Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES INSIDE Letters to the editor Godspeed, Bee Gee FEATURES TESTSESSION Honda's Gardner, Pons practice at Laguna Seca SUPIRCROSS JeffWard wins in Atlanta Stadium 8 Huffman, Ulven top Seattle amateur event 44 PREVIEW Gel ready forDaytona! _ INTERVIEW National Superbike Champion Jamie James Motocross' younglion Larry Ward GrandNational Champion Scott Parker 14 20 34 36 .42 IGERACE Ingram wraps up title in Erie .46 RIDING IMPRESSION 1990 Honda CR125 .48 MOTOCROSS . CMC roars at Adelanto 50 SCHOOL Mike Baldwin teachesroad racing 54 DEPARTMENTS TECHNICAL ProTwins GP winning Commonwealth Honda 24 Vance Be Hines' superYamaha OWOI -. superbike .. ............. •...... ..... 30 IN THE WIND BEHIND THE SCENES • A look at comerworking at Dajrona CALENDAR 64 WANT ADS 69 26 4 NEW PRODUCTS . . . . •. . .• . . •. . •.• •.• . •4O WORDENCH 41 LOCAL EVENTS . •.. •.... ... •. . . ....•. .56 ON THE FRONT PAGE Fortens of thousands o( motorcyclists, Daytona Cycle Week marks thebeginning o( therace season. Highlighted by the Daytona 200, the Camel Supercross Series round, and the opening round o( the Caine! Pro Series, Cycle Week provides races to watch or participate in (rom sunup to way beyond sundown. Hopetully, everyone will also find some time (or basking in the sun on "The World's Most Famous lleacli." Our Daytona preview begins on page 14. Photos courtesy ol Daytona International Speedway. . America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVII Sharon Clayton. Publisher Mike Klinger. Comptroller Rheba Smith. Circulation Managno Caroline Gendry, Exe cutive Secretary to the Publish " . Graphics and Production Editorial When we mourn the loss of a loved o ne, es pec i a l l y knowing sh e's a specia l a n g el ' from H eaven and the m o st important person in your life, yo u mak e a last vow and hop e whatever you say for the one you love is all right. In May of last year. Bee Gee's illness was diagnosed as cancer. During the n ext 10 months. your support and love llooded her mail box daily with get well ca rd s and little mementos that provided her strength. That. along with ·th e daily phone calls that made her happy. meant more to her than anyone could ever do; until she was unable to accept calls late in her losing battle. From the day following our first vows to one another. motorcycling dominated our marriage, More than anything, she enjoyed life. She enjoyed people. The highlight of her life was working at the AMA. To her. everyone. was special. all the riders. mechanics. promoters. fans and all others who make up the sport she had an opportunity to come in contact with while working. During the worst time and the last two weeks. her pain was so insufferable that nothing helped, not even liquid morphine. Finally. on February 6, God ca me to take her home to Heaven to give her peace. It was very important to her that I make one last vow (as she reminded me several times during some of our talks) that I thank all of you through th e various motorcycle news media. ex p res sin g her thanks and appreciation with all her love for giving her yo u r best gifts - your love, warm th oughts and sin cere best wishes. We th ank you. . And now . with love to each of you . . Bee Gee says goodbye. Thank you (or being her friend and being so nice to her. Jack Mangus. Associat' Publish er/ Editor Rtt John son. Production Su pervisor Kit Palmer. Associate Ed itor Paul Carruthers. Associal ~ Edi tor Nate Rauba, Associate Editor Brian Ca tterso n, Associat e Ed itor Ken Fau ght. A ssistant Ed it or Edwina Mangus. Calmdar Ed itor Mandy Loa, Production Ma nagn Dennis G reene, Lab. T ech . Stacey Guest. G rap h ic Artist Jimmi e O'Dell, G rap hi c Art ist Carolyn Branham , Typesetter Circulation . Miss outdoor National MX Advertising Sarah Ta ylor. Assistant T er ry Prall, Se n io r Sales Manager Mark T ho me, We-st ern Sales Mana ger Ron Davidson, Wt'.stern Sal es Mana gn Thomas R. Gen ter , Western Sales Mana ger Mark Mitchell. Eastern Sal" Manag" Greg Mitchell. Eastern Sal" Manager Joan Rus sian , Western A d Coo rdinator Carla Borden. Eastern Ad Coordinator Alma Anguiano , As sistant He-lane Ri chmond, A ssistant My fri ends a nd I really miss attending th e outdoor MX Nationals which us ed to be held in th e Atlanta. G eorgia. a rea. Why did th ey stop having th em a t Atlanta Speedway, Road Atlanta a nd Six Flags? Accounting/Data Processing . Donna Bryan , AccLs R eceivabl e Coordinato r Gen eva Rep ass, Assistant Lisa Gill. Credi t Carol Maggio. A ssist~nt Dealer Sales Er ic Reece, Man ager Want Ads Debbie Weller. Want Ad Sal" Serviceand Support Chris Aitch eson, H eadquarters R ecept ion ist Leonard Herring. Serui ce and Su p po rt National Headquarters Eastern Office 220 1 Cherry Ave. • Lon g Beach. CA 90806. P.O . Box 498, Long B each, CA 9080t ·0198 4 190 First Ave.