Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

"Isn't it great to see Kurtis Robe rts fina lly Win a Su pe rbike ra ce? " No Fina l MX o w ne r s w h o h av e ne v er h o st e d a o offense to Grant Langsto n , and we chanc e, they woul d do wh at ever th ey II know Bubba St ewart is fa ster tha n could to help. n y on e e lse o n a 12 5 , but Ry n o ughes go t screwed o ut of a cha nce No Final MX VI Nat ion al event, I'm sure th at give n the ESP N o r eve n A HRMA c o u l d h a v e I c an't acce pt th at it is just easie r to ca ncel th e year with one rac e to go! o win th e 12 5 cc N ati on a l Cha rn p i nship bec au se the A MA is t oo stup id sc rew ed someth in g up th is bad. Wh at is th e A M A w o r ri ed abo ut , t hat an Bill Hruska Colonia, 1'0 o f ig ur e o ut h ow t o mak e up a Brill iant! I don 't think that Speed TV , extra Na tio nal Mot oc ro ss ev ent would tap into it s pro fit s of th e up coming ain ed-ou t race! First of all , they had a tw o -w eek No Final MX IV Sup erCr ap seri es? One of t h e b est T h an k you , Duke Finch and th e AMA th e book s as "no one w ill ever know ." reak a few weeks ago, so th ey co uld f or pr ede t e r m in ing who wins th e Poo r organization and poor m an ag e- ave done it th en but didn 't. Second - 1 2 5 c c Na t iona l Cha m pio ns h ip. I me nt, it 's a case of a n ass o c ia tio n g uess it was too much for our asso ci- finding its way out of the racing com - , th e AMA say s th e Motocross des at ions are c o m i ng up and Superross testing has begu n , so they c an' t o it in th e next few weeks. Rega rding he des N at i o n s, Ri cky Carmi chael o n the cha m p io nship , so therefo re ,icky and T im Ferry wo uldn't have to ace if t h e y d id n't wa nt to . That eaves Ry no . I don 't t hi nk he would in d skip ping a littl e test ing for a han c e t o b e t he 125 c c Natio n a l ham pion . Si nce w hen does t esting ome b efor e Nat iona l Cha mp i nsh ips? Glen Hele n had a Nationa l a libe r race wi th o ne week's no ti c e hen th e des N ati on w as c ance lle d ast year. Why c an't the AMA do th e ame? Th e AMA is wea k sauce. Jerry Jetton Diamond Bar, CA ra cing seaso ns ever now will go into ati on t o ma n ag e t he situa tion and c ome up with another fi nal-ra ce solu- m u n it y 's good gra ces eve n further. Good by e, AMA. MIchael Grove Ridgecrest, CA tion to help determin e wh o would be the 125cc Na tio nal Champio n . O u t of th e 15 to 20 N a t i on al tra cks , they co uldn't co me up with a c om p ro m ise. A n u m b er of m on t h s ago it (AMA) ta lked about elim inat ing a n u mb er o f n at i o n al mo tocross track s, so I gu ess it di dn 't have too m uch co ncern about th e oth er rid ers, namel y Hug hes, wh o m ight have had a chanc e to w in the championshi p! M o s t o f us r e all y l i k e G r ant Langston , but knowing hi s c o m peti - har d at speed. I sti ll do not rem ember w ha t exac t ly ha pp e ned, as I w a s knocked un c onsc ious. T he next thing In response to all of the mail rega rd - I remembe red was being as sist ed in in g th e final ro und of th e series being c an ce lled , there was simply no w ay try ing to br eath e by a few people. A fellow rider, Steve Wa lk er , is m y fam - th e race c o u ld h a v e b e en h e l d at ily 's and m y hero . Here is someon e T ro y. If you don 't believe m e, check w ho wa s raci ng him self , c ame ac ross o ut som e of the photos that we re post ed on Race rXlll.com . As for it being m ov ed , the A M A looked into that m e and im mediately fo rgot abo ut th e race. He o nly thought abo ut assisting a rider who he saw was down on the o pti o n , and there was reall y no way of making it wo rk elsew here - log isti- co urse. When he ca m e upon me , I was still c all y ... Ed itor unconscious . Soon he flagged down tive sp irit, he c an' t be happy with th is a no the r fe llo w rac e r , w ho st opped and wa it ed with m e wh ile Stev e rod e Buster Is Smiling! so lutio n. Maybe it' s time for a rid er s' associ ati o n th at manag es m otocross o ut of th e wa y . I used t o bel iev e in you g uys , b ut h one stly wh at is th e thin gs are now ri ght in th e world ! I mmm... m ayb e Duke Finc h and his AMA knew it would