Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

100-percen t pay back. For more information, call 719/528-6738. Harley-Davi dson recen tly op ene d its newest dealership befor e an en thusias tic crowd of nearl y 700 in Damnum, Sa udi Ara bia . The 12,OOD-square-foot designer sto re includ es a s ho w room , offices, workshop and warehous e. Race T ec h rece ived the Inn o vation Motorcycle Safety Award in the su spension category, according to Race Tech's Jack Edwards . Race Tech- Gold Valve. _ Emulators took top honors over ot her ind ividuals and suspension companies for creating innovative products that are sta te-of-the-art in motorcycle safety. The annual awards are es tablished by th e IWIEF (Inventors Works ho ps In tern atio na l Ed uca tion Foundation) fo r systems, prod ucts, or ideas that contri bu te to enhancemen t or furtherance of safety from mechanical, electrical or hyd raulic aspec ts. AHRMA is org anizing an exhibit of histori c Yamaha mot orcycles that will be d isplayed in the pits of the D ay to na Classic Days by Yamaha vintage events at the Daytona International Speedway, March 2-3. Bikes alread y committed for display are Daytona 200-winning Yarnah as th at were ridd en b y Don Emd e (1972), [arno Saarinen (1973) and Dale Singleton (1979). Anyone with ad di tional notable Yam ah a machines that they cou ld provide for the d isplay sh ould contact Jeff Sm ith a t 715/ 842-9699, or Don Erode at 714/249-2270. Last wee k we inadvertently left out the phon e numbe r for Dan n y " Magoo" Ch andler' s new Sierr a Cam p . Those interested in Chandler' s three-, five- and seven-d ay MX training camps can call 530/ 367-2818 or 530-367--4920. Although AHRMA recentl y retired road racing number 55 in mem ory of Roger Reiman, the vintage racing association has gra nt ed Ja pa n' s Sundance Racing permission to use th e number during the March 2-3 AHRMA Classic Days at Da yt ona In ternational Speedway. Yosh iyuki Su gai will rid e the team's "Dayt ona Wea pon" H arley-David son with number 55 to hon or Reiman, the former AMA Grand National Champion and three-time Daytona 200 winner wh o was killed in an accide nt during pra ctice last year at Daytona. According to A H RMA, Duke Video will ha ve a film crew at the AHRMA races durin g Bike Week at Daytona in March. The crew will be shooting British machi nes a nd in tervie wi ng racers of Br iti sh m o torcycles, incl u d in g Dick Mann, Dick Klarnfoth and Gary Nixon. The majority of the crew' s footage wil l li ke ly come fr om the two co ncou rs eve n ts sch ed u le d - February 28 in DeLand, R orida, and March 2 a t Daytona International Speedway. Owners of British bik es are bein g enc ou rag ed to participate. Vin tage Motocross Championships, in co nju nc tio n w ith th e A MA Wes tern Four-Stroke Natio nal MX Ser ies to be held at Sp eed Worl d MX near Phoen ix, Arizo na, Apri119. G asses for all vintage and evolutio n- class bikes will be offered . For more information, call Dave Boyd strun at 602/966-D101. In addition, Double D Race Promotions will be hosting its Southwest Veteran's MX Champ io nships at the aforementioned rac e at Arizona's SpeedWorld MX. The vet part of the program will include a $2000 Vet Pro (Over 30) cash purse to be offered on Saturday, April 18. Also, a full sportsman four-stroke and vet program will be run. No mem ber ship is required. For mo re inforrna.tion, call Double D Racing at 602/8491572. Rounds two and four of th e LA Playa GP Series, scheduled for Ma y 17 and October 4 in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, will be held on a brand -n ew tra ck, according to race promoters. The new track will be built on hard-packed soil, only a few ' yards from the beach . Ro unds one (March 1) and th ree (August 23) and the final round (December 6) will be he ld on the traditional sand track in Cantam ar . In addition, a new class will be added to th e series, called Thunderbikes. The four-stroke cla ss will pa y 50 percent of the entry fees to the Mike Youn g Jr. Foundation. For more info rma tion, call 52 / 66 122525. WorldSports notes: The da tes of February 28-March 1 will be the finals for the Florida Winter-Am MX Series at Gatorback Cycle Park in Gainesville, Florida, WorldSports changed its schedule to provid e racing and a pro purse for the weeke nd of what had been the AMA trad ional kickoff of the outdoor Nationals. On th e 28th, the same day as the Ta m pa (Flori d a) Supercross , WorldSports will host a schedule for Saturday morn ing 50 ride rs can attend the su percross in Tampa that night. There will be 24-hour access to Gatorback for th ose w ho will be arriving late . 