Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Miracle reco very FEATURES SUPERCROSS Bayle takes the points lead with Seattle win 6 OFF ROAD Roeseler and Hunnicutt prevail in Parker 400 .1 0 DannyHamel wins Hare &Hound series opener in Lucerne Valley .. . .. 12 INTERVIEW Roadracer Chris D luisio 'A 1 4 RIDING IMPRESSION All aboard K TM's£.XC250 16 MOTOCROSS Swinkand McElroy top Reddick Florida Winter A Series MA Nearly 1000 GFI Amateurs invade A naheim Stadium 20 ICE RACE Champs crow in Michigan ned 22 1 DEPARTMENTS LOCAL RACING CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS ~ 24 30 34 47 Our so n, Fred H ensley, j r., wrote to you last July a bo u t his m ot orcycle acci de nt in Ohi o whi ch left him paral yzed from th e neck down a t th e time. H e en ded hi s lett er by saying, " I'm go ing to win th is ra ce." H e has a nd is still win ni ngl He ha s even started workin g for four hours a day. In fact, if you saw him you 'd th ink he'd never had a n acci dent. Through h is ordea l a nd a ll th e har d wo rk, he never lost h is sense o f hu mor a n d th e sm ile o n hi s face go t a ll o f his fam ily through many, ma ny days . H is doctor ca lls his recov ery a miracle. I just wa nted to let everyo ne who kn ows Fred , Jr.. to kn ow how well he's doi ng an d 10 th ank everyo ne from th e bottom o f o ur hea rts for th eir pr a yers and though ts. Deanie Hensley Coppell, TX Sidelined ON THE FRONT PAGE: French man Jea n-Michel Bayle won his second AMA Camel Supercross of the season at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington. See page 6 for race coverage. Photos by Brian Barnes. America's weekly motorcycle'n ewspaper Vol u m e XXVIII Michael Klinger, Pu blish er Caroline Gendry. Executive Secrelary to the Pu blisher Editorial Jack Mangus. Associate Pu blishert Editor Kit Palmer. Associat e Editor Paul Carruthers, Associau Ed itor Nat e Rauba , Associa te Editor Ken Faught. Assistant Editor Donn Maeda. Assistant Editor Edwina Mangus. Cal endar Ed itor Graphics and Production Ree J o hnson . Production SUpnviSOT Mand y LOOt Prod uct ion Ma nager Dennis G reene. L ab. T ech. Stacey Guest. Gra p h ic A rtist Amy Harris. G rap hic Artist Carolyn Branham, T ypesella Dealer Sales Allen Dennison , Dealer R ep resen uu ii e Marketing &: Pr omotion Mark Thome. Ma na ger Advenising Terry Pratt, Na tional A ccounts Manager Mar k Thorne, lVu lern Sales AfanagtT Ron Davidson. Wesla n Sales l\lanager Tho mas R. Come r, W esl er n Sal es Managn Mark Mitchell. Eastern A cco u nls Man ager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sa les Manager Curtis Campbell, Eastern Sale s Manager J oa n R ussian . Westn n Ad Coordinator Carla Borden Allen. Eastern Ad Coordinat or Cir culation Rheba Smith. Mana ger Sarah Taylor. Bill in g Coordina tor Alma Angui an o, Processin g Coo rdinator Ga briel le Gi lliam. Processing Assistant Accounting/Data Processing Don na Brya n-D iam on d. A I R Coord ina to r Ge neva Repass. 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Cycle News ass u mes no responsi bility fo r th e safety , lo ss o r damage to such ma terial. Rep rin tin g in whole o r pan o n ly by permission o f the publish er. Advertisin g rat es and circu la.tio n info rma tio n wiJl be sent upon req uest. S~ S. R. D.S. W/BPA V 4 Letters to the editor A UDI TED CIRCULATION CopyrightSCycle Sews. Inc. 1991. Trademark Cycle Sews registered U.s. Patent Office. All rights reserved, I am a n a vid fan of roa d raci ng and I'd hate to see it go to sha me because o f money a nd in su rance. I've been a fan since th e age o f 3 a nd I'm o n ly 13 now. I used to race YSRs, but n ow I ca n 't because o f in surance. Thi s rea lly hurts because I loved it a n d my dad just put a bo u t 2000 worth o f time a nd mo ney into it. The thing I'm tryi ng to say is th a t kid s my age sho u ld be ab le to race 50 a nd 60cc road race mac hi nes so we ca n keep th is co u ntry a force to be reckoned with in world class roa d racing. ies have put liabilit y insu rance out of reach of m an y race promoters for events in w hic h riders under the age of 16 part icipate. May we suggest you sq uirt some dirt until you're 16. Many MX and dirt track races are conducted in yo ur area, and, as you no doubt kn ow , road race World Champions Kenn y R oberts, Edd ie La wson and Wayne R ainey did th eir th ing on dirt befo re switc hin g to asphalt ... Editor. That's