Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Awes ome! FEATURES SUPERCROSS RIDING IMPRESSION Bradshaw again in San Jose 6 Ducati 907 I.E 20 RO AD RACE Rainey edges Doohan in Spain 12 DEPARTMENTS Crevier scores hom etown F-USAwin. . : 16 REUABIUTY ENDURO 18 LOCAL RACING 24 CALENDAR 32 WANT ADS Team America endures-fn'Texas . . . .. 22 Roeseler rounds 'em up in Idaho City Lettersto the editor 37 RFSULTS 46,48.50 Just wh en you th in k you have seen every po ssib le angle o f every typ e of motorcycle raci ng. someo ne redefines th e word "awesom e" wi th th eir camera a nd film . I am , o f course, referr in g to the p age I I photo of 600cc Supersport winner Mik e Smith a t Lagu na Seca (May 6 issu e). Ha ts off to H enny Ra y Abrams for topping h is customarily excellent wo r k by ca p turin g S mith in full co nt ro l o f a two -wh eel speed drift. Outstanding! Jim Bensberg AMA Government Relations Dept, Washington. DC C heck o u t H en n y Ra y's: photo o f R andy Mamo la in th is issue's coverage of the GP of Europe w hich to ok place in S p ain . . . Edit or , Ate their dust . ONTHE FRONT PAGE: Wo rld Champion Way ne Rainey earned h is first wi n of th e season in Spai n, edgi ng series points leader Mick Dooha n by less than half a seco nd . For the fu ll story, see page 12. Ph o to by H enny Ray Abrams. . America's 'w eekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXIX Michael Klinger, Publisher Caroline Oendrv. Executive Secretary to the Publisher Ed itorial Advertising Jack Mangus. Associate Publisher/ Editor Terry Pratt, National Account s Manager Mark Thome, Western Sales Manager Kit Pa lm er, Asso ciate Editor Paul Carruthers. Associate Editor Tho mas R. Center , Weslern Sales Ma nager Donn Maeda , Associa te Edi tor Steve Gotos ki. Western Sales Manager Mark Mitchell. Eastern Account s Manager Greg Mitchell. Eastern Sales Manager Ken Faught. Assistant Editor Chris Jonnum, Assistant Editor Edwina Mangus, Calendar Editor Graphics and Producti on Ret: Johnson. Production Supe rvisor Mandy LOOt Prod ucti on Man ager Rick Mat he n y. Eastern Sal es AIanageT RhondaCrawford, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Borden Allen. Eastern Ad Coordinator Jay Lawless North Pole, AK Th e photo Lawless refers to is f ro m a program f or the 1962 Yo rk H alf Mi le. Th e photo s h o w s Ma rk el lo oking ba ck ov er his sh o u ld er al George R o ed er wh o is in a f u ll -lock sl ide and app-ears Sound of Singles Regarding th e com ments of Paul Carruthers in th e May 13 issu e on the Charlotte SuperTwins road race field of 15; When , a fter years of rule ch a nges, a class co nti n ues to shrink ins tead of expandi ng, so meth in g is . wro n g. I propose th a t it's time to introdu ce the Ame rica n version of th e So u nd of Sin gles (SoS) class th at is cu rren tly running in Eu ro pe. The U.S. mi gh t sta rt with Modified Production 350 a nd 500cc classes, ru n n in g togeth er a nd scored sep arately, follow ed by an a n yth ing goes, 500 to 800cc Grand Pri x class, with a 220-pou n d m inim um weigh t. T he to p 10 finish ers in the Modified Production 350/500cc race cou ld ad van ce to th e GP class, or a rid er cou ld rid e ally class th at day on two different bikes. I feel th at the specta tors, th e people who mak e racing possib le, wa nt to see lo ts o f action, mob s o f dueling rid ers, a nd jamm in g , a nd .a re less im p ressed if a Twins rider, in a sca nt field , is rad ar ed at 198 mph ! H ow many racers, spectato rs, sponsors, et a l wo u ld lik e SoS a t every 1993 AMA Nationa l Cha m pionship road race? Send those lett ers to the AMA, Daytona International Speedway a nd Cycle News. A fantasy SoS race wo u ld have Scotty Parker , J ay Spri ngs teen an d Chris Carr di cing with Kenny Roberts jr. J im my Fili ce, Randy Renfrow, Doug Polen and Sco tt Russell a nd changi ng pos itio ns in every turn, Possible? Russ Whittinghill Louisville. KY Letters to the editor should be sent to: Voices, Cycle News , P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801 -0498. