Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Bell defense FEATURES ROAD RACE The Human Race Team outlasts Charlotte Endurance MOTOCROSS Unadilla U.S. 250ccGP to Stanton - againl 6 Geukins prevails at British 500cc GP 14 HALF MILE 18 INTERVIEW 'National EnduroSeries pointsleaderJeff Russell ~ .20 NEWBIKI.S Pegram surprise winner at Hagerstown 1992 Suzuki RM MXers 22 10 HILLCUMB Anderson king of the mountain at Pikes Peak 16 DEPARTMENTS LOCAL RACING CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS 24 32 38 50 ON THE FRONT PAGE: (Top) Am eri can J eff Stanton topped the world for th e seco n d year in a row at the U.S. 250cc MX GP at th e Unadilla Valley Sports Center in New York. See page 6. Photo by T om Strattrnan. (Bo ttom) Larry Pegram took a victory lap with tuner Dan Merrick after scoring his first-ever Camel Pro Na tional win at th e H agerstown H alf Mil e. See page 10. Photo by Henny Ray Abrams. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Michael Klinger , Publis h" Caro line Gendry. Exe cu tiv e Secretary to the Publ isher Editorial Ja ck Man gu s, Asso ciate Publish er! Ed ito r Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Paul Carruth ers, Associate Editor Nat e Ra uba . Associat e Editor Ken Fau ght, Assistant Editor Donn Maeda . Assistant Edito r Edwina Man gu s, Calen dar Edi to r G rap h ics and Production Ree Jo hnson , Produ ctio n Su perviso r Mandy Loo , Production Manager Dennis Gree ne, L ab. T ech. Sta cey G uest, Graphic Artist Amy Harr is, G rap hic Ar tist Carolyn Bran ha m, T vpesetter Circulation Rheba Sm ith , Manag" Sara h Taylor , Bill ing Coo rdin ator Alm a Ang uiano. Processin g Coordi nato r Gabrielle Gi lliam, Processin g Assistan t Debbie Weller, Deal" Coo rdinator Want Ads Li nda Vo n de Veld, Want Ad Sales National Headquarters 220I Cherry Ave.. Long Be ach, CA90806, P.O. Box498, Long Be ach. CA 90801,0498 (213) 427-7433 ; 213/ 636-8844. 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Trademark Cycle New' regis'md U.s. Patent Office. All rights reserved. Lima musing In the Voices section of the July 10 issue, G. Buleca criticizes the move of Bell H elme ts ma n u fac turi ng to ano ther coun try while at the same time ind icating his knowledge tha t th e bikes he rides on and mos t of the related eq u ip me nt an d clothing is foreign in origin. He calls th is move by Bell motivat ed by sou lless greed. T hat's not true; Bell is attem p ting to ma ke a pro fit in the best way possible. Buleca, unless he is independently wealthy, has the best job he can find, with the pay being a large factor in tha t job selection. For enough money, he will change jobs and locations. Does he expect Bell to do less? If he is independently wealthy, has he offered to sub sidize Bell to keep them in the U.S.? Bul eca might consider not using an y helmet at all , just wrapping hi s head with Ameri can-made toil et paper in case there is ever any leakage. F. Paul Russel l, Jr. Inglewood, CA Peak ind ividual I would lik e to publicly thank Ron Wood for fielding the Wood-Rotax team that I was proud to be a part of at th e July 4 Pik es Peak Hillclimb. Ron Wood is a very professional person and we sho u ld be appreciative of h is i nvol veme nt i n o u r spor t. Thanks , Ron , fo r gi vi n g me th e op portun ity to ride the new twin-cam , twin -carb Wood-Rotax. And thanks to all the others wh o hel ped, including my son Rick , who I hope had as goo d a time a t Pikes Peak as I did. Eddie Mulder Canyon Country, CA Coverage of th e Pikes Peak H ill climb can be f o u n d elsew he re in th is issu e . , , Editor. I am writing to express my gratitude to Na tio nal #92, Rodney Farr is, for his generosi ty af ter the Li ma H alf Mile Na tio nal. As a dirt track fan of over 20 years , my firs t favorite race r was Gary Nixo n, and now I take not ice of hi s prot ege, Farr is. I always admired the Bell