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Th e members of the I n va d ers
Motorcycle Club th at worked ch eck
eig h t durin g o ur March 24 H are and
H oun d , wish to ex tend a spec ia l
th anks to Dan Ashcraft. Wh il e leadin g th e race. Dan was una bl e to sto p
quick enough to have h is tank ca rd
marked , when we ra n o ver to mark it,
h e paused br iefly and apo logized.
Dan not o n ly wo n th e race. he a lso
pro ved he is a wi n ner hi m self!
WEST
J OE T URNBAUGH
Invaders M.C. Treasurer
Ch in o. CA
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ON THE FRONT PAGE: Scot
Herden wheelies Husky's letest
off-road creation. the 250WRX.
Test on the ell-new Husky be gins on pege 10. Photo by Tom
Kolnowski.
PAUL HEFFER LIN
O ceanside, CA
So do something about it! Write to
Com missione r S tua rt S tat ler, CPS C,
11111 8th St ., Wash in gt on , DC 20207
with co p ies of your lett er to Co m m issio ner T errence M. Scan lon , CPSC .
111118th St., Wash in gt on, DC 20207;
Congressm an Doug Barnar d. R ayburn H ouse Off ice Bldg. Rm. B-377,
Wash ingt on. DC 10515; and your
Co ngressm an (get his or her name
from your local city hall or li brary).
W ashin gton . DC 20515 ... Ed itor.
Eddie Lawson
If Eddie is not at Laguna, you ca n
tell Ago to stic k it in his snuff box!
And tha t goes for hi s cigs, too !
Wh ere th e hell is the facto ry?
JOH N FITLPATRICK
Ontario , CA
Camel Pro Series
In recent weeks, th ere ha s been
gro w in g specu la tio n - an d th ere
hav e been publish ed rep orts - th at
th e AMA Camel Pro Series wi ll undergo maj or revisions for 1986. I wa nted
to tak e thi s o pport uni ty to clear up
a ny mis conceptions o n th is su bje ct.
We are cu rre ntly ta king a hard
loo k a t th e form at o f th e Camel P ro
Series in ligh t o f trends in both
domestic and international co m pe tition. Many interesting and exci ti ng
options are availa ble.
Currentl y , th e AMA ' s Grand
Nat ional circuit in cl udes a road ra cin g ser ies with treme ndous potential :
a nd th e world 's best a nd most co mpetitive di rt track series . Any cha nges
which a re implemented for 1986, or
la ter years. will most ass ured ly be
designed to fun her th e appeal o f bo th
types o f ra cing.
T o set the record stra ight, a split of
the road race a nd din track portions
of th e Camel P ro Series is a mong the
options being co nsidered. Bu t no
decision has been reac hed as of this
date. A forma l a n nounce ment of o ur
p lans for AMA Ca mel P ro raci ng wi ll
be made lat er in the season . In the
meantime. we -welro me com me nts
from interested parties . an d appreciate the coverage w hich your p u blica tio n gives to AMA Grand Na tio na l
raci ng.
BILL AMICK
AMA Director o f Prof ession a l
Competi ti on
Westerville, OH
Off-road victory
I j ust co u ld n ' t believe my ea rs
wh ile listen in g to th e rad io o n th e
way hom e from work ea rl ier th is
wee k - " Bikers win victo ry over ·
Sierra Club in court fight to keep
DO\'e Spri ngs Ca nyon open to riding!" A win over the right to keep a
riding area open is good. indeed; to
hear it o n the radi o , on a major n etwork sta tio n, is like livin g a drea m
come tru e.
Times m u st rea lly be cha nging now th e eco- Irea ks are on th e retreat!
I don' t reall y kn ow whe re th e p lace
is, bu t I' m read y to load u p th e o ld
bike a nd head ou t th ere just to savor
the victo ry. Thanks to everybody CO R VA, Th e Phantom Du ck an d
the others wh o led th e way to th e day
that we co u ld hear a bo u t a n off-reade r
victo ry over th e forces of en viro nme ntalis m, broad cast on th e publ ic
ai rwaves!
JOE P O WER S
Ca rlsbad: CA
Motorcyclists who wan t to get more
invo lved in th e conti n uing battle fo r
open ridin g areas shou ld conta ct Matt
Benson of theAMA at P.O . Box 6114,
Westerville, OH 43081614/89 1-2425;
or COR VA at 34 72 Birdsong A ve.•
Th ousand Oaks. CA 91360, 805 /
193-1680 . . . Edi tor.
I a m wri ti ng in refe rence to th e
" My Opini on " co lu m n wi tten by
Randy Okad a (Cycle News, Apri l S),
I do no t belie ve th e ideas he ex p ressed
would hel p to " fix" p ro mot ocross. It
is my opinion th at what is n eeded to
"fix " pro motocross is to return to
basi cs: prod uc tio n bik es, 45-m in u te
mo tos (q ua lifiers held on Saturday).
natural terrain tru cks, less hype and
show bi z a nd more just p lain good
rac ing.
T o thi s race fan . o u tdoor ra cing is
tops. Th is is whe re th e spon began.
T he fan ca n ge t close to the actio n
a nd get a good feel for th e situa tio ns
th e rid ers must d ea l with , unlike sittin g in a scat hundreds o f feet from
the track at a supercross.
One o ther th in g wh ich wo u ld increase fan interest wo u ld be to elim ina te the AMA ru le w hich lim its a
rider to o ne class.
I love mot ocro ss and hope to see it
co ntin ue to grow in the years to come.
J EFF P ESTKA
Rio Ran ch o . NM
Honda VT11 ooc
1 a m a reti red AM A Di srrict-Sfi
C lass C racer a nd last yea r I ca me
back to see the sport 1 love p ract ica lly
dead. Wh at h ap pened? It used to bust
a t th e seams! It hun a lot.
Well. I'v e sent for track ins u ra nce.
ta lkin' to track o wne rs , a nd p la n to
do so me o f m y o wn promoting.
Now wh at m ak es m e an gry to tears
is n ot o ur sad interest a n d sup p ort,
but th is week 's Cycle N ews (Apri l 10).
H ere is H onda, o u t with a 1100
V-twi n w ith n o o the r purpose than
to tak e H arley-Da vidson 's market a nd
sm ash th em o u t of exi stence for good.
These j apanese think we'r e utterly
stu p id!
Wh y don't we do so me fri endl y
bo yconing and become more selfre lia nt, maybe p u t th ese pe op le in
th eir p lace? H ell . why not throw our
ma rkets ove r to th e j apanese? Wh at
<;an we do? We're hel p less.
ANTHO NY BER CH
San j ose, CA
Letter to Supervisor Antonovich
I would like to tak e a minute of
yo u r valuable time to descr ibe my
fami ly to yo u.
My o ldest so n , Pa ul . is a high . sch oo l j u n ior with a near B average.
working SOhours a week a nd preparing for a Los An gel es Trad e School
sch o la rshi p.
My youngest so n. David . is in thi rd
grade a n d a cub sco u t. My wife, L ynn
is secretary to th e Pa sto r of one of
Orange Co unty 's la rges t ch urches.
I was ra ised in Los An geles County
and am a gradua te of Cal Pol y Pomona . I' m vice president of a ba nk
located in the fina ncial center o f
O ra n ge County. Newpon Beach . I' m
a home owner w ith two renta l pro(Conti nued to page 16)
