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"Co ngrats, Kenny JrJ You are the King and no one can take it away from youl" M alcolm Talks Politics In th e pa st year, the Cl inton adm in ist r a ti o n has suc cessfu ll y c lo sed a great deal of the land (o ver 40 million ac res in th e west ) to many of th e activities you and I enjoy . Signs and lo cks now bar our access to publ ic land all over this great USA. AI Gore will continue to accelerate this m ovem ent. I challenge you , before the ele ction, to go out and do something you used to do on p ub lic la nds. I guarantee you will find your way block ed by lo cks , signs and bu rea ucracy. Yo u wi ll realize why your vote th is election is very im port ant. We m ust try to st op the huge land -closure movement. We need to keep our public lands open fo r our children the ir children and ourselves. Please vote this election , no excus es . Pleas e vote fo r B u sh . G et your friends to vote. We need to k eep o ur public land open . Malcolm Sm ith RIverside, CA Oh io Fan You guys are g reat. The moment I beg an to wonder wh at h appened t o local fas t guy T om Ki p p , 10' a n d behol d, I flip a page an d there it was in b lack and w hi te. M ind rea di ng is hard enoug h to do in per son , but yo u guys did it weeks in advance - even taking into c o n si d e r at i o n th e U. S . Po st al Se rv ice's delay . Keep up the good wo rk. Also congratula tion s to S cott Rou s s e a u on dominating Gen e Ro me ro's 25 0 Produc tion class and prov ing how fast Ohioans are. I even noticed in the Leaderboard section how Kurtis Rob erts lives in Medin a, O h i o . Now h e i s AMA c h a m p io n . Maybe Nicky should 've stayed . GeoffM arcinko Macedonia. OH I hate to burst th at Oh io bubble of y ours, but K urtis R oberts li v es in Modesto, California . A s for Rouss eau, h e 's a Wi scon sinite liVing in Costa Mesa , California, add ing fu rth er p roof to th e fac t that not jus t Oh ioa ns are fat, or is that fast? .. Ed itor Rantlngs Ah , me. Anoth er week , another Cycle News fil led wi th sop ho moric ran tings f r om t h os e w ho pr e t e n d to k no w som eth ing ab out th e p ro posed closur e of BLM lan ds. This week 's contest ant is Chris All ey, w ho wo ul d li k e us to believe th at " the U.N . has m ade g reat inro ads in to th e U .S . go ve rnm ent, so m uch that we have lo st con - trol of the government.... • If the world body holds such sway over our republic , then why can't the U .N . c o llect the $1 .8 bill io n in back d ues that they say we owe them? Dan Wlldhlrt Longmon t CO No Respect My respect for Kenny Roberts Jr. just went to the floor and crashed after reading the Michael Scott interview ( Issu e #40, October II ) . His dis paraging comments about Mick Doo han (" He'll never know what it is to ride a rea l 500.. .") show a lot of envy and bitterness as if Mick 's suc cess r e a ll y bothered hi m (eve n th ou gh th eir ca ree rs o nly overlapped for th ree years) . A little envy is no rmal to all of us but, hey, you don 't have to dism iss the five -ti me World Champion totall y . In fact , such sh arp-edged b it terness seems u n li k e l y , coming from suc h a yo ung guy lik e Robe rts Jr. - it so unds to me like th e t ype of b itter negativity you g et fro m an o ld m an (like K e n ny Ro be rt s Sen ior ) . Dra w your own conclusions . Sou nds like he d idn 't j u st g et only his racing sk ills from his dad. A nd wh at' s with Michael Sc ott ? He shou l d have di rected the interview aro un d th os e com m ents rathe r t ha n just go on to other st uff. Th at would have made for a dicey interview. Ron Rlngsrud Via the Internet Roberts Rulesl Thank yo u for the honest an d moving ed itoria l on A m er ic a's Wo rld Cha mpi on Kenny Roberts Jr. So wake up America and lets celebrate! If any of you guys or gals know Jay Leno, give him a call and have the whole Roberts famil y on h is show. It's time to pa y homage to the new est champion of the world. Hell, give David Letterman a c all , too . Travis Stfdham Via the Inmm et Roberts Rules II I c an't agree with yo ur column more (Teardo w n, Issue #41, October 18): Kenn y Roberts Jr. has done u s all proud ! Yes , h e