Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v ICES 0 INSIDE Lettersto the editor Pegram update FEATURES OFF·ROAD DIllT TllACK Parker long goneagain at Springfield Mile 6 MOTOCllOSS Bayle, Bradshaw clean house at muddy ML MorrisNational Banolini tops Czechoslovakian l25cc Grand Prix 10 Roeseler takes it down to the wire at Idaho Qualifier Smith best in Nevada Desert 24 34 xorocaosvrr Zitterkopf, Breker thump to Four-Str World C'ships oke 32 26 We would like to thank all th e doctors and staff a t the U.c. Davis Medical Center in Sacra mento, Ca li forn ia , for th eir excellent care of"our so n, Larry Pegram . Larry is doing better a nd (is) o n his way back. We would also like to thank all the racers and fami lies for th eir cards a nd ca lls ; they mea nt a lot to Larry. And special thanks to Sara Irby, J o h n ny Goad , Ed Fisher, J im H ustler, C hri s Carr , Staci H a ll a n d P a ul Polhem u s for their hel p in Ca lifornia. Mary Be Jim Pegram Baltimore, OU DEPARTMENTS IlOADllACE Another Rainey day at Italian Grand Prix Harth wins, Russell docked in soggySeattle F·USA Team Suzuki wins fourth straight Canadians defeat Americans in Shannonville Match Races 14 20 22 28 WORKBENCH LOCAL RACING CALENDAR WANT ADS 23 RESULTS 62 36 _ 44 50 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Damon Bradshaw new to his first· ever 250cc Natio na l overall win at Hi gh Point Raceway. It was also T eam Yamaha 's first 250cc victory since Rick Johnson won two in 1985. Coverag e begins on page 10. Photo by Nate Rauba. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVII. Michael Klinger. Publisher Caroline Gendry. Executive Secretary to the Publisher Edit ori al Jack Mangus, Associate Pu blish er1Edit or>r Kit Pal mer . Asso ciate Ed itor Paul Ca rru thers. Associate Editor Nate Rauba , Associate Editor Brian Ca tterso n , Associate Editor Ken Faught. As..i.stan t Edit or Edwina Mangus. Calendar Edi to r Graphics a nd Prod uctio n Ree Jo h nson. Prod uction Supervisor Mandy Loo, Production MaTiager Dennis Greene, Lab . T ech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Amy Harris. G rap hi c Anis t Carolyn Branham. T yp esett er Circu lation Advertising Terry Pratt. Na tional A ccounts Mana ger Ma rk T home, Western Sales Mana ger Ro n Davidson . Western Sales Manager Tho mas R. Gu nter, Western Sales Mana ger Mark Mitchell. Eastern Ac counts Mana ger Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sal es Manager Curtis Campbell. Eastern Sa les Manager Joan Ru ssian . Westnn Ad Coord inator Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Rheba Smith, Manager Sarah Taylor, Assistan t Alma Anguiano. Assistant H erlane Ri chmond, Assistant Carol Maggio, Ass istant Dealer Sales Eric Reece. Manager Want Ads Debbie Weller. Want Ad Sales Marketing Be Promotion Mark Thome Donna Bryan. A I R Coo rdinator Headquarters R ecept ion ist Leonard Herring. Service and S uppo rt Na tional Headquarters 220I Cherry Ave.. Long Beach . CA 90806. P.O. Box 498. Long Beach. CA 90801.Q498 Eastern Olfice 4190 Firs. Ave., Tucker, GA . 30084; ma il in g address P.O . Box 805, (2t3) 427-7433; 213/ 636-8844. FAX (213) 427-6685 (404) 934-7850. Accounting/Data Processing Tom Rogers Jamestown,OH Fallen idol I recently visited Road At la nta for round two o f t he AMA Nat iona l Champion ship R oa d R ace Seri es . Upon m y arriva l at th e track , I wa s di sappo inted to d iscover tha t th e Kenny Roberts Marlboro racing team was no t in a tte n da nce. Co n fu sed, I began to questi on people in th e know who informed me that Rober ts had p u lled o ut from a ny fu rt her AMA racing. Wh en I received m y next issu e o f Cycle News I wa s to finall y di scover th e reas on behind Roberts' withdrawa l; H e refused to p lace AMA stickers o n hi s bik es or sew a n AMA pat ch o n h is riders' leather s. Wh at bull.... ! Kenny R ob erts has been one o f m y idol s for years, ye t latel y I find him fu ll of se lf-im porta nce, If h e' s so damned smart, h ow co me yo u can ' t u nderstand a thing he says during a n interv iew? I agree th at th e AMA is n ot perfect a n d th a t the fu ture of mo torcycl e racing is in corpora te sp o nsorsh ip'. The AMA has no t p romo ted raci n g very well , yet neither h ave th e tea ms a nd riders. If th ey wan t more purse mon ey, television coverage, a nd class restru cturing, th en go o u t and get it an d quit co m p la in in g. If King Kenny wa nts to ta ke his bikes and go h ome, th en so be it. Wha t the sport doesn 't need .is another spoi led prima donna . T ony Parsons J acksonville, FL Service and Support Chris Aitcheso n , Ge neva Repa ss, Assistant Lisa Gill, Credit Dirt track er Larry Pegram suffered a broken arm and brok en leg in a prerace press conference accident on th e mile oval at Cal-Expo in Sacramen to on April 6 .. . Edi tor. Pumping iron To determine th e exp ira tio n da te of you r su bscri p tion . chec k th e fo ur numbers on th e Just caught your In The Wind item o n sta ff member Leonard H err ing . Wow ! A su pers ta r in o u r humble ranks! Pl ea se send ASA P m y life-size a u togra p hed poster of th e n ew Mr. Southern Ca lifornia. Ser io u sl y, Leonard , co n g ra ts o n your