Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Letters to the editor H ot la p s FEAT URES Liles, Schmit round up 500and 125cc GP wins ROAD RACE o C"l C"l ........ Polen number one ar Road Atlanta uperbike National 6 D'Aluisio wins 250cc Grand Prix 8 James, Cortez top Pro Twins 10 Stevens, DuHamel ace Supersport .. II Gray jams to Willow Springs Formula USA victory Brown styles 10 Eastern Continental victories at ~I uddy Creek 34 DRAG RACE Schultz beats M yers at Atlanta :-i HRA Drags 24 f.J\"D URO 18 Team Suzuki survives windy Willow Springs Endurance 22 Roche, Merkel split World Superbike wins in Hungary 28 MOTOCROSS Jeff Ward, Bayle score Ax ton National victories 26 14 Hough prevails at tough Tulsa ISDE Qualifier 30 DEPARDIL\TS WORKBENCH LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS 25 36 45 50 62 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Yoshimura Suzukis dominated U. . road race compet ition recently with Doug', Polen (abo ve) win ni ng the AMA Superbike National at Road Atlanta and Scott Gra y (73, below ) topping the \VERA Formula USA race at Will ow Springs. Pho tos by Paul Carruthers a nd J ose Luis San chez Gil. We'v e been reading about th e upcoming paved o va l ra ces in th e Caroli nas. No big dea l! We've been doing that for yea rs, running three or four times a year in Mobile, Alabama, a nd Pen sacol a , Florida. Last year we a lso ran o n a three-eight hs mi le track in Opp, Alabama. We "run what ya brung" a nd th e o n ly ru le is that yo u must be able to bring th e bike through th e pit gate. I'v e raced a 1975 BMW, even using m y turn sig na ls o n occa sio n. My son , Tim Lorge, is the biggest winner on a Wood- Rotax . M y youngest son. Jason Lorge, 13, raced a 125 H onda to third place in th e "B" m ain . We have tw o classes, A a nd B. The A class is for fast peopl e a nd pays more money. We run flat tra ckers, road racers, street bikes, motocrossers, etc. W in ners this year in add itio n to Ti m were Buhba Blackwe ll , Bobby Myers , T im Myers. and Ka ren McLeandon. As fo r ti res . the bes t tires arc road race sli cks . So me ru n ra in ti res, but most ru n str eet tires. I on ly wis h the (AMA pro) Caroli na ra ces were open to ever yo ne as we have some local ta lent that co u ld surprise th e bi g bo ys. Gene L orge L uceda le. 1\1S America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVII Gene sent alon g a videotape of the paved oval racing and w hile th e fields we re small (f ive-six bikes), th e racing is com pe titive and appears to be ul trafast . And. yes, Gene does use h is bik e's tum sig nals . . . Editor. Michael Klin ger. pubiishn Caroline C endry, Executive Secretary to th e Publish er Barry Sheene responds Ed itoria l J ack Mangus, Associate Publish er/Editor Kit Palmer, Associat e Ed itor Pau l Carruth ers. Associate Ed itor Nate Rauba, Associate Edi to r Bria n Ca UtTSOn, Associat e Ed itor Ken Faug-h t. Assistant Ed itor Edwina Mangus. Calenda r Ed itor Advertising Terry P ra ll , Na tiona l Accounts M anager Mark Thom e, West enl Sa les Arlana ger Ro n Da vid so n, JVesteTn Sale s Manager Thomas R. 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Also by vatch ing th is a nd last year's race, I ca n see th e co ncrete wal ls, lack of ru n -of f area, etc., etc. If yo u loo k yo u ca n see a n aw fu l lo t lrom the ca mera s arou nd th e circu it a n d bike ca m. T he w h ite lin es I am- ta lk ing about aren' t th e ones o n the very edge o f th e ci rcu it - m ost all ci rcu its have th em , dorr't th ey? You being in a better position than I 10 sa y. Where (Wayne) Gardner crashed th ere is a whi te line with four o r five-feet o f tarmac th e o the r side of it wh ich th e riders cro ssed if th ev wa nted to u se a ll th e road. Look a t th~ vid eo a nd yo u will see why Ga rdner cras hed. Hav e yo u ever ridden a 500cc G P bike cran ked o ver across white