Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

INSIDE Letiersto the editor Special people I would lik e to thank Rick Campbell of Double Cross Racing for taking the . time to help me when I was in a bind. At a Double Cross event in San Bernardino. California, on April 28, I dislocated my shoulder and was taken to the hospital and not released until 8 p.m. There was nobody at the races with me, but Rick and his Double Cross staff loaded my bik e and gear into my truck and Rick took it to h is home where I picked it up the following day. A special thanks to some special people. Dean Teague Riverside. CA ATTN: ISDE Intent riders The Trask Mountain Two-Day Trial has an entry problem. In an attempt to resolve it, we are asking for your help. Briefly, we lim ited the even t to 400 riders in 1991 after discussions concerning course co nsidera tions with those individuals who own or administrate the lands we use. The entry quickly filled . and we find ourselves with a number of Letter of Intent rid ers who need to ent er our event in order to qualify for the ISDE team going to Czechoslovakia. We have no numbers to give them , as th e Schedule I (Letter of Intent and Expert) slots are completely gone. So , what we are asking is that any Schedule I rider (again, either Letter of Intent or Expert) who has entered our event and discovers, for whatever reason , that he.or she is unable to ride. . please notify Carl Mendenhall at 5031 472-6567. We will refund their entry fee and thank them profusely. And some lucky rid er may get a cha nce to ride in Czechosl ovakia. Dennis Bershaw Secretary Trask Mountain M.C. McMinnville. OR Disappointed race fan On May 19, I went to th e San ta Clara Cou n ty Fairgro unds to watch the San J ose Mile. I left very upset, after a long day and a long trip, plus the expense of everythi ng involved (tra nsporta tion , tickets, parking, etc.). T he day was probably th e " stra w that broke th e camel 's back ," to coin a phrase. (Camel . as in Camel Pro.) They didn't even run the Junior main event, apparently stating that the tra ck was not safe. It really wasn 't safe to run the Experts either (they were the ones doing all the falling). Fair is fair. and if some of th e Juniors felt the track was da nger ous, they should have had the opportunity to race or not to race. Whoever makes th ese decisions should think of bein g fair to on e and all. The bottom line is all the Experts were once Juniors, and th ey had their days of glory. I will con tin ue to enj oy th e races. but full y inte nd to com p lai n if I co nt inue to see such unfairn ess. I'm tired of seeing the Junior riders treated differently from th e Experts. and I'm not a lone. Bev Hughes Stockton, CA Leiters to the editor should be sent to: Voices. Cycle Nn»!, P.O. Bo" 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. Published letters do not neeessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Leuers sho uld not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing. IN THE WIND ByPap_ W_ ey a eal--,-M.D. "T hunder" Klunder, president of Minneapolis, Minnesota-based AMRI Individual Sports Institute. will take his Wall of Death M otordrome to Sturgis, South Dakota, for the August 4-9 International Vintage Motorcycle Convention. "This will be on e of th e first appearances of the 'drome sin ce it was acquired and restored a year ago," Klunder said. Don Daniels. Mike Morrison, and a female rider who goes by th e name of " Sa mantha" will perform dail y in the 'drome at Sturgis. Klunder will also promote vinta ge half mile races at Sturgis. The Mo torcycle Industry Council reports tha t o n Ma y 15 th e U.S . Consumer Product Safety Commission (Cps q voted not to continue ' its Advan ce Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning ATVs. T hat vote and th ree related motions adopted by the com missioners ends the im minent threa t of ATV regu lation by the CPSc. However , the co mm issio ne rs also voted to con tinue mo ni toring in dustry performance under the consent decree with particul ar emp hasis on deal er com p liance regarding ag e req u ire ments. The commissioners' decision effectively removes the CPSC's sixyear-threat to ban ATVs. CORRECTION: In our covera ge of the May 4 SBS/Performance Machine WERA Nationa l Endura nce Series round at Ohio 's Nelson Ledges Road Course, we had Rod Kirian listed as one of the riders who too k the DAK _ Racing Suzuki GSXR I10 to a third place finish. Kirian owns the team and did not ride . In addition to Steve H eilman and T om Wilson. SCOll Seferian piloted th e bik e in the sixhour race. RESIGNED: Mike Cova, the AMA's South east Region Individual Member Trustee, from th e association's board of trustees after serving 15 months of a three-year term. Cova submi tted his resignation during th e board's May 4 meet in g in Memphis, T enn essee. According to the AMA, Cova sta ted that irreconcilabl e differ ences between h im and th e majority of th e board members were severely ham pering his productivity as a trus tee, a nd that th e AMA wou ld be better served by his resignation. The boa rd has the op tio n of ei the r fill in g th e vacan cy b y appointing ano ther represen ta tive of the Sou theast Regi on to serve th e remainder of Cova 's term, or simply leavin g th e position unfilled until th e' next election for that seat, which is scheduled for early 1993. SOLD /MOVED: Gu y Cooper's Competition Connection to Cooper's business pa rtner Steve Bayles. The new location is 71 2 E. 6th St., Unit D, in Stillwater, O klahoma. T he phone number is uncha nged ; 405/377 -2525. BORN: Twin boys, Simon and James. to photograp her David Dewh urst and his wife Anne on May 23 in Orange. California. FEATURES DIRT TRACK Grah am pulls off Springfield Mile win Carr aces San Jose IT .4 32 MOTOCROSS Stanton, Swink star at Mt. Morris 8 Davis thum ps to White Bros. Fou r Stroke Nationals wins 30 ROAD RACE Doohan dashes to Italian GP win TECHNICAL A look at the world's superbikes 20 INTERVIEW Daytona 200 winn er . Miguel DuHamel. 24 ENDURO Hatch hauls at Michigan T wo-day Reliability go 28 12 Team Suzuki Endurance tops WERA Endurance . . ~ DEPARTMENTS 34 PREVIEW AMA National Championship Road Race Series : 16 World Superbik e Championship Road Race Series 18 LOCAL RACING 36 CALENDAR 51 WANT ADS 57 RESULTS 70 ON THE FRONT PAGE: World Ch ampi on Raymond Roch e (3) lead s th e way as the World Champi onship Superbik e Series comes to America. Photo by Larry Lawrence. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Michael Kli nger. 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