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"Thank you for going over to Europe and racing for our country." Hopper's Case end. It's maybe time for Clea r Chan- lu c k will have th e fans in th e USA not nel and the AMA to work togeth er so c utting these great riders any slack. John Hopkins mad e a big m istak e. the fans can see all the Pro s together I'm sure the plane ride ba ck was bad but he totally got scr ewed for it. J ohn putting on a great show. enough. These are probab ly the same found himself with an op po rt uni ty for a decent start on an infe rio r motor - By the way , Geo [Geo Roed er] is Tom Remfng c ycl e at the end of a dismal season - via the Internet with his bra in in the too lbox! Co mmon sense tells m e that the ru le that was used to exclud e h im fro m the next race was meant to pun - Wanting A New Format Ca p i ro ssi t o o k T et suy a Ha ra d a o ut for the 25 0cc Worl d Cha mpions hip. he got le sser of a pu nish ment. By the way. Lo ris . I fi na lly forgiv e you for in sight fo r hours on Saturday - wi th a genuine smi le on hi s face! I k no w I might be p ro -F er ry. but when he st an ds up from sign ing auto gra phs an d yells. 'Hey , Sc ott. h ow you doing?' - it m ak es this ve t ri der ish any motoc ross tak e -out mo ves. wh ich this was n o t. Wh en Lor is fans wh o boo RC . t h e sa me g uy I watched at St eel City sig n everythi ng the m an o n th e V-twins . I j ust wa nt to co ng ratulate Team USA smile . Boo birds go home and wa lk a on a great showing at the Motocross mile in th ese rid er s' shoes. Scott Walker via the Internet des Natio ns . Wh il e Rick y Carm ich ael roosted eve ryo ne . t he w in wa s no t o urs. Bu t we stil l k now who is number Ryno's Bad Luck one . I j ust ho pe th at a new race for - do ing that. Ho pki ns was eve n ho nest ab out m at will be p u t i n p la ce f or n e x t h i s m i st a k e. ins te ad of co mi ng up year's eve nt. After all. with some cockamami e story about motoc ross and not supercross. h is fu el -injection el ectron ics going th is is If the FIM wants to ma k e th is th e wrong . wh ich most rid er s woul d do Superc ross des Nations. bring it o n ! and hav e don e. I hope John just uses The riders ne ed t o ra c e t wo m o t o s th is n eg ative situati o n to get eve n eac h for the ir cl as s. This run- w h at- m ore inspi red and fo cu sed . Th er e' s yo u -w a nt stu ff is re a lly weak. W h y always next year. Keep the faith . ca n't we have the format of old? You MIchael Cho rdas Davis, CA Del Mar k now. th e f ir st m o ta i s 125cc and Open bik es. th e sec ond m ot a is 125 and 250cc bikes, and the last m ota is for 250c c and Op en class b ik es. Is T h at g uy Ry an Hu gh es. o ne of m y th eir w ish es . If th ey ca n 't compete . favo rite ra cers . has go t th e worst luck let th em sta y home. in the w o r l d . H o w m a n y poss i ble Actually t his m ight be the perfect ch amp ions have bee n robbed of a t i m e fo r W ERA t o ste p f r om t he c h a m p i o n sh i p by a bad c h ai n ? It AMA ' s shadow and c re at e a se ries c a n ' t be that ma n y . and Hugh es ' tha t c aters to th e wish es of the major name is o n th e list tw ic e! manu fa cturers . incl udin g A p ril i a - Ther e i s n o re a l tell ing i f Ry an Eric P. Maurer Tucson, AZ c o u ld ha v e fin ished w ell enoug h t o change anything at the Mot ocross des Nations, but being ta k en o ut o f the TV And The Paper fight with bad chain? Ma n. that's real ly gotta sti ng. th ere an ything that w e ca n d o t o I just got back from D el Mar. and it which never seem s to whine! T his is the first time I have both ered Shawn McAtee cha nge th is? t o send a "letter to the editor." but is Newport Beach, CA was great. or almost great. Jeff Ward I know that the M otoc ro ss Grand wa s amazing in Sup errn ot o , J ar ed Prix Series is go ing ba ck t o a t wo - Mees /Tommy Hayd en put o n a heck m ot a format next ye ar, and I hop e th e of a show in the short tr ack . but th e Motocross des Nations do es th e same c onco urse was not as big as before. th ere a chance we ca n get real mota AMA Rules! programming on th e arc ha ic mediu m kn own as t el evi sio n? I ha ve a lway s It seems the AMA has had enoug