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--------------- -- ~-----~------------.--, In the Wind The ultimate in autograph signings. Chaparral Motorsports in San Bernardino, California, will have not only its own team of Jeremy McGrath and Steve Lamson on hand for its fourth annual Fan Appreciation Evening on May 7 from 6 to 8 p.m., but it can boast having a who's who of American motocross on hand. Among those scheduled to appear are all of the members of the factory Yamaha team, the factory Honda team, the factory Kawasaki team, Team FMF/Honda, Team Yamaha of Troy, Team Primal Impulse/Bill's Pipes/Suzuki and Team SplitFire/Pro Circuit Kawasaki. For more information, call 909/889-2761. Yamaha World Superbike team boss Davide Brivio has denied reports that the team's new R7 superbike has been suffering crankshaft failures, according to Cycle News contributor Darryl Flack. Speaking from Phillip Island, the site of the Australian ound of the series on April 18, Brivio said that the engine that Noriyuki Haga rode to fifth- and sixthplace finishes was the same one he had raced at Kyalarni in South Africa three weeks earlier. "You saw what happened this weekend; there has been no probl~m with our engines in our team," Brivio said. Denying suggestions that the team had experienced crankshaft failures at Kyalami, Brivio did acknowledge that there may be problems with the factory-kit ted R7s being raced around the world, but that he was unaware of specific problems. John Haney died on April 20 after a' bout with cancer. Haney was a longtime member of the San Diego Trials Riders, Bush Eaters Enduro Gub, AMA and ABATE. He also contributed articles to Cycle News and the San Diego OffRoader. In addition, Haney was the man be1lind the trials demonstration that ran annually during the Del Mar Coucourse d'Elegance. He is survived by his wife, Nancy. Donations in John Haney's name can be made to the Kaiser Hospice, 10992 San Diego Mission Rd., San Diego, CA 92108. According to Motion Pro, the Menlo Park, California, company has taken over the management of Braking USA. Formerly located in San Diego, California, Braking USA's operations are currently being moved to Menlo Park For more information, call 650/329-8660. Braking USA's toll-free number remains 800/272-5342. The Over The Hill Gang's Mammoth Mountain Motocross will be held June 18-19. All racers must compete in three Over The Hill Gang races prior to Mammoth. For more information, call 562/921-7668. ' According to a press release issued by PACE Motor Sports, the $16 miluon in renovation work currently going on at Sam Boyd. Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, will ha ve little or no effect on the comfort 'of the fans a ttendipg the Las Vegas Supercross on May 1. "The staff at PACE'and Sam Boyd Stadium have gone to great lengths to ensure that our fans, the athletes and everyone else associated with this great race will never realize the fact that. they are attending an event in a stadium undergoing renovation," said Gary Becker, CEO of PACE Motor Sports. "Believe me, this is no small undertaking. But I believe we're up to the task" Vintage Wars 1: According to a press release from Team Obsolete's Rob Iannucci, Mike Green has had his AHRMA racing license revoked by AHRMA's Jeff Smith for refusing to pay a $500 fee imposed by AHRMA for "reading a letter from Green's attorney, Art Chambers. The letter asserted, correctly, Green's right to rac;e at Daytona on a Team Obsolete bike." A similar fee was imposed on former AHRMA trustee Rick Doughty for a phone call placed by' AHRMA's attorney, according to lannucd. Vintage Wars IT: According to Iannucci, AHRMA was successful in denying entry to Team Obsolete's Dave Roper and Erik Green at the Sears Point round of the series on April 18. Iannucci's release states that "(Jeff) Smith delayed in informing Team Obsolete tha t their entries were blocked for more than one week. By this time the transporter had departed from New York to California. Obviously, the objective was to hurt. This was the fourth time since 1996 tha t Smith tried to block Team Obsolete entries. At Mid-Ohio in 1997, Smith relen ted only in the face of a rumored riders' strike." Action's maxi mini f you think your minimoto tyke needs the best, it may be time to take Action. Action North America has released two new versions of its already-trick Xl and X3 50cc Polini motocrossers, dubbed the Works, What makes the Works work differently from the normal liquid-cooled, case-reed-inducted X model? The addition of a fully adjustable, remote-reservoir shock - that's spring preload and compression and rebOund damping - a racing exhaust, digital ignition, different cylinder specs and special graphics. The Xl features a 24-inch se?t height and the X3 a 28-inch-high saddle. The X3 also comes equipped with a larger carburetor. Available at extra cost are special goldanodized rims with straight-pull spokes, Bridgestone tires and an alloy rear sprocket. The suggested retail for either bike is $3299 and both are approved for AMA and NMA Stock classes. For more information, contact Action North America, 941/566-%66. I Zlatko Kaliski of San Pedro, California, is the winner of the 1999 Cycle News/TravelCraft Spanish Grand Prix Sweepstakes. Kaliski will get an eightday, seven-night package to Barcelona, Spain - a trip that will include a visit to the Kenny Roberts Training Rancll and some spectating at the Spanish Grand Prix. The 1999 Action Polini SOCc X11 Works (left) and X3 Works. Road racer Nick Ienatsch will ride a Tom Collins Racing Aprilia RSV250 in the Laguna Seca round of the AMA 250cc Grand Prix Series on May 2. lenatsch will join Colin Jensen on the team. FS Productions will host Showcase Bike Night in Monterey on April 29 at the