Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES Letters to the editor King Kenny's record Now that Scott Parker has broken J a y Springs tee n 's a ll -time Gra n d National Championshi p win record, I'd like to kn ow how long it took the previous record holder, Kenny Roberts to set the record. I see i t took J ay fro m June 4, 1975 to Septem ber 8, 1985 10 years and three months, and Scott fro m July 29, 1979 to August 25, 199 1 - 12 years and one month , I think Roberts did it in a lo t less time. Ga ry Lozano Stockton, CA Roberts won his first Grand Nat ional Championsh ip race on January 29, 1972, and broke the record of 28 held by Bart Mark el when he w on his 29th n August 3, 1980. It took Roberts " ht years and seven months to break ig arkel's record . Sp ringsteen broke oberts' record of 33 wins on Ma y 7, 983, seven years an d 10 m on ths after e had scored his first win. You're onjusing the time it took Springsteen o set the mark that Parker broke, 'ns tead of the time it took him to break he previous record. So, chalk one up or Springer, and keep in m ind that II of Markel, Springsteen and Parker 's ictories came in dirt track events wh ile . oberts scored in both dirt track even ts 15 win s) and in road races (1 8 ins) . . . Editor. Desert News? I would like to commen t on your lack of coverage in regards to the Barstow -to-Vegas Protest Ride of last year and the recen tly completed trial in San ta Ana , California. " Am er ica 's Week l y Mo to rcycl e Newspaper" failed to cover this even t and subseq uent mal to any extent and only th rough your letters co lumn , Voices , did the mo torcycli ng public get a glimpse of what happened. H ow can we survive in this seem ingly ami-motorcycle soci ety whe n Cycle N ews fails to cover these importam issues which effect us all? Cycle News sho u ld stop trying to be all th ings to all people a nd get back to its roots - covering motorcycle events and issues in th e desert, whe re it all began. Carl Ogre n Huntington Beach , CA We reported that a protest ride would tak e place in our N ovember 28, 1990 issue, th e arrest of ride part icipants in th e December 5, 1990, issue, and th e results of their trial in the A ugust 14, 1991, issue . .. Edito r. Lt1wn 10 Itw nlilCM' Ihould Itt ICIlI lO: Voica. eye'" N--. P.O. Soli: ... . l..onc Inch. C\ 90801~98. Publiabcd ktwn do DOl ~ IJ rdJ«t Iht poaitioa 01Cyde N---. lac. Lnlaw Ibot..Id QOC nlCft'll_ word. and.O kttcn PC ... biect 10 cdiiDct wasaki USA MX Team Ma nager oy Turner con firmed in Hollan d h at he wanted to give Mal in a try in he Stat es. "(Jeff) Ward isn 't getti ng ounger and we must look for someo ne o eve ntua lly re p lace h i m ," said urner, who added that it may still possible for Mal in to join th e U.S. wasaki team in '92. n response to a suggestion by postal x holder Arai Helmet, Ltd. , th e stmaster at Daytona Beach , Florida's ew ~eneral ma il facilit y has provided pecial p arking for motorcycles. vera I spaces near th e main public ntrance have been designa ted for otorcycle parki ng an d a strip of idestand fr ien dl y co ncrete has eplace d' as p h alt. T his mea ns the FEATURES ENDURO U.S. Junior WorldTrophy team wins in Czechoslovakia TRIAlS 4 DIRT TRACK Parkerleaves 'em behind at San Jose Mile Young balances toNewEngland trials win 21 CROSS COUNTRY Plessinger unstoppable in Ohio.. .. .24 8 ROAD RACE Schwantz smokes to LeMans win. . . . 14 Dutchman Racing tops Topeka Endurance 28 SPEEDWAY Pederson conquers W orld SpeedwayFinals 18 SUPERCROSS Bayle blasts Paris SX 20 MOTOCROSS Amateurs invade Washougal M otocross Park 0 ") 0") 26 DEPARTMENTS LOCAL RACING RESULTS CALENDAR : WANT ADS 30 .40,47 42 .48 ON THE FRONT PAGE: New Y ork's Steve Hatch was the "Top American" and a member of the winning fourrider U.S. Junior W Trophy team at the 66th running of the International Six orld Day Enduro in Czechoslovakia. Czech out page four for coverage of the lSDE. Photo · ~ ~t ~~ . . America's weekly motorcycle newspaper NT HEWIND nd obtai n an AMA license in order con test th e remaining rounds of the a tio nal Ch ampionsh ip 500cc MX eries. ACU officials said they hadn't een' o ff ic ia lly a p p roach ed for a elease , and it is unlikely that they mild agree to free Mal in since he is ontracted to race the Bri tish Open ampions hip, which still has two ounds remaining. . INSIDE Vol ume XXVIII taxpayers don't have to pa y to repair divots in the lot and mo torcyclists avo id topple damage. A tip of Papa 's helmet to both Arai's Roger Weston and the Daytona postmaster. New ly crowned 250cc MX World Champion Trampas Parker has left the Italian Emmepi Honda team. He's expected to set up his own team with ei th er fello w Am erica n Micky Dymond " England's J ames Dobb or as a team ma te. Dymo nd 's pl ace at Byrd Yamaha , ano ther Italian team, is expected to go to Californian Bob Moore. The first -ever motorcycle race in the principality of Monaco will take p lace November 23-24 with a supe rcross event bei ng in Monte Carlo. The even t is a round of the Masters of Motocross Series. For m er National a n d S u percross Champion Donnie Hansen will begin offeri ng Donnie Hansen Motocross Academy training sessio ns at sou thern Ca lifornia 's Glen H elen OHV Park on October 5. For more information, call 9 16/338-2888. amaha Y roadracers.for sale ZR he availability of works-style Yamaha YZRs for private sale becam e official at Le Mans, with both Yamaha and Harris Performance Products producing written statements co nfirming the fac t, The price of a complete 500cc class racer, ready to ru n and with a "comprehe nsive ' amaha engine and transmission spares kit," will be $130,000, and they will be ade in equal numbers by the British frame-bu ilders Harris and by Annernasseased ROC Engineering, Serge Rosset's technical firm. But there will only be 10 bikes in total, accordi ng to presen t pl ans, built around oengines to be mad e available by Yamaha. According to Harris, th eir machines will be based closely on the 1992 production ZR. " Riders want to get as close to the factory bikes as possible ," said Steve arris, adding that to build a true factory replica, they would specify much of e same ancillary equipment used by the works bikes, includi ng Ohlins uspension, Marchesini wheels and AP brakes. Delivery for the machines is planned for January 1992. Michael Klin ger, Pub lisher Caroline Gendry, Exuutive Secretary to the Pu blisher Editorial j ack Man gu s. Associate Pu blishert Edit or Kit Pa lmer . Associa te Edi tor Pau l Carruthers, Associau Edi tor Nate Rau ba, Associate Editor Ken Fa ught, Assis tant Edito r Don n Maeda . Assis tant Editor Edwina Ma ngu s. Calendar Editor Graphics and Prod ucti on Ree j ohnso n. Production Superoisor Man dy Loo , Prod uction Manager Den ni s G reene . La b, Tec h , Stacey Guest. G raphic A rtist Amy H arris. Grap hic Art ist Car oly n Bran ham. T vpeseu er Advertising T erry P ratt. Nat io nal Ac counts ."tanager Mark T home, Western Sat es Mana ger Ro n Davidso n . 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