Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v Letters to the editor 0ICES INSIDE Help! FEATURFS CROSSCOUNTRY Summers steals the show at Boyers 100 FLAT TRACK Parker makes history at Springfield Mile . , 6 22 Rogers motors at Myrtle Beach MOTOCROSS Bradshaw, laRocco rail at MI. Morris 8 Young blasts Perris 4·Stroke Nationals ENDURO Ericksson again at New York Reliability 18 HILLCUMB Frazier, Casey over the top at Iron Horsemen 20 14 Around the clock at Le Mans 24·Hour DEPARTM ENTS ' 10 ROAD RACE Jacks edges Mar tin at Road Atlanta '16 LOCAL RACING CALENDAR WANT A DS RFSULTS : . .24 26 .35 .4! 52, 54 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Hilldimber s did their best su percross impressions a t the season-open ing I ron H orsemen N ational Championship Hilldimb. For full coverage, see p age 20. Photo b y Tim H all. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Vol u me XXIX Michael Klinger, Pu blisher Caroline Gendry. Eu cut ive Secretary to the Publish er Editorial Jack Mangus, Associate Pu bl ish er/ Editor Kit Palmer. Associate Editor Pa ul Carruthers, A$soci ate Editor Donn Maeda. Associate Editor Ken Faught, Assistant Edi tor Edwina Mangus, Calendar Edi tor Graphics and Production Ree J ohnson. Production Su pervisor Mandy Loa, Production Manager Dennis Greene, L ab. T ech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Amy Harris, Grap hic Art ist Carolyn Branham, T yp esetter Circulation Rh eb a Smith, Mana ger Sarah Taylor. Bill in g Coord inat or . Alma Anguiano. Processin g Coordina tor Debbie Weller, Dealer Coordinator Advertising Thomas R. Genter, Western Sales ~\f a nageT Steve Gotoski, Wes tern Sal es Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Acco un ts Ma nager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sal es Manager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sal es Mana ger Rhonda Cra wford, Western Ad Coordinato r Carla Borden Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinato r Marketing Be Promotion Mark Thome. Manager Acco unting/Data Processin g Donna Bryan-D ia mond , A / R Coo rdi nato r Ge neva Repass, Assistant H erl an e Le wis , Credi t National Headquarters Eastern Office 2201 Cherry Ave.. Long Beach , CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 4190 First Ave., Tucker, GA . 3OO&l: mailing address P.O . Box SO S. Tucker, GA 30085-0805. (404)934·7850. FAX (404) 934·31 12 Cycle News (USPS 141·340) is published weekly except the last two weeks 01 the calendar year lor $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 changes 10 Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498. To determine " e expiration date of your subscription, check the fou r numbers on th e th first line 01 your address label. The first Iwo digits indicate the lase issue number you'll receive and the last two characters indicat e th e year of th e last issu e. Subscrip tion rat es: Ra tes fo r the Un ite d Sla tes a nd its possessio ns for one year, (50 issu es). $50.00; two years (100 issues), $95.00; six months, (25 issues), $26 .00; trial sub (15 issues). $19.00. Canada and Foreign. one year (50 issues), $90.00; two years (100 issues). $175.00; six months (25 issues), $45.00; trial sub (15 issues), $38.00. Cycle New s welco mes unsol icited edi torial ma teria l incl uding stories. ca rtoons , photos. etc. Such material, il published, becomes the exclusive property 01 Cycle News. Such ac- cep ted ma teri al is su bject to revisio n as is necessary in the sa le d iscre tio n of Cycle News . Unsolici ted mat erial wh ich is not u sed will be returned if accom panied by a self addre ssed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, however, Cycle New s ass u me no responsibility fo r the safe ty, loss or da mage to su ch ma ter ia l. Rep ri n tin g in who le or part on ly by pe rmission of the pu blisher. Advert ising ra tes a nd circu la tio n information will be sent u po n req uest. See S.R.D .S. 4 Godspeed, D ean It is with great sadness that we will not see Dean Hensley again . H e wa s always smiling a nd so willing to help ot hers . Millie H orky Po rt Orange, FL Tributes, p lugs, thanks . . . This is to auest to the fact th at Loyal Truesdale did indeed lift his g lass to the late Charles Clayton as o ne of his first priorities upon arriving in Sa n Sa lvador, May 3. 1 am not sure what o ther reaso ns h is glass was lifted for , but 1 kn ow that Loyal was happy, as a ll who did , to finish an exciting and fun event that will remain a credi t to hi s skills as a promoter. Loyal says that next year's Race of Peace will navigate through severa l m ore Central Am erica co u n tr ies . An yone who wants to h ave a rea l ad venture fairly close to home shou ld be th ere. For a good time, Gill Lo yal Truesdale. Andy Goldfine, founder and CEO of Aerostitch Ri derw ear, asked m e to test his new Darien ja cket on th e ride. 1 was lu cky to hve it o n. H e designed it as an all-weather d ual sport garme n t, and succeeded. It 's wa ter p roof a nd proved com fortable in temperatures ra nging from 40 to 110 degrees. A huge th ank yo u goes to my good friend J immy Allison , ow ner of Champ ion Outdoor Sports in Roswell , New Mexico , for his excelle nt help in managi ng o ur support operation. I credit the results to hi s preparedness. We also received help from Sport T racks and Acerb is. . True sdale can be reached at 213/4645720 ... Editor. Let ters to W tdilar should be RIll to: votces, Cycle News, P,O. Box 498. Long Beaeh, CA 9OllO1.