Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICE S Letterstotheeditor America's weekly motorcyclenewspaper Volume XXXII Sharon Clayton, President Michael Kling Publisher er, Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, AssociateEdit r o Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Mark Hoyer, Managing Editor RobeneBoggs, Proofreader Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern AcCounts Manager Mark Thome, WesternSalesManager Thomas Genter, WesternSalesManager Forrest Hayashi, Western Sales Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern SalesManager Rick Matheny, EasternSales Manager Rhonda Crawford, WesternAd Coordinator Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Laurie Snow, Assistant Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager New Media Development Mark Mitchell, Manager Fixin' on comin' bac k Dave Gowland and I w o u ld like to extend our thanks and appreciation to Harold Williams, whose land the ISDE Qualifier in Lubbock, Te xas, was held on; and Bob Macey for allowing me to practice on his property p ri or to the race. We would also like to ac know ledge the following people for showing Dave and I a great time during our sta y in Texas: Eric Neber, Dann y Hooks, Mike Gillit, Chester Walker , Dou g Cunningham, Mike Collins, Danny Waugh, Shelby Saunder, Tim Vau gh an , Ronald Jones, Kenneth Smith, Cas ey Sm it h , Ruth Ann Parsley, Cathy W eh er and Noran "Nub" Stovall. Fun was had by all and we're fixin' on coming back . Thanks. Ty Davis Kawasaki Team Green Hesperia, California Classified Ads Laurie Snow Thanks and mo re thanks , Graphics and Production ReeJohnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, lJIb. Tech. Stacey Guest, GraphicArtist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist Administrat ion Judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera, Secretary to the Publisher Accounting/Data Processing dinator Donna Bryan-Diamond, AIR Coor Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Cre dit Circulation Rheba Smith, Manager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Carol Begovic, Dealer Coordinator Service and Support Bridgett Bobrofsky, Receptionist Leonard Herring, Service and Support National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, LongBeach, CA 90801-0498 (310) 427-7433; (213) 63~ . FAX (310) 427-6685 Eastern Office 4188 First Ave., Tucker,GA, 30084; mailing add ress P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. . (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Excellent interview with Cary Aga janian (Issue #18, May 10). It is a true ple as ure to read about someon e with so much experience who is ded ica ted ' to the s p o r t. You guys really ask the rig h t questions. You also had great coverage' of the Ca jun Classic 100 (Louisiana Na tional Enduro). Only one min or mistake: it is Acadiana and not Arcad iana Dir t Rid ers. I know the club h ad to sell some snake oil to the Forest Rangers to keep the race from being canceled due to the weather. Jim Barrett (ADR Pres ident) told me later that th e Fo rest Service came to him after the rid ers m eeting wanting to cancel the event. Excellen t work by all those involved. I would also like to e xp r es s m y appreciation to Cycle New s for publishing our local results. We have received many compliments from both within the Bla c k Jac k End uro Circuit and our n eigh bo r circuits, SERA and TSCEC, whom we co-sanction with . Thanks again and keep up the excellent work. David Clemens Paris, TX A t icket to nowhere I cannot believe tha t a supercross event could change loca tions within a month of the scheduled race date . The upcom- ing June 3rd race wa s to be held in Denv e r, Colorado, and has been just changed to San Jose, California. I really would like to know who is responsible fo r this mismanagement? Is it the AMA/ AIR or Mile H igh Stadium? Perhaps both parties or others? In my opinio n this is an embarrassmen t to our sport as a professional event and nothing more than disregarding the fans . For me personally the fact that I have a non-refundable airline tick et isn 't what b others me the most, because I was also going to do some sight-seeing . What I'm upset about is I've made it a point to attend on e supercross race per season for the past couple of years and Denver was the one I chose for 1995. I'm also willing to bet that there ar e quite a few other disappointed fans that had been looking forward to see the now "phantom" Denver Supercross. I like to make a suggestion to the promoters and all others involved . In the future when you publish a race schedule yo u sho u ld have all negotiations and contracts in place. If not, don 't publish it! Ted