Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

v 0ICES INSIDE Dutch farm ing FEATURES INTERVIEW What o n earth could poss ibl y be to ugher tha n the ISDE in Holland? Harvesting that com! RIDING IMPRESSION Tea m Su zu ki MXer Damon Huffman 6 ROADRAONG Riders boycot t; Russell clai ms title in Mexico City Kling re peats at Road Atlanta Scott Russell's M uzzy Kawasaki ZXR750 20 8 10 DeH oop crowned at Gainesville Fall Series fina le 23 DEPARTMENTS Hawkins clinches fifth title at Delaware City And rews wins Mt. Morris GNCC. 16 18 EVENTS CALENDAR RESULTS WANT ADS : 14 .31 .34 34 ON THE FRONT PAGE: Motocrosser Damon Huffman is one of the sport's most promisin g up-andco m ing ra cer s. At just 17, the Team Su zuki rid er predicts th a t he will be th e next West ern Regi onal 12Sec Supercross Seri es cha m pion. See page 6 for an in tervi e w with Huffman. [ t~J ~ ~ ~ Am erica's weekly motorcycle newsp aper Volume XXX Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Edit orial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor Chris Jonnum, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Assistanl Editor Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Amy Faught, Graphic A rtist Advertising Te rry Pratt, NationalAccounts Mmragtr Mark Thome, Western Salt'S Mallager Thomas Gonter, Westem SalesMallager Forrest Hayashi, Western SalesManager Mark Mi tche ll, Eastern Accounts Manager Greg Mitch ell, Eastern Sales Manager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sales Mallager Rhonda Crawford, Westem Ad Coordinator Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, MarUlger Dealer Sales Toni Kerr, Dealer Representatioe Ad m in is tra tion Judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera, Secretary to tire Publisher Want Ads Kel1y Branscome, Wallt Ad Sales Accounting/Data Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, AIR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulation .. Pete Ra jek Merrill, WI This would seem like a job for the AMA, but the AMA chooses to remain v ir tu a lly inv isible when it comes to sp eedway ra cin g . Why can't grass roo ts speedway racin g get the attention it despera tely needs? Ray Schw ellen bach M an hattan, KS Thanks fro m Gunny MOTOCROSS OFFROAD Rheba Smith, Manager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator ' Pam Klein, Billing Coordillotor Carol Begovic, Dealer Coordinator Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, Headquarters Receptionist Leonard Herring. Service and Support Nation al Headquarters Eastern Office 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801..()498 (310) 427-7433; (213) 636-8844. FAX (310) 427~ 4190 First Ave., Tucker, GA, 30084; mailing add ress P.O. Box80S, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. (404)934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycle News (USPS141-340) is published weeklyexcept the lasttwo weeks of thecalendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc., 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806. Second class postage paid at Long Beach,CA. Canada Post International PublicationsMail #546615. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 9080J-()49S. 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All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, however, Cycle Newsassumes no responsibility for the safety, loss or damage to such material. Reprinting in whole or part only by permission of the publisher. Advertising rates and circulationinformation will be sent upon request.SeeS.R.D.5. Printed in U.S.A. 4 Letters to the editor Copyrightll CycleNews, Inc.1993. Trademark CycleNews registered US. P.tent O£fitt. All righ ts reserved, Now that I'm fin a lly d rying o u t from Holland, I'd like to send my congratualtions to the w hole U.S. team of riders a nd support personnel for their efforts a nd accomplishments at this year's ISDE. The riders endured a lot with the tough weather conditions and te rra in, b u t the supprt was tough, too. The ch eck crews had to g et to the checkpoints without d irections and they had often cha nged loca tions before th e riders arrived - what a year! First off, a s p ec ia l thanks to th e following companies tha t supplied prod.. u cts and/or money to th e team: Arai Helmets for dona ting a team helmet to every rid er; Fredette Racing Products for handsavers; Bel Ray for all the lubricants; Me tzler Tires; FMF, who se n t silencers, people an d a truck with awnings for the Pa rc Ferine; Acerbis, USA; Link Racing. Inc. for drin k bottles; and Scott and Smith Gogg les . I'm grateful to Franco Acerbis, w ho h ad h is em ployees help a couple riders