Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

/ VOICES America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Letters10 Ihe editor V olume XXXIII Sharon G ayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associ te Editor a Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Mark Hoyer, Managing Editor Keith Bush, Assistant Editor/Copy Editor Cameron Coatney, Assistant Editor Advertisin g 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 Laurie Snow, Assistant Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager New Media Development Mark Mitchell, Director Rick Matheny, Operations Classified Ads Sharon Van Hazelen Graphics and Produ ction ReoJohnson, Production Supervisor Mandy LaO ProductionManager , Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist' Ad mi nist ratio n Judy Klinger, Coordinator Lea nne Sims, Adminisiraiioe Assistant AccountingIData Pr oce ssing Donna Bryan-Diamond, A/R Coordinator Geneva Repas s, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulation Rheba Smith, Manager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Carol Begovic f?ealer Coordinator , Service and Support Bridgett Bobrofsky, Receptionist Nationa l Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801-0498 (310)427-7433; (213) 636-8844. FAX (310) 427-6685 Eastern Office 4188 First Ave., Tucker, GA, 30084; mailing ~ddress P .O. Box805, 5-0805. Tucker, GA 3008 (770) 934-7850. FAX (770) 934-3112 e-mail editor®cyclenews.com subscribe@cyclenews.com advert ising@cyc1enews.com Internet htlf../ / www .cyclenews.com Cycle News (USPS 141-340) is published weeki}:except the last two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by . Cycle News, Inc.•2201Cherry Avenue, long Beach. CA 90806 Second class posta ge pa id at Long Beach, CA and at additional mailing a ttire, Canada Post International Publications Mail #546615. Two-strokes As us ua l, Cycle New s h a s do ne its read er s a g reat se rvice keeping th em curren t o n signifi can t is s u es fa cin g mo torcy cl ing . Thi s is cert ai nly the ca s e w i t h Ke i t h Bu s h 's fe atu re , "E nda nge re d Species?" (Is su e #19, May 15). The threatened elimination of two-st ro ke motorcycles in California, as we know them, is certainly th e likely prospect of pending emis si on standards developed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Unfortunately, th e articl e lea ves your rea ders w ith th e impression that the A MA h a s no t b e e n invol v ed i n this issu e and th at is not accurat e . The AMA h a s be e n aware of th e th rea t si nce DR A FT implementa tion stan d ard s w ere released and h as su bmitted ex ten s ive co m ments a nd o bje ctions as th e process evolved. We also d ocumen ted the scope of th e problem in a sto ry in American Mot orcy clist in Oct o b e r 1994 . I fea r th a t as th e impend in g impl ement ation d at e of January 1, 1997 ap proaches, th e reality o f th e conseq u enc es are only be ginning to be u n derstood by m any ri der s and d ea ler s. The AM A ' s n a t ion a l office has w o rk ed clo sel y with its distric t o rgan iz at ions o n th is diffi cul t issue an d Dist rict 36 and 37 are to be congra tul ate d o n t h e le a d e r s h ip t h e y have d emon strated in confronting th e problem an d findin g solu tions. Following recent discussio ns wi th o ur d ist ri ct 'officials, th e AMA has also ag reed to "le n d fi n ancial s u pport to lobby ing efforts u n ique to Cal if orn ia' s threat~n ed two-strokes. Bill Dart, District 36 Legislative Officer, h as been heavily in vo lved and led th e cu rrent initiative to challe nge th e CARB rule and implem entation. We are ext remely p leased that AMA' s di st ricts have th e leadershi p to challe nge such public po licies and all of Cali fornia' s riders sho ul d be l o o k in g for w a y s to su p po rt the ir efforts . I d o want to tak e ex ception to Bill D a r t ' s char a ct eri z at io n of A M A's board of trust ees "as mostl y m an uf acturers." Th e AMA Board of Trustees is co m p rise d of 12 m embers, o nly fo u r of w ho m are m anufacturers an d only th r e e o f t h o s e a re involv e d in th e OHV market. I thin k it ' s important to point out th at any position th e AMA m igh t take on this issue is not a reflecti on o f OEM r epre sentatio n o n o u r INSIDE board and cer ta inly not a function of manufacturer domi na nce. . One of the strongest poin ts m ad e in opposing the pendin g regul at ions has been th e absence of an analysis of the econom ic im pact. Whil e it is the ri ders w ho wi ll su ffer b e cau s e th ei r p r e fe rred e quipmen t wi ll n o longer b e availab le, I want to encourage a ll of your readers to also enlis t th e support o f their lo ca l dealers in th is figh t, since the y stand to lose bu si ness as a result. It will take leadership fro m all segmen ts of our community if we are to be su ccessfu l in challenging th ese ru les . , Th anks for raising th e visibility of th e fig ht . Robert Rasor V ice Presiden t AM A Westerville, OH Where's Emig? I h ave been a m o tocross / su p ercross enth usiast for