call do wn th e 12th rou nd knocko ut
of a prize fighter . It seems that at
times these announcers wer e u ninformed about what was actually happening . I'm hoping that th ese rough
sp o ts will be smoothed ove r in future
tel ecasts.
Now for th e bad n ews: I saw an
article en titled, " Mo torized Mayhem"
in the G reensboro New s & Record on
August 22. It deals with the C PSC's
a n n ua l report on ATVs. Just reme mber: th e CPSC's a nt i-ATV material
goes everywhere, to all th e wire services, n ewspapers, TV stations, etc .
We, a s concerned motorcycle and
ATV users , aren 't the onl y ones who
receive Statler 's sta teme nts, so beware . . .
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Against BLM cooperation
I saw Dave Ho lem an 's leller (C ycle
News, August 28) and I feel Dave has
covered most of the bases and I agree
with h im 100%. It 's sad when someone who is somewhat inactive in the
district at th is time has such good
insight into our problem , wh ile peop le close don't seem to see it clearly.
. The BL M will push us a s far as
th ey ca n 10 make it tough to race
desert, The next move will be to
in crease our entry fees 10 $50 a rac e,
since we pay $60 to race B-to- V.
If you have doubts about th e intent
of th e BL M, ask th e Phantom Du ck
of th e Desert. If we do anything for
the BLM. it should only be in trade
for more riding ar ea .
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German motocross exchange
I have two German fri ends who
race motocross and would like to visit
southern California next year to see a
supercross race. They both spea k very
good English and would lik e to sta y
with a family in southern California
who would show th em around a liule
and take them to a supercross race.
In return they will offer th eir home
to yo u, a chance to see Europe and a
Grand Prix motocross. They a re very
po lite and likabl e yo u n g m en . If
anyone is interested please wr ite to
m y military address.
EDD P RICE
Box 2502
APO NY 09057
Street Crash
I wa s so mewh a t m iffed over the letter p rinted in Cycle N ew s, Augus t 2 1,
from Joh n Wyckoff regarding hi s
opi nions on how mem bers o f th e
moto rcycle in d ustr y in ad vert ising
a nd p u blis hi ng, and I assu me myself
in pa rticu la r, ha d h u rt th e im age o f
th e in dus try by " us in g th e h igh wa y
as a race trac k" beca use o f accident s
some o f us were involved in duri ng
th e SCPBRA motorcycle industry rid e
to La guna Seca . To base h is letter on
a br ief item in Latest Poop th at onl y
sta ted I had crashed during th e trip
withou t exp la na tion as to th e ca use ,
a nd no eviden ce from other so urces
th at I know had knowledge of the
accident, was quite irresponsible an d
certain ly without th e integrity I know
th e majority of jou rn alists in ou r
industrv do h ave.
There is no reason for me to p lay
anti-socia l outlaw as Wyckoff implies,
because had h e checked he wou ld
have discovered th at I have rac ed
AMA Pro for years a n d presently road
race a 750cc Suzuki Superbike in
three classes p er weekend in AR RA
co mpetitio n at Willow Springs. My
cras h on th e ride to Laguna Seca was
my first street bike crash ever , it ha ppen ed w hi le riding ca u tio us ly at safe
. posted speeds, and though I have no
m emory of th e a ccident itself because
of a h ead injury received in th e crash,
it wa s probably ca used by a lapse in
co nce nt ra tio n which was ca used by
th e long tr ip at less-rhan-challenging
spe eds. I would like to thank th e
many people on th e rid e who came to
m y aid a nd assistance a fter th e accident and provided support during
m y time in th e hospital. I am now
back a t work and at I()()%again.
JIM GIANATSIS
G ianatsis Design Associ ates
Canoga, Park, CA
ESPN and the media
Two separate items got my allention over the past week, one offering
positive co n no ta tions, the other leaving me with quite a nega tive alii tude.
It was gr eat to see timely supercross
coverage back on ESPN. The August
17 Rose Bowl Supercross was tele cas t
on Thursday , August 22. ESPN sports
cov erage is a grea t asset to every even t
that receiv es a ir tim e, 'an d I believe
supercross will see a big increase in
popularity if it gets ongoing coverage.
T he a nnouncers for the sho w, Steve
G rad a nd David Stanfield, were aptly
assis ted by Danny La Porte. Grad and
Sta n field delivered a "s u percha rged "
documentary of th e sport - a t times I
felt lik e I was listen ing to someone
O n February 16 a t th e Motorcycle
Show in Chicago, I purchased a threemotorcycle trai ler from T erry L.
Welker of Welker Tra ilers, Inc., 1639
E. P ion eer Drive. Irving , Texas 75061.
T he ir telephone num ber is 214/4383085. I pa id $983 by check. T h e trail er
wa s to be delivered by late April or
ea rly May.
Wh en it did not arri ve in late April,
I called a nd was told delivery would
be a liule late. During ea rly J u ne, I
called four times a nd go t an answering service each time. Even though I
left my name an d number eac h time,
my calls were not returned.
Finall y, in desperation , I sent a
regi stered leuer sta tin g that I wanted
the trailer or m y money. and if I did
not hear from them by the end of
June. I would take appropriate steps
to rega in m y money.
In late J u ne. they called and said
hat th ey were n egotiating a sale of the
trailer co m p a ny and th at I would
receive a refund by lat e July.
Wh en no refund came, I called
again and th e number had been dis connected. Can any of yo ur readers
help me? My telephone number is 309/
685-8066.
H . KEITH THOM PSON
P eoria,IL
24-Hour thanks
T eam Speed Boys wou ld lik e to
thank everybody who hel ped us in
ou r recent victory a t th e 24-Hours o f
Ne lson Ledges road ra ce. We especiall y want to th ank Dav id Graham
of Parts U n lim ited a nd Metzeler T ires
for th eir su p port a nd superior p roduct s. We a lso would like to thank
Spectr e Oils a n d Koni Am er ica for
th eir su p port in provid ing excelle nt
lubricants a nd shocks.
In additi on , we wis h 10 th ank a ll
th e co m pe titors in th e endura nce ser ies a n d particul arl y Cycle T ech Racing for bein g such professional spo rtsmen .
Recogni tion for a n o u tsta nd ing
job goes to Steve Schl otterbeck , pit
ca p tai n a n d drivin g force beh ind th e
Speed Boys, a nd to a ll o ur scorers and
pit crew members who work so hard
for th e team .
As I write this leuer I'm just starl ing to real ize wh a t a fantastic weeken d we had, but th e best " h igh " ca me
from seeing Wes Cool ey and hi s family walk in g arou nd th e pits a t Nelson
Ledges.
BOB FRAN K
Tea m Sp eed Boys
New H oll and, PA
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