Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v Letters to the editor . 0ICES Pete Wilson: For the record As this Gubernatorial ca mp ai gn is nearing its co nclusion , I wan t to ta ke th is o p port u n ity to th ank CORVA and i ts members for 'yo ur support. I was delighted wh en , with in a few short week s of my an nouncing for G overnor in 1989, the delegat es at your a n n ua l conve ntio n unanimou sly endorsed my ca ndi dacy. You are all aw are , I am su re, of m y position o n the Ca l ifo rn ia Desert leg islation which has been before the Co ngress for the' last th ree sessions. I ha ve ref used to su p port these bills until Senator Cransto n agreed to add la ngu age to ens ure th at adeq uate recreatio nal access wi ll be p rovided. Sen ator Cranston has not been willi ng to p roduce suc h a me ndm ents, so I have been unwi lling to back his so-ca lled protectio n bill. As I said a t the CORVA 18th birthda y dinn er in 1988, the Ca lifornia Desert should be pro tected for th e people, not from the 'peop le. On an important sta te issu e, I a m aware th a t off highw ay vehicle owners must reg ister th eir vehicles wi th the DMV every two years, wit h th e proceeds fro m th e registration fees going to a Spe cia l Fund in the Depart ment of Parks and Recrea tion ,to provide environ me ntally sound recrea tio nal opport u n ities for OHV enth usiasts. I am co ncerned th at the Dem ocra tcontroll ed Legisla tu re co ntin ues to siphon monies a way from the Sp ecial Fund every time the state find s itself in a fiscal problem. Mo nies co llected for a spec ific p u rpose rep resent a trus t; they sho u ld be spe nt for th e p urposes specified, a nd not divert ed to o th er uses. As Governor, I will work to protect the in tegri ty o f th e O HV Fund. Fina lly , I sha ll m ake q ualified appointme nts representin g the bro ad conce rn s o f vehicle recrea tion to fill vaca ncies o n the Off H ighway Mo tor Vehicle Recreation Comm ission. I'm glad I ca n cou nt on yo ur vo te on November 6th , a nd I hope to be able to con ti n ue work in g wi th yo ur lead ers to provide recreat ion o pportun iti es while still maintaining o ur high en viron me ntal sta nda rds. Pete Wilson San Diego, CA Senator Wilson sent th e above letter to the California Off Road Veh icle Association (COR VA ) on October 24. In addition to endorsing Wilson for governor, CORVA urges California off road vehicle users to vote " N o" on Propositions 128, 130 and 149, and to vo te for Dan Lungren for attorney general on No vember 6 ... Editor. Help build the War Chest I am going to ride Bailie to Victory 1990. My mom says there will be a special class and course for kids. It 's going to be fun and will help to protect mo torcyclists. Jon Bell Long Beach, CA Jon is the six-year-old son of Dana Bell, AMA District 37's leg islative director . Battle to Victory (Bsto-V} 1990 is a hare and hound race that will take place on No vember 24 in Lucerne Valley, Californ ia.Th e event will serve as a fund raiser for District 37's " War Chest," th e legal defense fund which enables the district to contin ue to fight for the right to once again host th e Barstow-to-Vegas race. For a Battl e to Victory entry form , send a SASE to Bto-V 1990, 814 Cobb Ave. , Placentia , CA 92670. For more information , call 213 /438-6527·.. . Editor. Those were the days Papa really got me go ing with th e chat abo u t Ontario in In The Wind. It was a hell uva pl ace for a young L im ey m ail-order racer wh o was as ked to ra ce for one Kevin Camero n . O ntario Sp eedway had so many stories. It was so magnific ent, th ose five-sta r facil iti es w ith the ro ll-in backd ro p o f mountains (views co u rtesy o f smog on a ny given day!). Wh at a tr ip ! My first fu ll season in th e U.S.A. was in 1971, and a t Onta rio I was caugh t in th e grea t " Bob Bai ley O il Sli ck" in tu rn eigh t orsomew here. Must've been 10 o f us do wn - Yvo n, Ni xon , etc., etc. What a great