• Tucker, G A, 30084: ma iling address P .O . Box 805. T ucker, GA 30085-0805. (213)427-7433; 21 3/ 636-8844. FAX (213) 427-6685 (404) 934·7850. FAX (404) 934·3112 Cycle News (USPS 141-340) is published weekly'except the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News. Inc.. 2201 Cherry Avenue. Long Beach. (;A 90806. Second class postage paid at Long Beach. CA. and additional mailin g offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes toCycle News. P.O. Box 498, Long Beach. CA 90801-6498. To determine the expiration date of your subscription. check the four numbers on the first line of your address label. The first two digits indicate the last issue number you'll receive and the last two characters indicate the year of th e last issue. . Su bscriptio n ra tes: Rat es fo r the United Sta tes a nd its possess io ns for o ne year , (50 issu es), $50.00: two years (100 issues). $95.00: six month s. (25 issues). $26.00; trial sub (15 issues). $19.00. Canada and Foreign. one year (50 issues). $90.00; two years (100 issues). $175.00; six month s (25 issues). $45.00; trial sub (15 issues), $38.00. Cycle News welcomes unsol icited ed itoria l mat eri al incl ud ing stori es. cartoons, p ho tos, etc. Such material. if publi shed, beco mes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Such accepted ma teri al is subject to revisio n as is necessar y in th e so le discretio n o f Cycle News. Unsolici ted ma teria l whic h is not used will be returned if acco mpa n ied by a self addressed stamped en velope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reason abl e care, however, Cycle News ass um es no responsibility for th e safety, loss or damage to suc h material. Rep rin tin g in whole o r part o nly by permission o f th e publisher. Advertising rates and ci rcu la tio n in fo rmat ion will be sent upon req uest , See S.R.D .S. V BPA AUDITED CIRCULATION Copyright 8 CycleNews, Inc. 1990. Trademark Cycle News registered U.s. Patent Office. All rights reserved. Duke Pennell Columbus, OH Timmie Bowman Taylorsville. NC " T hat's sim p le." said promoter Bill West of Su perSports. " T he events lost m o ney because of low att endance fi gures." .. . Editor. Second. we have checked our membership roles for your name. We are sorry to report that you a re not a member. We would personall y like to extend an invitation to you to become a member. If you. or anyone else who is committed to our motto; " Ded ica ted to protecting our lands for the people, not from the people .. ... and is interested in membership, please call us at 800/237 -5436 (in California). Finally. we need volunteers for our efforts. like the one mentioned before by Mr. Whitten. There are several more "golden opportunities" ahead of us in 1990. If you are not part oCthe sol ution, then you my friends, are most certainly a large part of the problem. Steve Kuehl Vice President, CORVA Huntington Beach, CA GP info In your February 21 issue. I saw a letter in which the writer said he was seeking the address and phone number of the organizers of the August 12 500cc MX GP in Luxembourg. I am also going to attend some GPs this summer and would like the same info on the August 5 500cc MX GP in Belgium and the August 26 250cc MX GP in Germany. Matt Hachenberg Tucson,AZ Hold your letters. We'll publish organizer information as concerns all MX and road race GPs in an upcoming issue ... Ed itor. Fun together Having never ridden with more than about 15 people. I was somewhat apprehensive about riding the February 25 Soboba Trail Ride that drew 2oo-plus riders. Not only that, but many were top industry riders and prolessional racers. Even though my riding skills were less than most. I received a lot of help and encouragement when I needed it most from riders .1 didn 't even know. I think it is a credit to this sport when riders from novice'to pro can get together just for the purpose of having fun . My thanks go out to the Soboba Indian Tribe. Bob Graziano and the ride o rg a n izers for putting on one heck of a trail ridel And thanks also for the . honor of riding with trail ride leader Malcolm Smith - the man who still has the friendliest smil e in motorcycling! Debby Pickett Mission Viejo, CA Be part of the solution, not ... The winner says ... A co u p le of weeks ago. we read a letter from Mr. Gary Whitten of Anah eim . C alifornia. concerning CORVA's lack of participation at the recent MTEG eve n ts at Anah eim Sta d i u m. We feel a response to his letter is warran ted . First . we a t COR VA agree wholeh eartedly with Mr. Whitten 's assessmen t o f a "go lde n opportunity " be ing mi ssed by COR VA at these e ve nts. However. being a volunteer o rga n iza tio n. we are stret ched a bit thin th ese d ay s. given the a b u n d a nt a m o u n t -o f bad n ews which is facing o u r sp o r t. R est assured that we are address in g eve ry issu e w e possibly ca n . Ef fo rts o n o ur behalf, to inform and ed u ca te the OHV co m m u n i ty . w as unde rtake n b y the Californ ia Desert Coa lit io n (w h ic h we a re a fo u ndi ng m ember of) a n d Di stri ct 37 AMA at th e eve n ts. Sorry yo u mi ssed them. Regarding your report on th e Goldstrike World Championship Hare &: Hound race; You failed to mention the most important people in th e sport. the sponsors. Therefore. I would like to mention my sponsors: KTM America. Smith Sport Optics , H allman Sports. Aftershocks Suspension. and Nevada Motorcycl e Specialties. Greg Searle Fernley. NV Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. Pub-· lished letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing.

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