Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- - Cross Benefit MX seri es at Sa nd Hill Ranch and tra n ferred to th e Int ermediate class in CMC motocross. Last, a nd cert a in ly n o t least, I'd like to th ank th e editors a t Cycl e N ew s wh o ed ited a nd publish ed my race repo rt s, a nd th e rid ers wh o took th e tim e to find me a t th e races a nd give me informat ion for th e stor ies. It ca n get prett y in te nse tryi ng to co ver ra ces a nd ride them a t the same tim e, but I a lways enjoy m eeting t~e ot her ride rs a nd will be happy to co llect sponsor informati on or triv ia from the rid ers fo r fu tu re race reports. JIM BOWMAN Oakland . CA WEST America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Sharon Clavron, Publ isher CaTolineG~ndrl . Execurive Secr erarv to th e Pu bli sher Na ncy Danger, Advert ising/Ed itoria l A ..si..tarn . Editorial Dal e Bro wn . Senior Editor. Lance Bryso n . Ed itor. Da vid Edwards, Edito r. Kit Palme-r. Editor. Advertising Skip Johnson. Nationa l Sa les Ma nager. T err y P ra ll . Sales Man a ge r. Mik e Spencer. Sales Man a ger. Linda Brown . Adverv is ing Coordi n at or. Tina Bo wen . Ad vertivi ng Asvistant. Graphics and Production Gene Ben nett. Gr aphic Artist . Lori Tyson . Graph ic Artist. Mari on Hata sh ira. 'Tvpogra p hv. Sheila La rsen . T ypo graphy. Dennis Greene, Labora tory. Accounting /Data Processing ~fike Klinger. Controller. Donna Bryan. Acc ounts Re ce i va b le Coord inato r. Gen eva Repass. Assis tant. Tern: Dail ey. Cr ed it Man ag er. Circulation R h e ba Smi th . Ma nager, M ic h e ll e H a n na . Sarah Taylor. Debbie w a lker. Lyna Hood. Assisr arns. Dealer Sales and Service T im R ya n. Dea ler Sales Ma na ger. Want Ads L ynda MiII i""n , wam Ad Sa le, Service and Support Ch ris Aitch eso n . Recepuon ist. G regor y Han son . S&:S. West 2201 Cherry Ave.• Long Bea ch . CA P.O. Box 498. Lo ng Bea ch . CA 9080 10·198 (2 13) 427·i433 : L.A . Line 636-8844 . East 4190 Fj rst Ave.. Tucker. GA . P.O . Box 1805. :ru cker. GA 30085·0805. (40 1) 93·1·7850. . Cycle New, / We" (U SPS 1-11·3·10) is publis hed week ly exce p t the first and last week of the ca lendar yea r lor $25 pe r yea r by Cycle News. ln c., 2201 Cher ry Avenue. Long Bea ch . CA 90806. Second class postage paid a t Long Beach . CA. POST M A STER : Send f or m 3 5 79 to Cycle News. P.O . Box 498 . Lon g Beach. CA 9080 1-0498 . Su bscrip tio n T ates: One yea r. seco nd class mail. $25; two yea rs. seco nd cla ss mail. $-15: three years. second class ma il. $68: 25 weeks • .$14. f oreign rates a va ilable o n req uest. Cvcl e New s welcomes unsolicited edi to"rial material including stories, cartoons. photos, ere. Su ch mat eri al. if p u bli shed. becomes th e exclusive pr oper ty o f Cycl e News. Su ch accepted material is subject to revi sion as is necessary in the so le discreti on of Cycle 1':('\\.' 5. Unsolicited ma ter ia ) which is nor used will he ret u rn ed if accompanied by a self add ressed stamped en velo pe . All unso licited ma teria l will be ha ndled wit h reasona ble care. however, Cvc le Jews a ssu m es no revponsibit uy fo r' th e ,afC'I )'. In,s or damage to suc h material. Rep rin tin g in whole or pari on ly by per mission o f the pu blis her . Adver tis ing Ta res and circu la tio n informa tion will be sen t u pon reques t: See S.R. O.S . Copyright Cycle News. Inc,\1983 . Trademark Cycle News reg ist ered U .S . Patent Office . All rights reserved . ON THE FRONT PAGE: Our salute to World Champions Freddie Spencer and Shawn Moran and Grand National Champions Randy Goss and David Bailey. Illustration by a' L'O,,! Tyson . ••• , •• , .,. .. .. ..... A road raci ,:,g thank y ou After a year-lo ng batt le I was fortunate enough to win the AFM num ber one p la te by just two points over a hiR h ly respected rival, J im Poet. An y r ider is on lv as successf u l as th ose peop le wh o support and sponsor him. I would like to than k the people and sponsors responsible for m y most sa tisfying seaso n. Sa tisfact io n is m easured in man v ways. T o me it 's wi n n ing a cha mp io ns hi p with the man who has sha red in a ll m y racing m em ories. good a nd bad. My fath er is that man a nd he ha s earn ed m y love and respec t o n a n d o ff th e track. T ha n ks to Cra ig , m y broth er . for his ma ny hou rs o f tuning and dedicalion to m y racing efforts ( 10 years wo rt hl) . A spec ia l th anks to J oe BruIOn for hi s fin e work o n the fin al prepara tio n of a ll the bikes. AI a tha n ks to m y mo th er a nd wife. who support me even though they wisf I' d retire . Fina llv, th anks to Soectro O ils and Dunlop Tire for their support 0 1 me and the sport 0 1 road racin g. EARL RO LO FF Imperial Be- Ch, CA d Pismo Beach suggest ions P ism o Beach has major problems, that's no secret. One o f th e problems is th e n eed for a permanent acc ess/ stag in g area . The new O R V Co mmission to ld the Depa rtment of Park s and Recrea tion who ma nage th e ar ea to set up the staging area at