Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v ICS 0 E Letters to the editor INSIDE He's an FEATURES ROAD RACE Doohan makes it four in a row in Spain DlRTTRACK Parker wins seventh-straight San Jose Mile 10 6 Polen hauls in Hockenhein win . .. . . 14 MOTOCROSS Stanton, Larry Ward wax 'em in Southwick 10 Rossi unstoppable at Czecho 500cc MX GP· 16 ENDURO Cunningham catchesLittle Raccoon Classicwin 18 OFF ROAD Smith smokes Roeseler at Virginia City GP TeamSuzuki smokes Indiana endurance DEPARTMENTS LOCAL RACiNG CALENDAR WANT ADS RESULTS 20 24 34 .4! 52, 54 22 ON TRURONT PAGE: R othm an s H o nda 's Michael Doohan won h is fo urth Grand P ri x in as m an y tr ies in Spain . For th e co m plete story see page 10. P ho to by H en n y Ray Abrams . America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXIX Mich ael Kli nger , Publisher Caroline Ge ndry, Execu tive Secretary to the Publisher Editorial Jack Man gu s, Associate Pu blisher/ Editor Kit Pal mer , Associate Editor Paul Carru thers , Associate Editor Nate Rauba . Associate Editor Do nn Maeda , Associate Edi tor Ken Faught, Assistant Editor Edw ina Mangus , Calend ar Editor Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, Produ ction Superviso r Mandy Loa, Production Manager Dennis Greene, L ab. T ech. Stace y G uest , Grap hic Artist Amy Harris. Grap hic Artist Carolyn Branham , T ypesetter Circulation Rh eba Sm ith, Manager Sarah Taylo r, Bill ing Coordin ator Alma An gu ian o. Processing Coordinator Debbie Well er, Dealer Coordin ator Advertising Terry Prat t, N atio nal Accounts ManagnMark Thome, Western Sales Manager Thomas R. Gen ter, Western Sales Manager Steve C otoski, Western Sales Manager Mar k Mitch ell , Eastern Accounts Manager Gre g Mitchell, Eastern Soles Manager Ri ck Mathen y, Eastern Sales Manager Rho nda Crawford , Western Ad Coordinator Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Dealer Sales Steve Gotoski, Dealer Representative Marketing 8c Promotion Mark Thom e, Manager Accounting/Data Processing Donna Brya n-D ia mond. A IR Coordinator Ge neva Rep ass. Assistant H er lane Lew is, Credit Servi ce and Support Ch ris Aitcheson, H eadqua rters R eception ist Leonard Herring, Servi ce and Suppo rt Want Ads T o ni Kerr , Wan t Ad Sales National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave.. Long Beach, CA90806. P.O. Box 498. Long Bea CA90801-0498 ch, (310) 427-7433; (310 ) 636-8844. FA X (3 10) 427 ·6685 Eastern Offi ce 4 190 First Ave.• Tucker. GA . 30084; mailing address P.O. Box 805. T ucker, GA 30085-0805. (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 for $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 2201 Cherry Aven ue, Long Beach , CA 90806. Second class postage paid at Long Beach, CA. Canada Post Internation al Publications Mail #546615. POSTMA STER: Send addresschanges to Cycle News, P.O. IIox 498, Long Beach, CA 908 01·0498. 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Unso licited material whi ch is not used will be ret urned if acco mpanied by a self addressed sta m ped enve lope. All unsolicited material will be ha ndled wit h reaso nabl e ca re, however, Cycl e News assumes no responsibility for the safety, loss or damage to such mat erial. Rep rinting in whol e or part on ly by pe rmi ssion of the publish er. Advertising ra tes and circu la tio n information will be sen t upon request. See S.R .D.S . W/BD'A V r, 4 AUDITED CIRCULATION Copyrigbt8 Cycle News, Inc. 1992. Trademark Cycl, News registuedU.s. Patent Office.All rigblS reserved.. Expert, but ..• As my College T hermo in structor used to say, "Read th e problem " or , in this case, read th e rulebook. Kenny Roberts, J r. has. an AMA Limited Exper t road race license . In or der to ride Expert dirt track, he would ha ve to ' ha ve: An Expert road racing, dirt trac k o r MX National number; or enough dirt track points an d experience to ri de Expert. . H e doesn' t have eithe r of th ese. T herefore, he rides Ju nior. Sorry , guys, but h is rules are the same as everybo dy else's. Dick Maxwell AMA Vice President, Sports Marketing Westerville,OH Our m istake . Lim it ed Expert Kenny R ob erts Jr. com peted in the Jun ior Invilational race at San Jose, but fai led to qualify fo r th e ma in event. See our cove rage of lh e race i n th is issue . .. Edito r. Know when to say when I jus t retu rned from th e Cam el Pro Pom ona Ha lf Mile. We went down to the race wit h a grou p of II peo p le from Las Vegas, six of wh om had never seen a Camel Pro race before. I have been attending dirt track events since th e fifties. Everyo ne th ought th e races were great and we ga ined some new fans who later were reall y di sappointed at the actio ns of a few riders and fans. After the bar closed at th e hotel where some of the top riders were