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v ICES 0 INSIDE More praise for The Man FEATURES ROAD RACE Team Suzuki wraps up WERA Endurance Series in Memphis INTERVIEW Dirt tracker Steve Morehead: He'sstill charging 6 ROAD RACE DuHamel'sday, Chandler's year inKansas National B rauneck takes controlof250ccGP A damo, Conez score Twins wins Russell takes twoinSupersport D oohan, Kocinski tops in Hungarian GP Smith dominates Formula USAjn M emphis SPEEDWAY Jonsson nips Moran for World Championship 21 : .. 22 8 DEPARTMENTS 12 13 14 WORKBENCH 23 NEW PRODUcrS 24 AMA TRUSTEES REPORT 24 LOCAL EVENTS 28 CALENDAR .34 RESULTS .38,50 WANTADS 39 1 6 20 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Dou g Ch andler earned h is first -ever . AMA Na tion al Champions hip Superbike Road Race Series title at Heartland Park T opeka in Kansas. Photos by Werne r Fritz. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVII I attended the U.S. 500cc MX G P at the G len Helen ORV Park . I have attended several ot her Grand Prix and National MX races but have never witnessed one bett er orga ni zed . planned. and execu ted. Each and every event started and ended exactly on schedule. Sens ible track watering and grooming allo wed the spectators to enjoy a tru ly magni ficent day of racing without havin g to put up wi th dust. My father. who was visiting from New York Sta te and had never seen a Grand Prix before, and I had a wonderf u l tim e. We want to say thank you to Roger DeCoster for all his hard work a t making thi s such a successful event , and for comi ng to the rescue of ou tdoor MX in this coun try. Dave Gaul San Diego, CA Immune from criticism? I am tired of people saying th at because Freddie Spencer was a double Wo rl d Champion . h e shou ld be immune from' criticism. No one is in any way demeaning hi s accomp lishments; they speak for themselves. What people are saying is that hi s behav ior when he says he will race is unaccep· table. Showing up overw eight, out of shape. and not read y to race is not excused by his former standing. H e is letting down fans and failing to meet professional obligations to his sponsors and bike supp lier. What would ha ppen to any other racer if he pulled the same stunts tha t Spencer has ? Michael Klinger. Publisher Caroline Cendry, Ex ecutive SeCTetary to th e Publish er Editorial Jack Mangus. Associate Publish er/ Edito r Kit Palm er, A ssociat e Editor Paul Carruthers, Associate Edi tor Nat e Ra uba , A ssociate Ed itor Brian Catterson , 'Associau Ed ito r Ken Faught. Assistant Edito r Edwina Mangus. Calendar Editor G raphics and Production Ree J ohnso n . Prod uct ion Su perviso r Ma ndy Loa. Prod uct ion Managt!T Dennis Gree ne . L ab. T ech, Sta cey Guest . Gra phic Artist Amy Harris. Graphic Artist Carolyn Branham , T yp esett er Randy Townsend Redlands, CA Ad vertising T erry Pratt, N at iona l Accounts Mana gt!T Mar k Thom e. West= Sales Manager Ron Davidson, W estt!Tn Sa les Mana gt!T Thomas R. Go mer, Western Sales Mana ger Mark Mi tchell, Eastern A ccounts Managt!T Gr eg Mitch ell. Eastern Sales Mana ger . Curti s Campbell, East ern Sal es Mana ger Joan Russian , W estern Ad Coordinator Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator , Circulation Rheba Smit h, Manager Sara h T aylor , Bill ing Coordinator Alma Anguia no . Processing Coordina to r Carol Maggio , Dealer Coordinator Accounling/Data Processin g Don na Bryan , A / R Coordinator Geneva Repa ss. Assistan t. Herl an e Lew is, Credit Marketing &: Promotion Mark Thome Dealer Sal es Eric Reece, Managt!T Service and Support Ch ris Aitch eson . Headquarters Reception ist Leonard Herring, Service and Support Wan t Ads Debbie Weller, Wan t Ad Sales Natio na l Headquarters 2201 Ch erry Av Long Beach , CA 90806. e.. P.O . Box 498. Lo ng Beach, CA 90801.0498 (213) 427-7433; 213/636-8844FAX (213) 427-6685 4190 Firsl Ave., Tucker, GA, !0084; mailing address P.O. Box 805. Tucker. GA 