Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v ICES Letters tothe editor 0 INSIDE We go t the shaft FEATURES SUPERCROSS Four straight forBradshaw atSan Diego MOTOCROSS Chamberlain topples Perris 8 20 12 M OTOCROSS Healey, Brooksstorm B arona Oaks 22 Dunn leadsAmateurs atSeattleSX OFF ROAD Roeseler unstoppable delanto GP at A Tulsa AX Pro wins to Palmer 24 DEPARTMENTS RESULTS 23 LOCAL RACING .: 25 V ohland grabs win at Silver State . .: .16 CALENDAR 27 P.A.L. wins to Vohland, Ryan...... .18 WANT ADS 3! 14 I believe Mr. McNa mara was speaking for ma ny thou san ds of Grand Prix road race fans in hi s spot-on lett er in your J anuar y 29 issue. I kn ow we are never in a posi tio n to kn o w all of the facts in a situa tio n like tha t, bu t it seems Bern ie Eccle sto ne's greed is putting the screws to all of us. T he point of Kenny Roberts' a lmos t nonresponse was well tak en. I was surprised because he is usuall y so voca l on matters of G P racin g, and he is certain ly in a posit ion of in flue nce and/ or po wer. The way SCRAMP was treated was unbelievabl e after all the mon ey and effort they p ut ou t to make the G P a t Laguna Seca a success. In fut ure issues , I ho pe 'yo u will be able to give us comments or m iniinterviews with both Rob erts . an d Ecclestone, It will be interesting to find out why he (Ecclestone) got the gold and we go t the sha ft! ONTHEFRONT PAGE: Defend ing I25cc Western Regional Supercros s Champion J eremy McGra th sai led hi s Peak An tifreeze/ Pro-Circui t-backed Ho nda CRl 25 to his third co nsecu tive 125cc Western Region al feature win at San Diego 's J ack Mur ph y Stadi um . See page 8 for coverage of the San Diego Ca mel Supercross. Ph o to by Ken Faught. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXIX Michael Klinger, Pu blish er Caroline Gendry , Executive Secretary to the Pu bl ish er Editorial Ja ck Mangus. Associate Publ ish ert Edi tor Kit Palmer, As sociate Editor Paul Carruther s, Associate Editor Na te Rauba, Associate Ed ito r Ken Fa ught. Assista nt Edi tor Do nn Maeda , Assistan t Edi tor Edwina Man gu s, Calendar Edito r G rap hi cs and Production Ree J ohnson , Produ ction Su pervisor Mandy Loo , Prod u ction Ma nager Dennis G reene, L ab. T ech. Stacey Guest, G rap hi c Artist Amy Harris, Grap hi c A rtist Carolyn Branham , T ypesetter Circulation Rh eba Smith , Manager Sarah Taylor, Billin g Coo rdina tor Alm a Anguia no. Processin g Coo rdinator Debbi e Well er, Dealer Coord inator Want Ads Linda Von de Veld, Want Ad Sa les Advertising Terry Pratt, Nat ional Accou nts Mana ger Mark T ho me, Western Sales Man ager Ron Davidson. Western Sales M ana ger' , Thomas R. Go n ter , Western Sales Man ager Mark Mitchell , Eastern A ccounts Manager Gr eg Mitch ell .:Eastern Sal es Manager Rick Mathen y, Eastern Sal es Mana ger J oan Bell, Western A d Coordina tor Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Dealer Sales Steve Go toski, Dealer R epresen tative Markcting 8c Promotion Mark Thom e, Mana ger Accounting/Data Processing Donna Bryan -Diamon d, A I R Coordinator Ge neva Rep ass. Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Service and Support Chr is Aitcheson, Headquarters R ecept ion ist Leo na rd Herring, Servi ce and Su p po rt National Headquarters Eastern Offi ce 220 1 Cherry Ave.. Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach . CA 90801-0498 4190 First Ave.. T ucke r. GA. 30084; mailing addre ss P.O. Box 805, T ucker, G A 30085-0805. (310) 427-7433; (310) 636-8844. FAX (310) 427-6685 (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycle News (USPS 141-340) is published weekly except the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806. Second class postage paid at Long Beach, CA and at additional mailing office. Canada Post Intern ational Pubhcations Mail #546615. POSTMASTER: Send addresschanges to CycleNews, P.O. Box 498 Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. , To determine the expiration date of your subscription, check the four numbers on the first line of your address label. The firs t two digits indicate the last issue number you'll receive and the last two characters indicate the year of the last issue. Subscri ptio n rat es: Rates for th e United Sta tes an d its possessio ns for o ne year, (50 issues), $50.00; two years (100 issues), $95.00; six months, (25 issues), $26.00; tria l sub (15 issues ), $19.00. Ca nada and Foreign , one year (50 issues), $90.00; two years (100 issues), $175.00; six mo n ths (25 issues), $45.00; tri al sub (15 issues), $38.00. Cycle News welcom es un solicited editorial ma teri al including stor ies. cartoo ns, ph ot os, etc. Such material, if p ublished, becom es the exclusive property of Cycle News. Such accepted material is subject to revision as is necessary in the sole di screti on of Cycle News. Unso licited material which is not used will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed sta mped envelo pe. All unsolicit ed material will be han dled with reason ab le care, however , Cycle News assumes no responsibility for th e safety, loss or dam age to such ma teria l. Reprinting in whole or part o nly by permission of th e publish er. Advert isin g ra tes and circ ulation information will be sen ~ upon req uest. See S.R.D.S. ViT/BnA 'If r", 4 AU DITED CIRCULATION Copyrigbt Cyele News, Inc. 1 Trademark Cyelr News registered U.s. PatentOffice. Allrightsreserved. " .992. Guy Holt, JrShreveport, LA in you r J anu ary 22 