Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Myers auction raises $120,000 O n the weekend of the final round of the NHRA Wins ton Drag Racing season in Pomona, California, an auction was held to raise money for the family of threetime Winston Pro Stock Bike champion John Myers. The eve nt, which was held after the first round of Pro qua lifying on November 13, raised more than $120,000 to benefit the fam ily of Mye rs, who was killed on August 9 in a nonracing motorcycle accide nt near his hom etown of Birmingham , Alabama. Th e evening's biggest spender was eight-time Winst on Fu nny Car cham p John Force, who spent a total of $48,500, includ ing $40,000 on a custo m Harley-David son mo torcycle that was do nated by d rag-r acing legend Don ."The Snake" Pru dhomme. Force eng aged in a heated bidding war wi th fellow Funny Car racer Chuck Etchells but u ltimately wound up wit h the auctio n's marquee item. Other big-ticket items included a John Myer s replica helmet.that was au tographed by a number of Winst on Cu p dri vers, an au tograp hed Jerem y McGrath helm et an d jersey, and a number of N HRA, NASCAR Winston Cup, and CART d rivi ng su its. Vance & Hines' Terr y Vance bought the Mye rs helmet for $6000 and bou ght a similar helmet au tographed by a number of N HRA racers for $2000. No t to be ou tdone, Byron Hines paid $3700 for an au tog ra p hed Rusty Wallace d riving su it, an d N HRA Pro Stock rookie of the year [eg Cou ghlin Jr. snapped up the McGrath helmet and jersey for $1450. In add ition, Top Fuel cha mp Kenny Bernstein paid $2600 for a fra med . commemora tive Wh eaties box au tog ra phed by Su pe r Bowl champ [ohnElway, and forme r Funny Ca r dri ver Ed "Th e Ace" McCu lloch bo ug ht a football autographed by Troy Aikman for $1000. D u n lo p h a s a n no u nced th a t it wi ll cover its 1998 Daytona tire tests on its In te rne t site. Sch ed u led to p ro v id e enthus iasts with in-d epth "real- time" lap times and ot her info rmation, Du nlop "hopes to gi ve th ose logging on a tas te of the exciteme nt that' s alw av s in the ai r on and around the track ~'hile they enjoy an advance loo k a t the lat est Dunlop mot orcycl e-tir e tech nology in actio n ." T h e t es t sessio n wi ll ru n De cembe r 4-6 . C heck it o u t a t www / / http :d u n lop tire.com . H usqv arn a"US A, in co nju nc tion w it h Malco lm Smith Mot orspor ts, has signed lon gt im e d esert racer Matt Burrough s to co ntest th e AMA Distr ict 37 Series and the Na tiona l Har e & Hound Ser ies on a 1999 WR250. Burrou ghs wi ll also team w it h Ero n Boyer i n th e Casey Fo lks Bes t in th e De sert Se r ies o n a Husky TE610. According to a p ress relea se issued by Acerbis, the p lastic-accessory company will continu e to be the "official plastic sponsor" for Team Chaparral's Jeremy McGrath and Steve Lamson. Pholos by G rumpy has photos for sale from this vear's ISDE even t in Australia. . For more inform ation, call 760/947-7558. ond a will be introd ucing the new Valky rie Interstate early next yea r. The bike features har d-shell sadd lebags and trunk, an au dio sys tem, a fork-moun ted fairin g, increased fuel capacity , rad iator side cove rs, and dual headligh ts. The Valky rie Interstate will be available in three color schemes: all black, black/red , and pearl dark green / me tallic gray. The MSRP will be $15,499 for the solid-black mod el and $15,999 for the tw o-ton e mod els. H Yorba Linda, California, on December 5 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m . Tom M o rg a n Racing is curren tl y accepting sponsorship resumes for th e 1999 mo tocross season. Resumes can be sent to TMR, 1155 Aviation Drive, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86404 MA RRIED : Grand Na tiona l dirt tra ck racer Mich ael Varn es, to Denise McCoy, the sister of d irt tracker Willie McCoy, on Novembe r 14 in Read ing, Pennsylvania. Carbon Fa ct ory Ra cing is currently accepting resumes for the 1999 racin g season. Resu mes can be sen t to Ca rbon Factory Ra ci ng, 9744 Arli ng ton Ave., Riverside, CA 92503. The AMA has released the schedule for th e 1999 AMA Ho t Shoe Series . The series will consist of six rounds and will run as follows: February 26 - Oglethorpe Speedway, Savannah , Geo rgia; Febru ary 28 - Volusia Speedway, DeLeon Springs, Flori da; March 5 - Municipal Stadiu m, Daytona Beach, Florida; May 29 - lllinois State Fair ground s, Indiana polis, In d iana; June 5 - Montgom ery Co unty Fairgrounds, Dayton, Ohio; June 6 - Peoria Race Park, Peo ria, lllinois. Sp ence r a nd hi s wife, Che llee, in Las Vegas, N evada, on November 16. M O VE D : Ca rbon Facto ry Ra cing, to 9744 Arl ington Ave ., Riv e rsid e , CA 92503,909/ 343' 9556. Former championship-winning road racer Scott "Z-Man" Zampach will join the staff of the Learn ing Curves Road race Schoo l in 1999. "Now tha t I am fully recovered from my Pro racing ca reerending injuries, I feel that this is a terrific opportu nity to help motorcycling ent hu siasts ride safer and faster, while having fun with my buddy Rick (Breuer, LCR's ow ner )," Zam pach said . For more info rmation, call 414/327-0140. M ike Me tzger won the thi rd and fina l round of the 1998 Intern ational Freestyle Moto cr oss Associa tion Series in La s Vegas, N e va d a, on N ovember 14 and with it ea rne d the series championship ove r M ike Jones , 133 -12 2 . T om m y Clowers ended up third with 105 points. Glen He len Raceway is now acceptin g p re-entries for the third an nua l Ch aparral Pro /Am MX Championships, schedu led fo r Decem b er 26- 27 . Chaparral , meanwhile, wi ll begi n selli ng tickets for the third an nu al Chaparral US AMA Invitatio nal Pro Shoo t, schedu led for December 27, on December 1. For more information, call 909/880-3090. Contra ry to rumors that have circulated within t he m o torcy cl e ind us try ; mo tocr oss racer Jeff Demen t did not fail an AMA-issued drug test after the final round of the AMA N ational Motocross Se r ie s in Delmont , Penn syl v an ia . According to the AMA , four rid ers were randoml y selected to take the tests and a ll fo u r r id ers p a s s ed - in cl u d ing Dement. Vin tage Iron Internationa l will hold the g ra n d o peni ng of it s new facili ty in BOR : A bab y gi rl, .Jord yn As hlee, to th ree- time Wo rld Ch ampio n Fr edd ie BOR : A baby girl , Ronnie Shea, to forme r AMA Motocross Na tional Cham pion Micky Dymond and his wife , Tracy, in Ana heim, California. APPOINTED: Brant Russell. as d irector of sales for Yoshi mura R&D ofAmerica, effective immediat ely. For more information, call 909/628-4722. NAM ED : Will Stoner an d Ed die James , to the position s of special events di rector and road rid ing d irector, respectively, by the AMA. 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