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they put me in a cast and p ut an
end to my riding for awhile.
I am hea ling up now . Thanks
again. By th e wa y, if you see th e
Isr a eli wh o knock ed m e down
named Amnon Sh adi Cohen , he i~
wanted in Ohio for reckl ess driving,
~it and run , a nd failing to appear
in co u rt on th ose charges.
PA UL SCHLEGEL
Toledo,OH
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HR780 hearings
O ct ob er 28 . a n d Nov ember II.
These two dates are critica l to o ur
sport . Why? These a re th e dates when
we ca n m ak e o ur co m me nts directl y
to th e representatives wh o will effect
th e deci sion o n our desert.
The Sierra Club, whose membersh ip is a lmos t 100% co llege ed uca ted
and holds upper level manager ial
pos i t i.o n ~, h a ~ o n e m essage for
or ganizanons like o urs , th at is " to
ge t o ff o u r land." This is an a mazin g
thought process for well -educated
people. There ar e no o p tions avail a b le but a very blunt e i ther -o r
mentality comes th ro ug h. T he re is
no sharing process in their message
a t all , but one th at sa ys free people
who don't live within th e gu idel in es
o f th eir organizati on ca n ' t partici pat e in th eir chosen recreations.
I find this en tirely unacceptable.
I have enjoyed th e desert with m y
famil y an d fri ends and want m y
ch i ld re n 's famili es to en j o y the
togeth erness of a valued weekend. A
weekend away from th e pressu res of
the city with its cri me a nd drug
problems , in a pl ace where you won 't
be subjected to drive-by shooti ngs.
~ f yo u will accep t a th ought th at
dri ves me, if yo u will think abo u t
it a nd use it to push yo u rselves w he n
yo u th ink so me body else will pi ck
up th e slac k , we w ill no t be dictated
to a nd o ur free lives will not be
co ntrolled. The message is simple:
If it's to be, it's up to me.
See yo u a t th e HR780 field hearin gs o n O ctober 28 in Bish op a nd
o n Nov ember II in Ba rstow.
KEN BOYD
Presid ent Sport s Committee
Dist rict 37 AMA , In c.
Cos ta Mesa , CA
Historic Racing Motorcycle Associa tion (AH R MA).
Special .tha ~ ks to all th e participants, th en fri ends and families, the
ind ivid ua ls and co m pa n ies - Dunlop, Spec tre a n d Scott - for th eir
su p port . I look forward to Ward
Robinson inviting us to return n ext
.yea r. It 's on ly a beginning a nd I hope
i t grows larger th an m y im agination.
Thank yo u, Ward , Bevo Forte,
Mark Brown, a n d all yo u r assistants.
It wa s a very special weekend.
CARLOS ESC UDERO
MotoFixx Corp.
Port Chester, NY
AHRMA, 265 Morris si., Morgantown, WV 26505 . . . Editor.
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Team Smitty
If T eam Smitty hasn't yet publish ed a book of adv entures, it 's way
overd ue. If h e has, where ca n I get
it?
Smi tt y's crea tivity, wit a nd humor
is ~n surpassed in th e co m ics of my
d a i l y p aper . th e San . Fran ci sco
Chroni cle. I mean , move ove r, Doonesbury; tak e a h ike, Garfield. Can
y? u !?iClure it? T eam Sm itty mugs,
1 -sb irt s a n d lun ch boxes, littl e
s tu ffed Sm itt ys h ang ing in ca r
w indo ws. And if th e public-at-large
is too dense to ca tch on , T eam Smitty
co u ld be th e cu lt hero o f th e '90s.
Come on, don't waste yo u r tal ent
flying co m me rcia l a irl iners , we're
talkin g big here!
JOE MONTOYA
O akland , CA
No , th ere's no co llec tion of T eam
S mitty co m ic strips available yet . . . Edito r.
Happy to do so
Weight loss
As I exp ressed in my remarks to
th e AMA Con gress o n O ctob er 12,
because of th e press o f bu sin ess, m y
sc he d u le will n ot p ermi t m e to
ca m pa ign for re-ele cti on to th e AMA
Board o f Trustees; however, I now
understand th at I h ave, non eth eless
been nom inated for th a t positio n. '
Alth ou gh I do no t have th e tim e
to devo te to a ca m pa ign , I a m happy
to accep t th e n omina tion a n d sho u ld
the AMA members in th e Southeast
desire for me to co nt in ue o n th e
Boa rd for a nothe r term, I wo u ld be
ha ppy to do so.
I wo u ld a p p rec ia te yo ur passi ng
o n to the AMA members in th e
So u theas t m y tha nk s fo r th eir su p port o ver th e years a nd fo r th eir
co n fidence in me. If it is th eir desi re
for me to cOlll in ue on th e Board I
wi ll be happy to do so a nd to devc;te
m y fu ll ene rg ies to the ta sk.
