Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~0]:1J VOICES Ameri ca's week ly mo tor cycle newspaper LmERSTO THE EDITOR Volume XXXIV Sha ron Clayton , President Micha el Klinger, Publi:JJt'T Editorial Pa ul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, As.OCiate Editor " Scott Rou sseau, A ..sociate Editor Mark Hover, MmUlging Edjt", Keit h Bush, A%istant Editor/Copy Editor Ca meron Coa tney, A'isi."tanJ Editor . Ala n Ca thca rt. European Editor David R. Holther, Copy Editor Ad v ertising Tertv Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mit chell. Eastern Accounls Mauager Mark Th om e, W~ le'rn Soles M m logf7' Thomas Center, Western Sales Manager Forre Haya shi, Wcstern sales Manager st GI't"g Mitche ll, fAstmt SalesManager Rick Matheny, East".m S41les Manager Rho nda Crawford , Western Ad Coord inator Brid gett Bobrofsk y, A ~"".. tant Ca rla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Tina Farr . Assistant Marke ting & Pro mo tion Mark Thom e, Director Forrest Hayash i, Monagrr Dealer Sales Kelly Branscome, Dealer Sales Rcprcscntatite Ne w M ed ia De velop ment Ma rk Mitchell, Director Rick Ma then y, W('bl1Ja ~ ter Stephan ie Leamon, Assista'lt Classifi ed Ad.~ Laurie Tors tensen G raph ics a nd Prod uction R~ Johnson, Production Supervisor Mandy Loa , Production Manager Dennie; Gree ne, L b. Tech. a Amand a Wolln y, Graphic Artist Robyn Light, Graphic Artist Thank s, Ronnie Blam ing us Ro nnie Jo nes ha s bee n a heru uf m in e for a long tim e and a t the Okl ahom a Hal f Mile he showed why, Ron n ie put re ti re men t o n the ba c k burner for o ne ra ce an d th en ra ced h is wa y to an ad m irabl e fift h p la ce in th e Na t io na l. That 's an incredible perfor man ce for someone with no pri or races this year. Ronni e also d id a g rea t job in p romoting the race, Des pite a d elu ge of rain o n Sa tu rda y th a t postpo ned th e race u ntil Su nday, th e tra ck wa s g rea t a nd p roduced very close racing. I would alsu like to com p limen t Ron nie's announ cer , j. B. N orri s. H e r eall y ad ded to the exciteme n t of th e event , and he s howed Ronnie a fitting tribute by in terviewing him after the race, Ronnie - we 'll be back ne xt yea r a nd we'll bring m o re race fans , Donny Esper Topeka, KS Missing 883s•.. not ° tal ked to me and my brother abou t the u pcoming Suz u ka 8-H uu r and the rest of the Wo rld Su pe rbike seas o n, Good luck to Co lin for the rest of the seaso n my fro's off to you . If any fans ever ge t the chance to talk with Co lin, please d o so. He's a down-to-ea rth and all-around nice guy. Garry Doomeweerd La Pue n te, CA I, for o ne, will miss th e Ha rley- DavidAdm in istration Judy Klinger , Coordinator Leanne Sims , Administrativt A. .sistant . AccountingfDa ta Processin g Donna Bryan-Diamond , A ll{ Coordinator . Geneva Repa ss, Assistant Herlan e Lewis, Credit Circula tion Rhc ba Smith, Manager Alm a Anguiano , Proc essing Coordinator Kes he na Dawson , Billing Coo rdinator Carol Maggio, Dealer Coordinat r o Serv ice an d Support Susan Moren o, Rccepti nist o Micha el Swedberg. Snvicr and Support Nat ional Headquarters 22U1 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O . Box 498, Long Beach , CA 90801-0498 (562) 427-7433; (213) 636-8 844 . FA X (562) 427-6685 Eastern Office 4188 First Ave., Tucker, GA 30084; maili ng address 1'.0. Box 805, Tucker, GA 30085-0805, (770) 934 -7850. FAX (770) 934 -3112 son Twi nS por ts das s. W it hou t th ese d efo rmed cru isers raci n uoun d, wh en are we expected to gel .nething to eat or vis it the restroom? Joh n Co x J was very su rprised to S£'E' the a n nou nce men t th at th e U.S. round of the World Observed Trials Championsh ip w a s coming to California (" In the Wind," Issue #30, july 30). A cou p le of m on th s ago, I c hecke d th e ca le n d a r and found noth in g lis ted - so I assumed it would take a nothe r 1 yea rs fur Ca lifornia to get this ev ent again, I went to Donner a cou ple of yea rs ago and to th e previous Worl d round th ere, so me 10 yea rs before . I 'would have lo v ed to hav e g one to thi s year's rou nd, but I ha ve other plans and I can't change at this late da te. I re ad th e tr ial s coverage pre tty ca refu lly beca use it is the only part of moto rcycl ing tha t still int erests me, When it co mes to o th er kind s o f com petition, I ha ve been there an d d o ne tha t to th e point that it is pretty bor ing . I can't reca ll seeing one word abo ut the U.s. ro und in you r cov erage of the previous rou nds. It a ma ze s m e t ha t you ca n d e vo te pa g e s of p ro mo tio n to ev e r y o th er aspect of the sport and then you totally screw up something like this. I guess if it isn't fast and loud , you rea lly d on ' t give a crap. Bob Hu en emann La Honda, CA God speed, Dave My broth er a nd I atten ded th e World Supe rbi ke ra ce a t Laguna Se ca a nd I must say it was the best weekendof racing I' ve e ver seen. My go od tim e was had because of Aaron Yates backin' his GSXR600 int o every corner in the 600cc Su perspo rt ra ce, and a lso because o f Colin Edwards. 1 was ve ry dis appo in ted w hen I heard that Edwa rds would no t be racing becaus e of his wri st inju ry, bu t he more than mad e u p for that by signing au tog rap hs and ta lk ing to th e fa ns. I m et Colin on Sa turday a nd was very s u rp rised at how accessib le he wa s . H e The No rt h wes t lost a legend re cently w ith the d eath o f Dave Hardin on july 12. Dav e was the owner of the fonner Empi re Cycle in Spokane, Washington , fo r over 30 yea rs. H e was a Na tio na l Hillclimb Champion and Cana dian H illclimb Ch ampion fo r m an y yea rs . H e organized and hosted th e Paul Bunyan Cross Country races that were some of Washington's largest for many yea rs in the '60s. He also gave a start to many of this area's racers, and also o ffered man y o f them jobs. He was a master mechanic a nd machini st, and an avid outdoorsman w ho pa rticipated in every type of mo torcycle a nd snowmo bile event . H e will be g rea tl y m isse d a nd fo n d ly remembered. Godspeed, Dave, Norm and G ail Kopp Mica, WA FEATURES NEW BIKES jcox@VVm .com. Go, Colin, go e-m a il edi tori¥cYclenews.com subscribeecydenews.co m advertisingfscyclenews.com We Wt'Ttn 't awarelhat Cycle News was the promoter of the Donner round of the World Observ<-d Trial. Championship, If we were, then I guess we didn't do our job. 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