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Th e Checkpoint M.e. called to let us know about the new date and location of its enduro, orig inally postpo ned due to the Sou them Ca liforn ia forest fires . The even t is set for December 5 a t the Slas h-X Cafe near Ba rst ow, with an 8 a .m. key time p lann ed . Ca m pi ng is available fo r the en d uro, w h ich club memb ers say will be "fun and easy comp a r ed to so me of t h e o ther distr ic t even ts ." Fo r m ore in form a t ion , call 909/338-0311. DM Sp orts Mana gement w ill h old a pro rider m em o rab i li a a uction a n d raffle December 17-19 at Glen Helen Racewa y in San Bernard ino, California, during th e Ch ap arral Pro-Am . All p roceeds fro m th e au ction a nd ra ffle will go t o ca ncer s uffe re r Sco t t O . Husky. Stefy Bau will be a gues t ins tructor for the Women's Sch ool of Motocross Benefit Motocross School on December 13 at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bern ardino, California. All proceed s will go to Scott O . Husky. For more informa tio n, ca ll 949/837-2206. Th e ninth annu a l d e sert clean up at Southern California' s popular Ocotill o Well s State Vehicular Recr eat ion Area on November 15 removed mor e than a ton of garbage. Kawasaki Team Green, KTM Sportmotorcycles, Montclai r Yam ah a, Acerbis Plastic a USA a n d M axim a Ra cin g Lubrica nt s have sig ne d on to sponsor the Los An cianos Tec ate Hare Scram- bl es. The race is schedu led for January 16 in Tecat e, Baja Ca liforn ia, Me xico . For more in forma tio n, ca ll 619 /2811400 (d a y s ), o r 619 / 46 2- 2 627 (evenings) . Ducati North Am erica and participating Ducati dealers, in conjunction wi th Dun lop tires, have a n no u n ced th e N orth American Ducat i Sport Turismo Ride Series, which will be cond ucted across th e co n ti n e n t on se le cte d w eekend s between March and September of 2000. Each of the over 40 rides will traverse local country roads and sto p at scen ic and historica l locales. Also, some of the tour stops will feature test rid es of the Ducati Sport Touring lin e. Fo r more inform ation, check wi th you r local pa rticipating Ducati d ealer. Zing Racin g is currentl y accepting racer resum es for the 2000 ra cing seaso n. Resumes ca n be se nt to Zing Ra cin g Prod ucts, 1250 Keystone Way, Vista, CA 92083, attn: race support. Skorpion Enterprises is curre nt ly accep ting racer resumes for the 2000 racing seaso n. Resumes can be sent to Skorpi on En terprises, 24975 Acacia Lane, Lagu na Hills, CA 92653. Meet the ress O n Wednesd ay, November 17, Yamaha Mo tors po rts flew all of its race team ride rs and crew to California to participa te in Yama ha's 1999 Motorsp orts Medi a Day at Ada ms Kart Track in Riversid e. The event was int ended for all of Yam ah a's 2000 team rid ers to meet and han g ou t with members of the press, no t to mention sp in ning a few laps in Yamaha YZ125-powered shifter kar ls. The rid ers w ho a ttende d incl uded Yama ha's in- house MX team pil ots Jimmy Button and David Vu ille mi n, as w ell as Ch aparral Yamaha team rid ers Jeremy McG rath an d Ti m Ferry, a nd Yamaha of Tro y team rid ers Ernest o Fonseca, Stephane Roncada, Justin Buckele w a nd Casey Johnson . Yamaha's off-r oad team Jerem y McGrath rid ers Ty Davis and Randy Ha w kins we re on hand as well, but unable to make the trip ou t west was Yamah a' s National Hare Scrambles Champion Dou g Blackw ell. Representing Yamaha's road race team was Tommy Hayd en and Jamie Ha cking . Making a specia l a p p ea ra nce w as four-time road racing World Champion Eddie Law son w ho participated in th e kart time tri al s, wh er e member s of th e press we re teamed up with a t least one member of Yamah a's racin g team. At the end of the d ay, each driver wa s time d in a one-la p showdown, and the team with the combine d quickest time took home the firs t-place trophy. Althoug h Law son , McGrath, Ha ckin g and Ha yd en clocked some of the qu ickest tim es of the d ay, it was the Vu ille mi n / Bu tton team that scored th e win over the Lawson /McGrath team. Ju st 37 one-hundredths of a second sep ar ated th e two teams. Other a w ards were handed ou t. Lawson earned th