Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE FEATURES ENDURO Hawkins sails at Cherry Pit National 20 SUPERCROSS Stantoncomeson strong in Oklahoma City TOURING 6 Motorcycle journalist checks out China: Part 2 .. . . .. .• . .22 ROAD RACING Mertens, Chandler split Brain erd World Superbike wins Russell sweepsBrainerd Superspon support races : Roche romps in Canadian World Superbike round 10 14 ·. 16 SPEEDWAY Moran takes Long Beach American Speedway Final 1 8 DEPARTMENTS WORKBENCH LOCAL EVENTS CA LENDA R WANT ADS RESULTS VIDEO REVIEW 21 24 34 42 40,42,43,54 55 ON THE FRONT PAGE: (Top) Defending Camel Supe rcross champ Jeff Stanto n (I) top ped Ho.nda teammate Jean-Michel Bayle (22) at the Oklahoma Supe reross a nd moved Into the Camel Supereross poi nts lead. See page 6 for the complete story. Photo by Tim Simpson. Stepha ne Mertens won the America n round of the World Superbike Series in Brain erd, Minnesota. File photo by J ohan Vandekerckhove. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVII Michael Kli nger. Pu blisher Caroli ne G<:ndry, Executive Secretary to the Publisher Editorial Ja ck Mangus. Associate Publisher / Edit or Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Pa ul Carruthers. Associate Editor Nat e Rau ba, Associate Editor Brian Cauerson, Ass ociat e Edit or Ken Faught, Assistant Editor Edwi na Mangus, Calendar Ed itor Graphics and Production Ree Joh nso n, Production Supervisor Mandy 1..00, Production Afanagn Dennis Greene, Lab . T ech. Stacey Guest, Grap hic Artist Am y Harr is, G raphic Art ist Carolyn Branham, T yp esetter Advertising T erry Prall, National A ccounts Manager Mark Thome, Western Sal es Manag~ Ron Davidso n, ~VesteTn Sa les Man ager Thomas R. Center, Western Sales Manag~ Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manag~ Gr eg Mitche ll, Eastern Sal es Ma nager Curtis Cam pbe ll, Eastern Sales Manager J oan Russian, Western Ad Coo rdinator Carla Borden Allen, Eastern ,f d Coordinator Circu la tio n Rh eba Smith, Manager Sarah Taylo r, Assistatlt Alm a Angu ia no . Assistant Herl an e Richmond, Assistant Ca rol Maggio, Assistant Dealer Sales Eri c Reece, Manag~T Want Ads Debbie Well er, Wan t Ad Sales Mark eting &: Promotion Mark Thome Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, H eadq uarters R eception ist Leonard Herring, Seroice and Su p po rt Accounting/Data Processing Do n na Brya n , A IR Coo rdinator Geneva Repa ss. Assistant Lisa Gill, Credit Nat ional Headquarters Eastern Office 2201 Ch erry Ave., Lo ng Beach , CA 90806. P.O. Box 498, Lon g Beach, CA 90801-Q498 4190 Fin' Ave.. Tucker. GA. 30084; mailing address P.O . Box 805. Tucker. GA 30085-0805. (213) 427-7433; 213/636-8844FAX (2 13) 427·6685 (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycie News (USPS 141-340) is published weekl y except th e last two weeks of th e ca lenda r year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News, In c.. 2201 Ch erry Avenu e, Long Beach. CA 9O~06 . Second class postage paid at Lo ng Beach , CA, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTEll:Send addressman ges 10 Cycle News, P,O. 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Unso lici ted material wh ich is no' used will be returned if acco mpa nied by a self addressed sta mped envelope. All unsoli cited material will be ha ndled with reasonabl e care, however , Cycle News ass umes no respo ns ibi li ty for the safety, loss or damage to suc h mat erial. Reprinting in whole or part o nly by permission of th e publish er. Adverti sin g ra tes and circu la tio n infonnation will be sent u pon request, See S.R.D.S. WBPA ~~~~noN Copyrigb" Cydr News, Inc. 1990. TrademarIt CyclrNews rqistard U.s. Pa'au Office. All ri~ts mrnrd. Letters to the editor Two of the best All too often, good deeds are left unsung! While racing superbikes for the last three years, f have on occasio n need ed medi cal and personal assista nce by race da y's end. On two of those unfortunate occasio ns , Aspen 1988 and Daytona 1990, o ne of the first faces I saw a t the am bula nce or in the hospital room were J ack o r Judy Domini ch from Boul der Yamaha. Not on ly did they help me at the hosp ital , they also loaded my van a nd trailer. Upon my return home, they ca lled me dai ly to see if I was o kay or if they co uld be of a ny help. This m igh t be expected if I rode for Boul der Yamaha, however , I ride a Yoshimura Suzuki in direct competi tio n wi th their race tea m. I feel J ack and J udy's goodwill and sportsmanship should be recog nized . T ha nk you, J ack a nd Judy. I' m happy a nd proud of the friend s I've made road racing, and you are an exa mple of the best. Stephen S. Fish Louisville, CO Dear Governor Deukmejian: We, the undersign ed, respec tfull y . req uest the reinstateme nt of Ed W.aldheim as com missioner o n th e (Ca h forn ia) O ff-H igh wa y Mo tor Vehi cl e Co m missio