30085-0805. (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934·3112 '0 WIBPA V Just in time My wife and I woul d like to say thank you to the Ill in ois Motorcycle Dealers Associa tio n for the raffle at the Labor Day weekend Springfield Mile. We had discussed purchasin g a new helmet for my wife on the rid e to Springfield; her old helmet wasn 't very comfortable and she needed a helmet with a visor th at would open easily and stay put. We bought six raffle tickets for $5 and were the holders of one of the first 10 tickets called. The 10 of us had first choice of all the raffle items displayed and my wife chose a Bell helmet. Thanks, IMDA. We would also like to thank R.j. Reynolds and everyone else involved in making the Camel Pro Series dirt track events such a great and enjoyable time , and hope that they go on for man y more years to com e. 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I am an avid race fan and motocross. desert and hare scrambles racer. I have recently ent ered Pepperdine University and am suffering from a severe case IN TIlE WIND By Papa Wealey Continued from page 3 th e American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation. Reid's duties included serving as head of the newly opened Motorcycle Heritage Museum in Westerville. Ohio. RECUPERATING: Glenn Li n net, a 250cc Intermedia te class rider and form er mechanic for Scott Manning and Mike Bieir, from a broken lower of the nowhere-to-ride blues. Coul you p lease info nn me as to the whe reabou ts of any location in the Malib area where I can ride and race? Not having rubbed elbouis with an of the celebrit ies who call Mal ib hom e, all we can suggest is that yo check out our wukly Calendar sectio listings and roent ads for informatio on races in the sout hern Calijorni area. Mal ibu is part of th e greater La Angeles area and you' ll soon learn tha " local" tracks m ight be as far as 1 m il es from th e Pepperd in cam pus . . . Edi tor. Come to think of it I am of the opinion that what th Barst ow-to -Vega s ra ce needs is a corpora te spon sor . Maybe 'a major S&L. That way our dear California Senator Cranston would surely back it. RIP, Roxy I was stu nned by th e phone call from Cal ifornia. Roxy had left us. I honestly can 't say when or where we first met. It was at a motorcycle race, that I do know. It seems like I've known him forever. We talked on the phone not long ago . mainly about his business an d his life away from th e race tracks. We were going to meet at Ascot the end of this month. Hi s " swan song," he called it. I planned to fly acro ss the country, largely to hear Rox y in action one more time. Now it won 't happen. so I' ve made ot her p lans for tha t weekend. I remember ho w I used to look forward to Daytona each year, with Roxy and th e Webco rad io show at the Hawai ian Inn a highlight of my Speed Week. Roxy would call me early, reminding me to make my hotel reservation, "and be sure to stay at Hawaiian Inn." Then Bob Hughes and Tom Heininger shut Webco down . and "T he Roxy Rockwood Show" wasn 't quite the same: Then one year the radio show was gone, and for me Daytona wasn 't quite the sam e. We never took that ride through the desert and down into Baja , old buddy. Maybe in another wor ld. Rest in peace. Sinclair is th e chairman and CEO of Saab Cars USA, Inc. . . . Editor. '0 Letten the editor shoul d be sent to: Voices. Cycle News. P.O. Box 498, Long Beach. CA 90801-0498. Published Ietters do DO' necessari1y reflect the positiOD of Cycle News, IDC. Leuen should no' exceed 200 words and all letters are subject 10 editing. right leg suffered in a practice session at southern California's DeAnza Cycle Park. Cards and letters can be sent to 4186 Srd Ave.• San Bernardino, CA 92407. FORMED: Hoss Power, a business specializing in race set-up and general repairs , by J erry "Hoss" Ireland. former factory mechanic for rnotocrossers Jim Holley, Bobby Moore and Mike Bieir; 1353. Uni t P , In yo Kern Rd.• Ridgecrest, CA 93555. 619/4461561.