issue. I hav e a lways noti ced numerous cherry pickers at the CMC Go lden Sta te Natio na l events at Mar ysvill e, Sacramen to and Carson Ci ty, Nevada. It 's always a . topi c of disc ussion of who 's chea ting by staying in a lower class, whe ther it be for troph ies or bucks fro m th e ma nu facturers. Offer some do lla rs and wat ch the J un iors come out of the wood work ! In the same issue is a pic tu re of Ricky Graham leading th e Vet Juni or class mo to. Here's a professio na l dirt tracker begging off as a Vet Ju n ior. Get a life, Ri cky! CMC mu st kn ow this goes o n yet does nothin g to correct it. At present , I wo uld n' t be surprised if most top five finishers in most classes have dropped a class for cas h at th e CMC Nationa ls. I still enjoy racing for the fun of it a nd wouldn 't think of stoppi ng even if my class had cherry pic kers at every event. It would on ly be made bett er if CMC would en for ce their own ru les. In the meantime, I hope R icky and all the o the rs enjoy th eir Junior class win n ings. Thanks, AMA As a fan th at was excitedly ant icipating the G P a t Laguna Seca..I find it di shearten ing and ironic that Ca lifornia, a producer of Worl d Cha mpion riders, has been snubbed for 1992. .Everybody sho u ld give a special thanks to the AMA for respo ndi ng so qu ickl y in providing Ca liforn ia 's road racing fans wi th wh at Bernie Ecclesto ne , FIM, IRTA and Dorna wou ld not . . Wayne Issac North Hollywood, CA Enjoy what we have I' m wri ti ng in hopes of o peni ng th e eyes of enthus iasts o ut there wh o th ink road raci ng is over in the U.S. beca use th e powers tha t be have taken away our road race GP. To me this notion is rid iculous. I went to my fir st roa d race in the summer of 1984, the AMA Na tio na l at Mid-Ohio. Wh at I saw amazed me. It was po uring rain th at weekend and racers were slidi ng off th e track at an alarmi ng rat e. A young man , who was new to the roa d raci ng scene, slip ped and slid his way to victor y. Maybe some of yo u have heard of hi m. His name is Bub ba Sho bert . Since then I'v e gon e to every race they've run at Mid-Ohio and never have been let down. I've been treated to ba tt les betwee n Rain ey a nd Schw antz, Polen and Shob er t, Scott Ru ssell and the field (1990), etc. Every year there are new, exciting riders. T he racing is close and the fields are huge! I went to the 1988 U.S. G P and it was wo nder ful to see Edd ie Lawson and Jimmy Fil ice win on their hom e tu rf, but it was also mu ch more detached for the specta tor th an an AMA Nati onal. I love racing and I cert a i n ly believe th e G Ps are th e pi nnacle of the spo rt, however, I a lso lik e to wa nder the pits, see th e bikes, tal k to th e riders and tuners, etc. It makes you feel li ke you 're part of the racing . My poi nt is, alt ho ug h we'll miss the U.S. G P, there is plenty of fantastic racing righ t here at th e local tracks. Let's enjoy wh at we have and suppo rt the best ri ders in th e world, befor e they leave us in hopes of conq uering that world. Bob Jenkins Ypsilanti, MI Cherry pickers I had to laugh at Gr eg Lam b 's lett er John Dirickson Col evill e, CA Go home, Bayle T his is in response to the letter fro m Frank Sai d in your February 12 issue: First of all , Mr. Said says tha t he was em barrass ed ' by th e cro wd 's response to J ean -Mich el Bayle's introduction (at the Ana hei m Supercross ). Wh y sho uld he be embarrassed becau se a rider is no t liked? Seco nd, it was n 't a sma ll perce ntage of the cro wd th at booed Bayle, it was a rather lar ge percen tage from wh ere I was sitting . Mr. Said appears to be either mised uca ted o r totally uneducated when he tal ks about th e events occu rring in America n racing. An yone wh o has ever watc hed Bayle ri de will gi ve h im credit for his natural rid ing abili ty. He came here and wh ipped the best we have in th ree different series, but he did not teach our riders how to go fast. Man for man , we still have th e best motocross riders in th e wor ld. Bayle is the excep tio n rather th an the rule. Bayle di d not bri ng legitimacy to the AMA. He came here to race becau se of the AMA's legitim acy and reputation for producing the best racing there is. I' ve talk ed to a lo t of peo ple and the reason most of them don 't like Bayle is becau se of hi s attitude abo ut win ning the o utdoo r Nati onal Cha mpionsh ips. Most of us ha ve wat ched some. of o ur most ta len ted riders work th eir asses off for years a nd never win a Natio na l. It 's someth ing to be proud of and ent h us iastic about and Bayle is not. It seems like he doesn 't even care and that pi sses most of us off. Bayle sho uld go hom e wh ere he's a nat ional hero and gets the treatment he deserves. T he o n ly reason riders lik e Stefan Everts are here is to tune-up for the World Cha m p io nsh ips. So, if o ne of the Eu ropeans wh o are here "prac ticing " takes out o ne of your favorite American riders, cos ting him a cha nce at the su percross cha m pions h ip , you won 't mind will you, Mr. Said? Don't let a rider's grea t abi lity fool you into believing that he's a great guy. David L. Karrel Fullerton, CA Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices; Cycle Nea», P.O . Box 498, Long Beach , CA 90801-0498. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the po sition of Cycle News , Inc. Letters sh ould no t exceed 200 wo rds a nd an letters are subject to eefiting.

• Cover