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c That w hat began as a quick ride North becam e a slow trip through our Landscap es of Perception. It was sunny and warm the morning my buddy Joh n and I set out on our backroads route. H e's a re-en try rider who's been off a long while, and didn 't want to deal with th e perils of Superslab. So we took it easy and just cruised. A nd stop ped. A nd th en cruised so me more. The pace was, yes, alm ost agonizing! Before lon g, it was taking way too' lon g. I got an tsy watching for h im in m y m irrors, going slower and slower fo r h im to catch up. But experience urged m e not to lose patience . I kn ew how a motorcycle cou ld be a handful in unaccustomed hands. So I went along with it. And found myself in sort of a Dream Ride, in kind of a fantas y trip where, lik e th e song lyri cs say, Everything Old Is N ew Aga in . I was being given a gift, abl e to see All that hurry and spee d normally blind us to. Su ch as, we ll - the certain alignment of farm fen ce boards. A nd how they followed the ir patterns, joining one another to make a whole. And more. I noticed th e varied and comp lex textures of roadside rocks. Even th e rand om arrang ements of cattle in a field . Th e part icular wa y grass bends w ith th e road wind. How rainb irds nourish a hi llside grove , and bequeath that cool rich scent of evaporating water. And up above, th e sudden thunder of a military jet working its thrust fo r a nearb y landing. And th en th e sp readi ng deep blue velvet of late afternoon ocean. With time enough as I rode to study the way seagulls w ill group and stroll togeth er, and to notice also th e lon e reflections of shore birds on surf-washed sand. It was great! My pal 's caut ion created an unlimited new world ofawareness fo r me. And, further, I saw again th e consummate difficulties of riding, all the critical ju dgements we sometimes forget, those myriad levels of sk ill necessary to survive. Sure, we got to our destination, and back again - by then it was p itch dark . And in the night's homeward traffic m y friend beh ind me looked like a one-eyed head on a rh inestone snake. Our ride seem ed to have taken us forever. But its rewarding effect was over much too soon. W illiam Edgar ..... Q.) ..0 a Q.) ;> o Z ROAD RACING : Hundreds compete in Daytona Race of Champions .. . .. 6 Dutchman II takes third straight Endurance Challenge at Daytona .. .8 Sadowski wins 750cc Supersport; title to James at Daytona 10 A real Barnes-burner in Daytona 600cc Supersport 11 AWARDS: The best are honored at AMA Awards Banquet 12 CROSS COUNTRY: Summers thumps to Pumpkin Run win 14 RIDING IMPRESSION : Kawasaki's perimeter-framed KX125 MXer . .. 16 MOTOCROSS: Healey edges Bayle at Commotion by the Ocean 18 LOCAL RACING : Close to home ยท. . 20 RESULTS: Finishline 28 CALENDAR: Future planning 29 WANT ADS : Classified informaton 32 ON THE FRONT PAGE : Winner Dav id Sadowski (2 ) lea ds Mike Harth (7 ), Scott Russell (3) and Tommy Lynch (84) on the first la p of the wet 750cc Supersport race at Daytona. (Inset) Michael Barnes won $5000 for w inning t he 600cc Supersport race. Photos by Brian Catterson and courtesy Daytona International Speedway. r----------------------~------------------------------ - - - - - - - - - - - - , SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM N a m e _-.::-;:-::-:-:=:::-:~;-;;:-:::_-------------------I P l EA S E PRIN T CLE A RlY j Address _ City Order Date: S ta te -LZip , = - Cha rge my 0 Visa 0 Maste rcard _ _ OK, please start my subscription to Cycle News and send me the newspaper o every week for one year (50 iss ues ) for $35.00 o every week for two years (100 iss ue s ) fo r $65.00 o s ix months second class (25 iss ues ) for $18.00 One year 150 iss...s l. 2nd cia.. Canada or Maxico and all othar forei gn countries $75 .00 (U.S . fundsl . Fint cia.. and airmail r.te. av.ilable upon reque st. ~ o This is a rene w al o Please bill me o Enclosed is che c k o r mone y o rder S ignature MC /V isa # Expirati o n Date Send to : CYCLE NEWS, Inc., P .O . Box 498 . Lo ng Beach . CA 90801 -0 4 9 8 / (213) 427-7433 _ _ _ ~3