get their bikes quiet enough to make it through tech late Friday night so they could impound. Now thanks to the many people w ho used their vaca tion tim e to help ou r riders: Beaze Val encia who organized th e Pare Ferrn e c r e w; Bo b a n d Eileen Krause.Doug G ro ff, and DanOsborn e, who han dl e d all th e gas a nd tire requiremen ts; Ted a n d Evelyn Noviki, Bruce Wakely, Ted Swartz, Don an d Iris Rh odes, C h ris and Dia ne Hardy, and Bill and Bev Peiser w ho ha ndled th e key checkp o in ts a nd p rocured the pit su pplies; and the team d oct or, Dr. Rick Hill. Then there's th e past riders w ho ca me as managers a n d h elpers : C h a rles Halcomb, Dre w Smith, and Dwight and Debbie Ru d d e r. And thank y o u to all th e unn amed fami ly and friend s that jumped in to help . Thanks a lso to Hu gh a n d C onni e Fleming, Ro g e r Anse l, a n d De bbie Sheldon fro m th e AMA for a ll o f th eir help. Now prepare for Tu lsa - n ext year it will be ou r tum! Gunny Claypoo le Beaverton, OR Speedway help Sam Ermo le n k o makes s o m e good poi n ts in the Oc tober 27th iss u e . Speedway ra cing d oe s la ck newcomers, and junior programs could be one way of ad d res sin g the problem. But I doubt tha t ju nior programs, alone, are enough. One p roblem with speedway is the lack of a national fo u n d atio n on which to build . An y racing series of consequence o wes its existen ce and success to a thriving. grass-roots racing community. Local ·racers competing o n local tracks, supp orted by loca l fans. This is w here newcomers a re traditio nally welcomed and trai ne d. Unfortuntely, for the would..be speedw ay racer or fa n living outside of so u thern California, few opportunities exist. If sanctionin g bod ies a re u nwilling or unable to build a strong na tion al base, s pee d way will remain merely a reg iona l curiosity, if it exists a t all . Surely the re a re enough ra ce tracks, racers, and fans in this co u n try to sup.. port th is classically American, sideways s tyle of racing. All that's missing is an organization with a national name and presence to take the lead. Good job, Pomona I would like to say, "Good job, " to pro moter Ch ris Agajania n for the October 9 Pomona Half Mile . I flew in from New Jersey to see the races, and to visit our son and daughter in-law . Thanks to Orange County Harley-Davidson for selling us excellent tickets. My son and wife had never seen a dirt track .before, and I h ad never seen a race run so well. On time and no delays! I just received my Cycle News th a t had the '94 series da tes, and there 's no Syracuse Twin M iles . What ha p pen ed ? Tex and Ma rie Bailey Bloomingd ale, NJ Event promoter Mike Kidd reports that he has lost moneyfor the past two years that he has promoted the double-header, and saw no potential for growth in the futur e. "1 expected to lose money the fi rst year, but 1 had hoped to at least break even the second year and I didn't, " said Kidd. 'There's a lot of factors that I won't elaborate on, but probably the biggest is the lack of dirt track in the area." Tex, we, too, will miss the Syracuse Twin Miles; two great races in two days is hard to beat . . . Editor. Wanting trials Thanks for all th e gre a t trials cov erage recen tly . Grea t pictures, in te res ti ng quotes a nd h e lp fu l deta ils rriake it the best trials coverage in the U.S. Dave Polsan West Palm Beach, FL We want it all Congratulation s an d a big thank you to Da ve De s p a in, Larry Maiers and Bill W e rne r fo r bri ngi n g AMA Grand N a ti o n a l Championsh ip d irt track to television. Unfortunately for the v iew ers, however, w e h a ve b een short ch a nged. Of the n ine, on e-ho ur lon g sh ow s telecast thus far, s ix h ave been s h o r te n e d in leng th by ESPN, anywhere from five to 20 m inutes - the worst being the Sacramento Mil e which was reduced to an embarrasing 3O-m in u te sh ow. I understand that the live football telecasts that precede the races have a tendency to run late and that can't be helped, but why not cut into the following programs equally? Instead of cutting into half of the rac e coverage, why not spli t the over-run from the football games up into the next three o r four programs? Despain and his crew have brought to us p rofess io na lly- d o n e coverage, bu t unfortuna tely the telecasts are rarely seen as they were meant to be - in their entirety. At leas t we have our Cycle News. Kevin Howard Turlock,CA Letters to th e ed itor s ho u ld b e se n t to Voi ces, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Bea ch, CA 90806-0498 or faxed to 310 /4 27-6685. 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