Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v ICS 0 E Letters to the editor Yo u have to earn it If R.J. Reyn o ld s paid 3 million in 1989. it does not appear to have flowed down to th e guys who co u ld us e th e money. Besides that. th e money is spread out 10 din track. about three o r fo ur m o tocross series. and 10 some road racers. Th is p ro ba b ly i nvo lves 150 to 200 racers a t possib ly 10 races eac h p er year. $3.000.000 / 10/150 eq ua ls 2000 each. pe r race. Compare this 10 th e purse for the wi nner at Ro a d Atl a n ta ! Indeed . a case o f o il and a few spar k pl u g s costs 100. so a d rop in th e bucket is a g ood wa y 10 put it . Besid es. th e AM A ge ts a n e normous cu rl Pl ea se get involved in raci ng, so yo u do n o t und er-estima te th e ex pens e n o r over -es ti ma te th e value o f garbage sp o n so rs hi p dea ls. Kenneth P. Flynn Enfield. CT You indicate at th e top of yo ur letter that you are a N ov ice class road racer, Ken neth , and yet it sounds as tho ugh you feel a tobacco compan y sho uld be sending you m oney. You probably also feel that the kid dow n the street who I is pl aying Littl e L eague ball should be getting money from baseball eq u ipment manufacturers, or the guy dow n the st reet who is participating in SC CA sports car racing should share in the sponsorship awards dealt out to the winner of the Indy 500. Well, that's no t how it works. You earn rider p oint fund awa rds by participating in races fo r w hich suc h fu nds have been posted and fi nishing in top pos itions. T he 3,000 .000 R .j. R eynolds has awarded to professional m ot orcycle racers has been paid out ove r 16 seasons. T he to p money earner is Bu bba Sho bert, w ho has received -I65,700! L ast year, 27 Camel Pro Series riders p icked u p chec ks from R .j. R eynolds vi a th e $207,500 rider point fund and/o r from the $192.500 pa id out in Came l Chal lenge races. Scott Parker. th e Cam el Pro Series cham p, ban ked the lion 's share, $157,500. H is H arley-Davidson teammate, series run ner-u p Chris Carr, -pocketed $72,000, w hi le Steve Morehead was third on th e list at $-12,500. Camel Su pe rcross Cham pion j eff Stan to n received $50,000 fro m R .j. Rey nol ds. Th is year, R .j. R eynol ds has posted $-100,000 for th e Came l Pro Series and $150,000 for the Cam el Su pe rcross Series. A II th at money goes to th e riders; non e of it to the AMA. R.j. R eynolds also spends an enormO IlS amount of m on ey in prom otio nal su ppo rt of events . Finall y, as far as IlS gelling involved in racin g, 1 was club road racing in th e sixti es and only Father T im e and a steel p late for a lowe r leg prevent m e from doing so now. Many of our staff m embers race on wee kends w hen they're not covering m a s. We kn ow how much it costs to race, bu t we race because we enjoy it, and we don 't ex pect so m eone to ban kroll our hobby. W e also kn ow th e am ou nt of talen t it req u ires to be in 'a p osit ion to p ick up chec ks from a tobacco com pany . and rather tha n moan over th e fact that w e don't have' that level of talent, we get a k ick ou t of w atching those who do ... Editor. .r ,II Dream come true Lim a C orrecti on al I n s t i t u te ' s 'Mo to r c ycl e T e chn ol o g y P r o g r a m Iwo u ld like to publ icl y th ank Cristy -Seckel a nd Larry Mu llins o f H o n d a of JAm er ica , Ma r ysville. Ohio . fo r all th e effo rt th ey put forth in geutin g H onda '1 d onat e tw o CB RlooO Hurricanes 0 an d a CLl 500 C old Wing to our program . W ithout a dou b t this is a dream co m e tru e and bri ngs our program up to toda y's tec hology ..Our n ewest machine wa s a 