Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

o o follow , but provided no details, Major riding areas affected by the ban include the Chickasaw St ate Forest , Natchez Trac e Sta te Forest, Prentice Cooper State Forest and the Ce dars of Lebano n St at e Forest. " This amou nts to a statewide ban of off- hig hway mo torcycles and all-terrain vehicles from nearly all public land, " said Royc e W ood , AMA legislative affa irs specialist. "Off-highway enthusias ts must get invo lved now to ensure that these 'emerge ncy' rule s do n't become permanent. " W ood noted the Voluntee r State Trailriders A ssociati on NSTA ) has been wo rking wit h th e state 's Di visio n of Fo re stry to create a state program th at would manage OH V recreation w hile prot ecting the environme nt. The Hatfield -McCoy Recreation Area Steering Committee has encountered a s e r io us p ro ble m a nd , if unchecked , co uld je op ard ize th e area s fut ure , accord ing to th e AMA. The Hatfield-McCoy Area is held by private owners and the ir suppo rt is essent ial to the succ ess of the concept. The landowners are co nce rne d abo ut trespa ss o n t heir lands by ride rs w ho have been com ing into the pro ject w ithout being invited or without the permissi on o f th e land ow ners , Representatives for the landow ners hav e v ideotaped gro ups o f pickup s and other vehicles with OHV trailer s parked ne a r p o int s o f access to th eir lan d . G roup s from Ohi o , Te nne ssee , N o rth Carolina and severa l othe r sta tes have bee n do cumented . Th e land own er s are very concerned abo ut this illegal activity and have issued notice that , if it co ntinues, it w ill greatly endanger the projec t . Virtuall y 10 0 p ercent of t he Hatfi el d M cCoy tra ils wi ll be loc ated o n p rivate land and until final plans are in place they re mai n cl osed. Th ere are c urre nt ly no trails ope n in the Hatfie ld-M cCoy project area , so any riding there is tr esp assing. The AMA and the Steering Co mm ittee are as king ride rs to hold their enthus iasm and w ait until all plans are in place . "I It seems as tho ug h curre nt World Superbike C hampion sh ip le a d e r Co li n Edwards was bit by the o ld Cadi llac bug a t L agun a S e c a a fte r he eyed B en Bostrom 's blac k 1960 two-door hardtop Ca di llac . Edw ard s bo ugh t tw o o ld Cad di e s, sig ht unseen , t hrou gh E·b ay and Auto Trader maga zine j ust pri or to th e Su zuk a 8 H ours . "I saw a budd y of mine 's car, an Italian friend , it was a ' 70 conve rt ible Ponti ac Cat alina. I fell in love wit h it. That' s a beach cruiser, yo u know , somet hing to cru ise aro und in. And then I saw Ben' s , and Be n' s is p retty sweet looking , I didn 't realize that the old Caddies we re in dem and or w hatever , I fig ured, 'Hell, I' ll get me a beach cruiser. ' ! ' m g e tting kind o f sick of driving t he (BMW) M 3 anywa y , and the truck, so I'd · get so mething to cruise aro und in. I got roped in to a '64 Cad illac, because it was on reserve auct io n on E·bay . I've been checking E-bay like three ti mes a day, I figured 27 00 bucks , anything that ride s and drives is worth $ 2 700 . End ed up I won that auction , Then I searched for a ' 6 0 and fou nd t ha t , w hat B e n has . I haven 't seen the m ye t, they' re both on thei r way to my house , " Friend s of forme r A MA Gra nd Nat io nal Ch amp ion Dick Mann have se t up a trus t fund to help pay for a portion of his me dical ex penses . Mann, w ho rec en t ly underwe nt canc e r su rgery , is b ack t o res to r ing v inta ge motorc y c le s a nd is working with AHRMA as a tru st ee . C ont ributi on s c an be se nt to C al Fed , 4 R, M ann , C a rson City Bran ch , 20 1 W e st Teleg raph , C arson City, NV 89703 . Ralph Hepburn, a dirt track champion of the Roaring ' 20s , and George Roeder, a Harley-D avid son factory rider in the '60s, have been elect ed to the D irt Track Hall o f Fame . The y j o in Maldwyn Jones , D ick K lamfoth . D ick O'Brien and Sammy Tanner as mem be rs of th e Cl as s of 2000 . Th e six d irt t rack racin g legend s w ill be ind ucted at ce remonies that w ill take place du ring the Sep temb er 1-3 Hall of Fam e Labo r D ay W eekend Classic at the Illinois State Fairgrou nds in Sprin gf ield . Kathy Schulz of M adras, Oregon , was killed on Sunday. Ju ly 23 in a drag -racing acc