Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE .Cowan update FEATURFS WIND 2 Papa Weale tells it all. y MX, IT, SX , GP Dement, Lusk, Hughes gold medalists 6 at Winter National Olympics HARE Be HOUND STOCDNG STUFFERS Christmas gilt ideas for the motorcyclist 14 SAYCHEESEl Holiday greetings from the Cycle News staff ....... . . .. •. . 21 DEPARTMENTS Hamel battles to victory at B-to-V alternate 10 LOCALS . •••••••••..•...• • •• •. • •16 CALENDAR Johnson wins in Holland, Stanton is the champion 12 22 WANT ADS SUPERCROSS 26 RESULTS .. . •...... .. ... . . . . . • . . 38 ON THE FRONT PAGE: The 19th Annual AMA Florida Winter National Olympics drew 2780 entries to Gatorback Cycle Park. Complete race coverage of the Winter Olympics, which features motocross, TT, stadium motocross and grand prix co m peti tio n, and many off-track festivities, begins on page 6. Photo by Mike Adair. . America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVII Michael Klinger. Publisher Caroline Gen dry, Execu tive Secretary to the Publisher Editorial j ack Mangus, Associate Publisher/ Editor Kit Palmer. Associate Editor Paul Carruthers, Associate Edit or Nate Rauba, Associate Editor Ken Faught, Assistant Edit or Edwina Mangus, Calendar Editor Graph ics and Production Ree j ohnson, Production Superv isor Mandy Loa, Production Mana ger Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech . Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Amy Harris, Graphic Artist Carolyn Branham, T ypesetter Accounting/Data Processing Donna Bryan, A / R Coord inat or Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Advertising Terry Prall. N ati onal Accoun ts Manager Mark Th ome. Western Sales Mana ger Ron Davidson. Western Sales ManagnThomas R. Conter, Western Sales Manager Mark Mit chell, Eastern Accoun ts Mana gtT Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager Curtis Campbell, Eastern Sal es Manager . joan Russian, Western Ad Coo rdin ato r CarlaBorden Allen, East ern Ad Coordinator Circulation Rheba Smith, Manager Sarah Taylor, Bill in g Coordinator Alma Anguiano. Processin g Coordinato r . Gabrielle Gilliam, Processin g Assistant Want Ads Debbie Weller, Wan t Ad Sales Marketing &: Promotion Mark Th ome, Mana gn- DealerSales Allen Dennison, Dealer R epresen tative Service and Suppon Chris Aitch eson , H eadquarters Recept ionist Leonard Herring, Service and Sup po rt National Headquarters Eastern Office 2201 Ch=y Ave.. Lo ng Beach. CA 90806. P.O. Box 198, Lo ng Beach. CA 90801-lH98 4190 First Ave., T ucker. GA.,WQ84; ma iling address P.O . Box 805. Tucker, G A 30085-0805. (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-31 12 (2 13) 427·7433; 213/636-8844. FAX (2 13) 427-6685 Cycle News (USPS 141·34 0) is published weekly excep t the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806 . Second class postage paid a t Long Beach, CA. POSTMASTER: Sendaddresschanges 10 Cycle New>, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach. CA90801-0498. To determine the expiration date of your subscription, check the Iour numbers on the firsl line of your address label. The rust two digits indicate the last issue number you'll receive and the last two characters indicate the year of the last issue. Subscription rat es: Rates for the U ~ ited States and its possessions for one year, (50 issues), $50.00; IWO years (100 issues), $95.00; six months, (25 Issues), $26.00; trial sub (15 issues), $19.00. Canada and Foreign, one year (50 issues), $90.00; two years (100 issues), $175.00; six months (25 issues), $45.00; trial sub ( 15 issues), $38.00. Cycle News welcomes unsolicited editorial mat erial includi ng stori es, cartoo ns, photos, etc, Such material, if published, becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Such accept ed mat erial is subject to revision as is necessary in the sole discretion of GreIe News. Unsolicited mat eria l which is nOI used will be returned if accompanied by a sci addressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, however, Cycle News assumes no responsibility for the safety. loss or damage. to such mate rial. Reprinting in whole or part only by permission of th e publisher. Advertising rat es and circulation information will be sent upon request, See S.R.D.S. W/BPA V 4 Letters tothe editor This past summer I took up a collection and organized a raffle to raise funds for Gary Cowan , who su ffered paralysis after a horrific accident while leading the 250cc race a t Da ytona last March. Because of a lot o f people's generosity, I was able to give Gary a check for $6300, with m oney. still coming into the bank acco u nt here in New York. I would like to thank everybody who con tri bu ted