helm et with th e di stinctive star paint job that th ey both wear and I stopped by after the race to talk with Rodney about it. H e was very receptive and by the time I left he had given me several souvenirs, including the helmet he wore to a hard-fought fourth place finish in the National. In that I'm helmet shopping, you can bet that I'm going to su pport Bell m and the companies " at support dirt tra ck racing and fin e young privateers like Rodney Farris. On another subject, the ESPN coverage with Dave Despain is as good as it gets. But Larry Maiers needs some work as the Lima race announcer. Harley vs. Japan pandering is wearing th in , as the spo rt needs a wide variety of fans to prosper. Also, the juvenile play on Steve Morehead's family name isn't funny and never was. Steve has put more into the sport than about any rid er you can mention and he deserves much bette r. Finally , I wish promoters would bo rrow a page from major leagu e baseball and halt beer sales after a certain point, say th e end of main event qualifyin g. I'd like to bring my kids someday. . Roger A. Falasco Bedford, OU. Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach , CA 90801-0498. Published letters do not necessarily renee. th e position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters shou ld not exceed 200 word. and all lett ers are su bject to ed iting. IN THE WIND ByPap_a _eal......t.W ey Contin ued from page 3 ch ildhood. As a youngster, she travel ed th e dirt track circuit with her g ra n d fa t he r, n oted tun er Sh ell Thuet , She th en traveled the internat ional road racing circ u i t with former husband Steve McLaughlin, and lat er perf ormed public relations work for su pe rcross pi oneer Mike Goodwin. Ch arles Morey, ed ito ria l di rect or o fDirt Rid er magaz in e , sha red Mel issa 's life for the past severa l yea rs and he has invited her friends to join him in a spe cial day of rem emberan ce on July 21 a t th eir hom e i n Si gnal Hill , Cal ifornia. Morey ca n be reach ed a t 2 13/597 -0582 for more information. Don' t for get , tape-dela yed televi sion coverage of th e Ju ly 14 U.S. 250cc MX GP a t U na dilla is sche dul ed to air August 10 o n ESP N. Be su re to che ck your local listings. OPENED: Stinger Engines, a fourstro ke an d two -stroke engine rep airl modificatio n shop th at w ill a lso perform shock reconditioning. Managed by dirt trac k racer All on McBee, the shop is locat ed a t 16840 J ol een Way G-I, Morgan H ill , CA 95037, 4081776-7702, Donn Maeda, the assista nt editor of thi s p ublication, had hi s appendix removed on Thursda y, July I I. "I feel _ like som eon e hit me in the stomach ," Maeda said after the operation. Papa reminded him that such a feeling was better th an wh at he normally feels the morn in g after he highsides in a motocross. " I won't have to worry abo u t that. The doctors tell, me I sh ouldn't race for three or four weeks ," Maeda said. S T OLEN: A 1991 Kawasaki ZX-7R from David Felser in Marina Dei Rey, California, overn ight between July 3 and 4. The bik e's serial number is JKAZXDKI5MA000649 , and its engine number is ZX750JE001783. If you have any information that co uld lead to the bike's recovery, cal1 Felser at (office) 213/282 -2726 or (ho me) 213/827- 5544. CORRECTION : Our coverage of the AMA/CCS end ura nce race a t New H ampshire International Speedway listed th e riders for n inth pl ace finishin g Northstar GTU as Mike Moores an d Scott Ruehle. Scott Zampach ac tua lly team ed with Moores on Northstar 's Yamaha; Ru eh le is the team owner. CORRECTION: While the resu lts tha t ran wi th o ur coverage of the J une 26-30 Mammot h Mountain MX correctly ident ified Jon Raymond as th e win ner of th e 80cc Junior class , the copy inco rrec tly sta ted th at Sha u n Peroli o won th e final mot o. Raymond won the fin al.

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