Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Letters to the editor And the win ner is _.. FEATURES NEW B IKES We ridethe 1992 off-road and MX Husqvarnas 6 win at Peoria ROAD RACE Stevens tops DuHamel in Mid-Ohio National thriller Filicefaultless in 250 GP 14 Picotte topsTwins class 15 Plessinger outguns Summers at Thunder Ridge National 25 DElAllTMENTS LOCAL RACING . ... .. . . . •. . ••. . .26 CALENDAR 36 WANT ADS •.. . ... •. . . . •. .. •.... .42 RESULTS 54 MOTOCROSS Stanton wins, but Bayle's the champ at Southwick 16 HARE SCRAMBLES 10 12 Supersponwins to Russell, DuHamel 22 Firstlookat the 1992 Honda din bikes IT Carr scores fourth straight 18 ON THE FRONTPAGE: Northern Italy was the site of the un veiling of 1992 Cagiva-built H usqvarnas. Check ou t page 22 for a dose-up took and qu ick riding impressio ns of the complete lineup of .off-road an d MX Huskys. Photo by Karel Kramer/ Dirt Rider. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volu me XXVIII Michael Klin ger , Pu bl ish er Caroline Gendry, Exe cu tive Secretary to t he Publish" Editorial Jack Man gus , Associate Publisher ]Edi tor Kit Pa lmer , A ssociat~ Ed it or Paul Carruthers. Associate Edi tor Na if Ra uba . Associate Editor " Ken Faugh t. Assistant Editor Donn Maeda . Assistant Editor Ed wi na Mangus. Calen dar Edi to r Advenising Terry Prall. National A ccounts Manager Ma rk T home. Wt!stnn Sales ~fa n ager Ron Da vidso n. Wester" Sales Manager T homas R. Gan ter. Wes tern Sales Ma n ager Mark Mit ch ell, Eastern Accounts ManageT Greg Mitch ell . Eastern Sa les M an ager Ri ck Mathen y. Eastern S ales Mana ger J oan Bell , Western Ad Coordinato r Carla Borden AII. n. Eas/ern Ad Coordinator G ra p h icsan d Pr oducti on Ree J o hnson , Produ ct io n S u pe rvisor Ma nd y Loa. Production M anagt"T Dennis Green e, Lab. T ech . Stacey G uest. Graph ic Artisi Am y H arris, G rap h ic Artist Ca ro lyn Branham. T vpesetter Deal er Sal es Steve Gotoski , Dealer R ep resen tative Marketin g" Promoti on Mark Thome, Ma nager I am writing to inform those inte rested abo u t what really happened at th e recent National Championship Hare Scrambles in Su n Valley . Ida ho. There were two controversies that evolved: The first involved Ron Naylor not riding a section of the course, and the second invo lved my not shutting off m y engi ne in the p its while refueling. After talking to (the promoter ) Ron Dill on and Naylor, I' m conviced that Nay lor did not blatantly cut th e course. If he knew he was doing something wrong, then wh y did he admit to taking the line in q uestion? Naylor asked Dillon about th is section on Saturday. Dillon misunderstood Naylor or vice versa and Naylor left thinking it was okay to cut off th e particular section . After the start (of th e race) th ere were two riders in front of me. I passed them both in th e first few miles and physically too k the lead. At the end of the 30-m ile loop, my p it man told me to read the pitboard wh ile he was fuelin g my bi ke. I was disgusted when I read that I was in second place, o ne-min u te and 50 seconds down. I thought that I had gone aro und the course as fast as hu manly possible. In the midst of th e confusion, I forgot to sh ut off my engine both times when I stopped for fuel. I knew tha t I was supposed to shu t it off. but because it is not an AMA rule and because we don 't norinally have to do it, I just simply forgot, So, the .bottom line is that I was the fastest guy on th e marked course and Ron was the fastest guy on his course. He obviously had an advantage on the rest of the field. just as I did by no t killing my engine in the pits. So ho w mu ch time did I gain? An d how much time did he ga in? And what's the penal ty for th ese offenses? Unless we can answer these questions, nobody .will ever know who won the 10th and final Su n Valley Gran Pr ix. Scott Summers -Petersburg, KY Summers and Na ylor were declared cowi n ners of the event . . . Editor. Contrary to rumors . . . . Circu lation Rheba Sm it h, Ma nag" Sa ra h Taylo r, Billin g Coordinator Alm a Anguiano . Processing Coordinator Gabrielle Gilliam, Processing Assistant Debbie Well er. Dealer Coordinator Acco u n tin g/ Data Pr ocessin g Do n na Bryan-Diamond, A / R Coordinator Geneva Repa ss. Assistant Herlane Lewis. Cred it Service and Sup pon Chris Aitcheson. Hea dquarters Receptionist Leonard Herring, Service and S u p po rt Wan, Ads Li nda Von d. Veld, Want Ad S ales Natio nal H eadquanen Eastern Office 2201 Ch. rry Avo Long Beach . CA 90806 , .• P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 908O1.()498 4190 Fiist Ave.• Tucker. G A. SOO84; mailing address P. O. Box 805. T ucker. GA 30085-0805. (213) 427-7433 ; 213/ 636-8844. FAX (2 13) 427-6685 (404) 934-7850. 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