Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Always is a long, long time FEATUllES o O'l O'l ...... Letters to the editor DIRT TRACK NEWBIKIS They're bade! 1991 Triumphs Parkerwins, Carr DNFs Springfield Mile 1 8 6 SPEEDWAY Schwartz makes history MOTOCROSS Stanton, Kiedrowski prevail in Binghamton Puzar endsseason in style in Germany ; . 24 in San Bernadino Befor e yo u beat to death the issue of Freddie Spencer, let me touch base with a few comments; Freddie Spencer is a nd always will be a World Champi on! No one can ever take that awa y fro m him , regardless of wha t Freddie does from now until the da y he di es! . Be it racing motorcycles or sell ing insu rance, he is and always will be a World Ch ampion l Steve L Erickson Faribault. MN 10 22 DEPARTMENTS Harsh and cruel words WORKBENCH ROAD RACE 17 LOCAL EVENTS Hall wins big at PoconoCycle Jam Raineysits atop the world in Czecho Chandler wins, Roche extends point leadin Japan 12 25 CALENDAR .33 14 RESULTS 20 WANT A DS .38,50 39 ON THE FRONT PAG E: Wa yn e Ra iney won th e 500cc World Championship in Czechoslo vakia . Photo by H enny Ra y Ab ra m s. Triumph to re turn in 1991. P h o to by Ph il Masters. America 's weekly motorcycle newspaper Vo lume XXVII In response to the lett er writer from EI Paso, Texas: Who cares? What harsh a nd cruel words for a gr eat World Ch am pi on , Freddi e Spencer. My hat is off to all road racers who don th eir leathers, line up on the grid, and do battle o n the asphalt circui ts, regardless of what positi on th ey finish the race. All the se peop le are great in my opinion; there are so me just gr eater tha n o the rs. There is far more in this grea t sport th an meets the eye. It req u ires a lot of skill, desire a nd j ust plain gu ts. It takes far mor e th an just mo ney to motiva te these people. In the game of road racing, it takes love of the sport. As for Spencer being a " has been," we all will soo ner or la ter be in a position of bein g has-beens as we peak and fall in our average lives, bu t we should not give u p to it. I hope Freddie can make it back to the to p again. But if he should not, so be it. But Fredd ie is a special person and a great champion who will never be forgotten . Mich ael Klin ger. Publ ish er Caroli ne Gendry, Ex ecutive Secre tary to th e Publish er Edito rial Ja ck Mangus, Asso ciate Publish er! Ed itor Kit Palmer. Asso ciate Ed itor Paul Carruthers. Associatt> Editor Nai l" Rauba, Associate Edito r Brian Catterson, Associat e Editor Ken Faught. Assistant Ed itor Edwina Ma ngus. Ca lendar Edito r G rap h ics and Prod uction Ree J oh nson, Produ ct ion Supervisor Mand y Loo, Production A"laraagt:T Dennis G reene, Lab . Tech. Sta cey Gues t, G raphic Ar tist Amy Harris. Grap h ic A rtist Carolyn Branham , T ypesetter Advertising T erry P ral l , National A ccounts "'ta n ager Mark Thom e. lVesta n Sales Al anaga Ron Davidson, W estn n Sa les '\tanager Thomas R. C omer , IVestern Sales 1 l anagn \ Mark Mitchell , Eastern A ccounts ,\ Ianager GreR Mit chell, Easte ... Sa les M an ager Curtis Campbell . Easte... Sal es Mana ger Joan Ru ssian , WeSlt'rn Ad Coordinator Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Circulat ion Rh eba Sm ith, M an ag er Sarah Taylo r. Bill ing Coordinator Alma An guiano. Processing Coordina tor Car o l Magg io. Dealer Coo rdinator Accou nting/Data Process ing Donna Bryan . A I R Coordinator Ge neva Repass. Assistant Herla ne Lewis. Credit Mark eting &: Pro mo tion Ma rk Thorn. Dealer Sales Eri c Reece, Manager Service and S uppon Chris Ait cheson, Headquarters R eception ist Leonard H erring. Service and Su p po rt Wanl Ads Debbie Well er . Want Ad Sales Natio na l H eadquarters Eastern Office 2201 Chrrry A v~.• Lon g Beach . CA 90806. P.O . Box 498. Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 4190 First Ave.• Tuck", GA . 3, 084; 0 mailing address P.O . Box 805. Tucker , GA 30085-080, . (2 13) 427-7433: 213/636-8844. FAX (213) 427-6685 (4W ) 934-7850. AUD ITED CIRCULATION CopyrightS Cyde Nrws,Inc. 1990. Trademark Cyde Nrws regis.em1 U.s. PatentOffi e. Allrights resersed. c 4 Class act My girlfriend and I recently attend the U.S. 500cc MX Grand P rix a t Gl e H elen, and I'm sure I speak for th majority when' say it was truly a c1as act. Roger DeCoster proved that, i addition to being a former Worl Champion, he also ha s what it tak in the race promoting department. I is so refreshing to know that Mr DeCoster is trying to bring to th e U.S a 500cc G P th at the riders , fans an everyone involved can be proud