Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(ill]2I0]TIj VOICES America's weekly motorcycle newspaper LEITERS TO Volume XXXIV THE EDITOR Sharon Clay ton, President' Michael Klinger. Publisher Edi tori a l Paul Ca rruthers , Editor Kit Palmer, As sociat e Edi tor Scott Rous seau , Associate Editor Mark Hoyer , Managing Editor Keith Bus h. Assistant EditorlC01!Y Editor Cameron Coatney. Assistant Editor Ala n Cathcart, European Editor Davi d R. Holther, Copy Editor Advertising Terry Pra tt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell Eastern Accounts Manager Mark Thorne, Wrstem Sales Manager Thomas Center , Western Sales Man/iger Forrest Ha yashi. Western Sales Manager GNh Mitchell , Eastern Sales Manager Rick Mathen y, Eastern Sales Manager Rhonda Cra wford, Wcstern Ad Coordinator Bridgett Bobrofs ky , Assista nt Ca rla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Tina Farr , Assistant Marketing ok Prumotio n Mark Thom e, Director Forrest Hayashi, Manager De aler Sales Kelly Branscom e, Dt'11 Sales Repr J er esentative Ne w M ed ia De velopment Mark Mitchell, Director Rick Math en y, Wt'bmu~tt7 Stephani e Leamo n, Assistant Cla ssified Ads Lauric Tors tcnscn Graph ics and Prod uction Ree Johnson, Production Supervisor M and y Loo, Production Manager Dennis Greene, Lab. Tech. Amanda Wollny. Graphic Artist Robyn Ligh t, Graphic Artist Andy Tresser I was jus t one of the many people who were tou ched by kno....ring Andy Tresser. We beca me friend s beca use we both d ir t tr acked Ducatis. and I s tar ted to help sponsor his Du cati effort over the last yea r. I d o n't th ink I have e ve r kno wn a more thou ghtful or caring person. Anyone w ho h ad the pl ea sure of spendi ng time with Andy kn ows w ha t I'm tal kin g abou t. He lived and d ied d oi ng what he lo ved . He will not be soon fo rgott en . We miss yo u alread y. Andy . God speed . Do ug a n d Heather Stewart Ramah, CO On beh alf of the Lodi Moto rcycle Club , I would like to express our deep sorrow on the passing of And y Tresse r. And y was one of our LOOi guys, bu t even if he weren 't, we would still have been proud of h im . No t o n ly w as he a g reat d irt tracker, bu t he was a grea t sportsman and ambass ad o r to th e spo rt. H e wa s alwa ys pa tient and positive, never saying a harsh word tow ard anyone. Our hearts go out to the Tresser family, as mot orcycling ha s los t one of it s finest racers . Godspeed, Andy. Mike Law Lodi , CA Na tional Headquarters We a re d eeply sa d de ned to. hea r tha t o ne of our favo rite people in the d irt track racin g circle has left us . It was a shock to hear abo ut Andy Tresser' s fatal accident. He was one of the nicest !"-'Ople to ever race a mo to rcycle . It was alwa ys a p lea su re when Andy would s ho w up at th e Lod i Cycl e Bowl. He always too k the time to talk and discuss racin g mat ters, or to help someone else set up their mot orcycle . And then he wo old ge t on the tra ck and shine. And y will be so rely m issed by u s all. We ex tend ou r d eepest sy mpathy to his fa mily and frien ds. He left us too soon. . Bud Ridd le BRiddlc96@aol.com p.o. Box 498. Long Beach, CA 9OR01-0498 (562) 427-7433; (213) 636-8844 . Travis King Benefit Ad min istration judy Klinger, Coordinator Leanne Sims, Admi"istrative k;~is tant AccountingIData Processing Donna Bryan-Dia mond, AIR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herla ne lewis, Credit Circul ation . Rheba Smith, Ma"ager Alma Angu iano, Proces sing Coordinator Kes hena Da wson, Billing Coordinator Ca rol Magg io, Denla Coordinator Service an d Su ppo rt Susan Mo ren o, Receptionist Michael Swedberg, Seniice and Support 2201 Cherry Ave.. Long Beach, CA 90806, FAC(562)427~5 Eastern Of fi ce 4188First Ave" Tucker, GA 30084; ma iling address P.O. Box 805, Tucker. GA 300 85-0805. (770) 934·7850. FAX (77 934-3112 0) e-mail cditor@cyclcncws.rom su bscribeescy clene ws .com adve rt lsmgfscyclenew s.corn I ju s t wanted to than k e v ~r y o n e invo lv ed for ma king th e Travis Kin g Benefit Race a success . Despite th e hea t, over 150 r id ers s ho wed up a t Pe rris Race way for a day of ra cin g . an o u ts tand ing ba rbecu e a nd an auction . It was not only fun, it also helped ra ise even more fun ds fo r Travis. It W eb great to sec Mike Young out at the race, showing his sup po rt for Travis and visiting wit h everyo ne and signing autographs. Our positive tho ug hts and prayers are wit h both of you guys. T he re a r e ma ny, m an y peop le I wo uld lik e to thank, but I mig ht mi ss someone