in one way or another and say thanks to Steve H egg, Roger Lyle, MARRC and Eamon Roche, who also raised money. I'd a lso like to thank a bunch of p eopl e who were a great help in organizing the raffle: Janet Philips of Lockhart, Randy Warren of TravelCraft, G eorge Tenekes, Rocco Garga no, J ohn Ulrich, Chuck Aksland, Bru ce Berlinger, Richard Chambers,Don Hutchinson, Roger Edmondson, Jack Smith, John Flory, Mike Velasco , Kevin Erion, G len Billings, J.W. and Marcus of Del Amo Motors, and your newspaper. And I'd also like to thank the following companies and people who d onated produ cts for the raffle; Ya ma ha Motor Corp., Fieldsh eer Leathers, TravelCraft, Vance & Hines, Vanson Leathers , Syed Leathers, Kenny Roberts, Dunlop, Sport Cycle Products, Shoei H elmets, Marlboro Racing, Tucker-Rocky Distributing, Connecticut Cycle Works, Sport Cycle Centre, Lockhart, Two Brothers Racing, Motorace, Motul USA, O 'Neal USA, Yoshimura East, Feredo, American Roadracing, Sloth Design, Supersport Screen Printing, Dave Singleton, Street and Competition, Team Suzuki Endurance, D&D Exhausts, Pappy's Pizza of Loudon , Bruce Berlinger and Copyright. Cycle News, Inc. 1990. T..demari Cycle News rtgislmd u.s. htenl 0Ifie<. All right!reserved, Ro und and round The article " Yo u might ask, why?" by Alan Cathcart should have been called "The Megola adventure." It was a lot of fun just reading it. I wish I was there to see it. Star search I've been reading your newspaper for years and I have never come across any addresses for the stars. The ones I'm mostly interested in are Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson an d Rob Muzzy . Do th ey have fan clubs or can yo u . provide mailing addresses for them? Letters for World Champion Wayne Rainey and four-time World Champion Eddie Lawson can be sent to 1633 E. Fourth St. , Su ite 132, Santa Ana , CA 92701. Letters for Rob Muzzy shou ld be sen t to Muzzy's R&D, /7216 B-) Lilac si. , Hesper ia, CA 92345 . . . Edito r. Cycle News. Gary is now li ving in an apartment in Northern Ireland. H e is not working yet and has no plans for the future. Due to family problems, Gary broke o ff hi s en ga gem ent with his fiancee Hazel as he saw it as th e only option to some of his many problems. He lives alone, has few friends and really no family, so I'm sure he'd appreciate hearing from people again. Once again, I'd like to thank everybod y for their generosity. Kevin Hennessy Flus h ing , NY Address letters and cards to Gary Cowan , 10 Knockbum Crecent , Bally- . macoss, Lisbum BT282QH, Northern Ireland. Donations to the Gary Cowan Relief Fund can be sent to Account #//12058, Bank of Ireland, 640 5th Ave., New York , NY 10019 . . . Editor. Daytona revisited For most of th e seaso n Northstar's GTU Endurance Team has been sparingly and improperly represented in yo ur ra ce coverage, most recently in yo ur report from the final round at Daytona. Understanding that endurance races are difficult to follow, I would like to correct a few errors in • yo ur race coverage. First, Mike Moores does not ride for Toomer, and second, Moores started th e race not Scott Rueh le. Finally, it was not Moores who crashed on lap 50, it was Ruehle. David P roell Pa rts Ma n ager Bee Line Marine, Inc. St. Clo ud, MN AUDITED CIRCULATION with no second gear should be taken into consideration. P.S. In response to Mr. Leslie's comments about Northstar's lack of skill, I think racing two-thirds of the event Jeff Matiasevich Oop s! I just thought I'd let you guys kno';'" that that's not Jeff Matiasevich on the cover of your December 5 issue. It 's really no big deal, but in case you were wondering, it's Larry Ward. It sure is tough to tell the difference between a Suzuki and a Kawasaki from that angle. Greg Fox Fox Racing USA Campbell, CA It wasn 't tougb for everyone, Greg. Before you wrote us, several readers called and correctly identified the rider as being Suzuki's Larry Ward . We were feeling down in the dumps about the error until we called Suzuki's Pat Alexander. We asked him if he'd seen the front page and after he said he had, we told him we had erred in identifying the rider as being Kawasaki's Jeff Matiasevich and asked him if he knew who the rider was. Pat replied, "I don 't know, but it's not one of our guys." Wha tever, we'd better stick to photos that show a number plate . . . Editor. Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices, Cyck News, P.O. Box 498, Long Bea CA ch, 90801-0498. Published letters do not necessarily rdIect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should nol exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing.

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