Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOlCES Letters to the editor No hostages INSIDE Caveat emptor. once T he repayment of the $21.5 millio n taken out of the Californ ia OHV fund back in 1983, as proposed in Assemb ly Bill 253, as well as Assemb ly Bill 252, wh ich a ugme nts G reen Sticker Fund money to keep federal lands open, are both bills that Ca liforn ia off-roader s sho u ld str o ngly su pport. Your recent editorial (March 20 issue) outli ned these bills for your readers but too k an unwarranted cheap sho t a t Lee Chauvet, deputy directo r-OHV Division, California Department of Parks and Recreation. Mr. Chauvet's " testi mon y" before the Assembly Wat er, Par ks and Wildlife Co m m ittee, when the bills were introduced was not suggesting they be dropped a s you asserte d. In fact, his response to the Ch air' s question of " Do yo u (the department) have a n officia l positi on? " was "No, we do not. " To suggest he was taking an y position a t all a bsent th e governor 's blessin g is without merit as evidenced by the above remarks. To solicit letters of co mplaint be sent to Go v. Wilson aski ng for the o us ting of Lee Chau vet, based u pon alleged sta tements not in evide nce, begs for a retracti on. Mr. Chauvet has been a dynamic fo rce for the off-ro ad community a nd hi s contribu tio ns are a matter of p ublic record. My letter to the governor, contrary to your p leadin gs, is one of strong endorsemen t as we need Lee 's de pth of knowledge, .experience a nd bu reaucratic ski lls to guide the cu rre nt admi nistra tio n in Sacramento. Let 's all su pport AB252 a nd AB253 and not capture any hostages along the way o il the basis of rumor or mi sstatement of facts. Ken Cater Cameron Park, CA Chau uet requested space in which to repl y to th e edi torial and we welc omed his response. We have since been told that h e has ch osen n ot to comment . . . Ed itor . Open letter to TBSA Each of the mem bers of the Cal ifor n ia En du ro R id ers Associa tio n (CERA), and our families. are very grateful to your club, the Trai l Bike Sports ma n 's Associa tion (T BSA), for hel pin g in th e search -an d -resc ue operation performed on April 7 for two of our childre n wh o went chasing off after their pet dog and go t lost in the Eldorado Na tional Forest. After pu ttin g in a tough weekend of volunteer wor k in su pport of the deer herd study resea rch project. I kno w it was no fun to ask your riders to unload thei r bikes, ge t their ridin g gea r back o n, a nd hit the trails hard again for hours tryi ng to find a cou p le of lost kid s. Fortunat ely, for all of us, the children were found just before da rkness. Member s o f the County Sher iff 's Rescu e Patrol said that the bik es represented the o n ly real possib ili ty of finding the kids in the deep woods, a nd that th ey would be u nli kely to survi ve a n igh t o f su b- fr eezin g temperatures. It 's during eme rgencies lik e these, when we really have to co unt on each o ther to make a rea l difference, that th e r iders co me through in the cl u tch. They always have! You guys at TBSA are the best. Anthony Pavone President. CEllA Santa Clara, CA Cycle Info is phone solicitin g for (dea ler) listi ng s i n a very p oorly writt en directo ry. The cost is approxima te ly $100. This com pan y was turned in to th e U.S. Postal Service last year by my com pany for mail fraud a nd never paid the claim . Now they had the nerve to try again. I tol d them to pay up, bu t they h ung u p on me. Be advised. Tom Turner Two Stroke Racing Paramount, CA Caveat emptor. twice Cycle Info of Chico. Californ ia, j us t called co ncern ing their deal er listing book for '9 1. After " he llos ," he mad e hi s p itch a t which time I sta ted, ' 'I'm not interested." This was foll ow ed by Cycle Info 's repl y, a loud "(explet ive deleted ) you " a nd then the phone was sla m med on m y ear l If this is the way Cycle Info trea ts mot or cycle dealers, I h ighly suggest all deal ers qu it dealing with th ese peop le. Three years ago they mail ed me th eir book (wi thout m y as ki ng for it ); foll ow ed by a bill. T he book was returned. FEATURES ROAD RACING Rainey storms to third straight U.S. GP win .. .. . . . .. . . . .• . ... . . .6 Cadalora cruises 10 U.S. 250cc GP victory IO Webster/Simon top Laguna Seca Sidecar GP 12 Oliviersails to Willow Springs F·USA win 18 Team Suzuki blows away 24-Hour West Endurance 20 ENDURO Sharpless spears Little Raccoon National 30 DRAG RACE Myers quickestat Southern Nationals 32 MOTOCROSS Nicoll scoreswin at Swiss 500cc GP 33 DEPARTMENTS SUPERCROSS Bayle best in Charlotte rainstorm .... 14 HARE &: HOUND Roeseler rips at Jericho National . . . . 22 CROSS COUNTRY Cunningham tops BoyerGNCC . ... 26 NEW PRODUCTS LOCAL RACiNG CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS 25, 29 34 .44 , 51 50, 62 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Wa yn e Ra iney walked away fro m the co m p et ition to sco re h is third straight wi n in the U.S. 500cc G P at Laguna Seca . Coverage begins o n p age 6. P hoto by H enny Ra y Abrams. Michael Green West Coast British Dublin, CA America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Not so threatened Abo ut th is ti me last year , I wrote in abou t the dimi nishing race tracks in Ca lifornia. Perhaps you reme m ber the lett er, " Threa tened species." Well , I' m ha ppy to say tha t what I' ve seen since is a growing hope and interest in th e way of flat tra ck raci ng. I'd like to give cred it where credit is due, and thank Mike Brown for his outstanding job of promoting at Santa Maria Speedway. It was definitel y a sig ht for sor e eyes. Im agine, the grandstands full by . the time prac tice was over. That 's what yo u'd ha ve seen if you were there. It is certain ly a n in centive to twist th e th rottle a little harder. It 's a good, fast race track, professionally run , and I loo k for ward to returning: I' d also lik e to tha nk j ack Bart on. Lod i Cycle Bo wl a nd BRA fo r their co ntin ued su p port of flat tra ck raci ng. I thi nk I speak for most racers when I say, "T ha nks. guys. We co u ld n' t do . it withou t you ." Perry Lang Salinas, CA Try US NASCA R apparently has dropped out of racing, ha ving degenerated to the destructio n derb y class (the Bristol . Tennessee, ESPN show on April 14). ESPN may be loo king for a top notch show to keep their auto racing co m menta tors busy. A litt le time spent wi th Da ve Despa in wo u ld u ndoubtedly qual ify Bob j enkins , Ned jarrett and Benny Parso ns into a first clas s motorcycle race a n nou ncing tea m . There are man y first class , ac tio npacked motorcycle races to show in place of the a uto jun kyar d debacles ESP N has been stuc k with. AI Knapp Harper Woods, MI Letters to the edi tor should be sent to : Voic es, Cycle NroJ', P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-6498. PublWted letters do nol necessari1y reflect the position 01 Cycl. N.ws, Inc. uUen .hould nol ucted 200 words and all I.u.rs art subjtct '0 editing. 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