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Voices America's weekly motorcyclenewspaper LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Volum e XXXVI it h app en s to be in A me r ica . Viva Ryno! Jef Morgan mo rga n jtsp rodigy.net Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher . Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Keith Bush, Assistant Editor/Copy Editor • What tile story said was, "If Everts can beat Albertyn and Tortelli at Budds Creek, he might be considered by some as going into the new century as tile best rider in the world." Sounds fair enougll to me... Editor Ma tt Freeman, Associate Editor Chris[onnum, Managing Editor Alan Cathcart, European Editor David R. Holther , Assistant Editor jennifer j. Dutcher, Proofreader Western States (714) 751 -7433 Terr y Pratt, National ~ccounts Manager Mark Thome, Western Sales M anager Forrest Hayashi, Westem Sales Mana,~er Dan Legere, Western Sales Manager Rhonda Crawford, Ad Coordinator Bridgett Bobrofsky, Assistant _ It's a nice song and da nce that you are putting on for Yama ha in its new YZ advertiseme nts. But do you kn ow wha t I wo u ld really love? I'd love seeing you race a Na tional motocross aga inst level com petition . Pea ce, a nd ma y th e force be wi th you. Doug Cornelly Du Bois, PA Advertising ' Eastern St ate s (770) 934-7850 Greg Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager jim Clark, Eastern Sales Manager Carla Allen, Ad Coordinator Marketing & Promotion Mark Thome, Director Forrest Hayashi, Manager Shannon Clark, Dealer Representative Bias Is Everts best? 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Please explain the thinking in the Budds Creek' arti cle th at Stef an Eve r ts, if he wins the race, could be cons ide red the "best rider in the wo rld ." He is cu rrently n ot u sin g th e number-on e pl at e fro m las t ye a r thanks to Sebasti en To rtelli, and he .w on ' t be next yea r either due to his injuries - or possib ly the rid ing of Pit Beir er and Fred eri c Bolley, Previou s to th at , G reg Albe r ty n showed him real spee d in both 1993 and '94. On e m o r e thin g abo u t th e Bud d s Cree k ra ce th a t w as actua lly stated in th e ar ticle - Am e rica 'S b est won't be com pe ting . We' ve go t to ge t to eig h th place in the cu rren t sta ndings befor e a cu rrent AM A 250c c Na tiona l r id er sho ws on th e en try list - Larry Ward . And I wo n' t even bring up the low-l yin g Jerem y McGrath . With a bso lu te ly n o dis res pec t to Larry Ward, a rid er winning the Budds Creek race could never consider himself a co nqueror of Ame rica n mot ocross and definitel y not the best in the wo rld . Exce p t for ma yb e Albertyn, w ho has alread y proven himself in Europe and here in America. The race will be a good one as eve ry motocross ra ce is, but pl eas e keep to the facts. The rac e is jus t an ot her round in the 250cc World Championshi p and o n un r eg is tered scoo ters. Two were from the Kmart pit crew. No t on ly that, bu t I also saw a Kmart person riding a mountain bike around the pla ce. Again, I as k , le t' s ge t thi s mess cleared up before ne xt year . If Mario had b een treated like Kevin; the shit wo uld have hit the fan. Patrick Shiplet tootsie739@ aol.com I am writing eve rybody I can think of to re port thi s matter . On Saturdays, the Learnin g Ch a n nel broad ca st s a show ca lled " Pa ra m e d ics ." As th e n am e im p lies, this is a rea l-li fe, rid e-al on g show dep icting the life of these d edi cat ed first responders. On Saturday, Augus t 28, the ep isod e "Rus h Hou r" highlighted the Los Ange les Fire Department: During the coverage, a squ ad respond ed to a car-mo torcycle accident. Upo n a rrivi ng, one o f LAFD' s "finest" said , "This is what he des erv es fo r rid in g a moto rcycl e ." I tru ly hop e this opinion is not one shared by many on the LAFD . Ho pefully, you can spread the wo rd about this bias towards mot orcyclists. I feel the LAFD needs to explain this type of attitu de. John Page jwpage@hayes bra ke.co m I' m co nstan tly d efend in g p rof ession al a thletes' salaries by remind in g people that they have to consider the cons tan t traveling, hours of practice, training regim ens, injuries, sho rt-ter m careers, and years of prepa ration - but I'm beginning to wond er why I' m such a staunch su pporter. . I'm not the smartest cat on the block, but th e Un ite d Sta tes G r a n d Prix of Motocross so unds like it shou ld be one of the most im portant races of the yea r. Why it's bein g shunned by thr ee of the four major manufacturers and their top riders leaves me a bit pu zzled . Jon ath an Beasley (the race promoter) has alrea dy taken one bath and now it appears that the peo ple who wo uld benefit most are going to let him tak e anot he r . I k eep r eadin g h ow m ot ocr oss / su percross is tryin g to patt ern itself after , N ASCAR, yet decisions continue to be made wi tho u t the tru e fan in mind. SoU:.:.: ~ Last word on the cuffing I ha ve an update on " Ha n dcu ffed ' in Ohio." I went to theCART races at MidOhio on Friday the 13th for pra ctice. As Shelley Harris gu essed, there wa s a total differen ce in a t ti tu de for th e non licensed rid ers on this da y. The first perso n I saw on an unregi stered s coote r was Mar io Andretti, who rod e the scooter in front of at lea st four M id -O hio secu rity people. In the five minutes th a t: I was in the area in which Kevin Schwantz had been in, I saw no less than eight other people Greg Albertyn, and the rest of Team Suzuki, will represent the AMA at Budds Creek. INSIDE ; ISSUE #35 SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 FEATURES MOTOCROSS Round 11 - AMA /Mazda Tru cks Na tional Championship 250cc MX Series from Bingh amton, New York : l0 Round 11 - AMA/ Maz da Tru cks National Cham pionship 125cc MX Series from Bing ham ton, New York 14 Rou nd 14 - World Cha mpio nship 250cc ·MX Series from . Nism es, Belgium .38 Rou nd 11 - World Cha mpio nsh ip 500cc MX Series from Uddevalla, Swede n 40 Round 12 - W,?rld Cham pio nship 125cc MX Series fro m Haenchen, Germa ny .40 DIRT TRACK Round 14 - AMA Grand National Dirt Track Series from ~ 16 Sedalia, Missouri DRAG RACING Round 10: NHRA /Winston Drag Racing Series from Brainerd, Min neso ta ROAD RACING . Round 10 - World Championship Superbike Series from Zeltweg, Aus tria DEPARTMENTS 2000 MX BIKE FEATURE SECTION First Ride: 2000 Yamaha YZ250 First Ride: 2000 Ho nda CR125 and CR250 First Ride: 2000 Suzuki RM125 First Look: 2000 KTM MXers Factory Tour: Inside the "new " H usqva rna First Look: 2000 Hus qva rna MXers INTERVIEW Team KTM's Kurt Nicoll .20 24 .26 .28 30 32 34 .36 EVENTS RESULTS : CALENDAR WANTADS LEADERBOARD FINAL MOTO LOOKING BACK : : .41 : ,46 68 70 78 94 96 96 ON THE FRONT COVER Cycle News re view s th e new millennium 's bikes first. Her e, we test Honda's CR125 and 250 an d Yamaha's YZ250. We also prob e Suzu ki's RM125, along with the new Hu sky and KTM MXers. Photos by Matt Freeman and Kit Palmer.

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