Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

.V IC S·:· . O E America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Le itersto the editor·. Volume XXXI Sharon Clayton, President Michael Kling Publisher er, Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor KitPalmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associ te Editor a Chris [onnum, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau , Assistant Editor Graphics and Production ReeJohnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Lao, ProductionMJ1nager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Stacey Guest, GraphicArtist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist Administration Judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera, Secretary to the Publisher Misleading Regarding you r coverage of the fina l round of th e Fl orid a Winter AMA Series . The p ortio n conce rn in g the champion ship title race in the 85cc 12-13 class between Matt Wa lker and Justin Buckelew wa s mislead ing. You r st ory stated that Walker was awarded the title because Buckele w was penalized a lap. Actu all y, befor e Buckelew wa s pe nalized, he finishe d th e race second with Walker third. This gave Walker the title by one p oin t. The pen alt y ha d nothing to do w ith the series title. Lyn Walker McRae, GA Advertising Terry Pratt. National Accounts MJ1nager Mark Thome, Western SalesManager Thomas Ganter, Western SalesMJ1nager Forrest Hayashi, Western Sales MJ1nager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts MJ1nager Greg Mitchell. Eastern SatesMJ1nager RickMatheny, Eastern SalesManager RhondaCrawford. Western Ad Coordinator Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Want Ads Kelly Branscome. Want Ad Sales Marketing & Promotion MarkThome, Manager Dealer Sales Toni Kerr, Dealer Representative AccountingIData Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, AIRCoordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis. Credit Circulation Rheba Smith, Manager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Carol Begovic, Dealer Coordinator Kim Mazenko, Data Entry Coordinator Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, HeadquartersReceptionist Leonard Herring, Serviceand Support National Headquarters 2201 Cheny Ave., LongBeach, CA90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach,CA90801-0498 (310) 427-7433; (213) 636-8844. FAX (310) 427-6685 wood w ere g uys like Ni xon, Mann, Palmgren and Aldana...Wow! I did get to race - nev er well. I got a national nu mber and raced at Ascot. I came off the penalty line once on a Triumph, in the Wood-Rotax era, when I was a Junior, and jette d to the front. I was told by my sponsor, Don Stevens, tha t Roxy was go ing crazy about it . I went wide in turn one. O h, well . The reaso n Roxy wa s good, is that he felt the sa m e way about dirt t rack motorcycles that Scalzo does - the way I feel, but can't describe. Than ks. W. Kit Farley Park City, UT Scalzo 2 I couldn't resist responding to the excel- Desert racing role model Whil e running in the top five ove rall at th e Huntington Bea ch M.e. National Ha re and Hound, Ted Hunn icutt had a high- speed crash an d was injured . Pau l Krause was th e ne xt racer in the area. Withou t hesita tion, Pa u l th rew aw ay his cha nces for a good finish to help a fellow compe titor and friend. As I rode up a few minutes later, what I saw wa s Paul kn eelin g down bes ide his friend , wi th a look on his face of true concern for ano the r human being. Paul s tayed with Ted and got him safely back to the p its so he could be taken to the hospital. You never know how you will react when faced w ith d ecisions like th is in your life, but in my book , Paul Krause passed wi th flying colors. Bill Full mer Jr. Oceansi de, CA Scalzo 1 Well, he did it again Joe Scalzo, I mean. Every time I read one of his exposes, I get the chills. The latest was about Roxy Rockwood (Issue #8, March 2). I didn't kn ow Tommy was his son. I grew up fan ta sizing, loo king 'at the Triu mp h m ot or cycl e factory team po st er wh ich had Rockw ood on it. Along with Rock- Eastern Office 4188 First Ave., Tucker, GA. 30084; mailing address P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA30085-0805. (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 lent