Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

a part of it. Espec ia lly me! Tha n you all again." VAL WARN E Sno ho mish, W America 's motorcycle newspaper SUPERCROSS : Bradshaw holeshots series opener at Anaheim . . 8 MX: Tichenor, De Hoop handle Flo rida Winter MX at Ocala 12 Vohland, Lamson star at Sacramento GSN 16 Bayle bombs Palmdale GFI California Winter Series South .. 18 Crumb cleans up at Huron GF I North 19 TEST: Honda 's 400 CB-1 and 600 Hawk road warriors 20 MOVIES : Action ! Ascot goes Hollywood 23 ULTRACROSS : McGrath wins; Dymond scores at Anaheim 24 CALENDAR : What's in store for February 34 Volume XXVII Sharon Clayto n. Publisher Mike Klin ger . Co mptroller J ack Mangus. A ssocUJ' ~ Pub lish er! Ed itor Rh eba Sm ith . Ci rcu lation Man agnCa roline Ge ndrv , Executive Secret ary to the Pu blisher . ON THE FRONT PAGE: Seventeen-year-old factory Yamaha rider Damon Bradshaw scored his first-ever U.S. 250cc supercross victory at the Camel Supercross Series opener in Anaheim, California. For race coverage see page 8 . Photo by Ken Faug ht. Editorial J ack Man gus, Edi to r Kit Palmer. Associate Edi to r Paul Carru thers . Associa te Editor Nat e Rauba . A ssociate Edit or Brian Catterso n. A ssociate Edi tor Ken Faug h t. Assistant Editor Edwi na Man gus. Calendar Edit o r Special night A special tha nks 10 Scott Dewey 'o f Dirt Rider and J ohn and Rita Gr egor y of JT Raci ng. T hey too k the tim e to make the Anaheim Supercross extra specia l for l7- year-old Cha d Bowser , wh o is recoverin g fro m a six-week coma as a res u lt of a truck accid ent that occu rred last Ap ril as he was retu rn ing from desert rid ing o n hi s H onda CR 125. Scott d elivered jerseys au to gra p hed by Damon Bradsh aw a nd J eff Emig, and J ohnny O 'Mara sent hi s signed hat. After th e fin a l, Ch ad visited with JT riders Rick Johnson a nd J ean-Michel Bay le. Ri ck spe nt a lot of time with Chad a nd som other wheelchai r a th letes. From th look in Ch ad's eyes, this was a ver} specia l nigh t. Thanks, everyo ne. Ch ad prom ise to work hard o n his roa d to recovery. Adve rt ising Terry Pra ll. Senior Sales Manas" Mark Thome. Western Sales Managn Ron Da vidson. Wt'stnn Sa les Mantlgt't 'Thomas R. Corner. Western Sa les Man ager Mar k Mitch ell. Eastern Sales M anager G~ Mitch el l, Etutnn Sales Manager J oan Ru ssia n, Western A d Coordiruuor Carla Borden , Eastern Ad Coo rdinator LEE CHAPIN Mikuni American Corp. Northridge, CA P ublished letters do not necessarily re f lect the po s it ion of Cycle News . Inc . Send le tter to Voice s. P.O. Box 498. long Beach. CA 90801 · 0 4 9 8 . Graphics and Production Ree J ohnson , Productio n Su perviso r Man dy Leo, Productio n Mana ger Der mis Gree ne. La b. Tech. Stacey G uest, GTap hic A rtist J imm ie O'Delt, G rap hi c Artist Carolyn Branham , TYp l'Sl'llt!T Accounting /Data Process ing Donna Bryan , Ac ct.f Rl'uivabll' Coordinator Oeneva Repa ss. Assistan ' Frun H am wey. Credu Circul ation Sa rah Taylor. A ssista ni Alma Anguia no . AS.fistant H ertane Rich mo nd , ASSl..ftan' Carol Mag gio ,:Assistan t Dealer Sales Eric Reece. M anagrr Wan t Ad s Debbi e Weller , Wan t Ad Sail'S Service and Support Chris Au ch eson . H ead q uarters Recept ion ist Leonard H erring. Servi ce and S up port Na tio nal Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Lo ng Beach , CA 90806, P.O . Box 498, Long Beach. CA 90801·0498 213/ 427·7133; 2 13/ 636-8844. FAX 2 13/4 27·6685 Easte rn Office 1190 First Ave.