Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

the CCS riders for their patience and u nderstanding of the jobs our staff has a t each event. Were it no t for the grea t show you put on at every race, fans like myself would not be able to enjoy this great spo rt . Thanks aga in and I'll see yo u at the track. GORDON L UNDE Milwaukee, WI America's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXV . ~ Sharon C layton, Pu blisher M ik~ Klin ger. Comptroller Skip Johnson , Associate P ublish er/ N ational Sal es Ma nagtT Jack Man gu s: A ssociat e Publisher t Editor Rheba Smith . Circulation Mo. nagn Caroline Oendrv , Executive Secutary to the Pu blisher . Editorial Kit Palmer , A s....ociate Ed itor Paul Ca rru thers. Associa te Edit or Na te Rauba. Ass ociate Ed itor Brian Catterson . Associate Editor Edw ina Mangus. Colen dor Editor Advertising Mik e Ch u rch , Senior Sa les Manager T n T)' Pratt . Senio r Sa les Manager Mark T ho me. Wt'slern Sales Man ager Ron Davidson. Wt'sleTn Sales M an ager Mar k Mi tch ell , Eastern Sa lt's M(lna~t'r T homa s R. C e n ter , Eastern Sa les Atan ager Debbie \\'L't"It-r . Western Ad Coordinator ' Carla Bord en , Eastern Ad Coo rdinator Graphics and Production Ma lcolm Wil son .PTOdu ction Ma nagtT Den nis Greene. La b. T ech : Dian a Hil gen berg, G rap hi c Ar tist Stacey G uest. Grap hic A rtist J i.mmie O 'De ll, G ra/Jhi€ A rtist Ma nd y Loa. C 7ap hlc ATt ist Caroly n Bran ham. T YPt!sdttT Ari en ne T elias, T ypt!st!ttn Accounting /Data Processing Don na Bryan. A ccts R eceivable Coordinator Gcn~va Repass. A ssistant Fra n Ha mwey, Credit Circulat ion Sarah T aylor . A ssista nt Alma An guia no. Assistant Ch eri Ch a pm an , A ssistant Man ta Ada ms. Assistant Her la ne Rich mond. A ssistan t Car ol Sca nnell . Assis tan t Circulation Development Ro n Davidson . Mana gt!r Want Ads j oan Ru ssian. Want Ad Sales Service and Support Ch ris Ahcheson . 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W/ B PA "if AUOITED CIRCULATION Copyr ight "' Cyc le New• • Inc. 1988. 4 Tra de-mark Cyc le New s reg ist ered U.S . Pat ent Office. A) I rights reserved . YSR races R egarding information o n Yam aha YSR events requested by Ed Link of Newark, Delaware: In 1987 th ere were Yamaha YSR races a t Maryland's Timonium Fair grounds in Octob er, November a nd December. This past su mmer th ere were two Yamaha YSR50 Track Ch a llen ge event s a t th e Yamaha Mo tor Corporation facility in Bridgep ort, New J ersey. The first event was held in Ju ly and the second in October. If yo u are interested in Yamaha YSR50 compe tition, cont ac t your ' local Yamaha dea ler. . MARK WILLIAMS Swedesboro, NJ Th e YSR races at Timon ium Fairgrounds were discontinued after last year's even ts, du e to time limitations . w h ich restricted th e am ount of hours . the Balt imore County Tr ail R iders Associat ion cou ld use th e buildi ng in w hich th ey still conduc t short track races in the win ter . . . Edi tor. The safest way In your. coverage of th e Daytona Pro-Am someone said that th e long chica ne was used to enha nce safety. This cou ld no t be further from th e truth. The use of th e long chicane resulted in at least a 10 to 20 mph increase in exit sp eeds a nd top speed was thus increas ed o n th e front straigh t. It is inco nceivable that an yone could possibly think that thi s would make the tra ck safer. This tra ck change is partially resp onsibl e. for my crash that occured a t th e ch ica ne exit. I am lucky to be alive and I thank .God and my Sh oei helmet tha t I am. I strongly suggest that in th e future th e track be run with th e sh ort ch ica ne as it is clearly the safest way. GARY GRIFFITH Ch attanooga, TN , The White Bros. thanks The White Bros. World Veteran's Championship MX was a smash ing su ccess. thanks to th e crew a t Perris Raceway; the contingen cy spo nso rs. and most of all th e racers. This was the biggest race event we hav e ever undertaken. a ile th at we were a little appreh en sive about a t first. H owever, when we looked o ut the front ga te and saw th e lin e stretch ing a q uarter-m ile do wn the road. o ur hopes began to rise. As we sta rted the first round. with some clas ses ha vin g three divisions of riders, the grins began to appear. And a fter th e long da y was finall y over, wit h no major injuries or prob lem s a nd a tremendous response to our trophy presentation and awards cerem ony. not to mention som e great raci ng. we realized th at the White Bros.! Perris Raceway crew had rea lly met their goal of putting o n the best ra ce ever for the fastest-growing segme nt of the MX sport - th e Vets ! Thanks are in order to Barry Johnson and the entire staff a t Perris Ra ceway; th ey worked very hard to ma ke things go smooth ly . J ody Weisel and Kathy Speer set th e classes up very well, Chris Bergstrom and H al Sanguinetti reall y handled th e co mp lex job of prize distribution. a nd both H al and Ken Davi e kept everyo ne informed on th e public address system all da y. . Thanks al so go to all of th e 350 en tra nts who came from as far