Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 'Lettersto the editor 0ICES INSIDE On the road to recovery FEATURES ROADRACE INTERVIEW 22 Dirt tracker Kevin Atherton Russell romps at Topeka\ Superbike National 8 Roche rails to Malaysian World Superbike win 14 Team Suzukitops Tennessee Endurance NEW B IKES 1992 KTM off-road lineup 24 Harley-Davidson debuts two new models in '92". 26 20 illLLCLIMB Kimball Bros. conquer Lamontee Impossible 16 RIDING IMPRESSION 1992 Honda C1250 18 DEPARTMENTS POINT STANDINGS LOCAL RACING CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS _ 26 27 33 .44 50 Scott Ru ssell leads the pack at Heartla nd Park T opeka en route to scoring his third Superbike Nationa l win of the season. For race coverage, see page 8. Photo by Werner Fritz. America's we ekly m o torcycle newspap er Volu me X X VIII Michael Klinger, Publisher Caroline Gendry, Ex ecutive Secretary to th e Publisher Jack Mangus, Associate Publisher ! Ed itor Kit Pa lm er , Associate Editor Pau l Ca rruthers , Associate Editor Nat e Rauba, Associate Editor Ken Faught. Assis ta" t Edito r Donn Maeda, Assistant Editor Ed wi na Man gu s, Calen dar Edi to r Graphics and Production Ree J ohnson , Production S upervisor Mandy Loo, Prod uction Mana ger Dennis Greene. Lab. T ech . Stacey Guest. Grap hic Art ist Amy Harris, Graphic A rtist Carolyn Branham. Typesetter : Circula tio n Rheba Smith, Manager Sarah Taylor. Bil ling Coordinator Alma An guia no. Processing Coo rdinator Gabrie lle Gi lliam, Processing Assis tant Debbie Weller. Dealer Coordinator WaDt ~Ad s Linda Von de Veld, Wa"t Ad Sales Advertising T erry Prau, Nat ional Acco un ts Manager Mark Thome. WesteTTl Sales Ma"ager ~ Ron Davids on , Western Sales Manager Thom as R. G o mer, Western Sales Afanager Mark Mi tch ell , Eastern A ccount s Manager G reg Mitch ell, Eastern Sales Manager Rick Ma th en y, Eastern Sales Manager Joan Bell, Wester" Ad Coord inator Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Dealer Sales Steve Cotoski, Dealer R epresent ative Marketing 8c Promotion Mark Thom e, Mana ger Accoun ting/ Data Pr ocessin g Donna Bryan-Diamond, A I R Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Her la ne Lewi s, Credit Tim Best Scholarship Fund The fam ily of Tim Best wo u ld like to th ank a ll th e r ide rs a n d th eir families for the su p po rt and fri endship they gave u s over the past few weeks . T he special cards a n d letters th a t peopl e sent, telling us of the special ways th at Tim will be rem embered , mad e our sorrow a little easier to bea r kn o win g Tim will be rem embered in such a positive way. T hanks to all th e dirt track riders for th eir contributions for the p laq ue that was p u t in th e AMA m useum. The mo ney tha t was left over will be put into a scholarshi p fu nd since furthering his educ at ion was so important to Tim. It is impossible to thank everyone wh o was connected to Tim's racing, but th ere were some very special people wh o helped Tim make it to the Expert ranks a n d he could not have done tha t without Howard and Paul Reh mert , J eff Black , Ken n y Sargent and Ga ry Stoltzenberger. And a very specia l thanks to Larry Zu mbrun who was no t only hi s mechanic but also a special fri end. Anyone who would like to contribu te. to the scholarship fund can send th eir con tr i b u tio n s to; Tim Best Schol arship Fund, c/o Covington Savings &: Loan, 117 North High St., P .O . Box 188, Covington, OH 453180188. . . May God be with each and everyone of you . . A lt hough we agree that a Na tional is th e wro ng p lace to be testin g equipment lik e a fi nis h line came ra, you should consider tha i high-speed video cameras with slop-action capability are su perior to the na ked eye. As we repo rted in ou r coverage of the event, according to the AMA 's Roy Janson, the videotape showed