win. I have been at yo u r sport for four years now, and know the effort invo lved , especia ll y fo r us Masters. Keep up th e su per pumps. recei ve and th e last two characters indicat e th e year of the last issue. Subscr ipt ion rat es: Ra tes fOT th e United Stat es a nd its possessio ns for on e year, (50 issues), Anne Adair Johns Island, SC T ucker. GA 30085 -0805. FAX (404) 934-311 2 Cycle News (USPS 141 -340) is published weekly except the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50 per year by Cycle News, ln c., 2201 Cherry Avenue. Long Beach, CA 90806. .00 Second class postagepaid at Long Beach. CA, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER:Send addresschanges to Cycle News,P.O. Box498, Long Beach, CA 90801 -0498. first line of your address label. Th e first two digits indicate the last issue number you'll $50.00; two years (100 issues), $95.00; six months, (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 months (25 issues). $45.00; trial sub (15 issues), $38.00. Cycle News welcomes unso lici ted edito ria l ma terial including stories. cartoo ns, ph ot os , etc. Such material. if published. becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Such accep ted mat erial is su bject to revision as is necessary in the sole di scretion of Cycle News. Un solici ted material whic h is no t used will be ret ur ned if acco mpanied by a self addressed stamped envelope. All unsoli cited material will be handled with reasonable care. however, Cycle News assu mes no responsi bility [or the safety, loss or da mage to such mat eri al. Repr in tin g in whole or part on ly by pe rmissio n of th e pu blis her. Adverti sin g ra tes a nd circulation information will be sent upon request. See S.R .D.S. ViI enA, / AUDITED V rl CIRCULATION Copyright8 Cycle News, Inc. 1990. Trademark Cycle News registered U.S. Patent Office. A rights reserved, ll 4 ach Engineering in the Chicago area. I had ordered some parts from th em in the past and go t good servi ce, so when my Ducati needed so me attention, and af ter discussing the problem wi th Pete Bollenbach, I decided to try out hi s service department . Six hours a nd 400 miles later, I was impressed as th e shop was clean a nd we l lequipped, th e person ne l were very friendly and professiona l, their parts a nd accessories stock was very good , and prices wer e very reasonab le. Du ring my sta y I wa tched a nd liste ned to other cus to me rs a n d after th ey wo rke d on m y Duca ti o ne th in g I kn ew for su re was , when yo u have work done th ere, it's do ne rightl I wis h ther e were more dealerships like this o ne. Hats off to Pete a nd all th e guy s (a nd ga ls) at Bollen bach Engi neering for a gr eat dealers hip and a jo b well done. Anne leams up un th her husband, M ike, 10 cover many evenls for Cycl e New s. Th ey've reported on even Is like t he FL orida Win ler O lym pics and Florida Wi nler-AMA MX Series for over a decade and a half . . . Edi tor. Unsolicited endorsement All too often one hea rs a lot of negative reports abo u t deal ers a nd bu sin esses. I'd like to giv e my thoughts abou t o ne o f your advertisers; Bollenb- Godspeed, Alberto On Ma y 16 th e sport of motorcycli ng lost o ne o f it s g rea test enth u siasts , Alb erto Magi o. Hi s enth us iasm and lov e of th e sport earned h im th e MidAt lantic Road Racing Club (MAR RC) R ider o f the Mon th a ward during the 1989 ra cin g sea so n . Kn o wn as a gen erous, kind a nd determined racer, -Alberto will trul y be mi ssed by a ll h is friends an d co mpeti to rs. Godspeed, m y friend. Da ve Back New Castle, DE The edge I enjoyed the interview with Fred Merkel in th e May 23 issue. Fred 's exp la n a tion o f a p p ro ac h ing the edge , (" Wh en yo u 'vedone yo ur best , you've qualified , every th ing 's set u p good, a nd if in th e rac e it 's th er e - well, yo u gi ve it tha t litt le extra - yo u put it righ t o n th e edge because there is an edge and yo u ca n win races that way . " ) is worthy of Ernes t H em in gw a y. ' You can transla te this a p proach to th e stree t if you co n side r what " win " means , and what a nd where th e "e dge" is . Fine ly - hon ed competi tiveness becomes fin el y-tu ned con fide n ce. W in n i n g h a s go t to be pretty stra igh tfo rward: finishing the rid e in good shape makes sense. For me, o n th e street, th e edge is the maximum personal value obtaina ble fro m th e relations hip of rider and motorcycle . This ca n be a leisurely tour through the BIue R idge or a ha rr owing afternoon of la ne splitting the Hollywood Freeway o r a day at h igh speed across Ll a no Esta cad o , In racing or (rid in g ) on th e street, th e edge is th e point wher e the rid er and his or h er machine become a single act whi ch is th e best exp ressio n of their rela tionship a nd its goa l. When you attain this, you win . Peter Ahrens San Mateo, CA Letters to the editor should be sent to : Voices, Cycle News , P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. Published letters do not necessarily .reflect the position of Cycle News, In c. Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing,

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