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Volume XXXII
Sharon Ga yton, Presiden:
Micha el Klinger, Publisher
Editorial
Paul Carruthers, Editor
KitPalmer, Associate Editor
DonnMaeda, Associate Editor
Chris Jonnum, AssociateEditor
Scott Rou sseau, As..rs, jrc, 2201 o.-nyAvenu•• Long Beach, CA 90806.
Secondda.. postage paid . t Long Beach,CA. ean.do Post
International Publications MailtS46615.
Godspeed, Lance
I would like to take this opportunity to
sa y good by e to a close friend, Lance
Burgess. Lance w as the n icest, most
generous person you could eve r meet.
He wa s very devoted to his wife Teresa
and young daughters Linsey and Whitney. Lance had worked ve ry hard to
realize his d ream of riding the Nationals, and he finally fulfilled that dream
la st yea r w hen h e compe ted in the
500cc class alon g with his best friend,
Dana Bray, who turned wrenches for
him.
. Lance had raced motocross for most
of his 33 years and he was loo king forwa r d .to h el pin g so me of the loca l
youngsters race. His wife told me tha t
in h is earlier years I had insp ired him
wit h my racin g success, but I kno w in
his la ter yea rs he ins pired me to be a
better p erson and husband . He su re
will be missed.
.
Lance was killed by a worthless car
th ief in the San Francisco area on his
wa y io the AMA Awards Banquet in
Sou thern California. Memorial con tri butions can be made to the Linsey and
Whi tney Burgess Fund, c/o Coast Central Credit Unio n, 2650 Harrison Ave.,
Eureka, CA 95501.
Darrell Sch ultz
San ta Rosa, CA
Schultz won 1982 500" National M X
Championship...Editor.
absolute bes t flat track fun da y in my
52 years. It was a great day. At anyone
time, there were 18 to 29 riders on the
Willow Springs (Californi a) d irt tra ck
and 40-60 riders waiting on the apron
for their turn.
Th e tra ck was perfect - yo u cou ld
ride inside or outside all da y long. Sliding was th e order of the d a y. Th e re
were m ore nifty o ld Triumphs and
BSAs than I ever knew were in captivity - everythin g from XR750s to KRs to
WRs, 1000cc BMWs to 100Rs and plenty of Rotax's, Yamahas and Hondas ,
too. A very fun day.
Clark Edgi ngt on
Etiwanda, CA
I want my Mle TV
I urge p eople to d rop a postca rd to
ESP N a n d TNN to thank .th em a n d
requ est more su perbike road race cove rage. TV viewe r resp onse p lays an
im po rtant role in prog ra mming what
is shown . Would anyone like to see
more motorcycle races? How abou t
Wo rld Superbike? How abo ut World
Superbike live? Wha t about WERA? If
yo u are a racin g fan, take 10 min utes
to fill out a postcar d an d mak e a difference.
Arm an do Fram arini
Havre de Grace, M D
ESPN can be reached at 935 Middle St.,
Briston, CN 06010; TNN's address is 2806
Opryland
Drive,
Nashville,
In yo ur November 23, Issue #46, yo u
featured an article titled " Four Days of
Play" - the Land of Enchantment Rally.
After read ing the article I found myself
really wantin g to ride in this r ide .
Co uld Cycle News help me con tact the
rig ht peopl e o r p e rson to make th is
possible.
John Sharpe
Fenton, MI
•
John, the man you need to speak to is Roger .
Pattison, the founder and organizer of the
y
Landof Enchantment Rilll . You can reach
him in Clovis, New Mexico, at 505/985 2374... Editor.
Vintage dirt tra ck
Man y th anks to Ed d ie Mulder, bary
Davis and fr iends for putting on the
We are husband and wife observed trials riders and we wish to convey our
appreciation for your coverage of our
sport. We are always thrilled to see an
article or a ny info rma tion you print.
Trials is such an enjoyable sport, but a
lot of people do not know what it is.
Through your sup port, we hope more
people get the " fever" as we have.
(Tony & Laura Bussing
Soddy-Daisy, TN
Where~s the' book?
I' ve been a subscr iber for yea rs and
really apprecia te the amo unt of coverage devoted to dirt track racing. In a
previous issue, you wrote that Joe Scalzo wa s doin g a book on 1970s era d irt
track. Ha s this been published or is a
date scheduled yet?
I'm eagerly awaiting any Scalzo d irt
track stories. Also, co uld yo u please
print the address of ESPN to comment
on the high quality of Gra nd National
Dirt Track co verage as well as
Mo toWorld . I can rem e mb er in the
ea rly 70s waiting m onths to see a
motocross on Wide World of Sports (if
you d id n ' t s leep th ro ugh the figure
ska ting fir st ). We're spoiled with TV
cov erage tod ay and need to let ESPN
(and TNN) know so we don't lose it.
Jay Jensen
Denver,CO
TN
37214... Editor.
Huh?
Looking for enchantment
Two for trials
Did yo u know t hat Du cati is in o u r
Englis h language d ictionaries? Yep, it's
buried almost righ t in the middle of
eDUCATIon.
Bill Bagnell
Irvi ne, CA
Joe Scalzo says a dirt track book is one of
several projects he would like to produce.
At the moment, he's loolcing for a publisher
that's also interested. Stay tuned to Cycle
News for more of Scalzo as the ye11r progresses. We run everything he sends us.
You're right about the amount of television
coverage now, yet we still get complaints
that it's not enough. As far as the addresses
for ESPN and TNN, please see the letter
above titled "l want my M/C TV ."...Editor.
Wanting Ricky
I wa nt to be th e first to congra tulate
Scott Par ker for winn ing #6 in '95. With
teammate Chris Carr go ing road racing , Park er should make history again
by winning all the AMA Nationals in
1995.
I can on ly see one possible p roblem
Pa rker could ha ve in wi n ning all the
'95 Nationals - Ricky Graham. If Ricky
comes bac k wearing his '93 race face,
the '95 seaso n could be exciting.
Neal Blochinger
Marietta, GA
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