Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Letters to the editor Heavy metal loudmouths FEATURES orld I25cc W Motocross Champion Stefan Everts ENDURO Hawkinswins Coalinga National Enduro series opener 6 OFF ROAD Roeseler rallies to Moose Run National Hare & Hound win 10 16 MOTOCROSS Hawthorne hammers CowPalace.... 18 SCHEDULE Daytona Camel M otorcycle W . . . .24 eek DEPARTMENTS TEST Cagiva V 591GP road racer. 8 20 25 W ANT ADS INTERVIEW National Hillclimb Champion Tim Frazier LOCAL RA CiNG CALENDAR 12 29 RESULTS · .42 ONTHE FRONT PAGE: Ala n Cathcart took a spin o n the works Cagiva V591 that twi ce carr ied four- time World Champ io n Edd ieLawson into the winner 's circl e in 1991. For hi s fu ll report see p age 12. Photo by Patrick Gosli ng. I have J>een going to motocross/ supercross races for 15 years and never have I been m o re upset with th e a ttitude of supercross fans th an I was a t Anaheim. Wh en Jean-Mic he l Bayle was introduced, he was booed I T h ere was a " Ba yle go home" sig n above us. Bayle is o ne of the most gifted racers in th e wo rld and I was ashamed for th e American supercross fans. I recentl y attended a " Harley race" fo r the first time in abo u t eight years . Although H arl ey-Davidso ns ar e n ot m y style. . I must say that supercross fans cou ld learn something ab out class fro rp th is racing crowd, In tru th, th e riders could too, like clean racing and good atti tu des, something tha t seems to ha ve van ished in the last couple o f years in supercross , Maybe it's j ust tha t the H arley crowd was o lder a nd more mature a t th e Pomona Fairgrounds tha n the heavy metal loudmouths th a t seem to infest th e stadium events. The truth is I enjoyed th e flat track even in g mor e and wi ll ta ke m y young son to the Harley races long befo re a supercross race. It's a shame, because I believe motoc rossers a re the u lt ima te racers on two wheels. Stev e Miranda Placentia. CA Across the pond America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Vol ume XXIX Michael Klinger, Pu blish er . Caroline Gendry. Ex ecutive Secretary to the Pu blish " Editorial Jack Mangus, A ssociate Pu blisher ! Editor Kit Pal mer , Associate Editor Paul Carruthers. Associate Editor Nate Rauba, Associate Editor Ken Faught, Assistant Edi tor Donn Maeda, Assistant Ed itor Edwina Mangus, Calenda r Editor G rap hics and Production Ree Johnson . Production Su pervisor Mandy Loa, Production Mana ger Dennis Greene, Lab. T ech . Stacey Guest, Graphic Art ist Amy Harris, Grap hi c Artist Carolyn Branham, T yp esett er Circulation Rheba Smith, Mana ger Sarah Taylor, Billing Coo rdin ator Alm a Anguiano. Processing Coordinat or Debbie Weller, Deal" Coo rdi nator Want Ads Linda Von de Veld, Wa nt Ad Sales Advertising Terry Pratt. N ational Ac counts Mana ger Mark Thome, Western Sales Ma nager Ron Davidso n . We sl ern Sales A1anagt'r Tho masR. Ganter, Western Sal es Ma nager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Ac counts Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sal es Mana ger Rick Matheny, Eastern Sal es Manager Joan Bell, Western Ad Coordinator Carla BordenAllen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Dealer Sales Steve Gotoski . Dealer R epresen tative Mar keti ng &: Promotion Mark Tho me, Manager Accounting/Data Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, A I R Coo rdinator Geneva Repass. Ass istan t Herlane Lewis, Credi t Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, H eadq uar ters R ecep tio nist Leonard Herring, Service an d Support National Headquarters Eastern Olfice 2201 CherryAve.. LongB each, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long B each, CA 90801·0498 4190 FirstAve..Tucker, GA. 30084; mail ing address P.O. Box 805. Tucker, GA 3OO85-0W5. (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 S50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 2201 Cherry Avenue. 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Cycle News welcom es un solicited edi torial mat eria l inclu ding stories, cartoons, p hotos, etc. Such material. if published, becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Such accep ted mat eria l is subject to revision as is necessary in the so le discretion of Clcle News. Unsolicited material which is not used will be returned if accompanied by a sel addressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, however. Cycle News assumes no responsibility for the safety, loss or dam age to such materia l. Reprinting in whole or part only by permissio n of th e publish er. Advert ising rates a nd circu latio n information wil1 be sent upon req uest. See S.R.D.S. 4 I j ust thou gh t I sho u ld mak e Am erican MX fan s a w are o f h ow the European fans treat ed m y son, Danny La Porte, during hi s en deav ors to win th e Worl d MX Ch ampi onship. From my personal observa tio n, th e Europeans