Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v Letters to the editor 0ICES INSIDE FEATURES INTERVIEW Moiocrosser JeremyMcGrath 6 Petersen tops F·USA opener at Road Atlanta 14 Team Suzuki wins Road Atlanta Endurance race 1 6 DRAG RACE Schultz smokes to Gatornationals win 22 DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S MEGAPHONE 17 NEWPRODUCTS ROAD RACE Schwanti victorious at _Japanese GP 18 20 24 31 37 OFF ROAD Hamel haulsatCheck Chase National Hare &Hound 1 0 Russell scores at Tennessee combined National LOCAL RACING CALENDAR WANT ADS 12 RESULTS ; 50 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Kevin Schwanu fli cks his T eam Lucky Strike Suzuki th rough a turn en route to th e win in the season-openi ng Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. See page 6 for race coverage. Pho to by H enny Ray Abrams. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Michael Kli nger, Pu blisher Caro line Gendry, Ex ecutive Secretary to th e Publish er Edit orial Jack Ma ng us, Associate Publisher / Edit or Kit Pa lmer, Associate Ed itor Paul Carruthers. Associate Ed itor Nat e Ra uba, Associat e Ed itor Ken Fau ght, Assistan t Edit or Donn Maeda . Assistant Ed itor Edw ina Man gu s, Calen dar Ed itor - Graphics and Pr oduction . Ree Johnson. Production Su pervisor Mandy Loa . Productio n Manager Dennis Gr een e, La b. T ech . Stacey G uest, G rap hic Artist Amy Harris, Graph ic A rtist Carolyn Branham. Typesetter Circula tio n Rheba Smith, Mana ger Sarah T aylor, Billin g Coordinator Alma Anguiano. Processing Coord inato r Gabrielle Gill iam , Processin g Assistant Debbi e Weller. Dealer Coordinato r Want Ads Linda Von de Veld, Want Ad Sales Advertising Terry Pra tt, National Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Wesl ern Sal es Manager Ron Davidson , Western Sales Mana ger Thomas R. Gonter, Western Sal es lffana ger Mar k Mitchell . Eastern Accou nt s Manager Greg Mit chell , Eastern Sales Mana ger Curt is Ca mpbell, Eastern Sales Manager J oan Ru ssian, Western Ad Coordinato r Carla Borden Allen. Eastern Ad Coordinator Dealer Sales Allen Den nis on, Dealer R epr esent ati ve Marketing Be Promo tion Mar k Thome. Manager AccountinglDa ta Processin g Donna Bryan -Diamo nd, A IR Coo rdi nator Geneva Repass. Assistant Herlan e Lewis, Credit Service and Support Chris Aitch eson , H eadquarters R ecep tion ist Leonard Herring, Service and Su p port · Na tiona l Hea dquarters Eastern Olfice 220 1 Cherry Ave., Long Beach . CA 90806. P.O . Box 498. Long Beach , CA 9080 1-0498 1190 First Ave., T uc ker, GA , 30084; mai ling address P.O . Bo x 805, T uc ker, GA 30085-0805. (213) 427· 7433; 213/636-8844. FAX (213) 427·6685 . (404) 934· 7850. FAX (404) 934·3 112 Cycle News (US PS 141·340) is publi shed weekly excep t th e last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News. l nc., 2201 Cherry Avenue, Lon g Beach , CA 90806. Second class postage paid at Lon g Beach , CA. POSTMASTER: Sendaddresschanges 10 Cycle News. P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801·0498. T o determi ne the expiration da te of your su bscrip tion . check the four numbers on th e first line of ) 'OU£ address label. The first two digi ts indicate the last issue number you 'll receive and the last two characters indicate the year of the last issu e. Su bscr iption rat es: Rat~s for th e U nited Sta tes a nd its pos session s for o ne year , (50 issues), $50.00; two years (100 issues). $95.00; six mo nths, (25 issues), $26.00; trial sub (15 issues), $ 19.00. Canada a nd Foreign, one year (50 issues), $90.00; two years (100 issues). '$175.00; six mo nths (25 issues), $45.00; tria l sub ( 15 issu es). $38.00. Cycle News welco mes un so licit ed ed itorial ma teria l incl ud in g stories. ca rtoo ns, phot os, etc, Such mat eria l. if pu blis hed. becom es the excl us ive pr opert y of Cycle News. Suc h accep ted mat eria l is sub jec t to revisio n as is necessary in the sole dis cretion of Cycle News. U nsolicited materia l which is not used will be retu rn ed if accom panied by a self ad dressed stamped en velope. All unso licited mat erial will be handled wit h reaso nabl e care, how ever . Cycle News assu mes no responsibi lit y for the safety, loss or damage to such mat eri a l. Reprintin g in who le or part on ly by permissio n of th e p u blishe r. Advertisi ng ra tes and circu latio n information will be sen t u pon requ est. S~ S.R.D.S. W/BP.'A 'if 4 AUDITED CIRCULATION Copyrighle Cycle News, Inc. 1991. Trademark Cyde News registered U.S. Patent Office. All rights.rtStf\'ed. Not available everywhere I've o bvious ly b een missing a dyn amite for m of motorcycli ng - the GSXR IOOs. When I rea d your b lurb ab out th e Brute Horsep ower Shootou t at Daytona in Pa pa Weal ey's col umn and saw referen ce to a 172.38 h ors epower GSX R IOO, m y fi r st thought was that I' d seen a typo. But in th e very next sentence there 's a reference to a nothe r GSXR I00 that p u t o u t 144. 