Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES Letters tothe editor America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Volume XXXII Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Mark Hoyer, Managing Editor Graphics and Production Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Loa, Production Manager Dennis Greene, ub. Tech. Stacey Guest, GraphicArtist Amy Faught, GraphicArtist Administration Judy Klinger, Coordinat r o Peggy Rivera, Secretary tothePublisher Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Western Sales Manager Thomas Gonter, Western Sales Manager Forrest Hayashi, Western Sales Manager . Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sales Manager Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Want Ads Laurie Snow, Want Ad Sales Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager Dealer Sales Kelly Branscome, Dealer Representative Accounting/Data 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 Service and Support Sharon Each, Headquarters Receptionist Leonard Herring, Service and Support National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498,Long Beach CA 90801-0498 , (310) 427-7433; (213) 636-8844 . FPlX(310)427~S Eastem Office 4188 First Ave., Tucker, GA, 30084; mailing address P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. (404) 934-7850. FPlX (404)934-3112 Dale's Ducati Happy days are here again. Superbike . racer Dale Quarterley is back on a Ducati, Th e bad news is, once aga in the m ajor factory tea ins hav e overlooked one of the best su pe rbike rid ers in North Am erica. Mr. Qua rterley's efforts at the Road Atlanta WERA Grand National Fi nal ma y have bee n questioned by some, but qu ite fran kly it wa s some of the best racing I've seen in a long time (with credi t to Da v e Sadowski, Mike H arth a n d Michael Martin). Th e last time I -sa w Quarterl ey on a Ducati was on the Daytona ban king. He w as p ulling w hee li es o n th e Du cati (straigh t u p) while on the West Banking; incred ible stuff. I never saw an y pho tos of this feat, but I'm interested if anyone has so me. I look forward to again seei ng Dale on a Ducati at Daytona " for the N ASB opener an d again for th e Daytona 200. It 's always great to w atch a rider w ho gives 100 pe rcent. This time the camera will be ready. Greg Flagg Orlando, FL Unf ortunately, Quarterl ey didn't get his new Ducatis in time for the NA SB opener which was held on March 5. He did, however,fini sh 10th in the Daytona 200 on March 12 in his debut on the 916...Editor. Rex has soul I h a v e rec ently e x p erience d a very u niq u e si tu a tion that I w ould like to share with the readers of Cycle News. I am a professional road racer but my grass roots of m otorcycle co mpetition goes back to m ot ocros s. I st ill ra ce mo tocross and m y love for m y C R250 an d motocross co mpetition is still very import a n t to m y moto r cycl e ra ci ng car eer. This p ast w eekend, I was working the C in cinnati trad e s h o w fo r EBC Brakes' H arley-Davidson di vision. Mike Kidd's arenacross was also running d uring the w eeken d. On Saturday evenin g I was in vited to spectate th e arenacross with no ne othe r than " Rocket " Rex Staten. Let me say that Rocket Rex is a firs t- class in d ivid u al. He was very easy to talk to, and he shared many exciting and personal racing stories with me. He was also very interested in my road ra cing in v o lvem en t a nd career acc omplishme nts . His suc cess, numero us race wins a nd cha m pio n s h ip s pea k for th e mse lves; however, a true champion a lso . must have a good-soul, Rocket Rex has all of th e se fi ne qu ali t ies and mo re because h e is 40-y ears -old and s till roosting to victory. Scott Zampach Milwaukee, Wisconsin Paying your dues As a ri der, a reporter fo r lh e Texas Champions hip H ar e Scramble Series; a for mer president of the Trail Riders of Hous ton, and as an avid ad mirer of the musical talen ts of Lyle Lovett and the' acting s kills o f Ju lia Robe rts , I can ap p la ud th ese famous personalities for ventu rin g in to the public. I don't feel these individ uals w ere treat ed 'u nfairly at th e recent scrambles se ries round at Ft. Hood (Texas). No one was d iscourteous, as kin g only for an autograph and expecting equal friend liness. Would they have been treated this nicely at an airport or a restaurant? Where were these people on Saturday night w hen socializing occ urs at these and similar events? These people could not ea rn the living that th ey d o w ithout their ad mi ring public. If every one s topped going to Lyl e Lo vett concerts and stop ped buying his reco rdings, how long wo uld he last? If fans stopped going to Julia Roberts' mo vies and rentingvid eos of her pa st epics, ho w long wou ld H oll ywood have a n in te rest in he r? The ad