cheered him wh en he won an d conso led him wh en th ings w ent wrong, They welcomed him into th eir ho mes for home-cook ed meals an d took ca re of him wh en h e was hurting. And, II years later, th eir hospitality co n ti nues. I know the Europea ns app reciate th e effo rt it ta kes for a fore ig ner to co me to th eir cou nt ry and com pe te. Wouldn't it be nice if our fa n s co u ld sho w th e same resp ect. W/BD'A AUDITED V rJ CIRCULATION Copyrighte Cycle News, Inc. 1 Trademark CycleNews registered U.S, Paten, Office. A 992. llrights reserved. Josephine La Porte Yucca Valley, CA Danny La Porte was the 1982 250cc MX Wor ld Cha m pion . . . Editor. Godspeed. Dick Our good friend Dick Bettencourt is gone now. One last tr ip to Baj a, against the doctor's orders, took more stre ngth tha n th e old "T ra il Boss" had to spare an d he DNF. H e will be greatly missed by enth us iasts everywhere who shared hi s p assion for o ur sport . But somewhere next weekend, a tra il rider will stop to help a kid get h is clapped-ou t two -strok e restarted , a nd an old pro will pa use to g ive some tips to a novice throwing himself against a hi ll for th e hundredth tim e. Som ewhere two riding buddies will help each other suc k th eir bik es ou t of a swamp, an d another will ride through the dark n igh t of Baj a looking for a lost co m p a n io n . Next weekend , a dea ler will help sponsor a prom isi ng loca l youngster and a nother wi ll o pen h is shop on Sunday mornin g to h elp a n o ut-of-sta te couple get th eir tou ri ng . b ike back on th e roa d. Wi th each ac t o f this kind , th e spirit an d determina tion th at defined life for Dick will be reaff ir med. A fierce com petitor o f yesteryea r, J oe Bol ger , o nce said of Dick, " I kept sh u tt i ng th e door on him , but I co u ldn' t put ou t the ligh t l" Life has shut the door on Dick Bettencourt, bu t the di rt rider 's broad grin, by which we a ll remem ber him , will light th e tra il for th e rest o f us. Adios, Ca nnonballl Don Draper Phoenix. AZ Four-stroke award Just a lit tle note to set straigh t some facts regard ing the WERA P ro Series press release on the FTM & Associates Fram /Bendix / Auto lite/ R K Chain Four-Stroke Award ; T he original concept da tes back to Oc tober 15, 1991, when Frank Miyake of FTM & Associa tes agreed to post the awa rd . T here has a lready been a win ner; T o m Kipp at the 1991 WERA G ra nd Na tio na l Final was paid the a ward after finishing top four- stro ke. This was rep ort ed by Cycle News in its coverage o f th e GNF. Aside fr om the award , FTM & Associates is a significant WERA Pro Series sponsor that is helping the sport to grow. Pro Series anticipates a nd looks forward to paying th e FourStroke Award again in 1992. Evelyne L. Pritz President. WERA Hilton Head Island. SC Honda winless streak After learning that Damon Brad shaw won th e San Diego Supercross, I began to wonder how long it has been si nce a Honda ha s not won a supercross this far into th e season. I am guessing 1981, wh en Suzuki wa s the dominant team. Stephe n Beeler Port H u ron, MI Your gu ess is right on the m on ey. In 1981, H onda wa s shu t out of th e win ne r's circle as Suz u k i-mou n ted riders - Mark Barn ett, Kent Howerton and Darrell S hultz - won the first seven rounds of the I2-round AMA Supercross Series. Bob Hannah then scored a win for Yamaha, and Barnett cam e back with th ree straig ht w ins for Su zuki' to win the series cham p ionship, Yamaha 's Broc G lover won the final round of th e '81 series . . . Ed itor. Caring and not caring I would like to acknowledge the respons ib le actions of Daryl Fo lks a nd Scott Morris a t the Gold Strike Hare & H ound. They stopped for a downed ra cer two miles into the race . Daryl stayed with him while Scott went ba ck to th e start for h elp. However, they were not th e firs t riders on hand, two ot he r racers sto p ped before th em but contin ued on to in form check p ersonnel further into th e race . This is blatant irr esp onsibility as th e injured racer was in coherent. Fo rt u natel y, Daryl a nd Scott took th e time a n d found he needed medica l attention . As desert race rs, we are all responsib le for each other whe n we are racing. That means all desert racers, no o ne is exem p t even if #1 is on the line. Daryl a nd Sco tt p ro ve d th at l Bo th are winners and a re capable of overall victory o n any g iven weeken d. Le t's a ll follow th eir exa m p le of sports ma nship a nd not a llow a win to be more im portant th an a life. Tom Willis R eddin g . CA utters to the editor sho uld be sent to : Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Lo ng Beach, CA 90801-0498. Published letters do DOt necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should DOt exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing.

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