Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Letters to the editor Vote for Schmit FEATURES ROAD RACE Chandler rules Mid-Ohio MOTOCROSS Geboers tops San M arino 500cc GP; Vehkonen wins 250cc GP 20 6 Oliver reignsat Grattan F-USA . . . .. 22 TeamSuzuki scores again at Grattan Endurance SPEEDWAY D enmark shines at World Pairs Final in Germany 24 Lawson/Taira awesome twosome atSuzuka Eight-Hour _ NEW PRODUCTS. __ WORKBENCH LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS _ 1 2 PREVIEW 1991 Honda CRs and XRs _ 26 Scott Bigalke Roch ester, MN DEPARTMENTS .30 IT Carr bags Peoria IT I recently heard ' of some pi cks for th e Motocross des Nations team and World Championsh ip 125cc MX Series points leader Donn y Schmit was not included. Why n ot? I th in k the AMA shou ld give Donn y serious considera tio n for the team. After all , next to (Jean-Miche l ) Bayle, h e's the fas test 125cc rider in th e world . G ive h im a cha nce , he 'll do the job. 1 6 1 K MX &off-road lineup.. .. 18 991 TM ON THE FRONT PAGE: 17,31 27 _ 31 37 .42 .42,54 Schmit was conside red, bu t, as w e rep orted in the In The Wind section las t w eek, Damon Brad shaw will rep resen t th e U.S. in th e I 25cc class, jo in ing teammates Jeff Wa rd (500c c clas s) and Jeff S tan ton (250cc ) at the M ot ocr oss des Nations in Sweden n ex t month. Donny Sc hmit is the 1990 125cc MX Wo rld Cham pion, h av in g clinch ed the title on August 5, the day before t his iss ue wen t to pre ss . . . Edi tor . \ Factory Harley-Davidson rid er Chris Carr wo n both the Camel Pro National an d the $17,500 Camel Challenge at the Peoria.TT in Illinois. Ra ce coverage begins on page 12. Photo by Ken Faught. Godspeed, Brad On Augus t I , we lost a very dear friend and fellow employee. Brad Fay , a n avid District 37 off-road racer, was in volved in a bo a ti ng acci dent wh ich took hi s life. H e was well kn ow n an d liked in the motorcycle ind us try. We will miss his smiling face and his warm hea rt. Godspeed , Brad. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVII Michael Klinger. Publish", Caroline Gendry, Executiue Secretary to the Publisher Ad vertising T erry Pratt, National A ccou nts A-tanager Editorial Jack Mangus, Associate Publisher/ Editor Mark Thome, Western Sales Manager Kit Pa lmer, Associate Editor Paul Carruthers, Associate Edi tor Nate Ra uba, A ssociate Editor Brian Catt erson, Assodate Edito r Ken Faught. Assistant Editor Ro n Davidson, Western Sales Managt7 T homas R. Gonter , Weslern Sales Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager Greg Mitchell. Eastern Sales Manager Cu rti s Campbell, East rn Sales Manager e Edwina Mangus, Calendar Editor J oa n Rus sia n , W t>sl eTlI Ad Coord ina tor Carla Borden Allen. Eastern Ad Coordinator G ra p h ics and Production Ree Johnson. Production Supervisor Mandy Loo, Production Manager Denn is G reen e. Lab . Te ch. Stacey Guest. Graphic Artist Rheba Smith , Manager Sarah Taylor. Billing Coordinator Amy Harris, Graphic Artist Carolyn Branham, Typesetter Carol Maggio, Dealer Coordinator Circulation Alm a Anguiano. Processing Coo rdi nator Marketing Be P ro motion j Mark Thome Dealer Sales Eric Reece, Manager Accoun tin g/Data Processin g Donna Brya n, A IR Coordinator Gen eva Repass. Assistant Her lane Lewis. Credit Service and Supporl Chris Aitc heson. Wanl Ads Debbie Weller. Want Ad Sales In yo ur coverage of th e WE R A 24 Hours of Nelson Le dges en du ra nce road rac e, th e entire Med iumweight Superb ike class was unfortu na tel y overlooked. Ironically, it is one of the more co m pe ti tive classes in the WERA Endurance Series with Ya maha putting forth a co ns iderable a mou nt o f contin gency (p rizes). As winners of th e Med iumweight Superbike class a t th is event (for th e second consecut ive yea r), Tea m