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Volume XXVI
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Says one thing , shows another
The Shoei ad on page 19 of issue
_ ;;35 says " Edd ie Lawson ," but the
pi cture tell s me th ey don 't know
w ho's weari ng their he lm et. Luckily.
the " L ucky" logo isn 't discernab le
or Ror hrna n s might be upset.
sp ort for me.
Shoei can tell Eddie La wson and
Wayn e Ra in ey apart, bu t someone
in our office can' t. We su pp lied th e
ph ot o - th e wrong ph oto, as you
saw . . . Edit or.
What about us?
SA ROCH H AN BU NTRO NG
Pasadena , CA
Th e AR RA 's Fo rmul a I and
WERA 's F-U SA cla sses are th e
featu red events at W ill ow Springs,
so natu rally th e riders competing in
th ose races will receive "the m ost
attent ion. H ouieuer, we agree that
the re are other riders who deserve
some ink, and futu re race rep orts
from W ill ow Sp rings wi ll be less
short -sighted. A nd congratulations,
Saroch, on your first win . . . Editor.
Honored
I wo uld like to express my th anks
a nd a p p recia tio n to th e riders at th e
Castle Rock Tr races who vo ted me
th e reci p iem o f what I co ns ider th e
h igh est award I cou ld receive: T he
Mt. St. H elen s M.C. Da rrell Davi s
Sports manshi p Award, presented by
ELF TlOph ies.
.
T h is is an honor I wo u ldn' t even
d rea~ abo u t prio r ' to this ni gh t too 11Igh to reach !
Specia l th anks to J im Davis, Pa u l
Simonson, Mike and Marilyn Waggoner, a nd Da rr yl And erson, a nd a ll
the others who ar e too numerous to
mention.
Thanks also 10 my son a nd grandch ildren for supporting me in this
even if my son didn't vo te
DO U G PH ELPS
Portl a nd , O R
MIK E H EI VILI N
Phoeni x, AZ '
I've been reading re-runs in Cycle
N ews la tely! The last few sto ries o n
ro ad racing a t Wi llow Springs loo k
like th ey have been co p ied wee k after
week. It's grea t to see Barry Burke
do in g a fi ne job this year wi th h is
underp ow ered Ya m ah a FZ R7 50
aga i nst Chuck G r a ves ' Su zu ki
G SXR II 00. Th ey ' ve ea rned the
co verage. But so ha ve so me o f th e
res t o f us. I th in k it' s tim e 10 g ive
eq ua l a ttention 10 th e guys who race
in th e 400, 600 a nd Formula I and
2 classes. We'r e p roud of o ur good
weekends a nd wa nt 10 read a bo u tit
in Cycle News.
For i ns ta nce, th e week end o f
August 12-13, th e top regul a r rid ers
were at th e AMA Nat ional road races
a t Sears Po in t. That 's grea t for th e
res t o f u s loya l Willow Sp ri ngs racers
because we get a cha nce at th e money
a nd top points. I had an outstandin g
week end an d pulled o ff third in
Stoc k Production,-seco nd in Su pe rstreet , a nd ~ot m y fir st w in ever in
th e Mo d i fi ed P rod u c t io n cl a ss.
Pa tri ck Murray con tin ued h is wi n n in g strea k i n the 400c class. I' m
proud o f m yself a nd th e rest of th e
regu lars at W ill ow Spri ngs. I ho pe
Cycle N ew s starts paying more
a lle n tion to us.
T he wo rld-famous Bonnevi lle Sa lt
Fla ts h as been deterio ra tin g for year s
due to pota sh mining. A n ew an d
very aggressive co m pa ny bought o u t
Ka iser Ch emica l and rep o rtedl y has
increa sed the a mou nt of p o tash
being mined. The Utah Sa lt Flats
Racing Association is renewi ng its
Save th e Sa lt effort; for more in formation write to: Utah Salt Fla ts
Raci ng Assoc., 540 E. 500 North ,
Pl easant Grove, UT 84062.
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Tortoises
The two d esert eve n ts ca nce lled
(Desert Digger s M.C . H are & H ound
at Red Mou nt ain , Ca liforn ia, a nd the
SCEC Iron H orse End uro a t Barstow, Ca lif orn ia , Sep te m ber 10)
because bi ol ogists did not have time
10 su rvey th e co u rses for .deser t
tortoi ses. reminded me th at we o ffro ad motorcycl ists ar e slow ly, inevitabl y being forced to p la y un der a
n ew set o f ru les. Presidem Geo rg e
Bus h 's pro -environment sta nce (at
least in the med ia ) wi ll not mak e
matters eas ier for us. Sta gi ng desert
races w ill now require the adde d
burden of adva nce tortoi se surveys in
addition to a ll o f the o ther tra ditiona l preparations.