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc, Letters should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing. Dealer Sales Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Steve Cotoski , Dealer Represen tatiue Amy H arris, Graphic Art ist Mark eting &: Promoti on Mark Thome, J \fanagt!T Carolyn Branham. T ypesetter Circul ati on Rheba Smith. Manager Sarah Taylor, Billing Coordinator Alma Anguia no . Processing Coordi nator Accounting/Data Pr ocessing Don na Brya n-Diamond , A / R Coo rdinato r Gen eva Repass, Assistan t H erla ne Lewis. Cred it Debbie Weller, Dealer Coordinator Want Ads Toni Kerr. 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Cycle News assu mes no responsibil ity for th e safety. loss or damage to suc h ma teria l. Reprinting in wliole or pan on ly by permission of th e 'publisher. Adverti sin g ra tes a nd cir culation i n for1?:' ~tion ~ 1l be sen t upon req uest. See S.R .D.S. 4 I am a little lat e wn u ng , but I wanted to find a n o ld racing program from 1962 before I did . I read the coverage of the Daytona Ba ttl e o f th e Legends race a nd I got a kick o u t o f George Roeder sayi ng he rode on ly as fa st as he Iel t co m forta ble, As you ca n see in th e en closed pictur e fro m th e 1960 York (Pen ns ylva n ia ) H a lf Mile, George a lwa ys rode as fast as he fel t co mfor tab le, I raced Harley- Davidsons o u t of Stanford, Co n nec ticu t, back in th e six ties o n the Class C tracks. I raced agains t G eorge Roeder, but I n ever had th e p leasure o f h aving th e view of him th at Bart Markel has in the p ictu re, I usu a lly saw th eir rear wh eels fro m beh ind th em. to be about to overta ke Ma rkel on th e inside of the track in th e 1960 Y ork H alf Mile ' , . . E dito r. ViT /BD'A · A UDITED VI r. CIRCULATION Copyright. Cycle News, Inc. 1992. Trademark Cycle News registered U.s. Patem Office, All rights reserved. INTHE WIND ByPap_a W_el---!..-ey a Con ti n ued fro m p ag e 3 Speedw ay in Ca lgary , Alberta, o n May 7. T he 250cc class in Ca lgary was wo n by Jon Cornwell. U.S. 500cc MX G P p ro mot ers Greg a n d Y v onne B a u m a n n ha d th eir truck an d a new 1992 KTM 250SX stolen while they wer e dining in a Ph oenix resta u ra nt o n T h urs da y, June 4. T h e . bik e ca rr ies fra m e #VBKMXJ207N M302772 a n d engine #1 · 54 6·007 3. If a n yo n e h a s a ny in forma ti on on th e b i ke ' s wh ereab ou ts, ca ll 602/948·413 7. El ecti on booths duri ng th e J une 2 pri mary electio n in Ca li forn ia were fill ed with we l l -inform ed m o tor cycl i sts tha n ks ' to a voter i n fo r m a t i o n guide developed th rou gh th e effo rt s o f ABATE of Californi a , a m o to rcycl ist r ig h ts ad voca cy .gro u p. T he voter g u ides , which co ntain ed a sample primary .. ',- bal lot a nd ca nd ida te endorsem ent s, ,__ were dis tribu ted ' to members o f - th e ~ A BATE o rg a n iza t io n a n d o t h er .. m otorc ycli s t gro ups a s we l l - as members of th e sta te legisla tur e and Ca lifornia 's co n gre ssio na l de lega tion. The organization 's endo rsements went to ca n d ida tes who un d e r stand _ moto rcyclists' point o f view . Aidi ng in th e effo rt wa s th e AMA, wh ich provided a gra nt to o ffset a porti on of th e ca mpa ign's cos ts. The AMA grant was part o f a program ma de possible th rough a two-year S100,000 dona tion to th e Associa t io n from H arl ey' Davi dson. T ha t gra nt will a lso be used to a ss i s t th e A BATE gro up in develo pi ng a similar g u ide for the Nov em ber 3 general election. HIRED: Chr is J o nnum. as assista nt ed itor by C ycle N ews. J onnum , 23, gr ad ua ted from Ca lifornia Pol ytech ni c Stale Univer sit y wi th a bachelor's degr ee in Eng lish in 1991. H e h as been rid ing sin ce th e ag e o f 10 a nd is a n " A" class enduro rider, a n Expert class desert racer, a nd a n Intermed ia te class mo tocrosser. SELECTED.: Francie Ruebel-Alb erts, as execu tive director of th e Black Hills Motor Classi c Co nso rtium, ove rseers of the a n n u a l ra llyand races held in .S tu rg is, So u th Dak ota, wh ich th is year will ta ke pl ace August 3·9 . _ .. _ !J NAME D: Steve Wh itelock , as West Coast d istribu tor for Ch icago, IIIin oi sbased On T he Lin e Racing. Wh itelock was formerl y the MX ra ce team man age r for H onda in Europe. -,

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