happen soon, as Kurtis o ho rts co u l d get a j ob w it h Maj or m otocro ss? ba ckward on the c o u rse t o th e l ast Isn 't it g re at t o see K u rt i s Robe rt s fi na l ly win a Sup erbike r a c e ? All No Final MX II e a g ue Ba s eball. Rem emb er l a st ear 's All -Sta r Gam e? GrantMoore via tfle Internet No Final MX III and time for the AMA am ate urs to get do ing f or th e sp o r t of George stephenson II via tfl e Intern et No Final MX V c annot beli ev e Troy was c anc ell ed summoned. I was in pr etty bad sha pe wi t h n um ero us b rok en ribs , a fra c tured vertebra and a co ll apsed lung , and I w as un c on sc ious , I wa s later reall y put it all t og eth er this yea r. Th e only thing he did not have co ntro l of life -flighted out of th e area. I am fi na l l y b ac k at h om e after was lu ck . What a shame that it w as n o t co ve re d o n T V ; th an k s, Sp ee d Ch annel. Yeah, I kn ow TV is a busi - sp ending eig ht da y s in t he hosp it al. Th e wo rst is behind m e, but I've got quit e a bit of recovering to do . If not ness and so o n , but broadcasting is al so a responsibili ty - it is not as if we a nd t hey are not rac in g at an oth er s I sit her e rec over in g fr om a bad c he ck poi n t. Th ere , Re sc u e 3 was venue . Ryno is within seven points of for St eve, my wife , family and fr ie nds can watch thi s rac e som ew here else. otocross - re la ted inj ury , I c a n no t Langston , and Stewa rt has not lost a Well , I gu ess th e im po rt ant thing is th at Kurtis won , and he will loo k a lot elieve what is go ing on wi th th e sport moto si nce co ming b a c k . No w a y b etter w ithout th at mo n k ey o n his love at the Pro lev el. does Langst o n dese rve thi s c harn pi - m ight not have been able to hear m e tell them wh at a hero he is. What the hell is up with AMA end - o nship! Th e A MA needs t o g ive th e t o p thr ee c o n t en d e r s a c h a n c e to w in a Supe rbike race , we ju st heard arl y? In th e 2 50cc cl ass , I ca n und er- prov e wh o th e real cham pion is. T he fac t th at Ste wart missed the ab out it. Th anks again , Speed. Bu ster is smiling! tand the point sta ndings wo ul d not first four round s m ad e the ser ies that e affec te d m uch , but in the 125cc low rac ers wh o st o pped and assiste d, the Inv aders cl ub and Rescue 3 - for ba ck . I guess I m ust co rrec t m y o pe ning sente nce - we did not see Kurtis n g th e Nati o na l Moto cr oss yea r T ha nk you as we ll to the other fel- la s s, w ith a si x - p o i n t sepa rat i on re turn . Ryn o m ade a bi g comeback , ugh es (two guys, by th e w ay, who bro ke his foot , m issed a ra ce and is ave nev er won a cha m p io nsh ip) .. . I sti ll wit h in se ve n poi n ts, wh i ch i s now they are o n the sam e team , bu t rema rka b le. He deserves a chanc e to o me on ! I wou ld also have to think w i n t h e c ha m pio ns hi p fair a nd ha t both Ry an and Grant, bei ng the o nsh ip is a co m p lete farce. th in g s. M y wife Kathy also d ese rves t hanks for n ever l eavin g m y side , even w hen vis itors' ho urs we re ove r. Bu st e r Ro b ert s i s K urt i s Rob ert s' Sh e wa s th ere fo r th e countl ess num - rec entl y deceased grandf at he r. A nd , ber of tim es I needed her. I lo ve her yes, yo u ca n bet he is sm iling ... Edi- and tha nk her. So if you ever com e ac ross Stev e to r A Helping Hand sq ua re. Langston getting th e cham pi - ac er s th ey a re , w o ul d h av e mu ch of ge t ti ng m y bik e, gea r an d t ru ck h om e a lo ng wi t h n umerou s ot he r Joe Fenech Ballico, CA m uc h m o re in t er esti ng, e sp e c i a ll y with h is perfect perf o rm an c e since his etwee n G ra nt La ng st o n a nd Ry a n all that you did for m e. A lso th ank s to my fri end D an Sm ith , who too k c are at he r run th e rac e. W ith a ll o f th e reat t r ac ks in A m e r i c a a nd tra c k David Tr1pllft Fresno, CA Wa lker at a ra ce, let him kn ow , as I wi ll eac h tim e , t hat he i s indee d a O n Augus t 23 , I was co m peting in the Invaders AMA Distric t 37 Euroscram bl es event . On th e fi nal loo p I crashed cue. e n hero . DJ.McGhee San Diego, CA e vv s S EPTEMBER 1 7 , 2003 5

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