall, with 312. Vohland is sixth in the sta ndings wi th 219 po ints. . Geoff Meyer AN N O UNCED: An agreeme n t bet ween Buell American Mot orcycles a nd Carol (Hall) Stacy, pres id ent of CAS Co mmunications, to develop sponsorships for BUt"1I Ameri can Moto rcycles. David Pr u itt to director of national sa les for PACE Motorsports; and Roy Janson to vice pres- Entries are now open for the 1997 Elsinore Grand Pri x, scheduled for Novembe r 8-9 in Lake Elsinore, California . Check elsewhere in this issue for an entry form. For more in forma tion, call 909/ 653-4042. Mo to cros se r Mike Brown, who was r ecentl y dropped from the Yama ha 250cc Grand Prix team, will ra ce for Honda of Troy in the AMA Supercross and 12Sec Natio nal Motocross Series in 1998. "It's a chance to get going again in America .. it 's my la st cha nce," Brown sa id. " I was ap p roac hed by man y team s in Eu ro pe, but I want to give A me rica ano the r try. If th at d oesn't work o u t, I might come back here (Europe) to race." Frenchman Sebastien Tortelli is out for the year wi th the back injury suffered in South Ameri ca. " I wi ll do so me p ractice in maybe No vember so I ca n ra ce in Am eri ca in January, but (riding) before that is not po ssible," To rtelli sa id . The Fren ch Motocross d es Nations team will co nsis t of Fred eri c Vialle, Fred eric Bolley and David Vui llemin. I OP ENED: 2WF Online. The site can be found at the following address: http:/ /www.2w f.oom. id en t for mot orspo rts operation" .. FO R ME D: The So uthwest Vint ag e Ra cing Grou p, a club based in Sou thern California to serve the speci fic interests of vintage motocross racers. For more info rmation, call 619/390--2864. PROMOTED: Dave Au ringer, to vice presid ent of sales an d marketing of the Excelsior-Hen derson Mo torcycl e Ma nufa cturin g Co m pa ny . Auringer join ed Excelsior -Henderson in January of 1997 as national sales ma nager. PRO MOTED: Ken Hudgens, to vice p resid en t of ma rketing for PACE Mo tcrsports, the pro- mote rs of the AMA Supercross and AMA Arenecrose Series; Denise Hall er to director of spects cial pro je for PACE Motorsports; Eric Cole to director of event m arketing for PAC E Motor spo rts; T.D. Lovett to director of production for PACE Motorspo rts; Whi tne y Blake to d irect or of loca l s ponso r sales for PACE Mo to rsports; APPOIN T ED : Bob Hannig an to d ir ec tor of booking; and Tod d Iendro to director of Su per cross for Pace Moto rsports. NAMED: NH RA w in ston Pro Stock racer Steve Johnson as p res id ent of the newly named. Pro Stock Bike Association (PSBA). "While theclass ha s been growing , we 're s ti ll encounte ring so me problems in terms of our public recognition, pu blicity and the way in whi ch we're compcnsa tc for racin g," Joh nson said. "Ou r m emd ber s bel ieve tha t by wo rking close ly with the hierar chy of the Nati ona l Hot Rod Association , we can help to understand the pr oblems we' re facin g every day of the wee k... we see the PSBA se rving in a lia ison role betwee n the co mpetitors and th e NHRA. not in an advcrsarial one ." Fo r m o re i nf ormation on th e PSBA , ca ll 818/ m ·7215. MOVED : Cycle Express to 13175 Gregg 5t.. Poway, CA 92064, 619/ 513-1500, 619/513-1599 (fax ). OPEN ED: Team Obsolet e's home pa ge o n the Wor ld Wid e w eb. The site can be fou nd at the following addres s: http: / / idt.net / - jmobsolt. MO V ED : Sha ne Trittl er' s Cas tai c Lake Mot ocros s hom e page on the World Wide Web to: http: / /www .resE'"t~inc.rom / sscmx.. CORRECTION: The pos ted p urse for tho AMA half milt"a the 57t h Annual Fall Rally & Races in Asheville. No rth Carolina , on Septem ber 19-20 is $20,000 and not 522,000 as was origin ally released . MARRI ED : Mike Tripes to Jill Kaster in Diego , Cali fornia , on Au gust 17. 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