Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Letters to the editor More stats, man FEATURES HARE SCRAMBLES Naylor shinesat Shasta Dam National SUPERCROSS Bayle tears 'em up in Ta mpa 6 TRIALS Tarreson top of the Globe at Arizona World C'ship Trials .. . . . 10 Mannikocaptures first-ever National victory in Arizona 22 CROSS COU1'I'TRY Shephard highlights High Point Penn National. 24 OFF·ROAD Smith/Hammelseize win at San Felipe 250 26 12 ULTRACROSS 14 IN MEMORIAM Rod Coates- Triumph legend . .. .. 31 ROAD RACE Honda scores victory at Le Mans 24·Hour MOTOCROSS Puzar wins Austrian 250cc Grand Prix Lusk, Huffman haul at Las Vegas World Mini The Bimbo is back at Sandhill Vintage MX 16 18 Holley's night in Phoenix 28 I rea lly enjoy you r new reportin g method. I am referrin g to th e comp lete ru ndown o f th e tim e trials, hea ts, semis, etc. wi th th e Sacrame nto Mil e coverage in your Ap ri l 25 issue. Many times we read Cycle News to see how certain regi onal riders (ho meto wn favorites ) did , and if th ey were not in the top three or four th ere was o ften no mentio n of the m. We wo ul dn 't ktlow until word of m outh go t th e information to us as to ho w th ey d id, o r if the y were even at the event . Doug P helps Portland, OR DEPARTMENTS WORKBENCH LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS 17 33 40 46 58, 59 Editor honored ON THE FRONT PAGE: Team Honda' s j ean -Michel Bayle racked up hi s third Camel Supe rcross win of the year with a victory at Tampa Stadium. See page 6. Photo by Henny Ray Abrams . Spain's j ordi Tarres captured his ISth con secuti ve World Championship Trials victory at the U.S. round in Arizona. See page 10. Ph oto by Kit Palmer. Congratu lations, Ja ck Mangus, you hav e been awarded an hon o rary lifeti me membershi p into th e Baltimore Co u nty Tra il Riders Association. During th e cl u b's April 9 meeting, a motion was mad e to ins tall you as a n honora ry lifetime member. You r co ntri bu tio ns a nd dedi cation have kep t you o n th e leading edge of th e spo rt of motorcycling. Thank you for your previous co ntributio ns to th e Baltimore County Tra il Riders. We loo k forw ard to seeing you in th e futu re. America's weekly m otorcycle newspap er Bria n L Van Wright Vice- President Baltimore County Trail Riders Assoc. Cockeysville, M D 30 Volu me XXVII Michael Klinger, Pu blish" .Carnline Gendry, Executiue S.c"tary to th e Pu blish" Editorial Jack Mangus, Associate Pub lish"! Edi to r Kit Palmer. Associate Editor Paul Carruthers . Associate Edi tor Na te Rauba , Associate Editor Brian Ca tterso n, Associate Edito r Ken Faught, Assistan t Ed ito r Edwina Mangus. Calen dar Editor Advenising Terry P ratt, N ation al Acco u nts A-l anageT Mark Thome, IV'Stnon Sal'S Mana g" Ron Da vid son. Western Salej Mana gnThomas R. 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All rights reserved. 4 Earth Da y p articipant It was a great tu rn out for th e preEa rt h Da y cleanup put o n by th e Ch eck Points, Training Wh eels, Cal Pol y Penquin s a nd Hi-Rollers M.C. a t th e Los Padres Nat ion al Forest o n Saturday, Ap ri l 21. Many eager . workers sho wed up to help with th e grue ling work . There was a lot o f work to be don e a nd th e heat didn 't help a ny. But th at did not sto p the se determined mot orcycli sts. By th e end of th e day, th e workers had improved ab out a mil e o f tra il and cleaned up two public ca m pgrou nds. Wh en th ey go t back, there was a pot-luck dinner for all of th e volunteers. Dani Bell Long Beach , CA Dani is the 1I -year-old daug hter of Dana Bell, A MA District 37's legislative ojjicer. Obviously, Dani is a hard wor king lady like he r mol her .. . Editor. mail ing address P.O. Box 805. (401) 934-7850. W/BPA VI Thank you! As a foundin g membeT of the club, I am honored . . . Editor. Bound (or T'T