Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

plates would be interesting. Photos anyone? The Mar in Co unty Motorcyclists Association is appearing before the Marin County Boa rd of Supervisors on Tuesday, Aug. 17 to apply for renewal of their expired use permit for O HV riding at the Gamboni ni Ranch in Marin County, CA. The MCMA has finally come to terms with the Sierra Club, promising to help them fight overgrazing and to rebui ld trails damaged by the severe northern California storms last Jan uary. The MCMA is delighted to have the Sierra Club behi nd the m, but th ey co ul d still use mo re su pport. Mail lett ers to': Marin County Board of Super visors Chamber s, Mari n County Ci vic Center, San Rafael , CA 94903. For informa tion about the MCMA or th e upcoming meeting, call Bret.Joyner at 415/ 892-9230 or . wri te h im at P .O . Box 1350, San Rafael, CA 9490 1. Lackey wins World Championship ETTELBRUCK, LUXEMBOURG, AUG. 8 Suzuki's Brad Lackey used a 2-3 tally at the final round of the 500cc World Championship Motocross Series to take his, and America's, first World Championship MX title. Lackey ran second to Hakan Carlqvist (Yam) in moto one, with Andre Vromans (Suz) third. Graham Noyce (Hon) was in contention, but on lap one a spectator broke Noyce's left hand with a stick. , _ Carlqvist also won moto two, Franco Picco (Yam) was second, and Lackey was third. Vromans took a wrong tum off the start (towards an uphill which was omitted the first lap) and went from third to 17th. He finished an eventual sixth. Lackey headed the final point standings over Vromans, 228 to 217. Neil Hudson (Yam) was third with 186, followed by' Noyce at 176 and Andre Malherbe (Hon) with 121. American Gary Semics (Hon) ran 7-5 and finished the season seventh overall. Lackey told our European correspondent that he stayed behind Vromans as much as he could during the event, because when he was in that position spectators weren't able to throw bottles and rocks at him, which they did when he was out in the open. Complete coverage next week. Despite a DNF, Italian Franco Uncin i (Suz) locked up the 500cc World Championship Road Racing titl e a t the Aug. 8 round in Sweden . T akazumi Katayama (H on) scored his firstever GP win at the event. Randy Mamola (Suz) was second, eight seconds back from Katayam a , and third went to Graeme Crosby (Suz), wh o was two seconds behind Mamola. U nci ni retired on lap 19 wi th a loose chain, as did Freddie Spen cer (H o n) , who was the fast qualifier. Wit h four 'ro u nds remain ing, Uncini h eads the p oint standings with 103 over Ken n y Roberts (Ya m) and Barry Sh een e (Ya m), who are tied 'a t 68. Both were n o-shows due to inj uries a t the previous round. Crosby is fourth with 66 followed by Sp en cer with 57. Ro land Freymond (MBA) won the 250cc GP , and Rich Schl ach ter (Yam) took h is first GP poin ts this year with an eig h th. T he 125cc G P win went to Evon Pallazzese (Gil). Angel Nieto (G il) locked u p the 125cc G P ti tle, mak ing him an l l -tirne World Ch amp io n. 6 Terry Vance (Suz) defeated Elmer Trett (Kaw) for Top Fuel honors at the National Motorcycle Racing Association's penultimate all-bike meet, the Golden State Nationals at Baylands Raceway in Fremont, CA. However, Vance never got close to the 200 mph mark - the drag strip's run-off area wa's so rough that the Top Fuelers only ran an eighth of a mile. Dale Walker (Suz) was the Funny Bike winner, and Dave Schultz and his two-stroke Kawasaki triple upset Terry Vance in the Pro Stock final. Previously, Vance lowered the ET record to 8.55 seconds. Rick Stetson (Suz) was the winner in Pro Comp, and in Super Modified, Yamaha Seca-mounted Joe Yeager blasted the old records to scrap with a 10.03/132.74 run. Sources in Honda 's racing dep ar tment say that even though Danny Chandler was rushed to the hospital followin g the Washougal National , his injuries don 't ap pea r to be serious. H e ret urned to the hotel whe re the rest of th e riders were stay ing later in the even ing. It is su sp ected that he suffered a pi nch ed nerve. Report s on th e seriousness o f Joh n ny O' Mara's wrist in jury were unava ila ble as of pressti me . Jeff Ward does not have a broken ankle as was suspected and mentioned in the Washougal National coverage on page 8. He may have a chipped bone and was having that possibility checked out at presstime. Mi ke Bell broug ht two pairs of lea th ers to Wa shougal: H is normal pair with " T oo 'Ta ll" em blazoned on the hindmost portions a nd a new pair with th e moniker , '::-T all E' Nu ff" con tacting th e OW's seat. ' 'I' m go ing to wear th ese in the second mo to if I win th e fir st one," said Bell in the motel parking lo t on Saturday. In fact , he wore th em in the first moto. Tnat's confidence. Two bench racers suggested that a eN feature on motocross license The results of the Aug. 7 first round of the speedway National Qualifiers are in from Auburn, CA. Mike Bast was first with 20 points, followed by Mike Faria (18), Rick Miller (16), Shawn