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Daytona in March. The auction featured a sales rate of 87 percent. Jerry Wood will hold his next auction in conjunction with the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days event at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio, July 10-12. Former motorcycle racer Robert Marsh was arrested on charges of possession of stolen property on March 20 after undercover detectives followed up on a classified advertisement for a 1995 Honda that was selling for $6000 despite having only 3000 miles on it. When detectives went to the San Antonio, Texas, address, they found the motorcycle to have a stolen engine - and they also discovered that the rental property was littered with cars, trucks, motorcycles and motorcycle parts, most of which were stolen, according to investigators. Pit Pro will be attending the World Mini Grand Prix in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the Dunlop, VP, N-Style and Sinisalo race support crew. They will also be at all of the CMC Spring MX Series races with accessories and technical su pport. Terry Kizer's 1993 Kawasaki ZX-ll set a new performance record at the American Motorcycle Institute's Brute Horsepower Shootout, held March 6 during Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Florida. Kizer's turbocharged ZX-ll produced 494 peak horsepower on AMI's Dynojet dynamometer. AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days West at Sears Point in Sonoma, California, will feature a vintage bike show on Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26. Saturday's show will be for American and European motorcycles, with Sunday reserved for British and Japanese bikes. All motocross bikes, however, can be shown on Saturday regardless of country of origin, allowing their owners to race them in Sunday's AHRMA Vintage Motocross. For more information, call 800/870-7223. Madame Alexander, a nandcrafted-doll maker, has created the Harley-Davidson Cissette doll. The lO-inch doll, new for 1998, is decked out in black leather, complete with motorcycle boots and the Harley-Davidson bar and shield. The suggested retail price on the doll is $149.95. Raceway in Rosamond, California, April 24-26. The race will be held in conjunction with the AMA/MB A Superbike ational at Willow Springs and is also a points-paying event for the 1998 Roadracing World 125cc Grand Prix Series. For the third year in a row, the AMA/WML Women's National Motocross Championship Series will debut with the AMA 125/250cc ational Motocross Series at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California, May 9-10. For more information on the WML, call 714/837-2206. In an effort to simplify things, Formula USA has renamed two of its support classes. The EBC i!rakes Pro Sport class has been changed to the EBC Brakes 126 HP class; and the Pro-Tek class has been changed to Pro-Tek 103 HP. The names reflect the maximum' amount of horsepower that is allowed in each class. Yahoo Internet Life recently gave Cycle NrnJs Online a four-star rating (out of a possible five) for content and presentation. "The best online source for racing events we saw was Cycle NrnJs, which offers enthusiasts timely racing results and news about the struggle between man, machine and macadam," Yahoo Internet Life said. Ramada Inn Pueblo has been named as the official hotel for the Formula USA event at Pikes Peak International Raceway in Colorado, May 15-17. For reservations, call 719/542-3750. Christen Cowan, the 1997 AHRMA Women's National Champion, is in intensive care at the John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek, California, after be.ing involved in a head-on collision on St. Patrick's Day. Cowan is suffering from head injuries, a broken left leg and a broken left collarbone. Cards, letters and donations can be sent to Christen Cowan at 50 Camino Diablo Rd., Brentwood, CA 94513. Noted Ducati engine builder Igor Gorodinsky, 39, was killed in a traffic accident in Overland Park, Kansas, on April 5. According to a report in the Boston Globe, Gorodinsky - a Massachusetts resident - lost control of his automobile and struck a utility pole. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Corona Extra, the third-largest beer company in the world, has signed on as title sponsor for the 1998 Supersport World Series, the 600cc Supersport class that runs in conjunction with the World Superbike Championship. The series will now be called the Corona Extra Supersport World Series. The series begins at Donington Park in England on Monday, April 13. Dirt trackers Steve Beattie and Jim MclIvena will be seeing a lot of TV time in Canada. The duo will take part in press conferences and track demos for the local newspapers and television stations to promote the upcoming rounds of the Canadian National Dirt Track Championship in Trois-Rivieres and Montreal, Canada. In order to entice even more American riders across the border to the events, promoter Buddy Ford is jacking up the purse to $10,000 U.S. and offering travel money to all Expert-licensed dirt trackers. For more information, Ford can be reached at 514/654-8193. Road racer Shawn Higbee was recently presellted with a gas tank signed by all of Buell's employees in recognition of his victory in the AMA Pro Thunder class in Phoenix in February. The win was Buell's first in racing against other brands of motorcycles. Buell Motorcycle Company founder Erik Buell and president Jerry Wilke presented the tanI< to Higbee at a company meeting on March 17. The tank will be displayed at Tilley's Harley-Davidson in Statesville, North Carolina. TT master Eddie Mulder will once again be promoting an AHRMA National flat-track event to be held in conjunction with the Corsa Moto Classica weekend at Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, California. The race, which is scheduled for May 2, will feature at least nine different classes. Riders pre-entered by April 26 will be offered an entry-fee break of $45 for the first class and $30 for each additional Thousand Oaks Honda is offering a $3000 purse for Willow Springs Motorcycle Gub (WSMC) racers finishing in the top 10 of the 125cc Grand Prix "exhibition" race at Willow Springs class. Regular entry fees will be $65 for the first class and $45 for each additional class. For more information, call 805/268-0105. OPENED: Larry Roese1er's Four-Stroke Speed Equipment's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: httpJ 1www.strokerspeed.com. CORRECTION: The NASB ev.en! scheduled for May 8-10 will be held at Road America and /lot Road Atla.nta as was printed in the last issue of Cycle Nt!WS. In addition, the Homestead, Florida) round of the NASB Series will be held September 11-13. ANNOUNCED: Big Gun Exhaust Systems, as the title sponsor for the AMA Sound of Thunder FourStroke National MX Championship Series. For more infonnation, ca11909/948-7027. OPENED: Carlsbad Motocross Racing's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at: http://www.carlsbaclrnx.com. HIRED: Edward Moreland, as t'he Washington, D.C., representative with the AMA's governmentrelations deparbnent, effective immediately. HIRED: Garrett T. Kai, as marketing manager of Lockhart Phillips USA, effective immediately. OPENED: Boise Ridge Riders' home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.off-road.com/-brr. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Metro Motorsports in Glendale, Arizona, on April 17 from 4· to 6 p.m. ~hite Brothers' Spud Walters and Doug Dubach are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 602/843-5000. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Premier Motorsports in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. Lance Smail, Mike Young Jr., Robert Naughton, Rich Taylor, Scott Myers and Gordon Ward are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 602/867-8293. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Red Carpet Kawasaki in.Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 1 from 7 to 8 p.m. Team Kawasaki's Jeff Emig, Damon Huffman, Ryan Hughes and Team SplitFire/Pro Circuit's Ricky Carmichael, Casey Johnson, Nick Weyand Nathan Ramsey are scheduled to appear. For more information, call7021451-1121. APPOINTED: Mel Harris, as vice president/motorcycle of the Motorcycle and Marine Division of American Suzuki, by president Manabu Nakamura, effective immediately. Harris was previously American Suzuki's national sales manager. OPENED: Stylemaster Custom Motorcycles' home page on the World Wide Web. 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