Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v Letters tothe editor 0ICES INSIDE I wanna race! FEATURES SUPEllCROSS Stanton unstoppable at Anaheim Stadium BEHIND THE SCENES Inside the A factory TK 28 6 RIDING IMPRESSION Honda'shot but not so new1 991CR250R MOTOCROSS McElroyand Ferry roost at DadeCityFlorida Winter AMA .... •18 DEPARTMENTS Lewis andPaladino score GFI Winter MX Series N and South wins .. .. 24 . NEW PRODUCTS orth Bowen stomps at Huntington LOCAL RACING W V est irginia Indoor MX .32 CALENDAR WANT ADS INTEllVIEW MXer RonnieTichenor 14 RESULTS .30 15, 27 33 36 42 · 55 ON THE FRONT PAGE: More than 56,000 spectators filled Anah eim Stadium to watch defending AMA Camel Supercross Champion J eff Stanton run away with his second win of the year and move back into the series points lead. See page 6 for race coverage. . Ph oLO by Ken Faught. I'v e been riding motorcycles since I was two and a half years old. My family and I go to the desert every other weekend with friends. My dad race s D37. I was wondering how th ey pick the kids to ride in th e Mini class for Supercross. Pl ease tell me how I can. Sean Hamblin Covina, CA If you're referrin g to th e day-long am ateur races, th e promot ers of the Camel Su percross Series rounds host th e AMA Amateur Nat ional Champ ionsh ip Supercross Ser ies races run in conjuncti on with each pro race. . Check oul th e advertisem ent on page 33 of the January 23 issue for a com p lete list of even ts and promoters. W ilh th e exception of th e June 16 San J ose Supercross, even ts in the western slates are promoted by the Mickey Th ompson Enterlainment Group. Th ey can be reached al 714/788 -5853. In add it ion, al selected even ts a Pee Wee ex hibition race is run dur ing interm ission. R iders for those even ts are invited to co m pe te by the promoters . . . Editor. Outfitting the troops America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Michael Klinger, Pu blish er Caroli ne Co ndry, Execu tioe Secretary to the Pub lish er Edit orial j ack Mangus, Associate PublisherI Editor Kit Pal mer, Associate Editor Pau l Carruthers. A ssociat~ Editor Nat e Ra uba , Associate Edit or Ken Faught, Assistant Editor Do n n Maeda. Assistant Editor Edwina Man gu s, Calenda r Editor Graphi cs and Production Ret: J o h n son, Prod uction Supervisor M andyLoo, Production Manager . Denn is Greene, Lab. T ech. Stacey Guest, Graph ic A rtist Amy H arris:C raphic Artist Carolyn Bran ha m , T yp eseller Deal er Sal es Allen Dennison . Dealer R eptesenuuiue Marketing 1: Promotion Mar k Thom e, Manager Advertising Terry P ratt, N ational A ccounts Manager Mark Thome, West~n Sale s Manager Ro n Davidson, Western Sales Manag~ Thomas R. 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Among these few fin e men is a fellow hardcore motocrosser and one of m y best friends, And y " H itrna n" Kalz from Hillsboro, Oregon. And y and hi s un it were called up "in late December to go to Camp Pendleton, California, for three weeks of trai ni ng befor e shi pping over to Saudi Arabia. Andy called me fro m Camp Pendleton an d told me of the poor quality gogg les that were issued to them to use a broad. We thoug h t motocross goggles wo u ld be mo re comfortable and a lot mor e stylish , An dy went th rou gh h is ch a i n of comma nd and found o ut that he co u ld use goggles th at had black frames and straps. Wit h tha t information, I called Scott USA in Sun Vall ey, Idaho, and spoke to representative Sandra Ca u lkins. Sh e retu rned the call the next da y with the grea t news that th e firm 's vice president. Scott Watunabe, said it was okay to send the Mar in e uni t wh at th ey wan ted at deal er cos t. T wo da ys bef ore Andy' s unit shipped ou t, the goggl es arrived at m y place and I ship ped them to him overnight. H e received them the da y before they left for the Middle East. After receiving th e goggles, And y said , " We are now kno wn as th e Hollywood Marines fro m the sta te of O regon. Prett y rig h teous , huh?" On behalf of Andy and th e men in his un it, th anks to Sco tt and Sandra at Scott USA. Don Schneider Cornelius, OR Andy's Unl t IS not alone in wearing motorcycle goggles. The son of Miku ni's Lee Chapin is also involved in Operation Desert Storm and he and the fellow members of his lank crew and some friends are wearing motorcycle goggles, courtesy of JT . .. Editor. Privateer champions It's m y understanding that th e AMA's National dirt track program has been known as the Grand National Championship Series since 1954. Would you please list the riders who have won the series championship as privateers. By privateer, I mean a rider not sponsored by a motorcycle manufacturer. Eight years before he w ou ld win a second titl e as a BSA factory rider, Matchless and BSA-mounted Dick Mann was th e first privateer to win the coveted Number On e plate, doing so in 1963. S ixt een years later, in 1979, pr ivateer Steve Eklund cam paigned botb. Yamaha and Harley-Davidson dirt trackers and won the title . Mike Kidd won th e title in 1982 rid ing at first u nofficially [actorv -supported Yamahas and later in 'th« season Mert Launoill's Harleys. Finally, as a priuateer in 1983, R ick y Graham won the first of his Iwo Grand National Championship titles. Graham, w ho wenl on to win the title again in 1984 riding. factory-backed Hondas, rode T ex Peel H arleys 10 his [irst cham p ionship . . , Editor. . O verl ooked champ Your interview with National Cross Country Champion Scott Summers in the January 9 issue contained the "s tatement" again and I' ve decided to set the record straight once and for all. The statement I am talking about occurred in the Summers interview and I quote, " In the history of the National Cross Country Series , no one other than (Ed) Lojak had ever carried the number one plate." The fact is, in 1985 I won the series overall when it was called th e 100 Miler Series. I have the highest respect for Ed Lojak 's riding ability and the numerous championships he has won, but I saw th e statement " n ine cham p ions h ips in a row" one too many tim es to sit quiet an y lon ger, Gi ve credi t .wh ere credit is due, My sponsors in 1985 were Dirty Harry 's Dirt Bikes, KTM and Hi -Point Ra cing Products. By the way, co ngratu latio ns, Scott. Jim Maltba Grantsville, MD Malt ba is absolutely correct. L ojak broke h is leg dur in g th e '85 series and co n sis ten t p erforman ces earn ed Maltba th e ove rall titl e . . . Editor, Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices, Cycle News, P,O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to edi ring,

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