Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

·VOtotheS· , IC ecfltor:: E ..Letters America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXXI Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor Chris [onnum, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Assistant Editor Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, ProductionSupervisor Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. . StaceyGuest, GraphicArtist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist Administration Judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera, Secretary to the Publisher Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Thome, WesternSalesManager Thomas Gonter, Western SalesManager Forrest Hayashi, Western SalesManager Mark Mitchell, EasternAccounts Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager RickMatheny, EasternSalesManager Rhonda Crawford, WesternAd Coordinator Carla Allen, EasternAd Coordinator Want Ads Kelly Branscome, Want Ad Sales Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager Dealer Sales Toni Kerr, Dealer Representative AccountinglData Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, AIR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulation Rheba Smith, Manager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Carol Begovic, DealerCoordinator Kim Mazenko, Data Entry Coordinator Guy says I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to my fans who were hoping to see me race the Dallas Supercross, Earlier this season I said that I planned to ride both the Dallas and San Jose rounds of the series. Unfortunately, I won't be able to. When I set up my contract with Suzuki, I still had the rods in my legs and wasn't sure if I'd be strong enough after the surgery to ride any supercross events. As it turns out my legs are stronger than ever and I felt that I would be capable of doing well in selected supercross events. In my enthusiasm, I said that I would ride at Dallas and ·s an Jose. Unfortunately, because I wasn't sure of my strength when my contract was arranged, it doesn't include any supercross events. 50, upper management at Suzuki decided that I should ra ce only those events that are outlined in my contract off-road events and selected outdoor National MX races. Therefore, I won't be riding in any AMA Supercross events this year, but will continue to concentrate on learning the ropes of off-road racing. On the good news si de, I'm rea ll y happy in the off-road arena. The level of competition is great and all of the riders have treated me wonderfully - especially my teammates Rodney Smith, Randy Hawkins and Steve Hatch. I love rid ing the Suzuki RMX250 and wa s very proud to win my first GNCC Na tional at Ocala, Florida. In fact, the Suzuki off-road team looks great this year as each of us has won a National event. 50 look for me at the offroad Nationals, selected ou tdoo r MXs, and the ISDE. And maybe I'll be .able to return to supercross next year. Thanks to all of my friends and fans for their support. Guy Cooper Stillwater, OK Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, HeadquartersReceptionist Leonard Herring, Service and Support National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-04 98 (310)427-7433; (213)636-8844. FAX(310) 427·6685 Eastern Office 4188 First Ave., Tucker, GA, 30084; mailing addr ess P.O. Box 805, Tucker,GA 30085-0805. (404) 934-7850. FAX(404) 934-3112 Cycle News (USPS 141-340)is published weeklyexcept the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00per year by Cycle News, Inc.•220 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach. CA90806. 1 Second class postage paid at Long Be ach. CA. Canada Post International Publications Mail #546615. A good Guy Guy Cooper has always had the reput?tion of being one of the greatest gu ys m motocross and I had the cha nce to find out firsthand recently. It wa s the morning after th e Daytona Su p ercros s and our flight was leaving for home at 7:30 a.m. At the airport my wife was getting sicker by the minute and when it came time to board th ere was n o wa y she could fly - so I rented a car and took her to the hospital. She was d iagnosed with POSTM ASTER: Send ilddress changes to Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, long Beach, CA 90801-0498. , C'l W/Bnll V .-rIa AUDIT ED CIRCULATION ThanksTNN Bravo TNN (The Nashville Network) for broadcasting the Daytona 200 live. Especially impressive were the on-board cameras on Pascal Picotte's and Scott Russell's , machines. Keith Code was a brilliant pick for a commentator as well. How about some more Superbike Nationals live? Sooner or later, we may just put a dent into all the boring NASCAR air time. Nice Ninja When the unmistakable Team Mirage road ra cing van drove into our pits a sober reality fell upon us . We realized that one of the AMA's best was abo ut to give us a "lesson" in road racing in our season opener at our own track. What we didn't know at the time was tha t Dale Quarterley would not only prove his great talent in road racing, but he would also demonstrate his supreme character and attitude as well . The eve n t was the April 3 season opener to the AFM Sprint Series at Sears Point International Raceway in Sonoma, California. Dale, on his privateer Muzzy Kawasaki, competed in our 750cc Superstree t and Formula Pacific money races. I . had the pleasure of competing against Dale - if you can consider being lapped on my 650cc Honda Hawk as competing. In fa ct, Dale turned lap record times while lapping over 80 percent of the field. With an unbelievable lead at the completion of the eigh t-lap race, Dale pulled into the pits and allowed the local AFM'ers to .p as s him to collect the contingency money and the c1ass points. Dale repeated this procedure in the Form ula Pacific race. At first I was perplexed by his actions, recognizing that James Doherty Beacon, NY The Nashville Network's live broadcast of the Daytona 200 is the only "live" coverage scheduledfor this yenr's AMA U.S. Superbike National Championship Series. The rest of the rounds will be teleoised by Prime Network on a delayed basis. The March 13 running of the Phoenix International Raceway round, for example, will air on April 21 and the April 10 round at the Pomona Fairplex in Pomona, California, is scheduled to air on May 5. The World Championship Superbike Series will also be shown on Prime Network this year, beginning with the second round in Hockenheim, Germany - that race will air on May 19, one week after the event. Check your local listings for times...Editor. 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 consi dere d for publication. All letters should contain the writer's name, ad dress and daytime phone number ... Editor. ENDURO World Enduro C'ship preview .....26 FEATURES ROADRACING Doohan styles to Ma laysian GPwin Corser wins again, is p rotest ed again at Pomona Na t'l RR SU PERCROSS McGrath builds excitement at Pontiac SX DEPARTMENTS 6 10 TIMEREMEMBERED Ed die the squirreL. EVENTS ...........................................................•.......30 RESUL TS .38 CALENDAR...............•.............................................39 ~.18 Printed in U .S.A. COfyrightil' CycleNews, Inc.1994. TrademarkCycleNews registered U.S Patent Office All rights reserved. . . Mike Pollcabla El Sobrante, CA Issue #15, A pril20,1994 · Subscriptionrates: Rates for the United Statesand its p0ssessicns for one year, (SO issues), $50.00;two years (tOO issues), $95.00; six months, (25issues), $26.00;trial sub (15 issues), .00;two 519.00. Canada and Foreign,one year (SO issues), $90 years (100issues), $175 six months (25issues),$45.00; trial .00; sub (15issues), $38.00. o Jamey Gifford West Des Moines, IA virtually everyo ne could use the money. Yet, after reflecting on his comments d uring the awardsceremony, it was quite clear tha t this was un unselfish gesture of true spo rtsmanship at the highest level. I never had the chance to express my feelings and to personally thank him for what he showed us all, but I know tha t I speak for the majority of the AFM racers and fans when I say that he won the respect and admiration of an entire club and racing community with his actions. Dale not only showed us his grea t talent on the course, but demonstrated that he is a class act as well. Good luck in the AMA series and in all of your ventures, Dale. You've certainly won some fans out here. INSIDE·,·.:·.. .. . To de termine th e expi ration dale of your eubecriptlc e, check "the four numbers on the firslline of your addeesslabel. The first two digits indicate lIIe last issue numb er you'll receive end the last two ch.lracters i ndic~te the year of the last issue. Cycle News welcomes unsolicited edito~al ~ teri~ 1 including stories, cartoons, photos, etc.Such material. If published, bec omes the exclusive propertyof Cycle Ne~s. Such acce:pted material issubject to n.>vi s~~ as is n ec~ ry .m t,he sole discretion of Cycle News. Unsolicited material which 15 not used will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care, however, Cycle News assumes 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 circulation information will besent upon .5. request. See S.R.O food poisoning, was treated and released that afternoon. Since the .rider that I help sponsor, Chad Pederson, had already left with my motorhome, I was out looking for a hotel room with 500,000 people still in Daytona. Standing in line next to me at th e seventh hotel that I had gone to was Guy, who was checking ou t a day early. I asked the lady at the desk if I could rent that room and she said no because there was a long waiting list. I told her of our day, but she said it didn't matter if my wife was sick - I wasn't going to stay there. That's when Guy approached the desk and asked her if Suzuki still had to pay for the room even though he was leaving. She told him yes - that's when Guy picked the key off the counter and . told the lady he'd changedhis mind and was going to stay another night. He then turned and gave me the key . To say that Guy Cooper was our saviour would be an understatement. Guy, thank you for everything that you did for us and for th e world of motocross. You will always be remembered as one of the greatest - on and off the track! W ANT ADS 45 TURN FOUR .......••.......•......•........................•..........59 22 LOOKINGBACK .59 ON THE FRONT COVER Troy Corser (shown) won the Superbike event at the Los Angeles Superbike Championship in Pomona to ensure Australian dominance in the road racing world this weekend, after Mick Doohan topped the 500cc Grand Prix in Malaysia . See page 6 for complete coverage of the Malaysian GP . LA Superbike Championship coverage begins on page 10. Photo by Henny Ray Abrams.

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