Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Lettersto theednor "Viva Ducat i! Here's to Ducati once again. Winning at San Marino with John Kocinski abo ard just goes to show tha t Duca ti is in a class of its own. The funny thing abou t it all is... Doug Po len wins th ree titl es with Ducati and go es to Honda , then is unemployed . earl Fogarty wins titles on the Du cati , goes to Honda, then is...? At least winless. Did he make a mistake in leaving? I think so - he's flog ging a dead horse. Michael Green Livermore, CA That same "dead horse" has WO Il 10 of the last 13 AMA Superbike Nationals... Editor. Very disappointed I was very disappointed in yo ur article about the Vegas to Reno race (Issue #15, April 17). There was no news of any of the A mateur racers - just the Pros. Yes, the P ros a re v ery good, b u t m y so n Rich ard Barker an d h is p artn e r Ron Hon ea w on th e 4-Stro ke Amateu r class a nd were th e fir st Nor the rn Nevada winners . I think a ll th e A mateurs deserve as mu ch recognition as th e Pros. Th ey all worked very hard for this race, including th eir chase crews - w hic h prob abl y worked harder than th e Pros d id . You could ha ve at least posted at the end of yo u r article th e finis h ing positions of all the rid ers. I think their families believe they ar e just as' good as Ty Davis . Kendra Bar ker Sun Valley,.NV Unfortunately, we don't have the space nor the manpower to cover each and roery professional and amateur eueni across the country; thus, we focus more on the Pros than the Amateu rs. Eventually, the Amateurs turn professional and then they receive the coverage they deserve... Editor. Las Vegas-to-Reno I would like to take a m oment to thank Lori Co nway and her husband, Ray, for givi ng me the opportunity to share the exp erience of the Las Vegas-to- Reno oii- . road race wi th them this past March 29. In m y first lo ng-dist ance event it w as very co mfor ting to ha ve their k nowled ge and professi onal manner along to build my confiden ce in w ha t could hav e been an intimi d ating prospect : to co-ride 'IN ID : S E:' a Hon da XR400 across 500 mil es of Nevada wilderness. Unfortunately, m y co-riding duties were short lived as I crashed hard while attempting to negotia te the fog-lik e dust cloads in the ea rly stages. Aft er nursing w ha t I would find ou t lat er wa s a broken rig ht shoulder for 37 miles, I could not p hysically continue and assu med that our efforts would come to an end right then and there. Lori , how ever, w as writing a completely different ending to our desert r acing journal. Whe n it w oul d have been easi est to cu t her losses and pack it in , she amazed me with her courage and determina tion by not only continuing the ra ce, but finishing the fina l 270 miles in true lronman fashion. All told she completed four-fifths of the SOO ile distance herself, fini shing -m 187th overall and securing the class w in in the process. Ray did his job magnificently, patching up th e bike af ter my crashes and keeping it going strong right to the end. Broken shoulder and all, it wa s. q uite a thrill to be part of th eir team for th is .even t and I would jump at the chance to run wit h the m again a nytime, anywhere . Fro m w here I stand, th ese tw o people d eser ve a s ta nding ovation for their effo rts in bri nging this experie nce to a successful and m emorab le conclusio n. Lisa Gallo Las Vegas, NV Happy fan As an avi d fan of motocross an d su percross, I w ould like to tha nk Team Yamaha for their professionali sm and th eir friend li ness a t a recent a u tog ra ph session, held prior to the Indy Supercross o n March 30. My w ife and I attended a n d w ere very im p ressed w it h th e Yamaha MX team. The team riders we re frie nd ly and sig ned autographs for us. A specia l thanks to Pete Steinbrecker, . Iohn Dowd and Kev in Windham, w ho took th e tim e to answer our m an y questi ons about profes sional m otocros s . Ya ma ha s h o u ld inde ed b e p roud o f . th ese ge ntle men for their professionalism. Aga in, th anks for a memora b le w eekend at Ind y. D an Jones Springfield, IL Donald Barnes Most motorcycl e enth usiasts got th eir passion for th e spo rt fro m someone during ou r yo u th ; a ne ighbor, anothe r kid in school, or a relative. In my case it w as from my dad . My fathe r, Donald Barnes, was born in 1920, grew up during the depres sion, ser ved in World War II, m arried and raised a family - just like millions of other folks . But my Dad got the "bug" for motorcycles. He was given a 1929 Harley-Davidson JD for this 16th birthday and began a passion for riding, racing and collec ti ng m ot orcycl es th a t continues until today, 60 years la ter . Dad started IT racing in the late '30s and became an a ccom p lis h ed Expert, winning 35 local and reg ional races in Ohio. Unfortu na tely, World War Il halted his racing career and when he came back it was tim e to settle d own, marry his sw eetheart Dorothy, and raise a family. But he hadn't los t his enthusiasm for motorcycles and he opened an Indi a n dealers hip in his ho metown of Wooster, Ohio . . After Indian went out of business, he so ld off his Indians and later managed a co u n ty home for the e lderly with Dorothy. But the bug was still there and he wa s thrilled when I decided to follow in his footsteps and started riding and racing. I was a pretty good dirt tra cker fo r awhile, but was never as good as him . He was very proud of me, how ever, when I w orked for Cycle News Central back in the '70s . Dad rea ds Cycle News religiously, follows d ir t track racing and a ttends as .ma ny races as he can. And u p until last fall, he still rod e hi s beloved '29 Indian Scou t. But rig ht now he is in for the race of his life. H e's battlin g a brain tu mor. Dad mentioned th at it would be nice if he coul d let so me of his old frie nds and India n r id ers , like Bo bby H ill , D ic k KIamforth, Paul Pierce, Ernie H art man, and m any o th er m otorcyclists know a bo u t hi s ill ness through yo ur m agazine. H e just said : "Te ll them to keep riding as long a;s they can ." Larry Barn es Canton, OH Cards and lett ers can be sent to Donald Barnes at 599 Daly Drive, Wooster, OH 44691... Editor. Letters to the editor sho uld be sent to Voices, Cycle News, P.O . Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90806-0498, faxed to 310/4276685 or e-mail. ed itorsscyclen ews.co m. Published letters do not n ece ssarily re flect the po sition of Cycle Ne ws, Inc. Le tters shou l d n ot ex ceed 200 words and all lett er s are su b ject to editing. Anon ym ous letters will not b e considere d fo r publication. 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VINTAGE Sand hill Ran ch AH RMA Rep ort.. ...38 FEATURES ROADRACE Laguna Seca AMA Na tional Doningt on World Su perbike Volume XXXIII Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher .4 12 SUPERCROSS St. Louis SX 16 INTERVIEW John Kocinski Scott Zampach Rich Oliver 20 26 28 PROFILE Matt Wait and Ben Bostrom 22 MOTOCROSS World MX GP Rep or t 32 TRIALS Britis h Wo rld Trials 36 GRAND PRIX Carl sbad Hilltoppers U 'S, D-37 GP To determine the expiration date of your subscription. check the four n umbers on the first line of your address label. The first two digits indicate the last issue number you'IJreceive and the 1.81 two characters indicate the year of the last issue. : ..40 OFF·ROAD Ca liforn ia N ati onal H are Scrambles Subscription rates: Ratesfor the United States and its PO SSt .'Ssions for one year, (50 issues), $50.00; two years (100 issues), $95.00;six months, (25 issues), $26.00; trial sub (15 issues), 1),OO; two $19.00. 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