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ON THE FRONT PAGE: Steve
Eklund captured his fifth career
short track win at the Houston
Camel Pro Series opener. Coverage begins on page 8 . Photo
by Kit Palmer.
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Bobby Wood r emembered
On Wednesday, J anuary 29, the
Never Read y Raci ng Team lost one
o f its founding members. My friend
a nd pa rtner , Bo bby Wood , was killed
ridi ng h ome a fter wo rk . A d rive r in a
va n h it. h im broads ide. T he acci de nt
occurred j ust down the str eet fro m hi s
home. Bo bb y helped o ur team win
th ree AMA/CC5 reg io nal cha m p io nsh ips in 1984. During 1985, h e hel ped
th e tea m fini sh 11th in the Pa u l
Revere 250. Bo bbv a n d I were a t th e
CCS Roebling R~ad wa rm -u p ' th is
past week end p reparin g for Daytona .
H e was a n AMA member a n d lo ved
mo torcycles. H e was plann in g 10 get
h is ra cing licen se th is yea r. I wi ll
m iss Bobby every time I brea th e. Hi s
h el p , devoti o n a nd effo rts made me a
winner in 1984. H e was m y bes t
friend. I loved him.
BUDDY KE L L ER
Ca ptain , Never R ead y Racin g T eam
Delt ona, FL
Ruin your whole day
I am a long- tim e mot ocros s ra cer
a nd hav e a lwavs been a n a dvoca te of
wearing as ml{ch bod y protecrion a s
po ss ib le, provided it dot's nOI interfere with winning . Fo r yea rs I have
uti lized an a th letic support er with a
plastic cup insert (101al COSI Sl5 at a ny
ath letic shop) which I wear when ever
ra cing . It is n OI nOlin-.Ible 10 Ihe pe rso n wea ring iI, or a nyo ne else, and
doc s no t reslrict mo vem en l o n or o ff
th e m OlOrcycle. Bast'hall players wea r
th em for Ih e sa me reason mo lOer oss
racers shou ld - 10 p revent lest icular
ruplu re.
A rupt ured testicle co u ld ruin yo ur
wh ol e day, a nd a u ro logist 's whole
weekend . If yo u wanl a second o p in ion, ask yo ur gi rlfri end.
WILLIAM M. FEN TO N. M.D.
Ata sca dero, CA
Danny Chandler
We fir st h e-Ird a bo u t Dan ny in th e
.
Northwest in 1975 in Cycle N ews . We
had rea d th e sto ries a nd see n lhe p ictures of this wild and hotshot Ca lifornian , a nd im med iat el y ta bbed him
a l- -year-o ld brat .
l
T hen we saw hi m a yea r la ter a t the
P uyallep race track , flyin g off a 15foo t j u m p , doi ng a erossu p a nd wa ving a t us down belo w, H e was do ing
th i n g s o n a m ot orcycl e th at we
co u ld n't even d ream a bo u t. H e was
reckless , bUI wh at a heart. I o n ly sa w
Da nny in a few supercrosses af ter
th at, a nd th at reall y was n't hi s fo rte',
a nd read ab o u t h is internat ional suc cesses a n d records never 10 he brok en.
Bu t 10 me Dann y is rhat kid who , lap
a fter lap, flew in to the a ir a nd waved
at us, no t co ndesc end ing hut mor e
" Co m e o n u p a nd jo in m e, I'm having a g rea t ti me !"
Dan ny j umped th e ga p o f th e first
ge nera tio n MX 'ers, m e, to rhe r u rren i
p hase. Iead ing a ll the way. I never met
h im p erso nally, hUI I co ns ider h im
my frie nd and a broth er in a rms , a nd
wish h im th e best o f suc cess in h is
new life. Look, th ere he goes agai n!
S HA WN l\ICD O N ALD
Bell evue, WA
Kerker v s. S u perT rap p
I ca n ' t believe Ker ker's Kick Ass ad
in Cycle N ews, January 22. l ro n ica lly, I h ad a persona l exp erienc e
th a t may shed some ligh t. I bo ugh t a
Kerker racing pi pe for my new Suzu ki
GS750ED a co u p le of yC""JrS ag o. I
experienced a loss o f lo w a nd mi d ra nge p ower a nd uhimal el y so ld th e
pipe 10 a ca nyon co m ma ndo wh o
lived in th e u p per reaches o f h is rev
ra nge.
