Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

pain . I' m amazed that he cou ld do as we ll as he cou ld." . . . Edi tor. America's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXV! Sharon C la)'lOn. Pub liJhn Mike Klinger , Com ptmlltT Skip Johnson• •fssociau PubliJhnl Nationol Sal~J Managn Jack Man ~~ A.uOC'ial~ Publish"1Edit or RhebaSmith. C;U1114tlOn MaJUl gn Caroline en.dr,. . & uutivr Sn-rrlG '7 to tit,. PubliJhn Editorial J ack Ma ngus . Editor Kit Palmer, A nociat~ Eduor Pau l Carru thers. AnoOatf' EditOT Nate Rau ba, Auoci atf' Ed i tor Bri..n Cauerson. Associalf' Editor KMl Faught , A.uuuml Edi tor Edwina Mangu s. Calrn do.r Editor Advertising Skip Jo h nson. N a , 'ZSa lt'S Ma ~agt'r M ikr-Church. Senior Salt's Manag" Terry Prau , S, ,.;or Salt's M anagt"T Mark Thorne. lVt'sttTn Salt's ManagtT Ron Davidson, Wt'stt'm Sa lt's IHanagt'r Thomas R. G omer, Wt'sttTn S alt's Managn Mark Muchell. EAst"" 56l"J MtJruJgN C rt'g Milchdl. Lutnn &~s Man agn Joan Russian , W4"stt"m •.,d Comd inalor Ca rla Borden . w In,. Ad Eoordiruuor H oll y Co wan . W ,"" Ad Coo rdi ndto r Graphics and Production R~ John son. Production SuptTVu or Man dy Lou . PrudU€tion MGndgtT Dennis Greene, Lab . T ech: Guesi. G raphic Artist junmie O·IX-II . G raphic A rtist Michael Gru ula. G rap hic Ar tis ' Carolyn Bra nham . TYP~~U~r An en ne Telia s, TypNf'ttn S ta~ Accounting /Data Processing Donna Bryan . An;ts Rf' ct'ill ablt' Coord inat or Gen eva Repass. AssiJ'Gnt Fran Ha mw ev, Crf'di, Circulation Sarah T aylor. Au istan' Alm a Anguiano. Anutant MOiri la Nelson. As.siutmt Hertane Richmond. As.sUtan , Carol M;,agg . A.uiJ'an' iu D ealer Sale s Kevin Beaubien , Ma.nGg'tT Wa nt Ads Debbi e Wrlln . Wan t A d SaI~.J Service and Support Qui!> Aitcheson , Ht'adquo.rtn s Recept ioruu Leonard Herri ng. &m,ce and Suppmt National Headquarters 2201 C ht'rry Ave.. Lo ng Beach . CA 90806. )l.0. Box 498. Long Beach. CA 9OBOI·0198 (213) 127·7·133; 213/ 63&-1l811. 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Tra de-. mertl Cycle News registered U .S . P.tent Offi c e . All rights reserved. Helping hands Whi le on m y wa y to Brainerd , Minnesota, for the World Cham pi o ns hip Superb ike Seri es race, I encou n tered so me engine troubles wi th m y Canadian spec Yam a ha R Z350 a t Fa rgo , No rth Dakota. Calvi n a t Un iversity Mo tors in Fargo lent m e so me tools so I co u ld wo rk on the b ike in th e park ing lo t. Wh en it was deem ed term in al, the manager , G ary G roth, lent a hand. He took th e bike a nd m y gear to hi s ho use a nd is currently stori ng it un til I ca n ge t back th ere for it. U nivers ity Mo tors is a n excelle n t dea lershi p a n d th e rid ers in th e Fargo/ Moorehea d area are lucky to have th em . Thanks aga in l RI CK BRADSHAW CMA Regio n Chairman/ National Directo r Yor kton , SK, Canada Track diagrams When you write about the 500cc G P road ra ce series yo u a lmost a lways in clude a diagram o f th e track. I am a dieh ard mo tocross racer a nd wo u ld lik e to see th e same done for both su pe rcross a n d o u tdoor Na tio na ls held both here a nd abroad. P lease co ns ide r this, as I am sure it wo u ld be interesting to o thers as well as m yself. MI CHAEL BOJSZA Red Deer, AB, Canada We'll try to comply w ith your request uiheneuet it is possible, i.e. when such diagrams are available. In this issue, you'll find a track diag ram accompanying our repor t on th e U.S . 250cc MX G P at Unadi lla . . . Edi tor. ' Who is that guy? One questi on th at m ust be b urning in m an y m inds is: Who is Trampas Parker? DEN N IS EATON Im perial , MO To find out more about the 2I -yearold rider from L ouisiana w ho is the cu rrent World Championship I25cc MX Series point standings leader, check ou t ne xt week 's Cycle N ews for a T ram pas Parker interview . . . Edi tor. Godspeed, Gary T h is letter is n ot easy to wri te, but a few things j ust have to be said. A fell ow racer, Gary Ca lla ha n , was ta ken from us at the Pocono ' road race mee t on J une 24. It (the fa ta l crash ) was not due to rider error, it was caused by engine failure. Ga ry was a da m n good teamma te (T h u m pe r Racing ) and I' m sure tha t a nyo ne w ho knew Gary wi ll tell you the same. H e was a lways willi ng to hel p solve a p roblem or lend a h and .,. a nyway he co u ld. T h is g uy loved raci ngl I kn ow th a t lin e has been used before, b ut Gary rea lly lo ved th e sport, a n d he was very good at it. Hi s dedication to racing was outstanding , and so wa5 h is outlook on hi s fell ow racers. I wou ld like to co m p li me nt th e medical staff, corner workers and WERA o fficia ls for handlin g a to ugh situa tio n in a first class manner. Fello w racers, we lost a goo d o ne . BIL L ALST O N Lansdown e, PA Super Hunky says .. . Recently, Petersen P ubl ish in g ra n two Iu ll-pa