Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v Letters tothe editor 0ICES INSIDE ISDE plaudit FEATURFS MOTOCROSS Cooper, Bayle blast Budds Creek .. . .. 8 Thorwaldsen, Doughty ~ce AHRMA Vintage MX 32 ROAD RACE Russell inchescloserto Stevens at Texas World Speedway 12 Kocinski motors to Malaysian GP victory 22 Polen clinches World Superbike Championship in France 26 HARE &: HOUND Hamel clincheschampionship at Wendover ' 28 HARESCRAMBLF.S Summers tops Kentucky season finale . . . .... . . .. . .. • . .. . . 30 TRIALS DIRT TRACK Atherton posts first win at Pomona Half Mile 1 8 Trials Des Nations win to Spain .. .. 34 DEPARTMENTS -r-rNEW PRODUCTS RFSULTS LOCAL RACING. '.' CALENDAR WANT ADS POINT STANDINGS 31 35, 62 .36 46 50 62 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Scott Ru ssell kept his Nation al Superbike Champ ion shi p title ·hopes alive by scoring 20 po ints at T exas World Speedway . Photo by Henn y Ray Abrams. See page 12 for race coverage. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Michael Kl inger. Publish er Caroline Gendry. Execu tive Secretary to th e Pu bl ish er Edit orial Jack Mangus. Associate Publishnl Editor Kit Pa lmer. Associate Editor Pa u l Ca rruthe rs . Associate Editor Nat e Ra uba . Associate Edito r Ken Fau g ht . A ssist ant Editor Donn Maeda . Assistant Edito r Edwina Man gu s. Calenda r Editor G rap h ics and Production Ret' J ohnso n . Productio n Supervisor Man dy Loo , Produ ction Mana ger Den n is G reene, Lab . T ech. Stacey G uest. Gra p hic A rtist Amy Harris. G rap hic Ar tist Carolyn Bran ha m . T ypesetter Circulation Adve rtising Terry P ra tt. Na tional Accounts Mana ger Ma rk T ho me , Western Sales Man ager Ron Davidson. Western Sales Mana ger T ho mas R. Go n ter , Western Sales hl anager Ma rk Mitch ell . Easte rn Acco unts Mana ger C reg Mitchell. Eastern Sales Ma nager Rick Matheny. Eastern Sales Manager Joan Bell. Western Ad Coordi nato r Car la Borden Allen. Eastern Ad Coordinasor : Dealer Sales St eve Oo toski. Dealer R ep resent ative Marketing & Promotion Ma rk T home. Mana ger Accounting/Data Processing Do nna Bryan -Diamond. A IR Coo rdinator Gen eva Rep ass, Assistan t H erl ane Lewi s, Credit Rheba Smith. M an ag er Sa rah Ta ylo r, Bill in g Coord ina tor Alma Ang-uia no, Processin g Coordinator . Ga brie lle Gi lliam. Processing Assistant Deb b ie w ell er. Dealer Coordinator Service and Support Want Ads Linda Von de Veld. Want Ad Sales C h ris Aitcheson, H ead q uarters R ecep tio nist Leonard Herring. Servi ce and Support National Headquarters Eastern Office 220 1 Cherry Ave.. Long Beach, CA 90806. P.O. Box 498. Long Beach. CA 90801-0498 4190 First Ave., T uc ker, GA, 30084:; maili ng ad d ress P.O . Box 805. Tucker. GA 3008,-080,. (213) 427-7433; 213/636·8844. FAX (213) 427-6685 (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycle News (USPS 141·340) is published weekly except 'he last two weeks of the calendar year lor $, 0.00 per year by Cycle News. Inc.. 22 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach. 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Such accep ted. ~aterial is .subJ e~t to. revision as is necessary in ~he so le di scretion of Cycle New s. Unsolicited material which rs not used will be returned ,f accompanied by a sell addressed stamped envelope. All unsoficited material will be handled with reasonable care. however Cycl ~ ~ews . assu mes no respon sibili ty for the safet y, loss o r damage to su ch material: Repnnung 10 whole or part o n ly by permission of th e publisher. Advertising ra tes a nd circulation information will besent upon request. See S.R.D.S. W'BPA V 4 AUDITED CIRCULATION Copyrigbt.Cycle News, Inc. 1991. Tr>denwk Cycle NOw...pleml U.s.Palent Offict. All rigblS .-...d. I would like to compliment Cycl e News on its coverage of th is year 's ISDE i n Czechoslovakia. I really appreciate th e fact that yo u cared enough to have Kit Palmer there to provide o n -the -spot cove ra ge of th is his toric moment. A lot of hard work goes into this event, from the time the riders start the qualifiers in th e spring until the finish flag drops after th e final rnoto. With this year's " J r. World Trophy Team Win " th e U.S. showed the world that we can co m pe te with th e best and win ! Iris Rhodes Kent, WA . . . and more How good it feels to finally say we're number one. My congratulations to ISDE Junior World Trophy Team members Steve Hatch, Jimmy Lewis, David Rhodes and Chris Smith. You did it and we're so very proud of yo u r accomplishments. Having ex per ie nced what was undoubtedly my most overwhelming sense of pride a n d patriotism at th e open in g ceremonies in Mende, France, in 