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III VOICES
W H A T Y O U A R E S A Y I N G
"Unbelievable respect, Mr. Reed."
Detroit Supercross
Detroit plus good crowd plus
good racing equals good for
supercross.
Thank you, thank you, thank
you Eli Tomac! I thought you dug
a hole you couldn't get out of in
the third and final race but you
did it and we loved it!
In my opinion, honorable
mention goes to 250SX stand-
out number-89 Joey Crown of
Metamora, Michigan. He went
down in qualifying and I saw him
shaking his hand but that kid can
ride! What a treat to watch!
Long live motorcycle racing
and see you in Indy!
Joseph Wahrer
Arai
Dear Cycle News, I didn't know
Hirotake Arai, but from his ad, I
like him.
On page 20-22 (issue 7, Febru-
ary 19) of a recent issue of Cycle
News we see Hirotake in his straw
hat, summer whites, with his tie
flying over his shoulder, standing
on the seat of his bike while riding
across a dirt field.
A picture certainly can speak a
thousand words and this picture
shows that this this guy was one
of us.
Wally Tunison
Empire of Dirt:
Changing Of The
Guard?
Steve, you write about belief and
will and never really mention what
it is. Christ. Cooper Webb literally
gives credit to Christ every single
podium, just as Ryan Dungey
did, and so many others. It's no
coincidence so many rides are
also believers.
Keep up the great work, I truly
look forward to Cycle News each
Tuesday.
Anthony LaGrasta
Chad Reed
It was January 2001. At a Ger-
man supercross I saw the first
European appearance of a "new"
rider. I texted my friend: "This
year I'm sure our (Dutch Team
Manager) Jan de Groot has an
extremely good new rider in his
factory Kawasaki team!"
In that same year I saw him
clinching his first GP podium and
a GP win. Now, the man is still on
the podium in 450 supercross,
two decades later!
Unbelievable respect, Mr. Reed.
Arie Crooijmans
The Netherlands
Archives: The Sunset
Pub Gang
What a great story, thank you for
running it. These old stories have
become a hit, some great memo-
ries shared.
Al Banta
Stories like this give heart to club
racers everywhere.
Bruce Scholten
P6
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