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Cycle News 1991 09 11

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v 0ICES INSIDE Letters to the editor First class weekend .FEATURES DIRT TRACK Parker scoresat Springfield Mile, closespoints gap 8 MOTOCROSS SPEEDWAY Ermolenko endures pain at German semi-final 24 CROSS COUNTRY Wardswide open at Washougal ..... 12 ROAD RACE Rainey runs 'em over at Czech GP . .. • . . . . ... . . .. . . . .. 16 Polen jams at Japanese round of World Superbike Championship 20 Peterson pounds Pocono 22 Plessinger blasts to Buckeye National win DEPARTMENTS LOCAL RACING CALENDAR RESULTS WANT ADS 26 28 .41 .40,58 .46 I'm writing regarding the recent AMA Supercycl e weekend at MidOhio. First , I'd like to co m m end the Mid-Ohio staff for taking pride in maintaining a first class operation from Avto-Z, The spectator viewing areas are not only phenomenal, but exceptionally clea n as well. How many tracks are virtually litter-free? Even the paddocks are great; it was the highlight of my weekend talking to riders and crew s and watching the pit row activities. Speaking of riders brings up my second point - seeing, talking to , getting his autograph, and having my picture taken with Freddie Spencer. He's as exciting now as he was in Daytona on his CB900F. I can only hope yo u see this, Freddie. Good luck and keep up the spirit. You're first class in my book. Tom Fitkin Toledo,OH ( ON THE FRONT PAGE: Way'ne Rainey won his sixth 500cc Grand Prix of the season in Czechoslovakia as he closes in on his second World Championship. Photo by Henny Ray Abrams. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Michael Klinger, Pu blisher Caroline Gendry, Execut ive Secretary to th e Publisher Editorial Jack Mangus, Associate Pu blish er!Edito r Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Paul Ca rruthe rs, Associate Edito r Nate Rauba , Associate Editor Ken Faught, Assistan t Editor Do n n Maeda, Assistan t Edi tor Edwina Mangus, Calenda r Edito r Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, Produ ction Supervisor Mandy. Loo , Produ ction Manage': Dennis Greene, Lab. T ech. Stacey Guest, Grap hic Art ist Amy Harris, Graph ic Artist Carolyn Branham, Typesetter Circulation Rheba Smith, Mana ger Sarah Taylor, Billing Coord inat or Alma Anguiano, Processing Coord inat or Gabrielle Gilliam', Processin g Assistant Debbie Weller, Dealer Coordinator Advertising T erry Pratt, Na tional Accounts Manager Mark Thome. W eslern Sa les M an ag er Ro n Davidson, Western Sales Manager Tho mas R. Go nter, lVeslern Sa les Manager Mark Mitch ell. Eastern Accounts Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager RicktMatheny, Eastern Sales Manager Joan Bell, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Dealer Sales Steve Gotoski, Dealer R epresenta tive Marketing &: Promotion Mark Thome, Manager Accounting/Data Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, A I R Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, Want Ads ' Linda Von de Veld, Want Ad Sales Leonard Herring, Service and Suppo rt National Headquarters Eastern Office 2201 Cherry Ave.. Long Beach. CA 90806 , P.O. Box 498, Lo n g Beach , CA 90801-0498 4190 First Ave.. Tucker, GA , 30084; mailing address P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. (213) 427-7433; 213/636-8844. FAX(213) 427-6685 Headquarters Re cept ionist (404) 934-7850. FAX(404) 934-311 2 Cycle News (USPS 141-340) is published 'weekly exc the last two weeks of the calendar year ept for $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806. Second classpostage paid at Long Beach, CA Canada Post International P~blica tions Mail #546615. . POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Loog Beach, CA 90801-0498. Godspeed, Dorothy On August 22, the motorcycle community lost a very dear friend and hard worker, Dorothy Miles. I first met Dorothy 20-plus years ago through her husband Stan, the publisher and editor of Cycling East, a Maryland-based motorcycle newspaper. Every Sunday you could find Dorothy at a local motocross cheering her sons on as well as the rest of her kids (every other co m p eti to r). Her enth usia sm was unbounded, her wit unmatch ed , and h er straight forward ness would alway s catch yo u off guard. When yo u saw Dorothy, you knew that sh e ge n u inely Joved everyon e she met. H er involvement in th e sport got a lot deeper when in 1974 th e AMA Di strict 7 offi ce moved into her ba semen t. From that point on, Dorothy was involved full time in all the rider registration and general administration of th e District. It wa s hard to a p p reciate th e effort that went into those tasks unless you were there. At a time when most women her age would have thought of slowing down a n d enjoying life and family, she exp an ded her family to 2000 motorcycle racers and took on all the worries and woes that go with that. Two yea rs back, Dorothy and Stan received the Dud Perkins Award from th e AMA for their dedication to the sport of motorcycling. There wasn't a more deserving pair. In an age where dedication is m easured in weeks and months, she measured it in decades. Few will ever know the real depth of that dedication and the lov e of the sport and its people. . Dorothy Miles was a real person in a world