Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Better late than never FEATURES DIRT TRACK Carr's Sacramento Mile, Parker wins record fourth title MOTOCROSS Wins to Cooper, Ward. titles to Kiedrowski, B ayleat Unadilla G<') c-r l-< Q.) ..0 o ..... u o 6 10 ROAD RACING Polen, Roche share Italian World Superbikespotlight TeamSuzuki rollson at WERA Indy 6·Hour Gold Hill tops AMAlCCS endurance race in Texas 14" 28 32' ENDURO Smith wins Carson Valley Qualifier, Roeselercrownedchamp 16 CROSS COUNTRY Conner collects Forest Festival 100 victory 18 OFF·ROAD Plessingerpicksup Flat RiverGPwin 20 NEWBIKES Kawasaki's unchanged 1992 street lineup Honda pushes forward with new '92 models 26 DUAL SPORT Cycle News mountain jamboree 24 DRAG RACING Myers quickest at Heartland ParkTopeka 34 22 DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S MEGAPHONE NEW PRODUCTS POINTSTANDINGS LOCAL RACING CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS : 21 23 27 35 42 46 58 ON THEFRONT PAGE: Scott Parker claimed a record fourth-straight Camel Pro Championship with his second -place finish in the Sacram ento Mile. (Inset) Parker celebrates on the podi um with Miss Camel Paige Thoma s. See page 6 for the complete story. Pho tos by Mitch Friedman. ' America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Michael Klinger, Pu blish er Caroline Gendry. Executive Secret ary to the Pu blish er Editorial Jack Mangus, Associa te Pu blish er/ Edi to r Kit Pa lm er, As soc iate Edi to r Paul Carruthers, Associ ate Edi to r Na te Rauba , Associate Ed itor Ken Faught, Assistan t Edi to r Donn Maeda, Assistan t Edi to r Edwi na Man gu s, Calen dar Ed ito r Graphics and Production Ree Johnson. Prod uct ion Su pervisor Mandy Lao. Prod u ction Manager Denn is Greene, L ab. T ech. Stacey Guest, Grap hi c A rtist Amy Harris, G rap h ic Art ist Carolyn Branham, T yp esett er Circulation Rheba Smith. Manager Sarah Taylor, Billin g Coo rdi nato r Alm a Angu ian o. Processin g Coo rdin ato r Ga brieJIe Gilliam . Processin g Assistant Debbie Weller, Dealer Coo rdi na to r Advertising ... T erry Pratt, Natio nal Accoun ts Manager Mark T home, Western Sa les 1 ana ger \:1 Ron Davidson , W estern Sales .M anage r T homas R. Go nt er, W estern Sal es J\lanager Mark Mitchell. Eastern A ccounts Matlager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sale s Manager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sa les M anager Joan Bell. Western Ad Coo rdina tor Carla Borden Allen. Eastern Ad Coordinator DealerSales Steve Got oski, Dealer R epresent ative Marketing Be Promotion , Mark T home, Mana ger Accounting/Data Processing Donna Bryan -Diamond, A ! R Coo rdin ato r Gen eva Rep ass, Assistant Herl ane Lew is, Credit 'Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, Want Ads Linda Von de Veld, Want Ad Sales Leonard Herring, Service an d Su p port National. Headquarters Eastern Office 2201Cherry Ave.. Long Beach, CA 90806. P.O. Box 498, Long B each. CA9080t -0498 (213) 427-7433; 213/636-8844. FAX (213) 427·6685 4190 First Ave., T ucker, GA, 30084; H eadquarters R eception ist ma iling add ress P,O, Box 805, Tucker, GA3008,·0805. 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Patent ()flier. All rigbts reserved. J ust a sh ort not e o f th anks to a ll the peop le who su p p o rted the Desert Storm /Sh ield per sonnel a nd a specia l th anks to a ll who co ntribu ted m ot orcycl e parts to Fr ed H ayes, who in turn sent th em to m e and o the r T ask Force R ipper m otorcycl e co u riers. We co u ld no t h ave m ad e it without yo u r su p port; we and our m otorcycl es are forever g rateful. Sgt. Richard King APO AP, California Sg t. Kin g is cu rren tly serving with th e Ma rine Corps on Okinawa . . . Editor. Getting involved I a m a femal e dirt rider a n d I a m interested in getting involved in racing o ther than just goin g out a nd co m p eti ng in events. My doct o r told m e th at m y knees an d neck wouldn 't tak e th e p ress ure if I would crash hard and go o ver th e bars. But I love th e sp o rt of motocross a nd want to so mehow be a part of it. Pl ease h elp m e. Barb Phillips Vandergrift, PA There are man y wa ys yo u can be invo lve d, in cl u ding w orki ng as a scorer or a reg istrat ion clerk. Contact . p romoters in your area and ex press you r inte rest 10 th em . . . Edit or. People who care Our si ncere gra ti tu de and thanks go o u t to so many pe ople who he lped us w he n Paul was so suddenly taken from us . T hei r help and su p po rt was ver y generous an d trul y su p port ive. Our so n . P aul P atrick, was born on September 25 and h e will grow and