Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Wind (Con tin ued from page 2) America's motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVI Shamn Day Ion. Publish" Mik e Klinger , Com prrolln Ski p J ohn son••-fssoOlIU Pu bl ish tT l N ation al So la ManaK" Jack Mangu !>. As.soci4 t~ Publishnl Editor Buell bashing Please save th e Buell 'roa d test for April Fool's Day for whi ch it is pe rfect. Som eone has been whipping thi s thing with an ugl y stic k, Built for sp eed ? Wh o a re you kiddin g? This thing is a paint sha ker th at ac tua lly registers lO on th e Richter scale. Rheba Smtih. Circul4lion ManGgn JOH N GO NZALES Houston , T X Caroli ne Gn1dry. E.UCU 1M &culary to 1M Publisher Edito ria l J ack Mangu s. Edito r Kit Pa lmer, AssocitJt~ Editor Pa ul Ca rr uthers, Associate Edi tor Nat e Ra uba . ~ .f.1:O('ia te Edit or Brian Ca tterso n. As- eiale Editor w Ken Fau ght , Assistant Editor Edwi na Man gu s, Calendar &lifor Advertising Ski p j ohnson. Na t'l Sales MlJruJg tT Mike Ch urc h , Senior Sa lts Man agN TaT)' Pra tt . S".im Soles Managn Ma rk Thorne, West"" Sales Man ager Ro n Davidso n . lVt slnn Sa lts MandKtT Thomas R. Co m". Wn lt'Tn Stiles M anagn Mar k Mil Chd l. w lnn Sdll"sM anagtT G~ MilChell . Eastern & Il's M an4.{t'f Joan Russia n , WesltTn Ad Coord;inc tm Carl a Boeden. wlrrn Ad COOf'dtnalOr Holly Cowan. E.tuUm Ad Coo,din410T Graphics end Prod uction Ree Joh nson. Prod uction SupnvisoT Ma nd y Loo, Production Managn Dennis Greene. Lab. T ech : Stacey G uest. G raphic Art ilt J imm ie O ·DeII. Graphic Ar rist Mich ael Gr uuka . Grap hic Artilt Carolyn Branham . TYPf!s(,u~ Arienne Telias. Typf'~f'UU Accounting /Dete Processing Don na Bryan . Acets Receivabte Coo rdi"ator Geneva Repa ss. Assutant Fran Hamwev. Cudit Good guys do f inish first I just got back from the Augus t 6 road race at Mid -Ohio wh ere I go t a paddock pas s.to chec k o ut th e bikes and rid ers a nd get some a u tog ra p hs. The fir st ca ll for 250cc bik es had just go ne o ut wh en I went to J ohn Kocinski's ga rage. He was sitti ng in the bac k p utti ng o n his leathers. H e in vited me into th e garage, sig ned h i s n a m e and answered my questi ons. After all the races were over I went b'a ck into th e padd ock a nd he was still hangin g o ut. I chec ked ou t h is bike up close a nd talk ed to him. H e remembered me from before the race . A class ac t. Concerning one of the questi ons he a ns wered (500cc G Ps in 1990), kick their bu tts! ROB ERT ER NST Del phos; OH Circulatio n Sarah Ta ylor . As.s istant AII1U Anguiano. A JSi.Jtan l Mar ita Nelson , As.sistanl Herlane Rich mond. As.si"'anl Ca ro l Magx io. Au i.Jtant Ita lian A mer ican I was sur p rised by th e AMA 's selectio n (of riders ) for th e Motocross des Nations team , H aven 't th ey heard of Tram pas Pa rker? Dealer Sales Kevin Beaubien . Ma nag~ Went Ads Debbie weller. 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Cycle News ass umes no rMpn nsibil,ity (or l ~e ~r('t.Y ' loss or da mage to such ma teria l. Reprinting to whole o r part o nly by pe rm ission or ~ he publisher . Adverusing r.. te!i. a nd ci rcu lation information wi ll be sent upon request. See S.R.D.S. WI V 4 BPA A UDITED CIRCULATION Cop yrig h.. Cycle News. Inc . 1989. Trodenwrk Cyc le News registered U.S. P.te nt OW"", _ All rig hts.....-. Parker, w ho currently is in first p lace in th e. W orld Cham pionship 125cc MX Series point standings, is riding un der an Ital ian license th is year and is thus no t eligible to com pete in the Motocross des Natio ns as a member of the U.S. team _ _. Editor. Accurate, but . . , T BA Racin g rea lly a pprecia tes the coverage given to us by La rry Bell in h is 24 H ours of Ne lson Ledges rep ort. H owever, in my exci tement, I mi stakingly said we fin ish ed fifth overa ll at th e Road Atlanta ro und of the WERA/ EBC Brak es End urance Road Race Series rou nd. In fact, we fin ish ed seventh overa ll. But hats off to Mr. Bell for his accu rate repo rti ng of th e facts as they were given to him at th e tim e. NE D H ART T BA Racing Indianapolis, IN Remembering Ted Boody We wou ld li ke to thank all of th e rid ers who donated item s for th e Ted Bood y a uct io n at Creek Count y Spee dway in Sapul pa, Oklah om a, J uly 28-29. We a uctioned off th e items at intermissio n of the 3rd Annual Mill er Mid-America Ch ampions hi p. All p roceeds went to th e Ted Boody T ru st Fu nd for T ed 's dau ghters, L indsay a nd Tar~_ Our sincere thanks goes o ut to Chns Ca rr, Ronnie J ones, Sco t! Pa rker, Steve Mor eh ead a nd Sco t! Pea rso n for donatin g item s. We w'ould als o lik e to th ank all of th e (Ca me l Pro Seri es) riders who ga ve up their free weekend to su p po rt o ur pro g r am a n d helped brin g racin g b ack to m otorcycl e Oklahom a. We are since re wh en saying, " We co u ldn' t