e Superpole Award for post ing the fastest lap of the da y. Second p lace we n t to McGra th . Dirt Ride r magaz ine's Ken Fau ght took home th e Fastes t Journalist Award, w hile both Dirt Bike ma ga zine' s Joe "Pa pa" Kosch and AMA Superbike.com ' s Dean Ada ms ea rned th e Tortoise Award for being the slowest journalists. Th e Cra sh er Award w ent H i-Torque Publishing' s Steve Ca sper . N ee d w e explain? Eddie Lawson Boss Bearing is currently accepting racer resum es for th e 2000 ra cing season. Resumes can be sent to Boss Bearin g at 1915 West Front St., Statesville, NC 2B677. D H Racin g Pro ducts is currently acceptin g ra cer resumes fo r th e 2000 racing seas o n. Re sum es ca n b e se n t to 207 Desert Rose Dr., Sparks, NY 89436. Intera ctive Ou td o ors, In c., owner of Wild ernet.com (www.wildernet.com) announced it has en tered into a content- sharing partnership with th e Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition (CO H VCO) . Vi sitors to C O H VCO's Web si te (w w w.coh v co.org) w ill be ab le to se a rch th e ou tdoor recreation d at ab ase of Wild ernet.com , including C o lorad o trail s , Je ep r oad s, ca m pg ro u n ds and ot he r publi c land s resources. EV S Speed Pro tection is cu r r e n tl y accepting rider resu mes fo r the 2000 race season. Please forw ard all resu mes to EVS Speed Pro tection, A tt n : Rid er Su p p o r t, 4412 Prairie Fo x Dri v e, Janesville, WI 53546. DEBUT PARTY: A t Ca fe Vel o ce in Kirkland , Was hi ngton, on Wednesd ay, December 1 at 7 p.m., featuring the new MV Agusta F4, sponsored by Bellevue Suzu ki- Ducati . For more information, call 425/747-7360. OPENED: Blackma il 's Cycle's h ome page on the World Wide Web. The site can be fou nd at the following address: http:/ /www.blackmans.com . APPOINTED: Joey Pet ersen, as a rea sales manager for Triumph Motorcycles Am erica, by Jim McKenna, nationa l sa les mana g er. Pet ersen will b e r esp ons ibl e for N o r th ern Geor gia, Alab ama, Missi ssippi and all of Tennessee and North and South Carolina; Chris Sou za , as area manager of th e Pacific Northwest for Triumph Motorcycles America. Sou za will be resp on sible for Washington, Idaho, West Montan a, N o rthern N evada, Oregon a n d Northern California; Ron Greene, as a rea manager for Michigan , Indian a, - Oh io a n d Kentu cky , for Triumph Motor cycles Am er ica . BORN: Destry Thomas Aston, to Aston Ra cing 's Gregg Ast on a n d his wife, Kris ty, on No vem ber 10. GR AND OPEN IN G: Pa cific Yam ah a, the newest Yamaha superstor e in California' s Sout h Bay, on Decemb er 4-5, at 1358 Pacific Coas t High way, in Harbor City, California. For mor e informat ion, call 310/891-6990. AUTOG RAPH SIGNING: At Chaparral Motorsports, in San Berna rd ino, Ca lifornia, December 17, from 6 to 8 p .m. Jerem y McGrath a n d Ti m Ferry are schedu led to ap pear. For more informa tion, call 909/889-276 1. OPENED: Bosenberg Motorcycle Excursions' home p age on th e World Wide Web. The site can be foun d at the following address: http :/ /www.bosenberg.com. HI RED: Dav e Chase to head up Pro Circui t's in-h ou se suspension di vi sion. Chase ha s w orked fo r th e H ond a, Kawasaki and KTM teams, and has also headed up his own business building race bikes from the grou nd up . SIGNED: Road racers Pascal Picotte, Francis Martin, Michael Taylor and Jeff Will iam s, to contra cts with Joe Rocket Sports Gea r of Ontario, Cana da. ACQUI RED: The Ducshop, by Beau dry Mot orsports in Post Falls, Idaho. Fo r more information, call 800/735-2407. BORN: Hanna Rose Erquiaga, to Nevad a Motocross Development's Ty Erquiaga an d his wife, Kerstyn, on No vembe r 8 in Carson City, Nevada . O PENED: Sout h Texas Mo tocross Racing's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the followi ng address: http :/ / www.racedirect.com. NAMED: Scott Wallenberg, as pub lisher of Racer X Illus tra ted magazine, as of November 22. Wallenb erg, forme rly of Hi-Torqu e Pu blica tio ns, w ill help ou t t he bu s in ess side of the magazine . Da vey Coombs an d Eric Joh nson (also Cycle News co ntribu tors) rem a in i n cha rge of ed itoria l, a nd Bria n Steely keeps the title of managing editor. ct/I ~(DWJ[bCB[?--------