1988, I can o nly speculate at how truly awes ome it must have been to wat ch th e Juniorteam ta ke center stage a nd accep t th eir trop hy as ou r flag was lowered and o ur natio n al a nthe m pl ayed. Du e respect , well deserved. . I would also like to ex ten d m y admiration to a ll th o se eq ua lly fin e individua ls who ha ve rep resented the Un ited States so p roudly year after year. In an area o f m otorcycle racin g wi th little mo netary compensation and m ini mal su pport and fu ndin g, those individuals who strive for excellence co ntin ue to p ut forth great effort a t great personal expe nse. T o th ose wh o have come so close a nd end ured long , I sa lu te you as well. All o u r effo rts have fi na lly been rewarded as we ap pla ud the 1991 U.S. Junior World T rophy T eam. T hanks, guys! th e admission charge for the day was $20. We talked a bo u t the price and decided that this was too much money to watch local racers at this small track. We had both attended Daytona this year and th e entry was only $25. For further co m pa riso n, I recently went to a ZZ Top concert and th e cost of admission was $19. I have been ra cing motorcycles on dirt since I was 12 and am planning on road racing within a year or two. At no time in any of my racing has an organization charged me more than $10 to watch a local race. I also realize what it costs to organize and run a race as I have been a member of the Cal Poly Penguins M.e. and the Huntington Beach M.e. , both of which promoted ra ces. I also attended the AMA/CCS races at th e same track a month before, yet their cost of admission was only $10 for the Sunday races . I now know for certain which group is into racing (not making money) and it's not WERA. If they want to make money for a purse, th e idea is to attract many people a n d co llect a small gate fee; the high d oll ar i te m s sho u l d be the concessions a n d T-sh irts. Wh en and if WERA gets down to th e real world on th eir ticket costs, m y friends and I will attend th eir ro ad ra ces. Ed Larosche Huntsville, AL Helmet isn' t to blame Karen and Alan Drafs Bellingham, WA We would like to ta ke this op portu nity to thank everyo ne who sent cards, ca lled or do nated money for o ur so n Bran d o n Ro se. Brand on was inj ured on Augus t 17, while racin g at 1-91 Speedwa y in Lake Odessa, Mic h igan . T h ere ar e ma n y ru mors abo u t Brando n's helmet, a K-21 Kiwi. This hel met saved h is life. Under great im pact and a t certain angles a ny helmet can come off . T he inj ury which kept Brandon in th e h osp ital occu rred with hi s initial fall , wh en th e helmet was still o n. Brandon is h om e now a nd is back a t school. All your prayers hav e helped in his recovery. God bless you alII The Drafs are the parents of ISDE com petitor Scott Drajs . . . Editor. Christine and Steven Rose Uassay, MI How much is too much? On Sunday , September 29, my neighbor and I rode to T alladega, Alabama, to wat ch th e WERA road rac es. The rid e was grea t and the weather was wonderfu l. When we arrived at the track at I I. a.m., th e gentlema n a t th e gate informed us th at Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices, Cycle Neuis , P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing. INTHEW By Papa Wealey IND WERA Formula U SA race . at the WERA Grand Nati onal Finals on November 3. The $2000 will be on top of any purse a n d contingency earnings. " WERA Pro Series wa nts to help th e team s th at are cu ltivating th e technology to co m pe te with th e 500cc GP bikes," WERA's Doug Gonda said. " In 1992, yo u will see WERA Pro doing more to en cou rage innovative technology in th e WERA Formula USA class." Con ti nued from page 3 mailing to con gress men as kin g for th eir su p port in sponsoring the National Recreational Trails Fund Act. " P lo n kers is com mi tted to proacti ve participation in the democr atic pro ce ss b y moto r cyclists ," explained cl u b secre tary Don Willia m s. " T he club's offering of a $5 (entry fee) discount to riders bringing letters underwrites our commitment to th e preservation and expansion of OHV recreational opportunities and we . challenge other cl ubs across the nation to offer similar incentives to their members." WERA will pay a bonus of $2000 to the top four-stroke finisher in the MARRIED: Former factory Suzuki and Yamaha team motocrosser Scott Burnworth and Debra Ann Ayres, in La Jolla, California, on September 28. CO RRECTION: PSI was incorrectly listed as one of Mesquite GP wi nner Greg Zitterkopf's sponsors in o u r coverage of the event in the October 9 issue. Credit that sponsorship to PPS.

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