Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

option th at migh t be op en to Cobos is the new Bultaco project which has been set up by Scorpa fou nd er Marc Tessier, who is no longer with the company. Th e new Sp a n is h fact ory, which ha s b ou ght the rights to use the famous Bul taco name, is expected to launch its fir st n ew mo d el at th e Trial d e s N ations, but there is no word of a factory rider - or even if the factory intends to co ntest th e Wo rld Championship. Cobos has bee n linked, as has Graham Jarv is, although it is thought that Jarvis w ill stick wit h Scorpa after a good , solid season. Steve Colley is a rider w ho is cons idering a reall y radica l option - giving up o utdoo r trials a nd for ming h is own team purely to contest indoor events. At le ast o ne Eu r ope an p romote r h a s offered his backing if Colley can guarantee he will be available at all times . Colley is a real showman, and since [ord i Tarres retired the ind oor scene has been sho rt of someo ne to really promote it. Acco rding to a sta teme nt iss ued by A MA Pro Racing, AMA Pro Ra cing board chai rman Mar k Tuttle has called for a co mplete r ev iew of th e events w h ich led to th e ca ncella tion of th e AMA Su p erb ike Nation a l at Rou te 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois, Aug ust 7-9. T u ttle has p la ce d em p has is o n approaching the cancellat ion from a forw ar d -loo king p erspective in regard to what mu st be done di fferentl y to move ahead. Tuttle request ed that AMA Pro Racing staff immed iately create a mor e p art ici p ativ e track-preview process in vol ving rid ers and team m an agers . AMA Pro Racing wi ll issue a report outlini ng this process in the near future, w hic h w ill for ma lize and ex p and th e ex isting track-preview policies. AMA P ro Ra cing ma y also ca ll on certai n teams and riders to support the trackpreview process by committing a small amount of their time to the effort. Road ra ce manager Ron Barric k has already cons ulted three top riders rega rdi ng the configuration of the road course at Pikes Peak Int ern ati onal Raceway, wh ere the ne xt round of th e se ries will be he ld, September 4-6, accord ing to the AMA . Barrick will also meet with several riders following the races at Pikes Peak to discuss th e cou rse at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the site of the series fina le, October 2-4. Ma z da Tru ck wi ll e n d up paying $100,000 in season bonuses to 125 and 250cc-class riders in th e AMA /Mazda Truck 125 /250cc Na tiona l Motocross Champ ions hip. So far, there have been two $15,000 pa yments - follo w in g the Ju n e 14 round of the series in Southwick , Massachusetts, and after the Jul y 26 rou nd in Tro y, Ohio. The final pa yment is sched uled to come after the season finale at Steel City Racew ay in Delmo nt , Pennsylvania, on Sep tember 6. T hus far, D ou g H enry and Ri ck y Ca r m ichael have earn ed th e -most in Mazd a mon ey, collecting $2300 each. Chiodi wraps up second MX title H usq varna's Alessio Chio d i, of Ita ly, w rapped u p h is second consecutive World Champions hip 125cc MX ti tle w it h a sweep at th e series finale at Bielstein, Ger many, Aug ust 23. The only rid er w ho h ad a realist ic cha nce o f b eatin g Chiodi out of the title at the last race was Yamaha 's Dav id Vuillemin, b ut a 6-3 t all y p o s ted b y the Frenchman wasn' t eno ugh. It wa s, however, more than en ough for Vuillemi n to claim second in the final series point standi ngs. At Germany, Chiod i won the first race by less than a second ove r Yama ha's Paul Malin of Grea t Britain . Finishing third was Yamaha ride r Clau dio Federici of Italy, followed by Suzu ki's Brian Jorgensen of Denmark and TM's Ph ilippe Du pasquier of the Czech Repu blic. In the secon d m oto, Chiod i had a little more breathing roo m, as he crossed the finish line nearly 10 seco nds ah ead of Dupasqu