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SoCal ORV trails
I recently attended th e Ramona ,
California, planning group meeting
at which th e proposed 37-mile ORV
trail in San Diego Count y' was
di scussed.
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This new trai l a t one locati on will
come within 300 yards of a housing
development that I live in. Many
homeowners have mounted stro ng
opposition to the trail; I heard th eir
arguments and most just do not ho ld
water.
Neverthel ess,
these
·h o m eo wn ers are mounting an
aggressive letter-writing campaign
to block the trail.
What can be done to turn the tide?
If you live in Sari Diego or Riverside
counties in Ca lifornia, please write!
Send letters to the following people,
ur ging them to implement th e
Sunshine OR V Trail and any o ther
proposed ORV trail s in southern
California: Mr. · Norman No yes,
Palom ar Ranger District, 1634 Black
Can yon Rd., Ram ona, CA 92065; Mr.
Duncan Hunter , 366 So ut h Pierce,
EI Cajo n, CA 92020; Sena to r Pete
Wilson , Senate Building , Washington , DC 20510.
BILL BERROTH
Acerbis Plastica USA
Santee, CA
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Hidden heroes
Every year many co mpetito rs co me '
to Dayton a with th eir sights set on
winning. Through th e week their
attentio n is focused o n tires, gea ring,
jetting, timing and the co mpetitio n.
Little do most racers rea lize that long
before th eir a rrival Roger Lyle and
th e MARRC safety crew , assisted by
students from American Motorcycle
Institute and other corne r working
crews, spend co unt less hours evalua ting track safety. As per Roger's
request additional ha y bal es were .
brought in and the safety crew pl aced
them al ong th e unprotected guard
rails . During th e week incl ement
weath er set in and th e worker s
remained at th eir corn er sta tio ns
despite rain, wind and below normal
temperatures and cont inued to assist
fallen rider s a n d p ro vide track
condition in formation to officials
a nd riders. Many of the safety crew
. work ed 10 days to pro vide for the
AMA /CCS races as well as the
vintage and AMA pro races. For th eir
efforts these wor kers deserve a sta ndin g o vation.
On behalf of the riders, manu facturers and vendors, I wish to th ank
th ese hidden heroes for th eir com mendabl e effor t beyond th e call of
duty to provide profession al level
corn er working and a dedi cation to
"Safety first!"
DAVE BLACK
Eastern Regional Technical Advisor
Yamaha Motor Corp. USA
Bridgeport,. NJ
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Riding together
I wou ld like to thank a very specia l
gro up of Chaparral s M.e. members.
I ride end ura nce horse races (50 and
IOO-mile cross co unt ry races) and m y
husband, a member of th e Rid gecrest
M.e., races the desert hare & hound
races and enduros.
On February 25, our Twenty Mul e
Team 100-Mile Horse Race criss cro ssed the Desert Foxes Hare &
Hound cours e which was laid out
for th eir race the following day. You
ca n imagine that the horse people
wer e nervous about our severa l
passes through Charlie's Place!
Well , not only were mos t motorcyclists very co urteo us, but a group
of Chaparrals put out big dog bowls
full of water for our horses and gave
the riders ice-col d lemo nadel That
small act of kindness meant so much
and went a lo ng way in reversing
som e negative opinions about horses
an d motorcycles sharing the desert.
Unfortunately, all of us recrea tionists - motorcyclists, ultra-ru n ners,
mo untain bicyclis ts and endurance
horse riders - are being crowded
into smaller and smaller areas by a
vocal group o f preservationists.
Remember, by law th ere can be no
compe titive even ts in a wilderness
area and that includes my sport as
.well as yours!
As a horse person, I extend my
hand to a ll of you wh o use the desert
com petitively and ask that we work
toge ther as friends to battle for more
o pen areas in our desert.
CINDY COLLINS
Eastern High Sierra Distance Riders
Ridgecrest , CA
Ya m issed 'em
I am an avid re ader of your
newspaper. Being a member of the
Uni ted States Arm y stationed overseas, I get th e opportunity to attend .
man y international motorcycle
events. Your newspaper has been a
great help by providing me with a
schedule of events.
