Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE A proud moment N EWBIKES Cologne how 1 8 6 ULTRACROSS Thomson tops 'emin Denver 21 10 GRAND PRIX Naylor too tough at Flat River GP 24 FEATURES MILE Parker w up title raps with Sacramento win .... c:u ~IOTOCROSS Stanton, K iedrow collect ski BuddsCreekwins ..0 o ..... u o HARE & HOUND Smith takesover endover N ational atW 1 4 ENDURO HawkinsnipsHines at LittleRhodyNational 16 DEPARTMENTS WORKBENCH LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS 17 25 34 38 .51 ON THE FRONT PAGE: II was with a gr eat deal of personal pride (for all o f us. I'm sure ) when I read th e head line "Ameri cans Olt top of rh.. World" on th e fr ont page o f th e Octob er 3 issue. As in many o f our o ther endea vors . we've been showing th e world what Amer ican s a re made o f - The Right tuff! We've got wh at it tak es to win. I was pr esid ent of the A:\1A in 19iO wh en the AMA's affiliation with the FIM was ra tifi ed. This major step opened the doors for tru e international motorcycl ing co mpetitio n. In ciderul y, th e AMA· FIM affiliat io n was someth ing I had been ca m pa ig ning editoria lly for as far back as the early 19.')Os. w he n I was edi tor o f Mo tor cycli st magazin e. T ha nks . fel lows . yo u 've made my day ! Bill Bagn all Irvine, CA Channel switchin g Scotty Parker celebra tes his third AMA G ra nd Na tional Ch ampionship wit h h is tuner Bill Werner. Par ker won th e race a nd th e titl e in Sacramen to , Pho tos by Mitch Friedman. Am erica's weekly moto rcycle newsp aper Volume XXVII Michael Klinger. Pu blish", Caroline Cendry, Exe cutive SeCTetary to the Pu blish er Editorial J ack :\l an gu ~ . Associate Publish er! Editor Kit Pa lm er, Associate Ed itor . Pa ul Carruthers rl ,'i.w c;al e Ed itor Na te Rau ba. Associate Editor Ke-n Faught. Ass istant Editor Edwina Ma ng us . Cal endar Ed itor Advertisi ng Terry Prall , National A ccounts Man ager Mark T ho me. Wt'ster1l Sa les Manager R O il David so n . H' t'slern Salt'S M an ager T ho mas R. Con rer. Western Sales J\1u U Q!{eT Mark Mite-hell , Eastern A ccounts Manager CTt·~ Mitchell , Eastern Sal es Man ager C u rtis Campbell. Eastern Sa les Manager J oan R us sian , U't'stt'rn Ad Coordinator Carla Borden Allen . Etutntl Ad Coo rdi nator ~l a rL. e t i n g Letters to the editor G raphics a nd Pr oduction Re j oh n son. Production Supervisor e ~lan d y LoC). Produ cti on Mana grr De n ni s Gre ene, Lab . T ech. Sta cey G uest , Graph ic Art ist Am y Har ris. Graph ic A rtist Carolyn Bran ham , T YPt'srttt'r Circu la tion Rheba Sm ith ••\I .,,.ger Sar ah T aylor . Rill ing Coord inator Alma Angu ian o , Processing Coordina to r Caro l Ma g g io. Draier Coordinator Want Ad, Debbie Welle r. Iran i Ad Sal es Servi ce a nd Su pport Chris Aite-heson. H eadq uarters R ecep tio n ist . Leonard Herrin g. Srroirr an d Suppo rt ~ Eastern O[fice a tio na l H eadquart ers ~l Cht' ff)' .. t'.. Long Beach . CA 90806. h P.O . Box 1 98. Long Reach. CA !JOl!()1·Q498 (2 13) ~ 27 ·74 3 3 ; 213/ 636-8844FAX (213) ·127-6685 Ron Stone Fort Pierce. FL We didn't protest Account ing / Da ta Pr ocessin g Donna Bryan . A / R Co o rdinator Ge ne va Rep ass. Assistan t H erl ane Lewi s. Credit &: Pr om otion Mark T ho rne I wa tched th e \VERA Form ul a USA racing for th e first tim e the o ther night on TV. The racing was grea t; th e co m menta ry was not." l road race in th e A M A / CCS Seri es. run har e scra m bles. FTR/ AMA events. and hav e ru n go-karts in th e Florida Cha mpionship Street Race Series. I like ra ci ng. T he co mment a ry by Keith Code was interes ti ng, fac t u al a n d appropria te ly presented . T he other h alf o f t he co mment ary tea m sho u ld be doing so me t h in g else . Wher e d id th o se n icknam es co me fro m? Revvin ' Kevin . T exa s Tiger. Georgi a Cyclon e - what crock! I ha ve met a nd ta lked to so me o f these riders a nd never heard th ese ab surd nick na mes. This sport is g rea t a nd exc iting. I do n 't need a n un informed sportscaster hollering. " O h , brother , look a t th em go," or " Wo w, it 's a Georgi a sa nd wich. " I a m person a lly o ffended by thi s ci rc us -L ke prese n tati on a n d wi ll i choose to wat ch a nothe r cha n nel if it cont in ues. -1 190 Fif~l Ave.