of without having one eye solidly glue on th e profit margin. In his first tim out, I'd say he did one hell of a job. Along with th e best Grand Pri racing I'v e seen in years, th e vin tag racing was a much needed blast-from the-past. Watching OJ' J ohn " Th Flyin g Hawai ian " DeSot o, "Tom my hawk" Cro ft, and " Bad" Brad Lack ey to name a few, blast the berms 0 vin tage bikes was unreal. It is als wo rt h no tin g that Goat Breker , as wei as clai mi ng th e vi ntage vic to ry prep ped the GP track all weekend an found ti me to promote a local race a h is Perri s facility Sat urday night. Promot ers like these deserve a pa on the back a nd a big thumbs u p Io putting o n first class even ts. Than ' go o ut to Roger, Goat and all the folk behind the scenes. See ya nex t year! - William Drake Aberdeen. MS On the corner Appreciated support I' d like to put m y two cents in abo ut race wo rkers. It seems that ed itoria l policy ed its ou t most of the good comments a nd leaves in all the bad. Things lik e tha t mak e it all the more di fficult to ge t wor kers. Man y workers are true " race junkies" and are as happy as anyone to get some ink. (By the way ) we hav e materials tha t can/ do clean u p oi l/gas on wet or dry trac ks. All of this mat erial is reasonably priced a nd non -toxic as well as easy to use. For mor e information, co ntact U.S. Marsh alls, 7 Trem ont St. , Woburn, MA 01801, 617/933-4087. On beha lf of Ru sty Ro gers and FI Ra cing, we would like to express ou apprecia tion to Mik e a nd .Liz Spo n seller for their sponso rship of our GOOe racing prograrn.Tn addition, we wo ul also lik e to thank Gary Lee for hi mechanical help on the Honda 600 a the recent asphalt races. It is th e support and effort s 0 individuals like th ese that make raci ng program co me together. Again thanks, Mike, Liz and Gary for )Cou support in 1990. Sandy MacPherson Woburn.MA Comenoorkers haoe received lots of good ink in this pub lication, Sandy. We've published featu re articles on the men and ladies behind the scenes in th e comers and last fall in ou r coverage of the Daytona R ace of Cha mpions , corneruiorkers were singled out fo r Sarah Irb Johnny Goa FIG Racin Blacks to ne. V Letters 10 the editor should be sent to: Voices Cyck N=s, P.O . Box 498. Long Beach. 90801-6498. Published leners do net necessar ily reflect the position 01 Cycle News, In Utters sho uld not exceed 200 words and al letters are su bject 10 editing. FAX (4W) 934-31 12 Cycle News (US PS 141·340) is published weekl y excep t th e last two weeks 01 the ca lendar year lor S50.oo per year by Cycle News. Inc.. 220 1 Ch erry Avenue, Long Be ch , CA 90806. a Seco nd class postage paid at Lo ng Beach. CA. a nd additional mailing o ffices. POSTMASTER: Send addresschanges to CycleS ews, P.O. Bo. 498, Long Be ach, CA 90801-&198. T o determine th e exp ira tio n da te of your su bscri p tion. check th e four numbers on th e li rsl lin e 01 your address label. 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Cycle News ass umes no responsi bility fo r the safety, loss or damage to such ma terial. Repr intin g in whole o r part o nly b y per mission o r the p ublisher. Advertis ing rat es and circulation inlormation will be sent upon request. See S.R.D.S. W/BPA VI the ir very eff icient performance. Jus like officials /workers at all sportin events, when cornenu orkers do th ei jobs right they are rarely noticed, bu let them. make a mistake and th ey ar very no ticeable. , . Editor. INTHE WIND ByPapa Wealey Continued from page 3 AXO Sport Am eri ca. Na ston is also th e a nnouncer for the Ca mel Supercross Series. BO R N : McKe nz y An n Su m me rs, dau ghter o f Yam aha Accessories' Duane Summers a nd wife Yvett e, in Garden G rove, California, o n August 29. · Ironicall y, Summers' sister also ga ve birth to a baby g irl in Atlanta, Geo rgia, th e sa me da y. CO RRECT ION : The September 23 California Trail Riders Dual Sport Ride will take p lace at Big Bear in southern California CORRECTION : Keith Bowen rod e Tuf-sponsored Kawasaki to a fourt place overa ll in the August 19 Mil lville, Minneso ta, round of the AM Nation al Cha mpionship 500cc M Seri es. CORRECTION: Contrary to wha t w reP?Tled in .thi s ~ectio n in the Augu s 22 Issue, Michelin has not " closed it motorcycle operation in the U.S," Th French tir e manufacturer still sell radial street and racing tir es to i dealers. Michelin did discontinue thei trackside support program earlier thi year.

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