Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v Lettersto the editor 0ICES INSIDE Rolling T hunder Show FEATURES M OTOCROSS ROAD RACE History-making ride by Bayle at Glen Helen U.S. 500ec MX GP 6 JapaneseGP wins to Stanton, Kiedrowski; Parker wins250cc title . . . . 22 Ferry flies to AMA Amateur National titles Raine)' masterful at San Marino GP 14 lIo'EW BIKES 1992 Suzuki street machines 26 18 28 NEWPRODUCTS 32 POINT STANDINGS 29 LOCAL RAONG Craig, McGrath top Carlsbad . Commo tion by the Ocean event. Gaddis, Graves, Vohland victorious in Wyoming DEPARTM ENTS 35 DIRT TRACK Scou Parker scores 21, n. 33 10 Hamburg 600ec National falls to Morehead CALENDA R WANT ADS .4\ record win at Indy Mile 24 RESULTS 58 46 ON THE FRONT PAGE: (Top) Sco tt Park er celebrates his record-breaking 41st National dirt track victor y, which came in th e Indy Mi le. Story beg in s on page 10. Ph oto by Bert Sh epa rd. (Middle) Winner J ea n-M ichel Bayle (67) lead s the charge o ff the lin e at the U.S. 500cc MX G P. Cove rage begin s on page 6. Ph o to by Ken Faught. (Bo ttom ) Wayne Rain ey won hi s fifth GP of th e season in San Marino. See page 14 for the complete story. Photo by Hen n y Ray Abrams. America's weekly motorcycle ne wspap er Pub lic thanks and co ngratu la tions are in o rder to H a rl ey-Da vidson , I nc. and Harley-Davidson C lo thes for th eir su p p o rt and sponsorsh ip o f th e curren t tel evisio n broadcasts o f the Camel P ro Series events. Hopefu lly. th rough th eir financial support, more peop le will be ex posed to (an d become pa trons of) what I st ill believe to be the m ost exci tin g of a ll sports. R.]. Reyn olds a nd Camel have been great for the sport for a long w hile, and with ex panded televisi on co verage (even if a t a ra the r late hour o n the East Coast), pe r haps o thers will believe sponsors hi p, be it th ro ugh ind ivid ua l eve nts, riders. televisi o n o r w ha tever would be a worthy en dea vor. Fina lly , th e co verage ES PN (especia lly Dave Despai n ) has gi ven the ra ces h as bee n exce llent. T h ey have done a goo d job cap tu rin g the essence o f the sport ; th e sp eed , th e sk ill required , a n d th e d a ngers in vo lved (w itho u t tr ying to ma ke it loo k like a crash festiva l). The interv iews have a lso added th e " pe rso nalities" to th e show w ithou t being bo ring. Now . if th ey can o n ly devel o p the technol o g y to have a " he lmet cam " to show what that first turn must look like after th e g reen drops and a we ll -placed m icro phone to p ick up th at un pa ralleled sound o f IS or mo re V-twins a t fu ll throttle. ma ybe Camel P ro will move up to " P rime T ime" o r ma ybe even become the true ." Sa turd a y N igh t Thunder. " Volu me XXVIII Dan Fi ye Spartanburg, SC Michael Klinger, Publish" Caroline Gendry. Ex ecutive Secretary to th e Publish" Ed itorial Jack Mangus. Associate Publisher / Editor Kit Pa lmer. Associau Editor Pa u l Carruthers, Associat e Editor Narc Ra u ha, Associate Editor Ken Faugh t. A ssis tant Ed it or Do n n Maeda, As sis tant Edit or Edwina Mangus. Calenda r Editor G ra p h ics and Production Rt.CJoh nso n. Production Supervisor ' Mandy Loa. Production Manager Den nis G reene . L ab. T ech. Stacey Guest. Graphi c Artist Amy Harris. G raphic Artist Carolyn Branham. T ypesetter C ircu lat io n Rheba Smith. Manager Sarah Taylor. Bill in g Coo rdinator Alma Anguiano. Processin g Coo rdinator Gabrielle Gi lliam . Processing Assistant Debbie Weller. Deal" Coordinator Wan. Ads Linda Von de Veld. Want Ad Sales Adve rtisin g T erry P ral l, Na tional A ccounts Alanager Mark Thome, l-VeSlt'Tn Sal es Man ager Ron Davidson, ~Veste m Sales Manager Thomas R. C enter. West n n Sales Manager Ma rk Mitche ll , Easte rn A ccou nts Mana ger G reg Mit chell , Eastern Sal es Manag er Rick Matheny. Eastern Sales Mana ger Joan Bell. 