Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

ur I Cleansing 30 YEARS AGO••• JULY 6, 1971 American Tom Rapp (Bul) graced the cover of Issue #25. as h e raced h is wa y to l eadi n g th e overall scores at the Ind ian Dunes In t er -AMA MX race . A derailed chain in the final moto dropped Rapp to fourth overall . first American. The win went to CZ-mounted Czech Vlastimil Val ek ... A cart oon featuring a dirt bike going through an AMA National te ch insp ec t ion with "This Space For Rent" where the numberplat es should be quot ed the fictional officials as saying "I understand this new rider Is in the advertising business ." ... Scot t Brelsford (Yam) won the Novice main during half mile competition at Corona Raceway in Southern California. Terry Dorsch (Tri ) won th e Expert ma in .. . Jeff Ward (Yam) domina ted th e 7 -hp (9 -1 1) and Minicycl e A (6- 11) classes at Saddleback Park in Irvine. California. 20 YEARS AGO... JULY1,1981 D efendi ng AMA 500 cc Natio nal Motocross Ch ampion Chuck Sun (Hon) was pictured on th e co ver of Issue #25 while leadi ng de fend ing 500cc Wo rl d Mo t o cross Champion Andre Malherbe (Hon) in the second moto of th e 500cc Grand Pr i x o f Motocross in Ca rlsbad . Ca liforn ia. Sun defeated the World champ in the moto and overall . as his 5- 1 fi ni shes were good enoug h for t he win . A merica n GP con tender Brad Lackey (Suz) finished second overall with 6-3 finishes... The Winston Pro Rookie of the Year of 1980, Nick Richichi (Yam), won the road racing round 12 of the AMA Gran d Nati on al Cham p ion sh i p/ W i n sto n Pro Series i n Loud on . New Hampsh ire. It was his first National victory. Eddie Lawson (Kaw ) topped the Superbik e final... We tested a Yamaha YZ250 that was equipped with a hy dr ost atic flu id drive sy stem . which rep laced the chain-drive sy stem of th e stock motorcycle with hoses that attached to the rear hub , which housed its own hydraulic motor to turn the rear wheel via engine power. 10 YEARS AGO••• JULY 3, 1991 Newly crowned Cam el Supercross Champi on Jean-Michel Bayle (Hon) laps Mike Ch amb erl ai n (Y am ) down the Peristyle on the cover of Issue #25 after winning the series' fin al round at th e Los Angeles Coliseum. Jeff St anto n (Hon) and Je ff Mat ias evic h ( Kaw) finished second and third, respectiv ely . Th e West Coast 125cc main was won by Jeff Emig (Yam) via a last-lap pa ss o n S t eve Lamson (Hon ). The 125cc East/West Shootout was also won by Em ig , with Brian S win k (Hon ) and Jimmy Button (Yam ) chasing him home for the podium positions... The L.A . Supercross mark ed the official retirement of seven-time Nati onal Mot ocross and Supercross Champion Rick Johnson, who was presented with the bik e he won his first Supercross titl e on - his works 1986 Honda CR250... Defending National Cross Country and Hare Scrambles Cham pion Scott Sum mers (Hon) won his first Bl ackwater 100 in five tries. He finished six minutes ahead of second-place finisher Duane Conn er (Yam) .. . Wayn e Rai ney (Yam) raced to a 7.6-second victory over M ic ha el Do ohan ( Hon) at t he GP of Europe in .Jararna, Spain... Donald Upton (Hon) topped all four motos of the 125 and 250cc Interm ediate cl asses at th e opener of the CMC Summer Series in Adelanto. California . A li t tle over 10 years ago, E art h F irst ! founder Dave Foreman and deep ecologist Dr. Reed Noss formed th e W ildlan ds Project. In their vi sion , over half of t h e continental U.S . w oul d be clean se d of h uman in h abi tants an d p u t off li m its t o almos t all human use . T he ir v i si o n was w ell funded and hea v il y promoted b y a number o f w e a lthy en v i r on me nt a l groups. No w after on l y a d e c ad e , their goa ls coul d become re ali t y . A b ill h as been int r o d uced to Co n g r e s s that w oul d forma lly establish a larg e part o f th e Wild lands Pr oj ect. The Wildlands B ill , H . R . 