After seeing a nd reading a ll th e
resu lts o f th e dirt tra ck miles this
yea r, I think it's time th e AMA takes
the 20-pou nd handicap off of th e
H ondas. On th e o the r hand, it was
kind of ni ce not ha ving to listen to
(Sco tt ) Parker cry a ll year abo u t th e
H ondas having more horsepow er.
J O H N H. HASTY
C ha rlo tte, NC
Unadilla privilege
On Sa tur day, O ctob er 14, th e da y
I>efore th e 125/ 500("c Na tio nal MX
a l U na di lla, over 100 pa rt icipa lll s
~a th ered [ 0 race a n assort me nt o f
ilea u tifu lly restored classic mot orcvcle~. Ir~ o ne word , it was a pri vileg~"
I d lik e to encourage a nyone wh o 's
i lIterested (in rdci ng vintage mot orc ycles ) to COlllaCl the Am er ica n
DONNIE HARRELL
Visalia , CA
Schlegel 's thanks
I wou ld like to thank everyo ne
w ho sen t ca rds , wrot e or ca lle d after
my recent crash whil e returni ng
home from the AMA Amateur !\IX
Cha m p io ns h ips a t Loretta L yn n 's .
I spent six da ys in th e hosp ital in
Cin cinnati. I had a big hol e to rn i n
m y kn ee, so me large p ieces o f h ide
mi ssin g a nd so m e cu ts on m y right
h and. I th ough t I go t o ut o f it w ith
no brok en bon es a nd a fter five weeks
I star ted rid ing road ru ns again . G ary
Dell , a fell ow AMA Boar d o f T rus tees
member, is a firema n a nd EMT. At
th e fir st ro ad ru n he to ld me th at
m y hand shou ld not h ave been as
swo lle n as it wa s a n d that I o ugh t
to see a doctor beca use it m igh t be
in fected . I mad e a n a ppoi n tm ent for
th e Mo nd a y o f the next week a nd th at
wee ken d I rode two more ru ns . O n
Monda y I went to th e doctor who
fo un d tha t I had a brok en wri st. So
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paSlbOn of
Pro Twins rules
(Co nti n ued from page 2)
four- stroke twin s, with an allowance
o f lOoocc for machines having twovalve-per-cylinder pushrod motors.
An AMA Pro Twins or Limited
Expert licen se holder will be eligible
to compete in either Pro Twins class,
but Expert license holders will be
restricted to th e GPI class. (In the
case of an FIM-sanctioned event
International riders would be sim:
ilarly barred from GP2.) .
The fir st departure from th e original proposal co ncern s th e method
o f obtaining maximum displacement in th e GP2 class. Un like
current Modified Production rules
which sta te th at onl y the bore can
be increased, in 1990 both the bore
an d stroke ca n be a lte red.
Next, a minimum weight limit of
350 pounds (u p from th e 310 lb . limit
origi nally proposed ) will be en forced
in th e GP2 class. The bike will be
weighed " as is" a fter th e final even t:
no fluids may be added (exce p t w ater
to th e coolin g system ) a nd th e fuel
tank will be dra in ed prior to
weighing.
U nde r th e new pl an, both classes
will run in th e same ra ce, with th e
GPI class sta rt ing in th e first w ave
a nd th e GP2 class in the second. As
is cu rre nt practice, GPI machines
will have white number plates with
black number s while GP2 machines
will hav e yellow with black. Some
events (suc h as Daytona) may choose
to run sep ara te races for each class.
One a rea th at departs significan tly
from the origina lly proposed rules
is that of th e cla im ing rules for the
GP2 class on ly. It was originally
proposed th at th e motor could be
claimed for $3500 , but that figure has
been in creased to $5000 (i nclu di ng
th e en gme, ca rbureto r(s), ignition
and ex haust system), with a co m p lete
~otor~~cl e claiming price (incl u d mg fairin g ) o f $10,000.
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. In order to enter a claim, a rider
must h ave co m pe ted in th e GP2 ra ce
a t th e event where th e claim is made.
A writte n cla im must be submitted
withi.n.30 m inutes o f th e postin g o f
provisi on al results for the final
event, a nd m us t identify the rider
w hose eq u ip me nt is bein g clai med
a.l1d be accom pa ni ed by cash, certiIied chec k, cash ier' s check or bank
dra ft for the fu ll claimi ng p rice. In
the event th a t more th an one cla im
is received o n th e sa me mach ine, the
successf u l claima nt sh all be deter~ i ~ed by a dra wing. All riders are
h m lted to o ne su ccessfu l cla im in a
ca lendar yea r, excep t w hen hi s/her
mo torcycle is clai med; he/ sh e will
th e n be a ll o wed o ne a dd itio n a l
cla im .
T he ow ner o f th e claime d engin e/
motorcycle m ust deliver the eq uipme nt for..im!?o u nd i mm edia te ly
u pon nOllfIcall on, o r be su bject to
d isq ua li ficatio n from the race m eet
in q ues tio n a nd forfeiture o f a ll
poi nts a nd/or mon ies won : suspen sio n for no less than 90 da ys a nd no
more tha n six mo nt h s: a nd a fin e of
u p to 1000.
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