Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v Letters to the editor 0ICES INSIDE Steve's race DRAG RA CING Kiser wins. Treu shauers recordat Nell' Jersey FEATURES SUPERCROSS Bradshaw's win. Stanton's title at the grand finale at L.I, 6 20 DIRT TRACK Peoria 600 IT win to Carr 24 26 ROAD RA CE Raineypops Schwantz' bubbleat Y GP ugo 10 M D ad ogare bad dogs at Loudon Endurance TEST Checkin' out Kawasaki's 1990 KX250 MXer 22 DEPARDfENTS CROSS COUNTRY Norton blows theshoes aw at Blackwater ay 14 MOTOCROSS Moore too much at German GP 125cc GP 18 WORKBENCH LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS 21 28 44 50 62 ON THE FRONT PAGE: (Top) Yama ha's Damon Bradshaw battled to th e fi nis h for th e w in at the fin a l round of the Camel Supercross Series at th e Lo s Ang eles Mem ori a l Coliseum. H owever, it was T eam H o n d a 's J eff Sta nton (bottom) who walked away with his secon d co n sec u tive Su p ercross tit le. See Page 6. Photos by Kinney Jones. Ra cin g acc ide n ts a re sometimes tra gi c. but th ey are accide nts. Sunday's true tragedy of res ta rt ing th e Albu querq ue Mil e. wh ich had been played ou t. was n ot a n acci de nt. but a n uncon sci onabl e misjudgemem. P Ullin g th e burden of restarting this race o n th e rider s was a t bes t irrespon sib le a nd inap p ro p ria te beyond beli ef. I ha ve the utmost respect for Chris Carr as a racer and a person . but I a m sur e that in the hearts and minds o f a ll th ose wh o participa ted in th is event. they wi ll have Stev e Ek lund as th e true ch a m p io n o f th e 1990 Albuquerque Mil e a nd it wi ll be a lwa ys kn own as Steve's ra ce. Frank E. N ye San J ose, CA Ek lun d, th e / 979 Gra1td National C ham p io n , suf fe red serio u s head injuries w hen he collided unth 'another rider w hile leadin g the A lbuq uerque M ile. An update on his condition an d inform ation on a trust fund thai has been establis hed 10 help defray his me dical ex pe nses can be found in the In Th e Wind secti on. Frank N ye is Eklu nd's tuner . . . Editor. Road racers than ks America's weekly moto rcycle newspaper Volume XXVII Michael Klinger, Pu blish er Caroline Gendry. EucutiV<'Secre tary to th e Pu blisher Ed ito ria l J ack Man gus . A ssociat e Publ ish er / Editor Kit Palmer , A ssociate Editor Pa ul Ca rru tb er s. As so cia tt! Edi tor N at e Rauba . Associate' Ed it or Brian Ca tte rso n, A ssociate' Ed ito r K('11 Fa ugh t, Assistan t Ed itor Edwina Mangus. Ca le ndar Editor I\ dvert isi ng Terry Pr at t, Na tional A ccounts i\1anag n Mark T home. West ern Sales Manager Ro n Davidson , W eslern Sa les IHanager T hom as R. Gon ter, W estern Sales i\Janager. Ma rk Mitch ell . Eastern A ccounts Manag er Greg Mitchell. Eastern Sal es Manager Cun is Campbell. Eastern Sal es Manager J oan Rus sian, lV~st nn Ad Co ordi n ato r Car la Borden Allen, F ASt~n Ad Coordin ator Mar ketin g " Promotion Mark Th ome Grap h ics and Production Ree J ohnson. Productio n Su pervisor Mand y Loo . Prod uct ion Man ager Dennis Greene. L ab. 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G.l ClOO nS, p ho tos. etc. Suc h mat eri a l, if p ublished . becom es the excl usive p ropert y of Cycle News. Such accep ted material is sub ject to revision as is necessa ry in the so le discretion o f Cycle New s. U nso lici ted material whi ch is not used will be returned if accompanied by a sel f addressed sta mped en velope. All un soli cited materia l will be handl ed with reasonable ca re, ho wever , Cycle News ass u mes no responsibil ity for the safety, loss o r damage to suc h ma teria l. Reprintin g in wh ol e or part onl y by perm ission of th e publish er. Advert isin g ra tes a nd ci rcu la tio n in formati on will be sent u po n request. See S.R. D.S. W/BnA AUDITED VI rl CIACULATION Copyright 8 Cycle News, Inc. 1990. TrademarkCycle New, r'!;istm u.s. Patent Office, A rights reserved. ll During Frida y practi ce for th e 250cc GP a t New H ampshire Int ern at iona l Spee dway (Lo udo n ). I cra she d . badl y sp ra in ing m y ankle and tweaking th e fram e o f m y Ya m aha TZ. At that poi nt a number of people helped m e out a nd m ad e sure th at I wa s abl e to make th e rare o n Su nday to defend m y points lea d. I wou ld lik e to pub licl y exp ress m y deep a p p recia tio n to th e following: David H aro ld . for bui ldi ng three co m pe titive motorcycl es for m e in o ne weekend; Danny Coe, for o ffer ing m e h is TZ after m y crash , and a lso my si ncer e a po logy to Da nn y for th e in cid ent in turn four: Tom H a lverson o f