Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

notions and conflicts. Mr. Gianatsis has been m isinformed about Steve Stackable's position in his new Maico contract. Had Mr . Gianatsis done the necessary reporter research to compile correct and accurate information, he would have learned that Steve Stackable, PDQ and Maico have been negotiating for this change since January , 1980 . This team that Mr. Gianatsis claims is "ba nkru pt" still holds contracts with their riders and will continue to show up for all the races for the 1980 season. PDQ also is contracted for 1980 by Yamaha , Bel-Ray Lubricants, Bosch Spark Plugs, Keystone Suspension, and Hi -Point Products. It would seem unreasonable that PDQ would be "bankrupt" without notifying these people. This team may be in financial trouble at the present time, but this team obviously has more drive and ambition than an y other privateer team . We wish that in the future, Mr. Gianatsis would write the actual motorcycle news, rather than his own fantasies. As far as the majority of the professional people involved in motocross are concern ed , the extent of ill regard toward this reporter has too long been left untouched . o 00 (j) 1""""4 WBST America's only weekly motorcycle newspaper Sh a ron Clayto n. Pu b lisher , Caroline Ge ndry , Executive Sec retary to the Pu blish er. N an cy Oo rak. Markering /Premotions Execut ive Secr eta ry. Editorial Charles Morey, Managing Ed ito r. Dal e Brown , Ed itor, Ma rk Kariya . Editor . Advertising Sk ip Johnson . Na tional Sal es Manager . T er ry Prau, Sal es Manager. Linda Br own . Advertisin g Coordin ator. Graphics and Production Kristin Cooper , G ra p hic An ise Mon ica Bauma n , Assistant. Ma ri o n Ha rash ira . T ypograph y. Dennis Greene . La bo ratory. JUDIE VIRZI General Manager, Team PDQ. Windham ,OH Accounting Mike Klinger, Ma na ger . Jean ne Hammon d , Aceu. Recei vab le. Donna Bryan , A5St. Acc ts. Receiva ble. Terry O. ilq', Credit Manage r , Circulation Rb eba Smith. Manag er . Sh ir ley Short, Sarah T aylor , Mich elle Allan, Assistants. DaaneJohnson. De aler S.les Mgr , Want Ads Lesl ie Thorp, W.n' Ad Sa les. Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, Reception ist. J im Lea l, S&S. West 2201 Cherry Ave. . Long Bea ch. CA P.O. Box 498, Long Bea ch. CA 9080 1 (21') 427 -74" : L .A . Li ne 6'6·8844. East 4190 First Ave" Tu cker. G A. P.O . Bo x 80S, T ucke r, GA ' 0084 . (404) 954 ·7 850 . Utah doin's for OHVers I decided that I had better set your readers straight after read ing. "Uta h Ut opia" in your June 25 issue. The laws dealing with dirt bikes in Uta h are not "lax." Unless a motorcycle or an y other motor ve hicle can pass a safety inspect ion : i.e . , brake lights , hom, et c. • it cannot be legally operated on public roads. Utah was one of th e first states to pass a fully com prehensive ac t dealing with off-highway vehicles in 1971 , which is the Recrea tion Veh icle Act. The Division of Parks and Recreation has been given th e respo nsibility to ad min ister th is Act for th e state. At th e present time we ha ve four parks which wer e crea ted speci fica lly for OH V use, and have designated several other areas within Sta te Pa rks for this use. T here are also two other OHV parks curre ntly on th e drawing . boards which sho uld be rea dy sometime in 1981 or '82. W e a te also work ing in cooperation with local a nd federal agencies to p rovide ot her OHV areas for publi c use, in which there are many such des igna ted . W e hope tha t we will be a ble to add to a nd improve OHV areas withi n th e state, but we arc being faced wit h a shortage of funds . Hopefully. the mo ney situation will be reme died in J an ua ry by passage of a bi ll tha t would return OH V gas tax to the O HV pro gram. We are also alwa ys trying to catch tha t small percentage of OHV users tha t a re giving a ll O HVers a bad na me a nd are having som e succ ess. Thank you for the great newspa per. Come out and see what we are do ing for OHVs in Utah! TED WOOLLEY Boating & RV Sup ervisor Salt La ke City , UT Cycle Ne ws/ West (USPS 141 ·'40 ) is p ub lished week ly exce p t the first and last w eek. of the calendar year for S20 per year by Cycle Ne ws. In c. . 220 1 Cher ry Avenu e. Long Beach . CA 90801. Srcond. class postage pa id at Lo ng Beach . CA . POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 to Cycle News. P.O. Box 498, Long Beech. CA 90801 . Su bscripti on rates: O ne year , second class m a il, $20 : two years. second class ma il. 155: three years. second cla ss mail. S55: 25 weeks . $11. Cycle News welcom es unsoli cited editorial material incl ud ing stories, cartoons, photos . etc . Su ch material. if published . becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News . Such acc epted material is su bject to revision as is necessa ry in the ~IC' d iscre tion of Cycle Ne ws. Unsolicited m at erial wh ic h is not used will be: returned if accom pa nied by a selfad d ressed stamped envelope . All unsolicited materi al will be hand led wit h reaso na b le ca re . however . Cycle N~s assumes no responsi bili ty for th e sa fety , loss or damage to suc h ma teri a l, Reprinting in whol e or p a rt on ly by pe rm ission of t he publishers. Advertising rates a nd circu lation info nna tion will be sent upon re~uest . See S.R.D.S . Copyright Cycle News. Inc. 1980. Trademark Cycle New. registered • U.S. Patent Office. All rights reserved. 