Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES America's weekly motorcycle newspaper . Letterstotheeditor ' Volu me XXXIII Sharon Cla yt on, President Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Mark Hoyer'-Managing Editor KeithBush, Assistant Editor/Copy Editor Cameron Coatney, Assistant Editor Advertising Terry Pratt, National Accounts Managt!r Mark Mitchell, Eastern AccountsManagt!r Mark Thome, Westt!rn Sales Mana gt!r Thomas Genter, Western SalesManagt!r Forrest Hayashi, Wes tern Sales Managt!r Greg Mitchell, Eastern Sales Manager Rick Matheny, East",.n Sales Managt!r Rhonda Crawford, Westt!rn Ad Coordinator Carla Allen, Eastern AdCoordinator Lau rie Snow, Assistant Marketing & Promotion g'" Mark Thome, Mana New Media Development Mark Mitchell, Director Rick Matheny, Operations Thank yo u for the interview with Greg Albertyn (Issue #20, May 22). He is a . class act all the way and will go far in America . We need m ore p eopl e like him t o help promote th e s p o r t of motocross. Now about his bad luc k Th er e' s go t to be a wa y for Je remy M cG r ath to pass along his go od lu ck to Alberty n. Bad luck continued to haunt him at th e Denver Supercr oss. I'm su re thin g s wil l change s oon and we w ill all b e t al king a bo u t Alb ert yn ' s win n ing streak. Best of luc k to you, Greg . Scott Bigalke Lakewood, CO Albee II Classified Ads Sharon Van Hazelen Graph ics and Production Ret! Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Stacey Guest, Graphic Artist Ad m inis trati on Judy Klinger, Coordinator Leanne Sims , Administrative Ass istant Accounting/Data Processing Donna Bryan-Diamond, N R Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulation . Rheba Smith, Managt!r Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Carol Bego vic, Dealer Coordinator Service and Support Bridgett Bobrofsky, Receptionist Nati onal Headquarters Albee I . 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 address P.O. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085-0805. (770) 934-7850. FAX (770) 934-3112 e-m ai l edi tor@cyc1enews.com subscribe@cyclenews.com ad ve rtisi ng@cyclene ws.com Th anks for you r interview with Team Suzu ki's G reg Alb e rt yn. Two wee ks ago, I h ad th e o p port unity to m ee t "A lbee" w h ile flyi ng h o m e from the Hangto wn N a ti on a l. I found myself seated across th e aisle from Greg. Duri ng the flight, Greg told me stories abo u t racing all over the world. He ta lked abo u t different race tracks, people and other racers from around the world. It was a sha me that the flight lasted on ly an hour. Greg is prob ably the m ost la id -back of all the ride rs in the sport. For anybody who ha sn't met Greg Albertyn, I suggest you do so at a n upc om in g Na tional. He's a nice guy, not to m en tion the fact that h e' s a bo u t th e o nly o ne with a sho t of defeati ng McGr ath . Kurt Lemke .High lan d, CA Pete Snortland In th e April 24 issue of Cycle News, th e "Looki ng Ba ck " sec tion m entio n ed Pete Snort la n d giving Goat Breker a ru n for his m on ey at a big Sad d lebac k Park race. Well, as fate or coi nci d ence wou ld h ave it, Pe te lost his life on th e day of tha t very issu e of Cycle News. I im m ed ia tely felt th e obl iga tio n to write an d te ll every o ne who h ad th e pleasure of knowing Pete that this had h a ppen ed , Al though I am sure there are so me who d idn' t know him, I' m equa lly sure th e re are many of yo u who saw hi m wi n 53 Saddleback ra ces in a year; o r co me back a number c:f times afte r stomach cancer su rgery to finish six th in the 500cc o utdoors in 1982. He was the best motocrosser to come out of the Loneji Valley, a great friend, an d a wonderful inspira tion to all who knew him. Godspeed, Pete Snortland, Thad Wolff Thousa nd O aks, CA Cops and firemen On Ma y 13 and 14, rounds one and tw o of the 199 6 Fi re and Pol ice Motocross Nationals were held a t Perris Raceway . This yea r' s even t had a sm aller turnout th an usual due to the numer ou s wildfires burning throughou t th e sta te, but th at didn 't sto p th e racin g from being as great as it always is when yo u brin g cops and firemen to gether on a moto cr o s s t r a ck . The h ard-working individuals who spend cou ntless ho urs of their ow n personal time in organizing and preparing for th is race to take plac e n ever seem to ge t the re cognition o r th e th ank -yo us that they deserve, So as a racer an d a law en forcemen t officer, I wou ld like to thank the following people for th e ir perseverance and dedication to th is gre at eve nt: Ed and Sue Wilson (Lo s Angeles Co unty Fire ), Steve Marquez (Los Angeles County Fire), a nd Mike Dunn (U5_ Border Patrol). I would also like to thank the m any spo nso rs of the Fire and Police Na tio n al s because as you know a m ot ocro ss racer is a m o tocro ss racer no m atter what walk of life yo u come fro m and we all su ppo rt th e .sponsors/ m anu fgcturers tha t s u ppo rt u s: White Bro s., First Mo to Racin g, Pro Circui t Racing, Ri vers id e Br ew ing Co ,; Murri eta Motorsports, Malcolm Smith Racing, and Wiseco Pistons. A nd by the way, ro unds th ree and four of the Fire and Police MX Na tion als are tentatively sche d u led for October at Glen Helen Raceway . Mark Da venport