Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

ing that it ha s con tracted Mike LaR occo to w ea r O 'Nea l USA a ppare l throug h the 2001 season. LaR occo has a ls o ren ewed h is agreemen t w ith th e Fa cto ry C onn ecti o n /H o nda t eam th r o u gh 200 1. La Roc co is cu rren t ly pr ep a ri n g to re pr e s en t T e am USA alon gsid e Ricky Carm ichael and Kevin Wind h am a t th e MX d es N atio n s in Brazil. LaRocc o will b e ab oard a 250 in the O pe n class. Acto rs Lorenzo Lamas and Peter Fonda wi ll be th e hon orary grand m ar sh als of Love Ride 16, th e la rges t motorcycle fun d -rai s i n g eve n t in th e worl d , o n November 14. Th e event, which d raws ov er 20 ,000 m o to rcycl is ts a n n ua lly, begins at Harley-Dav idson of Glendale in G le nda le, C a liforn ia , an d e nds 50 m iles later at Castaic Lake, wher e partici pa nts wi ll enjoy a barbecue, m otorcy cle trad e show a nd a co ncert. In 15 years, the Love Rid e has raised over $10 m illion for charity. VP Racing Fu els w ill have its fu el truck on hand at the 24 Hour s of Glen H elen at Gle n Helen Raceway in San Bern ard ino , Ca liforn ia , o n Sep te m be r 11. The truck will be su p plying both leaded and unlead ed race fu el. To pre-ord er, or for inform ation, call 909/674-9167. Entries are availa ble for the AH RMA s a n ctioned fo u r t h a n n ua l Ski p V a n Lee u wen Sho rt Trac k at the De l Ma r Fairgrounds in Del Ma r, Californi a, on O ctob er 9. There w ill be no post-entries allowed this yea r. Entries are availab le by phoning 858/277-2743. . Kawasaki Team Green w ill be sup po rt ing two of the three rid ers com pe ting for th e U n i te d Sta tes a t t h e FlM Junior World Motocross Cu p in Ga ildorf, Ge r- ' m an y , Aug us t 24 -3 1. Rid e r s J a m e s Stewa rt J r . a nd Ga v in G racy k w ill com pe te ab oar d Kawasaki .big-w heeled KX80s. Kaw asa ki Team Green w ill also be a tten di ng th e AMA M azda Trucks Natio nal 125/250cc C ha mpio nship a t Steel City Racew ay in Delm ont, Pennsy lvania, September 4-5. With h is p erforma n ce in th e Wo rld C hampionship Tria ls Se ries, a nd hi s contract w ith Gas Gas up at th e end of this season, it' s no surprise tha t Dougie Lampki n has b e com e th e o bjec t o f d esi r e in th e n o-d a b worl d . Ga s Gas w o uld of co urse love to keep the English man, but they'll have som e competitio n fro m a no ther Sp anish m ot o rcycle buil der. Mo ntesa team m anager Miguel Cirera is report ed to have mad e an offer that is "impossible to refuse." A lth o u g h Freddi e Spencer's re cen t road-racing comeback at the Suzuka 8 Hou rs end ed before it s tar te d - w it h a broken hand su ffered in a practice 'crash - Italia n w eekly M oto Sp rint repo rt s th at th e 37-year-o ld Am erican is planning ano the r return to competition. Frees ty le m o t o cro s s co m p e t it io n is schedu led to return to th e esp n2 spo rts ch anne l w ith co verag e o f th e th reeround FreeRide Moto-X Championship Tour. The tour is set to kick off in Las Vegas, Nevad a, on Octobe r 8, then travel to the San Francisco Bay ar ea on October 16 before making its final stop at the Orange County Fairgrounds in C osta Mesa, Californ ia, on October 22. Coverage of th e tour will incl ud e fou r halfhour sho ws on es pn2, with each sho w airi ng at lea st two times. The tour wi ll be san ctioned by th e World Freerider s Association. For more information, call 310 / 589-0022. MT Raci ng, in Riverside, California, is offering free tes t rid es on motocross bikes equi pped with the company's new .vortex ig n iti on systems. For more informati on , call Mike Tolle at MT racing at 909/360-0693. The Riverside and Los A ngel es OldTimers will be hosting a Sen ior / Vet