lines? Also , coming onto th e start a nd finish st raight. th e sa me thing for br aking o ut wide a t th e end of th e stra ig h t. Ask yo u r fath er who made the organ izers a t th e Belgian a nd Finnish GPs sa nd b last th e lines o ff th e tra ck. Al so as k him wh o did every th in g p ossibl e to ge t Spa, Nurburgring, Im atra a nd th e Czechoslovakian circui ts tak en o u t of th e ca lenda r and a lso refused to ride at Ima tra, N urburgring a n d Czecho wh en I' d a lread y won the cha m p io n sh ip . I sa y ask yo ur fa ther because obviousl y you don 't know. I'v e never ra ced in Ireland ex cept w he n I was 17 a nd o n a n a irf iel d despite bein g offered $20 ,000 year in yea r ou t to do so . I used to ra ce a t ' Scarborough because I enjoyed it a nd it was n 't a World Champions hip ra ce. I did not ca ll for a boycott. Why wo u ld I bo ther to lead a riders boycott? T here's no need to ca ll m e Sir Barry, Mr. Sheene will do. Obviously the fact (tha t) th e riders, teams, jou rna lists, et c. vo ted La gu na th e worst G P venue means not h in g ; circuit sale tv and medical facilities both scored ies s than Spa and it was the riders that voted, so sorneone's gOI their wires crossed. It's funn y to see yo u've cro ssed th e fen ce with your opinion on Laguna Seca complete ly ' contradicting what yo u 've said before. Incidentally , you should watch the tape of the Belgian G P last yea r and hea r what I said about Spa. Rega rd in g what Wa yne Ra in ey sa id ; I think Gardner crashed because of the white line, he doesn't. It 's a free world and we 'r e bo th entitled 10 our own op in ions w hi ch we have voi ced , the sa me way you wrote you rs. Now print mine. Barry Sheene Carrara, Q uee ns land, Austral ia Th e above letter {rom two- time 500cc World Cham pion Barry Sheene is in response 10 th e Edi tor 's Meg ap hone by Paul Carruthers tha t appeared in our April 25 issue ... Editor. Cheers for AMA / District 37 Alright, AMA a nd District 37! Ma ke th em show us some rea l evidence for t h e h a ltin g of th ese great desert classics. It's about time we do somethi ng 10 sho w these people we ar e serious abou t our righ ts to ride , and that we too ca re for th e enviro n m ent. I don 't think anyone is out 10 destroy th e en viro n ment, as they might hav e o the rs th ink. This is just o ne step in th e banning o f motorcycles. It must be stopped o r it wi ll advance to more serious threats a nd / o r laws 10 ge t rid of "bikers." I agree with Ken Bo yd , in that this a lo ne won 't get the even ts back, but it will begin 10 esta b lish a fig ht for us , the riders . Keep up the good work , AMA. This is not only a fight 10 regain th e desert ra ces but a lsoa fig h t for the right to ride. Scott Bigal ke Roch est er, M N T he A MA an d S po rts Co m mittee District 37, A MA, Inc. have sued th e Bureau of Land Managemen t 10 halt th e implem en tation of a pol icy barrin g poin t-to-poin t races in th e Califo rnia desert. No hearing date has been set at this date . . . Editor. Coast -to-coast I would lik e to thank Ed G aylord for lett ing m e ra ce hi s deluxe 1973 TMl25 a t th e G len Helen Vintage Race in San Bernardino, Ca lifornia. o n March 25. "'Iy famil y a n d I wer e vacationing from Perrysburg. Ohio. I a lso had the privileg e of racing th e vintage event a t U nad illa, New York, last O ct ob er. Thanks 10 Ed G ayl ord, my dream of ra cin g vintage bikes coastto-coast has co me true. T hankfu lly, th er e arc still wonderful people lik e Ed in ra ci ng. Ca rl Mabrey Per rsburg, OU Le tters to th e editor sh oul d be se n t to : Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach , CA 90801-0498, Published letters do not necessarily reflect the posi tion of C ycl e N ew s, Inc. Le tt ers sh ou ld not exceed 200 words and all letters are su bject to editing.

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