fa ce h is future with great respect for hi s . father and a ll his father's fri ends. A trust fund was esta blish ed for his future ed ucatio n with th e kind donations receiv ed. We would like to th ank everyone , especia ll y T roy L ee an d sta ff, J eff Ward, Doug Dubach , J eff Matiasev ich, Mercedes . Gonzalez, Gregory Primm , .Sh oe i management a nd staff. Shoei distributors, Koller 's Kolers, friend s a t Bell Helmets and Arai H elmets. a nd so many. man y more good people: God bless yo u a ll. Debbie Donnelly & The Donnelly Family Norco, CA Save Lake Sugar Tree I would like to comment on the proposed 1992 Su p ercro ss and outdoor National MX sch edule: I think the elim inatio n of the Lake Sugar Tree round is a big mistake. Virginia's Lake Sugar T ree is one of the finest m otocross tracks in the world. I realize the factories wish to reduce ex penses, but th e Lake Sugar T ree tra ck is for sal e, a n d with th e elim ina tio n of th e National. it will a lmost cert a in ly see ' th e end of an awesome track with historic value. Do yo u think a promot er will buy th e track wh en they know th e National ro u n d there has been canceled? I don't think so . Lak e Sugar Tree has hosted manyTrans-AMA and Nationals since th e ea rly ·70s. I mys elf prefer to race . m otocross and not supercross. By lo sing prestigious tra ck s lik e Lake Sugar Tree, th e future of motocross precariousl y cl oser to co mes extinction. Being 29 years of age. I still enjoy racing motocross. If tra cks like Lake Sugar Tree close down and a ll I have to ride are supercross tracks , th en I might as well get o u t of th e spo rt. Why not keep all o f the outdoo r race s and reduce th e Supercross Series by another race or tw o? T hose of you o u t th er e who agree , p lease start a p etition and sen d it to Ro y.J anson a t th e AMA . Let 's save Lake Sugar Tree. O therwi se, wh en the p roperty is sold to a de velo per, not o n ly w ill a beauti ful . track be gone but a pl ace where the early day stars raced will be gone forever. Bill Davison Charlotte, N.C. A ccord in g 10 AMA Spe cial Projects Manager Bill Boyce, altendance at th e Lake Sugar Tree National has not m et th e associat ion 's ex pectati ons and that was th e reason it was dropped from th e 1992 schedule. "(Prom oter) Gary Bailey , g ives us a good track, but he can't seem to get a big crow d," Boyce said. " W e have to p ick th e facilities that m osl people go to." Gary's wi fe, Darleen , says th ey were never invo lved in th e decision to drop th e event and that the property is indeed for sale. Th e cancelation of th e National " had a whol e lot lo do with it ," Bailey said ...Ed itor Black leather jackets If you ge t a chance _to see Black Leather J ack et on yo u r lo cal PBS sta tio n, see it ! It is a n o u tsta n ding, onehour sh ow docuinenting the rise o f th e bl ack leather jack et , from WWI to roday 's " rebe l without a clue." If yo u m issed it , request yo ur local PBS st ation to rerun it. I found it informative, witty. funn y a nd yes, oh, so true. a bo u t th e poseu rs a ro u nd. And. it includes great shots of classic British cafe bikes, th e Rock Store, Harleys and. of co urse, great looking women. Joe Hawkins Burlington, W A Good question In response to (th e letter from Ed Larosch e) " H o w much is too much?" (in th e O ctober 16 issu e): This is a good question. If o n ly someone had th e right answer. I have found th at it is impossibl e to please everyo ne and pleasing the majority is the best a body can do . The Talladega event carries th e same ticket price as all o f our events. In a n attempt to keep our racers ' costs down and still cov er th e increasing costs of organizing events in 1991, the only in creas e WERA made was going from $15 to $20 o n our gate tickets. The Talladega event was a non-promoted ye ar-end R egional Sprint a n d all racers. cr ew and guests paid th e same $20 to be present. The $20 tick et is a Saturday/Sunday tick et and on Sunday at noon the ticket price does drop $5. As to Mr. Larosche's price comparisons. I'm happy to hear that he's been able to a tten d a 'lZ Top co ncert for o n ly $19 a nd watch racing from a seat or enclosed infield, but isn 't getting up cl os e to th e action and personally meeting th e en tert a iners for a dollar more worth it? Evelyne L. Pritz President, WERA Hilton Head Island, SC Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498. Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position 01 Cycle News. Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing.

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