53 h or sep ow er. Hot dam n , where ca n I ge t one of these superbike-eati ng scoots? Rodney Miller Oakland, CA From a Suzu ki dealer on a moun tain top in T ibet. But w e suggest you wait for th e release of the GSXRlIO. Our so urces in Xigax e say it will pump out 2000 . . . oops, make that 200 horses .. . Ed itor. Unsolicited testimonial The lat e Roxy Rockwood was a grea t an no u ncer, but Dave Despain is magnifi cen t. T he combi na tion of Dave Despain's a nnouncing and Bob Lenk 's videoca mera work h ave produ ced ma rvelo us ta pes of dirt track racing. T hese ta pes undou btedl y are som e of the finest that have ever been produced in th e history of motorcycle ra ci ng . I high ly recom mend everyo ne pur chas e these fo r their h om e co llection. Michael J. Sponseller New Market, MD Sponseller , a former racer, is th e money man beh ind the Eaken /Spon seller Racing team tha t fi elds bik es for tuio-t im e Grand N ational Cham pion R ick y Gra ham . Despa in produ ced v ideos de tai li ng 10 differen t 1990 Camel Pro Series eve nts and anot her thai rev iew ed th e en t ire season . T hey're availab le from Cycle News fo r $28.95 each. See the Cycl e A ct ion T h eat er ad on p ag e 11 .. . Editor. Keep th o se letters coming, Joe I j ust co u ld n 't let a nother issue go by withou t letti ng yo u know how much I enjoy your ne wspaper. Your March 6 issue was j u st great, with a j udi cio us use of slick paper , that fabulous p hoto of Sadows ki (no w framed .. kind of), and your co rrespondent 's usu al q ua lity reportage. The Ca le n dar sectio n a lo ne is worth ha lf the price of ad mission, and th e advertising is an end less source of daydrea ms abo u t exotic accessori es and race goodi es, some o f wh ich I even buy I I cu rren tly keep a Ka tana llOO and EX500 here in Virgin ia , and a '79 GS750 in Co lorad o for vaca tions. I wo rk in radio a nd know tha t ge ne ra ll y people on ly tak e th e tim e to write when th ey're bit ch in' abou t so me th ing. Rest assured this is one subscri ber who wi ll vote with his chec kboo k th e next tim e h is noti ce co mes du e. Keep up th e great work, and my best to the whole Cycle News fam ily . Joe Wilson Cre we, VA P.S. Papa 's recen t co mmen ts abou t lagg ard mail deliv ery were rig h t on th e mon ey. Th e publish er requests that you keep yo ur thoughts to yo urself, [oe. If w e published you r lett er, we'd be unab le to find helmets big enough to fit our surel le d - h ead ed .' . . Ed itor. st aff m embers Rain or shine? Mem bers o f the Arizona Vintage Dirt R acers Associ a tion decid ed to attend th e sc hed u le d AH R MA Southwest Regi onal MX at Perr is Raceway (i n southe rn California ) on Sunday , March 24. Ima gin e o u r surprise, after traveling 300 m iles, wh en we arrived at the entrance ga te at 7 a.rn . and fo und the race had been canceled. Wh y was it ca nce led? When was it ca nceled? Who canceled it? Maybe you ca n tell u s, we co u ldn 't find anyone at the track who co u ld. David Boydstun . Director Arizona Vintage Dirt Ra cers Assoc. Tempe, AZ According to AH RMA 's Matt H ilgen berg, " Canceling the race was a group decisio n in vo lving p ro m ot er l ack Barbacovi, track operator Goat Breker, and AHRMA . Th e decision to cancel th e race was made late Friday (March 22)." According to AH RMA, areas of th e track were flooded, due to th e amoun t of rain the area had received, and more rain was predic ted for th e wee ken d. Conce rn had also been expressed by AH R M A m embers living in northern Ca li forn ia w h o we re app rehensive abou t bein g able to get over th e elevated pass at Gorm an, w hic h ' is often closed du e to sno w falling in th e area wh ile areas at a low er elevatio n are receiv ing rain . . . Editor. Say it ain 't so, Jay I rea d wit h interest the news abo ut J ay Spri ngs teen and Ch ris H aldane bei ng disqua lified at Da yto n a . I ca nnot beli eve tha t Sp ri ngsteen, wh o has been racing for all these years, did not realize he was on an llOOcc bi ke instead of a 750cc: I also ca n no t be lieve th at Spri ngs tee n h ad no contact wi th hi s tu ne rs, mech anics or team reps as he stated in hi s response. It seems like whe ther it's di rt track, desert racing, or hare scra mbles, the big bu ck facto ry teams will do anyth ing to win. How ca n he even th ink abou t appea li ng this? Sp ringsteen used to be a legend to me, but now just add h im to th e list o f factory desert racers wh o do wh at ever th ey are told to do to win. Any questions? Just rea d th e list of factory race rs who h ave been di sq ualified over th e past three or four years. John Krell Brooksville, FL Th ree-t im e Grand Nation al Champion Sp ri ngsteen is now a pr ivat eer rider. H e's backed by Bart els' Ha rley' Dav idso n , a sou th ern Cali fornia dea lership, i n Cam el Pr o Se ries eve n ts. A t Day tona, he was on a Suzuki provided by Del A mo Suzu ki, another so u thern California dealership. Che ck out the In Th e W ind section for the resu lts of the ap pea l . board m eet ing . . . Editor. Letters to the editor should be sent to: Vo ic es, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. Published letters do not necessarily refl ect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing.

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