Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

• IN THE WIND gr oun ds in Del Ma r, C~Iifornia. For more information , call 619/277-1591. Mi ke DeSt efano, th e promot er of th e U.S. O pen of Supercross, announced on Au gu st 31 that Revlon Professional and Maxxis Tires, an affiliate of Cheng SHin Rubb er USA Inc., have joined Fox Racin g , No Fea r, Ch apparra l, 100% and Microsoft as even t sponsors for the race, sc hed u le d for O ct ober 10-11 a t t he MGM Gr and Hot el and Ca sin o in Las Vegas , Nevada. Ent ries are clo sed for AHRMA' s Septemb e r 16-1 9 eve n ts in Steamboat Springs , Co lo r a d o . Acco rdi n g to AHRMA, the race will feature a record tu rn out, including 460 en tries for th e motocross, 300 entries for the road races a n d 165 en tr ies for the trial : " If you didn' t en ter by the Augu st 31 pre-en try deadli ne, don 't b r in g yo u r vi n tag e mot orcycle to Steamboat Springs expec ting to race," AHRMA's Jeff Smit h said . Vint age Iron's Rick Dought y has co nfirmed that John DeSot o, Ben gt Aberg, Christer Hammergr en , Kent How erton and Da ve Bickers w ill atte nd the Ironme n of Motocros s Banquet, w hich will be held in conju nctio n wi th the Vin tag e Iron Worl d Ch am pi on sh ips, sched uled for November 1 at Glen Helen Raceway in Sa n Bernard in o, California. Ticket s for the banquet a re s till available and the mon ey raised will go to the Feed The Chil dren fund . For mor e info rma tion, call 800/ 422-4766. The Ca strol Honda World Supersport te am of Jame s To se land a nd Kirk M cCarth y will co mpe te in th e final round of the British Supersport Champions hip, Sep tembe r 25-27, a t Don ingt on Par k. "The British Superspor t Ch ampions hip is where I made m y name last ye a r, so it 'll be g reat fun go ing back ther e and especially at Doningto n Park a circu it I love," Toseland said . Sha ne Trittler's SSC Motocross Racing has announced tha t its tra ck at Cas taic Lake in Cas taic , Ca lifo rni a, is closing . Th e last op p or tu nity to ride th e track will be in the next three remaining Friday night races - end ing with the final race on Sep tember 25. SSC will d evote its ene rg ies to th e racing fa cilitie s in Hungr y Va lley in Gorman, California. For more informat ion , call 805/ 294-0020 or see the SSC web site a t www. rese tinc.com /sscmx . Championship Cup Series (CCS) will be offering sing le-eve nt licenses to riders who wou ld like to participate in the season-end ing event for both the sou theast and mid-Atl antic regions at Road Atlanta in Braselton , Georgia, September 19-20: Th e even t license will cost $25, allowing WERA rid ers to tu ne up for the GNF wi tho ut having to purchase a full -season CCS li cense. For m ore info rmation, call CCS at 704/684-4297. The Vi cto ry fleet of semi-tra iler trucks has bee n hon ored by Fleet Owner magazi ne as a w inner of a 1988 Flee t O wner Vehicl e G ra p h ic Aw ard . The graphics on the Victory trailer features the Victory log o, a huge photo of the V9 2C m otorcy cl e a n d th e Vic to ry ' advertising slogan: "It's a free cou ntry . Ac t like it." As regu lat ory th reats aga in st motorcyclists contin ue to grow on a global scale, cooperatio n a n d te amw ork a mo n g mot or cycl ist organiza tion s arou nd the worl d ha ve become vital. the AMA' s vice pre sid en t for govern ment relations Robert Rasor told an .international audience a t a recen t mo torcycli ng sy m posiu m in Australia. "Already, mo torcyclists cou ld be classified as 'endangered ' given the regulatory atta cks we see on issues like noise and safety," Rasor told rider grou ps, memb ers of the Australian Pa rlia me nt and indu s tr y lead ers from Aus tra lia and other parts of the world . "Increasingly, we're seeing these issu es d ealt wi th in terms of a globa l market, wi th decisions made as broadl y as possible. It's a trend that cou ld leave motorcyclists' freedoms around wo rld vu lnera b le to res t rictio ns a nd la w s t h at originate far fro m ho me." The solu tion, Rasor noted, is for mo torcyclist orga niza tions to respond by building global net w orks of their ow n tha t us e op en lines of communica tion and coopera tion to mo nito r potential threats - and then wo rk to overcome them . Former Formula On e World Cha m pio n Damon HilI ma y join Ba rry Sheene on th e s ta rti ng g r id fo r t he u p co m ing Good w ood Revival race in Au s tralia . Sheene wi ll race a 1962 Ma nx No rton in the even t, accord ing to Cycle New s contrib utor Darryl Flack. " I know Dam on w ould lo ve to rid e, but he has to