miring fans of fam ous people ha ve the' righ t to h onor their hero es. Celebrities have the d uty to repay those who have made them wha t they are. . My wife, Te rry; offe red th is suggestion: If Ms . Roberts w ants privacy at an eve nt let her work at the scoring table. It ' s off limit s a nd in the he art of rac e activity. As soon as the news wears off, Mr . and Mrs. Love tt will be no differen t than Jeff Russell, Scott Summers, Rodney Smith or Randy" Hawkins showing up at a local eve nt. I suggest that Mr. Lovett visit his fans at Satu rday night campfires and bench racing sessions, then he' ll be only ano the r rider on Sunday. Our family and friends look forward to seeing Mr. and Mrs. Lovett at future even ts. Bob Windham Te xas Cit y, Te xas Don't hold your breath, Bob. You probably won't be seeing the Lovett s too soon. While, riding in Baja, Mexico, recently, Mr . crashed and broke hi s Lovett eollarbone...Editor. Making a difference On behalf of Egleston Children 's H ospital in Atlanta, Georgia, I would like to say th anks to all the rid ers who paid a visi t to the children o n Feb ru ary 24 . Th ey really enjo yed meeting th e riders and recei v ing the poste rs and a utograp hs . All da y there w as tal k of how much fun th ey h ad 'a nd many of the child ren hung th eir posters and pennants on th e walls . How wonderf ul it was to see such fierce compe titors com e toge ther in s u ch a 'p osi tive manner. They d id such an incredible job interacting w ith the patients. Visits such as these d o mak e a difference and let ou r famil ies know the y ar e not alon e and they have the concern and su p po rt of others. We app reciate th e rid ers ' interest in th e children in our community, especially the chi ld ren who are patien ts at Egleston Children 's H ospital. Tha nks again to all of the gu ys who came out and for the unity they di splayed w hen visiting the child ren. Juli e A. Joffre Atlanta, Georgia During their stay in Georgiafor the Atlanta round of the U.S. Supereross Series, approximately 10 racers stopped by the Egleston Children's Hospital and visited the children...Editor. Lett e rs to the editor should b e se n t to Voices, Cy cle News, P.O . Box 498, Long Beach, CA 908060498 or faxed to 310/427-6685. Published letters d o no t necessarily reflect the position of Cycle Ne ws, Jnc. lett ers sh ou ld not exc eed 200 wo rds and all lette rs a re s ub ject to ed iti ng . Ano ny mou s lett ers will not be co ns idered fo r publication . All letters sh o u l d co n tai n the writ er' s name, address and daytime phone nu mber ... Editor. INSIDE CycleNews (USPS 1 41·340) is published weeklyexcept the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00per year by CycleNews. lnc., 2201 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach. CA 90806. Second classpostage paid at Long Be CA and at ach, . da additional mailing office Cana Post International Publlcations Mail11546615. .Issue #11, March 22,1995 POSTMASTER:Send address changes to Cycle News, P.O. Box498, Long Beach CA9OlI01-M98. , To determine the expiration date of your subscri ption , check the four numb ers on the first line of your add ress label. 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Reprinting in whole or part only by permission of the publisher. Advertisingratesand circulation information will be .sent upon request.See S.R.O.5. 'W'J'Bn'A V ~~ AUDITEO ORCULATlQN Printed in U.S.A. Co~yrigh" Cycle News, Inc.1995. Trademark CycleNews ~glstered U.S. Patent Office. AUrights reserved. FEATURES ROAD RACING Russell wins third 200 6 DuHamel's 600cc SS ad ventu re 18 Oliver hammers 250cc GP 21 Zampach's up another H-D w in 22 Flyin'Fred tops 750cc 55 24 SuperTearns to Dutdunan Racing ..40 SUPERCROSS A Keidrowski comeback Carsten swift at Am at eur SX 8 55 OIRTTRACK Landes scores first at GNC opener 14 26 Carr sa dd les up for 600cc Nat'l Davis lands on MARS 35 Another Parker hot a t You th ST 44 Davis captures St. Aug ustine HM ..45 Savannah two-for-one for Da vis .....46 Varnes rumbles in Thunder Valley.48 Farris flies at St. Augustine HM 48 VIN TAGE Nixon 's back! in .BMW BOTL RR .32 Dinosaur da y at Daytona 34 BEARS grow l on the high banks 36 . Rogers triples Savannah RR .47 Tucker gets a pair at Ocala MX .50 AHRMA on trial in Oca la .51 Wills find s a way in Savannah DT ...52 Richtmeyer romps Municipal ST ....53 OFF·ROAD Hawkins bags Alligator Enduro Summers early at Ocala GNCC. 28 38 MOTOCROSS Locals ru le Oca la Ama teur MX 54 DEPARTMENTS EVENTS 56 CALENDAR. 62 WANTADS 68 DAV-SIX.........................................•................•...•......83 LOOKING BACK 83 ONTHE FRONT COVER Sco tt Russell won the big one again . Rea d on fo r complete coverag e of th e 200 a nd all the Daytona that's fit to print!

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