• Tucker, GA , 30084: mailing address P.O. Box 805. Tucker. GA 30085·0805. 4(}1I934· 7850. . FAX 101/ 934·3 112 Cycle News (USPS 141·:HO) i ~ published weekly excep t the last two week s of -the ca lenda r year for $50.00 per yea r by Cycle News. Inc.• 2201 Che rry Avenue, Lon g Beach, CA 90806. Second class pos tage paid at Long Beach , CA, and add itional mailing offices, POSTMASTER; Send fo,", 3579 to Cycl e New. . P.O. Box 498. Long Beac h. 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Unsolicited ma teria l which is no t used wi ll be return ed i£ ac companied by a sel f add ressed sta mped e nve lo pe . All u nsol ici ted ma teria l w ill be ha nd led wi th reaso na ble care, ho wever, Cycle News assum es no responsibility for the sa rety, loss or damage to such mate ria l. Repr in ting in w ho le or part o n ly by perm issio n or th e p ublisher. Ad vert isin g ra tes a nd circulatio n informat ion will be sen t u pon req uest. See S.R. D.S. ?BPA AUDITED CIRCULATION Copyrigh t- Cyc le New s. Inc. 1990 . 'r-eeem.lrir. Cycle News reg iltered U.S. P.tent 4 Office . All rig hts re..rved. Tape wanted Hoosier happening I'm looking for a nyo ne who has a videotape of th e 1985 Blackwater 100 in which I fini shed second in th e 250cc A Ex pert class a nd 10th overal l. A mid-winter ice sto rm didn 't deter 1023 ent ries from participating in th e Su per Indoor Winter Aren across that took place December 29-30-31 in Fort Wa yne. In d ian a. a t the new Allen Coun ty Wa r Mem orial Expo siti on Center. En tries came from 10 sta tes and Ca na da to co mpete in thi s even t wh ich promises to be even bigger next year. T ha n ks to the foll owin g co m panies for th eir support: Sco tt USA, Boyesen, Diamond, Maxima, Dunlop, Krause Racin g, Ta rget Distri bu t in g . Ceer , Spectra , W iseco . Sto ug hton Cycle of In d ianapo lis, AXO. Bel-Ray, Answer, Barn ett and Mo tocross Action. Tha nk s a lso to Lake City Honda o f Warsaw, Indian a, a nd H ayden H onda o f Kendallville, Indiana, for sponsoring th e halftime show. Larry Maiers, host of Mot oW orld, did a fantastic job with hi s a n nou ncin g and put a professional touch on the event. And a spec ia l thanks to the competi tors who supported thi s event. PAUL LECLE RC 77 Lowell Blvd. Meth uen , MA Who do I support? Is there some type of p u blicatio n tha t I can get to see wha t areas in Cal if ornia are o pe n to o ff-roa d riding, including camp ing out, o ther tha n th e Green Stic ker OHV parks? I real ize all the special interest grou ps and "Si n ister" Cransto n are rapidly attacki ng o ur righ t to ride, how ever I'm not sure wh at specific a reas a re ac t ua lly ava i la ble for riding. Seco ndly, wh at arc the most effective gro u ps to su pport in their endea vors to keep ridi ng a reas ope n? I have as man y excuses as the nex t g uy as to wh y I ca n 't persona lly a ttend th e hear in gs, etc. My gui lt has grown eno ug h so I am interes ted in su p po rt ing th ose groups you feel are the most effective. MAR K LE O PO L D Fresno, CA W e kn o w of n o co m p rehe ns ive listing of riding areas but we do kn ow that if yo u !Jet involved with club s and association s in yo ur area, you 'll quickl y find ou t w here you can and canno t ride. We