Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

·V 0ICES Letters to the editor INSIDE FEATURES EVENT Camel ProAwards Banquet! Harley-Davidson victory party SPEEDWAY Faria shines at Costa M esa Coors Light U.S. Nationals 6 HILLCUMB Frazier perfect at Devil'sStaircase 14 DRAG RACE Texas NHRA Winsion C'ship shoot-out to Schultz Records tumble at Atco 16 18 8 ENDURO Hines keeps title hopes aliveat Redding National 10 ROAD RACE Doohan edges Kocinski at Superprestigio inSpain 12 DEPARTM ENTS LOCAL RACING POINT STANDINGS CALENDAR WANT A DS ; RESULTS 20 Mike Fo rney Bloomington . I N .30 .31 34 46 ON THEFRONT PAGE: Eight-t ime National Enduro Champ ion Dick Burleson offers "cus to m ridin g and en d u ro scho ols, and adventure trail tours." H e can be reach ed at 616/ 223-4675 . .. Editor . D i dn ' t care? . " Fly i n' " Mike Faria scored his second consecutive U n ited Sta tes Nationa l Speedwa y Championship with a n ear-perfect p erfo rmance a t Co st a Mesa . Cal ifornia. See page 6. Photo b y Bob J ones. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXVIII Michael Klinger. Pu blish er Caroline Oe ndry, Executive Suutary to th. Publisher Graphics and Production Advertising Terry Prau, Nationa l Accounls Alanagn Mark Thome. lVestern Sal es M anager Ron Davi dson , ~Vest t'Tn Sales Afanagt'T Thomas R. Go mer. ~Ves l e"", Sales Afanagt'T Mark Mitchell, Eastern Acco u n ts /lIanag" Greg Mitchell. Eastern Sal es Manager Rick Matheny. East ern Sal es Mana g" Joan Bell, Westnn Ad Coo rdi na to r Carla Borden Allen. East"n Ad Coo rdinator Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mand y Loo , Produ ction Ma nager Dealer Sales Editorial - Jack Mangus. A ssociate Publisher! Editor Kit Pal mer. Associat~ Editor Paul Carru thers. Associal~ Editor Nate Rauba, Associate Editor • K Faught. Assistant Editor en Donn Maeda. A ssistant Editor ' Edwin a Man gus, Calendar Edi tor Dennis Greene, Lab . T ech. Stacey Guest, Grap h ic Artist Amy Harris. G rap h ic Artist Carolyn Branham. T yp ese tt" Steve Gotoski , Dealer R epre sen tatiue Circulation Accounti ng/ Data Proc essin g Donna Bryan-Diamond. A / R Coordi na to r Gen eva Repass. A ssistant H erl ane Lew is. Credit Mark etin g &: Prom o tion Mark Thome. Managn Rheba Smith. Manag n Sarah Taylor. Billin g Coo rdinator Alma Anguiano . Processin g Coordinator Gabrielle Gilliam, Processin g A ssista nt Debbie Weller, Dealer Coordinator Want Ads Linda Vonde Veld Wan t Ad Sales . Service and Support Chris Aitch eson. H eadquarters R ecep ti o n ist Leonard Herring. Service and Su p port National H eadq uarters Eastern Office 2201 Chary Ave., Lo ng Beach. CA 90B06. 1'.0 . Box 498. Lo ng Beach, CA 9080 1.Q498 4190 First Ave .. Tucket, GA. 30084; mai li ng add ress P.O . Box 805. T ucker. G A 30085-0805. (213 ) 427-7433; 213/636-8844. FAX (213) 427-6685 (404) 934· 7850. FAX (404) 934-3 112 Cycle News (USPS 141·340) is published weekly except the last two weeks of the calendar year lor $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc.. 2201 Cherry Avenue. Long Reach . CA 90806. Second class postage paidat LongReach. CA. CanadaPost International Publications Mail #546615. POSTMASTER: Sen d address changes to Cycle New>, P.O . 10. 