Yamaha . for maki ng th e extra effo rt and gelli ng me a frame sh ipped o u t overnig h t from Ca l ifo rn ia : Kevin Rent zell, for loaning m e a boot to cover m y swo ll en a n kle: Dr. Po bed Laurentjev, th e sports medici ne docto r w ho got m y a n kl e to th e poi nt tha t I co u ld ride; Jim Alle n of Dunl o p , fo r.his co n ti n ued cr itica l support; a nd fin all y, to m y g irlfriend Jul ie. who made about a million trips for ice to keep my a nk le swelling down. Thanks to everyo ne. I'll see you at Elkhart Lake. Chris D' Aluisio G eorgetown, CT As we rep orted lasl week , D'Alu isio wo n his heal race at Loudon , but fin ish ed third in th e 250cc Grand Prix Series round on Sunday, J une /7, and dropped 10 second in th e point slandi1lgS. After three rounds. Loudon wi n ner Doug Brauneck leads D'Aluisio , -15 10 -13 .. . Editor. On the line One of the mai n topics of d iscussion surrou nding the recent Loudon C lassic was co nce rn voi ced by rider s a nd ot her s over safety issues at the New H ampshi re In ter nationa l Speedway road co u rse . T here are leg it im a te teeth in g prob lems that will need to be improved before th e next C lass ic. However . th ere are ot her prob lems co nce rn ing track safet y whi ch wi ll fo llow th ese co m pe tito rs from race to race until th ey. and the AMA . decide to tak e their own ru les seriously. Ch ief a mong these problems is th e flagralll disrega rd o f th e wavi ng yellow fla g. T he first a nd seco nd p lace tea ms both had separate doub le infractions. It shou ld be not ed tha t the eventual third pl ace fin ish er. T eam Dutchman Racing. did n ot vio la te this rule. These infracti ons wer e reported to th e refe ree. T o o ur knowledge. n o pen alites wer e issu ed . Thus , ru les violators were rewarded , while safe ra cing a nd good sportsm a ns h ip were penalized . Comerw orker s are required to be o n o r n ear the "ra ci n g surfa ce under waving yellow co nditio ns in order to pi ck up bikes and riders, a nd restore tra cti on. Offi cial co n d o n a t io n o f unsafe passing imperil s ra cers a nd m ak es co rnerwo rkers sitt ing ducks. If off icials continue to reward racers for violating th eir basi c safety ru le. w hy sho u ld th ey be taken serious ly w he n th ey co m p la i n a bo ut o t her safety -rela ted issues ? An d w hy shou ld a ny cornerworker p u t his or her b utt on th e lin e for th em ? John Michael O 'Connor U.S . Ma rsha lls Alt o n , N H Le uers 10 the eduor §hould be sen t to: votes, c~" Nf"Ws. P.O. Box -19M. Long lkach. CA 9080 1..0498. P ublished leu ers do not n«n,'U1 ril,. reflect the pos itio n o( Cvcle News, Inc, Le uers shou ld no t exceed 200 word s and all lf'lIrn art' subject to ediu ng. IN THE WIND BJ'Papa Wealer Conl inued fro m page J en th u sia st who particu larly enjoys riding in Baja Cal ifo rnia. Mex ico . Su llivan is al so good fri ends wi th Ka wa sa k i T eam Green's off-road manager Marc Johnson. RESIGNED: Mi chael J. DeStefano , from hi s pos ition as execu tive vice president of th e Ana heim. Ca liforniabased Mi ck ey Thompson Entertainme nt Group. effective Ju ne 30. DeStefa no is returning to his own compa ny . MJ D Sports Enterta in me nt. a m o to rs ports mark e ti ng firm h e fo u nded prior to joini ng MT EG five years ago. MOVED: U ni Fi lle r, Inc., ma n ufac tu rer of foam a ir fill ers. to 1630 So u th Sinclair sc. Ana hei m . CA 92806. 714/ 939·6300, FA X 7 14/634-4935. BORN : Chri stin e J ean Caper, da ughter of O 'Nea l USA art director J ohn Caper a nd h is wif e, Iri s O 'Nea l Caper, on June 21. in sou thern California. . MARRIE D: FMF owner Don Em ler to Everdina Srnit, o n June 16. Em ler becomes 1982 250cc MX Wo rld Cham pion and off -road ace Da n n y La Porte's father-in-law since Smit is the mothe r of La Porte' s wife. CORRECTION: Saroch H anbuntrong, not Ken t Kun itsug u , was the rider who suff ered heat ex haustion a nd severe leg cramps in the \VERA Endurance race at Fireb ird Ra cewa y in C ha ndler , Arizona. June 10. H o wever , Kuni tsu gu was th e ri der w ho " p ut in a co u rageo us r id e " for fi ft h-p lace finishers Caz Racin g . MARRIE D: Motocrosser Mike Craig to J oa nna Christia n o n Ju ne 12 in EI Cajon. Ca lifornia . BORN: T ravis Alle n Ba ker. so n of o ffroad rac er Mik e Ba ker a nd hi s wi fe H ei d i, in Anaheim. Ca li fornia . June 23. MOVED: Spectre Oils of Ala b ma na, a S p ectra distrib u to rs hi p. to 20 6 Bu siness Ce nter Dr.• Birmingha m , AL 35244.205/987-7801.

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