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v0ICES Letters to the editor INSIDE FEATURES ROAD RACING Back to the be ach for the Dayt ona Race of Champions 6 Moto/Liberty Nankai II crowned in Endurance Challenge l0 o "- ~ $-( OJ ~ OJ :> MOTOCROSS DeHoop clinches two titles .at Gainesville MX Speedway fanatic 26 ALOOK BACK Joe Scalzo loo ks back at Dick Mann 28 DEPARTMENTS OFF ROAD Hamel hot at Lucerne Valley Hare & Hound Summers fast at Fla t Top Hare SCramble NEW PRODUCTS .__.._.._.. 12 EVENTS._ 24 CALENDAR _ _.._._._._ RESULTS EVENTS Milan Motorcycle Show .23 14 _ _ _ __ _._ .._.._.._.._._...30 _ _ WANT ADS _ .35 Lois Ros e Fair Oaks, CA .38 No more Supercross-less in Seattle Z ON THE FRONT PAGE: The AMA/CCS Endurance Challenge gets und erway at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by Henny Ray Abrams. Inset: Ducati's all-new 916. Cill]]~ America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXX Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor Chris [onnum , Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Assislant Editor Graphics and production Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy 1.00, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. 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Advertising rates and circulation information will be sentupon request SeeS.RO.5. Printed in U.S.A. copyrighre Cyete News, Inc. 1993.Trademark Cycle Newl registered U.s. P.lttnt Offler. All rights reserved. Greg Finley Winfield, KS 39 o 4 T ha nk you, thank yo u, thank yo u . At last the speedway fans of the world are seeing so me w ond erfu l articles on our sport. Let's notkeep speedway the greatest secr et in the sp o r tin g world, let's expose it and put it out for all to see and enjoy. Thanks again to Cycle News and Scott Rousseau, and tha nks to all the talented and b ra ve guys who put life and lim b o n the line to s how us " the greatest show on earth." Now that we are no longer going to be rece iving funds, I feel we should not need to pay for a s ervice that is no longer available. In Kansas, farmers do not pay taxes o n farm-use vehicles. I think we sh ou ld try to get legislation introduced to remov e most of the taxes from gasoline on fuels used in off-road vehicles. Like tractors, these vehicles are not using the h ighways and we now will need to find a way to support our trails. Why should w e pa y the tax ? I have a fee ling these fund s w ill go towards health care. I've got health care, bu t I don't have an awesome place to trail ride. What's next, a tax on tires ? Thank you, Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group. Thanks for laking over the Seattle Su pe rcro ss . You are the number one racing promo ter. I can 't wail to see wha t kind of w o nd e rfu l t hings yo u ' ll do with yo ur promo tio n of th e Seattle Supercross. Again, thanks for giving us a superc ross in the northwest. Will there be a nythi ng different, or will it follow the ba sic AMA forma t for a supercross? Bart Widman PI. Angeles, WA Since the MT EG..promo ted Seattle Supercross is part of tire AMA Cam el Super-cross Series, it will likely remain consisient Wit/I the races that Irave been lleld at the Kingdome in past years...Editor. Worried about trail money I'm responding to the article in the "In The Wind " sect ion of th e October 27 issue, rega rdi ng the Hou se /Senate Co nfere nce Committee on Transportation App ropriations doin g away with "any a nd a ll " money to maintain and build trails fo r rec rea tional use . Alt hough I have neve r used public trails for riding, it is a dream of mine to one day spend some tim e d oing a littl e mo u nta in trail rid ing as a vacation. The way I see it, when I pay for gas to run through my motor cycle th is is a n invest men t or reserva tio n for me to d o just that, Two heroes Thank yo u, Answer Products and Scott Su m mers for joining our fig h t to save our riding areas. Scott, yo u have proven time a nd time again th at you a re th e most professional motorcycle racer on the p lanet. This new commitment on ly rein forces thi s image. Whatever you are paid, yo u deserve a raise. Answer Produ cts, you are an A-I operation and I thank you for doing your s ha re to help protect m y riding area s. Tomorrow I am replacing my Renthal handlebars and sprockets, AXO Gear and Pro Circuit muffler with Answer Prod ucts . As a member of the general off..road community, I have never read anywhere or heard o f any other racer or company publicly supporting this ~use. The support fr om the public would not only generate sales for companies and support for rid e rs, but it may convince other members of the riding community to become involved. To all other professional racers a nd companies that profit fro m the o ff-roa d community .. come.on in, the water's fine . Rus s M arlo w Kent, WA l.f1: 1!1'l' In the editor eho uld be M'nl to Vokt'S, Cycle New s,. 1 P.O. B Oll 498, Lon g ue a cb , CA 90806-0 498 or follliPd 10 Publi ",ht'd leuere do not n('cr llliarily reflect the position of Cycle N"WII Inc. Lettera "ho uld no l exceed , 200 wordi'! and ;llIlettt'1'lI a re s ubje ct to I'di tinM;. AnonymaUll lC'ttC'f5 will nat be eon s tdered fo r p ublic.ltion. All It'u t'1'll s ho u ld C'O nbin Ihe w rit t'r 's name, ;lddrul ;lnd d;lytime p hon e number ••• Edi tor. 3 ]0I427~6 68S. INTHE WIND By Fa aWealey Continued from page 3 contac ted at R.R . #2, Ra inb ow , CA 92028,619/728-6103. • M ike Kidd Promoti ons ha s a nno unced the schedule for the 1994 AMA National Are nacross Series . The dates and race sites a re a s follow s : D ecember 3-5 MetroCentre, Rockford, ll1inois; January 7-9 - Will Rogers Coliseum, Ft. Worth, Texas; January 7-9 - Cow Palace, San Fra ncisco, California; January 14-16 Lazy E Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklaho m a; Ka n s as ExpoCentre, Topeka , Kans a s; Febru ary 4-6 • Persh ing Au dito riu m, Lincoln, N ebraska; Feb ru ary 11-13 - Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana; Feb ruary 18-20 Riverfront Coliseum, Ci ncinnati, Ohio; Fe b r u a ry 25-27 - Denv e r Coliseu m, Denver Colorado. BO RN: Rya n Hunter Bra nd, to for mer G ra nd N ational dirt track racer Ba r ry Brand and his wife Ca ro l on Ju ne 3 in Ba ytown , Texas . Brand's the o r y o n announcements is obviously "better late tlu,n never." _ N AMED: Tom Velt , as marketing coord in ator for PACE /S uperSpo r ts. Velt w ill b e resp o n s ib le for a s s ist in g in advertising , promot ions, publicity, media relations a nd sponsorships. He ha s previously worked w ith th e Tampa • Convention Center and th e Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League. CORRECTION: In an In The Wind item from last week, we incorrectly identified m o to c ro s se r Tim Ferry's sponsor as being Rossini Racing Products Cycles (RRP) . The spons or list should read as follows: Ross ini Racing Products (RRP), Cycles of Palm Beach an d Kayo Corp. OPEN ED: Professional Cycles, Inc., in San Diego, Cali fornia. The fu ll-service motorcycle a ccessory / par ts/ service facili ty is being operated by Ed Jose, Mike Proo, Ja red Mal mq uist and Norma Vesco . For m o re information call 619/622-1088. CHANGED: The p hone n um ber for BKBody Armor, im porters of TP ro p rotective gear. The new number is 800/632c¥ 7667.