Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Lucas. Services were held at th e Hi gh Desert Church in Victorville, Ca liforni a, on January 10. Donations m ay be s en t to SPIK E, 148 20 .G e n e s e e Rd. , Apple Valley, CA 92307. Ly le Love tt is sched uled to m a ke an ap pea ra nce on Speed vi s ion ' s "Bi ke Wee k Magazin e." The m otorcycl e-ridin g coun try singer w a s interv ie w ed during h is t r a i n in g at F redd ie Spe ncer 's H ig h Performa nc e Rid in g School in Las Vega s, Nevada . Th e segmen t is sched u led to air on Speed vision on March 3 at 8 p .m . Check yo u r local listings. T eam Yam ah a ' s Doug Hen ry was recently feat ured in a co mp re hensive human-interest story on th e CNN-p ro d uced show " Impact. " The Am erican! bro ad cast -n ews co ng lo mera te create d an im pressive profile o n H en ry and th e sig nifican t cha llenges he has faced in h is A meri can r a ci n g ca re er. CNN, w idely regar d ed as the most respected a nd acclaimed news se rv ice in North America, did a wonderful job of com m u n ic at i n g He n r y 's inspira ti onal story. Rac e Tech ha s annou nc ed that it ha s team ed up with Dir t Sq ui r t Pro d u cts an d M ot ore x O ils t o form th e D irt Sq ui rt/ Race Tech / Moto rex Mo tocross Tea m for 1998. Tony Amara dio will be th e team ' s so le r id er, a n d A llen Knowles of C.T. Racin g w ill build th e motors . D avis Cycle Ra cing is now accepting resu mes from expert-level rid ers to be considered for ATK ' s d esert-raci n g effort for 1998. Resumes can be se n l to Da vis Cycle, 177 W. 300 sr, Bountiful, UT 84010, at tn: Roy Davis. Ti ck ets for all th e Grands Prix o f the 1998 FIM World Road Racin g Champio ns h ip ar e av ai l a ble in Am erica t hroug h Trav e lC r af t. These tick ets inclu de general admissi on, VIP p arking, access to the VIP Villa ge, free officia l program, and Pit La ne Walk before th e races on Su nday. For m or e information, call 415 / 924-5570. Acc ording to a press rel ea se from th e AM A, Du nlop tires and EK Chain hav e ren e w e d th eir s u p p o r t o f th e 19 98 AMAfM BNA Superbik e Series. Dunlo p has returned for a fourth year to unde rwrite the Dun lop C o u n td o w n Clock, and EK C ha in h as ret ained its Fogarty's team makes its debut F official product statu s th a t began during the 1997 season. G ra n d Nati o na l C h a m p io ns h ip d irt tracker Dan Bu tl er is prom otin g an o u td oo r ice r a ce a t th e u pco m i ng W o rld Sn owm ob il e C ha m pio ns hi p event in Eagle River, Wiscon sin, on Jan uary 18. Fo r m ore in fo r ma tio n, call 248 / 681-8998. o rm er tw o-time Wo rld Cha m p ion Carl Foga rty (s ea ted) a n d his n e w Du cati Perfo r m a n ce team w ere introduced to th e world on January 9 in Padova, Italy. Th e team is fa ct ory-b ac ked a n d . ma na g ed b y for mer racer David e Ta rd ozz i a n d sp on so red by Duca ti Pe rform an ce, a co m pa ny formerly kn own as C ia.Ca.Moto. ''I' m very happy to s ta y with Du ca ti Perfo rma nce," Fo ga rty said a ft er recen tl y under going kn ee su rg ery to re p a ir so me. ligament damage. "I wil l have fu ll su ppo rt fr o m D uca ti a n d f rom th e team - all tha t I need to win. I know my new team man ager, Davide Tardozzi, very w ell, and I know th at Davide is a p rofessiona l guy . I' m rea lly impatient to retu rn for th e firs t w inter tes ts sche d uled for Malaysia and Aus tra lia next month." Fogarty will be teamed wi th Paolo Casali, who w ill concentrate on the World Su persport Cha mpionshi p. Casali's Du cati will be fitte d w ith Pirelli tir es w hile Foga rty stay s with Mich elin . "O ur goa l is to return to win th e World Su pe rbike title be cause suc cess on tra ck is decisive to our commercial su ccess," sa id Du cati's Massimo Bordi. "We will invest 15 bill ion lire (abo u t $9 mill ion) for 1998 spo rt activity in su perbike and supersport. To have the best top riders such 'as Fogarty, (Troy) Corser and (Pier-Francesco) Chili is reall y ex pensive fo r us, bu t w e in vest also to increase our racing intern al structu re. Now