Dann y was a lwa ys a vcry co m pe titi ve /-:IlY a nd a rea l crowd p leaser . to
" 1\' thr le:1st. It is a lwa vs sad \\"I1<'n
OI;e o f our Ic- llo w racn s 'is inj ured so
badlv a nd it rea IIv comes close 10
h om~' wh en it is S"
lIIll'OJl(' vo u han'
kn own rea) "'l'11. \ \' e ha ve I"'l'n to ld
th a t th er e is no h OIX' 1'0 1' Dann y to
n -rover. o n lv m ira cles. \\'l'll . Da n n v
ha " n('\,er hl',:n a q u it ter. a nd if a n yon~'
cou ld pu ll orr a m iracle it woul d he
h im . As fo r hi s wi fe, Trarv. a n d new
ba bv, he is verv fortn na t':. T o ha v«
Tra ~'v bv his ~idl' makes h im o ne
l uc ky /-:(IY. , We an' a ll pul lin g for
Da n n y and his family . Pl eas « hel p
them if vou run. Am' amoun t w ill
hl'lp.
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Editorial
I' ve seen th e dat es pub lish ed for th e
G rea t Am er ican Show o n Long Island
th e week end o f Februar y 28, but h av e
ye t to see a d a te for the annua l Dea lern ew s show in H a rt ford, Connec ti cu t. Is th ere a show sc he duled fo r
H a rtfo rd , or is the Deal erNews show
goi ng to be hel d else w he re?
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O N TH E F R O N T PA G E : ~ a m
4
Hond a ' s David Bailey sails t o
v ic to ry a t t he o p e nin g AMA
S upe rc ro s s Se ries ro u nd in
Anah e im . C aliforn ia. S t o ry beg in s o n p a g e 8 . P h oto by Kit
Pa lm e r.
Road Atlanta GP7
Th e best thi ng 10 happen 10 din
tr ack racing since th e :\Iael y stee l
shoe. C ycle News, a nd Ca me l c igar.
e ues wer e th e recen t tel ecasts o f th e
Stroh i\l il es o n Xash vi lle Ca ble TV.
G rea t ca mera work by Pet er Starr' s
crew. Dav e Despain d id a su per job
a nd th e racers provi d ed se nsa tio na l
act io n, bill why did Stro h pull o u t?
Wi ll it become " Mif ler lime" for the
1986 miles?
Now that Road Atl anta is running
its first Ai\lA Nat ional C ha m p io nship ro ad ra ce in severa l yea rs, co u ld
th ey be poss ib ly in reres u-d in hosti ng
Am eri ca 's first W o r ld C ha m pio nsh ip
Road R ace Ser ies G P since 1965? Is
the re a bet ter p la ce east of Ca lifo rn ia
tha n Road Atl ant a to hos t a GP in
1977?
R USS WHI"I T I:'\ GHILL
Lou isville, KY
S tro h 's pu llou t, as uiel l as th eir fa illire to pro mote th ei r im -oluemrn t in
th e S t roh M il e Ser ies du rin g t he 198 5
seaso n, rem ai ns a mvsterv. ~s (o r an
:I merica n G P road ra ce si t{" ill id Oh io was m ention ed in th e recent
past w hen one Kin g Ken n y R o berts
was altem pting to link that O hio
t rack wit h L agun a Sem in no rthnn
Ca/ifo mia in h o pes of p ro m ot in g
bac k-to -back U.S . (; 1' road races . . .
f:d it o r.
0-37 enduros not killers
Th e A;\I A Dislr ict 37 ('Iid uro cl u bs
an' 10 be co ngratula ted for the 1985
en d u ro season . T he clubs had a/-:reed
(() impro ve th eir races by d imi na tin/-:
th e kill er -type eve llls a nd th e clubs
p u t o n even ts as promised - rese ts
wert' us ed to ;11 101,' ra cers 10 ca lc h up.
lower speed s in rocky a nd haza rdous
areas wer e used to sa ve bi kes a nd ri d·
ers; oth er id ea s ha ve bee n used to
m ak e th e evelll s m o rt' fu n a nd safer.
D-37 eIHlu ro s a re def ini I('h' mort' eha lIl'ngi n/-:. fast l'!'. ami r" iJllirt, more
endurance [ha n fami lv eIHlu ro ("T illS.
T he 1986 enduro ; easou has n ine
e \'e n ts schedukd, includin /-: tw o
mountai n eve IllS and OIH' Na tio n a l.
I"d li ke . . . . " il v •end u.. rid ers a nd
th ,' fam • 4 •
ro
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the desert ra cers
10
g ive D-37 end u ro s
a trv.
