Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

([l]]]~ VOICES America's, weekly motorcycle newspaper LffiERSTO THEEDrrOR V olume XXXIV . Sharon C lay ton, President Michael Klinger. Publi5her Apple and cheese, please Editorial Paul Ca rru the rs, Edi or t Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Scott R OU s..<;edU , As!OOCiate Editor Ma rk Hoyer. Mimaging Editor Tina Farr , Assistant In response to the leiter "No Fan o f Johnny K" (Issue #46, November 19). I wo uld like to as k Mr . Janes if he would like som e apple a nd ·cheese to go with his w (h line? You, s ir, have obv iously never been a racer. A ra cer o nly d oes one thin g: He wants to wi n, and win it all. Sure , Johnny K had some problems in the past . but wh o hasn 't? He ad mit ted he had them, he worked on them. a nd he became focused and s howed that h e is the best. (In yo ur fac e , Duca ti.) Good luck, John. Bring the GP title back to the USA. Bill Keys San Leandro, CA Marketin g & Promotion Mark Thome, Director Forrest Hayashi , Manager More in defense of Johnny K Kt>1th Bus h . A.'i~istimt £d./or/Copy Editor Cameron Coatney. Assistant Editor Ala n Cathcart. European Editor David R. Holther, Co Editor py Advertising Terry Pra tt, NationalAccounts Mana ger Ma rk Mitch ell, Eastern A ccounts Manager Mar k "Thome. Western Sales Manager Tho mas Genter, Wt"Stt'nt SaIt"S Manager Forres t Hayashi, Western Sales Manager G reg Mitchell, Eastern SoIt'S Manager Rick Mathen y, Eastern SalesManager Rhonda C rawfo rd. West ern Ad Coordinator Bridgett Bobrofsky, Assistant Carl.1 Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Count m e a s one John Ko cinski ' s b ig gest fa ns a fte r h e w on th e 199 7 World Su p e r b i ke C ha m p io ns h i p . It loo ks to me lik e he's cured wha te ve r ail ed h im in the publi c-rel ation s departme nt in the past. I'm rea lly looking forwa rd to see ing an Ame rican on the vic tory p odium ne xt year in the SOOcc GPs. I ho pe all Ame rican road racing fans chee r him on as our o nly real hope for recaptu rin g the most pr estigious title in mo torcycle spo rts. Jim Bensberg Colorado Springs, CO New Me di a De velopment Ma rk Mitchell, Director Rick Ma theny, Wcbmnstcr Stepha nie Leamon , Assisfallt C lassifi~d Ads Cherie Collie Graphics and Product ion Ree Johnso n, Producti n SlIpt'TVi."llr o Mand y Leo, Production Manager Dennis Greene , Lab. Te ch. Amanda Wollny, Graphic Artist Robyn Light, Graphic Artist Administration Judy Klinger, Coor dinator Leann e Sims, Ad", inistrath>e Assistant Accounting/Data Processing Fan with fact s o n Johnny K Donna Brvan-Diamond. AIR Coordinator Gen eva Repass, Assi. taut " Herlane Lewis, Credit Circulation Rhcba Smith. Manager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Keshena Dawson, Billing Coordinator Carol Maggio, Deater Coor dinator Se rvi ce and S u ppo rt o Do ris Rice. & ct'pti nist Michael Swedberg, Service and Support National Headquarters 3SQ5.. M Cad illac A ve ., Costa Mesa, CA 92626, P.O. Box 5084, Costa Mesa. CA 9262&-5084 (714) 751-7433 FAX (751)751-6685 . Eastern Office 4188 First Ave.. Tucker. GA 300 84; mailing ad d ress P.O . Box B05, Tucker. GA30085-0805. (770) ~34-7850 . FAX(770) ~34-3112 e-mail t.llitor@cydenews.com ' subscribcfscyclene ws.com ildvertising@cydt'news.com Internet htt p:/ / www .cyetencws.com Cycle f\PW!l . then you could have given it to someone else. Since money seems to be you r incen tive, t propose tha t a ll m o tocross fans boycott a ll supercross races in the So u theast - Atlan ta , Tam pa . Dayt on a and Charlotte - until suc h time as the AMA sta rts thinkin g wi th their hearts and not thei r poc ketbooks, and restores an outdoor National to the Sout heast. Carl Su mm ers Pan am a City, FL » « Letters to the editor sh ou ld be sent to Voices, Cycle Ne ws, P.O. Box 5084, Cos ta Mesa, CA 92628-5084, fax ed to 714 /75 1-6685 o r e-m ail, edito rfscyclen e w s.com. Pu b lis h e d le iters d o no t ne cessa rily reflect the po sition of Cycle Ne ws, In c. Letters s h o u ld n ot exceed 200 word s and all letters are subject to editing. Anon ym ou s letters will not be con sidered fo r pub li ca tio n. All lett ers s ho ul d co n ta i n th e w rite r's n am e, address a nd dayti me phone number ... Editor. INS E ID Issue #48 Decem 3, 1997 ber FEATURES Bot 5OIl4, CMU M- . 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COfyrigh CycleNews, Inc. 1'1J7. Trademark Cyde News tc registered U.S P.tlent Office. AU rights reserved. . DEPARTMENTS ARENACROSS Rounds 1 & 2 - AMA /Pjl Nati onal EURO FlLE Arenacross Series from Des Moines, lowa 8 AMA/ Prostar Drag Race Series from Gainesville, Florid a 24 .41 RESULTS .45 46 ACROSS THE AT LANTIC ORAGRACE 40 W ANT ADS 22 28 CALENOAR Wor ld Superbike Championship- EVENTS LEADERBOARD RACERTEST winning Cas trol Honda RC45 5 .6.1 LOOKING BACK ~ 63 Q.N THE FRONT COVER jo h n Kocinski fi na lly gave Ho nda a nother World Superb ik e C h am p io ns hi p in 1997. We ride th e bi ke th at hel ped him achieve that goal. Photo by Kel Edge. Brad Wool sey (10) and Cliff Palmer (2) we re two of the s tars of the o pen ing round of the AMA /P]l Arenacross Series in Iowa. Photo by Kinney jones.

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