Blue Fin Cafe and Billiards in Monterey, California. Among those scheduled to appear are Ben Bostrom, Miguel DuHamel, Jamie Hacking, Larry Pegram, Jason Pridmore, Scott Russell, Kevin Schwantz and a host of other current AMA racers. For more information, call FS Productions at 714/585-2930 or the Blue Fin at 831/375-7000. Glen Helen Raceway will be open 'for practice on Thursday, Apiil 29, but only on the Racing Enterprises Motorsports track. Practice time is from 8 a.m. to dusk The National track will be closed until Thursday, May 6 in preparation for the upcoming AMA National Motocross. The Lake Elsinore Championship Motocross Facility has created a new phone hotline for race and practice information. The new number is 909 /496-4880. The Sandusky Valley Riders Club of Tiffin, Ohio, will begin its racing season on May 2 with the MRA season opener. For mOre information, call 415/425-1515. Ceet is offering a limited number of hay-bale covers to race promoters wishing to use the vinyl covers - for free. For more information, fax required dimensions to Ceet at 760/598-4076, attn: hay bale.. Last week's absolutely incredible "In the Wind" news item regarding the Trav:eICraft trip to the Hinlalayans featured a not-so-incredible mistake. A digit was left out of the phone number for TravelCraft. The real phone number is 800/241-1223. TraveICraft, by the way, is the official travel agency of Kenny RobertsJr. OPENED: The Porterville Motorcycle Rally's home page on the World Wide Web.~The site Ciln be found at the following address: http://www.pvillerally.org. CORRECTION: According to a BMW spokesman, our story in ou.r April 21 issue was incorrect in stating that the BMW F650 is no longer being built at the Aprilia factory. OUr story said that the F650 is now being built in Be,rlin, an incorrect statement, according to BMW. CORRECTION: In our Power Brand pipe product evaluation (April 21, 1999, Number 15). we accidentally printed Power Brand's fax number instead of their phone number. The COJ;Tect phone number is (760)966-1460. In the same product evaluation, we pointed out that the spring hook mounts were facing in the wrong direction. Power Brand contacted us to point out that the hooks were mounted this way to prevent"the actual springs from rubbing on the aluminum, which in time would create a hoTe in the pipe. PROMOTED: Jeff Hain, to editor of Personal Watercraft IJIustmted, Cycle Nt!WS' sister monthly personal watercraft magazine. Haio,32, was formerly associate editor of the magazine. He win oversee the magazine's editorial content along with senior editor Paul Carruthers and associate editor Keith Bush.. BORN: Marley Marie Cornelius, to K&N Engineering Powersports sales manag,er Brian Cornelius and his wife, Pet,ra, on Monday, April 19. PROMOTED: Mike Mahoney, as the new sales support manager for the motorcycle and marine divisions of American Suzuki, effective immediately. Mahoney most recently served as the motorcycle disbict sales manager for Arizona, New Mexico and Las Vegas. OPENED: AMA Dist.rict 37's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.district37ama.org. OPENED: Motonation, a Sidi boot distributorship in Poway, California. For more information, call 619/513-6280, or see the Motonation home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.motonation.com. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Desert Only Yamaha in Sacramento, California, on April 30 from 7 to 8 p.m. Team Yamaha's John Dowd, Jimmy Button and Doug Henry and Yamaha of Troy are scheduled to appea.r. For more information, call 702/5655254. POSTPONED: The Commotion by the Ocean motocross. REM, however, will be running a round of its No Fear /Sm:ith Goggles Spring Series on June 5 at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Cali'; fomia, and will also host a round of its Yamaha Dee"ller Se,ries on June 6 at Glen Helen. CANCELED; The AHRMA Oassic Bike Magazine Dirt Track National at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, l1J:inois, originally scheduled for August 1. OPENED: Fast Forward Racing's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: _http://www.flattracknews.com/ ffradng/intro.html. MOVED: O'Neal Distributing [nc., to %00 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Chatsworth, CA 91311, 818/9981049,818/882-0435 _(fax), effective immediately. OPENED: International Motorcycle X-Change, a Triumph/KTM dealer in the San Francisco East B.1Y. For more information, call 510/537-9050. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Santa Cruz Buell in Santa Cruz, California, on May 1, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Pascal Picotte, Scott Russell, Thomas Wilson, Dave Estok, Billy Graef and Shawn Higbee are scheduled to appear. For more inlormati.on, call 831/421-9800: MOVED: Fleisbman-Hillard Communications, to 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2640, Sacramento, CA 95814. 916/441-7606,916/441-7622 (fax). OPENED: Road racer David Mitchell's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.dm8.com. Mitchell is slated to compete in the 1999 Isle of Man IT races as part of Team USA IT '99. OPEN HOUSE: At the Dan Rou;t Flattrack Moseum in Oovis, California, on May 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 559/291-2242. BORN: A baby girl, Alyssa Danielle, to Bullaco vice president Tim Weaver and his wife, Kristen, in Hudson, New York, on Apri122. OPENED: Vertemati Motorcycle's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.vor.it. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Pro Circuit in Corona, California, on May 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. Team ride;rs Shae Bentley, Scott Sheak, Nick. Weyand Nathan Ramsey are scheduled to appear. FOT more information, call909/738-8050. _