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Volume XXVI
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Godspeed, Chuck
The world lost a good man th is
week and motorcycling lost a contributor to its cause. The motorcycling and general public may not
immediately recognize Chuck
Long's name. His grandson's nam e
is, of course, well kn own to all
motorcyclists. Chuck believed in
Eddi e (La wson ) before he ever won
a race and everyone else said he never
would. But Chuck al so believed in
other sportsman racers and motorcycle enth usiasts and he supported
th em with the most valuable com modity a man can give to others.
himself. Chuck would help an y
motorcyclist with any motorcycle
problem and take the responsibility
to resolv e it. If he lacked th e expertise
(no t often ) he would gain it or en list
o thers to help. When we were in the
motorcycle business together, Ch uck
would take in repair jobs destined
to lose money. H is expla nation was
sim p ly, " If we don't help th ese
people, wh o will? " We cou ld all use
so me of his vision in our day-to-day
decisions.
Chuck's con tribu tio ns to others
was not limited to mot orcyclists. He
served in severa l co mm uni ty volunteer orga n izatio ns. I am sure that
th eir publicati on s will receive sim ilar letters. and th ey will feel the loss
th at we do.
Godspeed, Chuck. We will miss
you!
JACK DANNENBERG
Albuquerque, NM
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Copyright8 Cycle Ne ws. Inc . 1989. Trade mIIrk Cycle News registered U.S. '.tent
Office. All righ tl .....rved .
And thanks to you
Thanks to all th e rid ers, parents
a nd fans who made th e AMA Amateur/Youth Dirt Track Nationals a
huge success.
A special thanks to Walter Bros.,
Ha rl ey- Da vidson, S&G Honda .
Smitty's , Suzuki , and Grayboy
Kawasaki for making the boat ride
possible. And thanks to A&A T ire
Service, Circle Bell, Nolan Helmets,
O'Neal USA. Answer Products,
Grab-On , White Bros. and Hap
Jones for their sponsorship.
We would also like to thank all
th e workers. It would have been
impossible without th em.
JERRY HOLM
Peoria M.C.
Tote Gray Racing Assoc.
Peoria H eights, IL
We want to race
For th e past couple of months I
have read , in Cycle News and several
magazines, about the sidecars-at the
U.S. GP at Laguna Seca. While I
rea lly think this is great for all fans ,
I have not read one word, anywher e,
abo ut American and Canadian teams
that have raced many times there and
at all the other tracks that hosted
AMA Nationa l events (Lo udo n ,
Road America, Mid-Ohio, etc.).
I kno w tha t our rigs were not as
exo tic as the $50,000 G P racers are,
bu t I' ll bet we put on just as good
of a race. I' ll also bet that if you ask
a ny of the fans who saw us race, they
will say we were the highlight of a
race weekend.
How about it, promo ters?The fans
wa n t us back. When we raced .
nobod y went to th e toil ets or left th eir
seats.
BILL ALSTON
Landowne, PA
a ll parts of this bill, but we all
compromised our positions to
achieve the fina l draft .
Also involved in th is fight were
Jon Lund (a dea ler from Decatur),
District 17 Club Council, United
Motorcyclists of Illi nois, A.B.A.T.E.
of Ill inois and Dirt Riders M.C. of
Decatur. I also th ank these people
for th eir help.
Now we need all Illinois motorcyclists to write th e Governor and
urge him to sign HB225 into law in
its present form.
His address is: The Honorable
G ov erner J am es R . Thompson ,
Room 207 , Capitol · Building.
Springfield , Illinois 62706.
Manneh a Scandinavian?
H ey, guys ! What's th e idea of
using a photo from th e second moto
start of the Dutch 250cc MX G P with
your French 250cc MX G P story
(Jul y 5 issu e)? France was dr y,
remember? Bone dr y, actua lly . I
kn ow, because I was there. Also ,
mentioning Bader Manneh as a
Scandinavian rider? Come on. Don 't
you proofread Hodgkinson 's stu ff?
