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Voices America's weekly motorcyclenewspaper Volume XXXVI Sharon Clayton, President Michael Klinger, Publisher LETTERS TO THE EDITOR and mor e races for th e SuperTrac ke rs Seri e s . I thin k d irt tra ck needs it. Bob Pala wski Waterford, MI Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor Kit Palmer, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Associate Editor Keith Bush, Assistant Editor/Copy Editor Matt Freeman, Associate Editor Chris [onnum, Managing Editor Alan Cathcart, European Editor David R. Holther, Assistant Editor jennifer j. Dutcher, Proofreader The Hall of Fame Aft er reading th e October 20 ed ition of Cycle News, a letter written by Dean Lane (he complained about John Hateley not b eing includ ed in the A MA Hall of Fame), p rompted me to also voice an opinio n. I too feel the need to raise the question: Why are these riders not in cluded on the ind uctee list ? Also missin g fro m th e lis t are Mike Bast (seve n-time National Spee dway Champion ) and Berni e Schre ib e r (th e fir st American to win a World Trials Ch ampion ship). I'm s u re th e AMA b oard that vo ted on the cu r re n t inductees had valid reason s for its choices and I find no fault in th em. The y a ll d es er ve the hon or. However, I do feel that so me very d eserv ing contributors to mot orcycle history we re overlooked. 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Box 805,Tucker, GA 30085-0805 (770) 934-7850 FAX (770) 934-3112 e-mail editor@cyclenews.com . subscribe@cyclenews.com advertising@cyclenews.com Internet Am I the only one who rem em ber s the type of field that Mark Barnett used to abs olutel y s mo k e? I th ink Ri cky Carmichael"is aweso me, but the depth of the field that he beat vs . th ose w ho Barnett bea t is a bit differen t. Barnett b ea t th e li kes of G love r, Ward, O'M ara, Burn worth, Keh oe, Hoiland, Gibson, Myerscough, etc. O ne yea r he wo n every mo to except the last two because he was inju red. If I remember, the ra ce s were also made up of 45 mi nute motos back then . Maybe I'm getting old, but I think Barne tt's 25 wins came vs. tou gher competition than Carmichael's did . Tom Engel West Palm Beach, FL Guardrail I' m no t a p hotog rapher, but I really liked Dave Hoe n ig 's u n d e r-th egua rdrail sho t of Nicky Hayden and Bryan Bigelow in your Del Mar Mile cove rage. Nice job. Hopefully, next season we wiII see no mo re tr aged ies, safer tra cks a nd few rainou ts. I'd also like to see mor e riders Restore the pride I'm writing abo u t the American dominance of mot ocro ss / super cross. Right in fro nt of us, the spo rt that Am ericans h ave dom ina te d for so many yea rs is bein g taken over by the Fr ench, th e Italia ns a nd other thi rd -world countrie s. Why? Because we d idn't thi nk th at this could happen an d we are lacking in hold ing on to wha t very few sports we have left. Let' s sta nd up for the sport and w ha t we have built. Don't let this slide away. With har d work and determina tion , we can once again d ominat e th is spo rt o f e nd u ra nc e a n d m enta l strengt h. I'm not kn ockin g the riders, because I think they' re grea t - but let's trea t this as a wa ke-up call. You can and wi ll dominate again. It's up to the riders. Brian Wayne Gaines, MI France and Italy - third-world cou ntries? Does that mak e Mich igan a third-world state?... Editor INSIDE : ISSUE #43 NOV EMBER 3. 1999 www.cyclenews .com Weekly Website Password: comer Cycle News {U5PS I41-3 is published weekly except the 40l b !'t two weeks of the Ca lendar year for$..:18.00 per year by Cycle News, Inc , 3505- Cadillac Avenue, Costa 'M CA M esa, 92626. Periodicals Postage Paid at Costa Mesa. CA and at additional mailin ~ office. Canada Post International Publications Mail #5466 1.:>. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Cycle News. P.O. Box SOSJ, Costa Mesa. CA 92628-5084. To determine the expiration date of your subscription, check the four numbers on the first line of your address label, The first two digits indicate the last issue numb er you'll receive and th e last two charact ers indicate the year ol the Iolisl issue, FEATURES DEPARTMENTS ROAD RACING Round 11 - FIM World Championship Road Racing Series from .8 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : NASB CCS Biketober fest from Daytona Beach, F1orida 14 EUROALE .,.; Ci; .<:l Cycle News welcomes unsolicited editorial material including stories, cartoons, photos, etc. Such material, if published, becomes the exclusive property of Cycle News. Reprinting in whole or part only by permiss ion of the publisher. Advcrtising rates and circulation information will besent upon request. See S.R.O.5. OFF-ROAD View find ers Gran d Prix from San Bern ardino, California > Z Printed in U .S.A. o 6 C0E'yrightoCycleNews, Inc.1999. Trademark Cycle News registeredUS . Palm i Office. All rights reserved, 26, 30, 31 NEW PRODUCTS 26. 30, 31 SPEEDWAY FIM Grand Prix Cha llenge from Lonigo, Italy 28 32 EVENTS 34 52 LEADERBOARD 57 WANT ADS 58 ANAL MOTO 75 LOOKINGBACK RACER TESTS Pier-Francesco Chili's Coron a Suzuki GSX-R750, and Step hane Chambon's Corona Suzuki GSX-R600 22 W~~ 2J~Wt1naN E Cl> PRODUCT EVALUATIONS CALENDAR Subscription rail'S: Ratesfor the United States and its pos.o;es..SiORS for one year (50issues), $58.00 two years 000 issues), ; 5111.00;six months (25 issues), $29.00; trial sub 05 issues), $21.00 Canada and Foreign, one ye,,, (50issues), 5105.00; two . years (100issues), $195 six months (25issues), $55.00; tn,l l .00; sub OS issues), $42.00. en en en .4 75 ON THE FRONT COVER Valen tino Rossi (left) and 'Alex CriviIIe (righ t) wrapped up th e 250 and 500 cc World Cham pio nships , respecti vely, in Brazil this weekend . Photos by Gold & Goose. In further defense of Ty Llo yd Williams (" Vo ice s," Issu e #41, October 20) has a right to be disappoint. ed in Ty Davis. I mean, after all, I'm certain that Mr. Williams has spe nt just as many d ay s on the road i n another rider' s hand-me-down van, w renching on his ow n bikes, then riding harder and faster than most (or all) of the com pe tition . Ea ch y e ar, I'm certain .t h a t Mr . Williams has been the best of the best in his chosen sport - not for the gl ory or the money involved (there's not much of either in enduro racing), but for the love • of riding and the enjoyment of competition. I' m sure that Mr. Willia ms has don e / all th ese th in gs with a smile, and has b e en re ad y to sig n auto graphs a n d speak to fans, during time that he could have been packin g up his gear or resti ng be fore another lon g drive to th e next race. Many les ser rid ers h a v e a b ett er su pport sys tem than Ty Davis, but he's still ou t ther e wi nni ng . I guess if I had to d o as much as Ty does in order to race, I'd be little edgy once in awhile. In fac t, I' d p ro ba bly be downrig ht gro uchy. Yet eac h time I have met Ty, he has been excep tiona lly w ill ing to g ive of his tim e. He has au togra p hed numero us p o st ers for k ids in m y club , ex p la ine d th e trick new parts of h is bike , and answered qu estions with a smile. I guess if Mr . Williams wi sh es to constru e thi s as a "bad attitude" it 's okay w ith me, but I d on't think it' s fair toTy. Pam Falcioni via the Internet No doomsday I've rece ntly taken notice of a number of d oomsd ay le tters p rint ed in Cycle News cen teri ng on America's fall from g race a t th e recent Motocross d es Na tions. O n assignme nt for Cycle New s and Racer X Illu strated a t Indaiatuba , Brazil (and havin g spent the better part o f 10 h ours s ta n di ng i n th e in fie ld wa tchi ng th e Motocr oss d es Na tions th at af ternoon), I feel com pelled to let ev.eryone know that things aren' t really all that bad . Kevin Windham was, in my opinion, th e fas tes t rider in Brazil. And if you wo u ld ha ve had th e o p por tu nity to watch him reel-in Stefan Everts d urin g t heir fi rst o n- track a lte rcat ion - a n d wa tched Everts fall off his motorcycle in

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