Cycle News

Beginning mid-April , Zap Super- sports will be holding race events at the Santa Clara Motorcycle Park in San jose, California, includingmoto- cross, hare scrambles, and ATV races. For more information, call 408/224- 4989. - lr') 00 O"l BY'PfI'Pfi WfflLfY Suzuki's new GSXR750 won its first time out at the hands of Aus- tralian Rob Phyllis. who captured the Western Underwriters Three- Hour production race at Adelaide International Raceway in Austra- lia. March 24. Second was Team Kawasaki Australia's Len Willing. Look for a race report next week. Larry McBride (Suz) topped Elmer Tren (Kaw) for th e Top Fuel win in theMarch 31 Dragbike! Dixie Nation- als at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia. McBride turned a 7.65 second, 151mph run in th e final aft er Trett lost tra ction at the start . Trett debuted his new titanium-framed fueler and posted top speed of the meet - a 193.l3-mph pass. The J une 21-23 Pocono Cycle Jam at Long Pond, Pennsylvania's Pocono Raceway has been ex- panded to include Dragbikel National Championships drag rac- ing aswell as the fu ll AMANational Championship road racing pro- gram. Friday. June 21, will see practice and qualifying for road race and drag race compet itors. Saturday's program will include the Battle of the Twins Superbike finals plu s Dragbikel class elimi- nations. The drag racing finals w ill be included in Sunday's program w ith the Formula One Camel Pro Series National and Formula Two road races. The drags will take place on the straightaway in front of the grandstands. Riders Rick Miller (left) and Bobby Schwartz pose with promoter Chris Agajanian after testing at the new speedway t rack at Gardena. Califor- nia's Ascot Park. Regular racing starts April 18. According to Team Honda Racing Manager Gary Mathers. nobody else will be rid ing Ricky Graham's team bike while the Grand National Champion recuperat es from a broken leg sustained in a practice ride accident March 13. Graham is expected to be out three months. California Su perbike School's Keith Code will be holding a series of racers-only seminars, beginning Tuesday, April 9. The seminars are limited to 10riders and will consist of four 2l2-hour sessions. Prospective students must have lap times and have competed in at least three races. Cost is $150. Call 213/484-9323 for details. 4. Continental Rubber Company is throw ing their 10th annual motor- cycle rally at the factory's West German research facility April 27- 28. The rally is considered the largest and mostpopularin Europe. and is held atthe 180-acreContid- rom where riders can t ry their hand at the test track's high- banked oval and road course, or watch safety demonstrations by Continental eng ineers. For more information. write Continental Products Corp., 1200 Wan Street West. Lyndhurst. NJ 07071. Dick Mann is organizing a vintage machine motocross to be held at Sand Hill Ranch in northern California, in conjunctin with a regular moto- cross on April 14. The event will be run under California Vintage Racing Group rules and has classes for pre- 1975 (that means up to and through 1974)motorcycles with original wheel travel. More information is available from eVRG at 415/829-6091 or from Mann at 415/234-6556. The Western States Racing Assoc- iation-sponsored Virginia City Grand Prix is scheduled for May 11-1 2. Ent ries are now available by sending a legal- si zed self - addressed. stamped envelope to P.O. Box7244. Reno. NV 89510- 7244. or by calling 702/322- 8083. days; 702/358-2407 . evenings. The following is the 1985-86 Motor- cycle Dealernews Expo schedule: Anaheim Convention Center, Ana- heim, CA, November 8-10 ; Cobo Ha ll, Detroit, MI, january 2-5, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA, january 18-20, Houston Astro Arena, Houston, TX, january 31-February 2; Cincinnati Conven- tion Center, Cincinnati, OH, Febru- ary 15-17; Boston-Bayside Exhibition Center, Boston, MA, February 28- March 2; Daytona Ocean Center, Daytona, FL, March 6-8. Call 714/ 250-8060 for information. . A number of rare and vintage motorcycles, including manyother classic motorvehicles. will be auc- tioned off September 27-28 at Harrah's Automobile Collcetion in Reno. Nevada. Up for bids will be a 1924 Ace four-cylinder. a 1938 Crocker twin, and a 1960 Honda GP road racer. For information. call 702/588-6611. Correction: Cycle News East did not predict the Dick Mann would win the 1975 Daytona 200, as mentioned in the Ten Years Ago column. That actually happened for the 1971 Day- tona preview issue, which was put together by the staff of what was then called Dixie Cycle News. The item was pi cked up out of a column reflect- ing on the overall history of Cycle News, and didn't mention what year it happened. Cycle News East's 1975 Daytona preview issue actually fea- tured Giacomo Agostini and Kenny Roberts on th e cover, and predi cted that they would fill th e top spots - Gene Romero won. Freedom Harley-Davidson of Denver. Colorado, has set June 30asthe date for its second annual Freedom Run for Muscular Dys- trophy. Last Year the event raised $35.000in pledgesforMDA; event organizers are expecting to get up to $250.000. This year's theme is " Ride the Rockies for Jerry's Kids." For details. call Freedom Harley-Davidson at 303/238- 0245. j ay Springsteen, three-time AMA Grand National/Camel Pro Series Champion and winner of. 38 National races, missed the Ascot1Tdue to the recurring stomach illness that has plagued him since 1979. The condi - tion has defied all attempts to iden- tify and treat an organic cause. Maybe Bob "Hurricane" Hannah should be known as Bob "Iron Man" Hannah; he rode the March 31 Hangtown Motocross Nation- als w ith a fractured wrist suffered in practice. Hannah finished 7-7 for the day. T eam Moto-Guzzi won the March 30 AMA ChampionCup U.S. Endurance Series round at Braselton, Georgia's Road Atlanta. At the end of th e six- hour race, Team Moto-Guzzi held a two-lap advantage on second overall finish er Quester Sullivan (Yam). . MOTORCYCLE CINDUSTRYS flANGE Lost An appeal by the Sierra Club before th e U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Los Angeles, California, to keep Dove Springs Can- yon closed to off-road motorcycles use; in a decision handeddown March 25, the court stated that though envi- ronmental impact on the land in question w~s "severe," itcould not!Je judeged on a parcel-by-parcel bas ts, but as a whole; Dove Springs Canyon is located near Ridgecrest, California. Burned As in to the ground, 1984-85 model Honda VFI IOOC Mag- nas, VF IIOOS Sabres, Nighthawks, and Aeros, totalling a reported 5300 units, in a fire a t the manufacturer's Newark, New jersey, warehouse last month; according to Honda officials, there will be no interruption of pro- duct flow to dea lers ; there are no firm plans to re-build the facility. Closed G.S. Performance, dis- tributor of high-performance motor- cycle and ATV parts and accessories' no 'explanation for the closure has been given . Awarded BytheAMA's Rider Legislative Contingency Fund, grants the Freedom of Road Riders in Mis- souri, the Nevada Association of Con- cerned Motorcyclists, AMA District 15 in Indiana, and the Magic Valley Trail Association of Twin Falls, Idaho; grants were made to help defray the costs of legislative pro- grams by these groups. Opened Geese Engineering, by Larry Geese, formerly with Yamaha Motor Corp., Kawasaki, and Ancra Corp.; company will specia lize in product research and development, prototype fabr ication and documen- tation; address is 1552 East Edinger, Unit C, Santa Ana, CA 92705, 714/ 550-9323. (Continued to page 22)

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