Machi ne r iders Dan Mileika, Bob Wrub levsk i, R ick Bu rdick, Jim L esl ie and Brian Whi te would like to thank our sponso rs: Ran dolph Machine Co. , Sky Cycle, Connecticu t Cycleworks, Vanso n Lea thers, Val voline, Shoei a n d P h il Flack Racing Serv ices, a nd espe cially Dick Mil eika an d T o m P iranino fo r th e extra effort th at made the win possible. Eastern Olliee 2201 Cherry Ave.. Lo ng Beach . CA 90806, P.O . Box 498. tong Beach . CA 90801-0498 (213) 427-7433; 213/636-8844. FAX (213) 427-6685 (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-31 12 T o dete rm ine th e expira tio n date of yo ur su bscr iption. check the fo u r numbers o n the first Iine of you r add ress labe l. The first two digits indicate the last issue n u mber yo u' ll receive and th e las t two cha racters indicate the year of the last issue. . 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Service and Support National H ead quarters MS Racing Riverside, CA A s the resu lts w e ran with o u r coverage of th e July ]4 ·15 24 H ours of Nelson L edg es show ed , T eam Mac hine finish ed II t h overa ll . T h ey finish ed eigh th ov erall and second in class al th e July 28 rou n d in Gr att an, M ich igan , and are cu rren tly l It h. in the ove rall point stan di ngs. Co verage of. the Grattan eve n t ap pears on pages 2425 of this issue . . . Editor. T homas, not Ross I wou ld like to make two corrections to your excelle nt article on th e 24 H ours o f Nelson Ledges. Chris Ross d id no t ride with us this year, but Chris Thomas did. Steve P in kley and T ho mas are two of the) finest and fastest wet weather riders I have ever seen. With my hero, Wi ld Bill Wilk e, do ing I;19s and having the best volu nteer pit . crew aro u nd , I didn 't have much to do th is year. The second correc tion is: Chris Thomas took a machin e he had never seen or ri dde n befo re and lapped th e seco nd p lace tea m in o ur class. This was not done just befor e th e red flag , bu t less than one h our into th e ra ce l Keith A. Marshall . Heschimura Racing Warrendale, PA Save the class T oday, while visiting a t Los An geles T rad e-Technical College, I learned that th e motorcycl e repair class was being threat en ed aga in. T here were _only two stu dents enrolled for the Tuesday/ T h ursday even ing class th at sta rts on Sep tember I I. The class will meet from 6:30 p.m . to 9:30 p .m , an d wi ll cover four-stroke engine th eory , tu ne- up an d electrica l trou bleshooti ng a n d repa ir. Enroll me nt is open now fro m 8:30 a .rn. to 8 p .rn., Monday throu gh T h u rsday, and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.rn. on Friday. The adm issio ns office is loca ted a t Washington a nd Grand Ave n u e wh ere th e H arbor Freeway a n d Santa Monica Freeway meet. T ui tio n is o n ly $20 for th is four.un it class, and Sylvia J ames, a friend in th e admissio ns office, can assist with enrollmen t. O ur target is to enroll 30 stu dents by Sep tem ber I. With th e sta te school fu nding problem , a ny class wi th fewer tha n 30 stu dents will n o t run th is fall . The legend has been pulled fro m the fire contin uo us ly since 1986. The class is being taught by Bob Price, who h as been working for Rider ma gazine since graduati ng with a 4.0 G PA. If you enroll, you wi ll be p art of p ro tecting a n in dus try heritage th at sta rted in 1967. Your help will be a p p recia ted an d you will be pa rt of th e living legend. Patrick F. Owens Los Angeles, CA P.S. T o keep th e p rogram o n hold, I enrolled m yself as a stu dent. Pat O w en s, who iaught the m ot orcycl e repair class at L os Angeles Trade-T ech for years, is n ow a m ember of the L os Angel es Communit y Co lleges Board of Tru st ees . . . Ed it or. 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