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information, cil1l Cameron Gray at 303/377-3278. The top-speed numbers turned in by Cycle News and other magazine test staff on the Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa have been backed up during a Southern California Timing Association meeting at El MiIage Dry Lake. Mike Burns made a run of 179 mph in poor conditions on his new (and stock) Hayabusa. Henry Louie of Del Amo Motorsports is readying a 1300 for Bonneville's Production class, and he won't be alone in preparing for a shot at making the Suzuki the world's first 200-mph production bike. The June 6 round of the AMA Western Four-Stroke Motocross National Series in Lakewood, Colorado, has been rescheduled to September 26. For more information, call 503/708/8486 or 503/699-5953. The first 40 invitations to the Summercross supercross have been delivered, according to the race promoters. The first to sign up for the July 10 race was the FMF team of Danny Smith and Brock Sellards and Team Plant Honda's Ryan Huffman and Jean-Sebastien Roy. Jeremy McGrath has already committed to competing in the race, scheduled to be held in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Those riders who did not receive an invitation ,can request one by calling 818/997-1859. The AMA Will Stoner Swap Meet will be held June 12-13 at the historic Gunstock Recreation Area in Guilford, New Hampshire - the site of the original Laconia motorcycle races that date back to the 1920s. For more information, call 440/543-5034. A benefit auction will be held for Todd Henning and his family in the paddock of New Hampshire International Speedway on June 19, during the AMA Super- . bike National weekend, Henning was seriously injured in a crash at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, California. Donations can be deli vered to Jerry Wood in garage one at NHlS. For more information, call Wood at 207/567-4250. Scott Summers is recuperating well from the April 6 practice crash that left him with a broken left femur and a cracked hip-joint cup, according to his manager, Fred Bramblett. A visit last week with his orthopedic surgeon revealed that the femur is healing properly and that he is on schedule. Sum- mers hopes to return to action a t the June 19-20 National Reliability Enduro at Loretta Lynn's Ranch in Tennessee in order to defend his 500cc National title. and scooter dealer. GP Motorcycles also sells Ducati, Moto Guzzi, Laverda, MuZ and Husqvarna' motorcycles. For more information, call 619/233-4762, Off-road racer Frank Keegan has signed with KTM to campaign the Grand National Cross Country Series. Filmmaker Peter Starr is scheduled to be featured on an edition of "American Thunder" on Speedvision. Starr will cohost the show and will help test four cruisers and hot-rod bikes. Check your local listings. The GFI/FMF Memorial Day Extravaganza will be held once again at Perris Raceway in Perris, California, with festivities including a team race and the FMF barbecue. For more information, call GFl at 909/341-8002. The 1982 Honda NS750 is just one of nearly 100 motorcycles that will be on display at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum's new exhibit, "75 Years of Excitement" - scheduled to open on July 9. The NS750 was ridden by Mike Kidd and is owned by Al Bergstrom. The bike is the predecessor to the highly successful RS750. A motorcycle ride to fight AIDS - Pride Ride - will be held on June 6, with the route taking motorcyclists through San Francisco, California, to the Eagle Tavern for a beverage benefit and cycle party. For more information, call 415/674-4700. PACE Motor Sports currently has several positions open for the 2000 supercross season, including event staff workers and COL-licensed tractor-trailer drivers. Resumes can be sent to Todd Jendro at PACE, 495 N. Commons Dr., Aurora, IL 60504. Among those recently tested for drugs by the FIM were World Superbike . Champion Carl Fogarty and his Ducati teammate Troy Corser and Castrol Honda's Aaron Slight. Those three were also tested for alcohol, and the three passed on both counts. Also tested and passing the FlM tests were motocrossers Mike Brown and Jeff Dement. According to a press release issued by the company, the Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Manufacturing Company has reported a net 10 s of $7,769,172 fOT the first quarter of 1999, or $.58 a share, compared to a net loss of $3,604,745, or $,28 per share, for the first quarter of 1998, "We now look forward to the balance of 1999, during whicll we transition from a 'development stage' company to an operating company," stated the cofounders of the company, Dan, Dave and Jessie Hanlon, "Production is increasing on a planned, steady pace a nd the motorcycle is being wellreceived by tl,e motorcycle community, and we are happy to welcome our new customers to the Excelsior-Henderson family." The company hit the $1.9 million mark in first-quarter sales for 1999. American Supercamp, a dirt track school that uses Honda XR100s, has recently released its 1999 calendar. The schools kick off with a two-day session in Springfield, Illinois, May 28-29, and winds up its seven-session season December 2-4 and 5-6 in San Jose, California. For more information, call 970/669-4322. According to AHRMA, H&H KTM has signed on as the title sponsor of the new National GP/Hare Scrambles Series, The next round is scheduled for August 29 at Honda Hills in Thornville, Ohio. For more information, call 814/778-2291. Tickets have gone on sale for the World Superbike Series round at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California, scheduled for July 9-11. Ticket prices range from $15 to $200, with children under 12 admitted for free with a paying adult. Tickets are available by callil1g the Laguna Seca Raceway ticket office at 800/327-SECA and they can also be purchased online through laguna's web site at www.laguna-seca. com/99tickets.htrn. Darrell A. Triber, 67, was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle during the Mike Marshall Memorial races on April 18 in Okanogan, Washington. Triber operated Triber's Cycle in Spokane, Washington, and ran Triber's Stateline Speedway from 1972 to 1993, a track where many Northwest racers got their start. Chris Agajanian Presents has announced the availability of tickets for a limited number of exclusive VIP luxury suites for the inaugural running of the Dallas Mile at Lone Star Park in GP Motorcycles in San Diego, California, is now an official Aprilia motorcycle Grand Prairie, Texas, on September 11. The suites offer prime viewing for the race and include private cocktail bars, elegant dining and beverage menus, outdoor balconies, couch and chair areas, and television monitors. In addition, Agajanian Presents has also made luxury-skybox and private-suite tickets available for the season-finale Del Mar Mile at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California, on October 11. The Del Mar skyboxes can accommodate groups numbering between 100 and 500 persons, and the suites can handle groups of 25 to 50 persons. For more information, contact Don Henry at Agajanian Presents at 310/547-9898. In what is being billed as the largest international motorcycle festival ever staged, event organizers are planning on transforming the Nevada desert into a giant theme park/world's fair for motorcycle enthusiasts and spectators. The Las Vegas International Bike Festi.val and Expo 2000 is sched uled to run October 3-8, 2000. RESIGNED: Debbie Sheldon, as the sports coordinator for the AMA. Sheldon has been a member of the AMA staff for 12 years. OPENED: Pettersson Pro Suspension's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.ppsracing.com. OPENED: Reynold Racing's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.reynoldracing.com. BORN: Laura Leigh Dunham, to Bridgestone motorcycle-tire engineer Warren Dunham and his wife, Robin Askins, who works for No Fear, on May 13 in Nashville, Tennessee. AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Atlantic Cycle & Power in White Plains, Maryland, on June 18 from 6 to 7 p.ll}. Members of Team Suzuki Motocross are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 301/870-7173. APPOINTED: George Bruggenthies, as the new general manager and chief operating officer of Road America, effective June 1. Bruggenthies, 50, will succeed Jim Haynes, who became the Wisconsin track's general manager in 1988 and its president in 1989. 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