Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE FEATURES HARE Be HOUND Hamel tops Roeseler at Nevada National DIRTTRACK Parker runsaway with Pomona Half Mile win Carr aces Fresno Mile Carr again at Idaho IT 6 18 20 ROAD RACE Brits embarrass the Yanks at TransAtlanticshowdown ..... 10 Dutchman Racingendure Ohio WERA Endurance 14 ENDURO Hawkins back ontop at Little Brown Jug National .. .12 . 16 MOTOCROSS Nicoll styles to Swedish 500cc GP victory Childress tops MuddyCreek M ercierstrikes atSilver B owl Amateur Supercross DEPARTMENTS LOCAL RACING CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS 22 24 26 28 :.32 38 50 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Defending Camel Pro Grand Nation al Champion Scott Park er sco red a r u naway vic tory a t the Pomona H alf Mil e. See page 6 for race cove ra ge. Photo by Mitch Fri edman. Letters to theeditor Fourteen yea rs later During the October 2, 1977 AMA Region al Ch ampions hip Half Mile at Okl ah oma City , I was fortunate to set a track record at 24 seconds flat. The race was a prel ude to Asco t and th e deciding Grand Nati on al Championship races after a season of neck-toneck racing by the top conte nders. To my kn owledge, th ere were several riders in the top 10 in the Nati onal po int sta ndi ngs who sho wed up to race tha t day. one of th em being my good' friend T ed "Bood y who was in second p lace at that tim e. It was th e fastest main event I ever ran and the track was perfect for recordbreaking performances with Terry Poovey the eventual winner. Cycle N ews covered the race and I thought a rememberance of it would be a good prelude to how fast one can expec t the July 27 Oklahoma City Nation al will be. The field will include hometown rider Ronnie Jones, who participated back in 1977. forfeited for any delays not caused by bad weather or rider injury. IE a race gets started on tim e, it will end at a reasonable time. IE these gu ys begin to get hit in the pocketbook. you will see races run offl ike clockwork. The fans would certain ly enjoy it and I'm sure th e riders would al so. Race fans , we are the ones who are bankrolling these even ts and we do ha ve the right to expect a race program to be run in a professional and timely manner. Ch ub by Arm our T ulsa, OK 918/585-CHUB, Kevin Crine Mechanicsburg, MD Michael Klin ger, Pu blish er Caro lin e C endry, Ex ecutive Secretary to the Publish er Editorial Ja ck Mang us, A ssociate Publisher ! Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Edit or Pau l Ca rr u thers. Associate Ed itor Na te Raub a, Associate Ed itor Ken Fa ug h t. Assistant Edit or Donn Maeda. Assistant Edi tor Ed wina Man gus, Calenda r Ed it or Graphics and Production Ree J ohnso n . Prod uction Superv isor Man dy LOOt Production Manager Dennis Gree ne, Lab. 'T ech . Stacey G uest . G rap hic A rtist Amy Harris, Graph ic Art ist · Carolyn Bran ham, Typesetter Circu lat io n Rheba Sm it h, Manager Sara h Tay lor, Bill ing Coo rdinator Alm a Anguiano. Processin g Coor dinator Ga briel le G i lliam, Processing Assista n t Debbie Well er , Dealer Coo rdi nator Want Ads Linda Von de Veld, Want Ad Sales National Headquarters 2201 CherryAve.. Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach. CA 90801-0498 (213) 427-7433; 213/ 636-8844. FAX (213) 427-6685 Advertising T err y Pra tt , N ational A ccounts Manager Mark Thome, Western Sales Mana ger Ron Davidson, lVestern Sales Man ager T ho mas R. Gonter, Western Sa les Mana ger Mark Mitchell. Eastern A ccou nts Mana ger G reg Mitchell , Eastern Sales Manager Curt is Campbell , Eastern Sales Manager Joan Bell, West ern Ad Coo rdinator Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Dealer Sales Alle n Dennison , Dealer R epr esentative Mark eting &: Promot ion Mark T hom e, Manager Accounting/Data Processin g Don na Bryan -Diamond. A ! R Coo rdinator Ge neva Repass, Assistant H erl an e Lew is, Credit Service and Support Ch ris Ai tcheson , H eadquarters R ecept ion ist Leo na rd H erring, Servi ce and Support Eastern Office 4190 First Ave., T ucker, GA, 30084; mail in g address P.O. Box 805. T ucker, GA 30085-0805. (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycle News (USPS 141·340) is published weekly except the last two weeks 01 the calendar year lor $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806. Second class postage paid at Long Beach. CA. Canada Post International Publication s Mail #54.6615. POSTMASTER, Send addresschanges to CycleN

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