Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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Th at there always rem ains a job to be do ne, and the doing of it is n ow . It was one of th ose things yo u tal k an d tal k about, then is sudden ly here. A dream brought up out of our dream s and made real. For th e good of all and th e ben ef it of man y. Another of R and y Mamola's eff orts for Save T he Children - that favorite charity of his he keeps bringing back to us for support . And with Kevin Sch uiantz join in g him, too. Kevin fl ying in from T ex as to a clu b in H erm osa Beach , on his way to Suzuka to test his GP 500. Both of them gett in g set for the new season . Both tak in g this m om en t for th is cau se, tod ay. Rand y an d Kevin , two of Gran d Prix road racing 'riding's best, giving their names and time to the n ameless wh o have so little time unless we help. Three hundred of us filled th e ro om. Th ree hundred representing w h at we know is in the hearts of m illions w ho m ake up our sport. A n d th en led by a man on the stage named L en a. J ay. ou r funny guy with the chin and that u n beatabl e wit that alw ays makes us think about Us, and how w e m ig ht be better benea th our own laughter. B etter to ourselves an d to th e world. A talent on ly th e very gi f ted have . T he rare co m edian who can stir in our soul a response of both elation an d repair, reaching in to the deepest basics of life: A nd the True M otorcyclist has this facil it y - among the many o thers tha t w e riders sha re to follow L en a 's lead and open th e mind and th e heart . T o tak e what we need from him an d gi ve back what we can . Th e eve ning's jokes broug ht th e h ous e dow n . A w ave of excitemen t ran th e p lace, from table to table. T his is what m otor cycl ists should be do ing, we said . T his is w hat our m ission is. T o h elp as we can and th en to let th e world kn ow abou t it. T hat we are special people, everyone w ho rid es, everyo ne w h o loves this th ing that adds so much to life. Th is is th e best part. T he part that ma kes us proud to be us . T o be the riders. W e are T he R iders. .' Willi am Edgar Copy!ight Page 3 Productions; From an idea by Carol Sim SUPERCROSS: St anton stops Johnson's win streak in Atlanta 6 Brown wins two at Miami. 40 EN D U RO : Hawkins flies at the Quicksilver National : .10 PREVIEWS: It's time for the Dayto na happening once again . . . .14 G rand Prixdictions for th e '8 9 road race season 24 INTERVI EWS: Road racer Doug Polen maximizes his potential 18 . Rising MXer Damon Bradshaw 36 Dirt tracker Chris Carr eyes th e Number One plate for '89 .. .. .48 COMPARISON: Four 125cc MXers gather for a showdown 32 MOTOCROSS: Shoemaker tops Golden State Amateurs at Sandhill 38 NEW PRODUCTS: New goodies to spend all your money on 44 TEST: Blazin' the highways with . Suzuki's GS X R and Katana : 60 LOCAL RACING: Wh at's happening down at th e local tracks 68 CALENDAR: The dates, times and places of future races 73 WANT A D S: All kinds of motorcycle stuff for sale 78 O N THE FRO N T PA GE: After finishing second last year, D oug Polen is the favorite to w in this year's Daytona 2 0 0 . A Polen interview beg ins on page 18. Photos by William Edgar and Henny Ray Abrams. r--------------- ---------- - -- -- - -- -ORDER --- --- - - -- -~- --.- - -- ~ -- - - - , SUBSCRIPTION - -- - - - FORM . N a m e _-::::--;-:-::-;-;:=;-::-:-;-:-;=:-- _ IPLEA SE PRINT CLE AR l Y I A ddress _ C it y Order Date : Sta t e .....LZi p _ _ OK, please start my subscription to Cycle News . and send me the newspaper o every wee k fo r one year (50 issue s) for '$35.00 o eve ry week fo r tw o years (10 0 issu es) f or $65 .00 o six .month s sec ond class (2 5 issues ) fo r $18.00 On. y.er (6 0 io u•• I. 2nd cl••• C.n.d. or M.xico ond on other foreign countri•• $75.00 (U.S. fund.l. First cl... and airmail rate. available upon request. ~ o This is a renewa l o Please bill me o Encl osed is check or money order .... Ch arg e my 0 V isa 0 Mastercard Signature MC /V isa # -"-_ _ -,- Expi rat ion Date Se nd to : CYCLE NEW S, In c., P.O. Box 498. Long Beach . CA 90801 -0498 / ~ 3) 42 7-7433 (21 _ --'- _ ~ 3