Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

·V IC S: . . .OE America's weekly motorcyclenewspaper letters to the editor. Volum e XXXI Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher . Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Assoc Editor iate Chris [o nnum, AssociJzte Editor Scott Rousseau, Assistant Editor Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy 1.00,Production Milnager Dennis Greene, LAb. Tech. StaceyGuest, GraphiCArtist Amy Faught, GraphicArtist Admin istration Judy Klinger Coordinator , Peggy Rivera, Secretary to the Publisher Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Milnager Mark Thome, Western SalesMilnager Thomas Gonter, Western Sales Milnager ForrestHayashi, Western SalesMilnager Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Milnager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sales Mana ger Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Allen, Eastem Ad Coordinator Want Ads Kelly Branscome, Want Ad Sales Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager AccountinglData Processing Donna Bry an-Diamond, AIR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulation Rheba Smith, Milnager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Carol Begovic, Df1ller Coordinator Kim Mazenko, Data Entry Coordinator Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, Hf'ldquarters Receptionist Leonard Herring. Seroice and Support National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Be ach, CA 90801-Q498 (310) 427 -7433; (213) 636-8844. FAX(310)427~ Kudos to Pike's Peak If y o u 've n e ver experienced Pike 's Pea k, which is held annually on Jul y 4 in Colorado, I can tell you that it 's a beautiful place to witness a race. The event is very cha llenging and I wish to acknowledge the two men respons ible for putting it all together - Bill Broka w . and Sonny Anderson. There is very little money and / or recognition in it for these two, but they do it for the love of the sport. For that I want to say thanks and keep it up. Edd ie Mu lder Na tional #12 Canyon Count ry, CA Godspeed, Tiny For many years Tiny Godel was a fixture of Pro dirt track ra cin g in th e Northwest - turning a wrench on a Triumph, then dwarfing it as he w ould bump start it. He was the man in the pits with Brad Hurst. For m an y years before that it was Randy Scott, Randy Ski ver and Rick Teagarden. H e also helped Mark Williams, Billy Oli ver and Don Dodge. Fo r th e pa st s e ver a l seasons h e helped s p o ns or Dan McDonnell an d the Go d el h ome has a lways b een a favorite race headquarters fo r out-ofstate d irt trackers. Tiny is su rvived by his wife, Mona, and daughter, Weridy . Condol ences can be sent to the Godel famil y a t P.O. Box 937, Woodland, WA 98674. Go rdon Kudy Felton, CA Thanks, Airtime The Fairba nks (Alaska) Motocross Racing Associ ation would li ke to ta ke a few min utes to thank Guy Cooper and Team Suzuki for allowing Guy to come 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 race with us on the July 4 weekend at the Polar Raceway in North Isle, Alaska. We kn ow Guy ha s a very busy race sched ule and appreciate that he would sacrifice his personal time to come race here w ith us. Th e weekend was a great success wi t h one of th e bigge st race r / s p ect ator turnouts w e ' ve ever h ad . Guy's a ir-time a n tics w ere only surpassed by his off-track time spent with the fans. FMRA would also like to thank Northern River Sport for donating the 1994 Suzuki RM 250 t h a t Guy rode; Wedgewood Resort for dona ting room and board; and Hydraulic Center and A laska 'Pe tr o le u m for track equipment. Again, tha nks for com ing an d good lu ck with your new off-road ra cing career, Guy. You have an open invitation to race under the mid night sun any time you want. Kelley Dolp h in Pres id ent, FM RA North Is le, Alaska Harsh Henny Hol y Harshness Henny ! Nothing like b lasting the backrnarkers of the racing field. What's the p oint of th e article? (Chicanery, Issue #27, Ju ly 13). Don't allow anyone but the ultra fas t on the track? I th ink it would get a little bor. in g . Ma ybe I'm taking y o u r "Chicanery" a bit too literally, but y o u r whining exceeds Paulie's overh eating. And what's with this fascination of Ch ickens, Henny Penny? My good fr iend George Roberts told me you once had a job pushi ng th e eggs back into the chickens and now I believe him. So stick to p ho tog raphy, you chicken fornicato r, an d lea v e th e satirical writing to Carruthers. Scott Kipphut Meriden, cr Charlie Hustler I really enjoyed your "The Men and Machines of the Grand National Series" (Issue #25, June 29). One big problem, though. I believe you made a mistake printing Scott Parker's favorite choice o f m a gazine. This is the filth of the magazine rack . This can do nothing but damage a sport t h a t is trying (a n d deserves) to gain g reater popular acceptance and thus more money for i the skilled athletes/racers. I Many of t he ri ders did not have I their favorite magazine p rinted . Maybe they di dn't answer that particular question. I don't know. Yo u s h ou I . have prin ted Parker's regard less . ld not Erik Burkman Lawai, Hawaii Cropping woes Whoever crops your photos owes an explanation to Alex Criville regarding the photograph on page 16 of the July 13 issue (Issu e #27). I trust the caption over his head was not a commen ta ry on his admirable third-place finish a t the Dutch Grand Prix. Richard Hoffman Plainsboro, New Je rsey I was completely lost as to what Hoffman was talking about, until I spoke with him on the phone. In our photo of the Dutch Grand Prix winner's rostrum celebration, the "en" was cropped f rom the word "Assen" above Criville's head.labeling him as something otherthan the third-placefinisher...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 considered for publication. All letters should contain the. writer's name, address and daytime phone number ... Editor. .' .'IN E:::: :. ~: ..<,: siD ., .Issue #30,AugUst 3,199( Cycl News (lJSI'S 141-34O) ;s publ;,hod weekly . ing rates andcin:ulation information will be sent upon request. SeeS.R.O S w~~ ~dlffTION Printed in U.S.A, FEATURES DIRT TRACK Jones seven th GN winner at Sedalia Nat'l HM 6 Fay crowned at Cas tle Rock 600cc Na t'l finale 40 Future stars shine at Lake Od essa Amateur Nat'l : 42 MOTOCROSS laRocco, Huffman tame 12 Troy Nat'l Hansson, Martens deadlock at Luxemborg 500cc GP 28 . Everts, Demaria top Swedish, Finn ish 28 250cc GPs San Marino 125cc GP to Moore 29 ROAD RACING Dooha n it again at the French GP .....16 Another Foggy day at Au strian World Superbike 20 HARE SCRAMBLES Plessinger scrambles to Missouri Nat'l win .24 NEW BIKES 1995 Honda Shadow American Classic Edition 1995 Suzuki RMs 26 34 TRIALS Tarres clinches championship with Italian win .30 SPEEDWAY North, South battle at Civil War ofSpeedway 32 TECH Morbidelli V-Eight Road ster .36 DEPARTMENTS .23 NEW PRODUCTS .33 LEADERBOARD EVENTS _ _ 43 CALENDAR WANT ADS _ TURN FOUR LOOKING BACK. 51 58 ..71 _ 71 ON THE FRONT COVER Mike laRocco greased the wheels of the Kawasaki stea mroller by -posting ye t another wi n for the team in the 250cc class at the Troy outdoor National MX. See p age 12 for a complete race rep ort. Pho to by Kinney Jo nes. Ins et photos: Honda has added new street mu scle to its 1995 lineup by way of the Shadow American Classic edition, and Suzuki has p romis ed more from their new RM motocrossers. Read all about 'ern on pages 26 and 34 respectively. _

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