h o f been a raci ng fa n . I lov e the sport. but w ith three rid ers from each coun - its least-favorite ri der Mat Mladin wi n - You 've hea rd th is c o untless tim es and vend ors f rom l a st y e ar w er e tr y in three di fferent classes. We all ni ng S up e rb i k e C hampionships . It sin ce Speedvis i on b eca me Spu dvi - miss ing. Is it th e ec ono my o r th e p ro - k now that if it was still a 125 , 250c c c an 't be too h app y having t he o ne sian. Where is th e m otorcycle cover- m oter? and O pen cl ass ra ce . Bubba St ew art guy who ( leg it im at el y ) c ri tic izes so age? Two Wheel Tu esda y now rep re- would have sp anked them all o n hi s man y of i ts du m b m o v es carry ing sent s a tire ch ange o n one side in a 125! Bu t it is o ve r now , a nd we all home all th e hardwa re ever y year. Redn e c k W re ckfes t. It ' s all abo u t Oh , th e o r i g i n a l r e as on w e f ly down fr om N orth ern Californ ia was th e mil e. That h as cha nged , as t he sho rt tr ac k is now the best thing to see. The lack of the big V-twins being the p rem ier ra ce is the problem for m e with the m ile. It' s great for all the different types of m a n uf ac t u re r s in the singles cl ass t o b e i nv olve d The lates t rul e changes. apparent - look forward t o next ye ar. A nd t o RC . Ry n o and T im Ferry : b e en. ho we ver. Tha nk yo u fo r goi ng over to Euro pe lu ri n g Duca t i, w ho w ill on ly p a rti c i - F o x /Spudvis ion an d the r e st c a n and raci ng for our cou ntry. You all pate if granted an ad vantage. w ill not cou nt m e o u t. I will wai t for the are as good as gold in my book . sto p the o ne guy wh o seem s to dedi- results fro m ww w.c ycl enews.com. Matt HawkIns Sunland, CA (w here was H-D? ), and I understand t h e rea son s due t o ma rk etin g a n d m ark et ing and dolla rs. alwa ys has ly conceived with th e sa le inte ntion of C l e ar Channel . ca te every aspect of hi s life t o win- Motorcycling has al w ay s been an ni ng . Li k e him or hate him. th ere i s independe nt sport and w ill rem ain so no one o n the gri d w ho is as co m mit- Cut 'Em Some Slack c osts for the pr ivateer - but , as I told ( yo u h av e t o t urn r i ght as w e ll as ted. left! ). Sp udvi si on no lon g er car ries Of course. if the AMA modifies the rac ing . just WWF eve nt s. Th er e are a friend . the single s class as th e pr e- After hea ring the results fr om Bel - rules suffici en tly t o give Du cati the no mu ll ets in AMA , Mo t oGP , etc . If mi er fin al rac e is lik e goi ng t o th e g ium . I can already hear th e na ysay - gi ft of an AMA Superbi k e Ch amp i ยท yo u too k a p oll in th e y ear 2004 , Gr and Na t io na l D r a g r a c es and e r s out th er e co m p l a in i ng t ha t w e o nship , we ca n all enj oy a series as more peop le woul d recall and identify wat chi ng th e imports . It 's ju st not th e sent th e wr on g te am to th e Mot o cr o ss exci ti ng a s that hu g e ya w n th e y w ith On A ny Sun day than " D ay s of sam e! des Nat ions. Ca rmi c hae l was a g ive n , (la ug hing ly ) c all th e " Wo rld " Super- Bl under. " Bye -bye , Cox Cabl e, Spud- T immy Ferry was fast and pro ud to bi ke Ch am p ionsh ip. vision/Fo x .. . a one -yea r subscript io n I lov e the sho rt tr ac k ra ces with the sing les - I just want to see th e big V- represent th e USA, and Ry an Hugh es It wo uld se rve t h e A M A rig h t i f to Cycle News is much m or e gratify- twins on th e mil e as th e p rem ie r race . is always a fighter. Th ey all answe red Honda , Suzu k i, Kawasak i an d Yama- ing and mu ch less ex pensive (it' s all Al so, we fans would li k e to hav e seen th e call wh en othe rs did not. ha all decided to st ay hom e. Du c ati abo ut th e dolla rs. y a k no w !) . I choose to sp end mine where it co unts. Chris Car r, Ja y Springsteen an d Rich I' ve kno wn Ferry sin c e hi s Mazd a sell s a few hundred b ik es in the USA K ing there, but I kn ow th ey had m ore days, an d he was so proud to go and eac h year , and some peop le ac t as important things for th e same week- represent his country. N ow som e bad though w e m ust ta ilor eve ry thi ng to cue. e John Rug g Tusfln Ranch, CA n eVIl's O C T O B E R 22 . 2003 5