that needs a lot more real people. On behalf of every member of her exten ded family, and that group n umbers in the thousands, I want to say. " We love you, we will miss you, and may God be with you, Dorothy." Lee Abernathy Berthoud, CO To determine the expiration date of your subscription. check the four numbers on the first line of your address label. The first two digits indicate the last issue number you'll receive and the last two characters indicate the year of the last issue. Subscrip tio n ra tes: Rates for th e Un i ted Sta tes and its possession s for o ne year, (50 issues). $50.00; two years (100 issues), $95.00; six months, (25 issues), $26.00; trial sub (15 issues), $19.00. Canada and Foreign, one year (50 issues), $90.00; two years (1 00 issues), $175.00; six months (25 issues), $45.00; trial sub (15 issues), $38.00. Cycle News welco mes unsolicited editorial ma teria l in cluding stories, cartoons , phot os, etc. Such material, if published, becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Such accep ted mat eri al is subject to revi sion as is necessary in th e sal e dis cretio n o f Cycle News. Unsolicited material which is not used will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, however, Cycle News assu mes no responsibility for the safety, loss or damage to such materi al. Reprinting in whole or part only b y permission o f the publish er. Advertising ra tes and circulation information will be sent upon request, See S.R.D.S. W/Bn'A V rJ 4 AUDITED CIRCULATION Copyrigbt41 Cycle News,loc. 1991. Trademark Cycle News registered U.s. Patem Office. All rights reserved, And justice for all You h av e recentl y reported th e verdicts iri the case of th e U ni ted States vs. Ri chard L. Siern an, Barry Van Dyk e , P atri ck R. Martin , Wesl ey H olmes a nd Lowell Webb. Frankly, yo u r sca n t cov erage of the tri al and of the Barstow-to- Veg as Protest Trail R id e of 1990 deprived your readers of m any im port a nt facts revealed at trial and left unclear th e nature of the protest. First, District Judge Gary L. Taylor granted the defendants' motion for a pre-trial evidentiary hearing to support our cl aims that the BLM selectively prosecuted Mr. Sieman and the others and that th e BLM acted illegally and unconstitutionally in both its issuance and enforcement of its temporary closure order. This rarely permitted hearing allowed us to cross examine BLM California Desert District Manager G erald Hillier and BLM ranger Probert (author of the closure order) and produced th e following revelations: I. Mr. Hillier admittedly lied to Mr. Sieman on November 7: 1990, regarding the BLM's true intentions for its B-to- V protest crackdown, despite Mr. Siernan 's good ' faith disclosure that he and a small group would ride in protest on legal dirt roads paralleling 1-15. Hillier deceived Mr. Siernan prior to Hillier's public announcement of his temporary closure order, the gist of which he had already selectively reve aled to certain AMA District 37 leaders; 2. Mr . Hillier deliberately failed to disclose to his own staff that from 1979 through 1982, legal protest rides were approved in the Boulder Corridor and that Cycle News printed a map 's h o w i n g the approved route. Hillier admitted that no environmental harm ever occurred during these past protest rides and that his failure. to disclose eliminated legal protest as an alternative; . 3. Hillier and Probert admitted that no environmental harm occurred as a result of 1990's protest ride, which took pl ace entirely on op en areas a nd maintained dirt roads whi ch are n ormall y o pe n for public use year -rou n d; 4. Hillier ad m itte d that contrary to his sworn declaration a nd numerous sta teme nts to th e press, no torto i se burrow s we re ever " cr ushe d " in the Bvto-V race of 1989: further, he admitted that h e is aware o f no do cumented case of any tortoise killing by any motorcycle in the history of off-road events in the California desert; 5. Hillier testified that in December 1989, he telephoned Mr. Louis McKey and told him that th e BLM would not permit any more BvtoV races. . Hillier admitted that motorcycles and the race had nothing to do with tortoise problems and candidly told Mr . McKey that the real reason for cancelling the race was because of extreme pressure from " en vi ron men ta l" groups which strained the BLM's resources; 6. Hillier admitted that he violated the BLM 's own rules by hastily approving 1990's " Ba ttle to Victory" race held in Johnson Valley. This was done in collusion with AMA District 37 whose leaders were given special advance notice of the BLM's protest crac kdo w n: in fact, AMA District 37 leaders threaten ed club officers and memb ers with dismissal a n d expulsion sho u ld th ey enga ge in any protest activities in defiance of the BLM; 7. Probert ad m itted that the BLM ill eg all y accessed DMV records on Mr. Sieman prior to the protest and disseminated his COL (California driver 's license) photo at the BLM 's secre t " O p era tio n Roast Turkey" law en forcem ent briefing to fac ilitate hi s arrest ; 8. Hillier admitted that he relied upon a facially absurd document faxed to him by the Sierra Club - - - - - - Continued on page 45

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