Ducati has more race eng inee rs an d factory technicians that work to prep are all factory bikes for our fact ory riders. We want wins, th is is all." Paolo Gozzi European an d America n race organi zers u nited recently in an effo rt to better coo rdi na te th e Sound of Thunder and For m u l a Twin s r oad r a ce se ries . AHRMA will ru n the Sound of Th under class und er th e sa me name while th e Formula Twins, formerly kn own as Eu ro 'Twins , will be staged in co nju nctio n with one of AHRMA' s Battl e of th e Twi ns cla sses . The ma in change mad e to th e Sou nd of Thunder rules, meanwhile, is tha t eig h t-va lve, carb ureto re q uip ped d e sm o Du cati s are n o w a llo wed to co m pete. The o nly res triction is that th ey may use only one carbu re tor per cylinder. The unique par t of Form u la Twins, m eanwhile, is the tw o-of-thr ee rule. The three op tions are fu el injection , liquid cooling an d three or more valves per cylinder. Only any tw o of these th ree features are allo wed o n any motorcycle running in th e Formula Tw in s class. The Sound of Thu nd er and Form ula Tw ins cha mpionships w ill kick o ff a t Dayt ona International Sp ee dway in Dayt ona Beach , Flo ri da, on March 3. OPENED: Ma xima Lubrica nts' home pag e on th e World Wide Web. The site ca n be fou nd at the follow in g ad d ress : http :/ / ww w .ma ximau sa .com. BOR N: Hunter Mas on Alb rec h t, to Ya m a ha test rid er a nd video sta r Joel Albr echt a nd his wife, Ca rty, on Jan uary 8 in California . G ro u p will be re sp o n s ible for a s s is ting in th e d e velo pm e nt and ex ecu tio n o f SCRA MP's market in g co m m u n ica ti o ns p la ns a nd for creating adverti s ing ca mpa igns fo r Laguna Se ca ' s mot o rsports even ts. POSTPONED: Round one of th e GFI Sou th Wint er Series Mot ocr oss, scheduled for January 4. due to heavy rain s. Th e race will be he ld on Janua ry 25, the or igina l dat e for th e second round of the serie . s A fifth round will be a d ded at a lat er d at e. For more inform ati on, ca ll 909/ 653-4042. OPEN HOUSE: A t N orth End Cycle in Elkhart, Indiana, on janua ry 28 from 6 to 9 p .m . Th e Excelsior-Henderso n Super X will be featu red . For mo re in fonnation , catl219/264-0618. NAMED : Acer bis USA, as the title sponsor of th e AMA / Ace rbis Na tiona l End uro Se ries . Th e d eal bet w een th e A MA a nd Acerbl s USA is for th ree yea rs . CANCELED: The WERA Road Atla nta Na tio oa l Challenge Cycle Jam, sched uled for May 14-17. Roa d Atla nta asked WERA to cha nge their date beca use th e AMA Su pe rbike Series is sc he du led fo r Road At la nta two weeks a fte r the C ycle jam. No d ates w er e ava ila ble a t Roa d Atlan ta th a t fi t in to the WERA national schedule, so the event was ca nceled . O'PENED: Czechpoint's ho me page on the World Wid e Web . Th e site can be found at the following a d d ress: http:/ /ww w .h om e l .gte.net / jawa m an / index .h tm . CHANGED: Th e date of th e Loretta Lynn's qualifier a t Clen Helen Raceway, fro m May 15 to Ma y 29. For more information , ca ll 909/880-3090. REAPPOINT ED : Th e We ck er G rou p o f Mo n terey , Ca lifo rn ia, a s th e advertising ag e ncy of re co rd for the Spo rt s Ca r Ra cin g Ass oci a tio n of the Monte rey Peninsula (SCRAMP). Th e Wecker AUTOGRAPH SIGN ING: A t Cy cle Sh a c k in St affo rd , Te xa s, on janu a ry 16 from 7 to 8 p .m . Ya m a h a 's Kev in Wind ha m , j o h n Dowd , Do ug He nry a nd T ea m Chaparral a re s c h ed u led to a ppear. F~r more info rma tion, calI 28 1 /530~9360 . AUTOG RAP H SIGNING: At Metr o Mot o rspor ts in G le nda le, Arizona, on Jan uary 23 fro m 6:30 to 7:30 p.m . Tea m Yamaha ' s Kevin Win d ham. jo h n Dow d , Dou g Henry a nd Te a m C h apa rral a re sc hed u led to a p pea r . For m o re informatio n, ca ll 602 /843-5000 ~ AUTOG RAPH SIGNING: At Stubb' s Cy cles in Ho u ston, Texas. o n Janua ry 16 from 6 to 7 p.m. Member s o f Tea m Su z uki's m ot ocr oss tea m a re sch ed u led to a p pea r. Fo r more information, ca ll 713/ 644-7535. 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