Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOlCES Letters to the editor INSIDE Missing persons FEATURES .ROAD RACE MOTOCROSS j ames, Edward. big winners at Charlotte , 6 The Kids capture 250 GP win 10 Windham. Decker dazzling at World Mini 11 Lusk dethrones Brown at Muddy Creek Puzar aces Austrian 250cc MX GP . . . 18 Crevier squeaks to Supersport victory 22 26 My boyfriend a nd I a tten ded the Sacramento Mil e. It was a n exci ting and competi tive race. Scott Parker, Chris Carr, R icky Graham a nd Kevin Atherton rea lly look ed h ot. We know from reading Cycle News th at Bill y Herndon had kn ee su rgery, but wh ere were Steve Moreh ead , T erry Poovey, Kris Kiser an d Junior rider J a mes H a rt? Picotte pound. the Super'Twin•. . ... 12 Fastline endure. at Laguna Seca . ... .20 CROSS COUNTRY Plessinger stops Summers' win streak at Brownline 14 OFF ROAD Hunnicutt, Ziuerkopf zap San Felipe 250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . .. . 16 Debra H ar t San Jose, CA DEPA RTM ENTS EDITOR'SM EGAPHONE LOCAL RACING CALENDAR _ WANT ADS RESULTS 13 28 35 42 54 ON THEFRONT PAGE: J amie J ames (2) w on his first AMA Su perb ike N ational of the season a t Charlotte Mo tor Speedway. P h o to by George R o ber ts. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXIX Michael Klinger. Publisher Caroline Gendry. Executive Secretary to th e Publisher Editorial Advertising Jack Mangus. Associate Publ isher / Editor Terry Pratt, N ati onal Accounts Man ager Kit Pa lm er, Associate Edit or Paul Carr u thers. Associate Editor Na te Rauba, Associate Editor Donn Maeda , Associ ate Edi tor Ken Faught. Assistant Editor Edwina Mangus, Caltn dar Edi tor Mark Thom e. Westnn Sa les Manager Thom as R. Gent er. Westnn Sales Manager' Steve Cotoski, Western Sales Manager Mark Mitchell. Eastern Account s Managa Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Mana ga Rick Matheny, Eastan Sales Manager RhondaCrawford. Western Ad Coordinator Carla Borden Allen. Eastern Ad Coordinator Graphics and Production Ree Johnson . Production Supervisor Mandy Loa, Production Mana ger Dennis Greene, Lab . T ech. Stacey Guest. Graph ic Artist Amy Harris, Grap hic Art ist Carolyn Branham, T ypesetter Circulatio n Rheba Smith, Muna ger Sarah Taylor. Bill ing Coo rdinator Alm a An gu ian o. Processing Coord inat or Debbie Weller, Deater Coo rdina tor Wanl Ads Toni Kerr. Wa nt A d Sales Na tio nal Headquarters 220 1 Cherry Ave.. LongBeach. CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, LongB each. CA 9080 1-0498 (310) 427-7433; (310) 636·88 44. FAX (3 10) 427-6685 Dea ler Sal es Steve Gotoski, Dealer R epresentative Marketi ng &: Prom otion Mark Thome, Mana ger Accoun tinglData Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond. A / R Coo rdinato r Gen eva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lew is, Credit Servia and Support Chr is Aitcheson , Headquarters Reception ist Leonard Herring. Service and Support Eastern Office 4190 First Ave., T ucker, GA, 30084: mailing adet.f P.O .-Box 805, ess Tucker. GA 30085-0805. (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycle News (USPS 141·340) is published weekly except the last two weeks of the calendar year (or $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 2201 Cherry Avenue. Long Beach, CA 90806. Second class postage paid at Long Beach. CA. Canada Post International Publications Mail #54661 5. POSTMASTER: Send address ehanges toCycle News, P.O, Box 498, Loog Beach, CA 90801-0498. T o determ ine th e expi ratio n da te of your su bscription, check th e (ou r numbers on the (irst lin e o( your address la bel. The first two digi ts indicate th e last issue n umber you' ll receive and th e last two ch aracters indicate th e year of th e last issu e. Subscription rates: Rate. 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Advertising rates and circu la tio n inf orm at ion wi ll be sen t upon request. See S.R.D.S. W/BnA - 4/ AUDITED V r, CIRCULAnON Copyrighte Cycle News,Inc. 1992. Trademark Cycle News regis.c:red U.s. Patent OIfict AU rights reserved. . M oreh ead's bike wasn 't ready so he didn 't make the long drive from his hom e in Oh io to California; Poovey, as we have report ed, suffered a m inor eye injury in a wo rkshop accident prior to th e race. As for Kiser, he opted to com pete in a Pro-Am m eet in Kingsport, T ennessee, and Hart raced in Hen ry, Ill in ois. Both riders said that a " lack of funds and purse m on ey" prompted their decisions 10 stay closer to hom e. . . Editor. Made m y da y I spent last weekend ankle deep in cow manu re o n th e windward side of a bald hill in northeast Oklahoma. It was a .b it ch iIly , windy a n d su n dren ched, a n d I h ad to keep th ree different he rds of cows from in term in g li ng a n d lea ving th eir respective pastures. And a cou p le of Brahmas were fai rl y determined that I fa