Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v ICES 0 INSIDE Letters to the editor Sore butt • FEATURES DIRT TRACK Carr on track with Sacramento Milewin ROAD RACE Toland crowned in 801 d'Or classic 6 10 VINTAGE . Oldies but goodies in Steamboat Springs Vintage Festival... OFF ROAD Roeseler/Hamel combine to win Tonopah 100 Summers takes West Virginia National CC INTERVIEW National Reliability Enduro Champion Rodney Smith 14 H1LLCLIMB Ind iana National to Pinsonnault, Gerencer A LOOKBACK Joe Scalzo remembers [ody Nicholas' career 21 .22 SPEEDWAY U.s.A, U.s.A! in World Team Cup 24 DEPARTMENTS 16 20 EVENTS __.._ _.._ CALENDAR _ _ _ .25 .34 RESULTS 18 38 WANT ADS .39 ON THEFRONT PAGE: Havi ng just co m pl eted th e 1993 Ir on Butt Ra ll y (11 ,000 m iles arou n d th e United States in 11 da ys), I feel like I've discovered a great secret: it's the greatest ride on earth! I'd like to thank everyone who made the rally possib le, including Rallyrnaster Mic hael Kneebone and all of the Iron Butt veterans who graciously helped any and all of us rookies. Certainly each of th e dealers volunteering to be rally chec kp o in ts deserve s p eci a l thanks, incl u d in g Touring Specialties in Mansfield , Texas; Brown Motor Works in Pomona, California; Jim Plunkett's Tyre & Supply in Spokane, Washington; Nicho ls Mo torcycle Supply in Alsip, Illinois; Reynolds Sportscenter in Gorham, Maine; and BMW of Daytona in Daytona Beach, Florida. Supporting my effort were Metzeler Ti res a n d my local dealer, Leighton Cycle of Lee, New Ha mpshire. For obvi ous reas ons, I'd like to give them all a "standing" ovation. A potpourri of w inne rs. Clockwise from top left desert racer Danny Hamel; off-road ace Scott Summers; vin tage road racer Dave Roper; and di rt trackers Scott Parker, Chris Carr and Ted Taylor. Pho tos by Tom Van Beve ran, Davey Coo mbs, Matt Benson and Greg Newgard. Jack Savage Portsmouth, NH Supercross-Iess in Seattle t~J~ ~\} ~ America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXX Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Edilorial - Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, AssociateEditor Chris [onnum, Associate Editor ScollRousseau, Assistant Edit r o Graphics and Production Ree johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy 1..00, Production Manager Dennis Greene, LAb. Tech. StaceyGuest, Graphic Artist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist Administration judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera, Secretary to the Publisher Wanl Ads Kelly Bran scome, Want Ad Sales Accoun ting/Data Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond. AIR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, long Be ach, CA908Ol-{ )498 (310) 427 -7433; (213) 636-8844. 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Unsolicited material which is not used will be retumed if accompanied bya self addressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, however, Cycle News assumes no responsibility for thesafety, loss or damage to such material. Reprinting in wholeor partonly by permission of thepublisher. Advertising rates andcirculation information wilf be sentuponrequest. SeeS.R.D.5. WllP.8 ~~nON 4 Printed in U.S.A. Copyright" Cycle News, Inc. 1993. Trodemork CycleNew. reg;.lered U.s. Potent Office.AUrighb reserved, Well, here I am up in the Northwest, left all alo ne in 1994 with no supercross in the Seattle Kingdome. My life now has a hole in it. The Camel Supercross is gon e because ou r representatives said there was to be no more cigarette advertising in the Kingdome. Before my friends and I burn d own the Kingdo me, do you have any sugges tions that might bring supercross back to Seattle? Hey, we do have the world's largest wooden- framed dome down in Tacoma, Washington. Bart Wid man Pt. Angeles, WA A bout all you can do is write or plume your King County, Washington, representatives and vo ice your displeasure regarding the tobacco ban.. .Editor. Did you like it? I am the president of Firs t Au to Sports Tele vi sion, the co m pany .whic h has bro ught 