get Edd ie Jordan's perm ission first," Sheene said . "It wo u ld be really grea t fu n and the press would rea lly go to town on it. Thi s is no d em onstra tion race, so I' m really looking forw ard to it." William H amm er d ied on August 27 a fte r a long b out w it h th ro a t ca ncer. Hammer was on the boa rd of di rectors fo r AMA District 37 and wa s a lso a member of the So. Cal . Mo torcycle Club. VP Racing Fuels will have its fuel tru ck a t th e Vega s -to- Reno o ff-road ra ce , October 1-4. For more info rmation, call 909/674-9167. Last wee k we ran an item sta ting th at Tom Webb had joined the editorial staff at Dirt Bike magazine. While that is true, Webb called to let us kn ow that he is still and plans to continue to be the marketing direct or for FMF Racin g . Webb w ill hav e a m onthlv col u m n in Dirt Bike. - MOVED: The Wi nner's Circle Acad emy, to 1400 West Irvin g Blvd ., Suit e 400, Irvin g, TX 75015-3834, 972/ 253-2719. CO NTR ACTED : Cla y Se tz er as ra ce d ir ect or, Cly de Will iams as paddock stewa rd, and the staff of Flashback Racing for race coordination , for the Vintage Iro n World Ch ampionships, sched ul ed fo r No ve m b e r 1 at Glen Hel en Racewa y in San Bern ardino, Ca liforn ia. Gene Romero and Ed die M ul de r a re once again puttin g togeth er a Vintage Natio nal Cal Expo Mile at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds in Sacrame nto, Ca lifo rn ia. The race is sched uled for September 27, the day after the AMA Grand Nat ional Sacramento Mile . A variety of vin tage classes is being offered as well as a 500cc Su p po rt class, and a n 883 cla ss . Preen try is enco u rag ed bu t must be completed by Sep tember 20. Pre-registration is sched u led for Septem ber 26 from 12 to 3 p.m. at the Expo Inn , 1413 How e St., in Sacra me nto. Regist rati on on the day of th e race will be fro m 8 to 10 a .rn., wit h practice beginning at 10 a .m. The first race is sched uled to start a t noon . For mor e information, call the info hot line, 805/ 268-0105. AHRMA and AMA mem bersh ip is req uired . OP EN ED : Eu ro pea n S tu n t Rid in g Cha m pion A.c. Farias' hom e page on the World Wid e Web . Th e s ite can be fo u n d a t th e foll owin g a d d ress: ht tp :/ / www .fut.es / - ada. CO RRECTI ON: Ryon Bell finished second in the NATe Trial s National Ch am p ionship round in Can ad a - not Ray Peters. Peters was third . HI RED: Resource Mar keting, to oversee ad vertising, marketin g and promot ion al activities for Rick Johnson's School of Cha m pion s . Re s o u r ce Marketing is headed up by Scott Cox. For more information , call 760/753-0903. OPE NED: Mot ov id e o Superstor e's h om e p age on th e World Wid e Web. Th e site can be fou nd at the following ad d ress : http:/ / www.motovid eo.com . DONA TED: $5000 worth of Ho nda Pro chemicals, cleaners and lubricants to the M o torcycle Mecha nics Jn st itute" i n Phoenix, Arizona, by Am erican Hond a.. OPENED: Tech All oy' s home pa ge on th e World Wid e Web . Th e site can be fou n d a t th e foll o w in g ad dress : http:/ / www.tech-alloy.com.. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Reiner' s Sout h Sound Honda in Olympia, Washingto n, on Friday, Sep tember 18, from 4 to 7 p .m . Rich King is sche d u led to a p pea r . Fo r m ore info rmatio n, ca ll 360/ 357-9633. CORRECTION: Tristan Kalla s wo n the 80cc No vice cla ss a t CMR's Summer Seaso n MX opener at Ca rlsbad Raceway on Au gust 15. HI RED: Patrick Murphy, by Motorcycle Perfo rmance magazine as an advertising s a les repre s entative. Mu rp h y mos t recently worked as marketing and publi c-relation s mana g er for th e N or th Americ a n Sport Bike Series . For more information , call 916/737-6272. BORN: Trip lets - two bo ys an d" girl : Colton Wesley, Liam Joseph an d Michaela Ann to M otoWorld MotoWorld2 /Rev It Up ca mera ma n Michael Brvan t and his wife, Maureen, in Santa Clarita, Ca lifornia, on August 31. CHA NG ED: The name of the 8th Annua l Ten ne ss ee Stat e Ar e na-X Ch a m pi onship Series, to the 8th Annual Ten ne ss e e S tate Fairgro u nd s MX Cham pio nship, due to an infringem en t of the Arenacross trad emar k. BO RN: Sar ah Jord an , to former AMA N a tiona l #10 G reg Sims and his wi fe Mary on Jun e 18 in Rockford, Michigan . HIRED: Geoff Giles, as spo rts marketing ma nager for AST Sports Science Perfor mance Nutrition. Giles was formerly the brand manager of Rentha l USA. AST Sp orts Science is currently ac ce p ting resumes from racers for the 1999 racing season. 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