McConnell (15) , and Alan Christian (12). The 26th of September will be the day to be in Las Vegas, with exciting Formula One motorcycle road racing action roaring through the grounds of Caesars Palace. It 's the Coors/ Cycle News Formula One Motorcycle Grand Prix, and it will run in conjunction with the Caesars Palace Las Vegas Grand Prix, immediately preceding the Coors Can-Am auto race on Sunday. A $20,000 purse should draw a top field of riders. This is the first time a motorcycle race has been staged at this prestigious event. For ticket information, call 800/634-6661. What could be one of the hottest off-road events ever is scheduled for the middle of October. It's a 530-mile point to point raca, running from Las Vegas to Reno. The event is called the Frontier 500, and is sponsored by the Frontier Hotel, Coors, Reno's Peppermill Hotel 8t Casino, and Datsun. Registration and tech inspection for the High Desert Racing Association event runs Oct. 13-15, and the race will begin at dawn on Oct. 16 at Sloan, just southwest of Las Vegas. Motorcycles, cars and three-wheelers will compete, and financial analysts expect the event will bring over $12 million in revenue to Nevada. For more information on the race, contact the High Desert Racing Association, 961 W . Dale, Las Vegas, NV 89124,702/361-5404. The entry fee for motorcycles is $300, and the drawing for start position is Aug. 21. It will come down to the wire in the AMA 125 a nd 500cc Nat iona l Motocross Championships, and the wire will be strung a bove the fin ish lin e at Carls bad Internationa l R acewa y. Darrell Sh ul tz has 40 points on teamma te Chuck Sun in the 500s, but recent kn ee troub les h a ve slo wed Darrel l. In the 125cc ranks, Mark Barn ett a p pears to have a co mforta ble lead , but challen ge r Johnn y O 'Mara picked up h is first National win at Carlsbad a yea r ago. Racing wi ll be going on at Carlsbad all weekend long, with a big CMC "preNa tional " on Saturday. A p oss ibl e p articipant in th e 500cc class of Sunda y's National could be none other than newly-crowned 500cc World MX Champion Brad Lackey. HosPITal STOP: Both Rick Hemme and Oakley rep Dana Duke remain hospitalized in critical condition at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK. They were both involved in the car-train accident that tragically claimed the lives of motocrossers Bruce Bunch and Kyle Fleming just following the NMA Grand National at Ponca City, OK. Bunch was bu ried in Orange, CA, on A ug . 6, while Fleming was reportedly cremated at his family's req uest . Both Bunch and Fleming are pictured in our Ponca City coverage the way we wish to remember them - in action. Godspeed.. . We had hoped that coverage of the Silvers tone World Championsh ip Road Racing Championship round and the Belgian 500cc MXGP would be included in this week's issue, but the international mail system wasn 't kind th is week. Next week we'll have full coverage. A few issues back Papa relayed the news that the San Franciscoarea Channel 5 program Evening Magazine had done a segment on Kenny Roberts. We said the segment would air in August, and now we'r:e told it will be Thursday, Aug. 26, at 7:30 p.m. -AMA Speedway Representative George Rich called to say that the entry forms for the Aug. 29 AMA Ascot Summer Speedway Championships are now available; you can get them by calling Rich (714/635-6568) or Agajanian Enterprises (213/3215325) . Entries for this event close Aug. 23. Starting time for the event is 7 p.m. Check the CN calendar section for ticket information. A couple of weeks ago we reported on Mark Blackwell's promotion to vice-president of marketing at Husqvarna. Also promoted to a vice-presidency (finance and administration) was Richard Morgan, and the two will be the first allAmerican management at Husqvarna since Husky took over distribution of its motorcycles in this country -. As mentioned earlier, Swenerik Eklund will be moving into another position in Husky's parent company, Electrolux. The open ing ro un d o f th e Tra nsUSA MX Series on September 26 has been mo ved from Mt. Morris, Penn sylvania, to Millville, Minnesota 's Hi Winders M.C . clu bgr ou nds. Lisa Hansen, wife of 250cc MX National Champion and Supercross title holder Donnie Hansen, recently earned her pilot's license and is spending much of her free time in the air, just as her father Preston Petty does. On a recent flight, Donnie took over the controls, but when the plane dropped too close to the ,water they were over Lisa took command. So ur ces in Europe sa y Kenny-Roberts will leave Yamaha at th e conclusion , of the GP season and sign a multiyear con tract wit h Honda. Reportedly, Roberts will contest th e Winston Pro Series for a year or two and th en become Honda's dirt track/road ra ce team manager a n d also participate in R&D programs. Roberts has had harsh words for Yamaha 's GP bikes this season. SCORE Riverside winner Larry Roeseler has been working on his MX skills recently with Yamaha'. 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