'A $10,000 pr o purse will be up for grabs on Sunday. Steve Hensley has tea med up wi th Gary Davis and Rick Cresse to continue building Trackmaster frames. Track ma ster found er Ra y Hensley d ied in Jun e of 1997 after a long bout with cancer. For more information, call 805/2957100. . Th e Uta h Sport Bike Association will hold an ope n pra ctice d ay on February 22 a t th e old Las Vegas International Raceway. The d ay wi ll con sist of tw o sessions - race and stree t - and will cost $125. For m ore in formation , ca ll 801/281-2256. Dirt tra cker John Nickens III will be getting his dr eam shot, as he has mad e a dea l w ith former Rusty Rog ers a nd Georgie Price IV team owner Bob Norfleet to contest the AMA Grand National Championship Series in 1998. Nic ke ns, who became the fir st Afr icanAmerican rid er ever to qualify for a Grand National main event, a t the '97 Da yt on a Short Tra ck, is sch eduled to ride the entire series. Norfleet is making a return to the Gra nd Na tional trail after parking his equipment duri ng the '97 season. Racing Enterprises Motorsports (REM), the promoters for Carlsbad Raceway' s Saturday MX program , will be mak ing the move to Glen He len Raceway on April 4. According to REM' s Fr ank Th omason, th e Saturda y MX program will remain the same as it has been a t Carlsbad Raceway for the past d ecad e. REM will be buildin g a new ou tdoor motocross track on what was known as the vintage track at Glen Helen. REM's last race at Carlsbad will be on Mar ch 28. For more informa tion, call 619/4841441. ' Forme r AMA 883 Nation al Dirt Tra ck Cha m pion Sco tt Stump has signe d to r ide th e 883s of Gutterid g e Harl eyDa vid son of Danville, Illin oi s, in th e 1998 AMA 883 National series. Stump, of Las Vegas , Ne vada, rod e for the team a t se lec te d even ts last yea r, but will occupy the ride full time in the hope of pickin g up an other 883 Na tional title. 'The Arizona Vintage Dirt Racing Association (AVDRA) has announced that it w ill be hosting the inaugural Sou thwest Although his Gran d National dirt track plans are not yet final ized , Joe Kopp has. secured a pair of d eals that will allow him to get in some road racing at the West Coast rounds of the AMA /MBNA Superbike Series. The Washington rider has hooked up with two local dealers to contest bikes in the Supers port classes. Kopp will ride a Dick's Suzuki GSXR600 in the 600cc Supersport class, and a Ricci Motors ports GSXR750 in the 750cc Supersport ranks. "We' re gonna go out and give it a shot," Kopp said of the rides. "It will be fun . I've got to try it. The Bostroms and so me of those other guys did, 50 what the heck?" The Sidecar Road Racing Association will take part in two AMA/M BNA Superbike Series events in 1998. Sidecars are sched uled to be in compe tition at the Lagu na Seca rou nd in Monterey, California , and at Road America in Elkha rt Lake, Wisconsin. For more information, call SRA West, 916/339-1778. MA RRIED: Southe rn Ca lifor nia's Sho wcas e Bike Night promoter Fran k Steeves, to longtime fiancee O aire Casavi in Mission Viejo, Ca lifornia , on Febru ary7. OPENED: JYF Enterprise, offe ring we b space and d es ign services for mot or cycle-re lated bu sines ses wish in g to get o n the World Wide Web . For mo re information, call 315/ 926-4576, or check out the following Web address: jYFENT@prodigy.net . AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Suzu ki of Brand on , in Tampa, Florid a, on Friday, February Zl, from 6 to 7 p.m. Mem be rs of Team Suzuki 's MX tea m are sched uled to ap pear. For more information, call Lee Blackwell at 813/628--941 8. NAMED: Michael Faraba ugh. Dal Smilie and Rick Gray, to the AMA Board of Trustees. Farabaugh has filled the vaca ncy left by lo ngtim e AMA boa rd member Bill Baird, wh o retired last year . Smilie and Gray were voted back in to th ree-year term s. MOVED: Enthusiast Cycle & Spo rt, to 202 E. Wood haven, Dun canville, TX 75116, 972/572-9253. ANN OUNCED: Softball-bat man ufactu rer Demaria sponsor of the FMFI Honda supcrni Sports, cross and motocross team . as OP EN ED: Rocket Scien ce Racing's hom e page on the World Wid e Web. The site can be fou nd at the following address: http:/ / www.m icapcak .com / Rocket _Science. OPENED: IT Motorsports' ho me page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following ad dress: http:/ / www.;tmoto.com. FORMED: Tech One Motorsports, an in-house pe rformance machin e-shop serv ice, specializin g in competition va lve jobs and cylind er-head repa ir with Superflow cylinder-head testi ng equipment , in Ram sey , Minnesota. 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