ide nt. Schul z, a 37 -yea r-old moth er of three , was racing aga ins t her husban d, Stan Sc hulz, in the finals at the M adras d rag strip w he n the acc ident occurred . The Shulzs two da ug ht ers were in t he stands and witnessed th e accident. The Schul z fami ly owns and ope rates Pick et Fen c e , a motorcycle pa rts and rep a ir shop in M adras that specializes in A TV and moto rcycle repair. Harley part s and Harley cus to mizing. Those wi shing to provide so me financi al suppo rt to the Schulz family can call C ind y Lo u at 54 1/ 3 824270 for more information. T h e Aug u st 19 AHRMA /H&H KTM National Vintage Hare Scrambles at Paradise Off- Road in M acon . G eorgia, has been cance led d ue to the facility' s in vol ve men t in a law suit . ac c o rd ing to AHRMA. Attem pt s to move th e race t o ano the r loc at ion have prov en unsuccessful and t he Augu st 20 race at Parad ise may be moved to ano ther track. Up dat es w ill be available at the A HRMA websit e: www .a hrm a .o rg . Me anwhi le , tw o lat e season eve nt s have be en added to th e AHRMAISpeed & Sport N ation al Vi nta ge Trials Series, one on the W est C oast and one in the Southeast. The new wes tern ro und is Oct ob er 7 at Glen Helen Raceway in S an Be rn ar din o , Ca lifo rnia . Th e A federal judge has d ism issed a law suit to reopen motorized -rec reati on t rails in Kentucky's Daniel Boone N a tional Forest . ac c ordi ng t o t h e AMA. Th e AMA, t he Ohi o Va lley Trail Rider s and the Blue Ribbon Coalit ion filed a fede ral law s uit in M arch of la s t yea r seek ing to reverse a U ,S , Forest Service closure of some 700 miles of motori zed trails in the Daniel Boon e Nat io nal Forest. The Forest Se rvi ce action clo sed nearly 90 percent of the Dani el Boon e trail s tha t had been open to motorc ycl is t s and ATV riders , The suit charged that the Forest Service had failed to follow pro per procedures in ins titu ti ng th e t rail closu re , and failed to co nsi de r alte rna t ives th at w o uld hav e allowed the co ntinued use of more trails. In a decisi on issued Ju ly 7, J udge Jennife r C offman of the U .S. Di st rict C o urt , East ern D is trict of Kentucky, di sm issed the laws uit saying, among other th ings , th at t he Fo rest Service foll ow ed proper procedures and properl y described and ana lyzed alte rn atives . No d ec isi on has been made on whe ther or not to appea l. W ith both of Demon Vi nto Ho nda's team riders falling to injuries . the Briti sh roa d race team w ill use Am ericans as replacement riders, Replacing James Tose land on the team's Honda RC51 Superbi ke in the British Superb ike Series w ill be none other t han non -defen d ing AM A 750c c S upe rsport Champion Tom Kipp while fonmer AMA 250cc Grand Prix Champion Roland Sands is set to replace John M cGuin ess on the team' s RS2 50 in the 250cc Brit ish S e rie s , " I went f or Tom a nd Rol and because they w ill add some sparkle to the British series and bo th came reco mme nded by none other than Freddie Sp encer," said team owner Paul Bird. " I didn't consider it to be in our best interes ts if we were to put some more British riders out there. To be honest. there aren't that many that ex cite me , so I ju st hope th e se tw o w ill accl imatize quick ly to both the rac ing and the Brit ish we ather." The pai r wi ll make t he ir debut thi s co ming w eekend at t he Knockhill round in Sco tland. The de adline is qu ickly ap proa chi ng to join the Senior Motocross Associa· tion (S M A) and submit you r pre-reqist ration and entry fo nms for the First Ann ual S en io r US A M X C hampionship , schedu led f or S e pt em be r 17 ·2 3 at Atm o re M otocro ss Park and M on ster Mountain bot h of w hich are located in so uth Alabama - according to t he SMA. The absolute fin al d ead line is A ugu st 3 1 and no late entries w ill be accep ted . For rl)ore information . call 334/ 368 -6 118 . Ill ino is C ong re ssman Ray LaHo o d has w ritte n a "D e a r Colleague" letter on beh a lf o f ABATE o f Illin oi s in order to add ress the " Roadless Initiat ive" N otion of Intent (NO ll th at w ou ld ban motorcy clist s from an additional 54 million acres of For est Service Land , according to the AMA. M embers from A BATE of Illino is tr ave led to Wa shington earlier th is yea r during the AMA 's Int roduction to Wa sh ington