day of racing with open su p po rt cla sses at the ne w Sunrise Raceway in Adela nto, Californ ia, on Sa turday, September 11. For more information, call 714/ 996-8327 or 310/823-6131. Harle oes truckin" . he Ford Motor Co m pany, in partn ership wi th Harley-Davidson Mo tor Co mpany, un veiled a limi ted ed ition 2000 H arley-Da vidson F-150 pickup truck at the 1999 Sturgis Rally & Races on August 10. The all-black truck, w ith Harley-David so n ora nge pins triping and chrome accesso ries, is a restyled and cus tomized version of the Ford F-1SO. The new tru ck is the first prod uct developed under a five-y ear strategic alliance between the two American companies. • 'The F-ISO is an exciting tru ck that has power an d presence, symbolizing the 'Authentic Am erican Muscle' tradition of both companies," said Gurminder S. Bedi, vice president of Ford's tru ck vehicle center. "Many Ha rley owners also own Ford trucks. We believe they will wan t to park this truck next to their prized Harley-Davidson motorcycle." T ,. O ff-highway veh icle en thus iasts will soon be able to cross the states of Califo rn ia and Oregon fro m north to sou th on a netw ork of long-d istance, intercon nected , off-hig hway vehicle tra ils called the Californian and Oregon Back-country Disco very Trails. On Sep tembe r 25 (Pub lic Lan d s Da y), sta te park offic ials from both states will me et with ou tdoor en thusias ts to ded icat e the joini ng of the tw o-sta te tra il syste ms at Goose La ke Sta te Park on the Oregon bo rde r. Following the req uest of the Czech Federatio n to cha nge the ven ue of the Long & Grass Wo rld Championsh ip originally sc hed ul ed fo r Marianske Lazn e on September 26, the FlM has approved a cha nge of ve nue for th e race. The event w ill now be held in Muhldorf, Ge rmany, on September 26, thou gh the Czech Fed era tion wi ll still ru n the race . Shane Bess, 15, Gavin Gracyk, 15, and James St ewart, 13, will rep resent Ame rica in the FlM's World Junior M otocross Cup , sc hed u le d fo r A ugus t 28-2 9 in Gai ldorf, Germany. Th e race will ta ke p lace at the German ro un d of the Wo rld Mo tocross Cha mpionship and will feature 50 o f th e wo rl d's best yo u ng motocrossers, aged 12-15, on 85cc bi kes. The Carolina Harley-Davidson Dealers Associatio n's 59th an n ual Fall Rally & Ra ce s will be held at New Asheville Speedway in Asheville, North Carolina, on Sep tember 10 with an AMA half mil e eve nt. The posted $20,000 purse wi ll be divided in to classes for 600cc Pro Am, 600cc Expe rt, 883 Twi n Sports an d 750cc Expe rt. All VDTRA members p lanning to ride the AHRMA N ational Sh o rt Track at . Peo ria Speedway in Peoria, Illin ois, on September 24, or the AH RM A Nat ional IT on Sep tember 26, can take advantage of pr e-ent ry fees by calling 303 /697-8149 o r 309 / 494-0794 fo r entry fo rms. Preentry closes on Septembe r 17. Five- tim e AMA Nati onal Observed Trials C ha m pio n G eoff Aaro n w ill again le ad the four-m ember team tha t will re p resen t the Uni ted States at the 1999 Trials de s Nations, se t for September 26 in Ettelbr u ck-Warken, Lu xembourg . Aaro n wi ll be join ed by tw o members of last ye ar' s team, Ra ymond Pe ters a nd Dennis Sweeten, as well as Trials d es Na tio ns rookie Travis Fox. Andy Johnson will serve as the team's alternate . AMA Trav el is offering a complete tour package to the Trials des Nati ons. More info r m ation is ava ila b le by call ing 800 /253-8747. In response to th e sta te of Ten nessee's decision to name a freeway after the late state senator Carl Koella, the AMA ha s named a highway after th e mot orcyclist and AMA member that Koella killed in a hit-and -run crash, accord ing to th e AMA. The AMA is renting space on tw o billboards