Your Bob Hannah interview was
great, though. Maybe Kit Palmer
sho uld proof Alex.
ALAN WISE
Middletown, O H
Our policy is to identify file p hotos
as suc h when we use them. We
apologize for not havin g done so
with th e photo you m ent ion. Go
back and read the paragraph about
Bader Mann eh one more time, Alan.
It says, " Scandinavian riders dominated the placings but amongst
th em was Bader Mann eh . . . "
A mongst them in logging good
fin ish es (9-2), not one of th em. Kit
Palmer does ed it Hodgk inson 's
material . . . Editor.
On 'the pipe .
After a great race weekend at Road
America (secon d in Superbike, first
in Supersport 600), there was for
reasons unknown no mention of our
sponsor, D&D Performance Exhaust.
Special tha nks to Dave at D&D for
the fas test Superbike at Ro ad
America.
J EFF FARME R
G REG KVITKAUS KAS
Orlando, FL
Bad law
I wou ld lik e to tak e this opportunity
to publicl y than k Jim Bensberg from
th e AMA Legi slative Depart ment on
behalf of the Ill inois motorcyclists.
Illinoi s has a bad ATV / O H M (offhighwa y motorcycle) law taking
effect on October I , 1989. called
HB612. It is better known as " The
All -Terrain Vehicle Act of 1987."
This law puts many restrictions on
Illinois off-road riders and co mpe titor s. H owever , through the help of
J im Bensberg it looks like this bill
will not co me into effect. Jim worked
very hard with many members of th e
Illinois legislature and Ill in o is
motorcyclists, to get another bi ll
introduced. This bi ll, HB 225 passed
through the H ouse and Sen ate. This
bi ll is awaiting action by the Govern or. H B225 lowers th e age lim its
set by H B612, th e old age at whi ch
a person ma y operate an ATV / O H M
was 10, no w if passed the age will
be six. If yo u have p rivate property
to ride on , there are no age restricti ons. Competitio n ATV / O H Ms
will be exempt from regis tration.
HB225 requires no safety train ing
(o u r state has no su ch program
available).
If HB225 is signed into law, we
then have a base to work with. All
parties con cerned are not hap py with
PAUL HAYES
Ottawa,IL
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AP POINTED: J im Lewis as president of Malc olm Smith Products.
In c.: Lewis ha s been with th e Malco lm Smith organization for 18
years. most recentl y in the po sition
o f vice president o f sa les a n d
market in g.
PROMOTED: Terry Tietz to position of national sales manager of
White Bros. ; Tietz's past duties at
White Bros. included domestic
sales and suspension service.
Speedway racer Chip Stockwell , who
was in a co ma as a result of injuries
suffered a t Speedway USA in Victorville. California, J uly 8. regained
conscio usness and was released from
th e Lorn a Linda Medical Center on
J uly 29. Stockwell is wa lki ng and
doctors expect a full recovery.
Dallas/Fort Worth (Texas) motorcycle enthusiasts now have a
radio show of their own . Metroplex Motorcycling, a live talk
show hosted by Jack Rhodes and
Shelly Mann, airs every Tuesday
night from 8 :00 to 8 :30 p.m. on
KSGB, 1540 on your AM dial.
Green Sticker
funds dispersed
in Sacramento
By Mike Bishop
SACRAMENTO, CA JULY 20-21
T he annua l grants meeting of:
the Ca lifornia Off H ighway
Motor Vehicle Recr ea tion
Co mm ission too k p lace in the
Capitol Bu ildin g in Sacramento, and
$11.3 mill ion of OH V Green Sticker
fu nding was dispersed to the Burea u
of La nd Management (BLM), Fores t
Service and local a~encies. T hose
age ncies that ha d stgnificant user
support ended u p wi th most of th e
money they had req uested. an d th e
total requested was $33.5 million.
A tota l of $5. 1 million was allocated to th e agencies for opera tio n
and maintaina nce, while pla nning.
acq uisition, development a nd
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