Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Vintage Cycle Promotions will be honoring the Norton marque at its 31st anniversary vintage-motorcycle extravaganza at Kings Fair and Speedway in Hanford, California, on May 15. In addition to a concours d'elegance featuring 11 different classes, and a swa p meet, there will be an evening of AHRMA dirt track racing as well. Admission is $5 for the show and $8 for the races. For more information, contact Vintage Cycle Promotions, 805/733-1137. kapovic Exhaust Systems has signed a deal with all four Japanese factory teams to be the official exhaust system of each in the World Superbike Championship series for 1999. The systems are distributed in the United States by Lockhart-Phillips USA. For more infprma.tion, call 800/221-7291. TravelCraft is organizing a motorcycle expedition across the Himalayas, August 1-13. The ride will cross the highest passes in the world, and TravelCraft claims that participants will join an elite group holding the world's record for altitude by motorcycle - at over 18,000 feet. The tour will include trips to the border of Tibet and the Buddhist monasteries of Ladakh. There will be hotel accommodations at the start of the ride and camping thereafter. Support crews will handle camp setup, cooking and bike maintenance. Cost for the trip is $3431 plus airfare. For more information, call TravelCraft at 800/41-1223. The National Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame in Sturgis, South Dakota, has announced that three more individuals have been selected for induction into its Hall of Fame in 1999. Chet Dykgraaf, who began his racing career aboard a Norton in 1942 and went on to win the AMA National Championship and number-one plate at Springfield, illinois, in 1946, will be ind ucted for his contributions in competition. Ed Netterberg, an Abate of South Dakota member who has acted as that group's state coordina.tor, lobbyist, state representative and chapter president, will be inducted in recognition of his leadership. Dave Despain, who started out writing press releases for the AMA before moving on to a tremendously successful and rewarding (for both himself and motorcycling) broadcast career, will be honored for his contributions in the area of promotion. Th'ere will be an official induction breakfast in August. For more information, call 605/347-4875. Victory Motorcycles announced that it reached another milestone when it shipped its 2000th Victory V92C motorcycle on April 6. The Minneapolis, Minnesota-based cruiser manufacturer that is a part of Polaris Industries claims to be well on the way to its goal of shipping 5000 units in the 1999 model year. The first bike rolled out of the company's Spirit Lake, Iowa, assembly plant last July. It now boasts over 300 North American dealers, with international expansion in the works. Racing Enterprises Motorsports is proud to announce that it will bring its Commotion at the Glen motocross event to Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California, June 5-6. The event was formerly known as Commotion by the Ocean when it was run at REM's former home track, Carlsbad Raceway. The event will be run on the Glen Helen national track, utilizing the same format as at previous Commotion races. For more information, call 619/484-1441. Smets wins S anish 500cc MX GP D efen~g champ J~.Smets (right) put his Husaberg into the winner's circle after trading 3-1 moto fUllshes With Amencan Trampas Parker at the Spanish Grand Prix at Osuna, Spain, April 18. _ On. an overwat~red tr~ck that resulted in muddy race conditions, Parker put his KTM mto the lead In the first moto and led Frenchman Yves Demaria across the finish line with nine seconds to spare. Nine seconds later, Smets took the checkered flag in third, followed by KTM's Peter Johansson of Sweden and Yamaha's Andrea Bartolini of Italy. Smets came back to win the second moto with eight seconds over Bartolini, and Parker finished out,the race ~ distant third. Smets and Parker both carded 35 points on the day, but Smets better fuush In the second moto broke the tie for official overall honors. Parker ended up second overall, followed by Bartolini. Rounding out the top five in the second moto were Johansson and Honda rider Jocke Carlsson of Sweden. After two rounds, Smets leads the series point standings with 63 points, followed by Demana and Bartolini, who are tied with 54 points each. Parker is currently fifth with 45 points. . For the second week in a row, Kawasaki's Marnicq Bervoets won a round of the FIM World Championship 250cc MX Series, this time at the rain-soaked French Grand Prix at Emee on April 18. Bervoets finished third to winner Mickael Maschio and Pit Beirer in the first moto but the Belgian came back to win the second moto over Yamaha's David Vuillemin and Beirer and sew up the. overall. • Bervoets' teammate BeiTer was awarded second overall, while Vuillemin who finished fourth in the first moto, was credited with t1lird overall: Maschio did 'not finish the second moto. American Ryan Hughes went pointless in the first moto and finished fifth in the secondmoto. In the series point standings after four rounds, Bervoets holds a slim three-point lead over Berrer, 120-117. Frenchman Fredenc Bolley, who took fifth in the first moto and did notHnish the second moto in France, is third with 109 points, followe9- by Vuillemm With 85 pOints and Hughes with 79. Speaking of Racing Enterpises, the