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Cycle News 2000 06 07

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30 YEARS AGO... JUNE 16, 1970 West motocross team captai n and Greeves pilot J im WiI· son graced the cover of Issue #22 after a dominating performa nce at the second, and final , round of the East/W est Motocross Cham pi onships. Not only did Wilso n win all th ree team motos, but the West's Ji m West . J ohn DeSoto and Ti m Hart rounded out the top four spots in those three motos as well . Th e hi ghest -scoring East rider was Seppo Makinen, who managed fifth place behind the West steam roller... Canadian Dave Sehl (H-D) won the AMA National Half Mile in Louisville, Kentuc ky , ahead of Cal Rayborn (H-D) and Lany Palmgren (Tri) . Dick Mann (BSA) still held a healthy points advantage... Southern California speedway racing was in full force, as every Friday night there was action to behold at Costa Mesa Speedway, followed by Saturday night racing at Bakersfield Speedway. Bm Cody and Lany Shaw won the Scratch mains in Bakersfield and Costa Mesa. respectively. 20 YEARS AGO... JUNE 11, 1980 Our only hope for a World Championship in 19BO, Kawasaki's Brad Lackey, was featured on the cove r of Issue #22 afte r h is p oints lead co n ti nued to dwind le from nine points to three after the 500cc round in Ruskeasanta, Finland. Lackey went 3 -3 for third overall , while Andre Malherbe (Hon) split wins with teammate Graham Noyce for second overall. Malherbe was second in points after five rounds... Round seven of the AMA Grand Nat ional Championship/ Winston Pro Dirt Trac k Series took place at the Louisvill e, Kentucky , half mile, with Hank Scott (H-D) winn ing his third National of t he season. Steve Morehead (H-D) and Hank's brother Gary Scott (H-D) rou nded out" t he top three. Rookie Expert David Jones was killed when he hit a spectator who jumped the fence and ran directly into his path during a heat race... Round eight of the AMA Grand National Championship/Winston Pro Road Race Series was held at Road Amer ica in Elkhart Lake. Wisconsin, with Wes Cooley taki ng the victory aboard his Suzuki in the premie r For m u la One c lass. Fre ddie Spencer (Hon) outran Eddie Lawson (Kaw) for the Superbike victory . 10 YEARS AGO..• JUNE 6, 1990 T eam Yam aha's teen sensation, Damo n Bradshaw, flew onto the cover of Issue #22 after winning the first 250cc Nati on al of hi s young career at Mount Morris, Penn sy lvania . Brad shaw's 2 -1 moto placings edged Kawasaki' s Jeff Ward. with his 1-2 moto placings, for the overall victory . The 125cc class saw Frenchman Jean-Michel Bayle (Hon) sweep t he class ahead of Tea m Green Kawasakl/Yo ko -sponsored Tallon Vohland, who went 3:2 for second overrall. Jeff Emig (Kaw) took third overall ... Harley -David son' s Scott Parker dominated for the second week in a row at the Springfield Mile, in Springfield, Illinois. Finishing second for the second week in a row was Parker's HarleyDavidso n teammate Chris Carr . Wit h the win, Parker took a slim one-point lead over Carr... Wayne Rainey (Yam) won the raininte rrupted Italian GP, ahead of Suzuki ' s Kevin Schwantz and Honda's Mick Doohan. Rainey held a commanding points lead after the fourth round. Yamaha's John Kocinski won the 250cc GP... In short-track competition in Lodi, California . Eric Bost rom fin ished third in the BOcc A class, and B-yearold Toby Jorgensen finished second in the CN 60cc C/B class. n T h ere may not b e t oo much d ign it y in pissing in a b ottle , but if you want to reach to top levels o f racing , it's one of those things you h av e to do. Like learning thrott le c ont ro l. You should also learn what y o u d on 't w ant peo ple to f ind in that bot- • tIe, and make sure t h er e isn ' t an y o f it there. Let' s f ac e it, n o t e v en ' Anthon y Go b ert was taken b y surprise when he failed his drug tests . Aggrieved yes . surprised no . So we come to the next case on the list. Bring forth o Cost a 's Cl inica M ob il e wi t h unaccustomed en t h u si a sm an d lightness of st ep . I don't know th at I could actually hav e won a GP , but I was certainly prepared to fight an y bo d y who su g g est ed I cou ldn 't. speedy. Bu t wa s it any m o re than I might hav e felt after tw o or three do u ble-espresso coffees? Would th is ep hed ri ne, or the coffees , h elp one' s rac ing, or any o ther athletic