had a large pair of shoes to fill, but damned if he d id not methodically set out and fi ll them. Congra ts, Kenn y Jr.! You are th e King and n o one ca n take i t away from you! A s to Co lin Edwards - yes, we are all pro ud of yo u , too. I sincerely ho pe to o ne day see you racing alo ng side Kenn y Jr. I h a v e wa tc he d b oth o f th e se men's careers and it was cl ear a long t im e ago that both w ere se lf- de te r - mined and destined for greatness. And both have delivered. Now what c.an they do to follow -up next yea r - m aybe two A m eric a n s two years in a row at the top of the top two mo to rcycle series? Now that's an American dream . George Leavell Mt. View, CA Roberts Rules III Nice ly ex pres sed column. I am so im p ressed with both Ke nny Jr. and Kurtis Robe rts . They are real racers and I'm sure K enn y Sr. is b ursting with pride . Mike Devlin Via the Inmmet Roberts Rules IV Just a quick no te to let you know tha t I ag ree totally with yo ur edi t oria l o n KRJR. Wat ch ing him ov er th e la st five ye ars, I too had a huge g rin on m y fa ce and also feel very pr oud of h im . I race bec ause of Kenny Rob erts Sr . as I grew up tr y ing to em ulate his style, etc. T h an ks for th e edi torial and good work yo u guys do. Craig Benson Phoenb(. AZ w at c h ing th e Presid ential d ebates I find it ironic that Yam aha chooses to u se t h e p resi dential c a ndi d ate s in the ir rec ent ad cam paig n. T he fact th at it' s a fo ur-stro ke j u m pi ng ove r th e White House is no coincidence, I believ e tha t Yamaha can see the wri t ing on the wall . If AI Gore is elected to the Whit e House, I don 't thin k y ou' re going to se e two -st roke d irt b ikes j u m pi n g ove r t he White Ho u se or an ywhe re el se for tha t matte r. Don 't take m y wo rd for it. Put m y theory to the test: See how ma ny manufactu rers f ie ld four-s troke s in t he Su perc ro ss and Mot oc ro ss seri es this co m ing ye ar. Pretend in g to not be in th e po cket of "Speci al Interests" doesn 't sell m e Gore's bil l of good s. The Sierra Club is just as m uch a specia l inte re st with dollars to sp end as an o il co m pany . Now is the time for m ot orc y cl ists the na tion over to take a stand before the election and join the cl ub of their choice tha t supports t he ir views on personal freedom and let whoever w ins th e e l ec t io n know that we 're committed to preserving those free doms . Get b e h in d the AMA or the Blue Ribbon Coalition or whoever, but let them know we will be heard. Vote, damn it. Josh Goodale Via the Inff1met Robe rts Rules V I co uld not agree w ith you m ore. I'm proud to be an A merican an d ha ve two as Wo rl d Champio ns. Ma y th eir rei gn be long and safe. Our hop e fo r the fu ture of Wo rld Sup erb i k e a nd Grand Prix rac ing res ts with them both . Jerry A Home Via the Inmm et Roberts Rules VI Wow , h i st o r y is made! Wha t g reat r e a d i n g from Cy cle N ew s. Kenny Roberts Jr. 's pre-GP champi onsh ip interview was rea l words from a real (now 500cc World Champion). I can 't wait for the post -season interview . Congrats to Kurtis Roberts, to o! Another one of those fa ntastic fin ishes. What a season of racing! Hey , a great w ay t o fi nish up this year's rac ing would be an interview with the first family of m o t o r c y cl e raci ng. Have Kenny, Ken ny J r. , Kurtis and m ost of all , Ma Roberts. Would love to know more abou t the woman behind this g reat family. A lso, I wai t in anticipation fo r A lan Cathcart's post -season impressions of the n u mbe r -on e Gran d Pr ix an d World Superb ik e rides. Andy Smith Longmont CO Nothing Dirty I saw no dirty moves by K u r ti s Roberts during the 600cc race at Willow Springs. Did anyone else , except for yo ur letter writer Kurt? I c all that good, close ra cing . If Ku rt is a co mpetitor h imself (as I am) h e shou l d know th a t so metimes t hings ge t cl ose. Bad for sp on sor s? Giv e m e a b reak ! That's the t ype o f stu ff that potentia l and current sponsors dream abo ut. Matk Jones Global Warming Look, I don' t pret end to be an ex pert on the subj ect of Glo bal W arming , but c U c I e Seal Beach. CA n e _ S • O C T O B E R 25 , 200 0 5