Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a ttenda nce has a lwa ys been a minority co nt in gent. This doesn't justify pena lizing Ama teurs who chose to tea m within th eir own ranks, I put m y name on the " Partne r Wanted " board Saturda y for Saturday's ra ce a n d found a teammate within my class. It wasn ' t d ifficult. My teammat e and I fin ished sevent h o vera ll, o ne place behind th e winning Ama teur - a n Am at eur teamed with a n Expert, Don 't pe na lize me for being a n Amateur. Straigh ten o ut yo u r sco ri ng a nd be eq u itab le. WEST DO ll G BROADD llS D-37 #32 Ana hei m . CA America's w eekly motorcycle newspaper Baldwin 's tires Sharon CI;I)'Wn , Pu blishe r We hav e j ust received the Jul y 17 iss ue of Cycle News ,a nd rea d yo ur co mments in th e ca ption o f th e pi cture o f M ike Ba ldwin slid ing a t th e Dut ch G ra nd P r ix (page 2), I believe yo u did Mike Ba ldwin a di sservice wh en yo u pointed an a rro w 10 th e front tire a nd sa id th at it loo ked like a full rai n tire an d nOI a n in termed iat e as M ike sa id it was. I ass u re yo u it was indeed an int ermedi at e. As Mike sa id. ma ybe a fu ll rain front tir e m ight have been a better choice. For vo u a nd yo ur readers ' . information, o ur 16-inch front intermed iat e a nd rai n tires look exactIv a like. on ly the tread groove is deeper o n th e fu ll rai n tire. The co mpou nd is th e key. 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Rt' p l i11l in K in ",hull' or- pan onl~' by IX'1l11 i'''-' 1ion or d u' publ i.Ju , ...\AJ\t 'll i..iI1K r.lle'Sandcircul.uion in fo rm; lIiOI1",i lllx'''l('11I UlX lI1 "'(IUt"l . St"( S.R.OS ' M Kh Copyright ~ Cycle N8Ws. l nc. 1 9 8 5 . Trademark Cycle News reg istered U.S. Patent Office. All rights reserved. 4 ON THE FRONT PAGE : Yamaha's Jacky Vimond l ead s defending champ Heinz Kinigadner in the 250cc World MX Championship chase - w ill he be the new champ? Interview begins on page 20. Photo by Tom Kol nowski. ranee race at P ueb lo , Colorado. K&K Racing , Dan Turner, Aa ron Tu rner a nd Keit h Kivotu fin ished fourth overa ll a nd fir~ l in M idd leweight Superbike. It seems th e i\IRA ra n the race fo r lo nger th an six hours. Every team was docked two laps. vxr ept fo r Team \\'eebl e, to co mpensa te for rh« error. Cooley'on Cooley Since my accident a t Sears Point. I' ve bee n overw helmed w ith cards, letters and phone ca lls concerni ng m y well-being . Once agai n the motorcycle ind us try and the raci ng fan s h a ve shown what fine peopl e they are. When th e word got o u t during m y fi rst few da ys a t th e h ospital th at I would need many pints o f bl ood for m y operations. th e industry a nd fan s' responded with th e most donations, for a n individual in Red Cross hi sto ry. T he auction held duri ng the Laguna Seca weekend wa s th e m ost successfu l ever h eld by th e Pro R ider Benefit Fund. There is not en o ug h room to list them h ere. but I would like LO th ank all th e co m pa nies th a t d on at ed produ ct s. I would li ke to express my gratitude to La rry H uHman for hi s h elp as th e a uc tio neer. Also a specia l th anks 10 Penny Ni co , lai a n d D ick H am er fr om th e Pro R ider Ben efi t Fund for the in va luable help in o rga n izing th e event a nd spend in g th eir ti me making it work. Most of a ll . Nancy a nd I would lik e to than k a ll th e fans who have don ated money toward m y m edi cal bills. This includes not o n ly those who bid at th e auction, but a lso those who made ca sh donations a t Laguna Seca. Another specia l th anks to Fred Merkel and the fa ns at Elkhart Lake and Loudon for sho wi ng th eir gener osit y. You ma y not kn ow it , but as much as I appreciate the many collections an d blood donated. what ha s helped me the most is knowing how m an y people care. Thei r co ncern h as done more for my reco very than an y doclOr possibly could . I'm not finished wi th racing yet. L ook fo r m e a t th e race track next year. DAN Tll R NER MRA #2, Ai\IA #398 La ramie, wv Busby at Uiguna I was su rp rised th a t 'no mentio n wa s made of Da ve Busb y's charge from 3 1st to 10th in the fina l five la p s o f th e La guna Seca Superbike race was made in the race story, Fo llowing the fir st o f th e two red-flag situations. Busb y was m oved from fifth to 3 1st (las t) because hehad not crossed th e line for th e red flag (m uc h th e sa me si tua tio n o f Jim Filice o n th e second a nd las t red , exce p t Busb y had gone down in turn- seven because of o il a nd Fili ce had sh ifter p roblems. Bu sb y's fall wa s not th e ca use of th e fir st red flag), Busby's cha rge through traffi c from 3 1st became evide nt when the announcers a ro u n d th e tra ck were following hi s progress over th e publ ic address system almost more than they were follow in g th e leaders. FRANK ZAMA R ONI Sunnyvale , CA Amateurs vs. Experts \VES CO O LE Y Ramona . CA Results I wo ul d like 10 correct th e resu lts o f th e \VERA Natio nal six- hour en d u - ALDO M. P llLVIR El\'TI Manager , Sports Act iviti es Mich elin Tire Corporation New H yde Park , NY ~ The lates t AMA D-37 team ra ce id ea using the European Scrambles format was a great weekend of racing. T h e sco ri n g , on th e o ther hand, basica lly removed th e AmateuT from a positio n of riding with h is ra cing pee rs to co m pe ti ng head -IO- head with th e Ex pert class ' riders, yet a llo wed th e Am at eur /Expert team to co m pe te aga ins t Am ateur/ Am at eur teams for indi vidual overa ll sco ri ng. Distri ct 37 uses th e Am at eur class for a reason. I don ' t believe any d u b shou ld be a ble to nega te a n ent ire c1a~s fo r a ny reason. incl ud ing a tYPlcally-sma ll turnoul. Ama teu r dass Th econfusi on arose because Michelin . has sold "intermediates" in th is country with th e same large-block tread pattern as Hi-Sport DO T tires, at the sam e tim e selling th e small-block tread pattern seen at right in th e photo above as a " rain tire." Mi chelin then introduced a new " rain tire" (seen at left in the photo abo ve) with a softer compound, more flex ible carcass, and w ider g rooves, and then design ated th e o lder " rain" design an " interm ediate." Even Baldwin's m echanic, Bruce Maus, adm its he was in itiall y conf used as to w hat ti re " intermediate" referred to. Our apol ogies to Mi ke Baldwin . . . Editor. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Send letters to Voices, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach. CA 90801 .

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