4 Americans proud of Marty ON THE FRONT PAGE: Men, machines, and most importantly, tires. undergo torture testing on the Contidrom's 57degree benked oval test track. Skid pad, road course and street tests are also performed. • A behind the scenes look begins on p. 14. Photo by Eberhard LuethkA On Sunday, June 22, 1980 I watched with pride as a "yo ung loca l hero" won the hearts of Ame rica n motocross fans by decisively winning not just on e bu t both motos at the Bel -Ray U.S. Grand Prix. I wat ch Maf!y Moa tes perform motocross wizardry with pe rsona l satisfact ion. I found it amusing to hear comments from th e crowd such as, "W ho is that kid?" " Never heard of him ." Well Marty, if you're reading this , all I can say to you is you finally opened every bod y's eyes. John Taylor of Yankee Cycles helped you r ca ree r along with GP expe rience on a n Ossa a few yea rs ago . So there were a few of us who recog· nied you r pot en tial and tried , in vai n, to "ope n the industry's eyes" to you. They preferred to remain blind. My you ng friend. you have forced them to become aware of you now . Whatever your future holds for you now is overdue and well-deserved. There have always been a few of us. besides your mother, who knew you could and would do it some da y. As of last Sunday you will no longer be anonymous . Everyon e will alwa ys rem em be r it was Marty Moates who dominated both mo tos and was th e first Am erican to win t he USG P a t Carlsbad , CA l Congratulations, Marty Moa tes, every true Ame rica n is prou d of youI ROY WEAVER Coron a , CA Well put, Mr. Mitchelll I'd like to thank Bob Mitchell of La Canada, CA , for coming forward in · th e June 25 . 1980 issue of Cycle News W est (Voices colu m n) and clearing the air surrounding the Class 30 results of the SCORE Baja Internacional. Well put. Mr. Mitchelll And as for Cycle News' edi torial comment - Mr. Brown never said one word to me . Seems Cycle News has the same credibility as 60 Minutes. RICHARD L. JACKSON Taft, CA W e're sorry we weren 't able to talk to you bef ore having to leave Ensenada, but we did talk to your partner, Denn is DeCamp, and his response was duly included in th e report. We just wish we'd had Mr . Mit chell's account before the report was umtten . . . Editor. .M otorcycles on diamond Ianes7 The trophy that never came In regards to your T en Years Ago colu m n, I th ought you might be interested in know ing that exactly 10 yea rs ago I ea rned National Number One 100cc Novice in motocross . For th is accomplishment I received a small medal a nd a letter of congratula tions fro m the AMA . There was su pposed to be a banquet hon ori ng the champions of ea ch division but it never came off. To this day, I still miss tha t tro phy. RICHIE KING Ocotillo. CA Team PDa alive and well In th e June 4th editions of Cycle N ews, J im Gianatsis wrote an article that include d an item about Team PDQ which he based on idle gossip , not facts. Tea m PDQ has run into som e financial difficulties , as is common among p rivateer teams. Bu t Team PDQ is still showing top privateer posit ions at every race a nd shall conti nue to do so as they are still the strongest privat eer team ever to gather in MX history . PDQ feels that Jim Gianatsis writes too much according to his personal The California Department of Transportation is currently conducting studies which might allow motorcycles to use the diamond lanes on freeways . Presently these lanes can only be used by buses and carpool vehicles carrying three or more people. Another study might exempt motorcycle riders from waiting in line on metered freeway on ramps as well. Even if you don't plan on using the freeway system yourself. it would be beneficial to support this movement. Certainly it would make traveling the freeways safer for riders and could improve our public image. I feel that the hidden results would be an increase in motorcycle sales and more citizen involvement' to defeat adverse motorcycle legislation. For those out of state readers of Cycle News Wesl , it wouldn't hurt to write either. You might be planning a motorcycle vacation here and what is adopted in California is usually implemented in other states. CalTrans has appointed a Motorcycle Coordinator and he is a biker. Please write Joe Mariner , California D.O.T. , 11l!0 N Street, Room 1l!B, Sacramento, CA 95814. PAT OWENS Temple City, CA

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