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Tube power Weren't any Winston Pro Series races ta p ed la st yea r by ABC ( Wide World of Sports ) of CBS (Sports Spec tacular)? If so, why haven't they been aired? If fla t tracking is ever going to become more popular it has to be through the almigh ty tube. Wouldn't it be worth it if everyone interested in the sport wrote just one letter each to ABC and CBS? WIST JIM BLANKEN Hinsdale. IL America's weekly motorcycle newspaper ABC telecast Nationals from DuQuoin (Illinois) and San Jose (Calif ornia) in 1981. They hold an option on both events for 1982, plus some negotiating has been going on concerning theJuly 3 Indy Mile. If that event is taped it will most certainly be switched from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon, July 4. Yes, letters to the networks do influence what they air . Wn'te: ABCTV, Wide World of Sports, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York , NY 10010 . CBS -TV. Sports Spectacular, 51 W. 52nd St. , 'New York , NY 10010 .. .Editor. Sha ron Clayton . Publish.". Caroline Gcndry. Executive Secretary to the Publ isbee. Dan Rodriguez. Assistant. Ad vcnising /Editorial Editorial Dale Brown , Senior Ed itor. Mark Kariya . Editor . Lan ce Bryson. Editor. Kar el Kramer . Assistant Ed itor . Advertising Skip Johnson. Na tional Sales Manager . T erry Pratt. Sales Manager. Duan e Johnson , Sal es Manager. Steve Wil~n. Sales Manager. Linda Brown, AdYc~ng Coord inator . Nan cy Dange r. Advertising Assistant. Graphics and Production Krist in Cooper , Graphic Anist. Dave McCombs, Assistant . Marion Hatashita . Typography. Denn is G="". Labora tory. Accounting Mike K lin~r . Mana ger. Donna Bryan, Acces. Receivable. Shelly Zaioru . Asst. Acc... Receivable. T er ry Da iley. Cred it Ma na ge r. Circulation Rhcba Smith , Manager. Michdlc Bernier. Sarah T aylor, LaNeuc Vassar, Debbie Walkef, Lyna Hood. Assista nts . Want Ads Gayle Wheel.".. Want Ad Sales. Dealer Sales and Service Nan cy Bragger, Dealer Sal~ Ma nager. Sarvices and Support Chris Aitcheson. Receptionist. Gregory Hanson. S&S. West 2201 Cherry Ave.. Long Beach. CA P.O . Boa 498 . Long Beach . CA 90801 · 0498 (US) 427·74SS ; L.A . Line 6S6·8844. East 4190 First AYe.. T ucker, GA. P .O . Boa 805 . Tucker. GA S0084 ·0805 . (404 ) 9S4 ·7850. Cycle News/West (USPS 141 ·S40) is pub . lished weekly except the first and last week of the calendar ycar for $20 per year by Cycle News. Inc.. 2201 Che rry Avenue. Long Beach . CA 90801 ·0498. Second class postage paid a t Long Beach. CA . POSTMASTER: Send form 3&7!1 to Cycle Newa. P.O. Box 488. Long S-Ch. CA 1OIltI-048I. Subscription rates: One year . second clall mail. $%0: two yean. second c1aa ma il. $S5 ; th ree years . second dass mail. $5S ; 25 weeks. $11 . Foreign rates avail- a ble on request. Cycle News welcomes unsolicited edtlorial material includi ng stori es, ca rtoons. pbcroe . etc. Such ma terial. if publlshed, becomes the codusiye properry ·of Cycle News. Such accepted material is subject to revision as is neccsury in the sole discretion of Cycle News. Unsolicited material which is not used will be returned if accompanied by a aelf addressed sta mped envelope. All un solicited material will be handled with reasonable ca re, however. Cycle News assumes no responsibility for the SOlfet:y. lou or damage to such material. Re p rin ting in whole or part onl y by per m isaion of the publishcn. Advertising rates a nd circu lation infonnation will be sent upon request. See S.R.D .S. Copyright'" Cycle New•• Inc. 19112. Trademark Cyc'e News reglnered U.S. Petent Office. All right. r. .erved. ON THE FRONTPAGE: "Honda Ben" Cheatwood puts the Honda XR200R through its paces. An impression begins on p. 22. Photo by Dan Mc Cauley. Tony's off to New York Just to let you know - I'm lea ving Continental Tire and mo ving to New York state. Frank Stacy and I have formed a partnership and bought Zoar Moto Park in Springville. NY . We will open Mar. 20 with a motocross school conducted by Frank, followed by a full season of MX . hare scrambles. BMX and ATV events. We hav e no immediate plans to continue the SCORE off-road four-wheel events. Zoar promises to be one of this country's best facilities. We will do our. best to see it reach its full potential. Many thanks to all the distributors , dealers and consumers who bought Conti tires and made my job so easy over the years. Special thanks to Arnold Van Ruitenbeek the number one boss with the number one tires . To all my friends in the industry: I'll be in touch; we need sponsors! TONY McANDREW Western Sales Manager Continental Tire The shaft drops here I'm wnung this letter as a conclusion to the one I wrote you a week ago co ncerning a ticket I rece ived on my bike for riding in the d irt. I rece ived a notice sa ying I could just pay the ticket. It was a mere $80. I decided to fight it (big mistake). Everything we said to the jud ge he shot down, and said we could go for a jury trial or receive sentence then. Needless to say , to hire a lawyer to go to a jury trial would be even more expensive. so we decided to take the judge's decision on the fine then. But. the previous fine was no longer effective. The judge sentenced us to 30 days in county jail. suspended for one year, a fine of $150 plus penalty assessments (whatever they are) so the fine ended up $240 . Now if we get caught riding in the dirt again with in 12 months . we will go to jail for 30 days. Can you believe thatl Our fine was tripled by trying to figh t it. Such justice. This was a first time offense for both of us. I'd hate to see what would happen if I should ever run a stop sign in the next 12 months . Pretty soon we'll be seeing signs along th e road tha t say. " Ride a dirt bik e, go to jail. " Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News. Inc. Send letters to Voices, Box 498, Long Beach. CA90801 . RICHARD SEUZELAM Lancaster. CA Mel Parkhurst joins Wrangler Many of my friends in the motor cycle industry are aware t ha t I bas ically disappeared last spring. After experiencing severe "collec tion" problems in my last business venture (pro blems which unfortunately are still not resolved) , I moved to Florida and have been living in the Daytona Beach area for the pas t six months. I am happy to announce that I have recently accepted the position of Assistant Manager, Wrangler NASCAR Program with the Wrangler Group of Blue Bell. Inc. I am now living in Greensboro. NC, and in addition to other duties . I will be attending all NASCAR Winston Cup Races. I am looking forward to my new job which will enable me to expand my experience in promotion/marketing and administration. I would like to thank all of my friends in motorcycling for their support and friendship during the past several years. Motorcycling will always remain a part of my life . MEL PARKHURST Assistant Manager. Wrangler NASCAR Program Greensboro, NC Wrangler® Supercross • series invades Seattle Kingdome Go in ' t o Loretta's Please provide an address for Loretta Lynn's Dude Ranch so we can obtain motel accommodation inform ation. We are go ing there for the AMA Mini Nationals. WILMA LADYMAN Stevensville. MI The AMA /Kawasaki Amateur and Youth National MX Final will take place at Loretta 's on August 4-7. For motel and camping info write : Loretta Lynn 's Dude Ranch, Hurricane Mills, TN 37078 . For info on the races write: MX Sports, 1390 Gage Rd., Toledo, OH 43612 .. . Editor. Suzuki DRSOO thumper test