Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

in such a way as to defeat Senator Albert Gore. Also, write Sena tor Go re's office in Washington and tell h im how you feel abou t your right to own and opera te an AT VI H is address is: Sena tor Albert Gore, U.S. Senate. Wash ington , D.C. 20510. ·,R ,- '::-1 ::::d ,~ ::-, BILLs LOAN Sloa n 's Hon da/Yamaha Murfreesboro. T ~ 00 00 ~ ....... America's motorcycle newspaper Volu m e X XV Shar o n Cla yto n . Pu blisher Mike Kl ingt"r,Comp l ral ln Skip johnson. A ssociate Publisher . Na tional Sa les Man ager . Ja ck Mango), Associate Pub lish er/ Ed itor R heba Smith. Ci rculatio n Mana ger Ca roline C.t"ndf)', Execu tive Secretary to the Publisher Edito rial Kit Pa lm er, A ssociat e Edi tor Pau l Carru th ers . A s~ociat t' Ed itor Farren Willia ms. Associa te Editor Nate Rauba . As sociate Edi tor Edw in a Ma ng us . Calt'ndar Edi tor Mi ke Ch urch . Senior Sales Manager Terry P i.1l1 Senior Salt's Mana ger Mark Thome. Western Sales Ma rlag er Do n Stoeber, Weslt'1'J Salt's Manager Ma rk Milchd l. Eastern Sa les Mana gn T ho ma s R. Com er . Eastern Sales Man agn Cathy Corrao W,.stt"Tn Ad Coo rd inator Carla Borden . Eastern Ad Coo rdi nator T o n i Doneske, Aduertisi ng 'Assisuuu Graphics and Production Ma rulg" Diana Hil genber g, G yap hic Artist P eggy Sm ith . G rap hi c Aytist SI.3Ct'Y Gu~ . Craphic Ar tist Jimmie O'Dell, Gyaph ic Artist John Bolda. CYaph ic Aytist Mar io n Ha tashita. Typesetter Carol yn Bran h a m, Ty~sdt" Den n is Greene. Lab. T ech : Accounting /Data Processing Donna Bryan. Accts Ru~ivabl~ Coo rdi nator Ce neva Repa ss. A ssistan t From H a m wey, Cr~dit Circ ulat ion Sarah Taylor . Assistant Alma Anguiano . A ssistant Cheri Chapman. Assistant Man ta Adams. Assistant . J im Kos ta. Retail Sales ManagN Want Ads Debb ie wtnk ler. Wan ' Ad Soles Service and Support Chris Ait cheson, He odq uaners Re cept ionist Leonard Herring. 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Cycle New s welcomes unsolicited ed ito rial material includ ing stories, ca rtoo ns. ph otos , etc, Such materia l. if published . beco mes th e excl u sive pro~n y of Cycle News, Su ch 3C cep ted materi a l is su bject to revision as is neressa rv in the sole discretion o f Cycle New s, Un sol ici ted mater ial which is n OI used will be returned if accom pa ni ed by ... ~If addressed sta m ped env elope. All unsolicit ed material wilt be handled with reasona b le ca re. ho....r ver. Cycle New s as su mes no responsibifity (or the safet y. loss o r damage l O such ma teri al. Rep r in tin g in whole or part o n ly-by permission of th e publisher. Adver tising rat es and ci rculation informa tion will be sem upon request. Sec S.R .D .S. Copyrig ht " Cyc le News. Inc . 1988. Trade -m ark Cyc le News reg iste red U.S . Pa te nt Office. All rights reserved. SPA Consumer Audit D ivi sion M .mber ~ s hip Appl ied For December 1986 . ~ , lal S ~ 4 My sincere tha nks and appreciatio n are extended to Fra nk Soltner of T urnersville. New J ersey, for his .help during my un fortuna te acci dent a t the Sandy La ne End uro late last year. After I had sus tai ned a fractured fem ur , Mr. Soltner stayed by my side. and kept me conscio us for well over an hour until I could be transported o u t of th e woods to an ambu lance. Again , thanks to Frank and everyo ne else wh o assi ste d m e o n t ha t unforgettable da y. MAR K WILLIAMS Swedesboro, NJ Advertising ~I co lm. W il son.PTOduction Help at Sandy Lane Walther