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VOlCES Letters to the editor INSIDE Racer in need FEATURES INTERVIEW ROAD RACE Motocrossers Tallon and Tyson Vohland Schwantz edges Rainey at German GP 6 Gayner captures Shannonville WERA Pro Series victory 14 MOTOCROSS Schmit injured; Everts on top at Hungarian GP : . 10 ENDURO Hatch, Cunningham master McArthur National Reliability . . . .. 12 18 FIM President los P. Vaessen 20 DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'SMEGAPHONE NEW PRODUCTS LOCAL EVENTS CJlLENDAR • •WANT ADS RFSULTS !7 23 24 3! 36 50 A situation has occurred that none of us li kes to face nor th ink about in our sport. A fellow racer and friend. Scottie Adams. has sustained inj uries that he needs help in overco mi ng. H e not only needs our moral sup po rt . but our financial support to help h im gei . back to Okl ahoma Cit y and into a rehabilitation center. Without our financial assistance, Scottie may have difficulty getting admitted int o a rehab center. We kn ow that often our intentions are good. but we do not follow through. We are as guilty as anyone. Please take the tim e and effort to help a fell ow racer and friend. A trust fund has been set up and donations can be sent to: Scott Adams Benefit Fund. cI o Central Bank, P.O. Box 656. Oklahoma Cit y. OK 73101, Attn: Linda Suggs. Sarah Irhy Johnny Goad Blackstone, VA ON THE FRONT PAGE: Kevin Sch wantz scored h is second Grand Prix win of th e year after a thrilling battle with Wayn e R ainey in Germany. See p age 6 for race coverage. Photo courtesy of Solo Moto . America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Mi chael Klinger. Publisher Caroline Cendry , Exec utive Secretary to th e Publisher Editorial jack Mangus. Associate Publishert Ed itor Kit Pa lm er . Associate Edit or Paul Carruthers. Associate Editor Nate Rauba , Associate Ed itor Ken Faught. Assistant Ed itor Donn Maeda. Assistant Ed itor Edwina Mangus. Calen dar Edit or G rap hics an d Production Ree j ohnso n . Production Superv isor Man dy Loa. Produ ction Manag er Dennis Greene. La b. 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Unso licited materia l wh ich is not u sed wil l be returned if acco m pa n ied by a sell ad dressed sta m ped envelope, All unsoli cited mat eri al will be ha ndled with reason able care. however , . Cycle News ass umes no responsibi lity for the safety. loss or damage to such materi al. Reprintin g in wh o le or part o nly by per m ission of the publisher. Advert isin g re lics and circula tio n information wi ll be sen t upon request. See S.R.D.S. VOl/BOA V r" AUD ITED Dirt track racer Adams was seriously injured uihile competing in a pav~d oval race at Langley Speedway in Hampton , Virginia, on May 15. The injuries sustained include d a [ractured uertebra, a crushed vertebra and a broken wrist. H~ has lost all [eeling and movement below his waist and has limited mobility in his arms. Surgery was periormed on May 20 to [use the uertebrae. H is fam ily has asked us to thank every on~ w ho either stopped. fry the hospital, phoned or sent cards. and to relay a special thank ' you to L ee McA nally who stuck fry Scottie in the fi rst [eur da ys f o ll ow in g his accident . . . Editor. Godspeed, Mike On May 18, Mike Krolick of COsta Terry Statum Costa Mesa, CA Measured up The coverage of the Four-Stroke World Champion ship in the June 5 issue may give your readers a wrong . impression. Ty Davis did not beat Goat Breker in the rr on a "specially built ATK 560cc bike." The ATK Ty Davis won on had a 500cc Rotax motor. The Goat Breker Suzuki wasn't 35Occ. it was in excess of 44Occ. Davis and Erik Kehoe rode the ATK 500s on Sunday and they came in first and second in both motos. After Sunday's race, Chris Haines complained about ATK 's performance and insisted that both bikes be torn down. ATK immediately tore them down and both engines were ' well under the 500cc Iimit, Kenneth R. Wilkes President, ATK Motorcycles City of Commerce, CA UtItt5 10 the editor should be sml 10: Voices, Cycle N~s, P.O. 10,. 498, Long Brach, CA 9080 1-0498. PubWhed letltt5 do nol nrcesaar· i1y reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should nor txceed 200 words and all letters are subject 10 editing. INTHE W ByPap_ W_eal-L-ey IND a _ Continu~d from pag« 3 Series. Tuf is currently negotiating backing with another top-name MXer for th e 500cc Nationals. How good were both 250cc National MX mOlOS at th e May 26 High Point 125/250cc National Championship MX in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania? Good enough that promoter Dave Coombs paid overall winner Jeff Stanton and runner-up Damon Bradshaw an extra $1000 for providing the estimated 15.000 spectators wi th an exceptional show. Coombs also ga ve Stanton's mechanic, Dan Betley. a $500 bonus. Motocrosser Jeremy McGrath, the Peak Antifreeze/ Pro Circui t Honda rider who brok e his lower leg and sepa ra ted hi s left sho ul der when he crashed in the secon d 125cc National moto at Mt. Morr is. will likely return to action at the fina l round of th e Camel Supercross Series on june 22 in Los Angeles, California. " 1£ we do our homework fi ght. he'll be ab le to .make th e last supercross," said personal tra iner j eff Spencer. ' " It 's possibl e he could be ready for the San j ose Supercross." The San j ose, California , Supercross tak es pl ace june 15. McGra th is currently on top of th e 125cc Western Region al Supercross Series poi nts standi ngs, where he leads team mate Steve Lamson by 58 po in ts with three rounds remaini ng. CIRCULATION Capyrighl8 Cyelt Ntws. Inc. 1991. T..demarkCyele Ntws rtgisleml U.s. Potan Office. All righlS reserved. Mesa. Cal ifornia. was killed in a high fall accident. Mike was a regular winner at Sears Point, Laguna Seca, Riverside. Ontario. Willow Springs and Las Vegas. He was a lways a very fast and dean racer and if he had the expe rt equipment he deserved. (he) no doubt would have been slidi ng a 500 around Europe. All of us who kn ew Mike will really. reall y miss him. bu t will never,' ever forget him. He was a blas t, CORRECTION: Last week we incor. rectly reported that the WERA F-2 series would be run under a two-race format beginning with the Seattle. Washington. round on June 22-23. However. it is the F-USA portion of the WERA Pro Series that will be run in a two-race format. not the F-2 series. OMITTED: Photo credit for Mitch . Friedman, who shot the pies that accompanied our repon on the May 18 San jose 600 National rr. Sorry, Mitch. BORN: Daniel Glenn Meagher. son of Michael Meagher. the president of the Washington Motorcycle Road Racing Association, and j ane Steel, in Seattle, Wash ington, May 26. STOLEN: john and Sophie Arnold's, blue 1985 Honda GLI200 Interstate, license p late number 9Y2895. The Goldwin g was sto len in Geo rgetown, California, and the Arn olds are offerin g a $100 or more reward for the return of their motorcycle. If you ha ve any information, call 916/722-5312. STOLEN: Two 1991 Yama ha YZS from Burban k Yama ha, May 30. The 125's frame number is jYA3XjWOXMA009449. a n d th e 250 's frame number is jYA3XKW04MA00929I. If you have an y information, call 818/ 845-8738. BORN: Nicholas Ryan Brown, son of Yamah a of Go leta 's Peter and Alisa Brown. in Santa Barbara , California, on March 19. Papa trusts tendi ng to the baby's needs delayed our ·being notified of the birth.