U.S . Bord er Pat rol Ag en t Temecu la, CA The truth? I just read an inter esting article in the Ju ne issue of City Bike. In th is arti cle, they claim that Dunlop was supplyi ng Honda an d Mi gu e l DuH am e l w ith ch e a te r tires for Supe rsport raci ng . Cycle News w as also implicated in less than ethical journalism in th e reporting of tire probl e m s by D u nlop . It is im plied t hat D un lop bo ught y o u th ro ug h advertising an d you h ired their ra cin g chief's daughter. Please prin t th is letter and respond. I feel that yo u owe it to the sport. David Bell Cas tr o Vall ey, CA Recently, City Bike, a regional newspaper printed in San Francisco, California, picked up some ncws items from stories printed in Road Racing World and Motorcycle Technology , a road racing mon thly based in Southern California, but still managed to get somefacts wrong. Without going into a lengthy rebuttal for which there L< really no need, let me explain a feu: of the inaccuracies in their reporting. First of all, although it is true that Laurel AUen (the daughter of Dunlop's head road racing technician, l im Allen) was employed here last summer, she was employed as an editorial assistant and did not work in our advertising department as "reported" in City Bike. Both City Bike and Road Racing World and Motorcycle Techno logy hav e implied tha t a C y c ~e New s reporter was allowed to attend Dunlop's preseason tire test at Daytona because we had hired Allen's daughter as a journalism intern. The truth of the matter. is that l im Allen and Dunlop invited regular contributor Henny Ray Abrams to attend the test based on the fact that th/?y thought he was the only professional reporter to have covered the event in previous years. The test session was also open to all media from 5-6 p.m. daily, and Abrams' reports were available for use by other publications - tw o options no one chose to accept. As for our guidelines on reporting on tire failures, etc. - it doesn' t matter if Dunlops chunk, Miche/ins go off or Bridgestones goflat. We report on everytIling that we feel is newsworthy and that includes both good tires and bad tires. Fortunately, we don't have to rely on tire companies providing us wit h racing tires because we don't run a road racing team from th e offic es of Cycl e Ncws... Editor. Letters to th e editor sh ould be sen t to Voices, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Lon g Beach, CA 90806-0498, faxed to 310/4276685 or e-mail.editor@cyclenews.com. Published letters do not neces sa ri ly reflect the po sition of Cycle News, Inc. Letters sh o u l d not exceed 200 word s and all lett ers are su bj ect to editi n g. An onymous le tters wi ll not be con sidered for p ub li cation. AIl letters should contain the w ri ter 's name, address an d da ytime phone number •.. Editor. Internet http:/ /www.cyclenews.com Cycle Now. (USPS141-3-10) is published w..kly except tho las t two weeks of the calendar year for $50.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc. 2201 CherryAverwe, Long Bo ach, CA 9OllO6. Secondclass postage paid al Long Beach,CA and al additional ma ilin g office. Canad.a Pos t lnre matioeal Publications M.ail "546615. POSTMASTER: Sen d .addrns changes to Cycle Sews, P.O . Box 498. long Ik.ach, CA 9080]-0498. To d ete rm ine the expir.ation d.ilIle of yo u r subscription, check the fou r numbers on Ih~ firs t li ne of your address label, The first two digit& indicate the last Issue Dumber you'll receive and the Iast two rharact~n indicate the y~ar of the L19t iss ue . Subscription rates: Rates for the Uni ted States and its p0sses.sions for ore year. (50 iss ues ], 550.00; tw o years (100 issues ), $95.£x); six months, (25 iss ues), 526.00 trial sub (15 iss ues). ; $19.00. Ca na d a and Fore ign , on e year (50 issues). S9(J.00; two years (100issues). S175.OO; six mon ths (25 issues). $45.00; trial sub (15Issues). $38.00. INSIDE '. Issue #22, June 5 ,1996 . FEATURES FLAT TRACK Myrtle Beach MARS.._ ........._ ........_...28 _ DIR TTRACK Springfj ~ld Mile 6 l0 38 ROAD RACE Italian Grand Prix HARESCRAMBLES Massachusetts NETRA HS New Jersey ECEA HS 34 .32 14 HILLCLIMB In dian a AMA National... .36 INTERVIEW Anthony Gobert Kim Ashkenazi Wl!PA ~~~110N SPEEDWAY Polish Grand Prix _ 20 22 _ _._-24 Printed i n U.S.A. Co{'yrighte Cycle News,lne-l9%. Trademark CycleNews . registered US. Patent Office. All righb reserved. 30 MOTOCROSS Mount Morris AMA National Hungarian 125 World GP _._ Cycle New s welcomes un so licited edi torial mater ial including stories, car too ns, ph otos, etc . Such ma teri al, if published. becomes the exclus ive property of Cy cle News . Reprinting i~ who le o r part o nly by pe rm iss ion of th e publisher. Ad vert is-ing rates an d circulatio n information willbe sen t upon req uest. See S. . S. RD 4 DRAG RACING Virginia AMA I Prostar ENDURO Texas ISDE Qualifier 26 DEPARTMENTS RESULTS EVENTS CALENDAR LEADERBOARD WANT ADS DAY SIX : LOOKING BACK.._ 40 42 .5 1 .5 9 .61l 75 75 ON THE FRONT COVER Michae l Dooh an (le ft) an d Jeff Em ig (righ t) were t he b ig wi n ners o n the weeke n d , with vic to ries in the Italian Grand Prix and Mount Morris National MX, respect ivel y, Photo s by Gold & Goose and Kinn ey Jon es.

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