Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v Letters to the editor 0ICES INSIDE The rea l masters FEA TURES MOTOCROSS Cooper, Ward stealSteel City wins .. . 8 .. Q') ~ Q,) ..0 o ..... DIRT TRACK Carr conquersCastle Rock IT .. . .. 24 ROAD RACE Olivermows 'em down at Moroso . . . 12 NEWBIKES Yamaha's 1992 lineup Race of the Rockies invades Steamboat Springs 16 o CROS COUNTRY S Summers slams to Hardrock I()() win 18 ENDURO Hines tops Caney Creek u 20 26 DEPARTMENTS POINT STANDINGS RFSULTS 17 17,54 22 28 CALENDAR OFF·ROAD Ziuerkopf zaps Mesquite GP LOCAL RACING 38 WANT ADS .42 I recen tly compe ted in a motocross race put o n by Prospo rt s USA ca lled th e U n i ted States Masters of M o t o cro ss. And that's wher e I had th e o p po rt u n i ty to see a few of m y favo ri te mo to cross stars, name ly Ken t H owerton and Mark Barnett. They were both racing i n the Plus 30 Masters class a nd, although I had no cha nce of winni ng, it was a thrill to line up next to them a t the start line. After the races I wen t o ver to talk to them and was amazed at how fri end ly and how much tim e th ey spe n t ta lk ing to me. The sport of motocross can be proud to have cham p io ns like these two, and I h o pe a lo t mo re for mer stars start raci ng aga in in these Masters races. I th o u gh t I wou ld never get th e cha nce to see these guys race again, but I did. And I ca n tell you they hav en't lost any of th e speed th at mad e th em ch ampion s. ON THE FRONT PAGE: Team Suzuki's Guy Cooper kept his hopes of successfully defending his 125cc National Motocross title alive by scoring the overall win at Steel City USA. For race coverage, see page 8. Photo by Nate Rauba. Ameri ca's weekly m otorcycle newspap er Volu me XXVIII Mich ael Klinger, Publish" Caroli ne Ge ndry, Execu tive S~cTetary to the Publisher Ed itorial J ack Mangu s, Associate Publish er ] Editor Kit Palm er , Associate Edi tor Pa u l Ca rruthers, Associate Ed itor Nate Ra ub a, Asso ciate Editor Ken Faugh t, Assisiant Editor Do n n Maeda . Assi.stant Editor Edwi na Mangus, Calendar Editor Graphics and Production Ree J ohnson . Productio n Supervisor Ma ndy Lon, Produ ction Mana ger Dennis Greene. Lab. T ech. Sta cey Guest , Graph ic Artist Amy H arris, Graphic Artist Carolyn Bra nham, Tvpeset ter Cir culation Rh eba Sm ith . Ma nager Sara h Taylo r, Billing Coordinator Alma Ang uia no, Processing Coo rdinator Ga bri elle Gi lliam, Processing Assista nt Debbie Weller, Dealer Coo rdina tor Want Ads Li nda Vo n de Veld , Want Ad Sales Advertising T erry P ra tt, N ational A cco un ts Manager Ma rk T hom e. Western Sales Mana ger Ro n Da vid son, Weslern Sales !'w(anager T homas R. 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TrademarkCycle News registered U.S. Patent Offi e. Allrights reserved. s, c J eff Simpson Deltona, FL G u nn y's tha n ks On ce aga in, I tak e gr eat p leasure in thanking th e U.S. ISDE support team, a nd th is year it really was a team. Even thoug h I as ked everyo ne to in d ica te h ow m any days th ey wa n ted to work, becau se o f th e limi ted a mou n t of support peopl e ava ila ble everyone had to work every da y. So, th e rider s' parents a n d frien ds, who went to th e Six Day s in Czec hos lo va kia to help a li tt le and watch a lot, wound up seeing th eir rider co me into and go out o f the ir pit twi ce a da y. Some fun, huh ? But it was we ll worth it, not on ly to see th e r ide rs win th eir individual meda ls, but to a lso be part o f th e wi n ni ng Juni or World team - th at's o ne o f th e goa ls I've been working o n si nce 1978. T ha n ks to the g rea t effo rts o f o u r chase ri ders - Mark H yde, Alan Rand t, Matt C u ll ins , T im Surdyke, Dal e Stegall a nd Sco tt Lathrop, a n d David Ch ase, wh o used a ca r, a nd th e si x- me m be r Wor ld T roph y team me m be rs, wh o rod e beside th e Jun ior tea m a nd encou raged th em . And tha n ks to th e foll owing tireless p it personnel