Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Guest Editorial WIST Pismo Beach remains threatened A m erica's weekly m otorcycl e new spaper In a further Catch 22 scene from the continuing story of the threatened Pismo Beach closure, the Santa Barbara Board of Sharon Clayton. Publisher Ca rol ine Gnldry. Executive Secretary to t he Publ isher . Dan Rodrigu ez, Adven ising / Edi tor ial Assisu n t. Editorial Dale Brown . Senior Ed itor . Mark. K..ariya , Ed itor . Lan ce Bryson , Ed itor . Kar el Kramer . Editor: Advertising Skip Joh ruon, National Sa les Ma nager . Terry Pratt . Sa les Manager. Duane johnson. Sale! Manager. Steve Wilson. Sales Mana ger. Linda Brown. Ad~ising Coordinator. Nancy Danger. Advertising Assistant. Graphics and Production Kristin Coope r. Graphic Artist. Rona Kra m er. Assistan t. Mari on Hat ash ita . Typogra p hy, Den n is Gree n e, Labora w ry. A ccount i ng /Data Processing Mike Klinger , Comroller. Donna Bryan, Accounts Receivabl e Coordinator. Gen eva Repas s, Assistant. 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ON THE FRONT PAGE: Twist t he throttle and Honda's CR480R immediat ely launches you there. An impression on theredrocketbeginsonp.16. Team Hammer Team Ham mer's Bruce H a mmer was seriously injured in a cras h du ring the AMAIWinston Pro Seri es Formu la One rac e May 23 at Elkhart Lake, WI. As a result of his inj uries Bruce has suffered partial paral ysis and it is too soon to know if this condition will be permanent. Bruce is a paid-up member of the Kaiser Foundation H ealth Plan and is receiving the best possible medical care. Team Hammer will meet all contractual obligations and will continue to race through 1983.Team Hammer's Formula One program, will be dis continued . The end ura nce program will continue with very ca pa ble, expen riders on th e ma chine. Bruce will need a livelihood throughout his recovery, and Team Hammer can provide that livelihood. The team has received support in its plans from Chevron , Derale and Vance &: Hines, and we expect to see th e familiar #52 in th e winner's circle again , soon. To control rumors, I will provide updated information to Cycl« Neui s as it becomes available. I am in consta nt contact with Bruce's famil y and will serve as the Team Hammer spokesman at this tim e. Thank yo u very much. JOHN D. UL RICH Team Hammer Ontario, CA OMRRAstar In regard to Russ Cazier's reponing of the OMRRA . road rac es at Portland International Raceway, it would seem that Cazier is missing most of the action on the tra ck. II was no surprise 10 many of us that James Dawley won the Open Prod race. Dawley wore the OMRRA number one plate during the 1981 season, and only loaning a race ride to a local female rider prevented him from winning his second consecutive Open GP title last year. The circumstances of Dawley's win demand recognition that Cazier typi- cally has ignored. Riding an incredibly slow 550 Seca straight from his sponsor's showroom floor, Dawley came from dead last in the first turn to blow away the Open Prod field by over half a lap on PIR's high horsepower track. Visibly giving away 1520 mph to the other 550s, Dawley again forced his way from last place in the 550cc Prod cla ss to the lead before yielding 10 th e horsepower advantage that Mike Johnson 's Seca owned as the track dried out. Spectators and corner workers alike were standing and cheering him on during these two heats, appreciative of a truly incredible effort, Nothing was said last year when Dawley won a heavily promoted race against TZ750 and Superbike competi tion with his fast TZ350. The amazing pan was that his bike was sliding all over the track as two gallons of pre-mix poured onto his rear tire from a ruptured fuel tank. No mention was made of the circumstances by which Dawley won his number one plate in 1980. After breaking his shoulder in three places, separating several ribs and badly spraining wrists, knees and ankles in a Production class crash, his pit crew lifted him bodily onto his TZ350, then placed his left arm and leg onto the bike so that he could ride. After that heat, they packed him in ice for three hours, then lifted him onto the bike and sent him out again. That courageous effort earned him the . points which brought him his championship. While Keith Pinkstaff gets all the publicity, with Eugene Brown a close second, James Daw ley has been getting the sponsorship. Steve's Yamaha has supplied him with a TZ250J, a T Z350G and the 550 Seca; Kawasaki U.S .A. is providing a GPzll OO, not to mention other help from Mallinger Raci ng, Peopl e's Motorcycle Market an d Tice Industries. The reaso n most apparent is the speed, style and professiona l determination with which he both races and works with his sponsors. MIKE BAR N HART Vancouver, WA Supervisors rejected a Coastal Commission demand that the y close the only road to the Guadalupe Dunes Campgrounds. The road leading to the onl y Santa Barbra county dune access passes through a nesting area of the least tern. The Coastal Commission wants to clos e the road during the tern 's nesting season, Apri l through September, curiously, also the most used off-road time of the year. The commission wants a fence put up to keep off road vehicles from impacting the area. County Counsel. Ken Nelsen pointed out that the county land use plan, certified by the Commission, requires the road remain open as a major access 10 the beach. " It appears they want us 10 close a road that they 've told us to keep open," Nelsen told the board, adding that the state Attorney General's office has threatened " im- . mediate legal action" over the matter. Some fencing has been put up by Union Oil, which owns most of the dune area, but off-road vehicles, especially three-wheelers, have de stroyed much of the vegetation that holds back the migrating sands and rendered fences useless. The mailer was dropped from the agenda and referred to Nelsen's office on a 5-0 vote. " 1£ they close Guadalupe Dune access that leaves only two other access routes , Oslo Flaco Road and P ier Avenue. both on th e verge of being closed. By closing these three access points, the Coastal Commission would finally have the dunes as they want them, no vehicles allowed!" stated Sharon Bisho p of the Santa Barbara ATV Club. She went on to say that, " So me off-readers delight in making new trails through the vegetation which is holding the dunes in place. 1£ the plants keep being destroyed at this alarming rate, the sand will blow into critical areas and will eventually fill the lakes in the fragile wetlands." . The dune patrol is doing a good job keeping people out of the buffer zone and educating them as to what they can and can't do. Most of the violators seem to think that they paid for the property with " green stickle" money and they are free 10 destroy it. Much of the area being abused is private property, owned by farmers , ra nchers, and several oil companies. There will be a meeting of the Coastal Commission, at which the P ismo issue will be discussed, on J u ne 17 a t the Q ueen Mary in Long Beach . It begins at 9 a.m. Mike Bishop Published letters do not necessarily refleCt the position of Cycle News, Inc. Senclletterl 10 Voices. Box 498. Long Beach, CA90801.

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