quite a few ye ars. I sa w m y ve ry firs t p r ofe s s ioria l r a ce in Texas Sta di um w h ile in th e service in 19 88 . Since th en, w e ' v e tra v e l e d between Ohio, Pen nsylvania, Indiana and Michigan to as m any races as the checkbook allowed . It is totall y amazing how m u ch the spo rt has g ro w n in the past 10 years. We will su p po rt th e best sport in th e w orld unless it gets o ut o f co ntro l like all o t h e r sp or ts (football, bask etball, etc.), My reason for wri ting th is lett er is to in no way kn ock Jeremy M cGrath . H e totally deserves the atte n tio n he' s been ge tt ing over th e past few ye ars. Jeremy h as been o n th e cover of nearly every m ot ocross newsp aper /maga zine th a t I know of. A ga in I am n ot cr iticizing him fo r th a t - bu t Jeremy McG rath d id no t lo s e th e SI. Lo u is Su pe rc ross , Jeff Em ig w on t he SI. Lou is Superc ross. Wh y not give h im th e cre d it he deserves. I thin k it was a good gesture to honor Em ig w it h you r Rid er of th e Month, bu t I w as ex pecting to see Mr. Ernig's smiling face on -th e co ver of th e M ay 8 issue of yo u r new spa per. J e r e m y M cGrat h h a s a lready rewrote the record books for ou r fine sport and nob ody (at least for a w hile) wi ll break hi s reco rds. I ju st think it 's tim e for other rid ers to get the att en tio n they d eserve. .Joe Burnside Ak ro n, O H Issu e' #1 8 f eatured a coated- stock cover (gloss y paper) and had to be shipped to . the printer the Wed nesday prior to ou r Mo nday deadline . Thus we had no way of predicti ng an Emig win , though we knew that M cGr ath's f irst loss wa s "bound to fall on a we ek wh en we were fo rced to print a cover early... Editor . Dirt track delays Last ni ght I we n t to Harr in gt on , Delaw are to see m y favorite fo rm of m ot or cy cle racing - d ir t tra ck . I saw m y fi rst r ac e t he re in 19 83 a nd cou ldn't be lieve w ha t th e y were d o i n g . The vis ual im p a ct was very stro ng . Since then I've seen 100 or so races an d even, starting at age 39, raced on and o ff for fo u r yea rs . I ca n 't he lp loo k ing a t m y s ho r t t r acker in my shop and won dering, " What if?" The H arr in g ton track w as in great shape with a smooth, deep cu shion, and I to ld m y fri ends th at any"of eight or 10 racers co ul d w in thi s th ing . I co ul d en vision a lo t o f pa ssin g w it h th e ra ce going down to th e w ire . I was pumped . I h ad a lso t old m y fr ie n ds three hour s ea r li e r t hat t hey b ette r s t op m essing aro un d and m o v e t h e p ro.. g ra m a lo n g as t hu nd e r st o rm s had been predicted. Well, su re enou gh , a fe w mi n ute s b e fore th e N a tion al it start ed to rain . Then it starte d to pour. Yo u know the rest. Wa s it th e h al f-h o u r-Ia te-sta rt a t 6:30 p.m., or th e 20 m inutes wasted on interviews th at we coul d n' t hear that do omed the ra ce ? Th ere w ere o ther d el a y s of five o r 10 mi n u te s th a t woul d h ave m ade the difference, too. I d on't k now if it' s the AMA's or th e pr om o t e r ' s fault, or b oth . I do se nse a la ck o f co m m un ica tion th a t p reven ts many tracks fro m be in g up to par and programs that go on forever. M ost im portan tly , a die-h a rd d irt track fan for th e first tim e en tertaine d th oughts of no t comin g back. I kn ow J w on' t b e abl e t o s tay aw ay b ec ause I' m alread y hoo ked. But I w onder if fir st-time fans w ill feel the sam e w ay. Glenn Logan Bridgeton, N] Letters to th e edi tor sho uld b e sen t to Voices, Cy cle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beac h, CA 90806-0498, fax ed 10 310 /427-668 5 or e-mail, ed itor@cyc1en e ws .com. Pu blis h ed letters do not necessa ril y reflect the posit ion of Cycle Ne w s, In c. Lette rs s h ou l d not ex ceed 200 wor ds and all letter s ar e su b ject to ed iting. An onymous le tters will not be con sidered for p ub li ca t ion. All letters sho u l d contain the writ er's n ame, a d dres s a n d daytim e phone nu mber ... Editor. .. 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Adverti s-ing rates and circulation informa tion w ill be sent upon request. St>e 5.R.O.5. W~P.8 ~~cITffTJON Printed in U.S.A. C o ~yri ght~ Cycle News, Inc. 19%. Trademark Cycle News registered U.S. Patent Office. AU rights reserved. FEATURES MOTOCROSS Glen Helen AMA National FEATURE Ins ide Yama ha 6 20 RIDING IMPRESSION MZ Skorpion 28 Glen Helen AMA 4-Stro ke Na tio naI... 22 DEPARTMENTS World MX GP Report .30 EVENTS 34 RESULTS 46 10 CALENDAR 48 Ge nnan Wor ld Super bik e 14 LEADERBOARD 55 WERA Road Atlanta Report 26 WANT ADS 68 A VIEW FROM THEFENCE 71 LOOKING BACK 71 ROAD RACE Spanis h Grand Pri x INTERVIEW Greg Alb ertyn 18 ON THE FRONT COVER Jeremy McGra th (1) battl ed Gr eg Alber- ' ty n (16) en rou te to the 250cc win at the Glen H elen Nationa l MX. Kevin Windham (38) won the 125cc class. Ph otos by Kinney Jones. Inset p ho to: Mick Doohan celebr ates on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix. Ph oto by Gold & Goose.

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