ha ve done it without you!" DONNA WARD TER RY BOODY Creek County Speedway Sapulpa, OK MX bedfellow? Wh at is it with this guy Larry Maiers, host of Mo toWorld on T N N and Supercross (o n ESPN )? Co verage of dirt bikes is consisten tly pursued with g rea t enth usias m, twice a s much as road raci ng. Does th is guy sleep with th e mo tocross g uys or what? MARK LITTL E Mark Little Road racin g Greenbush , MA As far as we kn ow, L arry on ly sleeps wi th his wife, Dian e, but w hy don 't you ask him , Mark? Write to: L arry Maiers, Seals Communica tio ns , 117 Governor's Square, Fayetteville, GA 30214 . . . Editor. Schooltime Seven of us just completed the J im Pomeroy MX Cli n ic - a grea t school a nd th e price is righ t. Ch ris Bonnea u was th e o ther half of Jim 's cli nic. Ji m is go ing back to college a nd Chris is takin g over hi s clinic. H ave no doubt, Chris is new, fresh a nd a ver y qualified in structor. I hope you fellow MXers tak e h is clinic . Best o f lu ck to J im and Chris. DICK ST ID H AM Onal aska, WA Aloha ! I wou ld lik e to send ou t a wa rm alo ha a nd thank you to T eam H onda's Rick J ohnson, Guy Cooper a nd Larry Ward , Yam ah a's Doug Dubac h , Kawasaki' s Brian Manley,' and th e other internati onal and local racers wh o mad e ' this year's Pep si Supe rbo wl of Wheels Supercross a t Alo ha S tad i u m in H on olulu , Hawaii, a trul y exciting event. I wo uld also lik e to tha nk John Savitski for building o ne dyna mite race tra ck, and all of the sponsors tha t hel p ed to m ak e thi s eve III possible. . Su pe rcross racing is tru ly ali ve in parad ise, a nd I am look ing forwa rd to next year. DANIEL Y_NANB U Mil ilani Town, HI Publ ished letters do not necessarily ref lect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Send lett ers to Vo ices, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 9080l. Hadfield is the surgeon who performed arthroscopic knee surgery on World Championship 500cc MX Series point standings leader David Thorpe 's left knee and had him fit to ride the August 6 Belgian GP j ust one week after the former World Champion tweaked it in a crash , J ean-Michel Bayle, the 1988 125cc World Champion from France who took o ut an American license to race in th e U.S. prior to returning to Europe wh ere he's dominated th e 250cc World Championship GPs, went up against top 500cc riders at an international race July 30 in La guepie, France. Ba yle fin ished fourth in the first moto behind Jeff Leisk, David Thorpe and winner Eri c Geboers. Leisk also took th e second mot o ah ead of Kurt Nicoll and Bayle, with 500cc Wor ld Champion Geboers fourt h and American Billy Li les fifth. An August 3 press release from Sports Marketing, Inc. (SME), a subsidiary of RJR Nabisco, lnc., contained the following statement f rom T. Wayne Robertson, senior v ice president of SME : " Th ere have been a number of reports in recent days speculating on the future of sports sponsorship of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. This speculation is just that - speculation . It has no basis in fact. R,J . Reynolds Tobacco Co ., as it has since the company started sports sponsorship in 1971, constantly reviews i t s sponsorship activities to determine if they are productive for the sponsoring brands. If and when the company makes any major cha nges, th ose changes w ill be announced to all int erested pa rt ies. Un less and until any such announcements are forthcoming , rumors and speculation - some of it w ild - are ' meaningless." R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. , through its Camel brand of cigarettes, sponsors both the AMA Grand National Champion ship/Camel Pro Series (dirt track) and the Camel Supercross Series, wh ich is also sanctioned by the AMA . It has also sponsored selected AMA National Cham p ionship Road Race Series rounds th is y ear. The R .J . Reynolds Tobacco Co . also sponsors other sporting events, including car racing , golf, tenn is and rodeo events. It may be " wild" and " mea n ingless" but the one rumor flyin g around in motor cycle circles is.th at Camel will cease spo nso ring the dirt tra ck seri es next year and increase its comm ittrnent to supercross. For the 1989 Camel Pro Series, Camel posted a total of $400,000 in cash awards: a $200,000 point fund to be paid to t he top 10 ranked riders at the conclusion of the series (t he champion receives $100,000 . an add itional $192,500 to be distributed for Camel Challenge events (five-lap races contested by the top six qualifiers) at 11 of the 17 series rounds, and $7500 for the Camel Pro Rookie of the Year program. For th e 1989 Camel Supercross Seri es, Camel posted and paid out a total of $125.000 to the top 10 riders in the 250cc class ($50,000 to seri es (Con tinued to page 47)

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