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lIEd Cobb has nothing to be ashamed of for his accomplishments this season." The Election The Election II I wo uld li k e to ans wer th e letter fr om It seem s Mr. Reardon is no t looking at John Reardon regarding the politica l th e big pi cture, judging from his letter impli c at ion s a nd t he i m p ac t o f t he in th e N ov ember 8 edition of Cycle cu r re nt ele c tion . I ca ll th e el ecti on cu r r ent be c au se . at t he ti m e I a m News. He accuses Cycle New s of ed itoria l " b i as" becau se a maj ority of wr iting t h is letter, th e deci sion h as re ad er s happen to rid e motorcycles not been finalized . and d on 't th ink m ore " p u b lic" la nd Point for p o int t o e li m i n ate any ab le to partic ipate in or spectat e in motorc ycle road ra cing , will be con ten t k n o w ing t h ere ar e m illi on s o f acres of land in this co untry safe from people foolish en ough t o want to v isit th em b y w ay o f m o t oriz ed or non m ot orized OHV use. Charlie Singleton VIa the Internet should b e lock ed up to OHV use. I c o n fu si o n : Reg ar din g t he c hoice of Hopefull y by then , Mr. Reardon , or his child ren and grandchildren, no longer won der wh at th e ed ito ri al c ontent of Cobb The Expert th e n ex t Suprem e co ur t Justic es as Th e Sierra Club N ewsletter c on si sts well as D i stri c t a nd Appeals Court of - perhaps - Sier ra Club m embers j udges , thi s is a matter o f the c o n- ex to lli ng t he en joymen t of ro osting In res ponse to Mr. Adam s letter to th e scien ce of t he vot er. Which c and idate through th e wo ods on their XR? Prob - editor, "Co bb The Novic e" , I wish to embod ies th e id eal s of t ha t particular a b l y not - doe s this mak e th em c lari fy a few th ings . First , Ed Cobb biased ? won a t otal of 84 races in 2000, sp lit voter? Regard ing Soc ial Securi ty , ca nnot Th en Mr. Reard on proce ed s t o between WERA [, CCS ( g ive cre dit th e c a se b e made that there are c o m p a r e app les to o rang es with a wh e r e cred it i s du e ) You c a n l a bel potentiall y bett er in ve stments fo r our series of questions about th e impor- thi s " cherry pi ck ing " if you like, bu t S51 doll ars than t hat which the g ov- tance of d irt b ik e ridi ng compared to did you co m p lai n in 1992 when a k id ernment chooses? E ven bu ying Gov - Supreme Court Justices , Soci al Secu ri ty solven cy , t he Na tiona l d ebt, and nam ed Colin Edwards had th e sa me ernment Bonds do ubles the ret urn . su ccessful seas on . At m an y of the t racks, I pro vided input fro m a rider' s per sp ec tive as t o kind of novic e sea so n? W hi le I will agree that t he fut ure of fu nd ing public schools. By th e way , our public sc ho o ls is o ne of th e most Mr. Reardon , in vesting a small per - an o n-trac k colli sion t h at cau sed a im p o rt a n t issues fa c in g th e na t io n ce nt age of one's overall So cia l Secu- brak e lev er t o fai l. Truth is: th e bra ke today, com pa ring it to just d irt b ik ing rit y T axes in Mr. Bush 's pl an would bolt had backed ou t , wh ich le ft hi m is myo pic at best , ign o rant at worst . be a voluntary ac tion , no t ma ndatory w ithout the fro n t bra ke . E ven wi thout Indeed t he con stitutional g uaran- - get th e facts straigh t. How dirt bikes a front bra ke , M r. Cobb w as a ble to tee s that allow Americans their liberty on p ubl i c l an d possi bly relates to mainta in a good pa c e and w as beat an d t he rig h t to p ursue their happi - t hese o the r t o p i c s escapes me. out for first p lace on the last lap. As ness , in endeavors o f whic h dirt bik - Appa re ntly, di rt bikes a re a lso for Cobb se ndi ng so meone e lse to ing is a sm all fac tor, are in jeopardy . responsible for the nationa l debt and pi ck up his troph ies , to avoid bei ng Ma ke n o m i st ak e , t his ele cti on i s the d isgraceful condition of our pub lic booed, this is not t rue. I assume, Mr. m o re abo u t yo ur fr eed om th an it is s c hoo ls. Say, may b e tha t's wh y Ada ms , yo u were not present for t he ab o ut dirt bik in g. Gore's po lici es ring d inosaurs became extinc t too ! wha t we could do to enha nce the cal- You also stated th at Mr. Cobb had e i g h t National C h am p i on sh i p s E d iber o f com petition, wh ich made for better rac ing and a better sh ow for the fans . Then the track -prep