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v ICES Letters to the editor 0 INSIDE Questionable tactics FEATURIS MOTOCROSS Stanton wraps up 250cc National title atTroy ROAD RACING SchwanlZ sizzles in French GP 6 10 MILE Carr "wins"rained-out DuQuoin M ile INTERVIEW Motocrosser Donny Schmit talks about life in Europe DIRT TRACK Winsett, Haydens top AMA Amateur/Youth GNC CROSS COUNTRY Summers blazes to State Line GNCC victory 14 16 18 22 PREVIEW 1991 Kawasaki KX motocrossers .. . .24 ULTRACROSS . McGrath zooms to victory in Los Angeles 26 ENDURO Hawkins tops the charts in Colorado 28 DEPARTMENTS NEWPRODUCTS . " WORKBENCH LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR W NT ADS A RESULTS 13 25 .32 41 46 .46,58 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Jeff Stanton crossed the finish line third in the second 250cc moto in Troy, Ohio, to claim hi s seco nd cons ecu tive 250cc MX Na tional Championship. See page 6 for the comp lete story. Photo by T om Strattman. Ameri ca's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVII Mic hael Klin ger, Publisher Caroline Gendry. 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It 's bad enough out there with all the humps and jumps taking out riders and leaving them with injuries that are sometimes serious. There's no room for riders purposely injuring other riders. These actions are no t permitted in other rnotorsports. There's nothing wrong with wanting to win very badly, bu t pulling off ramming episodes shows how men tally wea k some guys are . The next tim e th ey ge t aggressive tow ard another rider. they should ask Dan ny " Magoo" Cha ndler and David Bailey how easy it is to take care of those medical bills. Go for the win , not th e kill ! Timmie Bowman Taylorsville, NC Go for it! Five members of AMA Distri ct 36 Dave Bertram , Phil Dougl as . T az Harvey, Shawn H ybarger and John May - hav e been selected to represent the United Stat es on the ISDE team. To sho w our su ppo rt and appreciation, the Distri ct 36 Motorcycle Sports Committee has do nated $100 to each rider. We are all proud of our riders and know they are some of the fastest and toughest in the world. Ride to win, gu ys. Cliff Glidden President, AMA District 36 Manteca, CA Not going for it I was extremely disappointed to hear that two of the nation's best woods riders won't be competing in the 1990 INTHE W DByPapa Wealey IN Con tinued from page 03 BORN: Em il y Teresa Steams, daughter of Barr's Co mpetitio n mechanic and AMAlCCS tech inspector T o mmy Steams an d his wife Joan, who is an AMAlCCS tech cler k, on J ul y 20 in Shelby, North Carolina. NAMED: Pep si-Co la as the "beverage of choice" at Road Atla nta, the Georgia road race facility. The Pepsi con tract calls for pouring and product sales rights, tracks ide signage, program advertising and promotional announcements. In addition to consumer promotions, ' Pepsi will sponsor Road Atlanta events and its sist er co m pa ny, Pizza Hut, will operate concessions at the track. To launch the partnership, a special " under-the-cap" promotion featuring the Road Atla nta logo is bei ng conducted in th e Atlanta area and rewards 16.7 million consumers with prizes like Road Atlanta passes. ticket discounts, and other special prizes. RESIGNED: Gene Rom ero , fro m his position as vice president wi th Chris Agajanian Promot ions, wit h the intent to pursue freelance pro mo tion endeavors . "My departure was amicable," said th e former Grand National Champion. " In fact, they held a mini party complete with a cake and gifts the day I left. The Agajanians are top-notch people to work for and I'll continue to serve them as an outside contractor. " ISD E_ What a sha me it is tha t Kurt and Aaron Ho ugh are expected to bear the brunt of the fina ncial burden to rep resent the U.S. in Sweden. Where are their sponsors when they need them? Jan B. Warner Warsaw, IN Warner is th e AMA District 15 hare scramb le rejeree. The Hough brothers are Indiana residents . . . Editor. _Oops, sorry ! I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly apologize to Two Brothers Ra cing for a mistake I made during television coverage of th e Loudon Mo to rcycle Classic curren tly, being aired -o n many cable o utlets nationwide. During co verage of th e Pro Twins race, I said Ray Plumb tuned the Ho nd a Hawk-based machine prepared by Two Bro thers Ra cing and ridden by Kevin Erion. O f course that is not the case, and of course I knew tha t before the taping. Unfortunately. in live to tape situatio ns, announcers some times get an idea in th eir heads and repeat it over and over, true or false. Motorcycle racing does n 't ge t its du e on TV, and when it does, the g uys behind th e microphones should get it right! Apologies go ou t to the Erion brothers and Mike Velasco at Two Bro thers Racing, and Ray Plumb at Commonwealth Honda for the o n-air mix-up. Dennis Torres Taurus Group, Inc. Smyrna, GA Letters to the editor sho uld be sem to: Voias, Cycle NnAJS, P.O. Box 498, Loog Beach, CA 90801-6498. Published leuers do oot oecessari1y reflect the pos ilioo 01 Cycle News , lac. Let ters sho uld oot exceed 200 words aod . 11 lett ers are su bject to editing. Rom ero can be reached a t 714/ 5296054. MOVED: Hammerh ead Graphics, a firm that specia lizes in custom helmet painting, to Rt, 4, Box 492, Yadkinville. NC 27055, 9 19/463-5968. CHANGED: The U.S- sales, marketing an d customer service operatio n for Bridgestone brand tires has' officially changed its name to Bridgestone T ire. Form erl y known as Bridges tone (U.S.A.), Bridgesto ne Tire remains headquartered in Nashville, T ennessee. Due to a street name chan ge, Bridgesto ne Tire's address has also changed. The new address is Bridgestone Tire. One Bridgeston e Park, P.O. Box 140991, Nashville, TN 37214-0991. NAMED: John Taylor, as ma nager of public relations for Bridgestone Tire. NAMED: Ron La wson, as edi tor of Dirt Bike magazine. Law son wa s form erl y managing editor of Cycle World magazine. PROMOTED: Mi ke Ro sso , to na tio na l tech nical services coordina tor for KT M America. ' RESIGNED: Gary Lee, from ' his position with ESP Racing to join S.O.S. Express, a manufacturer of pe rsona l watercraft, as their Pacific No rt hwest rep . At ESP Ra cing, Lee had prepped the Honda 600 R usty Rogers campaigned iri asphalt oval races.