that Atherton's fron l wheel touched the finish line [irst and that Carr passed him after they crossed th e line . Carr does nol disp ute . the decision . . . Edi tor. Doug, Pat &: Toby Best Covington, OH Letters to th e editor sho uld be sent to: Voices, Cycle Neu», P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA T im Best, an Expert dirt track racer, suffered fatal in juries i n a st reet accident in June . . . Ed itor. Don Gustafson Cable, WI 9080) -0498. Publishedlettersdo not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should nor exceed 200 words and all letters are subj ect to editing. . Service and Support Chris Ait ch eso n, H eadquarters R ecept ion ist Leonard Herring. Servi ce and Support Natio nal Headquarters . On Sunday. September I, my family at ten ded th e Camel Pro Seri es Springfield Mile. It was racing at its very best, however, it was very disappointing to see th e lousy job of officiating done by th e AMA. I was lu cky to have a sea t on th e start/finish line (sectio n MM, row 5. seat 7); my nose sp li t the lin e. Twice during th e day th e officials obviously co u ld n o t call the wi nners o f races in th e Camel Challenge an d in an Expert heat race. Admitted ly, over th e public address system th ey sai d th ey were trying a new video system . Is a National a pl ace to be tesu nga new syste m? An yway, they finall y did declare a w inn er in th e hea t ra ce (Davey Durell e), but it took over o ne h our to come up wi th th at decisi on. Then th ey used the video system to declare th e wrong winner of the Camel Challe nge. I will swear on my grand m other 's grave th at I saw Chris Carr win th e Challenge. To th e racers, $10,000 (t he win ne r's share o f th e $17.500 posted for th e Camel Ch al len ge) can mean every thi ng, even to Chris Carr. Everybody kne w he won , including th e th ird place finishe r, Terry Poovey, who said th at he felt Carr had wo n it. . I love th e races, admire the race rs, and still ha te the AMA's officiating. They will just keep running this great form of racing into the ground until it does n't exist anymore. Gracie DiBenedetto Grand Rap ids, MI ON THE FRONT PAGE: Editorial Loving and hating in Springfield Bra n don Rose, th e nine-yea r-old AMA Natio nal 65cc Dirt Track Champion who was hospitalized with head injuries su ffered in an acc ident at I96 Spe edway in Michigan on August 17. is o u t of a coma a nd on the road to recovery . 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That prompted the AMA to ap peal the decision to the state Appeals Court, which, after a long delay. certified the lower court's ruling. The AMA pl ans to continue its ba ttl e against this discriminatory law. " After review ing the options open to us ," said AMA Vice President of Government Relations Rob Rasor, "we have elec ted to pursue fu rt he r jud icial review of our lawsuit. We are hopefu l tha t th e sh oddy rea soning used to justify th is latest decision wi ll cause the Massa ch usetts Supreme Judicia l Court to reject it. " At the Sep tember 15 San Jose Mile, Scott Parker , hopes to overtake Chris Carr, in the Camel Pro standings. "I've won the last five races there, so it looks good," said Parker, who trai ls Carr 173-178. MOVED: Gary Banksto n's Honda Wo rld. to 3731 Towson Ave., Ft. Smith, AR 72901, 50 11646-7377. BORN: Sh elby Gerard Shaw, daughter of 1990 CRC Women 's class cham pion Lori Shaw and her ex-hus ba nd David. in Huntington Beach, California , on September 4. MARRIED: Tom Morgan, tu ner for Team Kawasaki's seven -time Natio nal Champion J eff Ward , to Susan Cha pman in Puyallup, Wash ington. on September 7. BORN: Kirstyn J eanne Kesler, daughter of J unior class dirt tracker J im Kesler and his wife Angie, in Long Beach, California, on Augus t 24.

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