Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v ICES 0 INSIDE Letters tothe editor This one's for you, Ethan FEATURES HARE &: HOUND Hamel victorious in Vegas DIRT T RACK Parker storms Pomona Half Mile 6 Carr flies at Fresno 600cc Mile 16 Davis burns rubber at Charlotte Asphalt Short T rack 24 ENDURO Eriksson earns T ulsa 4-Day win 10 Hatch hauls in Bent Wheels win 20 ROAD RACE Team America tops Charlotte Endurance 14 CROSS COUNTRY Summers back on top at High Point 18 22 EVENT Dan Rouit Flat Track Museum grand opening 26 DRAG RACE Schultz goesout with a bang in Georgia 27 DEPARTMENTS WORK BENCH LOCAL RACING CALENDAR W ANT ADS RESULTS 13 28 36 42 54 ON THEFRONT PAGE: Four-time Grand National Champion Scotl Parker ea rned h is first National win of th e season at th e Po m ona H a lf Mil e. For th e fu ll story see p a ge 6. Photo by Mitch Fried m an. ·wm ~ -' America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Vol ume XXIX Michael Klinger, Publisher Caroline Gendry, Executive Secret ary to th e Publish er Edi torial Jack Mangus. A ssociate Publ ish er/ Ed itor Kit Palmer, Associat e Ed itor Pau l Carruthers, Associat e Ed itor Nate Rauba , Associat e Ed itor Donn Maeda, Associate Ed itor Ken Faught, Assistant Ed itor Edwina Mangus, Calen dar Ed itor Graphics and Production Ree J ohnso n . Productio n Su pervisor Mandy Loo, Production lvtanagcr Dennis Greene, La b. T ech . Stacey Guest, G raphic Art ist Am y H arris, G rap h ic Art ist Carolyn Branham, T yp esett er Ci rculation Rheba Smith, Manager Sarah Taylor, Bill in g Coo rdinato r Alma Anguiano. Processin g Coo rdinator Debbie Weller, Dealer Coo rdi nato r Advertis ing Terry Pra u , N atio nal A ccounts Managn Mark Thome, Western Sales M ana ger Thom as R. Gonter, Western Sal es Mana ger Steve Gotoski, West crn Sa les Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Man ager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sa l~s Man ager Ri ck Mathen y. Eastern Sales Mana gn RhondaCrawford, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Dealer Sales Steve Cotosk i, Dealer R epr esen tatiue Mark etin g Be Promotion . Mark Thome, Mona ger Accou nting/Dat a Processing Donna Bryan -Diamond . A I R Coord in ator Gen eva Repass, Assistant Herlan e Lewi s, Credi t Service an d Support Chri s Aitcheson , H eadquarters R eception ist Leonard Herring , Service and Support Wanl Ads Toni Kerr, Want Ad Sales Nati onal H eadquarters Eastern Office Cherry Ave. , Long Beach. CA 90806. P.O. B 498. Long Beach, CA 90801·04 98 ox (310) 427-7433; (310) 636-8844. FAX (310) 427-6685 4190 First Ave.• T ucker, GA. 30084; mailin g address P.O. Box 805. 2201 Tuck GA 30085 -0805. er, (404)934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 My firs t-ever Nat ional Ch ampionshi p Enduro win in Michigan o n May 3 was for o ne o f my best fri ends, Etha n Goodr ich. E th a n and I have been practici ng, ra cing a nd having fun togethe r for th e last 18 years. His 1992 a Nationa l number was 4N " n d h e was o ne o f th e cou nt ry's hottest up-andco mi ng Nat ional har e scra m b les and cross co u ntry riders. Un fort u na tely, a n acc ide nt d ur ing this yea r's Alliga tor Enduro crushed hi s six th vertebra and resulted in paral ysis from his chest down. H e' s keeping a pos itive ou tlook. Wh a t a n in spira tion to everyo ne around h im . H e ' ll always b e a cha m p io n. Steve Hatch Ithaca, NY Fi gh t to wi n " Mr. Maveri ck " was the title that the so-called tea ch er 's un ion pinned o n me in 1989. Out of 12 ca nd ida tes who wanted o ffice Number Two on the Los Angeles Community College Boa rd , six were attorneys. The teach ers' specia l interest group selected Mayor Tom Brad ley's execu tive a ttorn ey and tol d Larry Gordon o f th e Lo s Ang eles Times to co ntact me to ex p lain tha t I wou ld not sta nd a chance if I decided to stay in the race . Fortunat ely, I co nvinced Gordon to interview me in the motorcycle rep air la bo ra to ry at Los Angeles TradeT echni cal College. As a resu lt , I receiv ed favorable mention in th e Times prior to th e '89 election. My biggest supporters were the lat e Chuck Clayton a nd Cycle News. I am co n stantly out-voted by the th ree attorneys o n th e board w h en cri ti cal issues de term ining th e fu tu re of voca tiona l tech n ica l ed uca tio n co me up for a vote. If yo u join th e fu n at Red Mo unta in ove r th e Memorial Day weekend (Ma y 23-25), I wi ll introd uce you to Ron Sterbenz. a motorcycle enth usia st and cu rre nt st ud ent trustee representing th e 122,000 st ud ents of our nin eco llege district. I have a lready selected Ron as a ru n n in g mate in th e 1993 board o f trustees election. I a m convinced we ca n p ull a Scotty ParkerCh ris Carr and draft past a t least o ne law yer to win another seat o n th e Los An geles Community Co llege board. We have joint ly designed a winning T -shirt a nd key chain for the Grea t Esca pe T ra il Ride, tieing together ed uca tio n and lan d use issues as our ma in goa ls. Perhaps yo u migh t agree wi th Louis McKey, th e Pha nt o m Du ck. During a visi t to Los Angeles T rade-Tech in 1986, wh en our district wa s going to lay off 157 tea ch ers a nd close the motorcycle repair program , McKey sa id, " Fig h t wh en you are right, a n d fight to win !" 