I would lik e to know if you cou ld
help me find th e date s of a few preseason races in France. These races
are not listed in your Calendar
section. Your coo peration would be
greatl y app reciated. The events are
th e Le Touquet Beach Ra ce and the
Beaucaire International MX.
JEFFRY A. SMITH
APO NY
Th e 1989 L e Touqu et and Beaucaire
races have already been run . L e
T ouq uet took pla ce on Februa ry 12
and was wo n by Belgium 's Eric
Ge boers on a H onda. Th e Beaucaire
round of th e .Supercu p MX Series
was held on February 19 and was
won by H olland's Davey Strij bos on
a Suzuki . . . Ed itor.
Wind
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Box 2804, San Fafae1, CA 94902, o r
call Stan Stawasz at 707/538-0196.
Road racer Doug Tosten was
invo lved in an automobile accident on Interstate 95 on his way
home from Daytona Cycle Week.
The Fayetteville, Pennsylvania,
rider was unhurt. as was h is
brother who was traveling . with
him, but Tosten 's brand -new
trailer struck a bridge and was
destroyed a long with all of his
racing equipment. Tosten will be
meeting with a major corporation
Colorado's Mountain Road racing
Association (MRA) will pay $300 to
the winner of both th e GTO and
GTU divisions of th e club's premier
class, the Race of th e Rockies, at each
of the 10 meets sched uled for 1989.
Each race will have a total purse of
$2200 and will pay back 10 places.
For further information, contact the
MRA Hotline at 303/ 443-7446.
Talk about being on a budget,
Team Leon i Ducati 851 rider
Jimmy Adamo used the same set
of tires to win the March 5 AMA/
CCS Supertwins road race at
Daytona that he used to win the
Supertwins t it le at Daytona's
October '88 Race of Champions.
When Adamo did fit a new set of
Michelin radial slicks for the first
of the March 10 Arai Twin 50
Superbike Qualifiers, he promptly
fell off on the warm-up lap. Later
that day Adamo finished third in
the AMA Pro Twins Grand Prix
dice.
" And th e winner is .. . " Multi-time
Grand Nation al Champion Jay
Springsteen ma y have picked up the
$5000 lion 's share of th e Daytona 200
Dirt Track Achi evem ent Awards, but
Rodney Farris was the real winner.
The Cockeysvill e, Maryland, rider
pocketed $3000 for bein g the thirdpl aced dirt tracker after com pleting
just five laps and p laci ng 70th in the
200. Steve Mor ehead suffered transmission problems in th e race, finishing 19th and winning $3500 as the
second-p lace dirt tracker. The rider
who many considered a sh oo-in for
th e mon ey was Doug Chandler, but
Chandler was sick with th e flu and
did not co mpe te.
When a pace car was used for the
first time in the March 12 Daytona
200. some diehard motorcycle
enthusiasts wondered why it
wasn't a pace bike. Said AMA/
CCS Director (and pace car driver)
Roger Edmondson. " We actually
considered it early on. but a bike
doesn't present a big enough
image to the following riders."
Edmondson also reported that he
met his goal as pace car driver:
"I'm just happy I didn't spin out
in front ofthem, " he said.
Training on m otocr os s bikes is
becoming in creasin gl y popular with
road racers as many of those competing at Dayton a reported that they
rod e dirt bik es during the o ff seaso n.
Included in th e group were John
Kocinski, Thomas Steven s, Richard
Oliver , Dou g Ch andler , Dale Quarterl ey, Jim my Adam o and J eff Stem.
Team Vice roy Yamaha's John
Kocinski on passing: " Yo u have
to make sure your front wheel is
in front ofthe other guy's footpeg .
otherwise if you hit you 'll fall
down . I learned that riding at
Kenny's (Roberts) and from talking to dirt trackers like Chris
Carr." Koc inski put his tactics to
good use in the Daytona 600cc
Supersport race where he came
from well back in the pack to win.
Three-time World Champion Freddie Spencer tested th e 1989 Yama ha
YZR500 at 'Yamaha 's iest track in
Sugo, J apa n , on Mar ch 16-17 in
preparation for the March 26 J apan ese GP at Suzuka. Spencer circulated half a second slower than the
lap record, held by J apanese test rider
T adahiko Taira.
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