40 hours of AMA road racing, AMA motocross racing, WERA Pro Series racing and World Grand Prix racing to Prim e Network and ESPN in 1993. We are cu rren tly making o ur 1994 pl ans and would like to hea r fro m the read ers of Cycle News about our covera ge o f each of these racing bod ies. Specifica lly, we would like to kn ow read ers' reaction to our live coverage of the U.s. GP at Laguna-Seca Raceway on Pri me Network. Letters from readers will influence our decisions for our 1994 motorcycle racing coverage. Dan iel T. Murphy Denver, CO Letters can be sent to Murphy at Fast Auto Sport s Television , 1625 Broadway, Suite 550, Denver, CO 80202. Let him know what you think .. .Editor. Loved it, but... I loved read ing y our cov erage of the 1993 U.s . GP in the September 22 issue. It was very informa tive, but I d id see one small error in the Jon Cornwell and Chris D'Aluisio 12Sec GP side bar story. You wrote tha t "He (Cornwell) w as be ing chopped and diced by the best quarter-liter riders in th e world a n d there was nothing he could d o abo ut it." Unless he was out there racing against the 250cc machin es, it should have read "eighth-liter ride rs." It's hard to imagine those little mach ines runn ing 1:33 lap times around Laguna Seca . The 125cc class blew my mind. I hope the y'll be back. . Jina Seely Redding,CA l ina, you're correct. We goofed... Editor. Where's the calamari? After getting back from a vacation that included the U.S. GP at Laguna Seca, I wanted to say that this year's GP was the best I've ever been to. From moving the concessions to a bigger area, to an excellent program, to the great aerobatic de monstrations between the events, to the mail-o rder so uvenirs, it was a great effort. Even the police were mo re polite this year than in p revious visits. A lot of thinking wen t in to making th e place more user friendly. The only th in g I missed were the calamari stands. Where were they? The racing was gr eat, an d the addition of th e 125 s to the program w as great. The only cloud over the event wa s the absence of Wayne Ra iney. I hope and pray that he p ulls out of this one. In con cl usi on, I hope that Kenny Roberts did well en o u gh to do a GP again and I hope that he is even more successful (more people) next yea r. With the show that was put on this year, the GP should be even bigger next year. Dick Winningstad Beaverton, OR Ricky don't lose that number As a long-time fan o f AMA Grand National racing, it has given me special satisfaction to see my favorite racer, Ricky Graham, secure hi s th ird title. Ricky ' s to tal domina tion of the sport this year h as been a delight - b ut not really much of a surprise - to his fans, and he has been a real inspira tion to all of us tr ying to keep focused at mi dcareer. Th e w ay I learned tha t Ricky had clinche d the 1993 title wa s' un iqu e and sa tisfying . On September 8 (two days after the Springfield Mile) I was beating my wa y wes t on 1-80 somewhere wes t of the Continen tal Divid e, on the next-tolas t leg of a cross-country putt. My vacation was nea rly over, and I began to think again about the real world as I left it on August 18. It occurred to me that having been on t he roa d fo r three weeks, I hadn't heard any race n ews since Peoria. About that time I closed on what appeared to be a motor racing transporter ahead. As I drew nearer, I noted that it said "Undo" on the back. Could it be ? Sure enough it was RG's rig, and propped up in the driver's side window was the Number One plate. Hey , Ricky, that was me on the Yamaha tw in who passed you back in Wyoming, giving you the thumbs up. Congrats on the three-peat, champ! Jim Roth San Francisco, CA Letters to the editor should be sent to Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90806-0498 or faxed to 310/427-6685. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Letters sh ou ld not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. All letters should contain the writer's name, address and daytime phone number .• ~ Editor.

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