staying, they took their party upstairs to a coup le of rooms right across from th e roo ms we were staying in. With the number of peo ple on hand, they ended up in th e hallway, and were using bad language, marking th e wallpaper, putting shaving cream on th e walls, urinating in th e ashtrays at the elevators - all with no considerat io n for the ot her 'guests in th e nearby roo ms. After numerous calls to the front desk, a security officer was sen t to the floo r. A few non-racers called him nam es, curse d at him, and told him he could not do a thing to them. After it conti n ued a while, th e police were called, but by th e tim e the y arri ved, 20 people or so had left. They IN THE WIND By Papa Wealey Con tinued from page 3 Saturda y, May 30. On hand will be a n n o u nce r Larry Huffman a n d , Daytona trivia exp ert Terry Knott, i p lus Miss Spee dway Stri ng Bik ini , Kristi Maden. T he festivities will : take p lace from 10 a.m. to 5 p .m., with " a live radio broadcast on Q-I05 fro m : noo n to 2 p. m. T he gra nd doo r prize will be a weekend for two at th e Radisso n Sui te Hotel in Oxnard. Fo r more informa tion , call 805/964· 77H. Due to th e recent civil unrest in Los Angele s, Cal ifornia , there have been ru mors circu lating tha t th e fin al round of the Camel Supercross Series at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, sched uled fo r June 20, will either be held du ring the day or moved to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Ca lifornia. According to Tony Gardea of the Mickey T hompson Entertainmen t Group, th e even t's promo ter, the Los Ange les ro und of the Camel Supercross Series will be held at the Co liseum bu t most likely at a later da te. "The wh ole confronte d one of the top Camel Pro riders and the part y was discontinued at aroun d 3:30 in the morning. I know th a t in a sport such as racing, there is a need for celebra ting and relaxi ng after an event, bu t not at the expe nse of ot hers . With the way dirt track raci ng has been going the last few years, we need to ga in fan s, not lose the m. Larry Garban Las Vegas, NV Viva, Gary Motorcycling ha s lost a gr eat gu y. Most have probably never heard .of Gary Collard; some might hav e. He was an early day flat tracker, racing ou t of po cket on old tracks in northern Cal ifornia suc h as 3 Sta r and West Capitol. H e raced as an amateur but ra n with and sometimes beat the best, lik e Dick Mann , Ph il Ray and J im Sai ton e. In his later years, he spent muc h of his ti me sliding his thumper o n th e dirt roads of th e Mendocino Nat ional For est. Gar y wasn 't fast in the ro ug h stu ff and usually tired by day's en d, bu t given a favorite section of dirt road, he could smoke th e best. H e was untouchabl e in certain places suc h as "The Rock p il e," F ren ch Ridge, Bartlett Springs Road and his favori te, Modoc Ridge. Gary lived for motorcycling but cancer finally conquered him. Several years ago when Gar y had hi s first brain tumor o pera tio n , his doctors said that he wouldn 't be abl e to swing his leg over th e seat of even a bicycle for at least six months. One month to the day of th at operatio n, during whi ch an orange-sized tumor was removed from hi s head ,.Gary and I were up at " T he Good Country," as he called it, . sliding do wn tho se dirt roads, bumping handlebars just like we had in the past. He was not quite up to speed, but hi s cancer didn't slow him up much. It took over five brain tumors to fin ally get him. We've lost a real specia l on e. Clark Plummer Ro hmert Park, CA Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices, Cycle N~s, P.O . Box 498, Long Beach, CA . 90801·0498. Published letters do not necessar ily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing. th ing is still up in th e ai r," said Gardea. " However, it will not be held at the Rose Bowl. We sho uld ha ve a defini te answer in the next week or tw o ." ELECTED: Barry K. Alle n, president and ch ief execu tive officer of Wiscon sin Bell , to H arley-Davidson 's board of di recto rs. Allen rep laces Dr. Michael J. Kam i, a foundin g member of the board who retired at the close of the com pany's ann ual meeting o n May 9. H. Wayn e Dahl and Will iam B. Pot ter were re-elected to the boa rd. BORN: Kelsy Ann Mu rphy, dau ghter of Buck Murph y, a professiona l MXer in th e '70s, and hi s wife Lo ri, o n March 28 in Tacoma , Wash in gton. BORN: Bran don Cod y Sweetla nd, son of Team Green off-roa d racer Gart h Sweetland and hi s wife Lillie, on April IS in Phoenix, Arizona. NAMED: Berkh emer Kline Goli nl Harris, th e Los Angeles, Ca liforn iaba sed pub lic rel at ions fi rm , by Ya maha Mo torsports Group as its nati on al public relat ions counsel.

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