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.VO E :" IC S.:' America's weekly motorqcle newspa)"!r Letlersto the editor:. ISDE bad What happened? How can the Tulsa Six Day Enduro, after years of planning, tum out to be such an embarrassment and d isappointment for America? I attended the opening ceremonies and parade in Sand Springs, and I'll tell you, I've seen better shows at local h igh school football games. What a joke. Twenty dollars for this and no food and drink as advertised, to boot. I go to the John Zink Ranch ready to watch the best riders in the world, and all I see is a fenced area where all the riders and support people are located, and no chance in hell of seeing them or the bikes. There was no posting of the event schedule to indicate when the riders left, what the daily standings were for each team, who crashed, who's leading - nothing! Then to top it off, the viewing area they bussed us to was such a joke, everyone who saw it was ready to come right back, since there was nothing to see...pitiful. I could go on and on. They ran out of pins, hats and shirts, yet the attendence was so low I couldn't believe this was the ISDE. The only high points of the event were talking to the Australians, the Brits and others who were fun to be around, and the last day of the event where we could watch the motocross and cheer our riders on. I waited 20 years for this according to the Europeans, it will be a much longer wait next time. Daniel Perez Austin, TX ISDE bad II I want to congratulate all the riders and support personnel for their efforts given at the 69th ISDE in Tulsa. As for the pe0ple running the event, you didn't do a thing to promote off-road racing. Luckily, I only drove five hours to be treated like a second-grader by security, and bussed to a 5O-by-1OQ-foot cattle pen (l measured) to watch one special test. Most people looked at the worn tires in the pits to try and imagine what the trail was like. I feel sorry for those who came all the way from California or Pennsylvania to witness this . Hopefully, no foreigners made the trip. I know safety and liability are a major conce rn, but if you're not go ing to let peop le watch, fN ID :. S E':.: Volume XXXI don't invite them. This type of racing is d ifficult to spectate, but given the facilities and lay ou t of John Zin k Ranch, it sho uld have been on e of the best. No wonder the Six Days hasn't been here in 20 years. . Darryl Smith CarroIton, TX ISDE good I have just returned from the 1994 Tulsa ISDE in Oklahoma. I went there to volunteer my time as a course marshal on the blue loop (Days Three and Six). Blue loop captains were Jerry, Rob and Stu. I don't know their last names, but I would like to thank them for making me feel a part of the program and for showing me some awesome trail. In a small way, I feel as though I competed. I rode my brains out and stilI didn't see all the trails. The winners of this year's event had to ride 110% for six days - quite a task. The Tulsa Trailriders put on a great event. Bob Simpson Livomia, MI ISDE good and bad I just got back from the '94 ISDE and unfortunately, I must say I was disappointed. My wife, myself and our oldest three children had driven 1600 miles from Idaho to the Zink Ranch to see the best in the world compete. We did see them, but not as much as I had hoped. Maybe my expectations were set too high, but having attended three of these events previously, I don't think so. Please let me be the first to be fair and say that the Tulsa TraiIriders did an excellent job in putting on the enduro that makes up the ISDE. The trail, the markings, the checks, the tests and the sco ring were all top notch and done very professionally. The group of guys I worked with as a course marshal on the blue loop were outstanding, and I had a great time. However, the ISDE is an event, not just an enduro, and this year's ISDE left me feeling ashamed when it was all over. I only spent hundreds of dollars driving to the ISDE. How must the foreign visitors, who spent thousands of dollars to come to America to see their boys compete, have felt when they couldn't see much more than the start and the pits? I was mad , but they must have been furious. One of the Tulsa TraiIriders remarked Issue #40, OctOber12; 1 994 DIRT TRACK Parker pulls ahead with Sacramento Mile win .4 RDADRACING Still Doohan it at Argentine GP.........8 Fogarty makes a clear break at Italian WSB 14 INTERVIEWS AMA's Tom Mueller AIR's Bill West and Roy Janson NASB's Roger Edmondson SPEEDWAY Faria flies to fourth California State C'ship ; 18 22 26 .29 Malcolm on ISDE I am concerned that your readers may have misinterpreted the sidebar "Malcolm Smith: How it used to be" in your October 5,1994 issue. I am certain that the ISDE is much more difficult today than it was when I was riding the event. The many highly skilled riders are talented and fierce. The competition is tremendous. Only one factor of the ISDE was more d ifficult when I rode the event the point-scoring system. When I rode the event, there was no way to make up lost route points. If you arrived at a checkpoint past your grace period, you simply lost the gold. Today, a rider can make up points in the special test and be back in the running for a gold. The ISDE was one of the greatest adventures of my life, because of the people I met and the personal challenges I faced. I enjoyed the great coverage you did on the ISDE, and especially enjoyed the "Briefly..." comments. By the way, I did not win six Gold medals. I won eight Golds and one Silver. Malcolm Smith Riverside, CA Ldtns to the editor ahould be.ent to Voices. Cyde N--. P.O. Sox 498, Lons Beach, CA 90806-0498 or faxed 10 3l0lt:z7-6685. 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To ddnmine thr rxpintion elite of yo utlubKripti On. check the four numbers on the finlliM of you r Mldreu bbel The first two digils indicate the WI iuu~ number you'll receive ud the ... two c:handen indiGl te the ,.eMof th~ lui issue. Subscription rates Rab5 lor !he Unital Su b5 andits I"""'" sionslor """)'91'. (50 issues ). SSO.llO; two years (lOll issues~ .' MOTOCROSS 1994 National season review FEATURES to me afte r Da y Three (the day they closed the ranch to spectators ) tha t the vote in the club wa s very close to not allow ing any specta to rs at th is year' s event - that the ISDE was not a spectator sport, and that if it had not been for the AMA and FIM, they would not have allowed spectators. While thinking about this remark later, it occurred to me that he was no t entirely correct. While an enduro may not be a spectator sport, the ISDE is. At the ISDE a rider is likely to encounter specta tors at any time on the course or in the tests. In Europe the spectators cheer their riders on with a vengeance at the grass tracks, and they don't do it from a cattle pen. I heard several people comment that after what happened in Tulsa, the U.s. will be very lucky to ever get another Six Days. I hope they are wrong, but I fear they are right. Peter Reynolds Boise, ID 30 TRIBUTE Jeff Stanton 36 HILLCUMB Gerencer jr. , Pinsonnault top Jefferson Nat'l 38 DEPARTMENTS EVENTS __ 42 CALENDAR.._ _ 52 RESULTS ._ .._ _. . _ _._..57 WANT ADS _._ _ 57 LEADERBOARD 71 IN THE PADDOCK. _ _.__ __ 72 LOOKING BACK __ _ _ __ ._..72 QN THE FRONT COVER The National motocross season is history. Cycle News tells all that happened to the outdoor boys of summer in 1994 beginning on page 30. Pack photo by Kinney Jones. Doug Henry and Mike LaRocco photos by Donn Maeda. $95.00;six Il1Ol\lhs, (25 issues). $2b.OO; trial sub (15 issues). $19.00. 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