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 paidat Long Beach. CA. Canada Post International Publications Mail #54661 5. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, LongBeach, CA 90801 ·0498. Pat Owens Los Angeles, CA To determine th e exp ira tion date of your su bscri p tion . check th e fou r num bers on th e first line of your address label. The first two digits indica te the last issue number you'll recei ve and th e last t wo characters ind icate the year of th e last issu e. Subscription rat es: Ra tes (o r the U n ited States and its posse ssions for o ne year, (50 issues), For m ore information on th e C real Escape Tra il Ride and Social at Red M ou ntairl, Californ ia, call Owens at 3101891-2044 . . . Editor. S50.00; two years (10 issues), S95.OO; six months, (25 issues), S26.oo; trial sub (15 issues), 0 SI9.00. Caoada and Foreign, one year (50 issues), S90.(),'); two years (100 issues), SI75.oo; six months (25 issues), S45.oo; trial sub (15 issues), S38.oo. Cycle New s welcomes u nsolicited editorial material including stories. ca rtoons , pho tos, etc. Such material, if published, becomes the exclusive properly of Cycle News. Such accep ted material is sub ject to revi sion as is neces sary in the so le di scretio n of Cycle News. Unsolici ted materia l which is no t used wi ll be returned if accompanied by a self addressed sta mped envelope. All un so licited material wi ll be hand led with reasonable care , however. Cycle News assumes no responsibility for the sa fety. loss or dam age to such mater ial ." Reprinting in whole or part only by permission of the publisher. Advertising rates and circu lation information wi ll be sen t u pon request. See S.R.D.S. W/Bn" 4 AUDITED . V rl"\ CIRCULATiON Copyrighlll Cycle News, Inc. 1992. Trademark Cycle News registered U.s. Patem Office. All righu reserved, H eming Ben efit appreciated Our fami ly wo ul d like to tha n k the own ers of Will o w Springs Int ern a tional Raceway, th e staff , volu nteers, sponsors a nd racers for a ll tha t each o f you did to make th e April 17 ben efi t, on beha lf of o ur son Todd H em in g , such a success . . Todd died on Su nday, Febru ar y 17, 1991, a t Ante lo pe Va lley H ospi ta l as the result o f a raci ng acci de nt at Will ow Spri ngs. Todd lived h is 27 years to th e fullest a nd was bl essed with a n en dless avenue o f fri ends. Todd died do in g what he loved . T h e death o f our son h as made irr eversibl e ch a n ges in a llou r lives. We must now go forward, rem emb ering T odd as a spec ia l part of o ur lives, wh o in o ur hearts will never di e. He will be deeply missed and al wa ys loved. Our family deeply a p p reci a tes all your love and effo rts . The T odd H eming Family Gl endora, CA T he above letter is from Todd 's mother Pam J ackso n , his stepfat h er Bo b Jackson, and his sister Tamie Sukau . . . Edi tor. Don't dab T hanks for the recent observed trials covera ge a nd report on the new Mon resa trials bike. Yo ur coverage of trial s is the primary reason I will cont inue to ren ew my su bscrip tion. Dave Po lso n W. Palm Bea ch, FL Not for nothing We would lik e to tak e th is oppor tun it y to tha nk Kawasaki for the help th a t their Team G reen factory support people gav e to privateers at the T uls a Four-Day Q u a lifier las t month . Our son was a recip ient of th e "grass roo t support" th a t Kawsaki offers to amateu r racers at th e ISD E Qua lifiers. when he had a problem with .h is bike th a t th e officials allowed h im to repair wi th Greg Q uador's he lp. Greg and Dane stayed very la te to help our son make the repairs so th a t he was abl e to ride and co m pete for two more days. The time a nd the ex pense incurred with the 3000 mi le trip was "not for n o t h in g , " t han ks to Kaw as a ki ' s expa n ded support, which en courages newer , up-and-coming riders to participate in th e Qualif iers, in particular. Do n & Anne Si mone Fresn o, CA T eam Green good guy AMA Dist rict 37 held a n auction for the services of th e district 's top 12desert racers. The purpose of the a uction was to raise money for the Distri ct 37 Legal Defen se Fund. The Uni ted Enduro Associa tion won the bid for Team G reen 's Ted H u n n icu tt. O n Febru a ry 29, Ted spent th e day with th e members o f o u r cl ub . This was far in excess of th e two and on ehalf hour commitment that was specified by District 37. Additionall y, it was obvious th at Ted spe n t a lo t of tim e in preparation and th a t h e took th e co m m itmen t serious ly. H e provided us wit h suggestions o n bi ke setup, main tena nce , produc t a n d riding . T his was followed by a riding dem o nst ratio n and p ractice. Ted is a very p rof essional racer who has also mainta ined a frien dl y and delightful personality. He is a credit to Ka wasa ki a nd Distr ict 37. Bob Pryor U n ited En duro Assoc. Cerritos, CA Letters to the editor sho u ld be sent to: Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 198, Long Beach , CA 90801·0498. 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