Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v ICES 0 INSIDE Videotape search FEATURES MOTOCROSS Kiedrowski clinches 250cc title, Emig takes 125cc points lead at Troy Nat'L. Nilsson takes over at Dutch 50Dec GP, Demaria wins French 125cc GP Tw o Bro thers survive Road Atlanta heat 6 18 KES NEW BI 1994 Suzuki RM MXers 1994 Ha rley-Davidson lineup 10 14 20 22 23 DEPARTMENTS EVENTS CALENDAR ROAD RACING Doohan breaks drough t at San Marino GP Czech World Superb ike win to Russell : RESUL TS WANT ADS I rec ently a tt en d ed a Donnie H ansen . Mo tocross Sc hool and wh il e th ere viewed a videotape of the 1982 Swedish MX GP which Donnie won. I was a m a zed at how good h e was. It was obvious that had he not been inju red he would have been the rider of the '80s. I enjoyed the video so much that I wo uld like to obtain a copy. Can you tell me where I might find one ? 24 .32 Joe Haywood Las Cruces, NM .38 You'd better call Hansen and see if he'll let you make a copy of his, Joe. We know of no commercial source f or the tape you're seeking...Editor. , .3 9 From one privateer to another ON THE FRONT PAGE: With three motos yet to be run in the 250cc National Championship Mot ocross Series, Mike Kied rowski 's season was - for a ll inten ts and purposes - already over. The Team Kawasaki rider clinched th e title by winning the first m oto at Kenworthy's MX Park in Troy, Ohio, He then ba cked th at up by winning the seco nd moto to comp lete a perfect day. For the complete story, tu m to page 6. Pho to by Kinney Jon es. Sharon Clay ton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Jack Mangus, Associate Publisher/Editor Kit'Pa lrner, Associate Editor Paul Carruthers, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor Chris [onnum, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Assistant Editor Edwina Mangus, Calendar Editor Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. 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All right& reserved, .s What a turnaround! Ricky Graham ha s th e ingred ients of a true champion . As a past National Champion he knows the feeling of ow ning the Number On e plate and he knows the disappointments life can brin g to us all at one lime or another. Ric ky has put h is p rob lems of the past beh ind h im and has rose above them with his eyes fixed securely on th e G rand Nationa l Ch ampionship . Fo r th e p ast few yea rs it has been Parker-Ca rr o r Carr-Parker, with a p rivateer sneaki ng a win or two in eve ry now and th en : As a privateer, I knew how hard it was week in, week out to com pete against the factory rid ers who had fresh equipment eve ry time they hit the race track, bu t it can be done a s Ricky and Johnny Goad are proving . I know I speak for man y who are excited and refr eshed to see so meone d ifferent w in other than the factory (rid ers ). Bravo, Ricky and Johnny. Go, go, go, go and d on't stop and hopefu lly we'll see two gu ys, who worked hard eno ugh to rise abo ve the odds stacked against them, win the Number One p la te. Hank Scott Concord, NC Hank Scott, the brother of 1975 Grand Nat ional Champ ion Gary Scott , f ell one point short of ly ing Rand y Goss for the Number One plate in 1980...Editor. Thanks from #58 I was overw helmed by th e amount of p eople who sen t me cards and let ters and .had w ords of en co ura ge men t for me d uring my stay in the ho spital and w hile recuperating a t home from the inj uries I su ffer ed at the Pom on a Hal f Mile last Oct ober. I used my spare time to send thank you 's to mos t everyone but for th ose I d id n 't w rit e to, it w as great to hear from you. Thanks so much. I would like to take this space to thank a lot of peop le. I would first like to tha nk my fam ily, es pecially my m other who bab ys at me until I was able to ge t back on my feet. I would like to extend my gra titu de to Don a nd Ma ndie W ilso n fo r th e ir fun d raisi ng efforts a nd s u p po rt, Jim and Lind a Eas tlee who made selli ng raffle tickets a new art fo rm, Wayne and Joe H oupt from Suburban HooD, Mark and Lisa Muth from Al Muth n-o. Al Burke, Buzz Arndt, Phil Little, the Sims family, La rry S tr a ngfie ld , a nd t he Pick erell La ke Ice Ra cing Gang who don ated the ir time to help with the selling of raffle tickets. I would also like to thank Bieffe for d onating a helmet for the raffle and Tsubaki for donating a couple of chains to the winner of the motorcycle. A special thank you to th e Clayton Foundation who prov ided financial ass istance to thi s injured racer. The biggest thanks goes to Bu tch Donahue of D onahu e H ooD who h as been my sponsor for sev eral years and p u t for th great effo rts along w it h hi s employ ees to o rganize the raffl e a nd donate th e m ot orcycle th at was given away. He has been a great sponsor and even a g reat e r fri end. Thank y o u, Butch! The period between my accident and my return to racing opened my eyes to th e number of friends I have accumulated over m y many y ea rs of racing and the com passion th at is felt throug hout the sport of mot orcycling. To th e m any people tha t I haven ' t mentioned: w ithou t yo ur co ncern and sup port I wouldn't have been able to get back on track as soon as I did. Davey Durelle Eden Prairie, MN The dratoing' fo r the Husqvarna 125 that was donated by Donahue Hi D was held Ott June 26 at tile Howard Lake Fairgrounds in conjunction willi the M innesota Half M ile. James Longcor of Des·M oines, Iowa, was the winner...Editor. Letters to the editor should be sent to Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90806 or faxed to 310/4273414. Published leiters do not necessarily .reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Leiter shou ld not exceed 200 words and all le tters are subject to ed iting. 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