who, despite many o f th em getting sic k, co nti n ue d to wor k throu ghout th e week; Jim L ew is Sr. , P a u l R o d d e n , Ja ck Orl inski, J o n Kin g Sr . Oz Sommer s, Ga ry Hatch , Kathy and Rach ael Bertram , Bo b and Eileen Krau se, Russell Bearden an d Buck J on es who manned th e Pare Ferm e: an d Ted and Evel yn N ovi cki , Don and Iri s Rh od es, Barbara and Carlie Fields, Barb ara Hoess, Juli e Laver e, George Marr er, J a mie Mondry , Kell i Odom, Waeland and Carol e O stafin , Su e Black burn , Beverl y Peiser, J eanene Pepper a nd Duane, Ann and Ju li e Gray wh o manned the ga s a nd chec k po ints. T ha n ks al so to o u r team doctor a nd h is assis ta n t, Dr. Richard Meyer s a nd Betty Morris, a nd to Ki t Pal mer of Cycle News a nd Mark Kariya of Dirt R id er magazine for th eir co n tinued jou rna listic su p port . Aga in , thank s to everyone. If I' ve for g otten to menti on a n yo ne , I a pologize. I enjoyed working with you this year a nd a m loo kin g forward to seeing everyone agai n in Au stralia next yea r. R ich ard "G unny" Claypool e Arlington, VA " G u n n y" has manag ed th e U .S . support team effo rt at the l n ter n at ional Six Day Enduro since 1978. O n the day this issue went to press, September 3D, h e retired from th e U.S. Ma rine Corps after over 28 years of service. He tells us that if anyone is looking for a g ood " g ofer" or o rganizer, h e's available. He can be contacted at 1947 Columbia Pike, #22, A rlington , VA 22204 . . . Editor. .Friends who care We woul d li ke to thank th e Springf iel d (Illinois) H .O .G . Chapter, Ha ll's H a rl ey-D a vid son a nd th e many others who donated money to the fami ly of Joe P helps. J oe was a P ro -Am dirt track ra cer fro m Mich iga n who lost his life at th e Springfield Mile on August 31. I 'm sure h is fam i ly and fri end s appreciate knowing that we a ll care. The Chris Sch m u lbach Famil y Springfield, IL Warning: .. . I am a Senior clas s rider in my forti es and o ver the years ra cing has been th e only thing I rea lly lov ed to do, and I've done quite well. I'v e won in loca l hare scra m ble and end uro even ts. Ever ything was gr eat, but th en last yea r it wasn 't so easy to win . At first it wa s seco nd pl ace, th en third, and th en fina ll y I co u ld n ' t even fin ish a race. I've been di agnosed as havin g heart dis eas e an d em p hy sema. I am so tired now th at I ca n no t even wash m y dirt bik e, much less ra ce it. This is a message to all th e 16, 17 a nd 18-yea r-old riders wh o are racing now: You may see th e cool Ca me l dude sitting o n his bik e, with a ciga rett e in m outh and sm oking match in hand in th e ad vert ise me n ts in Cy cl e . N ew s or o the r mot orcycle magazines. Rea ll y cool, ri ght? Forget it , smo ki ng took th e o ne thing I lived for o u t of my life. If yo u want to race, p lea se don't smo ke. J o h n Krell Brooksvill e, FL Equal space I like th e gl ossy, co lor full -page ac tio n sho ts ' yo u o fte n run in . th e paper , but if m em ory serv es me co rrectly, th ey hav e a ll been Grand Prix road ra cers. Wh at 's wrong with din track racers? Co ul d n' t you p leas e help to pub licize dirt tra ck ra cing? At th e same time yo u' d give u s d irt tra ckers and dirt tr ack fan s so me Iu ll-pa ge co lo r photos to hang up in our sho ps . Road ra cin g and motocross really don 't need a whol e lo t o f hel p in th e pub li city depa rt men t. Mi ke Grieff Coal C ity, IL Spencer fa n Man l It su re is good to see ·Fast Freddie o n th e co mebac k tr ail! J eff Gu ndl ach Ashevill e, NC Letters to th e editor sho u ld be sent to: Voices, Cycl e N ews, P .O. Box 498, L o ng Bea ch , CA 90801·0498. Publis h ed letters do n o t n ecessa ril y reflect th e position of Cycle News, Inc. Lett ers sho uld not exceed 200 words and all lett ers are su bject to edi ting due to space res trictions.

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