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"Jonah Street is the genuine article." sta rted this ye ar tha t he woul d ride It wa s said tha t Ricky Carmicha el for Honda next year? Do yo u suppos e i s j us t l ik e J eremy McGrath in the Honda cou ld ha ve proposed the fol- way he lives and acts on and off the the Tonopah 300 r ace , I want to lowing as pa rt o f th e d eal : I . If yo u track. T alent is th e on ly th ing that the stra ig ht en out the rec ord for the first sign with Honda fo r 2002, we will pay two of them have in common. and last ti m e. In every arti cl e I have you th is much money as sal ary; 2. If How c an it be sai d that Ricky has a read in the past year, Cy cl e News has you don 't wear the number -on e plate down -to-earth per sonality ? Yes, he is presented the Honda off-road team of this year (while still a Kawasaki rider) nice , but do you see the greed that I Jonah Street and Steve Hengeveld as we w ill give you th is much money as do? Please let me explain m y views . the Steve Heng eveld and Jonah a bonus ; 3. If you win th e t itl e this Street team . year, bring the number-one plate to season , where Carm ichael had no Honda and wear it in the year 2002, Team SplitFire obligation to run Thor you listed the team in this way was Honda will give you this much more gear and Fox signed him to a deal for due to alphabetical arrangement of salary and or this big of a bonus. the SX season . By the time the Conspiracy Theory Hav ing j ust read the articl e regarding At first I thought that the reason F irst was the 1999 Sup er cros s names . However , I have come to Do yo u suppose any of this could Nationals came around, RC still wore believe it has California reasoning . have been part of the contract negoti - Fox gear, and Mitch Payton fined him You see , Jonah comes from Ellens - ations? $5000 per race. He did not live up to Frederick C Lohn Pasadena, MD his c o n t r a c t and should not have missive to take up most of the page. been ab le to wear Fox gear. Enough already . Let's get back to I'll address both of you Oliver Stone So what if Kawasaki can 't shell out Racing. But if you look at the finish usenne -bes at th e same lime with on e $2 million a year to match the Honda results for the Tonopah 300 , you will simple response: You guys are n uts . I o f fe r. Kawasak i has been there for find sev eral Northwest riders. als o can 't belie ve that Hon da wou ld him sin ce he started out, and to leave How do you feel abo u t co ns piracy even wa n t Carmich ael, co ns ide r ing th em only for money is an act of pure theories? .. Edit or he's not from California... Edit or greed. Kawasak i has p rov ided h im berg , Washington. Not really a hotbed of desert racing . Not i f you believe Next is the switch to team Honda. California is the onl y place that is important when it comes to Desert Besides what you ma y think is a paroch ia l v iew o f how Cycle New s reports , I defend m y position with the , Poor Sport? following fact. In your July I I th issue, motorcycles. Brooks Miller Coral Gables, R. Dear Jeremy w ith the best b ikes, team an d atmosph ere o ur sport has to offer. Jeremy , I have been a f an of yours Jeremy left Honda because they y ou pr a i sed t he H eng eveld /Street Having just watched ESPN2's cover - team's th ird cons ecutive ove rall victo- want ed to control his life in side and ag e of th e Red Bud round of th e AMA ry at th e Baja 500 without mentioning outs ide th e sp ort. He left Fox to wear Nat ional Motocross S eri es , I w as that only Stre et was the rid er of record No F ear because he is part owner of c o m p ell ed to write. During the sec - it. Yes , Jeremy has to really w ork in all three events. ond 125cc moto, Mike Brown sho wed poor judgment and sportsmanship when he took out Ernesto Fonseca . you st ill have an oth er championship in you . There is no quest ion that Carmich ael can be beat, and you are titl e n ext season, but what he has He is as fast as any desert racer in your champ ionsh ips and kn ow that harder than ever before to win the SX Jonah Street is the genuine article. since the beginn ing . I've see n all of d on e f or our sport will never be California. In m y o p in i o n , having This is not the first time this year that he has done this. He did the exact Th e way I see it , if you really want the title back , you need to mount a matched . The funny th ing is , I was raced in National H are a n d Hound th e on ly gu y wh o can do it. never a b ig McG rath fan. I was a Jeff events in Californ ia , th e only reason same thing to Travis Pastrana at Glen Em ig f a n since the da ys when h e he hasn 't done as well in California is Helen - driving right through his front m assive comeback to win the 2002 Supercross tit l e , and here a re my wore t h e #47j when h e was r id ing that he doesn 't know the shortcuts. wh eel. suggestions : First, don 't ki ck back o ve r the summ er. I kno w y o u rode 80s. I also ride a Honda CR250 , so If you don 't belie ve m e, co m e up to I expect Pro C ircuit, h is othe r Washington in April and try to beat him sponsors and the AMA to let M r. Mammoth Moun ta i n , a n d that i s all of th is I ha v e sai d m ay seem a littl e funny . En ough said , though, and on our desert. Or for all the California Brown know tha t th is will not be toler- g ood lu c k to a ll for th e re m ai nin g hot-shoes, try Mexico or Nevada. ated in th e future. Motocross is dan - great. Keep it up. Second, start riding SX tr ac k s now. Get yo ur track built, 200 1 season. Th ank yo u and keep up Howard Larson AublJ1T1.. WA Consp iracy Theory II Up on rea ding the Silly Season news, it a p pears certain that Ri c k y Ca rmi ch ael wil l be r id ing a Honda next seaso n . It is alm ost a fore gone co nc lusion tha t H o n d a offered the best compen sation , via salary , bonus, et c . There's noth in g wro ng w ith th at , a n d I wo uld do t he sa me if I w ere Carmich ael. gerous enough w ithout th is unaccept- that express ed sincere regret o ve r bi ke be tween now and Anaheim. M att Hawkins Sunland. CA On the other hand, I want to com - Th ird , ride th e U .S . Open of Super cross . RC's confi de nc e wa s bo osted Cut the Crap la st yea r w ith his win in Vegas , and now that he will be on a Honda at the Sebastien Tortelli 's m is fortune in the shows gre at class and co ntribute s to the growth and professio nalism of our great sport. Don Wallace Redlands, CA have s u b scribe d t o Cy cle News U .S. Open of SX , he might be a little since 198 9. I ha ve already read Cycle bit sh aky . You can take th e title from News for m oto rc y cli ng news . N ow I him, and also the $ 100 ,00 0 pr ize that have to th rash through artic les abo ut first m oto . Th is k ind of b ehav i or co mes alo ng wi th it. A nd if yo u d o po lit ic s and wei rdo m ani festos. T h e w in the U .S . Open , that will set the Ri cky vs. Jeremy last stra w was last wee k 's lett er to the st ag e p erfectl y for yo u to w in back ed itor eq ua t ing enviro nmenta lists to Bu t I do wo nde r abou t h is n ot wea ring the number -one p late i n the good work. able conduct. mend the other rid ers and mechanics and start pra c t i c ing now - get as man y hours on the track and your the SX du ring the 200 2 seaso n . Nazis fro m someone grossly innocent Co me on, Jeremy - g ive us loy al of know ledge of either. T hank you all for th e best sou rce of It was surp rising to me that yo ur motocross thi s y ea r. What if Ri c k y info for our sport. I j us t rea d " T he editorial st aff saw fit to lift your 200ยท k ne w b efo re the motocross seaso n T yso n Rule" and am somewhat up set. fa ns o ne m or e yea r of g rea t racing . word limit t o allow that sad ly vacuous cue' e Get the title back , and go out on t op. ::JohnNoeck Chlcago,IL n e vv s AUGUST 1. 2001 5