by accident if I listed them all. So let me just say thank you to all of you who he lped o u t in any w ay , shape or form . You know who you ore - tha nks a ton . Rob To wnley, president Over The H ill Ga ng Lakew ood, CA Likes bikes, and Nancy I really enjoyed the featu re Larry Langley d id entitled "The O ther Side of the Fence" (Issue #31, Au gust 6) that showcased the bikes that the fans rod e to the World Su perbike race at Laguna Seca. It was in cred ib ly co ol to see that a lot more wo me n a re ri d i n g m otorcy cles now. I hope this will be a regular featu re in fut ure issues of Cycle News because it was very entertaining. Also. I re all y a d m ire r oa d r ace r .a ncy Delgado-fo r posin g in th e September iss ue of Play boy. Her pictorial wa s awesome and if she doesn' t continue on wi th motorcycle racing. she definitely has a future in mod eling. Kevin Hen riqu es Blythe, CA And more on 883s I ha ve enjoyed wa tchi ng th ose Harleys raci ng d o wn the fro n t s traig ht a t Loudon. I'm not really a Harley fan, but close racin g at 70 mph is always mu ch mo re fun than a blowo ut at 150 mph. I li ke to see p a ss ing and competition fro m th e AI:'IA. a nd th e SuperTwin s class has always provided that. The skill le vel ma y not ha ve a p pro ac hed Rich O liver ' s , but th e rac e w a s far m ore interes ting . Ho wever, I h a ve to take exce p tion to competitor Dave Es tok (Issue #30, Ju ly 30) when he sa ys. in an understandable reaction to the elimi na tion of the SuperT w"ins clas s. "1 gu ess th e AMA doesn't like Harle ys ." As a Cy cle N ews su bscriber for almost 20 years. I know wh at all of yo ur readers know - whi ch is that if th e AMA didn't li ke Harleys, dirt track w ouldn' t be dyi ng. Ev ery ti me another manufacturer design ed a d ecent dir t tra cke r, the AMA ca me u p w ith a nother rul e to perpetuate .a motorcycle design that wa s obso lete before I was born. Road raci ng is the on ly reason I read Cycle News, but I feel bad ly fo r racers like Scott Parker an d Ricky Graham . If no t for th e AMA, th ey wo u ld be perfo r m ing i n fro nt o f s u p e r cr os s -s ize crow ds o n a vari ety o f m a chi n er y desig ned in the '90s. Dave Esto k should check his back issues. D ave MacDonon MacDono n@aol.co m Vultures ? I ca n no t beli eve the vultures in your own ca m p who co u ld n' t wait to pi ck Jeremy McGrath apar t after all of the grea t thin gs he has accomp lished for the sport. I don 't think we could find a better symbol for the spo rt. I also w ould li ke to see some of the g roveling lost so u ls . w ho si t ready wi th th eir g u ns loaded, trad e in their bikes and ge t on a new o ne at the beginning of the season. How well w"ill they d o? My ha t goes off to Jer emy: Leave the m in the dust. G race Jacobsen gj acobs en@earthlin k. net. Lell ers to the editor shoul d be sen t to Voi ces, Cycle News, P.O. Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90806-0498, faxe d to 56214276685 or e-mail, editor@cyclenews.com. Pu b lis h ed lellers do not necessar il y reflect the po sition of Cycle News, Inc. Le ll ers sh o u ld not exce ed 200 word s a nd all letters are s ub ject to editing. Ano nymous letters will no t be considered for publication. Alllelters sh ould con tain th e writer's name, addre ss an d da ytime phnne nu mber .. . 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O W~.8 &cm:£TION 'f' DIRT TRACK Round 14 - AMA Grand National Cha mpi ons hip Series from East Molin e, Illinois : , 6 Rou nd 13 - AMA Grand National Cha mpio nship Series from Rap id City, Sou th Dakota 10 MOTOCROSS NMA Ponca City Gran d National Motocross Ch ampionship Series from Oklahoma 14 Round 10 - World Championship 500cc Motocros Series from Belgium ...24 Round 12 - World Cha mpions hip 250cc Motocross Series from Ind ones ia 25 HILLCUMB AMA All-Star Cha llen ge from Jeffers on , Pen nsy lva nia 28 DEPARTMENTS RESULTS 17. 37 18 RIDING IMPRESSION 1997 KTM 200E/ XC Limited Edition ...22 EVENTS .30 CALENDAR .39 LEADERBOARO 46 WANT AD.S 47 IN THE TAPES NEW BIKES 1998 KTM tw o-strokes Printed in U.S,A . Coryrigh tc Cyde NewI,lnc.. 1997. Trademark Cyde Newi regisrered U.s. Palent Office. All rights reserved, ROAD RACE Round 7 - WERA Na tional Endurance Se~es from Som mit Point, Virgini a .....26 63 LOOKING BACK : 63 ON THE FRONT COVER A busy week of di rt track racing saw bot h Scott Parker an d Rich King taking victo ries, in Eas t Moline a nd Stu rg is, respectively. Photos by Flat Trak Fotos.

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