Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v ICES 0 INSIDE Letters to the editor Thum bs down FEATURFS SUPERCROSS Baylescores againin San D iego's Jack MurphyStadium 18 RALLY Peterhanselendures for Paris-Dakar win MOTOCROSS Dowd,Carsten top Catorback Florida Winter A Afinale M SHORT TRACK M orehead shines in Barcelona 26 6 1 0 DEPARTM ENTS Drew powerstoPerris GFI W Series win inter 16 CMC Golden Statewins toHughes, Healey 24 GRAN PRIX Roeseler scores big atAdelanto . . . . .12 LOCAL RAONG 28 CALENDAR .33 WANT ADS 39 · RFSULTS ; 50 ON T HE FRO NT PAGE: Ohio's Steve Morehead dauled a large Spanish audience as he slid to victory in the first-ever dirt track. race run in Spain. See page 18 for race coverage. Photo courtesy or Solo MOIO. I read with interest the new forma t for Grand Nation al Ch ampion sh ip races as described in th e J anuary 30 issue. T he arti cle sta tes th at the new fo rmat is "desig ne d to p ro vid e a smoother-runn ing and more entertaining program for the spec tators." Buil l The form at used in the past included four heats . two semi s and a last chance qual ifier as preliminary races to the National ma in event. Dependin g on whet her a Camel Ch all enge was run, a spec tator saw eight or nine Expert races for the price or hi s ticket. With th e new format, not only will the spectator see two fewer races, but each racer will have less cha nce to transfer to the main event . It is no secret that at many races in the last few years the traditional 48rider field had not been Iill ed. T he spo rt or dirt track racing could be healthier. As a fan who travels thousands of mi les each year to follow the sport, I do not reel that givi ng the paying specta tor less for his dollar will be an improvement. I see the "strea m li ne d " form at ben efiting only th ose promoters wh o are unable to run their program s on schedu le a nd who now won 't run as la te becau se there will be fewer races. Jim Eastlee Bloomington, MN America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Vo l u me XXVIII Michael Klin ger . Publish er Caroli ne Gendry. Ex ecu tive Secretary to the Pu blish er Editorial Jack Man gus. A"ociat e Pub lish er/ Edito r Kit Palmer , Associa te Edi to r Pa u l Carru thers , Associate Editor Nate Rauba , Associate Editor Ken Faught. A" i5tant Edi tor Do nn Maeda . Assistant Editor Edw ina Mangu s, Calendar Editor Graphics and Production Ret"j oh nson. Produ ction Supervisor Mandy Loo, Prod uction AIanagt'T Dennis Gr eene, Lab. T ech. Stacey G ues t, Grap hic A rtist Amy H arris. G rap h ic Ar tist Carolyn Bran ha m. T yp esetter Dealer Sal es Allen Den nison. Dealer R ep reseruatiue Marketing &: Promotion Mar k Thome, Manager Advenising Terry Pratt, Na t ional A ccounl5 Ma nager Ma rk Thom e. "'~stan Sales Mana ger Ron Davidson. IVestern Sal es M anager Thomas R. Conter, We""", Sal es Mana g~ Mark Mitch ell . Easte rn Accounl5 Manager Greg Mi tch ell . 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AMA oiiicals, not th e promoters, run the program under the direction of the reftree, but promoters are responsible for track preparation prior to the even t. M are often than not, programs that don 't start on tim e or suff tr lengthy in terrup tions are the result of illprepared tracks or Mother Nature . . . Editor. Tell the m Thanks for printing Daryl Nu ese's informati on on th e National Recreation al T rails Act. Ir was very informa- · rive and p rovided a ll the in forma tion needed to get some letters ou t to ou r sena tors and co ngressme n. Writing our - feelings 10 our legisla tor s flat works! On a recent job-related issue. I called as man y stat e and local senators and congress men as I cou ld get on the phone th at da y. I was surp rised to find tha t not only did I get to talk 10 them perso nally , but also ma ny of them mad e statemen ts like: " I never hear fro m my peo p le until the re is a problem." The legislators aren' t mind readers. T hey don 't kn ow how we feel abou t issues u nless we tell them . Call your courtho use. Find out who your senators and congress men are. Write one letter and copy it. Then put each of their names on it. You can do the whole process in less than the time it takes to clean your ai r filter. Tom Sullivan Memphis, TN How right you are, T om . Su llivan also sent us a copy of th e letter he w rote to legislators concerning th e National R ecreational T rails Ac t and sugges ted that we reprint it and tha t readers copy it, sign it and ma il it to the ir represen tatives . Any contact is better tha n no contact at all, but form letters aren 't nearly as effeclive as personally w ritten letters. An aide for th en-Senat or Pete Wilson , now th e governor of California, once told us that a personal letter ranks fi rst in influencing pol itician s. Postal cards, telegrams and p ho ne calls ' are next and fo rm letters an d m ultisignatu re petitions last. But w hic heve r fo rm of co m m u n ication yo u use, communicate! . . . Editor. If it weren 't for bad lu ck .. . H ow abo ut an update on some of th e people mentioned in HosPITal STOP items in your In The Wind sectio n, i.e, Bu bba Sh ob ert . Steve Eklund, etc. H ere is an update 'on race tra ck ph otographer Vic Ebbuu of Seattle who was hi t by a runaway bik e at Monroe last year. Ebbutt suffered a broken leg, internal injuries, etc. in that incident and when he later went to the ho spital to get a lighter cast put on hi s leg he suffered a heart attack in the ho spital's parking lot. He had open heart surgery and as he started recuperating he contracted prostate cancer. He had an opera tion for that and started working as a photographer again at Monroe in December. He the n go t hi t by an ATV fou r- wheeler . He 's recuperating at home and says ' he'll be okay by the season ope ner in Boise this spring . H e'll be the photographer wearing air bags , bumpers and using a telephoto lens l Doug Phelps Portland, OR Bubba Shobert ha s all but fully recovered from h is 1989 accident at the U.S. GP, but he doesn 't feel he's up to racing speed; his rig ht hand still causes him 5 0 m e problems. Bu t the th ree-tim e Camel Pro Series Champ ion is enjoy ing life to the fullest, enjoying th e ant ics of his six -monthold son, Clint. Steve Eklund, the 1979 Grand Nat ional. Champion, is still in a coma, th e result of injuries sufftred in th e Albuquerque M ile last summtr . . . Ed itor. The Porterville story I would like to clarify a few points th at appeared in a letter in the Voices sectio n of your January 16 issue. The statements I am concerned abo u t dealt with Porterville Speedway. T wo faci lities exist at Porterville Speedway, a dirt ova l and an MX facility. The land Ior bo th facilities was provided by the Cit y of Porterville. OHV (Green Sticker) funds were used o n ly to im prove th e MX facil it y, constr uct restroom s and improve an existing water system. No land was purchased with OHV funds nor were any OHV funds used to constr uct the dirt oval track. The Cit y of Porterville should be con tacted Ior information regarding the opera tion of th e raceway. We are currently work in g with the City in an attempt to reopen th e MX area for cas ua l (d a y-u se) OHV recreat ion opportunit ies. We do anticipate th at the Ci ty will be successful in reopening the park for casua l OHV recreati on in th e near future. Lee J. Chauvet Deputy Director 'OH V Recreation Department of Parks and Recreation Sacra mento, CA Letters to tho editor sho uld be sent to: Voices, Cycle N-=5, P.O . Box 498, Lo ng Beach, CA 90801-0498. Published letters do no t necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, In c. Letters sho uld not exceed 200 words an d all letters a re subject to edi ring.

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