il. Bu t I'm n ot co m p la i n i n g . I a ctually enjoyed it. You see, I wa s ma nning a gate a t th e way back side of J oh n Zin k Ra n ch for th e Four-Day Qualifier. G rea t fun o vera ll. Bu t since I cou ldn' t fin d th em afterwards, I wanted to say IN THE WIND By Papa Wealey Con tinued from page 3 da y May 28, between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Team Yamaha's Damon Bradshaw, Doug Dubach a nd Jeff Emig will be o n hand to meet fa ns and sign autographs. For more information , contact Dave Walters at 2 14/423-4089. Shinichi Ito, the J apanese road rac er who was sch edu led to replace the i nj u red Wayne Gardner jo n the Ro th ma n s Honda NS R500 for the n ex t two Grands Prix , suffered a broken co llarbo ne durin g testing at Jarama in Spain , on May 4. Wh en K enny Roberts, Jr. said he was going to a tte m p t to p racti ce in wet con ditio ns a t Charlotte Motor Speedwa y during round three of the AMA 250cc G rand P rix Series, veteran road racer J immy Filice warned hi m against th e dangers of suc h a stu nt. " I ' ll tell yo u r fath er , " Fili ce threat en ed. AMA Sure Rider, a new motorcycl e insurance program provided by Frank B. H all & Co. o f Ohio, In c., has been endorsed by th e AMA for its 192,000 members. The program was ad ded to th e AMA's list of member benefi ts after requests from members for a " mem bers on ly" ins u ra nce plan that addresses th eir n eeds .a s motorcyclists . U nderw r i u e n b y the P ro g r ess i ve Insu ran ce companies, the .insu ra nce package o ffers many special features. Incl uded in th e program, a nd availab le in mo st sta tes, are varying disco unts fo r m ulti -m o to rc ycl e ow ners , g ra d ua tes of MSF ri der-educa tion classes, riders with good riding and sa fe ty record s, and customers tra n sferri n g policies from a nothe r thanks to #208 a n d #205 for th e wh eeli es a nd wa ves, and to #204 for th e kind wor ds. You all m ad e my day. If Kawasak i isn' t a lready sponsoring those firs t two guys, th ey sh o u ld. They, #208 a nd #205, were obviously having more fun th an any other 20 people th ere. Let th e good times rolI! . John Hansford Broken Arrow, O K Proper use of the desert We were guests a t an Eas ter weekend devoted to th e ch ildren of Di str ict 37's U ni ted En duro Association. Activ ites included games w ith treats for the children o n Saturday, a Sunday brunc h for the ladies that was prepared by th e men, an Easter egg h u nt led by a p urple " bu n ny" on a motorcycle who had already deliv ered bas kets to every ch ild a t th eir R.V. do or, and a n Easter service, These people spe nt a lot of time and effort p lanning th ese things - they didn't j ust ha p p en. I wis h I kn ew the names of each and every p erson who p la n ne d a nd worked on this, but if I n am e the one s I remember, there will be somebody left ou t. What a wonderful use o f th e desert. Leta Grabow Anaheim, CA Letters 10 the edito r should be sen t: to: Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Lon g Beach, CA 90801·0498. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the po sition of Cycle News, In c. Letters shoul d not exceed 200 words and all lett ers are su bject to editing. company. Pro gressive maintains a 24hour-a-day, 7-days-a-week im media te clai ms service with a to Il-free telephone line, from 180 o ffices across th e U.S. and Ca nada. AMA m embers see ki ng fr ee q u otes o r more info rmation, ca n ca ll Su reRider at 800/ 398-7158. NAMED: Gary Ca m pbe Il as p resi dent of th e Mickey T hompso n Entertain ment Grou p , p romoters of Camel Supercross Series and MTEG Off Road Gran Pri x Series events. Ca mpbeIl rep laces Bill Marcel, who h eld that p ost since 1988. Marcel is lea ving to pursu e other busi ness interests b ut will rema in affiliated with MTEG on a consu lt ing basis for a n u ns pecified period. Campbell has been a member of the MT EG board o f di rector s for th e p ast five years and his involvement with motorsports dat es back to th e '50s. BORN: Lindsey Ann Os terman , da ughter of Dave Os terman, owner o f Wide Open R a cin g , a nd his wife Deb b ie, o n Apri l 28 i n Tarzana , California. MOVED: Wide O p en R a cin g , to 25133 West Avenue Tibbitts, Suite E, Va len cia, CA 91355, 805/257-3361. CORRECTION: The Friday, May 15, open p ra ctice day a t Blackha wk Farms Racewa y in Rockton, Illin o is, is for road racers, not motocrossers as we reported in our April 29 issu e. BORN: Jenna Nicole Boller , daughter of Dal e Bo ller , former editor o f Motorcycl ist magazine a nd presently a freelance writer for Kawasaki , and his wi fe Susan , on Ap ri l 30 in Steamboat Spri ngs, Co lorado. In 1964 Boller was co- founder of a smaIl southern Ca lifornia moto rcycl e we e k ly which became Cycle News the following year.

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