recommend you, as a.resident of north ern Californ ia, sup port th e follow ing; America n M ot orcycl ist Associatio n (AMA), for m embersh ip info rm atio n call 800/ AMA- ] OIN; Dirt A lert, 408 / 296-3300; AMA District 36 L eg islative Action Office, 702/885-0650; Califo rnia Off-R oad Veh icle Associatio n, 800 / 237-5 436; Cal ifo rn ia Desert Coal iti on, 7/4 / 684-6509. As Ed Waldh eim, a m emb er of th e Cali fo rnia Off-High wa y Vehicl e R ecreation Commission , put it in th e most recen t issue of Dirt A lert Ne ws, " If you 'spend $100 in memb ersh ip du es a year, that is a cheap price to pay for th e mon umental amounts of work th ese organiza tions and indivi du als go through to protect our rig ht to ride." . . . Edit or. RO N MOA KE MARY EL LEN RO E Dirt Co nce pts Co lum bia City, IN Lucky to be a part of it A cou p le o f months ago. Vic Eb u tt was in jured a t a race in Mon roe, Washington. Since that time, many peo pl e have ch ip ped in to help Vic. At the cha m p io ns hip races on Fr iday ni ght, Vic asked the an no uncer to read the fo llowing: ."The re is no way in th e world I can tha n k a ll o f m y friends individua lly for th e help a nd conce rn th ey showed me after m y accident. T he flood of cards, flow ers, p ho ne ca lls a nd donati ons was over whel ming. " I wo uld be saying thi s m yself to . a ll o f you, but being the emotio na l slob I am, I co uld never ge t it ou t wi thout breaking down. " I am th e lu cki est guy in th e worl d to have friends like yo u. You a ll know, I' m su re, how much raci ng mean s 10 me. Not as a fina nc ia l boon, bu t to ena ble me to be a part of the grea test grou p in the world. The future o f racing is in yo ur hands; n ever let it pas s yo u . b y. It 's a frat ernity and we a re a ll lucky to be .9tITND ~YPllPli WfliLfY (Contin ued from page 3) T his year marks th e 20th running of the Da yton a Su percross. T he ina ugura l race in 1971 - the wor d supercross hadn 't been co ined yet was won by Dutchman Pierr e Ka rsmak ers in the 250cc ranks wi th Belgium 's Roger DeCoster winn ing th e 500cc class . By AMA reco rds, the 1974 Da yto na race was the first " o fficia l " Su percross . T he 1974 Da ytona even t kicked o ff the AMA's "new" Su percross Series. And the rest is hi stor y. Micky Dymond missed the Camel Supercross Series opener in Ana heim, California, on January 27 d ue a separated shou ld e r . Dymond inj ure d the shou lde r whi le p racticing earlier in the week and hopes to be back in action at the th ird round in San Diego, California. on FebruarY 1 O. " It's feeling better a lready, " Dymond said in the Anaheim pits, Former Team Yam ah a rider Sh aun Kalos will co ntest th e 250cc Worl d Ch ampionship MX Series this year aboard Yamahas p rovided by Italian Yamah a im po rter Byrd. Kal -Gard Lubricants has an nounced . that E&H Rac ing of Aurora. Illinois, will represent KalGard at WERA. AMA/CCS and selected AMA Nationals. starting with the Daytona 200. At Daytona. E&H will be located in the garage area and will make the complete line of Kal-Gard products available to racers. During Daytona Cycle Week , Kal Gard p roducts will al so be available a t th e Ameri can Motor cycle Institu te, wh ich is located just o u tside th e speedway on the road to th e airport. (Con tin ued to pag e 50)

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