Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

VOICES·' America.s weekly motorcycle newspaper teners to the ed~or Volume XXXIII Sharon Clayton, President •Michael Klinger, Publisher Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Mark Hoyer, Managing Editor Keith Bush, Assistant Editor/Copy Editor Cameron Coatney, Assistant Editor Tom Titus, Copy Editor 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 Laurie Snow, Assistant Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Tina Farr, Assistant . Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Manager . 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Canada and Foreign, one year (SO issues), $90.00; two years (100 issues), $J75,00; six months (25 issues), $45.00; trial sub (15 issUl>S), $38,00, \0 0\ 0\ T"'-I J,...( Q) • Cycle News welcomes unsolicited editorial material including stories, cartoons, photos, etc. Such material, if published, becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News, Reprinting in whole or pnrt only by permission of the publisher. Adverti,s-. ing rates and circulation information will be sent upon reques.. See S.R.D.5. .g . r, .... WB ..... o Printed in U.S.A. D'A U 4 AUDITED CIRCULATION Copyright* Cycle News, Inc, 1996, Trademark Cycle News registered U.S, Patent Office. All rights reserved. Interest and availability playa major role in the sport of dirt track racing. How many guys can go down to the local dealership and buy a full-on . factory replica racer such as a CR, YZ and KX or CBR and ZX? Well, you get the picture. The public sees a bike that Jeremy McGrath or Miguel DuHamel rides and wouldn't mind having one of those sleep in their garage. Plop down five grand at your local dealership and I'm doing nac-nacs that same afternoon. Now when I built my dirt tracker, it took me three years and nine grand. A few times I wished I would have bought one of those motocrossers and slapped 19-inch tires on it - I probably would have' spent a lot less on aspirin. Mike Collazo San Jose, CA More dirt I too am encouraged by the newly formed Dirt Track Racing Owners Group, who are trying to breathe some life back into Grand National Dirt Track racing. 1 really liked Sc.ott Rousseau's "In the Tapes" col\.irnn (Issue #37, September 18). The AMA has got to allow a new list of legal engines. I 'totally agree with the 100-horsepower limit that Scott proposed, but why a cylinder limit? Every major manufacturer makes a 600cc inline four tha t makes 100 horsepower stock. You can buy these machines out of wrecked street bikes all day long. My point is, why not make 100 horsepower the only guideline, 'INSIDE 2,.1996' .Issue #39, OctQber , along with a few weight limits, and turn people loose to get creative. Just put a dyno and a set of scales at the track - if you have 100 horsepower or more you need restrictors, if you have 100 horsepower or less, regardless of what brand or engine type you are running, line 'em up. This would allow builders an almost unlimited choice of motors, and would get almost all the major manufacturers back on the track. Besides 1000cc motors are easy to get 100 horsepower out of and are much easier from a maintenance stand point. I dirt track a 1975860 GT Ducati in a Trac1

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