Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES ': ," ' America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Letters tothe editor:• V olume XXXI Sharon Clayton, President . Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor Chris [onnurn, Associate Editor Scoll Rousseau, Assistant Editor Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Leo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Stacey Guest, GraphicArtist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist A few weeks ago my family attended the Mike Kidd Arenacross in Indianapolis, Ind iana. My so n fides a 50ccAuto and was part of the program on Friday and Saturday nights. On Saturday night, one of the pro rid ers, Billy Whitley, pitted close to our trail er. After the races, Billy was at our trailer and our son sat down beside him, talked with him, and got his au tog raph. Billy, who I'm sure had better things to do, took the time to listen to my son and answer his questions . He never acted bothered by my son, but instead' acted like he was very interested in him. I wonder if Mr. Whitley realizes how much this means to a young rider. I just wanted to take a minute to thank Billy Whitley for being so nice to our son, and to let him know what a great role model he is for these young guys. I hop e that some day when his son or daughter wants a minute or an autograph from someone they look up to, that he/she gets the same response he gave our son . Good luck with your racing career, Billy Whitley. You deserve it! Tanya Clark Mo ntgomery, IN Donald Herndon Diamon d Bar, CA Nice guy I wan ted to say thank you to Ted Hunn icu t of Kaw asaki Team Green for being one of the most frien d ly rider s/racers I ha ve ever had the p rivilege of meet ing. . After the 500cc Expe rt race at the Adelanto Grand Prix, before he could even ge t his gear off, he wa s sig ning au tographs ' and talking to everyo ne . H e is a true sportsman. Team Green should be proud to ha ve him represent them. Good luck to yo u Ted! Administration Judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera, Secretaryto the Publisher Advertising Terry Prall, National Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Western Sales Manager Thomas Genter, Western Sales Manager Forrest Hayashi, Western Sales Mana ger Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager RickMatheny, Eastern Sales Manager Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Want Ads Kelly Branscome, Want Ad Sales Marketing & Promotion ger Mark Thome; Mana . Dealer Sales Toni Kerr, Dealer Representative Accounting/Data Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, AIR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulat ion Rheba Smith, Mana ger Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Carol Begovic, Dealer Coordinator Kim Mazenko, Data Entry Coordinator Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, Headquarters Receptionist Leonard Herring, Service and Support National Headq uarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 9080 6, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 (310) 427-7433; (213) 636- 844. 8 FAX (310) 427-{j68S Eastern Office 4188 First Ave., Tucker, GA, 30084; mailing address P.O. Box 805, . • Tucker, GA 30085-0805. . (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycle News (USPS141 ·340) is published weekly except the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by CycleNews. Inc.• 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806. Second class postage paid at Long Beach, CA. Canada Post International Publications Mail #546615. POSTMASTER : Send address changes to Cycle News, P.O. Box498, Long 8eOlch, CA 90801-0498. To determine the npiration date of your subscription, check the four numbers on the first line of your add ress label. The first two digits indicate the last issue numberyou1t receiv e and the last two characters indicate the year of the last issue. Subscription rates: Rates for the United. States and its possessions for one year, (SO issues), $50.00; two years (100issues), $95.00 six months. (25 issues), 526.00;trial sub (15issues), ; $19.00. Canada and Foreign, one year (SO issues), $90.00; two years (100issues), $175.00; six months (25 issues), $45.00; trial sub (15issues), $38.00. Cycle News welcomes unsolicited editorial material including stories, cartoons, photos, etc. Such material, if published, becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Such accepted material is subject to revision as is necessary in the sole discretion of Cycle News. Unsolicited material which is not used will be returned if acccmpanied by a self addressed stamped envelope. AUunsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, however, Cycle News assumes no responsibility for the safety, loss or damage 10such material. Reprinting in whole or part only by pennission of the publisher. Advertising rates and circulation information will be sent upon request. See S.R.D5 . W/Bn" V .mr!:! AUDITED ORCULATION Printed in U. S .A. COJ?yright- Cycle News, Inc.1994. Tradema CycleNew. rk registered U.S. Patent Office. All rights reserved. Be like Rick Looking good It' s about time! My hat is off