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T o n y McAndrew Bridgestone Tire Lake Arrowhead, C A J oe &: Ginger Elkins T erre Haute, IN Dirt track racer T im Mertens suffered a brok en th igh bon e in a March race. T he bone healed im pro perly and had to be rebrok en and repi nned several weeks ago . . . Ed itor. Ride free Last yea r, I ro de the Barstow-toVegas P ro test Ride. My p art ner Harold Aaeck a nd I were exerci sin g our First Amendment righ ts. A U .S. ci tizen has the right to p ro test a g ov ern m e n t ac tion th at th e y di sagree wi th a nd I di sa g reed stro ng ly w i th t h e B LM d enyin g th e Bvto- V race a n d ge tt in g in bed with the en viro n menta l is t whacko s, i.e, the Si erra C lub an d Ea rt h First. The ra th er sterile description (o f the recent tr ial ) yo u presented co m pe lled me to wri te a nd poi nt o u t a few fact s. H a rol d and I rode down the "ope n" utili ty road th at para llels I-I S, th e sa m e ro ute th a t R ick Sierna n, Pa t Marti n , Wes H olm es a n d Ba rry Van Dyke rode down. We pa ssed Wes o n th e road: he was arres ted. Further dow n (the road ) a BLM ra nger sto p pe d a nd asked, "Are yo u a da mned protestor?" We ea ch a ns we red, " No." We co ntin ue d to ward Baker . w here in a was h u nder th e freew av we sa w Lowell Webb. H e had been struc k wi th a- baton a nd bodyb lo cked o ff h is bike by h idd en rangers. th en hand cu ffed a nd arres ted. The sh ifty. bead y-eyed ranger asked us , " Protes tors?" Agai n we sa id . " N o." No arr est s o r cita tio ns for u s. T he so -ca lled tempo rary land closu re o n ly went in to effect af ter th e BLM was info rm ed th at a p rotest ri de wou ld tak e pl ace a t the sta rt o f th e histori c even t. We ca n have a protes t ride today or yesterday or nex t wee k ...:... n o closure. No BLM. I fin d it sad that o n ly riders w ith Sa hara Clu b or Phantom Du ck sh irts or symbols were a rrested a nd ta rge ted. . Well , co m e Sa turday after Than ksgivi ng, this overweigh t, 56-year-o ld grandmo ther w ill be o n m y 125 Suzuki , exerci sin g m y First' Am endment ri ght a nd defy ing th e mean -spiri ted gestapo ta cti cs o f t h e Bureau o f L and Management. Eastern Olliee 2201 au~'rry Ave., Lo ng Beach. CA 90806. P.O. Box 198. Long Beach. CA 90801-Q498 Send a letter to ESPN (935 Mi ddle St., Bristol CT 06010) and let th em know you're watching and lik e th e telecasts Pr o Se ries of t he Camel races . . . Editor. lo ve it when #53, Tim Mert ens , co mes from behind and gi ves the big boys a hell o f a ru n. P riva teers a re heroes to us; they have to get it tog ether for a good ride. In j u ries a re th e worst thing that can happen to a ny ride r, but we bel ieve Tim wi ll sta n d stronger when he returns . Get we ll soon, Ti m, a nd best w ishes for a speedy re turn. W/Bn'A AUDITED V r"1 CIRCULA TION Copyrigh,8 CycleNews. Inc.1 TrademarkCycle News registered U.s. Patent Offia . All rights reserved, 991. A Ithough we corrected our error in th e August 28 issue, we haven 't stopped hearing about it. Th e edito r w ho suffered brain fade has been answ erin g his p ho ne , " / k n ow . / kn ow Goodyear." ... Editor. Arlene Valdez Culver City, CA Let ters 10 th e editor sho u ld be sen t 10: Vo ices. Cycle Netos, P.O. Box 498. Long Beach. CA Out for th e year 90801 -0498. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position or Cycle News, Inc. Relax th is yea r. ta ke a vacation; what's o ne year out of a li fetim e? We lett ers are s u bject to editing. Le tters sh o u ld not exceed 200 words and all

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