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because h e kn o ws they're co ncerned a bo u t him . Bu t, if A. Gates says he's really a jerk deep do w n , well, he must know; after all, he lives in the same area where Darrell once lived. L ike I say . what could I know? ANNE "SISTER SHU" SHULTZ O rangeva le, CA Sequoia Volunteers WIST Despi te a late '82 season opening. motorcycl in g activities in Seq u o ia took their expansive form yet o ver the fourth of July weekend. America's weekly motorcycle newspaper Sharon Clayton, Publisher Caroline Gendry, Executive Secretary to me Publisher Dan Rodriguez, Advertising/Editoria l Assistant. Editorial Dale Brown, Senior Editor. Lance Bryson, Editor. Karel Kramer, Editor. Jim Bowman, Editor. . Advertising Skip Johnson, National Sales Manager. Terry Pratt, Sales Manager. Duane ' Johnson, Sales Manager. Steve Wilson, Sales Manager. Linda Brown, Advervising Coordinator. Nancy Danger, Advertising Assistant. Graphics and Production Kristin Cooper, Graphic Artist. Rona" Kramer, Assistant. 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Trademark Cycle News registered U.S.Pnem:Office.A1lrightsreserved. ON THE FRONT PAGE: 4 Kawasaki's most serious 250cc motocrosser eats a Saddleback berm. Impression on p. 18 , Photo by Patrick McClure. Glick sells out Showing a blatant lack of journalistic ethics, L.A. Times sports reporter Shav Glick totally ignored the accomplishments of two young California motocross stars and submitted a story for publication that could have been written by the public re la tions department o f th e free spendi ng monolith of motorcycling, Hond a Motor Co mpany. The Superbowl o f Motocross, run Saturday n ight at the L.A. Coliseum, was the supposed event he was covering, b ut Mike Bell , who won the race with a convincing lead was barely mentioned in the article. Second place rider Bro c G lover also far outclassed the competition in the final eve nt after winning his heat race earlier in the evening by the widest margin of the night and didn't even get mentioned. Bell and Glover ride fo r Team Yamaha, H o nda 's major competitor in the American motorcycle market. The num bers tell the story. Six Honda riders mentioned, two from Yamaha and one apiece from Suzuki and Kawasaki, the other major factory teams. It must be supposed that Mr. Glick felt it was more important to stroke Honda, who was one of the event's sponsors, tha n to report on the race itself. Or possibly he was too busy being stroked by them to even bo th er watching the race. In the future we hope Mr. Glick will do us all a favor and either cover the event he is attending or just stay home and forget it. PAT MU RPHY Long Beach, CA Sponsor correction I would like to make a correction to your AFM Six- Hour story of last issue. , , John Wells and Larry Theobald are not sponsored by Team H ype rcycle as reported but receive help from H o nda of G ardena , EBC Brake Pads, G ra yd on Lrd., and, Nippondenso Spark Pl ugs. ' .I would li ke to tak e this opportunity to thank eac h o f these sponsors as well as the fa ntastic pit crew tha t go t o u r machine back in the race after I cras he d. Special thanks must also go to Tom Parker, the service manager at Honda of Gardena, who bui lt one hell of an engine for us. Weare currently working on a new machine for other endurance races so keep your eyes open, you' ll be h ea ring more fro m WLT Raci ng! . LARRY T H EO BAL D G arden a , CA Sister Shu's sledge Gosh, wi th th e interview on Darrell ' (Shultz) a nd with his modest answers, ant: 'm ig h t begi n to thin k that he is j ust fu ll of good, clean fun and handles being at the top very well. And. if yo u rea d between the lines, you can see that Darrell " will put the story out fro nt a nd fill you in o n any ho t news" because the Shu ca n ha ndle publicity and doesn ' t re ly o n " uh, duh" like many interviewees do (too many); you know, your basic up front guy, or in his words .... .1 can adapt rea ll y well to any situa tion. " Boy, I'll say. H e sure handles fame and success better than A. Gates handles obscurity and envy. I really lik e the good samari tan part, where h e took the Australians out for steak dinner. O r how about when he lent 500 buc ks to a g uy in Atlanta. Oh , but the clincher phrase is " w ha t good is life if you can't enjoy it with your family?" Golly, what a swell kind of guy. R ea ll y now, a guy who likes his family, treats his friends wefl, and is open and generous, too? Ludicrous! Must be a publicity p loy. As evidenced by A. Gates, such people really don't exist. Hey, but what do I know? I' m just another kid from Sacramento that doesn't know the d ifference between a "Honda- red Porsch e" and " just another shiny car," although I h a ve known this Darr ell g u y perso nally for q u ite a while. "Actually, he's been pretty square with me - o h, like sendi ng m e m o n ey to he lp with school, or buying me a ho rse I wanted, j u st for ge neral p rinci p les, a nd all th e. advice a nd encourage ment he's g iven me whe n I really needed it. H e al ways ca lls his famil y wi th race results, too. even whe n he' s dejected a bo ut th em , - "Volunteer Da y I" (originally scheduled for Ma y 30) saw the start fla g d rop for 116 vo lunteers, a n all ti me high. Bet ter yet, m o re wo rk was done w ith three Forest Servi ce leader s this year, than with nine las t year. showing real work d et a il streamIining. J ack ass, the m o st wi dely us ed trail in the area , got almost a half m il e of n ew trail. th e o ld lower section closed up, an d a ra th er bulletproof new bridge in stalled. As in both events last year, the day's work was completed in less than three hours. Thank yo u very m uch to all those th a t made th is effort such a large success. Special thanks should go the AMA Dist 37 steward Jerry Ba iley, who drove h is door-slammer all the way up from LA to volunteer his time, then return h ome without so m uch as a one mile trail putt! Also to those nonm otorcyclists w ho jumped in with both feet, to help our cause; and to n ew rider a nd genera l co ntractor Rob Il er , fo r h is special h elp in en gi neering a be tter bridge design. If th e a bove activi ty wasn't enough to crowd the weekend -th e " Adop t-ATrail " bike program roosted off to at least three separate projects . The Barbenders Wes t M.C. cra nked up a 24body crew for Upper Jackass Trail (by coincidence on ly), d iverted a stream, retreaded trail. a nd worked two nearby rock q uarries for raw materia ls (no Sierra Clubbers present). The Chapparals M.C. got cookin g on scenic an d challengi n g Dark Ca ny on T rail, and were the first ones to have a very n ice hard-earved sign posted, na m ing th e trail a nd their cl u b. T h e U EA, led by p resid ent G lenn Larsen. were conspicu ously absen t from Volunteer Day 1. for g ood reason: They were co ncurrently p u mping rocks, pola sk is , and lots o f elbow grease o n their adopted G ran ite Kn o b T ra il. Altoge ther. a mem orable and eventfu l wee kend for recreational m otorcyclists in Sequoia. Perh ap s m ore im p ortan tly, one sh owing very big results to no n- mo torcycl ists. . The remaining two volunteer events are: Vo lunteer Day 2.(smaller group). July 31; Volunteer Da y 3 (Labor Day wee kend). Sept 4. Bo th events start at 10 a.m. with sign-up at Troy Meadows Campground, Camp 29-31. There are also several trails still open for adoption. Call or write below address/number fo r additional information on any o f the above. See yo u on the trail. BILL & KATHY HERNDON 1633 Hill Drive LA. CA . 90041 213/ 255-5 815 Published letters do not necessarily reflect the position of Cycle News, Inc. Send letters to Voices, Box 498, Long Beach, CA90801.