Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

riders com peting in 30 different classes, The 1998 Intern atio na l Six D a y s Enduro wi ll be held in Traralgon , Victoria, Aus tra lia, on No ve mbe r ]0- 15. The 1998 event w ill be the 73rd running of the ISDE. Pr ivateer motocross racer Jeff Dement has inked a deal tha t will see him sponso red by 2Xtreme Per formance International fo r the 19 98 raci ng seaso n . 2Xtrem e manu factures and d istr ibu tes sports drin ks a nd trai ning su pplements. The new team - Team 2Xtreme - will co mpe te in the 12Sec class in the Western rounds of the AMA Supercross Series and the 250cc class in the Eastern r o un d s , a nd in th e 125cc o u tdoo r Na tionals. Fo r m ore info rmation, call 800/91 7-9770. To m Mo rg an Ra cin g is now accep ting resumes for the 1998 motocross ra cing season. Resumes ma y be se nt to TM R, 1624 Linda Drive, Lake Ha vasu Ci ty, AZ 86403. EVS Sp orts Prot e cti on is cu r re n tly acce pting resumes for th e 1998 racing sea son . Resumes ca n' be se n t to EVS Sports Protectio n, 2900 Ai r port Ave., Suite F, Santa Moni ca, CA 90405, Attn: Bra d Ca meron. CryoLabs is also accepting resumes for the 1998 racing season in motocross, roa d racin g and drag raci ng. Resumes can be sent to Cryolabs LLC, 25584 Serpens o ., Sun City, CA' 92586, attn : Kyle Parsons. Penguin Racing Schools w ill hold a school a t Dayt on a Int ernati onal Speedway in Dayt ona Beach, Florid a, on Mon day, Oc tober 27, featuring tw o courses : basic license certifica tion and adva nced with CCS Nat ional Champ ion Eric Wood. For m ore informati o n, ca ll 508/339-4673 . Four-time World Cham pion Eddie Laws o n was o n hand a t Willo w Spri ngs Raceway in Rosamond, California, o n August 27, consulting wit h trac k staff on the placement of gra vel traps and cu rbing. "I' m happy to hel p ou t," Lawson said . "This is where I started road racin g, on an Italjet SO. My whole career started here. Had it not been for the Huth fam ily (the owners of Willow Springs), I m ight ha ve nev er been a road race r. Now the shoe's o n the o ther foot and I'm working from the promoter's side. I can tell the rid er s what I was always tol d w hen I Belgians win, Americans falter at Motocross des Nations T he u.s. entry in the 1997 Motocross des Na tions suffe red a humiliat ing defeat on a mudd y, hard-packed track in Nismes, Belgium, on September 14. The Team USA trio of Jeff Ernig, John Dowd and Steve Lamson had a miserabl e time on the mudd y, one-lined circuit that was the res ult not of bad weather, bu t rath er an extreme case of overwa tering. Belgium, the hos t nation , wo n the event by eig ht points over a surprising Italian entry (23-31), w ho finis hed another three poi nts ahead of Great Britain in third . Team USA, the defending race cha m pion and winner of the last 14 of 16 des Nations titles, finished an uncharacteris tic eighth. The Americans had a miserable time on the Nismes track. which was carved from the rem ains of an old stone quarry, ra ther tha n the usual Belgian track surface of. loamy sand and dirt. The track wa s slick and rocky. Wh en the track crews poured an obscene amount of water on the track both before and after practice, the thin layer of topsoil that did exist became soupy and , eventually, onelined. The track d id not play into an yone team's hands, alt ho ugh it was rumored tha t the track was saturated to help Belgium's Marnicq Bervoets and joel Smets, wh o excel in the mud. Rega rdless, it bad ly affected the Ame ricans . Ho nda 's Lamson crashed in bot h of his outings and was relega ted to 21-15 showings. Yamaha's Dow d was running third in the combined 125/ 25Occ moto when his eng ine began to sp utter and fail, forcing him out of the race altogether. Kawasa ki's Emig was a solid second in the combined 125/ 5OOcc moto but then struggled to 12th on a d