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------ - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - --Jendro organizing the events and Charlie Mancuso selling tickets. I have the right people in the right areas. We work very hard, and we will be successful. Q Since you have been involved in the sport, what's been your most memorable moment? There's been so many of them ... I think one of the best, one of my proudest moments, was being with my father at a sold-out Anaheim last year for the opening round of the 25th-anniversary season of supercross. It was like the sport was being handed down from one generation to another. That same weekend, we sat down with 10 to 12 of the top 250cc guys. We sat around and listened to where they were coming from. We wanted to let them know that we were not that bad and that we had the best interests of the sport at heart. We were there to cooperate with one another and to help each other. I was very proud of that, and I think it was the missing piece of the puzzle. eN A ©DDffD0li[fiJj]@]0 U@JJ./---~ __ To further enhance the live show for the ticket-buying spectator, a number of additional production elements will be factored into the Y2K series. "For the first time in history, transponders, with real-time scoring, will be added to the series," says Jendro. "Our primary reason for doing this is to educate the fans and people at home - to let them know who is where on the track and at what time. Before, people at home had to wait for a commercial break, and the transponders will change all that. We will also. be branding the transponder times on the Diamond Vision screens in the venues." According to Jendro, another addition to the new series will be the re-emergence of the old-school "over-and-under bridges - such an indelible part of 1970s and 1980s U.S. Supercross. "We'll have the bridge at the second Anaheim round, Minneapolis and the second Pontiac round," he says. "This will allow us to better utilize the space on the stadium floor and allow for more unique and creative track designs." Finally, a new introduction stage (which will also serve as a podium) has been constructed. The stage will be fabricated from aluminum trussing and diamond plate and feature video screens on each side. NEVV VIDEO RELEASES Now Available Through Cycle News Video Theater "Evel Knievel's Spectacular Jumps" • Wounded at Wembley! London's Agony of Defeat! • Malice at the Palace! The Sensational Caesars Palace Crash! • The Triumph at Toronto! Evel's Successful World Record Jump! • The spectacular Snake River Rocket Crash! The true story revealed! • Plus every famous Evel Knievel jump ever filmed! (#1793) Evel Knievel, the "King of the Stuntmen" is one of the most popular sports figures of the 20th century. To the greatest daredevil to ever live, no jump was too 10ng...no challenge to great and no fear too menacing. For over twenty years, Evel Knievel thrilled millions of people around the world with his death-defying motorcycle iumps. From the Caesars Palace crash to him impossible attempt at the Snake River Canyon, Knievel earned the reputation as the world's most daring daredevil. Relive his greatest triumphs and his bone-breaking defeats in this spectacular collection of breathtaking jumps! 30 minutes from White Star I Duke Video. To Order Videos, Call (714) 751-7433 - Charge to Order Videos On-line at www.cyclenews.comlproduct.video.html Due I e n e "" S • JANUARY f 2, 2000 9