company has also formed Racing Enterprises Motorsports Consulting, which specializes in motocross promotion, track development, management and risk management. Anyone interested in becoming a promoter or track owner can call 619/484-1441. The City of Hollister has officially approved the 1999 Independence Rally to be held in Hollister, California, July 35. For more information, contact the Hollister Independence Rally. Committee, 831/634-0077. Pol;tium One MotoPlex in Charlestown, Indiana, will be running a feature main event at its motocross opener on May 1. The event will be a 25-minute moto with a four-minute pit stop at the IS-minute mark. The feature event will combine both the 125 and 250cc classes. For more information, call 800/283-2315, ext. 540. Bridgestone Tires has signed on as a contingency sponsor for the Grand Prix Riders Association racing series for 125cc GP bikes in 1999. Bridgestone will be supporting the 125cc GP class by offering vouchers to the top-finishing riders who use Bridgestone tires and run Bridgestone decals at GPRA races.The winner's voucher will be worth $250, second place' will be worth $150 and third worth $100. In addition, the winner of the '99 HRC Dealers 125cc Grand Prix National Championship, held in conjunction with the WERA National held at Road Atlanta, October 6-10, will receive five sets of tires for the 2000 GPRA series. Supertech, a frictionreducing engine and gearbox treatment, will also be a contingency sponsor at GPRA events. For more information, contact Ted Hartman, 317/890-4500. Honda Rider's Gub of America will be hosting a member get-together at he Race Rock restaurant in Orlando, Florida, on May 8. The Race Rock is part restaurant, part motorsports museum, housing NASCAR stock cars, Indy cars and hydroplanes as well as loads of rac- ing memorabilia. One of Miguel DuHamel's RC45s and a Honda RS750 formerly ridden by Bubba Shobert ar~ also on display. For more information, call 770/442-2455 or contact your local HRCA Chapter dealer. Thanks to American Suzuki, the WERA National Endurance Series will utilize a AMB Electronic Scoring System. The transponder system is the same as those currently used by NASCAR and AMA Pro Racing. WERA will also use the system at the 1999 Suzuki Cup Series Finals at Road Atlanta in October. WERA has also announced that Michelin Tire Corporation has returned as the class sponsor for the 750cc Superstock class. For more information, contact WERA, 770/924-8404. Eddie Mulder is accepting all entries up to and including race-day entries at preentry price for his rescheduled round of the West Coast Vintage Flat Track Series, which is set to take place on the half mile at Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, California, on April 25. For more information, call 661/268-0105. CORRECTION: Our "Wind" item on the 80cc Hangtown National (Issue #15, April 21, 1999) scheduled for halftime at the 31st annual Hangtown Motocross Classic included the wrong date. The correct date for the event is May 16, 1999. CANCELED: The CCS Mid-American road race at Brainerd International Raceway, scheduled for August 28-29, due to scheduling conflicts. No replacement date has been scheduled. For more information, call 828/684-4297. OPENED: AMP Racing's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be reached at the following address: http://www.ampracing.com. HIRED: Valerie Enos, by D-H Cycles of Modesto, California. Enos will serve in the position of sales manager. OPENED: The Harley-Davidson Employee Rider Association's home page on the World Wide Web. The site ·can be found at the following address: http://www.hd-era.com. MOVED: Goat Eyewear and GFI Racing, to 3280 Vine Street, Riverside, CA 92507,909/341-8002,909/341-8070 (fax), effective immediately. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At the Home Depot in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 30 from 7 to 9:30 a.m., hosted by Conco Paints. Team Suzuki's Larry Ward, Greg Albertyn, Robbie Reynard and 4'rivateer Ryan Terlecki are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 800/486-7889, ext. 427. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Kawasaki of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 30 from 7 to 8 p.m. Team Kawasaki's Jeff Emig, Ricky Carmichael and Damon Huffman and Team SplitFire's Nathan Ramsey, Billy Payne and Nick Wey are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 702/656-1955. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Indy Cycle & Ski in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 23 from 7 to 8 p.m. Team Kawasaki's Jeff Emig, Ricky Carmichael and Damon Huffman and Team SplitFire's Nick Wey are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 317/899-1600. HIRED : Pat AlexanAlder, as manager of Sports p romotions. exander replaces Diane Carter, who has left the company to pursue other business interests. In addition, Suzuki has announced that it has merged its press-relations departmfetnht, whiCh formerly functid'oned as part o e spor ts-promotions epartment, with its advertising department. RETAINED: Audrey Menarik of Moto Liberty, by Glenn Cook of Zero Gravity, to manage the contingency program for the Aprilia Cup Challenge 2000 National Series. Cook is working with Aprilia USA to bring the spec. series on line for the 2000 AMA National road race series. t:II II !Iii IIii III ~ ~ ~ . Q §! 3

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