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one 100. Wrile 10: Wide World of Sports, ABC TV , 1330 Avenue of the Am ericas , New York. NY 10010, JEFFTEZER Laguna Nigel , CA Texas comment C ycle News is m y favorite and the WIST America's weekly motorcycle newsP.8IJer Sharon Clayton, Publisher Caroline Gcndry . Executive Secretary the Publisher. . . Dan Rodriguez. .Ad vertis ing / Ed itorial Aaaiatan t. '0 Editorial DaIc Brown . Senior Edi,or:Mark Kariya. Editor. Lance Bryson, Editor. Karel Kramer. A.isrant Editor. Advertising Skip Johnson, National Sa les Manager. T erry Pratt. Sales Manager. Duane Johnson . Sa les Manager. Steve Wibon. Sales Manager. Linda Brown . Advertising . Coo rdi na tor. Nancy Danger. Advenising Assista nt . Graphics and Production Krist in Cooper, Graphic Anist. Dave Me Combs, Assista nt. Marion Hatash ita . T ypography. Denn is Greene . La bo ra tory . Accounting Mike Klinger . M ana ~r . Donna Bryan , Accu. Recei vabl e . Shelly Za ionz , Asst. Accu. ' Receiva ble . Terry Dailey, Credie Manager . 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ON THE FRONT PAGE: "Krazy" Karel keeps front tire wear to a minimum on Suzuki's DR600Z, An impression begins on p. 16. Photo by Mark Kariya. 4 Wise fan After attending the Houston IT I feel compelled to write this letter. There was Steve Wise, running very well , adding life to a dying sport and the consensus of the crowd was that Honda told Wise to cool it because Mike Kidd is number one, Wise added so much to the National. It 's been several years since I've seen the crowd love what was happening, Dirt track (in our part of the U,S,) has faded so badly that it ~as very refreshing to see his performance, AMA and America: Get off your duff and realize that MX can add life to a dying sport, And to Steve Wise: A job well done. JANIE STANFIELD WATERS living, TX P .5 . Bet we see more of the Pro MXers trying their hand at IT. I know the fans would love it. EI Mirage improvement As each year goes by the residents of El Mirage Dry Lake find an . ever increasing amount of recreauo~l vehicle use , What started as a feeling of "W ell it 's only one percent causing problems" has grown 10 a cry of exaspera tion, Out and out- disregard for private property, destruction of fences , ,either for access or firewood , tr espassmg of privately owned land and break-ins all these things are starting to have an effect on the area. Most all of our residents came from the city and realiz e the need for outdoor recreation. It is the feeling of the El Mirage Improvement Associ~tion that if something is not done to bnng a stop to this type of action by the RV users themselves , then the community will have to take legal action to curtail the use of the area . We hold a meeting every first Friday of the month at the EMIA building at 7:!lO p .m. and any interest ed persons able to spea k and be heard . We hope that a line of communication can be set up, and all parties will come to an understanding, JAMES G. STACEY President, EMIA St , Rt, Box 148A Adelanto. CA D esert devast at io n T houg h t yo u migh t be in ter est ed in th is it em fro m the Feb . 10 Sa n Bernardin o Sun new spa per. All the desert cl ubs hav e 10 go through hell in o rder 10 stage a race beca use all the Sierra Cl ub types crea te suc h a m edi a fu ror, yet her e we have a 30-day devasta tion o f w hoo nly- kn o ws how m an y square miles o f sa nd an d rock by th e military. Whal 's go od fo r th e goose, o r, duck... R . L. R UTH ERFORD Sa n Bernardino, CA Th e art icle enclosed with th e letter o ut line d th e details of a 30-day mock war games project calle d " Gallan t Eagle '82" which w ill be held in th e . desert beginning in Mar ch . Th e war games w ill in volve 25,000 troops, 200 plan es, 821 tracked ve hicles (in~lud ing tanks), 1,100 w hee led ve hicles, 450 helicopters and live ammun it ion . Th e exercises will be staged at Fort