Karnitz St. Joseph, Missouri career you can clearly see why Kevin was awarded with a factory ride. We do not need to compare Davey's amateur career to Kevin's because Kevin had the best amateur career of any mot ocross rider ever. All four of the factories wanted Kevin to ride for them and he deserved all of the attention he received. Kevin 's results are now showing that Yama ha made a very wise decision to sign Kevin. Mr . Bagwell would also like you to think that Da vey's bike is inferior to Kevin's. This is not the case with the new suspension rule in the 125cc SX class this year. On his personal life, Kevin is a grea t gu y. The sport of motocross will gain a lot from him. Kev in never get s a big head and he will always hang around until each and every fan is satisfied. I want to congratulate Kevin on getting the ride he so much deserved, and I wish h im and Davey the best of luck'. Last but no t least, I'll take any bet you want to make, Mr . Bagwell. Mike Guidroz Go nz al es, Loui siana I'm sure the promoters hadn't planned on the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (M T EG), the promoting compa ny of the Denver S upercross, to fi le fo r bankruptcy halfw ay through the season. M TEG's fi nancial problems led to the fall of the Denver Supercross and the change of venue...Editor. The recent AHRMA Regional Half Mile at Willow Springs was fantastic. It has been a lon g tim e since fan s fill ed the stands and lined the fence at a flat track race. It's rea lly great that one of the top flat track racers of all time and h is am igo (Ed die Mulder and Gary Dav is) team up to promote a great event like th is. Now on the AMA. The AMA appears to have left central and so uthern California to "twist in the wind" in regards 10 flat track. Perhaps flat track racers should start a club of their own. Then we could keep the mighty 600 on the track where it belongs. We could also let the kids race their trick 80s, 125s and 250s (r ernern ber?). Then the s leepi n g AMA would have a steady supply of racers com ing up . Perhaps the AMA is phasing out flat track; maybe that's why they d on't seem to care abo ut entry level flat track events. Fred Berger Van Nu ys, California. Responding to Bagwell I w o u ld like to s a y a few things in response to Bob Bagw ell's letter (Voices, Issue #16, April 25) . I wou ld first like to sa y that I am not try ing to make a comparison between Davey Yezek and Kevin Windham, but in my mind and all other "C ajun" fan s, there is no comparison. I have nothing against Yezek because I have never even spoken to him. I do respect him because I know it is ha rd to race at this level as a privateer and I congratulate him on his performances. Now I would like to get to my main prob lem with Mr . Bagwell. He s tated that Kevin 's parents bought him his factory Yamaha ride. Both Dewayne and Margie Windham wo rk full-time job s. And by now means to do they have the money to bu y Kevin a factory ride. If you take time to look at Kevin's amateur Vinta ge Dirt Track Letten to the rdilor sho uld be sent to vctcee, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Bu ch, CA 90806-0498, ' .. xed 10 3101 4276685 or ~ m.lIi1, edi torOcycllPMwLco m. Published lettl1'rs do not n ecessOlril y re flect IhlP position of Cycle News, Inc. Let1m shoul d nol exceed 200 word s o1nd OIII1If'tt en .an' 5u bj«1 10 rditing. Anony mous letten will nol be considered for public.ation. All letten s ho uld cont.ain IhlP writ er's nam e, . d drns ..nd do1ytim e phone nu mb«-r ••• Editor. e-mail editoriilcyclenews.com subscribe@cyclenews.com advertising@cyclenews.com Cycle New. (USPS141·J.l()) is publisbed w eek1y"""'P' the last two weeksof the calendar year for SSO.OO per year by CyeteNews, Inc., 2201 Cherty Avenue. 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Lucchiari lands Italian Superbike win Sadowski snares Road Atlan ta WERA victory SUPERCROSS McGrath clinches third title in Clevelan d HARE SCRAMBLES Plessinger aces Louisiana Nat'l Hare SCrambles GRAND PRIX Hamel out guns 'em at Virginia City GP ENDURO Peterhansel sweeps Worl d End u ro in Italy 30 6 10 TRIALS Tarres wins in Belgium 18 DEPARTMENTS 28 ON THEFRONT COVER EVENTS 24 CALENDAR 45 LEADERBOARD 14 .3 2 .51 WANT ADS : .5 2 TEA RDOWN 26 67 LOOKING BACK 67 Jeremy McGrath powers out of a Cleveland Supercross tu rn en route to his 28th car eer SX win, as we ll as his third s traight championship . McGrath celebrates the moment wi th his tuner Skip No rfolk . See page 14. Photos by Kinney Jones . Daryl Beattie moves into the World Championship Road Race Series points lead w ith a win at the German GP. See page 6. Photo by Gold & Goose .

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