heaven Babe Sprague, 73, died o n Ap ril i4. Ol d Ascot fans a nd Tf competitors will remember Babe as the mechanic in the Sprague ra cin g fam il y. H is so n, Joh n ny, cam paigned a 1967 Tf650 T r iu mp h Bonn ev ill e a n d a 250cc Bultaco in the late '60s a nd ear ly '70s. Johnny was famous for his feet-up lockto-lock slides and hi s win, break or cra sh a ttit ude. For all wh o kn ew Babe personally, he was the most giving, sharing and caring racer/fan you'd ever meet. Babe a nd johnny were a tough combination to bea t. Babe is su rvived by hi s wife Betty, son J ohnny, daughter Judy, brother Elmer, five g ra ndc h i ld re n , and, o f course, his 1967 Triumph kn own as Nellie Bell. Services were held Ap ril 19 a t Riv • erside Vetera n Cemetery. According to wife Betty, Bab e wouldn' t wa nt a nyo ne to send flowers. Just invite a friend to Ascot while you still can. Godspeed, Babe. I'll see you a t the Big 'TT race in the sky. You will be missed. Tim Mc..\furray Gardena, CA O££ the road Yam aha's April 6 decision to p ull th eir su pport truc ks off the road left me and two o ther field tech ni cians without a job. I wou ld like to say thanks to the many Yamaha dealers and wish the best to a ll o f the riders with whom I worked over th e past three yea rs. Those who wo uld like to con tact me can do so a t 62 11 Pi ckett s Ridge, Acworth, GA 30101. Greg Quador Acworth, GA Sidecar (an I applaud Larry Co lema n 's recent letter abo u t sideca r coverage in Cycle N ews. I'm su re th ere are many motorcyclists like me wh o think GP bikes look a nd sou nd pretty much a like and wh o mi ss th e exci ternent of sidecars at the Nation al roa d races. The teamwork of th e (sidecar) racers is obvio us as they s tru gg le to m ake tho se unstabl e machines behave. The American a nd Canadian sidecar racers put on a great show in spite of their low bu dgets. There are no factory spo nso rs to send p ress releases to the media, so we spectators depend on you to bring us the coverage th at th e exci tme nt level of the sport deserves. Please cover the sidecars - both internationall y and locally. Mak e me want to go to the G Ps aga in. George Fisher Arbor, MI A~n We have covered and will continue 10 COVeT G P sidecar racing. As for couering sidecars " locally, " as far as we know, there is no sidecar road racing being conducted in th is cou ntry other than at the U.S. GP . . . Edit or. Spot on It is not often that I take the time or effort to wr ite a letter, particul arl y one of praise. However, the Edi tor's Megaphone by Pau l Carruthers which appeared in the April 25 issue, has stirred me to action . Congratulati ons for having the cour age to question the sta tements of a form er World Ch am p ion (Ba rr y Sheene). Most reporters in our indusrry are convi nced that o nce a person has shown sufficient a bili ty to ride a motorcycle at the high est levels, this a utoma tica lly mea ns tha t person also possesses superior intell ect a nd judgemen t. T he fact that Barry Sheene was a great racer does not imp ly that he has the abi li ty to tie his ow n shoes, nor does it imply that he sho uld be restr icted to loafers. It on ly mean s th at he has a grea t tal ent in that particu lar area and makes me jealous as hell that I was given another menu of talents. While Sh een e cri ticized th e wh ite lines marking th e edge o f th e track as a problem at Laguna Seca , he failed to mention that all GP courses are supposed to hav e th ose lines. The FIM rul e book, titled FIM Standards for Motorcycle Road Racing Courses, clearl y states the following: Page 17, Art icle 029.92 Marking The edges o f the track must be clearly demarcated by a co nt in uo us lin e of white anti -skid paint havin g a width of between 10 a nd 20 ems . Roger Edmondson Skylan d, NC

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