Irw in (just north of th e tradi tio nal Barstow to Vegas star ting area) an d the Marine Corps 29 Palms facil it y" . Edi tor. ABC coverage good, but too late This past weeken d (Feb. 14) A BC showed its coverage o f the 1981 USG P a t Carlsbad. T his ha s 10 be a record for delay in the reporting of a sporting eve n t, 11 was eight m on ths la te. Alt hough th e cove rage is good a n d th e p hotograp hy fa ntastic, there is no excuse for this o bviously biased h an d lin g o f m ot ocross o n ABC, es pecia lly in light o f the fin e next d a y coverage o f th e Superbowl of MOlDcross o n CBS last year. T he o n ly wa y th evare going 10 change th in gs is by m ass pub lic response. If we want 10 see things c ha nge in t h e p r o mpt n ess o r freq ue ncy o f th eir co verage, we mUSI wri te th em letters. 11 wo uld o n ly tak e 15 m in u tes a n d COS I 20 ce n ts, And if a nyone thinks tha t th ei r o ne letter ca n ' t c ha nge th e view o f a T V n et wo rk, remember th ai th ey co ns ide r each letter 10 represent th e vi ew s o f th ousands o f peopl e. So 10 all yo u Cycl e News reader s o u t there, gel off yo u r duffs a n d wri te a leuer , a n d g el yo u r friends 10 writ e 'onl y· motorcycle publication 1 subscribe 100. And I always enjoy Roxy Rockwood ' s announcing at the Nationals and his Daytona radio show: BUI one cannot help feeling non-California riders take a back seat at Cycl e News West , Enclosed is ~ conversation I imagine took place at . Houston by a certain couple. Texas Papers Woody Woodrock: " Boss, why did you make me come to this race? You know my Wesl Coast boys always 'win theTT." Publisher: "Shut up and go get me another Lone Star before time trials. What's thai funny noise?" WOOdrock: "Oh my God, there) a two-stroke out there." . Publisher: "Who is it?" Woodrock: "SN." Publisher: " I don't remember seeing him . in yo u r column, California Papers ." . Woodrock: " Bos s, that N sta nds for nobod y. Probabl y some poor South T exan t h at d o esnt realize the H ouston Supercr oss is in March. " Publisher: " Look Woody he's wearing a n MX j er sey. (La ug h ing uncontrollabl y.) You 're ri gh t, h e mUSI be a T ex an. H e's nOI eve n wearing a stee l shoe," Woodrock: " I ho pe h e doesn 't g et in th e way of m y boys. You know morocro ssers a re n' t to o bright. " Two hours later ... ... Woodrock: " O h m y God l T ha i tw ostroke is back OUI th ere in th e ma in. " Publisher: " H o w ludicr ous!" Woodrock: " Don' t worry boss. They a re pu tt in g h im o n th e back row, Besides he ca n ' t place, he's not from Californ ia ." Aft er th e start... " " . Woodrock: " O h m y G od l ,T h a i co w bo y is moving up through th e pack ." Publisher : " Woody . ho w ca n he be improving hi s positi on? H e's standing up going into th e turns ." Woodrock: "Yeah but one of m y boys just ran into h im . No w th ey ca n protest that Texan. " Publisher: "Incred ibl e, thi s Wi se guy is go ing 10 fini sh rh ird in h is first TT Na li onal. " Wood ro ck : " Boss. I ho pe thi s d oesn 't m ean o ur p u blica lion, Ca li fo rn ia West , is fin all y goi ng 10 be req ui red 10 recognize T exas r id ers." Publisher: "S h ut u p Wo od y a n d go ge l m e a nother Lone Star. " DARIUS GRAMLEY Harl in g en , T X A fanciful conversation, consideri ng tha t both of th e Cycle News West staffers pr esen t at H o usto n we re on the f loor of th e Astrodome tak in g pictures of an d rep ort ing on th e trem endo us TT event, an d o ne of th em hails fro m T exas to boo t. As soo n as we ge t a chana, we 'll try to round u p all the issues tha t featured T exans such as Steve Wise , Ken t Ho uierton , M ik e Kidd, Bill y H erndon , Kath y H olman and MX Cat (w ho hails from Aust in ) and sen d th em alon g to M r. G ram ley... Edi to r. Published letter. do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc, send letters to Voices, Box 498. Long Beech. CA 90801.