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and 600cc Supersport Championships as well as selected AMA Superbike Nationals. "It's the best deal I've ever had," Pridmore said. The Californian will ride Carry Andrew-built GSXRs in a team with Mark Miller. "I've heard nothing but good things about the team," Pridmore added. According to Pridmore, he was offered a return ride with Kinko's Kawasaki but declined. '1'11 never forget the guys at Kinko's for giving me the chance to race again, but this was just a better deal for me. I'm dying right now to get started. I'm going to have two competitive bikes - in both classes. I can't wait." It appears as though young Jamie Hacking will replace Jason Pridmore on the Kinko's Kawasaki team, joining incumbent Thomas Stevens in the two-man team. Hacking raced Suzukis in the North American Sport Bike Series in 1996. The pair will compete only in the 600cc Supersport Series. A fund raiser was held for injured road racer Scott Zampach November 16 in Milwaukee with over $12,000 being raised for the multi-time AMA HarleyDavidson TwinSport Champion. Numerous items were auctioned, including several that were autographed by Willie G. Davidson, Scott Parker and Bill Werner. The highest-bid item was a Harley-Davidson banner signed "Ride Free, Willie G," which sold for $500. To commemorate 20 years of AMA Superbike racing, the AMA is now offering a limited-edition print by noted motorcycle illustrator Hector Cademartori. Depicted in the artwork is 1976 AMA Superbike Champion Reg Pridmore and 1995 champ Miguel DuHamel. Only 200 of the full-color, 22by-28-inch prints will be made available and each print is signed by the artist. In addition to the images of Pridmore and DuHamel, the name of every AMA Superbike Champion is listed. The prints are available for $120 plus $5 for shipping and handling with the proceeds to benefit the American Motorcycle Heritage Museum at the AMA headquarters in Westerville, Ohio. To order, send a check or money order for $125 to AMA Product Sales, 22 Collegeview Rd. Westerville, OH 43081-1484. For more information, call Sue Allinder at 614/891-2425. The air-filter people at K&N Engineering will host the grand opening of their Dynojet Media Center in Riverside, CaIi- fornia, December 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Media Center will be a free facility open to motorcycle and automotive editors, technical editors, free-lance writers and motion picture companies. For more information, call 800 I 8583333, extension 131. year-old Benjamin Tran of Westminster, California. The CMSP, administered by the CHP, and authorized by the State Legislature in 1986, operates a system of 70 training sites statewide, offering basic and experienced rider courses to California residents. Road racers Billy Graef and Shawn Conrad will campaign the NASB road racing series in 1997 as the HMC Hansen Racing team. The pair will ride Harley-Davidsons in the TwinSport series and Buell Lightnings in the Buell series. Owners Mitch and Marsh Hansen say that a spot is also open for Scott Zampach when he recovers from the injuries he suffered at the end of the 1996 series; the team will be managed by Rick Niemi. For more information, call 517 1873-3653. It is now possible to rent a HarleyDavidson at Budget Rent A Car of Beverly Hills through California Cruisers Motorcycle Rentals. The company offers a full line of 1997 Harteys for rental with rates beginning at $69 a day with the first 100 miles free. The SideCar Racers Association West has announced a tentative 13-round schedule for the 1997 racing season. The ·series will begin on April 18-20 at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, and will conclude in Las Vegas on November 8-9. For more information, call SRA West at 916/339-1778. SRA West recently held its 1996 season awards banquet where it honored its champions, Rick Murray and Heather Belleto. Ken Maely will host his version of the Gum Ball Rally at his ranch in Corona, California, December 22, from 9 a.m. to dusk. World Speedway Champion Billy Hamill will serve as the grand marshal of the event, along with Greg Hancock. There will be a junior race program, plus 80 and l00cc four-stroke-only races. There is a 50-rider limit; for more information, or to sign up, call 909/277-8989. EBC Brakes president Andy Freeman has ·pledged that 50 percent of the profits from sales of EBC Harley-Davidson brakes will go to the Scott Zampach Trust Fund. The offer is being printed in the company's 1997 product catalog for the United States and Canada and reads: "EBC Brakes have been used for many years by almost every top Sportster rider in the United States, in particular by U.5. and World Harley-Davidson Champion Scott Zampach. Following his horrific crash at New Hampshire (Int. Raceway) in the summer of '96 - we (at EBC Brakes) are dedicating 50 percent of all profits from EBC Harley Brakes sales in '97 to Scott's Trust Fund covering his medical bills and family welfare. If you wish to assist, send donations: The Scott Zampach Family Trust, c/o M&I First National Bank, 321 North Main Street, West Bend, WI 53095, attn: Ou:is Ohm. Direct wire transfers can be sent to: Bank routing #075909576, Account #0005113955." Garry Gallagher, EBC's U.S. representative, said the offer came to him via fax from the EBC Brakes office in England. "This is totally Andy Freeman's program and doing," Gallagher said. "Andy's respect and concern for Scott are pretty obvious." . The American Trials Association (ATA) has announced that the EI Trial de Espana will be held on April 19-20 at the McCain Valley OHV area, located some 60 miles east of San Diego, California. The trial will run in conjunction with the third round of the NATC National Trial Championship Series. WERA Vintage will open its season of road racing with a vintage-only race day at Roebling Road on February 28. For more information, call WERA Vintage at 407 I 831-4331. Moto-Trans Pro is changing the format of its transportation program for the upcoming 1997 AMA Supercross and National Championship Motocross Series. MTP is looking to secure eight spots on the truck for the entire 28-race season, with those who use the service slated to receive a discounted flat fee for bike transportation and use of all onboard equipment. For more information, call Scott Keller at 408/462-5786. The 100,OOOth student to enroll in a California Motorcyclist Safety Program training course graduated recently, according to the California Highway Patrol. The 100,000th student was 22- With no British riders on the provisional entry list for the 1997 500cc World Championship Road Race Series, the coIning year could mark the first time since the inception of the series in 1949 that no British rider will take part. Jeremy McWilliams will move to the 250cc GP class in 1997 after failing in his bid to get a Honda 500cc V-twin. With Italian Loris Capirossi signing a three-year contract with Aprilia, it still isn't knoWh who will join orifurni Abe on Wayne Rainey's Marlboro Yamaha 500cc Grand Prix team for 1997. Capirossi will join el<-Rainey team member Tetsuya Harada on the Aprilia team nel

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