along U.S. Route 321 south of Knoxville, Tennessee, to d esignate the road as th e "Terry Barnard Memori al Highw ay." The billboards include the AMA's Website ad d ress so th at passing drivers can find ou t m ore abo u t what th e AMA ca lls "a n o utrageous sit uation." P erform an ce En gi n e e r i n g is n o w accep ting racer res u mes fo r th e 2000 seaso n . Resu m es ca n be sen t to Kyl e Myers, at 133 Pine Ave., Suite B, Orlan do, FL 32841. Bullivant Ga lle ry has announced its latest release - "Rissurrezion e," a m useum-quality, limited-editio n pri nt featuring Massimo Tamburini's MV Agusta F4. The print w ill be released in two series: the Go ld Edition wi th 300 prints each ha nd-signed by Tamburin i, Castiglio ni and the a rt is t and featu ring a 23k-gold , hand -g il d ed e m bo ssed M V logo; and the Ar tis t Edi tio n, w hic h wi ll fea ture a run of 1500 p rin ts sign ed by the artis t and standa rd -em bossed w ith the MV logo. Scott USA w ill begin accep tin g racer resu mes for the 2000 season on Septem ber 1. Resumes can be sen t to Scott USA, attn: race su pport, P.O. Box 2030, Sun Valley, ID 83353. MA RRIE D : In terna tio na l Spe edwa y Inc.'s Robin Oxley to John Ma irs in San Clemente, Ca lifornia, on July 23. M OVE D: Grand Pri x Ap pa re l, to 11135 East Ru sh St re e t, U n it U, So u t h EI . M on t e, C A 91733, 6 26/258 -9 000, 626/ 258-9009 (fax). OPEN ED : FLY Racing Produc ts' home page on the World Wide Web . Th e site can be fou nd at th e following address: http: // www.flyracingprod ucts.com. MARRIED: AMA Pr o Dirt tracker Jay Sh e lton, to Ke ll e y H e ath erl ey , on August 5 in Bloomfield, New York. MOVED: Fa ct ory Effex to t heir new hea dquarters at 24922 Anza Dr., Unit D, Va le ncia, Cali fo rnia 9 1355. For m ore informati on , call 661/ 255-5611. HIRED: Scott Gilly has been named vice pres iden t of sa les at Facto ry Effex's new loca tio n. Gilly has 13 years of experience in th e off-road ind ustry and was p reviously affiliated with Tucker Rocky and Answer Racing, where he d irected the e x p o r t segments of th e Answer a n d ' . MSR brands . OP ENED: Ducati Seattle m o to rcycl e d e a le r s h ip , on Augus t 18, 1999 . A grand-ope ni ng party will be held at the store 's 711 Ni n th Ave., North Sea ttle, Washi ng ton address on Friday, August 27. For more information, contact Gary Schmid t of D u cati North America a t 973/839-2600 (ext. 28). PR O M OTED : Longtime White Brothers employee Kerry Bryant from Director of Operatio ns to Advertising and Media Rela tions, R&D and OEM /Private labe l ma nufacturing . Bryant can be con tacted at White Brother's Yorba Linda headquarters at 714/692-3404. BO R N : G ra nt Paui Mo r to n, to Ba ja Bound owner Tim Morton an d his w ife, [en, on August 17 in San Diego, California . O PEN ED: The officia l Web si te for Debb ie M atth e w s ' W o m e n ' s Schoo l of Motocross, and DM Sports Ma nagement, o n the World Wide Web. The site can be reached at the following add ress: http: / / www. drnsports-wsmx .com. OPEN ED : The officia l Web si te for the Southern End uro Rid ers Association on the World Wide We b. Th e site ca n be re a ch e d a t the fo llo w i n g a d d ress: http :/ /www .dirtrid er .net. OPENED: Grips ti k In c.' s Web site o n the World W id e Web . Th e site ca n be r e a ch ed a t t h e fo llo wi ng a d d res s : http: / /www.gripstik.com. CORRECTION: Bren dan Lutes was the second -place finisher in th e 125cc Exp ert class at the Ro vers Hare Scram bles a t Red Mountain, Ca lifornia, on Jul y 25. CHANGED: The mailing address for AGV Inc. Th e new ad d ress is: AGV Inc., P.O . Box 547, Buckeystown, Maryland 21717. c.r '" '" '" - 3

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