After goi ng back 10 stoc k for a
wh ile, I in stalled a Yosh im ura Racer
Repl ic.I four- int o-one system ti p pe d
with a street- legal Su perTrapp uni versal a lu minum muffl er. Vo ila ! I
had m or e p ow er th an Slack everywh ere. especia lly in th e lo w-end an d
m id -range area s.
T h ere 's no doub t that both co mpanies bui ld grea t exha ust syste ms ,
a nd each has a grea t raci ng back grou nd , but most o f us live in th e rea l
world on th e stree t. In m y 30 years o f
riding a nd raci ng I've never expe-
Attention Twins riders
Pl ease help a fell ow A;\IA BaTT
ra cer. I need hel p 10 cha nge a Ba r f
rule.
The ru le in q uestion is fo r th e
Li ghtweig h t and H ea vywei ght Modified classes.
1 '0. I I , Fai ri ngs: T he lower part
fai ri ng w ill nOI he belo w a li ne drawn
fro m top Iron t tire to to p of rear tire.
T his ru le ma kes the Yamaha Visio n . Moro Guzzi Le Mans and L ario ,
Du cati Pa nta h and Ha ilwood Repl ica,
Dur ar i/ Ca g iva 750 FI , Cagiva Ala zzurra 650 SS a nd th eir soon -to-berel eas ed 750 Paso mo to rcycles in th ei r
sho wroo m stock form; illega l to
co m pe te in the AMA 's BoTT L ig ht weight a nd H eavyweigh t Modifi ed
clas ses.
I th ink th e fans wo u ld enjoy wat ch in g mot orcycles rac e as th ey were so ld
whi ch is th e ma in reason so m uch
em p has is is bei n g pla ced o n th e
AMA, s Superbike Series and P roduclion classes wo rl d wide. Stock mot o rcycles shou ld n ot ha ve to he modifi ed
to compete in a modi fied class. I certa inl y want to use m y sla ck Iairing ar
th e AMA Ba T T events durin g 1986.
W rile to: Bill Bo yce c/o Am er ican
Mot orcyclist Associ ation. P ,O , Box
6 114, Westerville. Oh io 4308 1-6 114.
P lea se vo ice yo ur opi ni o n today
a n d don 't forg et 10 than k th e A:-'IA
for having a Bo'I"T series.
I enjoy readi ng Cycle N ews eac h
week a nd a n very happy 10 see th e
forma l change 10 a n a tional publica lio n . Keep th e informa tion co mi ng.
C HA RLES LAN G
A1\IA sorr' LI Wt Mod #11
R oc kfo rd . IL
CRC enduros
Is it just me o r ha s a ny o ther ribbon
chase r no ticed? C RC is la yin g o ut
some fa nt asti c end uro co urses. I've
been ridin g end u res fo r o n ly a yea r.
My o p inion then may not he impo rtant as a top- 10 fi n isher.
For the '85 season , I joined th e
o th er end u ro cl u b, FRA . A rid in g
budd y to ld me tha t Larry Langley is
th e best la you t man around . So I fig-ured , H ev l G o with t he best. I d idn' t
ride a ny e RC events unti l th e L u m berjack end uro ru n a t Gorman. T errain variety is wh a t G orman is fam o us fo r. Whoever la id that course
down did a n excellent joh. T he d iffere nt terr a in was co m bined into o ne
great rid e. Both of m}~ kids rode th e
Kid uro , a C RC event for yo ungsters
th a t gi ves them a n idea wh a t en d u res
a re.
From th e Lumberjack on I have
tried 10 rid e bot h clu bs' endures. If I
missed o ne . th e next event was usua lly a weekor two a way . T owa rd s Ih e
end of Ihe yC"".l r I bega n choosi ng(w ith Ih e hel p o f my ki ds) wh ich
eve n l to go 10. C R C was p u tti ng o n
Ihe quality o f end uro Ihat we want ed
to pa rti cipa te in.
Ta ke noti ce th ough , th e la sl C RC
end uros ha ve wo n m y mem bers hip
wi lh them fo r '86.
MYR O N T HO RS O N
So u th Pasad ena, CA
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