()498. Published letters do not nrta'W'ily rdIcet W posi tion or Cycl~ News, Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words and a ll Ienera are subject 10 editing. Dealer Sales Steve Go toski , Dealer R epresen tative Service and Support Chris Aitcheso n, Headquarters Recepti onist Leonard Herring, Service and Support W/BD'A V n J oseph L Weir III Springdale, AR Terry Prall, Na tional A ccounts Mana g.,. Mark Tho me, Western Sal es Manager Want Ads Toni Kerr, Want Ad Sales (310) 427·7433; (310)636-8844. FAX (310) 427·6685 Am I the o n ly o ne who has trouble getti ng pans for their sport bike? I liv e in northwest Arkansas, and to gi ve yo u an idea how bad th e deal ers are atound here, it too k th em six weeks to get a set of Micheli ns for me. Then 1 thought I had preuy much ab andoned th e 1 0Gl1 dea lers as m uch as possib le when 1 recently got a pan through a pans ad in Cycle News, a pan tha t didn't cos t me an inflated dealer pr ice and arrived in a reasonable time fra me. 1 th ought, "A lright!" Guess what - just o ne time lu cky. Last mon th I was T vboned by an uninsured motorist and my ch erry '88 GS X R 750 (keeper bike) was pretty much tras hed. So, 1 ordered a starter cover and a Iootpeg fro m my great parts co nnection on the East Coast so 1 cou ld limp my bike to m y wonderful deal er to trade for a new bike that 1 can 't get parts for. H onest to goodness , th ey ga ve m e a week run -around before th ey wou ld even ta ke my order and three weeks lat er I'm getting the same o ld ba ck-order ro uti ne which in my eyes o n ly · m ean s in competency, . Last time I checked my calendar, it was coming u p o n th e 21st century , and th ere is absolutely no excuse for th ese -rtypes of problems . If th ey aren't accustomed to taking o rders from private parties, then th ey shou ld sim p ly say, " We do not wa nt your business." I don 't know if racers are treat ed th is way . I would jus t like to enjoy m y bike. Do I have to be a licen sed, sponsored rider to do so, and if so, wh y? I buy production bikes. It would be greatly appreciated to find someone who wa nts my business. Join "ou r guys" in heaven , Dean. We all loved yo u. AUDITED CIRCULA TION CopyrightS Cyde New., Inc. 1992. Trademark Cyde New. rtgistmd U.s. Patml Olli",. A rights reserved. ll IN THE WIND By Pap_aW_eal--,-e y Con tinued from page 3 lea ned on him harder , but I'v e never kicked" a ny body that didn't ki ck me. I had to be so mew he re and I had m y kn ee on h is leg. H e wa s occ u py in g m y space on the tra ck." According to a p ress rel ea se iss ued by WE RA, the May 3 1 WERA P ro Se ries event at Sha n nonviUe Motorsp ort Park in Ontario , Canada, will be televised o n Sport Channel Am eri ca in September. T he F· US A vs, Ca nada event is th e third ro und of th e WERA P ro Ser ies an d th e teleca st will be spons ored by Castrol. Scott Parker (30 years ol d) , Ricky G raha m (33) a n d Steve Morehead (36) proved tha t age is n o handica p by show ing th e " yo u n gsters" th e fas t wa y aro u nd th e track an d sweep ing th e top three positions at th e May 24 Springfield Mile. Togethe r, the three riders have 45 yea rs of G rand National co m pe titio n under th eir belts, a nd are sho wing no signs of slowing down. Nineteen- year-old Larry Peg ram Iinis he d fourth . See page six for the fu ll re port . A fte r a s k i n g t h r ee- ti me G ra n d National Champion Jay S p ring s tee n for his autograph a t the Sp ring- _ field Mil e, a yo u ng fan looked a t his au togra p h shee t a nd read o u t loud, " Sp rin ger #9 H·D. " When th e yo u th innoc ently as ked what H ·D m eant, Springsteen laugh ed and replied , " H arley- Davidson • it sure don 't mean hot dogs!" Fo u r-time Grand National Champion S cott Parker was recently immortal ized a t th e Rac e R ock M otor Ci t y Diner, a res taurant in Clinton T ownshi p , Michigan. T he di ner fea tures a motors ports raci ng theme, a nd the floors a nd wa lls are filled wi th va rio us ra cing m emo rab ilia . The life-sized m anneq u in o f Pa rk er is o n ly o ne of many, a n d various race motorcycles, cars a nd bo ats fill the tw o -sto ry b uildi ng. "They approached me at Daytona , a nd 1 th o ught it was a nea t idea, " sa id P ark er. " I ga ve the m a full set o f lea th er s, along w ith a helmet, boots and gloves." J ordi Tarres (Bet) wo n th e Belgian round o f th e Wo rld Championship Observ ed Trial s Ser ies on May 24. D iego Bos is (Fan) was second and D onato M i glio (Apr) fi nishe d third. The w in m oves defending Worl d Champi on T arres in to t he p oi nt standings lead o ver Tommi Ahvala (Ap r), who was 11th o n th e da y, and Bosis, 100·94.

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