Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

CJ [iJ[?Df]D~DD @[fJ@@@r!A!l&JW fZD[jiJ@) l!A!lIJ[jiJ~ @[?Z{ @([jD[Jf7D([j[jiJ@) @D([j~0D@ @[fJ U@ [;f]D@[fJ([j [j@j~~ @[jiJ The second round of the Dr~g Specialties National Dirt Track Series, at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wisconsin, on June 8, proved that multiple brands in dirt track racing are possible, Not only were half a dozen different manufacturers represented in the 25-lap main , but the top three finishers were each on a different brand of motorcycle. Rich King rode a factory Harley-Davidson that is based on the Buell Blast, and passed early leader Terry Poovey of Euless. Texas, who was riding a Rotax, to take his fifth career win in Formula USA competition. Finishing third was Dan Stanley , who was riding a DRZ400 Suzuki. Tonight's race was the first Formula USA-sanctioned dirt track National not promoted by SFX Motor Sports. Bert Sumner and the Wisconsin Harley-Davidson Dealers Associa tion promoted and sponsored the event, Over 2000 fans made the Friday night show part of their weekend of racing. Here is the finishing order for the the main event: I . Rich King (H-D); 2. Terry Poovey (Rtx) ; 3. Dan Stanley (Suz) ; 4. Brett Landes (CCM) ; 5. Bryan Smith (ATK) ; 6. Steve Murray (ATK) ; 7. Scooter Vemon (ATK) ; 8. Willie McCoy (ATK) ; 9. Jennifer Snyder (H·D) ; 10. Steve Liberty (ATK); 11. Christian Vernon (Rtx); 12. Bret Beyer (Rtx) ; 13. Mark Gruber (VOR) ; 14. John Hlebo III (CCM); 15. Eric Mischler (Rtx ); 16, Bob Vbema (Rtx); 17. Benjamin Carlson (Suz) : 18. J .R. Schnabel (Vam). Jim Vincent/Dirttrackonline.net tolen from their house in M enifee. Caliornia , and are asking that anyone wh o y have received any of the stolen items eturn them, no questions asked . E-mail nfo@nacnac .com with any information . 1-800-Collect is ho lding a contest in hich o ne winne r and a guest will be f lo w n t o t he S t e e l City National M otocross fina le in D elmo nt , Pennsylvania. Sep tember 2. wh ere th ey will join t he Suzuki pit crew a nd as si st Kevin Wi ndham on race day . Hotel accommodat ions , a one -on -one mee t ing w ith W indham. a S uzuki pit crew shirt. $5 00 spending money and a se t o f No Fea r ri din g appa rel are a ls o included . For more i nfo r m at io n, log on t o http:/ /www.1800collect. com /d oc s2 / sub _wi n.html. (Cole and Arthur Cofield) travel the amateur motocross circuit, passed away after a battl e w ith heart d isease . Tho rn t o n , who rec ent ly celebrated her 13 th birthday, underwent a 24 ·hou r surgery and did not recover. D onations to the family may be sent to Shaunte Thomton . 4318 Scott C ircle East Point , GA 30344 . Jamie Grosser, who started o ff th e yea r as t e a m m an age r for t h e M oto XXX/ D GY / At om ic 22 mo toc ro ss squ ad, called to let us know that he is now manag ing a S uzuki team that w ill race five rounds of the A MA Chevy Truck s N ational MX Series, as well as the S nowcros s s no w m o bil e seri es . Called Team Snowcross / Arctic Cat, the team co nsists of 125cc riders Tucker Hibbert and Matt Ju dni ck . and G rosse r him self wi ll ride a 250 . Sweden's Tony Rickardsson made history by winning the first ever motorcycle event at the Mill ennium Stadium in Cardiff, England, on June 9. Rickardsson lifted the British Grand Prix after a night of thrilling racing in front of 40,000 fans on the purpose-built track which replaced the soccer and rugby field . "It was an awesome experience in front of thousands of people, and it means so much to me to win such a massive meeting," Rickardsson said. "The track was good, and I'm looking forward to rid ing in Stockholm when we have the Swedish GP at the Olympic Stadium. I can 't wait. " In doing so, he closed the gap on series leader Tomasz Gollob to just two points with four rounds of the series remainlnq, Both riders are looking more likely to make the title chase a two-man race. There was disappointment for reigning champion Mark Loram who managed just eight points after being involved in a horrifying high -speed crash. He is now lagging well behind both Gollob and Rickardsson. And the night also brought misery for Americans Billy Hamill and Greg Hancock; both went out after just two rides each , and it now seems certain that the series becomes a damage limitation exercise. Hamill crashed out of the meet as early as the ninth race after hopes were raised when he won his second ride, but he then high-Sided while chasing England's Scott Nicholls. Hancock never really look ed comfortable, after he entered the meet in the main event. A th ird behind Gollob and Jason Crump in his opening ride then put him against Leigh Adam s and Ryan Sulli van. Both relegated Hancock into third place and an early bath. John Hipkiss as an outpatient of a hospital near his home. He w ill also be return ing to th e ho spital in app roximately two weeks fo r the surgery to place his skull piece back o n the right side, but doc tors are waiting fo r his head sc a rs to comple te ly hea l prior to the surg ery. He will only re main in the hosp ital for four to five days at that time . D uffy is continuing to make strides in his recovery and can now walk wi th t he aid o f a wa lker. D r. Man ish Pat el. d irector o f reh ab ilitati on at M emo ria l Regio nal Ho spital. says that D uffy w ill likely recover as time passes beca use of his co mpetit ive nature and because the bra in injuries did not affect his cognitive abil it ie s and his body ca n be taught to w ork again. The D uffy family would lik e to t hank every o ne who has ordered Tshirts , sent don at ion s, lett ers and e·mails w ith the ir support . leading racing programs in A M A racing today, ' agency general manager C o ry Jonson ann ounced fro m his Ke ntucky office. ' We are exci ted abo ut this partne rsh ip an d the opportun ity to expand Yamaha of Troy 's sponsorsh ip re lations both inside and o utsi de of the moto rcycle industry. " The A MA has announced that it s 25th Annual AMA D irt Track Grand Championships w ill be he ld Ju ly 1 through J uly 7. at Lawrenceburg

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