498, Loog Beach, CA 90801.Q498. To determine the expiration date of yo ur subscription. check the four numbers on the first line of yo u r address label. The first two d igits indicate the last issu e number yo u'll receive and the last two characters indicate the year of the last issue. Subscri p tio n ra tes: Rat es fo r the U nited States and its possessions for one year. (50 issues ). $50.00; two years (100 issues). $95.00; six months. (25 issues), $26.00; trial sub ( 15 issues). $ 19.00. Canada and Foreign. one year (50 issues). $90.00; two years (100 issues), $ 175.00; six months (25 issues). $45.00; trial sub ( 15 issues), $38 .00. Cycle News welco mes unsolicited editorial mat erial incl ud ing sto ries, cartoons. p ho tos. etc, Such ma terial , if published. becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Such accep ted mat eri al is su bject to revi sion as is necessary in the so le d iscret ion or Cycle News . Unsolic ited ma teria l whi ch is not used wil l be ret urned if acco mpa n ied by a self add ressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, however. Cycle News ass u mes no respons ibility for the safe ty, loss o r da mage to such materia l. Rep rintin g in wh ole or part on ly by permission o f the p u blisher. Advert isin g rates and ci rcu la tio n informa tion will be sent upon request. See S.R.D.S. W/Bft'A, VI 4 I n K i n g Richard ' s c o urt If yo u lov e to ride dirt bikes, yo u o we it to yo u rse lf to g ive Di ck Bu rl eson a t DB Sports a ca ll. My fr iend Will McGarry a n d I spent a day in Mich igan riding with Dick , a n d we both had a grea t time. Dick spent time with eac h o f u s o n bik e setu p. riding technique. and , o f co u rse, lots o f riding! H eck . h e even ordered p erfect weath er a n d brillia nt a u tu mn lea ves. Now. if I ca n just figure o ut a wa y to sneak back up th er e for a day of r idi ng in th e sn ow. rl A UD ITED CIRCULATION Copyright. Cycle News, Inc. 1991. Tradeeurk Cycle New' rcgistmd U Potent OIIice. All rightsreserved. .s. On Au gu st 18. m y b rother-in-law was ser io us ly inj u red durin g a m ot ocross ra ce at Hurri can e Hill s in C lifford, Pennsylv ania. H e is still reco vering from h ead inju ri es sustai ne d whe n a nothe r rider landed o n top o f him o ff a tabl etop jump. I a m p leased to say th at h e is do in g as we ll as can be ex pec ted. th anks in large pa rt to th e ex tre m ely prof essional and efficient handl in g he received a t trackside. O n h is be half, I va nt to thank a ll w ho were i nvolved in administeri ng him fi rst aid at the scene. On a negat ive n ote, I want to kno w why th e ri de r who landed on him n ever ca me a rou nd to ask if he was a ll right. Even so me fo rm of sentim ental gesture would h a ve been a ppreci a ted . Mike Krotchko Linden , NJ S till champions I recently competed in the United Sta tes Masters of Motocr os s tha t was put o n by Prosports USA and I got a ch a n ce to see a coup le o f m y favorite motocross stars. Kent H ow erton and Mark Barnett. T h ey wer e racing in th e P lus -30 Mast ers cl a ss , and although I had n o chance o f winn ing. it wa s a thri ll to line up next to th em . Aft er the ra ces I went ov er to talk to th em a n d I was a mazed a t how friendl y th ey wer e and h ow much o f th eir time th ey spen t ta lking to me. The sp ort o f motocross ca n be p roud to h a ve c ha m p io ns l ik e t hese. I though t I would n ever ge t a chance to see th ese g uys race agai n. I'll te ll yo u th ey h a ven 't lo st a ny speed . I hope a lot m ore sta rs start racin g agai n in th ese Ma sters ra ces. Jeff Simpson Enterprise , FL Help in th e R o c k i es O n a recent