ra ce that was. Kel on t h e Yam ah a 350 , Co op (o r " Wadder" as he was known in the U. K.) on the BSA 750, a nd every other br and represented, including Fish er o n a H o nda, th e Suzukis o f Ni cholas, Grant, Baumann (wha tever happened to "Art T he Dart? " ), H arley-Davidso ns from Cal , Men a nd th e nex t year Pas o too, Kawasakis for me, Yvon, Grant (later), Walt Fulton, Ralp h Whi te, Ginger Mall oy, etc. Yes sir , Pa pa, your two par agraphs rea lly got me go ing. For I was so p rivileged to race with so many great racers, wh o were a ll suc h great charac ters. I'd done my bit (a p p renticeship o verseas in th e sixties in National , International a nd G rand Prix stuff and went back la ter), bu t tha t period of 1969-1974 was fab ul o us! Sir Mike "T he Bike" Hailwood, Sir Barry Sheene, Ago, Paso, Geoff . Perry , Dave Smi th , Burrito, Alda na, Vesco, Smarty, etc. Oh, so ma ny wo nderful mem ories. Bugs y, J im Rice, Mashb urn , Castro, etc., etc. And Ken n y Robert s before he was a " King." A yo u n g kid who co u ldn 't read a ma p (m y ex-wife, Diane, has a grea t story abou t K.R. dr ivi ng 800 miles out of h is way she was ridi ng w ith him to mee t m e at Road At lan ta - 'ca use th e name kinda looked the same . Ga inesvill e/ G ra nville?) A nyway, P apa , Sma rty wo n at On tario in '72 o n a three-cylinder Kawasaki, a fter I gave him th e race with 220 miles don e. Kevin 's homemade cran k fail ed a nd o ur black H2 mi ssed $30,000 of co ntingency by a whisker, and as a result all future co n ti ngency winners had to be green. , No one knew who th ose bl ack mask ed men were ! We led almost eve ry National that year. I got a factory ride in '73 and Kevin still co u ldn ' t make 'em finishl Led 'em all again with a best at Laguna Seca behind Gary Nixon. Cliff Carr Santa Barbara, CA Papa had Paul "Smarty" Smart winning the 1972 Ontario National Cham- '" pionship road race on a Triumph in on e of th e Wind items you refer to. H e appreciates your correction, Cliff, and thanks you for sharing your memories . . . Edit or. That's Nirschl I was lu cky eno ugh to get m y name in your great new sp aper, but unfortunately my name was sp ell ed wrong. My name is not Hirschle, but Ni rschl. Jonathan D. Nirschl Fayeneville, NC Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices , Cycle New., P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. Published leuers do not neeessa ri1y reflect the position of Cycle New s, Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to refiring. INSIDE FEATURES REVIEW The 1 AMANational 990 M XlSupercrossseason MOTOCROSS Dowd guns down factory stars at RacewayPark Bayle blitzes French Masters of Motocross round '.' NOSTALGIA Alook atan awesome collection of motocross jerseys V INTAGETEST W ride the front-wheel drive e M egola Sport ENDURO W alden wins, Hawkins crowned in Redding 6 14 1 8 1 6 20 22 SUPERCROSS Cooper, Craigstrike gold in Sacramento 24 INTERVIEW Road racer RaymondRoche 26 CROSS COUNTRY Ericksson tops Illinois Cross Country Championship 28 DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'SMEGAPHONE LOCAL RACING CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS 23 30 .34 38 . 51 ON THE FRONT PAGE: J eff Masiasevich was just one of the man y talen ted young riders to ga m p rom ine nce du rin g th e 1990 AMA Cam el Supercross a nd Nat ional Cha mp ionship MX season , whic h is reviewed on page 6. Ph oto by Ken Faug h t. America's week ly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVII Michael Klin ger . Pu blisher Caroline Gendry, Exe cutive Secre tary to th e P u blish er Ed itoria l Jack Mangus. A ssociat e Pu bl isher / Ed itor Kit Pa lm er, A ssociat e Ed it or Paul Ca rru the rs, A ssociate Edito r Nat e Rauba, A ssociate Ed itor Ken Fau ght. A ssistant Ed itor Edw in a Man gu s. Calen da r Ed it or Advert isi ng Terry P ratt, Na tional A ccoun ts Man ager Mark T ho me, W e

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