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Volume XXXV
Sharon Clavton, Pr
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Michael Klinger, Publisher
All the #3s
Editorial
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In your se gment on Grand ational
Numberana '99, you refer to the previous owners of plate number th ree as
Ricky Graham and Gene Rome ro .
Maybe for the benefit of the old er fans
in yo ur audience, you could mention
that the nu mber three was also owned
by Al Gunter, w ho can be remember ed
from the glory days of Asco t - rid ing his
500cc BSA Gold Star against the 750cc
side-valve Harley-Davidsons.
Bob Nortma n
Olivenha in, CA
Watching from Sweden
Thank you very much for you r professional coverage o f the 1998 Australian
ISDE. It mak es it easy for th ose of us
who have to follow the d evelopment of
the race from a distan ce. Nice work.
Hans Eriks son
Sweden
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Graphics and Production
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cova age on Cycle News Online... Editor
Many happy Eisinores
Hats off to Goat Breker and the rest of
the GFI rac e for putting o n a fantastic
race - the 1998 Elsinore Grand Prix. I had
a bla st. From the guys tending to th e
impound area to the course personnel, it
was a first-class weekend. It was terrifi c
seeing all the guys - DeSoto, McDougal,
Roberts - that I read about in the '70s out
there s till banging bars. How ca n you
guys ride those museum pieces so fast?
, I'd also like to thank GFI for arranging for rain on Sunday - it made me feel
right at ho rne.
Dave Klu g
Portland, OR
SX and th e PGA ?
I jus t rea d the PGA Tour mon ey leader
chart, wh ich' sho wed that David Du val
has won over $2 million th us far in 1998
a nd tha t th e 86th- ranked p layer h a s
taken ho me a lmos t $300,000. I th e n
tried to remem ber the last time a professio nal golfer suffered a compound fractu re of his fem ur af ter taking a nasty
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You r s tory on Bill Tu ma n (" The Last
Sp ringfield Champio n") was grea t.
Tu ma n was very mod est abo u t his road
racing accomplishmen ts . He finis hed
fo urth tw ice in th e Day to na 200 on a
Manx No rton, an d his fourth-place finish in 1953 was the No rton single's last
high finish at Daytona.
Besides Tu man ' s grea t Sp ringfield
rid e, he had arr equal ly impre sive finish
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o n July 4 , 1953, at the Do dge City,
Ka nsas, 200-mi le di r t tr a ck Na tiona l
Cha m pionsh ip . Tu ma n qualified 20th
out of 45 starters in 104-d egree heat. It
took him 150 miles to take the lead , but
he bea t Peoria champ Bill Miller by two
laps (fou r miles).
I believe there are many read ers who
would a p p reci a te Cycle News a rticles
about th e "Ind ia n Wrecki ng Crew" Bobby Hill's Dodge City win and Daytona 200 win, Klamfoth's post-World
War II Daytona 200 domina tio n, and a
review of the Springfield 50 milers.
There are moto rcycle-racing fa ns
who di d n' t se e 20 riders on brakeless
di rt trackers ride for 50 miles at Springfield, turning 3O-second laps for ph ot o
finishes .
Russ Whittinghill
Louisville, KY
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World Cham pionship Grand Prix
Seaso n Revi ew
rO!'t lntcrnaticnal Publica -
Can you help me explain how a person
who d oes not race in a Grand ational
Champion ship Dirt Track event all year
ca n retain his National number for an
extra yea r?
I noticed that Recil Ha rt retained his
number for another year, so I wrote to
Merrill Vanderslice, the di recto r of competition, and asked him how this cou ld
be done if the racer d idn't compete during the yea r. His re ply was that it was
cus to ma ry for the AMA to let an injured
rid e r re ta in h is numbe r fo r a n ex tra
year. If this is the case, what happens to
the one racer who wen t out and race d
these races to gain a Na tional nu mber?
Doc'S this seem fair to you? I think not.
Does the AMA make the ru les as
they go? I'm at a loss here. Maybe someone ou t there can answer my question.
What's the deal ?
Wanda Dal ey Smi th
Tu lsa,OK
Mo re o n Tuman
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Question on #s
It seems as tllOugh you already receivedyour
answer from Yanderlice. If the AMA's policy is to gil... 011 injured rider all extra year
with his Ilumber and th,:; are consistent in
maintaining this practice. then how can you
argile that it's not fair? Whe11 tile rider, or
riders, to whom you are referring finally get
their Nat ional nllmber, tl,,:; too would be
protected for a year if th ey were to get
injured... Editor
Issue#46 November 25, 1
998
Round 1 - AMA PJ1 National Arenacross Series from Des Moines
l.¥>t two weeks of the calendar year fur $50.00 J'l'T ~'t'ar by
CycleNew.;,. Inc.• 3505-~'1 CaJi ll.lC Avenue. C'.Na Ml'Sol, CA
92626, Periodicals rO!'t.1gL· Paid at Costa ~h."S3 . CA and at
spill in a sand trap. And I couldn't. The
25th -ranked tennis pla yer on the WT A
Tour has pocketed almost half a million
this year, and I d on 't recall any tennis
players spend ing the rest of their lives
in a wheelchair due to a game-related
accident.
Isn 't it about ti me that the prize
money in the Supercross Series rewarded
se
the commitment th e young men .make
to be the best in the world at wha t they
do? The dedication required to excel at
this sport is second to no ne . It takes
tremendous amou n ts of hard wor k,
relentless perseverance and a who le lot
of courage to do wha t they do. Yes, they
are young, but they are professionals and
deserve to be paid accordi ngly.
Wit h attendance averaging between
50,000 and 70,000 per eve nt, why d on ' t
you raise the ticket prices $5 to $10 and
give it all to >he riders? The bigger pu rses would ge nera te more co m petition,
more interest, more sponsors, more televi sio n cove rage a nd be n oth in g bu t
healt hy for th e s port. We dro ve 700
miles to the Los Angeles Su percross a nd
be lieve me , $10 more woul d n' t ha ve
changed our plans.
Take this spo rt to the next level and
give these gu ys what the y deserve.
Jerry Anderson
Provo, UT
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EVENTS
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LEADERBOARD
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NEW PRODUCTS
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RESULTS
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CALENDAR
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FEATURE
Hond a Motor 50th an niversary celebration from Japan
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GRAND PRIX
Elsin ore Grand Prix
INTHE WIND
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HARE SCRAMBLES
Action Spo rts Team Hare Scram bles
World Cha mpionshi p from Oh io
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CROSS COUNTRY
Final roun d - AMA Gra nd National
Cross Cou ntry Series from Ind iana ....21
WANT ADS
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DNF
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LOOKING BACK
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ON THE FRONT COVER
Heath Voss wen t to Des Moi nes a nd
came away the poi nts leader at the Season openi ng of the AMA /PJl National
Arenacross series, See page 6. Du cati's
la tes t ex p ressi on of sp ort tou ring th e
Italia n way has otto oaioole 916 power.
What's it like to ride? See page 14. Photos by Kinney Jones .