Lets n ot sn ivel a bo u t it, let 's p lay
the ga me a nd win ! The AMA, District 37, and all local motorcycle
cl u bs sho u ld sta rt pulli ng their
reso urces, hire independent bi ol ogica l co ns u lta n ts, a nd with th e coop era tion o f th e BLM co nd uc t th ese
surveys well in advance o f sch ed u led
races. Pa rt icipa n ts shou ld expect to
p ay hi gher en try fees 10 help fu nd
this work. If we do o ur homework
in adva nce, we will avoid future ra ce
ca nce lla tio ns .
In addition to being a n a vid offroad m otorcycl ist, I am a lso a n
experience d en viro me n ta l scie n tist
for a maj or elec tive u til ity co m pa ny.
Beli ev e m e , yo u ca n' t p ersu ad e
regulatory agencies with protest or
o utrage, o nly with good scie nce.
DAVID KAY
Mar Vista , CA
Published letters do not necessarily
reflect the position of Cycle News,
Inc . Send letters to Voices. P.O . Box
498. Long Beec h. CA 90801 .
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(Con tin ued from page 2)
area. Other gues ts incl uded 1988
WE RA Endurance Champions. The
H uman Race T eam, plus T eam
Lucky S trike Roberts' Ken n y Ro bert s
and Wa yn e Ra iney.
The Commotion by the Ocean MX
returns to southern California's
Carlsbad Raceway on October
28-29. The two-day event will
feature Pro classes with a $4000
purse which will be open to professional racers on any size bike.
Entries for the Pro class are
limited and pre -entry is mandatory. For more inf orm ation or to
pre-enter, contact Rac ing Enterprises at 6 19/484-1441 .
One of the fastest Bonneville Salt
Flats racers, Dave Matson, who
has logged runs on his 1956
Vincent as fast as 230 mph, fell
at approximately that speed on
the rough course during Speed
Week at the end of August and
suffered a shattered wrist. Friends
may write to him at 1310 Fieldway ce.. Bloomfield Hills, MI
48013 .
The Poli ce . Ol ympic Motorcycl e
Road Ra cin g World Champio nship
will ret urn to southern Ca lifornia 's
Wi llow Spri ngs In terna tio nal R acewa y on Se ptem b er 2 7 thro ug h
October I. A to ta l o f 16 cou ntries are
ex pected to field tea ms, and th e
California Superbike School wi ll
again provide its Kawasaki 600R
N injas for the officers ' us e. For ticket
i nform a ti on , co ntac t Wi llow
Springs at 805/256-2471.
Two-time defending Pol ice Olympic Champion Rick Williams of the
Arizona Highway Patrol broke his
left elbow in a racing accident at
Arizona's Firebird Raceway,
August 26 . The injury will sideline
Williams for at least a month and
will prevent him from defending
his title , His inability to compete
is a serious blow to America's
hopes of a repeat win, and racers
are being sought to fill the team.
Interested police officers should
call 805 /522-6207.
OPENED: Ballistic Motorcycles of
Granada H ills, an en g ine bu ildin g
and road race preparation business
by Greg L u ndy, 818/266-?599.
Organizers of the Mid-South Hare
Scrambles Series will host an
awards banquet at the Smyrna
Town Club in Smyrna, Tennessee,
on September 30 at 7:00 p.m. For
details call 615/793-6964,
Pa t Rob in so n , form erly of Ba tes
Leathers and now a rep resentative of
Souplantation, a chain o f southern
California salad bar re staurants,
at tended th e Septem ber 9-10 WE RA
24-Hour West at Willow Springs to
investigate th e possibility of the
compan y becoming invo lved i n
motorcycle ra cin g. While at the race
track , R ob in so n handed out free
m eal passes, a nd served co m p limen tary muffi ns 10 th e racers on Sunday
m orning.
Factory Honda MXers Jeff Stanton, George Holland and Mike
Kiedrowski, as well as former fivetime 500cc MX World Champion
Roger DeCoster, will be on hand
for a public introduction and
demonstration of the complete
lineup of 1990 Honda CR MXers
at Perris Raceway, during the GFI
Super So Cal Fall Series, September 16-17. The public will be
invited to take test rides on all the
1990 CRs, as well as attend a CR
Clinic hosted by DeCoster, who
will be discussing riding and tech
tips. A complementary barbecue
will be held after the CR Cl inic on
Saturday night. For more information and time schedules, contact
GFI Racing 714 /788-5853.
