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II Letters to the editor All the big names will be in AMA and Moto6 P. ' 1 should be sent to Voices. Cycle News. P.O. Box 5084. Costa Mesa. CA 926285084. faxed to No Two-Strokes h eard tha t th e AMA ha s rec e ntly more t antali zed by the new s that they too k a "fresh" app roach to p resentin g this co verage. 714/7 51-6685 or TV Blues II e-mailed to editor@> cyclenews .com. From the respo n se I ha v e read and Published letters do voted to elimi na te tw o -strokes from I j ust wrote a letter to Santa fo r m y heard from the m ot orcycl ing commu - el ig ibi lity in t h e F orm ul a Xt rem e Christmas gi ft w ish fo r 20 04 : "Please, n it y a t la rge , i t se e ms tha t t h er e class. This , desp it e th e fact tha t the Santa, I ha ve been a good m an this sho ul d be some presid enti al ord er to o rig inal proposal for Form ula Xtrerne ye ar , and I deserv e bett er racing cov - invade t he Sp eed C ha nnel network allowed tw o -stroke twins up to 3 30c c . e rag e from Sp eed Cha nn el. Could and pu t a n e n d t o tha t " let's p l a y Wh at r ea ll y a ma zes me i s t h a t yo u pl ease g ive to m e, as m y gift this Kevin Schwantz voted in th e m aj ority ro u nd and ro un d raci n g for 23 1/2 Ch ris t mas , a cha n n el on T V that h o urs a da y a n d put t wo - w hee le d subject to editing. takes m o t orcy c l e r aci ng ser io usly sp orts on th e oth er half-h our , wh en Anonymous letters will and k eeps it s p romi ses?" no body i s up o r t hey are a t wo rk " not be considered for reg im e. An d yo u know what ? I can't publication. All letters to ban tw o -strok es fr o m co m peti ng . I' m a long ti m e Suzuki and Schwantz fan , so I have to say ... What the hell are yo u up to , Kev in? Did yo u fig ure th at w e 'd ra th er see a para de o f Well , I know this is k ind of stup id , but the po int is that Speed Ch ann el, not necessarilyreflect the position of Cycle News. Inc. Letters should not exceed 200 words. and all are should contain the say I disag ree. < 0. _ n CD en in li n e -fo u r 600 s an d so m e t wi ns - sinc e it s adoption by Fox , has p rett y I pay fo r th e m ost expens ive pack - writer's name. address w ithou t the d istrac ti o n of pesky T Zs m uc h ruined "M oto rcycl e Tuesda y, " age m y c ab le co m pa ny offers j ust so and daytime phone o n the tra ck? as I notice that NASCAR d om in ates I can get Speed Channel and wa tc h number... Editor. I, for one, wo uld have loved to see even that whole tim e p eriod . Yea h , I m y le athe r- c l ad her o es l ay it all o n stro k ers mix ing it up with the fo ur - do l ik e so m e of the sh o w s . b ut in the lin e for th e wi n . But now , alas , th e that' s dedication to th e sport! Th an ks , stro k es. I si m p ly ca nnot fathom this g en era l, they hav e eliminat ed ab out Speed o f the past is no m ore. We are Henry , from all th e sp ec ta tors a nd d e c i si o n . M a yb e yo u c a n hel p us 80 percent of wha t used to be a fan- fo rced to wa tch c ars go in ci rcles all ri der s of South F lorid a fo r a j ob well un d erst an d yo ur m ot iv at i o n . Of all t astic da y of bik e-r ac in g co vera ge. I d ay , every day . Maybe it' s some fo rm don e. p eo p l e , I th ough t you w ou l d ha ve q ui te oft en even w at c hed the rac es of hypnot ism . We ll , yo u know wha t? Denn is Thompson tha t were broadca st on th e p revio us It ' s no t work ing. Li k e Po p ey e says . franklin, NC foug ht to all ow two-strokes to co mp et e . T h at' s a ll they're a ski n g for. J ust let the m onto the damned g rid ! Randy No rian Des Moines, IA "I' ve stood all I ca n sta nz and I c an't week end. I th ink that if O LN is d o ing what they say they are doing. then maybe th ey sho uld b uy the fran ch ises and A ccording to th e AMA. th e 25 0cc GP feeds. I lived in Eur o pe, and the tota l g uys didn 't sh ow mu ch int erest in co verage of MotoGP rac es, incl uding participating in th e Formula Xtrem e wh at w e n o w see in N A SCA R and series... Editor Sp eed 's co verage o f the U .S. Form ula On e r ac in g last w eek (it w as m a r - Carlsbad Raceway sta nz n o more !" Or so me thi ng like Guess what, Speed Cha nnel? I am I think th at Wor ld Superbike will su r- going to call m y cable co m pa ny and vive, but not at the level it o nce held. ca ncel m y su b scri p t ion t o S p ee d . World Su perb ik e