to those at American Honda for choosing to enforce their cloth in g codes. H opefully other team s will follow suit and help bring a little more professionalism and uniformity to this sport. My firm (a motorsports management, marketing and consulting firm) was recently,contracted to help organize a new team, ;' which is negoti ating with a non -industry sponso r to campaign a Mickey Thompson Stadium Off-Road Ultracross team. Although I had attended several Anaheim and Los Angeles Supercross races in the late 70s, I at tended the Ana heim and San Diego Supercross events with several members of this new tea m, where for the first time I tou red the pits of a professional motocross event, I was quite surprised at the lack of uniformit y amongst the teams in attendance, particularly the factory teams. Having a d rag racing background and having spent the last 20 years around auto racing , I had expected much more from the motocross an d motorcycle industry. This is not to say I was completely disappoin ted : There were several inde pendent (non-factory) teams with w hom I was quite impressed and who have done an excellent job with their programs. The Spli t Fire / H o t Whee ls /Pro Circuit/ Kawasaki tea m , the Sizz ler / Noleen/Extreme/Yamaha team and the Honda of Troy team are three who come to mind very quickly. If the people and tea ms in this sport are going to continue to try and seek outside (non-industry) financial support as Team Honda has done, those individuals and teams need to first work at becoming teams - Professional teams. Hopefully the factories as we ll as the independents will take a good hard look at the Pro Circui t, Noleen and Honda of Troy teams and wo rk at bringing more uniformity and professionalism to their teams . Lancaster, CA Lisa Thompson Arenacross role mode l Certainly m otocross is tough and demanding, physically as well as mentally. And, of course, the you nger guys have a cer tain advantage on the track . But it's al so no secre t tha t the maturity of the older riders is an advantage also. Just look at Guy Cooper these past few years. Even die-hard Jeff Stanton, Damon Bradshaw and Jeremy McGrath fans always kept one eye on Cooper and praised eve rything he did. It is extremely important to win races, but isn't it just as importan t to win fans ? Rick Johnson is pe rhaps the bes t example of all. He has such appreciation for the sport, his fans and the gifts God gave him, that he still sta nds as the guy I want to hold up before my kids. The older riders can't gain from what the younger riders are doing, but certainly everyone can gain from what a few of the olde r riders are d oing or have done. I wish the young guys wo uld consider the level of their own maturity and make a . conscious effort to improve, jus t as Rick Johnson di d - anyone ca n see how that pays. I wish they would be careful of how they act in fron t of the ir fans and wa tch w hat th ey say to the press. I also wish Cycle News would not print their foul language word for word; my kids read this paper too . So please guys, be fast, be Cool and be nice. Be like Rick. Jim Pool Escondido , 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 po sition of Cycle New s, Inc. Letters should nol exceed 200 words and all leiters are subject to editing. Anon ymou s leiters will not be conside red for publication. All letters s h o ul d contain the writer's na me, address and daytime phone number ... Editor. INSIDE·-.:..... . '. ' Issue #1 ~arch 23,:1994 . . 1, DAYTONA RESULTS ISSUE DIRT TRACK Carr grabs Grand National Series opener Morehead manhandles rainshor t-ened Daytona 600cc Nat'! ST : ; More for Morehead at Barberville HM Six w ins to Thompson at Daytona Pro-Am ST Breckon blazes to AHRMA win Carr's the one at AMA Regional... ROAD RACING Russell runs 'em d own in Daytona 200 6 Zampach snares Harley Dav id son Twin Sports race 19 Filice flies in AMA 250cc GP 20 Smith g rabs AMA/CCS 600cc 55 22 Tu rkington tames AMA /CCS 750ccSS 24 Merkel/Nobles debut ZX-9R, win AMA /CCS Unl imited Team Challenge , 30 AGV Sport heads AMA /CCS Middleweight Team Challenge .......31 Henning first in AHRMA Hist oric . Cup RR 32 Aldana victorious in BMW Battle of the Legends RR....................•.•......33 Stroud, Carter lead the w ay in AHRMA BoTI, SoS events 34 Carter quick at AHRMA Roebling Road RR .46 FLATTRACK Poovey pummels Barberville MARS opener , SUPERCROSS Kiedrowski captures s'eeond-straigh t . Daytona SX 12 Carsten double-bags Ga inesville Amateur SX 50 MOTOCROSS Cooper clobbers AHRMA MX Carmichael, Foley, Windham ham-mer Gainesville Amateur MX 16 26 42 44 49 .52 OFF ROAD Cooper one-times Ocala GNCC ......36 ENDURO Hopkins bites National stars at Alligator Enduro ON THE FRONT COVER Reigning World Superbike Champion Scott Russell came from the 17th row to score his -seco nd Daytona 200 victory. See page 6 for the full report. Photo by Henny Ray Abrams. 38 DEPARTMENTS 40 ..48 51 NEW PRODUCTS' _ _ 41, 43, 46 EVENTS _ .,_ _._.. ,__••••54 CALENDAR. _ . _ ·_ .._,. . _ •••••58 WANT ADS •••••_••••_ •• •••••••_._ ,65 TEAM SMITTY 78 TEARDOWN .._.._.._.•_ _ ••79 LOOKING BACK _ _ 79

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