Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v ICES 0 INSIDE Vive la France! FEATURES ....... 0') 0') ....... INTERVIEW MOTOCROSS Matiasevich, Cooper star at Troy 6 Thorpe backon top at 500cc GP 18 Dirt tracker Larry Pegram Road racer Doug Polen 22 24 DIRT TRACK DEPARTMENTS j ones' day at Oklahoma City Half Mile 10 EDITOR'SMEGAPHONE \i LOCAL RACING 26 CALENDAR 36 WANT A DS 42 RESULTS 54 ROAD RACE Rainey tops Doohan at Paul Ricard French GP 14 HARESCRAMBLI.S Summers blasts 10 Lead Belt National win 20 ON THEFRONT PAGE: R onn ie J ones was bo th the p ro m o ter and a racer at th e Oklahoma Ci ty H a lf Mile. He scored the popu lar hometown win in from o f over 10,000 spectators. For ra ce co verage, see page 10. Photo by Mitch Freidman. For the first ti me in hi story and fo r a rea lly unique evening, the Par e des Princes (in Paris, Fran ce) will, o n Sa turday. September 7, be holding a n interna tional supercross mo torcycl e event. I a m delighted by th e fact th at this fantastic spo rt ing event a nd this new internatio nal co m pe ti tio n will stre ngth en th e vocal io n o f Paris as the leading Europe cap ita l for spo rt. an Foll owing th e tremendous success o f th e su percross a t th e Palais Omnisports de Paris-Berry , I welcome this .new cha llenge set by th e organizers to tran sform th e Pa r isia n temple of football and rugby, the Pa re d es Pri nces, into a motocross trac k. Th e prese nce o f a ll t he Wo rl d Champions, especially the Ame rica ns , the big specialis ts in th is sport , an d our Frenc h cha mpio n , j ean -Michel Bayle, 1991 U.S. Supercross Cham pio n , wi ll defi ni te ly co ntr ib u te towards the success of this spectacu lar event. The Parisian spec tators will, I a m sure, through thei r traditional enth usias m a nd sportsmanship, give a warm welcome to all th ese gr eat cha m p ions. I would personall y lik e to off er enco u ra gement to th e co m petito rs and hea rty congra tu la tio ns to th e team in charge o f th e organization , J acques Chirac The Ma yor of Paris Pa ris . France America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XX VIII Mich ael Kli n ge r, Publish", Caroline Ge ndry, Execu tive Secretary to the Pu blish er Editorial Jack Ma ngu s A ssociate Publisher t Edit or Kit Pal mer . Associate Ed itor Pa u l Ca rru thers , A ssocia t~ Editor Na te Ra ub a. Associa t~ Editor Ken Fa ught, A"i'UJnl Editor Do n n Maeda . A ssistan t Ed itor Edwina Mang us. Calendar Editor Graphics an d Production Ree J ohnso n. Prod uction Su pervisor Mand y Loo. Production I anager U Den ni s Green e. Lab . T ech. Stacey Guest, Grap hi c Art ist Amy H arris, Gra p hic A rti't Ca ro lyn Bran ham, T y p est!ltt!T Circulatio n Rh eba Smi th , M ana ger Sarah T a ylor, Bill in g Coordinato r Alma An guiano , Processing Coo rdinato r Gabriell e G illia m . Processin g Assistant Debbie Weller , DMI" Coo rd inato r \\o'ant Ads Linda Von de Veld. IVant A d ales National H eadq ua rters 220I Cherry Ave.. Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498. Long Beach . CA 90801-0498 (2 13) 427·7433 ; 213/636-8844. . FAX (213) 427-6685 Advtrti~ing Terry P rat t, Na tio na l Acco u nts " tanager Mar k Thorn e. li't slern Sale s i\1anagn Ron Da vid son. W estern Sal es Manager Thomas R. Gomer, n'eslnn Soles Manager Ma rk Mit ch ell , Eastern A ccou nt s Mana gn G reg Mitchell , Eastern Sal es Mana g" R ick Mathen y. Eastern Sa les Mana ger J oan Bell: IVestern Ad Co ord in ator Carla Borden Allen, Eastm . Ad Coordinato r Deal er Sa les S teve Gotoski , Dealer R ep resent ative Marketing &: Promotion Mark Thome, Man ag'" Acco unting/ Data P rocessing Donna Bryan -Diamond, A / R Coo rdin ato r Gen eva Repass. Assistant H erl an e Le wis. Credit Service a n d Su pport Chris Aitcheson, H eadquarters R eceptio n ist Leo na rd Herring. Serv ice and Su p po rt Eas tern Office 4190 First Av e., T uc ker, GA, 30084; mailing address P.O . Box 805. T ucker. GA 3008>-0805. (401) 934-7850. FAX (401) 931-3112 Cycle News (USPS 141·340) is published weekly except the last two weeks of th ecalendar year lor $50.00 per year by Cyd e News, Inc.. 2201 Ch erry Avenue, Lon g Beach , CA 90806. Second dass postage pai d at Long Beach, CA. Canada Post Internation al Publications Mail .546615. POST:IIASTER: Send address changes 10 Cycle :-iews. P.O. Box 498, Long 1l.ws, lnc. 1991. Trad.;"'rk Cyde s ews r

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