was ac tually that at Why yo u ask ? Bec au se I can get all one ti me - a supe rbike class of rac ing the NASC A R coverage I would ever w it h w o rld w i d e , worl d -cl ass r id ers , wan t to see on my loca l channels fo r m a c h in e s , fa ctor y i n v o l v em en t , free . Who's with m e? advertis ing and rac in g . It has ' pr etty velo us) , was inc redibl e. Th ey act ua lly Bill WIllia ms Anderson, S.C had in terv iew s and showed the entire I haven 't see n an off ic ial anno uncem en t , b u t from m y p ers p e c ti v e , m oto cross racing is hi st ory at Car lsbad Raceway . I ba se th is o n wh at I ha ve read regard ing the fact th at th e present insurance ca rrier won 't all ow Mot oGP ( it was GPs back then ) qu ali fy ing , wi th in -depth coverage that we World Superbike that. m uch bec ome a Eu rop ean cl ass now - k ind of li k e th e European versio n of AM A Su perbik e, with a bigger nam e De60uw Kudos lo ng fo r here in Am er ic a. It a lways but not near th e ta lent. Th e W o rl d Super b ik e g uys hav e amazes m e that we get the " d um bed - In 1958, I arrived at D ayt on a on the pretty mu ch t u rn ed th e ser ies i nto do wn " bikes here (or we get models beach with a tall. skinny kid w ho was somethi ng that is g eared toward the la ter th a n Eu rope ) , p o o r cove rage my best bud . We' d b een into th e Euros, and that is why they wi ll su r- Even thou g h I u nf o rtun at ely had to and so on ... yet w hen you read about motorcyc le sce ne for al mos t two vive . I'm sure the Euro guy s are fi ne ret ire last year , I st ill th ink i t is a the manu factu rers say ing w e are a ye a rs prior to thi s. We sl ept on th e with new rules that nam e a Eu ropean crime to let su ch an histori c venue " key market" for their m od el s, it i s beach , n e xt t o the ca r . Wh en w e tir e manufacturer as th e lo ne tire sup- pass in to oblivion without having o ne then baffl ing wh y we get poor or little woke up the m orning o f the Da ytona plier and rules that have run some of 2 0 0, the ti d e had co me in and th e the n on- Eur ope an manu f a ctur er s rac in g - o n ly oc casio na l pr ac t i c es. last ev ent so that people wh o have a c onnection t o Carlsbad c an v isit th e ra cin g co ve rage a n d b i k e m od el s (sport -to uring m od el s. for in st an c e ) on c e - grea t f aci li ty o ne last tim e that nev er ma k e it here bec au se th e befo re th e bulldozers co me. J ap an e se t h i nk we wo u ld not bu y With all th e resourceful and intelligent p eop le in th e in d ustry, I ho pe there will be a way to get a o ne -t ime ex ception and / or an ad di tional carrier involv ed for th e last race at Carlsbad . them. I w o n d er w ho t he hell th e y are talking to wh en m ak ing such d ec i sio ns. Sp eed treat s us like th e Asian manufacturers as well. 1955 Olds we were driv ing was si nk- away . Tha t ma k es every t hi n g lo ok ing in th e w et sand. Th i s sta rted a better fo r them . Bu t since the class is lo ve affa ir with m otor c ycl es and Day - based in Europe and geared to ward to na for the next 4 5 years . Europe. they will all be happy . But This tall , skinny kid was Henry then . later next year. about a qu art er D eGou w of CCS m otorc ycl e racin g in of th e w ay th rough the series , they Sou th F lor ida . will wonder whe re all the talent we nt Henry has co nt ributed to th e ca use and won der why they don 't recog nize TV Blues half the names of the rid er s in th e top m any years, and so man y of ou r best 10. ignored ma rket for TV covera ge and racers have em erge d fro m his region . He wa s also a mu ch respec te d racer and MotoGP. Go od for th e AM A and sees f irst. I w oul d l ov e t o see t his in th e D ay t on a 2 0 0 for m any yea rs good f o r M o t o GP . I c a n't wait for cha nge . Michael RIgdon via the Internet o f o rga ni zed m otor c ycle rac in g for America is thus, in m y m ind , th e th e tr ick new m odels Eu ro pe al wa ys My fing ers are crosse d . o n hi s T Z7 50 . Th is is Hen ry ' s 20th 2005 and Mo toGP at Barber! A ll th e bi g nam es will be in AMA I was p leased to hear abo ut the OLN Dave Johnson year of t a k i n g a U .S . m ot o r c y cl e TIm Wright c ove rag e of Sup er mo t o an d e ven via the Internet team to th e Mac au Grand Prix - now . Hummelstown, PA c ue I e nevu s O CTOBER 15. 2003 5

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