ier, followed by Vuillemin, Jorgensen and Yamaha 's Erik Cam erlengo of Italy. In the fina l point tally, Chiodi finis hed out the ll -race series wit h 345 po ints , followed by Vu illemi n with 310. TM's Alessandro Pu zar finis hed third with 247, followed by Federici w ith 217 and Luigi Seguy with 155. Cra ig An derson (Yam) scored his second s u cce ss ive Australi an 250cc Mo tocross Champions hip afte r beating title threat Lee Hogan (KTM) recen tly a t the sixth an d final round of the series at Nowra in New South Wales . Aus tralian ISD E star Jam ie Cunningham (Hus) wo n th e 500cc ti tle , w it h newco mer Michael Byrne (Hon) winning the 125cc champio nship. Six racers were drug-tested at the Australi a n Roa d Ra cing C hampio ns hip roun d at Eastern Creek on Jun e 28 and all six' tests ca me back with n ega tive res ul ts, reports Cycle New s corresponden t Darryl Flack. Con ducted b y th e Australia Sports Dru g Agency, the tests were the first for local road racers since 1994. Motorcycle Aus tralia, the national sanctioning bo dy , says it will continue to per fo rm rand o m d rug tests in a ll forms of the sport in the future. Dirt trac k racing will return to the An telope Va lley Fa ir and A lfa lfa Fes tiv al w hen AH RMA h ost s a re g ional d irt tr a c k a t th e Antelope Valley Fa irgrou nds in Lanca st er, California, o n September 7. . West Coast mo torcycle enthusiasts who could n' t ma ke it to th e Guggenheim Museum in N ew York to see "The Art of the Motorcycle" d isplay will ha ve the opportunity to see some of th e same motorcycles. The concours d' elega nce mot orcycle show at the AMA's Vintage Motorcycl e Da ys in Del Ma r, Ca lifo rnia, Oc tober 10-11, will fea tu re 18 b ikes s tra ight out of th e Guggenheim exhibit . Those 18 bikes will join Don Vesco's fam ou s Bonneville Streamliner a nd man y other mo torcycles in th e show . M ea nwhile, the Del Mar Mile Grand National Dirt Track will be held o n October 11 a t th e Del Mar Fairgrounds. Ap pli e d Racing is no w acce p ting resumes for the 1999 race season. Send resumes to A p p li e d Ra cing ' s new address at 530 Opper St., Unit C, Escon• di do , California, 92029, Attn : Scott. The AMA is reminding all Profess iona l roa d racers tha t they have until September 4 to pre-enter for the AMA /MBNA Superbike Nationa l Cha mp ions hi p round at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, October 2-4. A revised en try has been se nt out to all curren t license holder s. For more information, call 614/891-2425. A Sh owcase Bike Night will be held at Speedway International Racing Bistro' & Bar in Newport Beac h, Ca liforn ia, on Septemb er 3. For more info rmation, call 714/573-4993. In an effort to secure the proper permits for nex t yea r' s Washouga l Motocross National, promoter Ral p h Huffman is looking for inp u t fro m campers at this year's race who can help wit h facts concerning the activities tha t took place on Friday night, Ju ly 31. H uffman can be reached at 541/673-1 671. O PENED: Road racer Jason Pridmore's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http:/ /www.jasonp ridmore.com. OPENED: The San Diego Off-Road Coalition's ho me p a ge on the Worl d Wide Web. The site can be found at the following add ress: http:// www.sd orc.org. O PEN ED: Team Skulk Racing' s ho me page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at th e following address : http:/ /www.teamskulk.com. OPENED: Microsoft's Motocross Madness' home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http :/ /www .microsoft.com / games / motocross. AUTO G RAP H SIG NIN G: At Wildcat Motorsports in Colorad o Springs , Co lorado, on September 4 from 7 to 8 p.m . Team Mu zzy Kawasaki's Do ug Cha nd ler and Tomm y Hayd en are schedu led to appear. For more informa tion, call 719/574-9228 . OPEN ED : Star Riding School's home page on the Worl d Wide Web. 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