a way as Illino is. T exas, Idah o. Colorado a nd New Zeal and. Believe me. we en joyed havin g you there as much as you enjoyed racing! Pl ease rem ember th e following cont ingency sponsors the next time you shop: Ba n zai Bro s.. Answer Products. P ur key E-Z Clutch. FMF. Maier Plasti cs, Protec, Calfab, Posa, T erry cable, K&N, Pro Circuit, AXO. Smi th, P ro g r essive Suspension , O 'Neal , DeVol , Malcolm Smith, ATK, Barn ett, Ceet Racing, DG . Spectre, Mo tocross Actio n a nd Dirt Bike magazines, Trick, Scott USA, IMS. J T Racing, Boyesen, ·A'ME. N oLeen R a ci n g . a n d T subaki. Thanks to all of you. Next yea r will be bigger and better, a nd we hope to see you then l TOM WHITE _ DAN WHITE White Bros. Cycle Specialties Garden Grove, CA California turnaround I th ought I would just say " a great job done!" Your recent coverage of o ££-road / desert eve nts h a s been _ excep tiona lly good. F. GORDON SMITH , JR. Visalia, CA Th ree months ago we ran a lett er f rom Mr. Smith in wh ich he correctly criticized our lack of desert race coverage. We answered the lett er with a request that po tential con tributors con tact us for a cop y of our con tribu tor's guide. Don etta Murray did so and almost immediately began covering even ts. Anne and T om Van Beueren , w ho opted to take the sum mer off, have picked up w here they left oj] at .th e beginning of the - sum m er (see their coverage of the Baja 1000 in th is issue). L ook contributors lik e Donetta , A nne and T om up th e next tim e you go to an ev en t and tell th em " j o b w ell don e." ·. . . Edit or. Lunde resigns In April 1986 I was offered the opport un ity to becom e ra ce director 'of th e AMA Championship Cup Series Midw est Region. I want to t ha n k Kim Ca sper and R o ger Edm ondson for that op port un ity a nd th e fai th that I co uld handle th e jo b. The time has come. tho ugh , th at I feel th e need to move on to other a reas o f th e s po rt. Effective November 30 I wi ll resign my po sition with the Championship Cup Seri es. In 1989 and beyond I will pursu e my graphic, pho tographic and o the r interests in motorcycle road racing. From racer to race director overnigh t was quite a challe nge and o ne I hope met the ra cers ' and Mr. Edmondson's expec ta tio ns. I want to thank all the people who worked with me over th e past th ree season s. Your long hours and hard work are trul y a pprecia ted. I wish you well in th e seasons to come. Above all , I want to thank all of Wind ( Contin ued from page 2) Accord ing to Whittier, Cal ifornia's Varner Racing, Mike La uxen , who was so uthern Cali fornia's top ranked observed tr ial s rider in 1984-85. will return to com pe ti tio n a t th e 19th Annu al EI Tri al de Espan a at Lu cerne Va ll ey , Ca lifornia , o n December 4. Lauxen will ri de a Merlin 35 0 spo nsored b y To to Motors. Varner Racing. Bel-Ray and Arai . If you were unable to attend the Ted Boody Memorial Ride or the British Bike Ride in southern Califo·rnia on November 6 and would like to get an event pin for either or both of the rides. you can do so by ma il. For a $1 0 donation to t he Ted Boody Trust Fund you'll get one of the large Boody Ride pins that features Ted's #12 plate. The British Bike Ride pins are available for a $5 donation and for a donation of $1 2 you'll receive both pins. Send a self-addressed. stamped envelope with pavrnent " and a request for the pins to The Ted Boody Trust Fund, Security National Bank of Sapulpa. P.O. Box 1290. Sapulpa. OK 74067. BO RN : Daniel Steven Osterm an , son of Dave Osterman, formerl y motocrosser Mike Bell 's mechanic an d Cagiva team manager, and wife Debbie, on November 16 in Tarzana, Cali forn ia; cards can be sent to 23663 Mesa Ct.. Valencia; CA 91355. The Arizona Desert Racing Association (ADRAI has changed its name to American Desert Racing Association . According to ADRA, the change was made to reflect the intemational" aspect of ADRA and to display its involvem ent with the deserts of the American continent both in the U .S. and Mexico. ADRA says they produce more major off· road events in the U.S . and Mexico than any other racing organi zation . claiming 3500 entries for 1988 ADRA events. For more inf or m ati on. contact ADRA. P.O. Box 34810. Phoenix. AZ 85067. 602/2521900. Californi a ' s AFM N orth has a n no unced it will hold 1989 road race events a t Sears Point Internationa l Raceway o n Ma rch 18-19, .April 2, May 13-14, June 3-4. Jul y 22-23, Augu st 6, Augus t 26-27 and October 22. For more information. ca ll 415/ 327-0908. AFM So uth is curre nt ly di scu ssin g possibl e scho ols and events on a lim ited basis at so u th ern Ca l if ornia 's Ri verside Raceway du e to delays in th e construction project which will even tually eliminate that race tra ck. Petersen Publishing Company's Super/Moto Cross magazine, which debuted in August 1987, will go from a bi-monthly to a month ly publication with the February 1989 issue. P URCHASE D: Freed Crown Lee P ublish ing. publishers of Motorcy(Contin ued to page 42)

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