rying track in the final race. The star of the event was Germany's Pit Beirer, who guided his 250cc Hon da to a pair of runaway wins in the 125/2SOcc and 250 / 500cc motos. A very surp rising james Dobb of Grea t Britain wa s the highes t-scorin g 12Sec rider via his 11-6 overall scores, which would have been a 3-1 in the 12Sec class under the old scoring sys tem. The SOOcc-class win ner was Belgium 's joel Smet s, wh o went 35. His teammate, Stefan Everts, the pre-ra ce favo rite, finished 2-3 in the 250cc class , and lhe other Belgian , Bervoets, was the thirdfastest 125 wi th 10-10 finish es. was racing: 'Ride it: If the riders don 't like where the curbs are tough. That's where I like them," La wso n joked. " I think the AMA race here next April will be reall y good. [ think the guys who haven' t rode here in a long time will be pleasantly surprised at all the changes." The AMA Superbike Series visits Willow Springs April 24-26, 1998. p .m. Pit passes and parking passes \"0;11 be available. Post entries will be accep ted at that tim e as well . page on the Worl d Wide Web. The site can be found at the follow ing add ress: http: / /www.zing-racing.com . MA RRIE D: Dr a g-r a cing legen d a nd Va nce & Hin e s D u ca ti team o w ne r Terry Va nce to longtime, g i r lfr ie n d Leslie Blewett in Pleasanton, Califo rnia, o n sep tember 7. BO RN: james Robert Ganter, to Personal Watercraft Illustrated advertising sa lesma n Tom Ganter and his wi fe, Sherri, on September I I , in O range , Ca liforn ia. Aus t ralia's first- ever 500cc World Ch a m p io n Way ne Ga rdn er pa rti ally blames the mega-do llar contracts sig ned by tod ay' s y"u ng ri ders fo r Anthony Go bert' s recent d ism issal from Su zuki for testing positive for a banned su bstan ce, according to Cycle News contributor Da rryl Flack. " It' s r eall y s ill y," Gardn er sa id . "O b vio usly, th e sa me temptati ons were a ro u nd w hen I w as racing. but we w ere too d ed ica ted to even th ink about it. I thi nk that the big m oney some of the rid ers are ea rning ea r ly in th eir careers is th e problem. Everythi ng comes too quickly and tem ptation takes over, so you lose focus and dedication ." MOVED: Galfer USA, to 5788 Dawson Ave., Goleta, CA 93117, 805 / 967-2726, 805/683-6102 (fax). > Participants in th e Ca l Expo Vin tage Na tional Mil e sched uled for September 28 can a vo id th e regi stration line on , Sunday by preregistering on Saturday, September 27, at the Best Western Expo In n, 1413 Ho we Ave., fro m noon to 3 OPENED: Fast Forward Racing, a cumpany speciali zi ng in DTX conversions and mail-order eng ine rebu ilds , at 2315 S. Sto ug hton Rd ., Mad iso n, WI 53716, 6081222-5761. OPENED: CryoLab s' hom e page on the World Wid e Web . T he s i te can b e fo u n d at th e foll owi n g add r ess : http:/ / www.cryo labs.com. AUTOG RAPH SIGNING: At the Sacra men to Shriners in Sacra me nto, Cali fo rn ia, on Friday, Se ptember 26, at I I a.m. Da nny "Magoo" Cha nd ler, Ricky Graha m , joe Kopp, Da ve y Ca rnlin, Mi ke . Ha cke r a nd N a te "Ga to r" W ait a re scheduled to appear . For more informatio n, call 916/367-2818. O P EN ED : DSC, a m otorcycle accessories and Fineline Suspension dealer, a t 556 Riv erd ale Dr ive in Glendale, Californi a. OPENED: Zing Ra cing Prod ucts' home H IRED: Brian Cornelius, as sa les manager for th e m ot o rcycle /powersports division of K&N Engineering. Cornelius m ost recen tly w orked as a buye r fo r Parts Unlimi ted in Wisconsin . For more info r ma tio n, ca ll 800 /858-3333, ex t . 1116. CO R RECTION: Th e Fr ee Consu me r Pa rts / Accessory Kits mentioned in the 1998 Kawasaki KXI25 and KX250 Riding Impressi on s in the September 17, 1997, Number 37, issu e of Cycle News are a vailabl e o n ly through Te am Gre en De a le rs thro u g h Decem ber 31, 1997. 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