Seminar and laid the ground work for th e letter that w ill be sent to Se cre tary o f Ag ricu lt ure D an G lickman . C on gressman La Hood s ta tes in t his lette r: "We believe that the unnecessarily broad sco pe o f thi s ru le f ai ls t o t ak e i n to account the needs of those wh o are utiliz ing o ur nati on ' s forest s. " M otorcycle St uff. alon g with Mi ch elin and C as t ro l, have anno unc ed t hat they w ill spo nsor weste rn Tennessee 's 10th Annual Stadia-Cross. The 2000 Stadia-C ro s s season starts o n Au gu st 26, wi th additio na l races o n S ep t emb er 9 , Se ptember 16. October 2 1 and October 28 . Fo r more information, c all 901 / 642 051 1. Ro ad racer Mark Junge broke the tra ck rec ord at Gatew ay Internati on al Speedway recently using the new M etzeler Renn sport tires. accordi ng to his team . Ju nge rode his Vesrah Suzuki GSX-R750 to a 1:05 .80 lap to be tter Roger Lee Hayden 's previo us tra ck record by nearly two sec ond s, Junge also rod e his V esrah Ya maha R6 t o a 1:0 6. 2 . 1.5 s ec o nds below the old t rack rec ord . according to his te am. Acclaim Sports has announced that Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 w ill b e in re tail o ut lets natio nwide f o r th e . . " " PlayStatio n game console, beginning o n Augu st 3 and Sega D reamcast on Aug ust 8 . This is th e fi rst Supercross title for Sega D re a m c a st . J e r em y M cGrath Su percro ss 2000 is the follow-up titl e to Jeremy M cGrath Supercro ss '98 , w hic h wa s recently added to the off icial PlaySt ation ga me co nso le " G reates t Hits " pro gram , " We're very exci ted to be rele asing J e rem y ' s ga me for the PlayStation and Se ga D re amc a st , " said S teve Fe lsen , brand direct or of Jerem y M cGrath Supercross 2000 . " We know t hat gamers w ill appreciate the extra effort that went into making th is game gre at. " Th e ga me uti lizes an all-new racing engine, wh ich fea tu re s sta te-of-the-art grap hic s , physics and motion. Gamers will be able to race as or ag ain st t he legendary M cGrat h, J ohn D ow d , Greg Albertyn . Sebastian Tortelli, and oth er supers tar riders o n a full se as o n circui t using 125cc and 250cc bike s , The gam e al so fe atures: e igh t S upercro ss s ta di u m co u rse s; e igh t lice nse d mo to cross tracks; a cus tom 3D track edito r ; m oti o n- captured riders ; authentic rider uniform s and bike de signs ; and an over-t he -to p stunt c om pet it io n , according to A cclaim Sports. "Thi s game defin itely captures the thrill and essence of S uperc ro ss racin g. I kn ow fan s are goi ng to have an awesome ex pe rie nce playi ng it , " said M cGrath. series now w ill end on December 2 near Sy la cauga, A labama , a s p art of the STR A ' s Fou rt h Ann ua l J oe Patric k Memorial Trial. : NAMED: Engine Ice Hi-Performance Coolant as the installed and rec- : : ommended coolant and antifreeze for the Co bra line of hiqh -perf or rnance : : minicycles by Cobra Motorcycle Mfg.. Inc. · : 6. · : : . M A RRIED: World Mxer Jeff Dement to his longtime girlfriend, Barbara : Caporale, in Pascara, Italy, on July 15. : . HIRED: Blake Conner as associate editor of Cycle Ne ws, effec tive August 2. Conner was formerly employed as art director/ associate editor of the now-defunct American Road & Racing. · AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At the Redlands Christian Center in Redlands, California, on August 20 at 6 p.m. Three-time World Champion and defending AMA 250cc National Motocross Champion Greg Albertyn is • scheduled to appear, For more information. call 909/798-2368. HIRED: Ryan Valade as wholesale manager for Magnum Distributing. Valade is the brother of 125cc Pro motocrosser Randy Valade. MARRIED: Yamaha Motor Corporation's Kim Jerman, to Roger Knupp, on July 22 in Westminster, California, .... . . . . .. .. .. . . . . .... .. .. .. .. It Jeff Dement an d his new wife. Barbara , w ill relocate to Lond on , England , in 2001 w here Dement w ill race for a England-based Yamaha team . Dement is current ly recove ring from left and right knee re c o nst ru ction surg ery in Be lg ium , D r. . Continued on page 80 .. cue I e n e _ s AUGUST 16. 2000 3 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o ,.-'" u o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

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