1983 model before th is generous donation . so you ca n see why we a re so elated. J oseph R. W a hrer Lima Correctional Institution Lima,OH Thuet Yamaha info wanted For a ny in fo rmation o n th e early 1970s Yamaha 750 motors b u ilt by Shell Thuer, I wou ld be most gra tef u l. J .T. Wood 54 Oakwood Oane Columbia, CT 06237 INSIDE FEATURF.S TOURI, 'G Motorcycle journalist checks OUl China: Pan I DIRT TRACK Carr flawlessat 8 Louisville Half Mile SUPERCROSS Once a gain. co n gra tu la tio ns shou ld go o u t to th e White Bro s. a n d C F I for putting on another o utsta n d i n g ro u n d o f th e Fo ur-S troke World C h am pio n sh ips a t Perr is R a cewa y. Creat tra ck p repa ration m ade fo r so me trul y g rea t ra cing . H a ts o rr to th e ma nufa cturers a nd su p p liers w ho donat ed a ll the grea t prizes a n d. o f co urse. 10 a ll th e rider s who supported th e even t b y co m ing o u t 10 ra ce. MOTOCROSS trijbos scores knockout win at Czechoslovakian 250ccGP Bayle keeps on rollin' in Massachusetts 12 Larry Ward fl ies high in To ronto Skydome 22 ROAD RACING It was super! 20 Schwantz hangs on for West German GP win 18 26 DEPARTMENTS WORKBENCH LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR WAl''l'T ADS RESULTS 27 28 40 46 58 ON THE FRO NT PAC E: Chris Carr (20) led every la p o f the Lo uisville H alf Mil e a n d mo ved ba ck into the AMA Crand N at ion al Cha m pi onshi p / Camel Pro Series points lead . See pa ge 8. PhOIO by Ben She pa rd. T exan Kevin Schwantz (34) ca p tured h is firs t Wor ld Champio nship 500cc Road Race Seri es victory o f th e season at the Nurburgring in West Germany. See pa ge 18. PhOIO by H enny Ra y Abrams. Scott W a ll enber g Dirt Bik e Missio n Hills. CA Forgotten a bout in Cottonwood W e lo st th e P h o e n ix H alf M i le because of poor a d vertisi ng in th e area . N o w , a fter wai ti ng a nd wai ting a nd saving m y m o n ey. th er e is no advertising for th e Alb u q uerq ue Mil e. What g ives? I really en joy yo ur paper a n d have fo r m a n y yea rs. I' m a 40-year A.'\1A mem be r . a nd I m ov ed h ere fro m San Di eg o . I keep i n to u ch w i th yo ur ra g . Keep u p th e good work. Chuck Bennett Cotton wood. Al P .S. I b u y yo ur paper from Bert 's Moto rcycl es in Cottonwood . We trust that by now yo u've seen th e ad for th e j un e 17 A lbu q uerque M ile that ran in last wee k's paper. If you missed it, advan ce tickets are availa ble throug h T ick etm aster, 505 / 884-0999, and tick ets will be available th e day of th e even t at the New Mexico Sta te Fairgrounds. T ell Bert we said hell o . . . Edi tor. Embarrasing typo I j us t recieved m y J une 6 issue o f Cycl e N ews a nd w a s readin g th e co verage o f th e Ma y 5-6 Sh amrocks C rand Prix a t Perris Racewa y when I n oticed a co u p le o f sm a ll errors co n ce rni ng th e O pen class ra ce. First . in o rd er to " n a b " a holeshot, I beli eveone h a s to be fi rst i nto th e fi rs t turn. From w here I was. I did n ot see a nyon e for th ree o r four corne rs until I was ra p id ly smoked b y Mi sters Musgra ve a n d S m i th (a n d I h a ve witnesses l), Second. m y la st n a m e sta rt s w i th a " W " - n o t a n " S." Trust m el Your little typ o s hould bring m e som e misery for a while. . O ther than that, I lov e your covera g e. I would al so like 10 ta ke this opportunity to thank m y sp o n so rs . AXO and Suzuki Art's Desert R a ci n g Supply. a s well a s the Sh amrock s M.e. for putting o n a quality event. Mi k e Whitcomb Van Nuys, CA America's week ly m otorcycle newspaper Volu me X X VII Michael Klinger. 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