P .S. Your TV co m me rc ia l with dirt
a n d road bikes a nd Kin g Kenn y is
d ynami te!
'[ he firs t end u ro o f the vea r wi ll be
Fe brua rv 2 a t Char l ie'~~P lace near
Red Moun tain . Ca lifo rn ia . T'his even t
w ill hav e a n easy C lo op, a cha l leng ing- bu t-not-d iffic u lt B loop a nd a
specia l loo p for As t ha t wi ll be short ,
fast and d esi g ned 10 cha lle nge A
riders .
T ha n ks to a ll th e 1985 end u ro riders a nd dubs for ma ki ng 1985 a safe
a nd en joya ble racin g seas on .
North Eastern S p o rts Prom otions w ill
host a M ot orcycle Expo in th e Hartford Civ ic Center. January Ll- February 2. B osto n 's Bayside Exposit ion
Center will be th e site of th e Dealern ew s Mot orcycle i:r A TV Expo , February 28-March 2...Editor.
A RT l\IO RE
1985 D-37 End uro Steward
T housa n d O aks, CA
Tha nk yo u fo r yo u r co m me nts o n
H .R . 3325 w hi ch woul d im pose fed era l licensing requirements on o pera tors o f a l l-terra in vehicles (AT Vs).
Given your po siti o n as cha irm a n of
th e co m m issio n wi thi n th e Departm en t of Pa rk s a nd Recreat io n w h ich
oversees usage of AT Vs, I co ns ider
yo u r in put to be o f g rea tes t i n ter es t.
As yo u k no w, th is m eas ure wo u ld
withh ol d fed era l h ighwa y fu nds from
sta tes whi ch do no t enact a la w p ro vid in g :
• a mini mum age o f 16 for AT \'
operation;
• a requiremenlthat ATV operalOrs
be licen sed and pass a required
sa fetv co u rse ;
• th at ATVs be proh ibited o n high wa ys.
I stro ngly o p p ose leg isla tion of
thi s type. The fed era l government
has n o bu sin ess ge lli ng illlo issues
w hich are beller co nside red a t th e
sta te o r even loc a l le\'el. Fu rt h ermore.
ho lding hi g hwa y fu nd ing host age is
a poor m echanism for forcin g state
co m p lia nce in a m ailer d ea ling wit h
off-roa d vehicl es.
Seeking trials info
I hope yo u ca n provide m e w it h
informa tio n co ncern ing tr ials riding
in the Orla ndo, Flori da, area. I a m
new to thi s a rea a nd ha ve rece nt ly
p urchased a 1986 Yamaha TY350S.
I wa s a m ern ber o f th e North Fl orida T rai ls Club o u t o f T a llahassee,
which I a m n ot sure sti ll ex is ts. At th e
L
ime we rode m ost o f our me ets a t
Crooms State Pa rk in Bro oksvill e,
w h ic h is j us t north o f T ampa . As I
ca n reca ll th ere was o ne d u b from th e
Orlando area and o ne from T ampa,
but I hav e been un able 10 g et an y
in forma tio n from local d eal er s.
DO N ALD MI LL ER
Winter Spring s. FL
W e suggest you co ntact th e T rya/s
S hop , 2422A U.S . 41, L an d 0 ' L ak es,
FL 33539,8/3 /996-375 1 or 996-3 171.
... Ed it o r. .
Bai ley for Chandler
Aft er slx'a ki ng w ilh i\ls. Pe n n y
:-.i ieoli , ",ho is headi.n /-: the P ro Rider
Ik nd it Fund lo r P ro r ider s, I am
/-:o in/-: to as k all m y S1 ud("lllS to se nd
in a m inimum dona tion of 10 for
Da n n y " :\Iag oi," C ha nd ler. T ha t is
onl va race ("n trv /'(0(" for OIH' \\Tl'kl'n d ,
I kn'o", it sOlllH I~ lik (" a sm a ll ;11110 1II II ,
bll t if part' o f you s("nd it in , it a ll :I< ld s
up. ;\Iyson ;\1itd 1<'1 I. II y" arsold , has
" 'Ill in his 10 ah l'a,h ' a nd h (" hopes
Hlu bn set' clea r tt, ,,:nd in V(lIlrs.
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Congressman Dreier on
HR 3325
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DA VID DR EI ER
Member o f Cong ress
Washi ngton , DC
COIIgrt'"sllWII J)." in S{'lIt th is It' lln
to J im L i<'{'I'IIIOI"I' of I' Ol/lOlIa. Ca li ·
fo rnia . . . F
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