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v0ICES Letters to the editor INSIDE See ya! FEATURES TEST 1994 Ho nda CR250R 20 ROAD RACE Polen rolls on at Brainerd Nat'l... 6 No stopping Filice at Brainerd 8 Russell , Sligh t sail at Suzuka 8-Hour 22 Team Suz uk i Endurance masters 26 Indiana 4-Hour OFF-ROAD Norton earns first-ever National Hare Scrambles win at New York 24 MOTOCROSS Lakocco, Henry score at Glen Helen Nat'l MX EVENTS DIRT TRACK Graham records win number six at Oklahoma City Half Mile 12 DEPARTMENTS CALENDAR 18 _ .41 RESULTS 16 46 WANTADS 46 Last lap passes for the w in. Opponents sized up and .then pounced on for th e win. Time and time again, in Europe for the past two yea rs and this yea r in the U.S. - good stu ff. Dou g Polen is, in my o p ini o n , in the leagu e o f Lawson, _ Rainey and Schwantz. Unfor tunately, m y man didn 't do wha t he us ua lly does at the Lo u don Na tional where the man of the weekend wa s Scott Russell. Hi s d isp lay of very wet wea ther racing was incred ible. HE s p ed through turn one as though he tho ugh t it was dry. Scott, as you know, Mid-Ohio is a front-en d ligh t track (bad for Ducati) and it' s a sha me it conflicts with your race in Sweden. If it was a d ry race I th in k you would h a v e a g oo d chance of winning. If it was wet, without a d oubt it would be "see ya!" Rich Burdick Waterford, cr ON THE FRONT PAGE: R.G. Goodwill Tour Does more bot tom-end power and a new fork make the 1994 Ho nda CR250R even better than befor e? Turn to page 20 for th e answer. 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Firs t I read abou t Ricky Graha m stop ping to take a phot o wi th a yo ung fan at Devils Bowl Speedway in Texas. Then [ read th a t Ricky s topped by Mi chael , Mario's house in Michigan to s pen d some time with hi m. I wa s there the day tha t Michael got hurt at the Jackson ville Half Mile in 1981, and since thEn have been re nd ered in the same situation, a quadriplegic. ' Wh en the Grand National race was ru n at Ha ge rstown Speedway recently, one of my frien ds was given a Te am Und o T-shirt by Rick y' s tuner Johnny Goad to give to me. Ricky too k the time to sign it, "To Brian . Best wishes , Ricky Graham." In this era of high price at hletics, you find you rself roo ting for the underdog. I don 't care if Ricky is ridi ng a Honda or a Schwinn bicycle, my w ish is for him to win the Na tional Cha mpionship . I first met Rick y w hen h e w a s a young rider with a gleam in his eye and he had number 41 on his number pla tes. Now I see a much more mature Ricky on TV wit h the sam e gleam in h is eye . Keep it up on the p ipe for the rest of the season, Ricky, and I'll get my wish . Brian Van Wright Ti moni um, MD Boo, double points I can' t believe Roger DeCoster likes the su p ercros s for ma t fo r N ation al s, a nd double points is in !'O way fair to Mike Kiedrowski. H they want to try this format, don 't do it at the e n d o f the Na tional 250cc MX Series, do it for the w ho le Nation al so o« MX Series . That ' way it's at least fair. It still stinks , but at leas t it stin ks the sa me for everybody. I just read ab ou t the Fall Series and tha t so un ds gre a t. I hope it turns out like the old Trans-AMA Series. Greg Franks Caddo Mills, TX We're told that the "supercross ' fo rmat will be used at all A M A National Championship MX Series races next year. As you no doubt already know, Kiedrowski clinched the 250cc MX National Cham pionship prior to last weekend's Glen Helen National. Check out our coverage of the event in this issue to see if the dou ble poin ts benefitted an y of th e al so - rans in th e f inal point standings...Editor. Godspeed, Billy Billy "Steamroll er " Hinson, 49, d ied on Sunday, July 25. He d ied while re turning from a benefit ride. The streets we re wet from a recent rain, and whil e crossin g a d rawbrid ge covered with metal g ra t in g , the back en d of h is H a rley slipped on the set steel and thr ew him in to the path of an oncoming van. Racer s from th e '6 0s an d ea rly '70s will rememb er Billy's aggressi ve rid ing style while carrying Expert plate #160. He rode for numerous shops back then, as we all d id . On e sponsor who comes to mind is Neil Keen out of 51. Louis. Billy touched the he arts o f all who eve r met him . He always had time for every racer, no matter how yo ung. In his later years, he carried on th is tradi tion from h is shop , Cycle Acce ss or ies Unlim ited in Jackson ville, Flo rid a. He helped bo th racers a n d stre et riders a like a n d h e w ill b e m issed b y a ll. Godspeed, Billy. Jim Du nla p Jacks on vill e, FL Lett ers 10 the e d it o r s h o ul d be sen t to Voi ces , Cycle N ews, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90806-0498 o r fa xed to 310/4273414. Pu blished letters do no l necessari ly refl ect th e p o si ti on o f Cy cl e News, Inc . Letters sho ul d nol excee d 200 words and all letters are subject to editing. Anonymous letters will not be considered for p ublication. All letters sh ould contain the writer's n ame, address and daytime phone number...Editor.