expe rt s took the ball and ran with it. F or ex ample , at a few racetrack s we al tered t he racing surfac e to move the racers up o n the track to help pro d uce a better show . We took t he rac ing out of the infield and moved it up on the track . I j ust wa nt to t hank some of t hese key peop le wh o m ade my j ob grat if y ing and added to th e success of o ur personally received du ri ng t he WERA loud and clear in his book " Eart h in T o get to the bigger p ictu re, what th e Ba lance." T he eli m ina tion of the is really at stake here are ind ividua l and CCS awards banq uet. If you were internal combustion en gi ne by 2017 fr eedoms being slowl y but su re ly th er e , y o u would h a v e wi tnessed is just on e of ideas he sets forth . Th e ero d ed away by the g overnment in nothing but applause . fact that there is no dirt bike riding o n th e name of protecting us from o ur - stat e -owned ( spell ed " pu blic") land in selv es somehow . Pi ctur e th i s , M r. T enn ess ee is a c lue to th e level of Reard on : OHV use is bann ed - t h i s t his sea so n . He race d ag a ins t good disd ain in whi ch he hol d s yo ur per - in c lud es sn owm obil es , fou r - w h ee l - co m pe ti tio n, and d id so wi th respec t, son al freed om . drive vehicles, m ountain bikes, prob - never " sho wbo at ing " or ta lk ing " BS." Ed C obb program thi s year. These guys ta ught me th e ins an d outs of track pr eparation. Rod Garrett and Dave Kiesow of th e IMDA, who ha v e always produced has n othing to be so m e of the be st r ac ing co nd it io ns; as ha med of fo r his ac co m p lishment s and Randy Gro ve fro m Hagerstown , the red clay specialist. Worki ng w it h these peopl e was a real pleasu re . I'm gra teful fo r eve ry th i ng th ey taught a b l y h o r seba c k r i din g , m ost li ke l y He w ill now move u p t o t h e ne xt not o n ly becaus e h is pa rt y refle cts access to National Forests and other level of co m pet ition. You can fi nd Ed many o f m y p ersonal v i e w s, but " publi c" lands for fi sherm en, hunters , in 20 01 at a tra ck near y ou , ra cing as be cau se th e Clinton /Gore ve rsion o f a n d family campers wi ll a lso be an Expert. dem o cr ac y r ings da n ge rous l y o f sharp ly c urtai led . Now more peop le soc ia li sm . M ak ing decisions " fo r" the are c ro wde d into ever -smaller area s, pe op le w ith out the co n c e rn for o r deg rad ing the ' w il dern ess' experien ce ev en co n su l t atio n with the p eopl e even furth er. I cho se to vote fo r George W . Bush m e, and w ill continu e to use wha t I've le a rn ed fr om th em at o t he r tracks. They are the t ru e un sung heroes of ou r sport. Richard Hood VIa the Internet It was a privilege to be part of the AMA Pro Rac in g t eam. I feel every indivi dua l stepped up to th e plate and Morehead Says... m ore than did th eir part to put on a T h is year o ur series rec eived a lot of m e , I h ad no idea of th e amoun t of affect ed. I 'm su re th ere are m an y Perhaps y ou choose not to partici - rancher s and ev e n d irt b ik e r s i n pate in an y of these activiti es y our - Southern Utah who un derstand exact- self, and you may co nsider t he m fool - pra ise fr om r ac er s a nd fans fo r the time and energy req uired to put on a ly what I m ean . ish , but it does not d iminish th e co nd it io n of our rac et rac k s. Mu ch of r a ce -day program . Bruce Bober you' re th e man! first -class program this year. Beli ev e B y th e tim e y o u read this, the importan c e of them to th ose who do th is pr ai se w as directed at m e wh en elect ion w il l pro ba bly be dec ided . If c ho o se to recreate in o ne o f t hese th e cred it r e a ll y s hould go t o th e it 's in Bu sh 's favor I'll go ri ding and w a y s. It a lso d o es not t ak e a very beh in d -th e-sc en es heroes w ho taught c ele brate, if Go re emerges victorious , la rge leap of imagi nation to see the me the " t r i c k s of the tr ade ." The I'll go rid ing while I st ill ca n . day w he n st r eet mo to rcy cle s a re combination of m y 26 yea rs of racing ba nne d for th e public go od , after roa d experie nce and th eir tra ck -groom ing raci n g i s ba n n ed fi r st , of co u rse . Steve M oreh ead Rndlay, OH ex pertise at their facilities m ad e fo r a Josh Goodale VIa the Internet c u e. e n Morehead is the AMA Dirt Track Operations Manager... Ed itor e vv s N OVEMB ER 22 , 2000 5