effort? One m ust ass u me th e answer to be yes , si nce I don't know that I could actually have won a GP, but I was certainly prepared to fight anybody who suggested I couldn't. Noriyuki Ha g a , the newly slender wrait h of W orld Sup erbi k e racing , and recent (th o u gh p o ss ibl y soon-to-be er st w hi le) seri es po in ts leader. He stands accu sed o f having tak en e p he d r i ne . H e pl e ad s i g no rance, that he took it in all innocen c e, as part o f a diet -c o n trol t rea t me n t , a nd tha t there was n o i n t e n t t o im p ro ve hi s performan c e. Hardly th e p oint, yo ur ho nor. Igno rance is no excu se, etc ., et c . ( as you will ha v e been t old if ever sto p pe d for break ing an un expected u rb an sp eed li mi t in o ste n s i b ly ru r a l s urroun din g s). Go d irectl y to ja il . do not pass go . and on th e way h and in the points yo u won at South Africa .Or is th is too harsh? Tha t all depends whose side you are on. Inside racing, Yamaha sympathizers a re convinced that the poor boy deserves sympathy and a bit of slack c ut for an honest mistake, made in the caffeine in t he espresso i s a lso a c o n tro lled su b s t a n c e on the O l y mp i c co mmi ttee lis t used i n m o t o r c y cl e rae irig . Indeed , Co st a po int ed out th at t his limit w as also Costa took the so ft li ne . It was all t o o easy to take ep hedri ne by mist ake, he sa id , since it was p resent not on ly in w eight-l oss p reparations b ut also in many cold remedies and other decongestants. It should be taken off th e li st. Wha t, I ask ed a g g re s s i v el y and rath er r a pi d l y, ab out its st i m u l a n t p ro p ert ies? Costa h ad a Costa -ism to d ea l wi t h that. The stimulation c am e rath er easy to exceed, if you liked co f fee (or ev en Co ca Co la) enou gh. This being t h e ca se, one mig ht reac h the concl us ion tha t it ' s ti me either fo r drug testing to be aban doned altogether - not a view that will fi nd wi desp read support, I must wa rn you; or tha t rid ers really must learn to be c a r e f u l, sin c e there can be n o room fo r latitude, or for being allowed t o cl aim " g oo d fai th" o r " honest m is - sa id, a n d i n h is opi n io n a r ide r 's take" wh en th ere is so m uc h at stake . And if this see m s rather h arsh o n r id ers , wh o se m aj or ta lents are not in b lood p ressure on t he sta rt line was . science , m edi cine , or eve n in b eing f rom b o o st in g blo od pr e ss u r e , he good faith. Other manufa cturers think the opposite - on the not unreasonab le gro unds t h a t if Haga is stupid enough to take any medication without readi ng t he la bel of contents and checking it against the drug list - or a t le a st asking h is doctor. then he deserves everything he gets. T he re is a larger issue - just what does ep h e drine do, and why is it banned? L e t n ob o d y a cc use me of not doing m y rese arch . I wa s so keen t o find o u t th a t I act ua lly so li c ite d a tablet of pure eph edrine fr om a p addock physiother api st - o ne who, b y t he way, was an x iou s to ge t the wh o le question of p erm iss ibility cleared u p b e c a u s e , a s h e sa id , if Haga i s allowed to get aw ay with it, t hen he'd lov e to give it to h is riders. After all , it is - particul arly w he n taken i n con junction with o t h er substan c es - a powerful stimul ant. That much w as obvious to m e as I bou nded up th e steps of Dr. Claud io al r eady s o high i t w ould have n o rem o tely sensible, then p erhaps it is effe ct . the t e am s them selve s who sho uld " W o u l d y o u add extr~ note s t o M ozart? " he enq u ired . I m igh t ha v e take some sort o f c ontrol over t h eir own riders . b een pu zzl ed b y this , but f or the ep he drine. If Yamaha loses th e World Super- To be se ri o us for a moment. it d id b i k e C ha mpionship becaus e t heir c r az iest rider wanted to lo se we ight have an eff ect on me, p erhaps more and didn 't think ve ry hard about how n ot ic e abl e with t h e s l u m p whe n it he was going to do it , t he y have o nly wore o ff than in actually feeling extra - themselves to bl ame. • • • • • Coming up in Cycle News e eN AMA Superbike from Road Atlanta German World Superbike More on the 2001 Honda CRs Ohio National Enduro World Trial ye I e n e _ S • JUNE 7 , 2 0 0 0 91

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