ge a ds in yo u r fin e publica tion, In which th ey used m y nam e to endorse the ir magazin e, Dirt Rider. I wa nt to m ake it crysta l clear tha t I do no t endorse th e current sta ff of Dirt Rider a nd never h ave. Wh en I did a n endo rseme nt fo r Dirt Rider ( 1986-87 ad cam pa ign), th ey had a hard worki n g crew a nd were doing one hell o f a good job . At that same ti me, I felt th at Dirt Bike was si tt ing back on its haun ches and tread ing wa ter. All th at has chan ged dramatica lly. . I honestly feel that th e staff of Dirt Bik e .under Ed Arnett is a h ard wo rkin g , so lid crew, and my loya lties are wi th them. Dirt Bike was th e origi na l, an d Dirt Rider is a p leasa nt imita tio n. H owever, when th ey have to resort to ill egall y usin g m y name to push their product, th ey ten d to become a rather cheap im ita tio n. Because o f th e ac tio ns of Petersen Publishing/ Dirt R ider Magaz in e, I have been forced to see k legal ac tion to protect ill egal use of m y na me. The rece nt D irt Rider ad sta tes th at they don' t li ke B.S., a good o ld fashioned d irt bi ker p hrase. Migh t I suggest that they take a shovel a nd get the B.S. o ut of their ow n stable first? Thanks Ior th e space. An d keep my su bscri ptio n to Cycle News coming. RI CK SI EMAN Sen ior Edi tor, Dirt Bike Granad a Hi lls, CA Th e " hard wo rki ng" Dirt R ider crew Sieman refers to consisted of former Cycle News editorial staff members Charles Morey , Mark Kariya an d Karel Kram er. Th e current Dirt Rider edito rial staff consists of Mo rey, Kariya, Kramer and fo rmer Dirt Bike edi tor T om' Webb. At th e time Sieman endorsed Dirt R ider magazine, he was a former editor of Dirt Bik e; he has since returned to wo rk for Dirt Bike . . . Edi tor. When in doubt . ; . So , Sco tt R ussell raced a t Loudon wi th a broken co lla rbo ne! I'm su re you ha ve enough respect for th e intelligence o f your rea ders to have ch ecked th e m ed ical report before p rinting the story. _Did you see th e medica l report? . Inquiri ng mi nds want to know. SHEL LY STRO BEL Watson, LA Dr. Craig Baldw in, th e atten di ng physician, said, " It was a fresh break of his collarbone. We only saw him w hen he crashed Friday m orning. What difference does it make? H e rode like a champ. If anything, he was mak ing believe that he wasn't hurt, so he cou ld ride. I had no problem with him riding. It's no problem excep t in 'toleratin g the Great week T he words Mammoth Moun tain were al ways m ysterious to me. I h ave read articles abo u t it (the a n n ua l MX ) a n d h ad been told how good it is at Mammoth. But a fter being th ere for the first tim e this year, I now kn ow what no story ca n tel l. With people like Ken Baer, Debbie Chap m a n a nd every sing le worker at Mam mo th I had co n tac t wi th , I can 't see a ny way an yone co u ld p u t o n a fin er run even t. T he AMA sh o u ld h ave su m mer ca m p at Mammoth n ex t year. T he y would learn more th an a few things. To a ll th e peop le wh o had a n yth in g to do wi th Mammoth's even t, thanks. It was a grea t wee k in my life. T ED DE VOL DeVo l Ra cing/ En gineerin g Auburn , WA Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News. Inc. Letters are subject to condensation due to space limitations. Anonymous letters w ill not be published . Send letters to Voices. P.O. Box 498, Long Beach. CA 90801 0498. ~TND ~y p~p~ Wf~LfY (Continued from page 2) molded into - a riding position. opened his business in 1947. Today it is operated by his daughter and son-in-law. Jackie and Dave Hansen. - If yo u 'r e a Second or Third Division sp eedway ra cer , you ca n get sidewa ys a t Asco t S peed way in Garden a , Ca li fornia , eve ry Frida y n ig ht th ro ugh November 3. Raci ng sta rt s a t 7 p.m.; regis tra tion is $25. For m ore inform a tion , ca ll 2 13/5155115. Matt Benson of Mt. Jewitt. Pennsylvania. has been named executive d irector of the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) . Benson replaces Gary Winn. who resigned from that position earlier this year, due to other business commitments. Benson's primary duties will include coordinating AHRMA activities. editing the association's newsletter and acting as press contact for the organization. During the early and mid-1980s. Benson was an AMA staff member. serving as American Motorcyclist magazine associate editor and communications manager for the association's Government Relations Department. Benson may be contacted at 814/7782291 (P.O. Box 692. Mt. Jewett. PA 16740). Pa pa h as had o ur ed itor sta n ding in a co rrier since last week'5 report o n the Jul y I H agerstown H alf Mile round of the Ca me l Pro Series h it th e n ewssta nds. In th at report , the old guy had Do u~ Chandler winn ing (Con tin ued to page 46)

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