• T ud..cr, G A. 300s-l; . ma iling add ress P.O . Bo x 605. Tuda·f. GA 30085-0805. (·HH ) 93 ~-7850 . FAX ( ~O~) 931-3112 Cycle :--;,.w (U SPS 1 4 1 -3~0) i, p ub l i,h~ weekly e-xce-pt the last I W O weeks of the ca lenda r :'l0.00 per y~.. r by Cycle . ews, lnc., 220 1 Che rry Avenue. Long Beach . CA 90806 . a Seco nd class posta ge pai d a t Lon g Beach . CA. POST M,\STER: nd address cha nges to Cycle Xews. P.O. Box 498. Long Beach , CA 90801 -0498. 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Unsol ici ted ma terial wh ich is no t used will be retur ned if acco mpa nied by a sel f ad dressed stam ped envelope. All uns olicit ed materia l will be han dl ed wi th rea son able care, ho wever. Cycle News assumes no respo nsibil ity for the sa fety, loss or da ma ge 10 such ma ter ia l. Reprinting in wh ole o r pari o nly by pe rmi ssion of the pu blish er. Advertisin g rate s and ci rcu la tio n in format io n will be sen t upon request. See S.R .D.S. T he recent coverage o f the AH RMA Stea mboa t Sprin gs Race Through The Streets incorrec tly attrib ut ed the protest o f Eron Flo ry (for a n oversize mo tor) to Pa l Mo ron ey. This is with o u t found at ion . Ne it h e r P a t nor anyone else associated w ith T ea m Ob so let e h ad a ny ro le. direc t o r indi rect. in this protest. O ur view is th at Eron is a fi ne rider on a we ll- p repared m achine. H is success th is season in AH RMA has come the o ld fashio ned wav - he ea rned it. . Congratulations a re in o rder for Pat 's AH RMA i50 GP Championship. and a lso for Dave Ro per 's 350 GP and 500 Pr emier Champio ns hi ps , a ll for th e second su ccessive year. Man y th anks to Avon. Bell. Accessorv Ma rt . Air-Tech , Lou's L..a thers and ' Work s Perform a nce for th ei r support. For th e 199 1 season, we intend ((J ro n t..s t o n lv a' few AH Rl\IA rounds. Our em p ha sis wi ll shift to fore ig n events . Caring fri ends and fan s I wou ld like ((J than k J err y Ken nedy a nd Sco tt Pea rson for orga niz ing a nd ho ld ing a n auctio n o n beh alf of Steve Eklu nd a t th e Sa n J ose Mile. a nd tha n k everyone who do na ted merch andi se a nd participat ed in it. The mon ey rai sed will hel p a lo t. It 's ni ce to kn ow Steve has so many frien ds a nd fa ns wh o ca re a bo u t him a nd p ray for h is reco very. Steve Ek lund, the 1979 Gran d N ational Ch amp ion , rema ins . in a co matose state as a result of head in ju ries suffe-red in the J un e 17 A lbuque-rque Mile. Donat ion s to the Sieve Eklund R elief Fun d can be m ailed to: Bank of the West. 1999 S. Bascom Ave., Cam p bell, CA 95008. Mak e checks payable to th e Sieve Ek lund R elief Fund and notate the following accoun l number on th e check: #03/ -2509-36 . .. Editor. Ro cky Mountain high It 's good to see th at vinta ge raci ng is still dr a w in g lots o f peopl e to Stea mboat Sp ri ngs; I enjoyed David Lu cas' acco u nt o f th e Sep tem ber 15 road ra ce. A lot o f th e cred it for the, notoriety o f th is yea r 's event goes to Ka wasa ki usi ng th e event in advert ising ea rly th is year. a nd for com ing a bo a rd to spo nsor t he Ka wasa k il AH RMA Steamboat Springs Vintage Cla ssic, in cludi ng th e vintage motocross a nd trial s. T he Steamboa t event gro ws eac h year th rou gh co m m itted p rom o ters. participants and sponsor s like Kawasa ki. We'd just like to tell Ka wasa ki, " T ha n ks ag a in ." Gary L. Winn Sp onsorship Coordinator AHRMA Morgantown , WV Le tt ers to the edi tor sh o u ld be se nt to: Voices. Cycle New s. P.O. Box 498. Long Beach, CA 90801-6498 . P u blish

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