Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

people's champion too. Maybe one day I'll get to meet him in person. Eddie, keep up the great work and good luck on your next World Championship. THOMAS STEVENS Cape Coral, FL Fast TV Anyone interested in the World Championship Road Race Series who has a salelile dish can walch the GPs on TV. The races are being lelecasl on a Canadian station, The Sports Network (TSN), that is located on salelile ADJ, lransponder #2. The only guide I have seen listing lhe dales and limes is On-Sal, which is a weekly guide. I hope lhey keep it up and wish lhal the American networks would someday follow suit, only lhey probably won't. ....-I ... (l) ..0 o .... u o ROBERT MILLER Polson, MT Just for the record ItaDan 1tappenil. Having just r&w'Ded from this year's ISDE Italy, I want to take this opportunity to -sr-late all the riders on doiOC ~r very best. We found out early OIl ~ lhings were !jJadced al!:llinst _ , team that wasn't Jtalian. . I want to thaak Charles Hakomb and the Cagiva Matereyde Company for their fantastic support, all the way from supplying motorcycles for some of us, totnlcks to haul the V.S. ,team bikes from the airport to the hotel and back and then have the company run interference when we needed help. I'd also like to acknowledge the following for their support of the V.S. team and the individual riders in help, products and money that they donated: Acerbis Plastica; Malcolm Smith Products; Scott, Smith and Jones Goggles; Hannah Racing Products; OH-Road Products; Bell, Simpson and Arai Helmets; Husky Products, Bel-Ray Lubricants and many, many more. I'm sorry for the companies I missed, but not being a rider I didn't get a list of everyone. Also a big thank you to Dick France (U.S. team manager); Dick Phares (TTophy team manager) and Dick Lenover (}ttnior Trophy team manager) for tbeil"cireless help in keeping the riders goiftg. And especially to the couedllil support people who spend moiirt to tr3Yel to the ISDE just to~sgeubeirmedal. Also a big,cbank you to the different rnedia~ that attended this year. We bad the best attendance yet by V.S. magazine and newspaper journalists. RICK "GUNNY" CLAYPOOLE Twentynine Palms, CA The people's champions When I think about ~reat champions, two men come to mind Kenny RQbens and Eddie Lawson. They are trul'y people's champions. I had the great pleasure.of meeting Roberts when I was nine years of age. It was at a mile event where he took the time out from his racing to invite me into !:Us motorhome to give me stickies and his autograph. What a champ! I enjoyed reading your article in the September 17 issue on Eddie Lawson. Although I've never met - Eddie, I get the feeling he's a great In reference to the Kawasaki ad on page 37 of your September 17 issue, please nOle that the world speed record thauhe Kawasaki IOOOR Ninja broke by 17 mph, not seconds, was the record in the Production I OOOcc class. The fastest one, way run for a production bike is 169.388 mph which was set at Bonneville this year on a Suzuki GSII50. CAL SWANSON Prinaton, IL =====;;-:;:- • I Name • --::_ Address_~ IPLEASE PRINT ClEARlVI _ City State _ _ Zip 0 Visa In your September 17 issue's cover· age of the AMA National OIampionship Hare Scrambles in Miltvilk. Minnesota, you had David Lundberg listed as the second place finisher in the 250cc A class. That is wrong! Matt Stavish finished second. Matt is a young outstanding rider and I think he deserves to have his name mentioned. He was the only local rider who placed in the top five Qverall. He was fifth overall, right behind fourth place finisher Tony Hendon. KIM SABA Blaine, MN every week for two years (100 issues) for $60.00 six months second class (25 issuesl for $17.00 Signature 1_'. u__, ~-38' I • I I I 0 MasterCard .,-- _ ~ _,_--'-- Expiration Date . _• _ ' Advertioing T~ Prall. S4les MantlK" Tim Ryan. Sales MamagtT Mark Thome. Sales Ald"4'" Mike Church. £&stem s,ws M.,..gtT Thomas R. Goo..... Wlem s,,/es Ma_ Linda Brown. WtSlnn Afl Coordinator Carla Borden. £oslem 0441 C_tlm.k>r Nancy W rll. ACydoNIWI.lnc. 1981. T....• mort< Cye" N_. rogilterld U.S. Potent Office. All rillhtl .....rved. ON THE FRONT PAGE: Top American at the ISDE in Italy, Husqvama's Fritz Kadlec begins day .one. Race coverage starts on page 10. Photo by Kit Palmer.

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