488 , in t ro du ced by Connecticut Congressman Ch ristopher Sh ays , has 69 Co- sponsors. T h is b i ll , spon sored chiefly b y Congressmen in the Northeast an d Atl antic states, would esta blish a Wildland s sys tem across much o f Montana , - =--gered Species human use. (As a recent example , over four mill ion acres have been design ated as critical habitat for the Cali - Indeed , it seems that the primary 9 0a l of hard -core en vironmenta li st s wh o have been so effective in eli mi nating multiple use from private and gove rnment -o w n ed l and s, is not hi n g less tha n re moiling rural people from their land , in effect, a rural clea nsing . In re ce nt yea rs , they' ve succeeded in forcing a n esti mated o ne m i ll ion or more c o u n try p eo p le to mov e f rom the ' area they ha d ca ll ed home after fornia red -le gged frog. ) The ES A has been used to list over 120 0 species of plants and an imals as en dan gered, with over 3 50 critical habita ts des ig na te d . Presently , en viro n m ent al lawsuits are ca lling for o ve r 300 more sp e c ies to have designated c ritical habitats. Designation of c r it ic al habi t at eli m in at e s all land m anagemen t and us e of natural resources. th ey were suddenl y de n ie d the abilit y to ma ke a living fr om th e l and as h a d g en erat ion s of th eir fo re fathe rs. A tte m p ts h ave alrea dy b een m ade to c reate a ne w two - m il l ion - acr e national p ark in t he center of M ai n e. Brock E v an s of the Audubon So ci ety led the spotted ow l campaig n that shut down the timber in du stry in much of th e northwest and has now set a new g oal , the el imination of the fore s t - UAny hope for restoring multiple use for the public VIIould be gon·e. " In addition to t heir q u est i o n ab l e use o f t h e ESA . pro po nents of t he Wildlan ds Proje c t h a v e used the ir in fl u en c e t o h a v e al most 6 0- m i ll io n Wyo m ing , I d a h o , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - __ product j o b s in t he Washington and northeast. E van s , O regon . This would Fo reman , Noss and AI • • • re sult i n the cre the other preserva ation of more ti on ists are very cl o se t o achieving t he ir w ilderness designa tions , nat ional v is ion o f the ext i nc pa rks and nature t ion of rural Amer i p r e se r v e s in those can s a nd thro w i n g areas , wi th w i de away the ec ono m i c co rr i dors linkin g and e n vir on me n t al those new areas to ben ef its of manag ing existi n g p reserves. ou r natural resources. An y h op e f or If th e Wildlands B ill re storing mu lt iple use for t he public bec omes law, it log ica ll y foll ows that acres of go vernmen t -owne d fo res t wo ul d be g on e. T h e absolute force o f yet an other a new bill w ill target popput off limits to any new road bu ildul at io ns li v ing in th e no rth eas tern fo r e cono mics w o uld ex p u n ge th e i ng, and to h av e ex ist ing road s remai ni ng ru r al pop e st fro m t h e c o a st u lat ions in those of Mai ne thro u g h areas o n ce they are ups tate New York , AA • • den ie d access to the as well a s t ho s e na tural resources . who live in the Add ition all y , this bi ll upper Midwest fo r wo ul d ass ure tha t forest . Rural people in est health in the the North e a st and Wild la nds Proje ct Midwest wi ll th en p roponents of the Wildlands Project have used t h eir i n f l u e n c e to hav e almost GO-million acres of government-ovuned forest put off limits••• " ·. t r u t h is that those areas are being preserved fronl the people." zones would continue to decline and will in ev it ab ly result i n multimillionacre fi res that would incinerate much of that area. So m e of the most effective tools used in the environmenta l land grab are lawsu its bro ug ht un der p ro v ision s i n t he Endangere d S p e ci e s Act (ESA) . Alrea dy , su ch lawsuits have resu lt e d i n t ens of m i ll i ons o f acres i n America bein g put o ff-limits to m o st rem o v ed from t hose areas. Although t h e environmenta lists c la im that suffer th e same f ate as those forced to leav e t hei r homes in the West. CN those areas are b ei ng preser v ed for the p e o pl e. the truth i s t h a t th ose area s are b eing p r eserv ed from the peo ple. Direct ly affected are disabled peo ple , families with y ou n g children , as w ell as th e el d er ly, all of whom will lo se ac cess to those areas , alon g w ith those w ho enj o y motorized forms o f recrea ti on . Ted Miller is a bleach plant ope rator in a pulp mill. and h e li ves in th e White Mountains of New Hampshire. Last y ear h e testified b efore a c o n g r es s i o na l s u bc o m m it t ee o n h ow founda ti on grants are being used to crea te env ironm en ta l policy and e li m i n ate jo bs in ru ra l areas...Editor. Coming up in Cycle News • Laguna Seca Preview Issue • Misano World Superbike • Wisconsin AMA Dirt Track • Pennsylvania GNCC .,. u .,. • e n e _... • JUNE 2 7. 2 0 0 1 115

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