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v Letters to the editor 0ICES INSIDE Thanks, guys and gals FEATURES MILE 6 Morehead finally wins at Ascot SUPERCROSS 10 Bradshaw's hot in Charlotte ROAD RACE Gardner, Kocinski top Spanish GP . . 14 Dutchman II wins one at Road Atlanta MOTOCROSS Thorpe comes alive at Austrian 500cc GP 22 HARE SCRAMBLES Plessinger cleans up in Hookstown mudbath 24 ULTRACROSS 26 Merkel surgesahead at German World Superbike .32 INTERVIEWS World Superbike Road Race Champion Fred Merkel Motocrosser Denny Stephenson 1 8 30 IT Carr reigns at fdaho IT Weekend .. . 20 28 McGrath nabs Rose Bowl win DEPARTM ENTS WORKBENCH NEW PRODUCTS LOCAL EVENTS CALEJ\'DAR WANT ADS , RESULTS : 1 9 25,29 34 40 50 62 Ed Salley Orangeburg , SC Belated thanks ON THE FRONT PAGE: (Above) Damon Bradshaw celebra tes his win a t the Charlotte Supercross. Photo by Henn y Ray Abra ms, (Below) Steve Morehead lakes his tun er, two-tim e Ascot winner Men Lawwill , for a victory lap followi ng his first-ever win at the Ascot Half Milc. Photo by Mitch Friedma n. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVII Michael Klin ger. Publish" Carolin e Ge ndrv. Ex ecutive Secretary to th e Publish er Editorial J ack Mangus. Asso ciate Publisher / Edito r Ki t Pa lmer, Associat e Edi tor Pa u l Carrut hers. Assoc iau Ed itor Nate. Ra u ba. Associat e Editor Brian Ca ue rson. Associate Edi tor Ken Fa ug ht. Assistan t Editor Edwi na Man gus, Calendar Edi to r Graphics and Production Ree J ohnson, Prod uctio n Supervisor Man dy Loa. Prod uctio n MaTlager Dennis G reene, La b. T ech . Stacey G uest, Grap hic A rtist Jimmie O 'Dell . G rap hi c A rtist Carolyn Branham . T vp esetter Advertising Terry Prall, N ation al Accu un ts Man ager M ark Thom e, U'estnn Sales Mana ger Ron Da vid son, lVesleTn Sales Man ager Tho mas R. G on ter , IVest err, Sa les Afanager Ma rk Mit ch el l. 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Cycle New s welcomes unso licited ed itoria l materi al including stor ies, car too ns. ph otos. etc. Su ch material, if publish ed, becom es th e excl us ive property of Cycle New s. Suc h accep ted material is subject to revision as is necessary in th e so le di screti on o f Cycle News. U nso lici ted material which is not used will be returned if accom pa n ied by a self addressed stamped en velo pe. All unsoli cited mat erial will be handled with reasonable care. ho wever, Cycle News assu mes no responsibility for the safety, loss or damage to suc h mater ial. Reprinting in whole or pan only by permission of the publisher. Advertising rates and circu latio n information will be sent upon request. See S.R.D.S. W/BDA "if 4 I'd lik e to publicly thank everyone in vo lve d with th e Ma y 5-6 Road Atlanta road race meet. As a former professional racer now enjoyin g life by taki ng part in vintage raci ng, th e weekend was a ll I hoped it would be. The SCCA co rne rworkers were excellent, tending to downed rid ers in a j ohnn y-on-th e- spot mann er. The riders I co mpe ted against were apparent ly enjoying themselves as much as I was, a nd th e spectators were su per - stay ing after the pros were fini shed to wa tch us vintage bik e racers do o ur thing. T he spec tators also seemed to full y enjo y look in g a t the vintage bik es in the pits. All in all, a su per weekend at a su per facility wi th su per peo p le. . rK AUD ITED ClRCULAnON Copyright8 Cyd. Nrws, Inc.1990. Tntd