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O regon, on Augu st 2. Al Mulder was the owner of Al Mulder Trium p h-Ariel in Lancaster, California, from the late 19505 to the early '60s. In addition to tuning his so n's m ot or cycl es, Mulder w as also the p ar ts manager of Al Roger s Triumph, Triu mph of Burbank and Bud Ekins Trium ph in Sherman Oaks. He is survived by his wi fe, Tru die; his daughter Alene; and his son, Eddie. D unlop has announced that it has been selected as the exclusive provider of original-equi p me nt tires fo r Polaris Ind us, tries' first motorcycle product - the Victory . Du nlop ha s su p p lie d ATV tires to Polaris for more than 10 yea rs, accordi ng to Dunlop . U.S. Na tional Trials rider Lau ra Bussin g will be the United State's sole repr esentative at the International Trials Co rnpe tiI . tion for Ladies, scheduled for August 31 , in Torre Pellice, Italy. A s ta tu e of racin g legend M ike Hail wood was un veiled recen tly at the Mallory Park circui t in England by his widow, Pauline. The bronze statue was pa id for by Ma llory Park owner Chris Meek. "I wanted to give somethi ng back," Meek said . "This is the perfect trib ute to an old fri end." Acco rd ing to re p o rt s fr o m Eu ro pe, Yama ha's 1998 prod uc tion TZ250 roa d racer will feature the rad ically d roo ping tail -secti on that was used by the Marl- Andy Tresser: 1964-1997 A bo re-backed Rainey team in last year's 250cc World Championshi p. The Sport Rider Sh ootou t, sponsored by Sport Rider m a g az in e, will ยท off e r a . $10 ,000 win ne r-take-a ll prize to the . m ach ine th at score s the most points in the Formula USA races at Pocono Raceway on August 31 and at Daytona Intern at io na l Speedway o n Nove m ber 2, accord ing to Formula USA. The award w ill be paid to the team owner of the machine and is open only to team s reg istered in the NASB team program . ndy Tresser, 32, of Redwood City, California, suffered fatal injuri es in a crash while practicing for the Augus t 6 running of the Rap id City, South Dakota, Grand National Half Mile at Black Hills Speedway. Tresser' 5 crash occurred in One of th e early pra ctice sess ions for the race. As he exited tu rn four, Tresser's Duc ati 750 appea red to violently lose and then regain.traction jus t befo re he en tered the fron t straightaway. Tresser was th rown off balance and struck th e concrete wa ll (w hich lines the straig htaway) nearly head o n. Tresser was br eathing bu t u ncon sciou s w hen tra cksi d e med ical personnel rea ched h im, a nd h e w as r us hed to Ra pid City Reg ional Hospi tal in Rapid Citywhere he was diagnosed wi th severe head trauma as well as a b rok en left leg . Doctors made attempts to relieve swelling of the brain , b ut those a ttempts w ere u nsuccessful a nd Tresser was p laced on life support until the next morning. At that time, his fami ly made the decis ion to have the equipment turned off, and Tresser was pronounced d ead a t 9 aY'" on Th ursday, August 7. Tresser turned Expe rt in 1990 and had hel d his Natio nal nu mber 91 for the past six yea rs . An accomplishe d sho rt track and IT ra cer , he ra ced a se lec ted Grand National schedule on a limited budget, bu t was always a fixt ure at the Daytona Bike Week, Sturgis Bike Week and Wes t Coast Gra nd Nationals . Tresser had his best Grand Na tional season in 1996, as he realized tw o goals: winning hi s first AMA Grand Na tional (the Peoria TT); and beco ming the firs t rid er ever to pu t a Duca tipowere d moto rcycle in a Gra nd Na tional mai n event , the .occasion takin g pl ace at th e 1996 Rapid City Half Mile, where he fin ished 17th . He ended th e 1996 season ranked 28th in the AMA Grand National Championship Series final standings. In 1997, he defended his Peoria TT cro wn ad m irably by finishi ng third in the main event. Tresser is survived by his father, Car l Tresser: his moth er, Linda Chaput; his brother s, Ca rlo and Ch ristian; his stepmother, jo hanna Tres ser; and his sis ter, Jessica . Ca rds an d letters can be sen t to: Carl Tresser, P.O. Box 135, Roque River, OR 97537; and Lori Linders mith (Tresser' s longtime gi rlfriend), 922 Hudson St., Redwood City, OR 94061. Fu nera l services -are scheduled for I p .m. on Thursday, August 14, at the Redwood City Chapel, in Redwoo d City, Cal ifornia . Wit h Pocono In ternational Raceway's infield road-course section being repaved and widened in 1997, the entire facility has now been repaved, acco rd ing. to FUSA. Last year , th e NASCAR oval - as well as the transitions into and out of the road course - we re red one. "It's going to be a far mo re enjoyable course for .O U f participants: ' sa id Doug Gond a, p resident of F-USA Ltd. AUTOGRAPH SIG NING: At the opening round of the 16th annua l GT Bicycles Tra ns-Cal MX Na tionals, at Glen Helen Racewa y in San Bernardino, Ca lifornia, on September 7, from 10 a.m, to 12 p.m. Mu ltitime Supercross Champ ion jeremy McG ra th is sc hed uled to appea r. Fo r more information, call 714 / 367-1141. AUTOGRAPH SIG NING : At Co nklin Cycle Ce n te r in Bing hamp ton, New York, o n Augu st 23, fro m 4 to 5 p .m . Andersen wins British Speedway_G_P _ Team Kawa sa ki ' s j eff Em ig . Da mo n H uffman and Ryan H ughes are schedu led to ap pear. For more information, call 607/ 724-1411. COR RECTION: Rad Greaves was listed in Leaderboard as being Suz uki -mounted in th e AMA 750cc Su persport class , when in fact he rid es a Hon da CBR600. anish rid er Brian Anderse n too k the win at the Brit ish Speedway Grand Prix a t Odsal Stadium in Bradford, Engla nd, on August 9. An dersen d e feated Bill y Hamill an d j im my N ilse n on hi s wa y to the top poi nts score on the night, though Hamill's second place has moved him in to a tie for second in p oints wi th the Da ne - bot h have 68 points - and rekindled his hopes for re taining the title he wo n last season. Greg Hancock still leads the champions hip, but barely; Afte r rid ing to seventh ov erall, Han cock has 75 points. The cham pions hip leader' s effort for the British Grand Prix suffered a serious blow whe n his team va n, carrying his bikes an d all his equipme nt, caug ht fire on race day, totall y d est ro ying e ve ry th ing except two bi ke s, which the mechan ics we re able to rescue. D CORRECTI ON: The add ress for the In terna ti on al Motorcyc le X-Cha nge's hom e page on th e World Wide Web is http:/ /www.imxbike.com.. AC QUIRED : Chrome Specialities , by Glo bal Mo to rs ports Grou p Inc. (fo rmerly C us to m Chrom e), a n in d epen d ent su ppli er of pa rt s and accessories ' for H arl e y - D av id s on an d other heavyweigh t mo torcycles , for $3 6 million, according to Glob a l Mo torsports. R ESCHED ULED : Th e CCS roa d races sch eduled for th e Metro-Dade Ho mes tead Co mplex on Se p tember 6-7, to October 4-5. OP ENED: Budds Creek's home page on the Wo rld Wid e Web . The si te can be fo und a t th e fo llow ing a dd ress: ht tp:/ /www.buddscreek.com. O PENED: The Vintage Dirt Track Racers Association's hom e page on the World Wide Web . 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