DGY Racing I wo u ld like to clari fy a matter that appea red in th e J anua ry 23 issue's " Su percro ss pr edi ct ions" art icle on page 13. Team DGY wa s flattered to be listed as part of T eam Yamaha. H ow ever , ( 125cc rid ers) Jimmy Button a nd J oel Alb rect in th e Western Regi on a nd Doug Hen ry a nd Eri c McLear in th e Eastern Region , ar e riding YaI)1ahas for DG Y Racin g (n o t Tea m Yamaha ), with major support from Yam aha M ot or Corporation, USA. Also , in your J anuary 30 issue in the 125cc Eas te rn Regi onal Supercross Series po int sta nd ings, yo u omitted McCl ear wh o is tied for eighth with 14 points (he was seventh at Orlando). We a p p recia te you r mention of DGY Racing as it rela tes to ou r riders. This encourages th e sponsors to con ti n ue th eir fin an cial su p port o f our sport. Jim Swan President Yamaha of Downers Grove, Inc. . Do wn ers G ro ve, IL Frank J ay Carver Hamilton, O H If you're referrin g to a track in you r area excl uding you fro m its race progra m because of yo ur age, keep in . mind that du e to th e present lawsu it mania in th e U.S., insurance compan- IN THE WIND ByPapa Wealey Conti nued from page 3 Yam ah a 650 a nd 750cc twin -cylinder four-stro kes for vintage rac ing . Sall ey GIn be reach ed at 311 J ohn C. Ca lhou n Dr., O rangeburg , SC 29 1J5, 803/5364035. NAMED : Barry Beehl er 10 th e position of d irector , ma rketin g co m m unicarion s, by Ka wasa ki Mo tors Corp, U.S.A. Beehler , formerly Ka wasaki 's director , sales services, wi ll report 10 Bob Moff it , vice pr esident, marketi ng . Beehler will retain hi s cu rre nt respo nsibilities for the T eam Green ra cing p rogram a nd th e plann in g of major co m pa ny meetings a nd co n ven tio ns. FORMED: MOIO Am eri ca Inc., in Lill ington, North Ca ro lina, 10 tak e ove r Mow GUll i opera tions in th e .S., including excl us ive importatio n and distribu tion . sa les, parts, warranty service, an d dea ler serv ice and develop me n t. T he new co m pa ny's p resid ent a nd pri n cipa l owner is Fra n Co nta ldi , form erly the ge nera l ma nager o f Mo to Guzzi of North Ame rica, the previous im po rter. Co m p leting the o wners hi p a nd ' m an agem en t tea m a re Mar k Ma cek , form er n ationa l warrant y mana ger at Maserar i Automobiles, a nd Eric a n d Emil y Phillippe, th e o wne rs of Midwa y Cycles, th e Mot o G uzzi dealership in Lillington whose facil ity wi ll ho use pa rt o f the new opera tio n. Dr. J ohn Wittner, th e dri vin g force behind t he m arqu e ' s roa d ra cin g efforts. has agreed to serve o n Moto Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Bm, 498, Long Beach, CA 9OBO1-0498. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the posirion of Cycle News, Inc. Let ters should nol exceed 200 words and oil letters are subject to editing. Amer ica 's board of directors. Models to be o ffered initiall y include th e Cali fornia III, Mill e GT and 10005. Mow Am eri ca ca n be co n tac ted a t P .O. Box 850, Li llington , NC 27546, 919/ 893-6647. CORRECT ION: The ph one number l ist ed i n a Wind it em last week regard ing the D irt Speed way Associa tio n La ke Perri s Fa irgr ounds AMA Pro Speedway races was in correct. The correct n umber is 714/ 825-1423. REST RUCTURED: T he p lan n ing, rnar kering , and sales d iv isions o f Ka wasa ki Motors Corp., U.S.A. Vario us p lanning and p rod uc t ma nagement functi ons ha ve bee n consolida ted under the marketi ng ba n ner. Some respo nsibilities form er ly housed in th e sa les services a nd p lann ing departm ents have been shifted to eithe r n ationa l sa les o r ma rketing. Sa les ad m i n is tra tio n and dealer services department s will n ow report to Don Pr u itt. director. na tional sa les. Kawa sa ki a lso announced th e formation o f a Corpora te O ffice fu nct io n, to be responsibl e for overa ll bu sin ess p lanning , includi ng import, sa les a nd inventory pla ns, product p ricing, and opera t io nal im prov em ent. 'An d in co nj u nctio n with th e restructuring, a titl e ch ange for H enry Schnittker to sen io r sa les manager , po lice, government, a nd nati onal accou nt sa les was a n no u nced. Sim ilarly, John Hoover has assu med added responsibility as m ot orcycl e/ ATV product manager. H oov er wi ll co nti n ue in his present capaci ty as ma rketing servi ces man ager.

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