Memorial Fund We wou ld like to thank all Tom Walther's friends and fans acr oss th e Un ited Stat es for all the beautiful cards. letters and donati ons tha t have been ma de to the To m Walther Memorial Racing Trus t Fund. He loved to com pete at the race tracks in your co u ntry, H e finis hed sixth overa ll in th e Su pe rbike race at Laguna Seca last sum mer and he was very proud and happy about that achievement, H is go ing to J a pan last fall and doing so well started to open man y doors for h im. H e had rides secured for Sou th Africa, Australia and New Zealand. but it all came to a quick and tragic end with no fault of h is ow n . All of you wh o kn ew T om or came in contact with him know what we are deeply mi ssing. The-Tom Walther Memorial Ra cing Trust Fund will be a perma nen t open fu nd for the betterm ent· of the racers. So. any do nation, small or big. is greatly appreciat ed. Your donations can be sent to The Edel weis s Credi t U ni on, 10012 King George H ighway, Surry, Bri tish Columbia. Canada V3T 2W4. GERHAR D, DORIS, AND R EA & KIM WALTHER Surrey. BC. Canada Set the record straight Champions All by Alex H odgkinson in the J anuary 6 issue claims that Jim Pomeroy didn 't win th e Spanish GP in 1973. On the day of the race. J im w as awarded second pl a ce. Ho wever. the follow ing day he was declared th e o vera ll w inner. As Hodgkinson reports elsewhere in h is own article, in 1973 the FIM changed the scori ng based on mo to pl acings rather than overall and crea ted the conf usion. At the next GP Jim was acknowledged as the points leader and held first pl ace until afte r the thi rd GP of the seaso n. A littl e known fact is that J im wasn 't u nder co ntract wh en he won that G P. His expenses had been paid to Sp ain but he was gi ven a stock bike. J im changed the bars. grips and tires and went racing. Need less to say, he was given a co ntract later, but he was a privateer at th e time . Also, if th at 's Roger DeCoster and hi s CZ on th e cover of that same issue. you ca n see wh y Jofas stopped more than rocks. The J ofa also sto pped a lo t of teasing Roger took because of the fu n ny faces he made when he raced. Ask him abo ut it. Fin all y, J im achieved a number of not abl e firsts in his career. a list of whi ch will be provided on req uest and o n the co nd itio n it wi ll be published in Cycle N ews. It's time to set the record stra ig ht. CHUCK AKIN Yaki ma, WA Send us th e list. Chuck. By the way, ph oto I.D. and ph otographer credit for ph otos appearing on our front page can be found on page 3 in each issue, under th e table of conten ts. Yes, that's R oger DeCoster on h is CZ (along w ith Bob Ha nnah, Kenny R oberts. Jay Springsteen and Dick Mann ) on th e front page of our Jan u ary 6 25th A n niversary issue . . . Editor. Tennessee's "wart" Over th e next severa l months, all of us will ha ve the o ppo rt un ity to vot e for th e next President of th e Uni ted Sta tes. If you are co ncerne d abo u t your individual rights and pa rt icua rly your right to own and ride a n ATV . th ere is a t least one ca nd idate whose posit ion and voting record tha t sho uld be of co ncern to youl Senator Albert Gore (DemocratTennessee), is the chairma n of th e Sena te Subcommittee o n th e Consumer. During the television co mm ittee hear in gs last year, Gore co ndu cted what ca n o n ly be described as a med ia circus . He con tin ua lly cri ticized the safety record of ATVs. b,la!

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