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---------- v 0ICES INSIDE Getting started FEATURES SUPERCROSS Stanton wins M eadowlands thriller 6 DIRT TRACK Another San Jose M ile victory for Parker 10 ROADRACE Doohan dominates in Spain . ... 14 CROSS COUNTRY Hough hot at WinterPlace GNCC 18 OFF ROAD Roeseler wins another Virginia City GP 20 DRAG RACING Schultz swift in Houston 22 MOTOCROSS Malin makes his mark , in France 24 DEPARTM ENTS NEW PRODUCTS LOCAL RACiNG CALENDAR W ANT ADS RESULTS 21,23 26 36 42 54 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Michael Dooh a n stood atop the rostrum and the World Championship 500cc R oad R a ce Series point standings after w inning the Spanish Grand P rix at Jerez. Coverage begins on page 14. Photo b y H enny Ray Abrams. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Michael Klinger. Publisher Caroline Gendry, Execut ive SeCTetary to th e Pub lisher Editorial Jack Mangus, Associate Pu blisher! Edi tor Kit Palmer. Associa te Edi tor Paul Carruthers, Associate Editor Nate Raub a, Associate Editor Ken Faught, Assis tant Editor Donn Maeda. Assistant Editor Edwina Mangus. Calendar Editor Graphics and Production ReeJohnson, Production Su peruisor Mandy Loo. Production Manag"" Dennis Greene, Lab. Tec h. Stacey Guest, Grap hic A rtist Amy Harris. Graphic Art ist Carolyn Branham, Typesetter Advertising Terry Pratt, N ational Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Western Sales M'anageT Ro n Davidson , Western Sales Manager T homas R. Comer, Western Sales Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager Joa n Bell, Western Ad Coordinator Carla BordenAllen, East""n Ad Coordinator DealerSales Alle n Dennison, Dealer R epresentative Marketi ng Ie P romotion Mark Thome, Mana g"" Circulation Rheba Smith, Manag"" Sarah Taylor, Bill in g Coordinator Alma Anguiano. 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Although expert sta tus is a ways off, very good progress was m ad e. T h is is an excellent p rogram a n d I am loo kin g fo rward to seeing Phil an d the H onda truck pull in for o ur Six Da ys event in August. Ray Lasich Public Relations Officer Cycle C onservatio n Club of Michigan Jackson, MI Vote! Cycle N ews did an excell ent jo b in a lertin g readers a bo ut the Apri l 9 primary elect ion for the L os Angeles Community College Distr ict Board. Ken n y Washington is the candidate be ing en do rsed by T rustees Pat O wens a nd Hal Garvin. St udent T rustee J oe R u dyn ski is also en dorsing Kenny. Washington is in favor o f su pporting the motorcycle repa ir pro gram at L os Angeles Trade-Tech n ica l College and expanding vocational- tec h nical ed u. ca tio n throughout the n ine co llege d istri ct. There are 41 citi es with elig ib le voter s in the grea ter Los Angeles area. Voter turnout is predi cted to be less than 10%, so please co nsider Kenny Washington o n T uesda y, J une 4. Fo r information, ca ll m e at 213/ 225- 1687 or 891-2044. P atrick F. Owens Member of the Board Los Angeles Community Colleges Los Angeles, CA Viva Espana! Having j us t r eturn ed from t h e "Way ne in Spain" TravelCraft tour, so me words o f thanks an d appreciation are in order. Randy a n d Suka Warren of TravelCraft pl anned an excellent trip. Special thanks to Kenny Ro berts and his team for getting us into the paddock area, a nd to Kenny, Wa yn e an d Shae Rainey, Eddie Lawson , Doug Chandl er a nd his famil y, an d M ick Doohan for m aking us feel so welcome. T he racing in all four classes a t the Spanish G P was o u tstanding, bu t the America ns were the best! R epsol; and [ea n-Phill ip e Ruggia's 500cc GP efforl that is back ed by Sana ut a, France's Yamaha distributor. A total ban - on tobacco com p any advertisi ng is of great concern to not on ly m otorsports, but to many ot her spo rts, and efforts to bring such a ban about are not restricted to European coun tries as th ey have surfaced in this coun try as we ll. Some politicians are calli ng for a com p lete ban of both tob acco and alcohol advert ising in the spor ts field. The loss of th e eno rmo us am ount of funds in jected in to motorsports by toba cco com panies would definitely be difficu lt to swallow, but lif e in the fast lane would go on . . . Editor. Sleaziest of stories Yo ur recen t story, "Gra ha m arrested, fired ," has to rank among the sleaz ies t o f stories ever written in Cycle News. I was unawarethat Cycle News had gone to a National Enquir er-style pub lication. Befo re passing j u dgement o n R icky, o ne m us t remember that California has th e strictest of laws regard i ng alcoho l u se w hile driving. J u st by drinki ng one beer, being tested immed ia tel y afterward, ca n p u t so me people over th e lega l lim it . I don' t co n do ne drinkin g a nd driving, but let all the facts be kn o wn before making headlin es o ut of a for mer G rand Na ti onal Champion . I have been a friend a nd fan of R icky Graham for over 12 years. Du ring tha t time R icky h as gaine d my respe ct bo th on a nd off th e track. In these days of shrinking rider en tr ies at th e Camel Pro events, bad press is the last th ing th e sport needs. Let's hope Ri cky gets his problem cleared up a nd ge ts his rid e back . He truly is one o f the great racer s o f.o ur time. Den n is Camp P aso Robles, CA Graham 's absence at the Pom ona Half M ile was news. A nd th e reason beh ind his absence was news. Please don 't co n f use rep ort ing th e n ew s with fabricating news. We'r e pl eased to repo rt that Graham and ESP are back together. See ou r cov erage of th e San Jose Mi le in Ihis issue . . . Editor. Call for safer tracks This morning I h eard tha t the European co untries are considering bann ing a ll tobacco a d verti s i n g, including logos d isplayed in re lation to ra cing spon so rsh ip . Are there any G P ro ad ra cing teams that are not sp on sored b y tobacco co m p a n ies? What wou ld happen if this goes into effec t? I wou ld be interested in hearing th e racing comm u n ity' s opinion. Has anyone noticed that a lmost all of the to p U .S. riders have had to re tire from raci ng due to inj uries ca used by supercross-type j u m ps? (Top ride rs like) Donnie H ansen , Danny " Magoo" Chandl er , D a v id Bai ley , J ohnny O 'Mara, R ick Joh nson. And no w Jef f Stanton wipes o ut his shou lder by landing o n th e' face o f a double jump. And don 't fo rget th e n u mero us wrist and ankle in jur ies J eff Ward has suffered d ue to casing it o n double jumps, It seems ironic that supercross has he lped American ri ders devel o p the skills need ed to make them the best in the world, bu t now it is forcing the m into early retiremen t. No wonder the Europeans are beating us - we do n't h ave many top riders left! Ma ke supercro ss safe! Dave Vockins New to wn, C T J ohn Bush C u lve r C ity. CA Yes, th ere are GP road racin g teams that do not rely on toba cco com pany spo nso rship; for examp le, th e Cagiva 50 0cc G P team headed by Eddie L awson; Carlos Cardus's 250cc GP team that is sp onsored by Repso l, Sp ain's largest com p any; Si to Pons's 500cc GP team that is sponsored by Cam p sa, th e gaso line d iv ision of Le tters to the edit or sho uld be sent to: Voices . Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Lon g Beach , CA 90801-0 498. Published letters do no t necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters shoutd not exceed 200 words and all letters are su bject to editing. Anonymous letters will not be published. Alan W illiams Victorville, CA Tobacco advertising ban