a far m j ust south of town. The people in to wn don 't like that idea, neit h er does th e g uy wh o o wns the farm. T he seco nd choice is access across Union Oil p ro perty near Competi tion H il l. U nion Oil does n' t like that idea. The th ird ch o ice, is access at o ne o f th e traditiona l en try poin ts, Oso Flaco. T he Fish a n d G a m e Depa rtm ent does n ' t like th a t idea . It would be ni ce if th e Dep art ment of Park s a nd Recrea tion wok e up an d not iced that the re is a new regime in Sac ra me nto. Th e to wns people don 't like th e farm idea so ut h o f to wn , th e busin ess world (aka Union i 6) doesn 't like access cros sing their property. Th e voter s, tax pa yers a nd an intrigua l P;Jrl.,of the tax base, industry, d o no rwanrth eir r igh ts violated yer they pl a y seco nd fidd le to Fish a nd G ame. Tell the bureaucrat s to go bother someone else! The Oso Flaco entra nce to Pi sm o would be si tua ted on far m land th at wa s bo ugh t a nd paved for by th e G reen Sticker Fund. Wh y th e Green Sticker Fund owns a lettuce field I'll never kn ow ! Alo ng with p rov idin g a staging a rea on p ropert y we a lready own , th e O so Flaco sta ging a rea would pu ll no ise a nd use further down th e beach , away from town . Th e parce l o f land th at th e G reen Stic ker Fund o wns so u th of Os o Flaco Creek co u ld a lso be used . We would be a ble to use a ll th e lan d we own. we would pu ll use. nois e an d co nges tio n away fro m to wn and keep everybody happy excep t. Fis h and Game. I beli eve that it is tim e we tell Fish and G ame that the user s. tax payers a nd vot ers are more im porta n t tha n a ma n -ma de lake with asp ha lt aro u nd it. Your cards a n d lett ers a re needed to tell the Department o f Par ks and Recreati on. th e O R V Co mmission and th e Coastal Co m m ission that we want O so Flaco to be th e staging area for P ism o . Fish a nd Games co ncern s ca n be m it iga ted by in telligent use and some well-placed fences . Off-readers are sick a nd tired o f p laying seco nd fiddl e to the pe rservariona lists. We want to use wha t we bo ugh t and pa id for. I.C. CLEA R LY Season's-end thanks Because o f a lack o f funds in 1983, we o p ted to stay in Ca liforn ia and ra ce club events an d o n ly th e Nati ona ls held on the west coast. It paid o ff. We won th e AFM a nd AR RA 250 G P Ch ampion sh ip , as well as Formula I in th e AR RA (on a 250 no less!). We were a lso in th e win ne r's circle four time s in a row at the AMA Nationa ls held out h ere. I say we becau se I was not a lone , Without th e dedi cat ed work o f su pertun er To m M a g g a rd , th e b ik e wouldn' t have performe d. Also th anks to Ra lp h a nd Rick a t Ka l-C a rd , Dun lop Tires. ND p lu gs, Bell H elmets, Mat zin ger Racing. Ro loff's Yamaha a nd a ll th e friends wh o helped a lo ng th e way . La st, but not lea st. is my famil y an d APA Trucking , th e fastest freight deli very serv ice in southern California , for a ll th eir support. CH RIS STEWAR D Los An geles, CA A big thank you I'd like to Rive a big th a nk yo u to the follow in g in d ivid ua ls a nd co mpani es wh o su p ported m y racing effo rts thi s yea r. Retu rn in g to raci ng , with a n ewborn baby. wa s a cha llenge, but th anks to th ese specia l peop le it was eas ier and success fu l. A sin cere th anks to: Mom, Dad , Ro y, Ba rb a n d especia lly m y husband Bria n , for th eir love a nd con sta nt su pport; J oe Wilson . Ed Schei d ler a n d C liff Lett of Ya ma ha Mo tor Corp.; Way n e Merid ia n a nd Ross Ma eda o f KYB for their tech n ical assis ta nce ; NEO Oil , Sh oei Helm ets , Super Seer G ogg les, Tsu ba ki C hain , T err v Ca ble. Richter Privat eer Muffler s: Mikun i Carbs, Hi -P oint Racing, CT Alloy Sproc kets , Condor, Wh eelsmi th Racing , Cee t, Z Racing . G a ry J o nes Pro d uct s a nd J oe J ones Distri bu tin g , for their sponsors hi p in products and support. DE BBIE MATTH EWS anta Ana, CA Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News. Inc. Send letters to Voices, Box 498 , Long Beach, CA 90801 , Wrapping it up As 1983 wraps u p a nd the 1984 racing begins . I'd like to tak e a mome nt ou t to tha n k a few o f the p eople th at mad e racin g in 1983 so specia l form e. Th anks to Alan Parks from Jim a nd Jim 's Yamaha in So noma, th e Cycle Gear parts a nd accesso ries shops in Ri chmond, Co ncord. Sa n Leandro a nd Sa n J ose. and m y wi fe Carol (especia lly for th e loan of h er bike). With th e su p port o f all th ese people. I co lle cted th e last o f th e points I need ed to tra nsfer to A rider sta tus in Distr ict 36, Also. I'd like to th ank th e o wners o f th e Cycle G ear stores for th eir su pport in the seco nd half o f th e year while I rode motocross on a Husqva rna '500cR for Bri ta lia Motors in San Jose.• ~Tith the .support o f zhese , , • shops.' I wi)i'! : l1l y ~ C1 a s' ~t UlC~ ' R&t " .. ....--...,;;,,-----.lIti!~ .. . ...-..

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