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Letters to the . ditOr: .
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Come back, Damon
This letter goes ou t to Damon Bradshaw. I kno w that you may be perfectly
happy working with horses and we are
all very happy for you . I can see how the
pressure to win in this sport ma y take
the fun out of it
Ho wever, my friends and I are concerned tha t your retirement causes a
dilemma. You see for as long as we have
been going to the National at High Point
(Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania...Editor), you
have won it This year there may actually be a chance that someone else w~ll
win. Imagine that if you can . Who will
we cheer for?
This is why we see no other answer
to this problem - you must take a break
from retirement for at least this race. We
know Yamaha gave you a 1994-spec YZ,
so load it up in the dually and let's have
some fun at High Point again. Let's
show these other guys another 30-second margin of victory - this time as a
privateer!
Show up and the rest will be history.
Damon is still King here. Long live the
King, and God bless Jeff Emig.
Scott Kistner
Holland,OH
Kudos to WERA
I was both bummed and, at the same
time, relieved to read that WERA has
decided to can the Pocono dates previously scheduled. Coming from the
Philadelph ia area, Pocono was the
biggest racing event around. It's a
downer to see it go. Having raced on
the ci rcuit, I'm happy to see WERA
sticking to its convictions, however,
after not getting the asked-for safety
measures.
The most disturbing fact is that, in
this country, the sport has such a limited following and, hence, limited bargaining power, and that even moderate
expenses in the name of rider safety
(look at the AMA venues) are difficult
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or im possibl e to im plement. Pocono
Racewa y would rather see the even t die
than comply with WERA' s resonable
request . The whol e thing is such a
vici ous circle - no media coverage, no
new faces a ttending th e ra ces; sma II
gate receipts , no finan cial power to get
the track owner's attention; and on and
on. Our illustrious Philadelp hia inquirer won' t even print GP results, much
less give loca l events a ny sp ace - but
you can be sure they will let you know
what ballplayer was sufferin g from jock
itch in last night's gam e.
I guess I've been around too long to
witness much improvement in this situation, but it's very frustrating to see the
spor t receive second-class status and
anonymity when virtually every other
country in the world recognizes the
mastery and grit it takes to compete at
the top . And they produce the fans and
the media coverage to support it. It's a
sad comment when the names of elite
American riders are more familiar in
those countries than they are at home.
Warren Smith
Lincoln University, PA
Remembering C.E.
I first met C.E. Altma n when Pace Managem ent hired me to announce the 1975
Dallas Supercross. I wal ked into Texas
Stadium and introduced m yself. CE.
said: "So you're Larry Huffman . Well,
let me tell you, we don't do things the
same w ay Mike Good w in does ." I
replied: "Well, Mr. Altman, at least we
agree on one thin g." I ha d been Goodwin's ann ouncer since his first Superbowl of Motocross in 1972
CE. was one of th e mos t genuine
people I ever met. He loved ~upercro~,
I think, most of all . And hIS favonte
rider was p robab ly Bob Hannah. I
called his hosp ital r oom the day he
died and spoke to his sister. She said it
didn' t look good and I spen t the rest of
the day remembering all the. races I'd
worked for CE. - Seattle, Pontiac, Dallas , Houston, an d more. Everybody
was "Neighbor" to CE. He was a hell
of a man and I'm going to miss him.
He 's probably sitting around right now
·w ith Ro xy Rockwood and Gaylon
Mosier and lau ghing about motorcycle
racing.
Larry Huffman
San Clemente, CA
Read, read, read
May I suggest to Mr. Chaves ("Voices" Issue #16, April 27) that he read Cycle
News Issue #10 from March 16. It is
painfully clear to anyone why "Rocket"
Rex Staten was d isqualified from the
San Felipe 250 . According to Dean
Houlgate, SCORE's media relations representative, the team was spotted cu tting the course by SCORE vice president Sal FIsh, who was flying over the
course in a helicopter. I quote: "A pparentl y, they totall y took off across country and, while doing the short-eoursing,
actually physically passed two motorcycles."
Fish described it as flagrant shortcou rsing. "It wasn't a jud gmen t ca ll;
there was no question abou t it." End
quote.
Enough said.
Joe Armstrong
Marina del Rey, CA
C.E. Altman, thechairman of PACE Motorsports, died on April 7 in Houston, Texas,
after a long bout with leukemia. He was 56
yearsold...Editor.
Sharon Oayton, President
Michael Klinger, Publisher
Editorial
Paul Carruthers, Editor
KitPalmer, Associate Editor
Donn Maeda, AssociateEditor
Chris [onnurn, Associate Editor
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