n. Ed's undyi ng ded ication to the off-roa d com munity is of grea t value to the fami lies and individ uals that enjoy off-road recrea tio n in th is state. Ed's passion a nd co ncern for th e rights of off-readers is a b lessing for us in more ways than o ne. We all rely on the off-road industry for o ur income a nd would be in terrible shape without help fro m people like Ed Wal dheim . We ask you to please reco nsider you r decisio n co ncern ing Ed Wal dh ei m's posi tion on the Off- Highway Mo tor Vehicle Commission. Than k you. The employees of Lebard &: Underwood, In c, LaHabra, CA T he letter was signed by 16 em ployees ' of th e H o n da / Y am aha dea lership . . . Editor. Dear Kenny Roberts: Wh y wo n' t you let people lik e you? T he AMA has always been a no n-profi t organization. Beli eve me, I kno w! We can't do a lo t of things ot her organizations are allowed to do . We ar e proud o f our logos just as o the r organizations a re of their s. We've all worked ha rd to he lp a nd show we're good people in motorcycling. When you were having all your " glory days" we were a ll proud of you. Even when J ules thought of you as an arrogant kid , he always praised you for your professiona l ta lent in raci ng. Corn e o n , Kenny. You 're not a very good exa m p le for your so n, who I hope has inherited h is father 's ta len t for raci ng. Do n ' t bl ame Ron Zimmerm ann . He's o nly trying to do a good job . Millie Horky Port Orange, FL Women ' s rights I enjoy reading Cycle N ews, and chec king the race results. One thing I would lik e 10 see more of is art icles about the wom en wh o race, whether it be flat tra ck, MX or road race, amateur or profession al. Being an a ma teur flat tracker , such articles would be interesti ng both to me a nd o ther wom en wh o race. Motorcycle racin g is not just for the gu ys a nymore. There ar e women out there and th ey a re not too hard to find . Th:re are a t least six wom en tha t I race with almost every week. It 's not the Po w~er Pu ff class either! We gel out there with the guys, in th e same race, a nd we wi n and get last p lace just like the gu ys do . Laurie Bushnell Lynnwood, CA Keep getting th e gas on , L aurie, and w e' !l lei th e w orld know abou t yo u Just as we have don e over the years fo r the lik es of T am m y Kirk, Diane Cox, M ercedes Gonzalez an d ot he r fast femme racers . . . Editor. Lett ers 10 th e ed ito r sho uld ~ sent 10 : Voi ces. Cyck Ntws, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, <:-A 90801-0498. Publi shtd letters do n OI nKeSSa n ly refl eci th e position or Cycle ~cws . In c. Lett ers sho uld n ot exceed 200 word s an d all let ters aresu bject to ed iting. IN THE WIND ByPapa Wealey Continued from page 3 winning the Oklahom a City Su percross , is seeking 'to be the first rider to wi n back-to -back Supercross titles since Bob " H urr icane" Ha nnah di d it for three straigh t years - 1977, '78 and '79. Mik e Bell ended Hannah 's streak in 1980 aft er Hannah brok e h is leg in an off-seaso n wa ter ski ing accident. Si nce th en , Ma rk Ba rn e tt (\98 1), Donnie H an sen (' 82), Da vid Bailey (' 83), J ohnny O ' Mara ('84), J eff Ward ('85), Ri ck J ohnson ('86) , Ward ('87 ), J oh nson (' 88) a nd Stanton ('89) have wo n Supercross titl es. Speaking of Bob Hannah, he fin ished seco nd in his first-ever Formul a O ne boat race o n Su nday, June 10. Hannah pi lo ted hi s Gillman Racin g/ Bo yesen Reeds-sponsor ed , Mercurypowered tu n nel hu ll boat to the runner-up spot in th e cha mp boat race in Augusta, Georgia. BORN: Bla ke Cantaloupi-j urnp, son of Steve Vlahos-jump, a former pro MXer, and hi s wife, Toni CantaloupiJump , sister of form er Yamaha facto ry team ri der Donnie Ca ntaloupi and pro MXe r Co ry Ca n taloupi , in Lo d i, California, May 14. DISTRIBUTING: Ji m Hale, pr eside nt ofA XO Sport Ame rica In c., an nounced on J une I tha t Tucker/ Rock y Distributing wo u ld no longer be selli ng the AXO a nd Sinisalo brands o f prod ucts . Inst ead , AXO Sport America will be distribu ting its produ cts direct to deal ers. P.S. I visited your rider Gary Cow an wh en he ....as in th e ho spital here. He's a ni ce kid. I hope he's doing well. RESIGNED: G reg Wolfe, from the positi on of office su pervisor of Yam aha's parts and accesso ries division in Cudahy, Wiscon sin, to accep t a position with No rt h western Mutual Life In surance, M ill ie's husband, the lale Jules Hork y, was th e lon gtime AMA director of professional com pe tition . Iri shman Cowan, a member of T eam Roberts Marlboro, suffered paralyzing injuries at Daytona . . . Ed itor . RETIRED: Fideli s Sieger , telephone order rep resentative/ accessory specialist of Yamaha' s parts and accessories division in Cudahy, Wisconsin; Sieger plans to do some trav eling with her husband,Jack. CN

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