article by Joe Scalz o "Roxy Mos t Rema rkab le" (Issue #8, Ma rch 21). I've appreciated a good race from both sides of the fence an d the best person at provid ing p ublic add ress coverage of what w as going on wa s the late Roxy Rock wood. He fully unders tood th at the fa ns could be be tter fans if they knew mo re of what each racer had accomp lished to d ate, what tr acks w ere fa vo re d b y w h ich comp etitors, who h ad recently found new horsepower or experie nced new s u ccesse s. He w as, in dee d, a n encyclopedia of racing, bu t it was hardea rn ed . I' ve seen h is crib sheets tha t sys t e m a ti ca lly r efle ct e d each s ta r 's rec ord, b y National w in s, b y trac k type...he a lw a ys d id h is h ome w ork. And mo st im po rt an tly , he drew fans' attention to action on the track; as Scalzo sta ted , tha t action cou ld be d eep in the pack. Roxy highl ighted racer d ram a - he never wa nted fan attention for himself. Roxy has left two sons in addition to the departed Tom Rockw ood . John is still a career Navy man and Tim. a former s ucces sfu l d irt tra cker and road racer, resides and works in southe rn California. Again, good work Sca lzo - a n d thanks Cycle News. Mike Vancil San Jose, CA Great, good, bad I have three things for you. First, wha tever you are paying Joe Scalzo it isn't enough. The first thing I look for when Friday rolls around are his articles. His matter-of-fact st yl e isn't clutt ered up wi th meaningl ess, flowery prose, and he manages to pu t a human face on the legends of which he writes. Well done, sir. Second, finally som eone wrote a reas on a b le re vi ew of Hond a's CBI000 (Iss u e #8, March 2). I bought the first one available at the dealership after seeing the machin e in Japan seve ral months earlier, a nd I love it. Th e ma gazines moaned a bou t the noti on that it' s "slow." Slow? No, it won't run 150 mph, but on any bike with no type of fairing , yo u approach 100 mph with a full appreciation of the speed at whic h you are traveling. It has supe rb suspens ion, comfortable ergonomics, and the engin e eliminat es all the problem s associated with air-cooling. I own four sportbikes and I spe nd more tim e on the CBI000 than all the rest combined. Enough said. Fina lly, Micha el Scott's piece on the imminent demise of the 500cc GP bikes (Issue #7, February 23) was long on possib ilit ies and short on realities. If it is financiall y unfeasible to support the SODs, how can the automobile factories continue to build Formula One machines? Is there a direct relation to auto sales based on race performance, or rather, is it indirect? Same with the bikes - you can't bu y wha t they race, but victory means sales. And if he is correct, and the SODs go the way of the 750cc two-strokes, so be it. I'd pay to see the Lawsons, th e Doohans, and the Schwantzs race on mopeds. Keep up the good wo rk. Randy Townsend Vacaville, 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 should not exceed 200 words and all letters are subject to editing. Anonymous letters will not be considered for publication. All lett ers should contain the writer's name, address and daytime phone number ... Editor. INSIDE . .. 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DAYTONA SCHEDULE Final showing FEATURES MOTOCROSS Lakocco, Emig top Gainesville National MX Brandes blasts Adelanto CMC finale 6 OFF-ROAD Ha mel, Davis strike San Felipe 250 Hamel leve ls Lucerne National H&H INTERVIEWS Motocrosser Jeff Matiasevich Road racer Troy Corser 26 .28 ENDURO Esquirol first for France at Gilles Lalay Classic .30 SPEEDWAY .Faria, King fire first shots at Spring Classic .32 34 ROAD RACING Fastline /MCM Suzuki, AGV Sport heavy hitters at Daytona 10 AMA/CCS End urance Ha le scorches Daytona AMA /CCS Sprints 12 TEST 1995 YamahaYZF600 20 QH THE FRONT COVER DEPARTMENTS 16 18 22 TEAM SMlm __.._ ._.__ EVENTS _._ _ CALENDAR WANT ADS _.._... FINAL MOTO _ _ _ A LOOK BACK._ _ 35 36 ..46 .._ _..__•••53 _ 67 .._ ..67 A herd of screa ming 250cc Experts leave the line at the Gainesville National MX. Tum to pa ge 6 for a full report. Photo by Kinney Jones . Inset ph ot o: Mike Hale started off his week at Daytona with a win in the AMA /CCS Sprints. Get the facts on pa ge 12. Photo by Henny Ray Abrams.

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