Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/127943
".
~.
pE
....
:.:..
IN THE WIND
t,·
.
~~;.
,
"
'~""'.,
,'- ~,~,,,".,'';';''
~;,
. Y< .
Steve Hatch (Suz) won the sixth round
of the Grand National Cross Country
Series in Elizabeth, West Virginia, on
May 10. Second place went to Fred
Andrews (Kaw), followed by Rodney
Smith (Suz), Randy Hawkins (Yam)
and Jim Jarrett (Kaw).
Steve Hislop (Yam) and Terry Rymer
(Suz) split wills in the fourth round of
the British Superbike Championship,
held at Snetterton in England on May 10.
Hislop beat Niall Mackenzie (Yam) and
Chris Walker (Kaw) to win the first race,
with Rymer topping Walker and Hislop
to win the second race. Mackenzie leads
the championship over Hislop, 138-122,
with eight rounds remaining in the
series.
Todd Harrington (Kaw), Toby Jorgensen (Hon), Michael Fitzpatrick
(Kaw), Mark Junge (Suz), Bill Wacholder (Suz) and Billy Graef (H-D) emerged
from the NASB World Cycle Fest with
victories on May 10. The event, held at
Elkhart Lake, Wiconsin's Road America,
featured seven road racing classes and
made up round two of the North American Sport Bike Series. Harrington won
the series' premier class, EBC Brakes
Sport Bike, topping Grant Lopez (Suz)
and Mark Junge (Suz). Jorgensen won
the
Grand Prix Series by Idemitsu
class; Fitzpatrick topped the Sunoco GT
Series GTO class; Junge won the GTU
class; Wacholder topped the GT Lights
race; and Graef won both the HarleyDavidson Twin Sports and Buell Lightning Series races.
mc
Bart Bast (Jaw) scored a double victory
at the Fast Fridays speedway season
opener at the Gold Country Fairgrounds
in Auburn, California, on May 8. Bast,
the reigning Northern California Speedway Champion, survived a crash early
in the night to win the Handicap main
event oirer Billy Janniro (Jaw) and
reigning U.s. National Champion Mike
Faria (GM). In the Scratch main, Bast
again finished ahead of Faria, with Jim
Sisemore (Jaw) third.
L & R Husabergs finished 1-2 during
the second annual Big Valley Ford
Spring Classic dirt track race at the
Lodi Cycle Bowl in Lodi, California, on
May 9. Kenny Noyes (Hbg) and Tony
Souza (Hbg) occupied the top two spots
in ihe 600c Pro Sport main event, with
Bob Casey (W-R), finishing third. Brett
Landes (Rtx) was the man to beat in the
Expert ranks, topping J. P. Simonsen
(Rtx) and Rex Fisher (W-R) in the main.
Landes also won the lion's share of the
purse in the $1500 Dash For Cash.
Craig Connell (Due) has retained his
lead in the Australian Superbike Championship after finishing second to Martin CraggiIl (Kaw) in the third round of
the series in Winton, Victoria, Australia,
on May 3. Scheduled to run over two 10lap races, the event was reduced to just
one nine-lap race following a start-line
accident that involved Paul Free and
Kirk McCarthy, according to Cycle News
correspondent Darryl Flack. Before the
red flag was shown, pole sitter Mark
00 Willis high-sided from the lead and was
0\ forced to restart the race from pit lane
0\ on his spare bike. Craggill ended up
...... bea ling Connell by 0.42 of a second,
with Damon Buckmaster (Kaw) finishN
ing third.
o
>..
~
~
2
An up-close view of the pit activity and
lots of opportunity for autographs await
AMA Grand National dirt track fans at
the May 25 running of the Springfield
Mile. The IMDA will have open pits at
no additional charge for spectators as a
test for the Labor Day running of both
the Springfield Mile and the $50,000
Hall of Fame race. "We are refencing the
Springfield paddock area to get our fans
cJos.er to their heroes," IMDA executive
director Denise Hartley said. "Springfield has always been known for the
closest and fastest racing on the Grand
National tour, but we are also fanfriendly and determined to give our customers the most possible value for their
dollar." The infield will be accessible
through a tunnel in turn one of the Illinois State Fairgrounds mile.
The Dan Rouit Flat Track Museum, at
309 W. Rialto in Clovis, California, will
be ho~ting its seventh annual open
house on May 17, between the hours of
10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Admission is free,
and food and soft drinJ