trip to Co lorado, m y fri en d Dyrck a n d I both ex perienced igni tion probl em s wi th o ur motorcycl es. We visit ed S un Sports U n limited , th e Yamaha /Ka wa saki dea lersh ip in G u n n ison, a n d a lt ho ugh th ey we re un abl e to supp ly u s with parts, becau se we we re not ri d ing o ne of t he ir brand s, th e ow ner, Mo rr i ll G ri ffith went far ou t o f hi s way to ass is t u s. Morrill loaned u s a car to go to th e local H ertz agency so we co u ld pi ck up a rental ca r for the 300mile ro u n d trip to Dol or es to p ick u p o ur o wn vehicl e. H e al so a llowed us to store o ur bikes in hi s shop until o u r ret urn a n d th en ca me back to let u s ret ri eve ou r equipment a t 9:30 p.m. o n Saturday n igh t. I wou ld lik e to take thi s o p portu n ity to thank Mo rrill a n d th e o th er fri endly p eopl e a t Su n Sports U n lim it ed fo r h elping u s o u t. I would a lso like to urg e a nyone p a ssing through Gunn ison who m ight be in need of parts. eq ui p ment o r assista nce, to sto p in a nd give th em a loo k. J o h n K. Alke m a L ong Bea ch. CA Way ba ck when In m y cover age of th e Jul y 28 South Edmonston, New York, round of the AMA National Championship Hare Scrambles Seri es that a p peared in th e Augu st 14 issu e of Cycl e N ews, I in correctl y reported th at T ommy Norton led the AA cl a ss th e first co u p le of la p s o f th e ra ce. Actua lly, it wa s Ethan G oodri ch wh o w as th e lea der until h e crashe d going into th e thi rd lap. I apologize to Goodric h a n d a ll of hi s sponso rs - KTM Am eri ca . D yn e -P ort Pipes, S m i th Go ggl es, Fa ctory Con nectio n , Cl over Riding G ear a nd Klo tz O il s - for m y m istake. :\fichael Snyder R i verside, RI L odi M.e. apology T he Lodi M.C. would li ke to apologize to Mert L a ww ill for the u na u thorized use of h is n ame in co n j u nctio n wi th o ur George L ee Memorial Vintag e Mot o rcycl e Extra vaga nza th at wa s h eld o n O ctober 20. Mr. Lawwill d id not tell u s th at h e would a tten d o u r event. H e had been co n tacted in forma lly a t race even ts. a n d had ex p ress ed a ge ne ra l interest in th e e ve n t. acco r di n g to cl u b . m ember s. but did no t make a co m mitmen t' to appear. We pos ted a sign at th e ga te before a nd d uring th e even t a n d h ad o ur ann ouncer make it cl ear that we we re in error in listin g him as " sched u led to appear" a n d that he had not made such a co m m i tm ent. We apo logize to Mert Lawwill and to h is fan s and th e general pub li c for this error. In addition to Mert Lawwi ll, we li st ed tw o o the r rider s. Di ck Mann a n d Kenn y Roberts, a s " sch edu led to a p pear." They also had not co m m itted to a tten d a n d we apologiz e to the m as we ll. We d id li st a n d en joyed th e co m p any o f J oe L eonard and Burl Ekin s. We a lso h ad Don a n d Fl o yd Ernd e, Gus and AI Lau er , Fran ci s Clifford, Jim S to we. Kenn y Eggers a nd Shorty T om pkins o n hand. Chris Carr, th e re ig n ing 600cc Na tion al Ch a m p ion . was a lso present. J im Mahoney Presid ent , Lodi M.C. L od i, CA L etters to the editor shou ld be se nt to : Voices. Cycle News, P .O. Box 498, Long Bea ch , CA 90801 -04 98 ; P u bl is h ed letters do not necessarily reflec t th e posi tio n of Cycle News, In c. L ette rs shoul d n ot exceed 20 0 words and all letters are su bject to editing.

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