Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

review ed the case of Swiss rider H erbert G ra f . who was subject to a doping control at t he 6 Hou r s ra c e o f t he Endurance W orld Championsh ip held in Brno. C zech Repub lic on May 6 , and wh o se sampl e was foun d not in accordance w ith the rules. The sample con tained a quantity of 32 ng/ ml of carboxyTHC < metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol). according to the AM . Art. 10.3 of the AM Anti-Doping Code states under chapter III. letter B . Cannabino ids: " C annabino ids G.e, marijuana. hashish) are forbidden. but due to the possibility of invo luntary passive consumption. a maximum concentration in urine of 15 nanograms per millilitre will be tolerated." Graf declined to have the counter analysis and the jury made the following decision: " Mr. Graf and team # 8 [the Bolliger Teaml are excluded from the event counting towards the Endurance World Champion ship held on May 6 in Bmo [in which they had finished in third place l and th e prize money wo n at the said event must be ret urned. Mr. Graf is sus pen de d fo r a period of 30 days as from M ay 6, 2001 and is sanctioned wit h a fine of 1000 Sw iss Francs. An appeal before the AM Inte rnational D isciplinary Court < DIl may be lodg ed against this C decision with in five days from the receipt of the offic ial notification.- day . O ct 2 8 at th e W ERA G NF . " a release from TSR said. "This will give us the opportunity to atten d more event s to genera te further awareness for the fund and it' s act ivities . We will att end at least nine more events prior to t he GN F. so plea se lo o k fo r us at your next loc al event. " Dan Carhart. the So uthern Cal iforn ia sales rep for Advantage Perf o rmance . passed away after suffering a he art attack June 14. Carhart. 35 . worked in the motorcycle industry for many years . spending more than 11 of them w ith Advan tage . C arhart is survived by his wife and three children. The Women's School of Motocross has added the following sc hools to it s schedule : July 6 - Lo rranger, Louis iana; July 14 - W olf Creek. Proct orville. Ohio; July 22 - Freelin MX Marlett. Mi chigan. For more information. call 949 /837-2206 . A c co rd ing t o an AM A pre ss re lea se . Yos himu ra S uzuki' s Jamie Hacking has been disqualified from the Sun dayrace of the J une 10 AMA Chevy Truck s U.S. Superbi ke race at Road America in Elkhart Lake. W iscon sin. During t he redflag break in t he Superb ike final, Hack 'ing' s Team Suzuki crew worked on his machine in the paddock area. a violation of the following passage in the AMA Pro Racing rulebook: Chapter Two, Section I, Paragraph No.4. " Only in the designated pit or wo rk are a may any adju st ment , repair or refueling be made to co mpeting motorcycles by pit crews durinq a race or dunnq a red-Aag period . Any motorcycle that enters the paddock!garage area will be prohibited from ret uming to the racet rac k. Crash tru ck s ret rie ving disabled motorcycles from the t rack may pas s t hro ugh t he paddo c k/garage ar ea to deliver such moto rcycle s to the des ignated pit are a. " The peo pl e beh ind t he TSR I n j u r y Fund hav e annou nc ed that the 2nd Annual Raffle for I njured Riders will be po st poned until later in the road racin g seas on . The raff le was originally scheduled fo r Su nd ay . Ju ne 17 at the W ERA VIR Cycle Jam. - At this time, we have rescheduled the drawing fo r Sun- · · . . . . . . .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. The EA Sport s Supercr oss Serie s prese nt ed by Speed St ick made a $7 .8 million economic im pa ct during its inaugural visit to Salt Lake City . according to a st udy by C ompass He s e arch . Over the weekend of Ap ril 28, more than 42 .000 fans attended the event at RiceEccles Stadium and Tow er. with 80 percent say ing they wo uld return if a race were scheduled in 2002. Furthermore. 90 percent of out-of-town supercross att endees said they had traveled to Salt Lake C ity exc lus ivel y be c aus e EA S port s Superc ross was in tow n. ' The significant eco nomic impact and TV expos ure RiceEccl es Stadium and t he state of Utah rece ived are clear illu st ra tio ns of the t rem en do us va lue of hos ting a w o rld class sports event like EA Spo rts Supercross.' said Jeff Robbins, president and CEO of the Utah Sport s Comm ission . in an SFX press release .• Events like this help to grow and divers ify our spo rts ind us try. " Ric e-Ec c le s St ad ium an d Tower is the ho me of the University of Utah foo tball team. as well as t he site of the 2002 W inter O lympic open ing and closing ceremonies. ' W e are extre mely pleased to see the trem endous economic impact the EA Spo rt s Supercros s event had on our co mmunity and the exposure Utah received from the event' s coverage on national TV ." said Dave Winder. executive director. Department of Com munity an d Eco no mic D evelop me nt . state o f Utah . ' We look forward to having future event s of this caliber in our great state ." Tom S a rac was killed on June 3 in a motoc ros s rid ing acc ident at Elsino re ,. ,. M otoc ross Park in Lake Elsinore. Califiornia . A veteran rider of over 25 y ears. Sarac was raised in Long Beach. California and was a member of the Ov er The Hill Gang motocross cl ub. Sarac is survived by his wife. Leslie .Jo, and his parents . Thomas and Wi nnie Pitesa Sarac. A Tom Sarac memorial sticker will soon be available at So uth land C ycle in Garde n Grove. away from their first love - dirt track racing . Tom my and N icky have both won races on the AMA pro fessional dirt track circuit, and Roger Lee has also steadily climbed the professional ranks. Highlighting the family 's long involvement in the event we re Ni cky and Roge r Lee be ing named as rec ipients of the prestigious AMA Horizon Awa rd in 1997 and 1998 . respectively. The AMA has announced that that motorcycle rac ing 's famed Hayden family w ill be recogn ized as Honorees of the 25th Annua l AMA D i r t Track Grand Championships . scheduled for July 1-7 in Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis. Indiana. • Nam ing an entire family as Honorees of th e AMA D irt Track Grand Champ ionships is certainly a different approach than past years, ' said Bill Ami ck . AMA Vice President of Event s and Enterta inment . ' Yo u'd be hard-pres sed to co me up with anyone more deserving. The Haydens have been a part of this event for so long t hat it' s hard to believe the kids have all moved on to pro racing. This award is just a to ken of the AMA's appreciation . and that of the entire dirt track comm unity. fo r th e Haydens' contr ibutions to a great sport." The Haydens' hometown of Owensboro . Kentucky. is located along the Ohio River. and racing runs deep in the blood of the region. from horse racing to stock cars . from mot ocro ss to d irt track. The most famous racing family to come ou t of Owensboro is t he W alt rip clan of NASCAR fame. But the Haydens are giving them a run for their money . The entire Hayden family grew up around racing. Earl Hayd en race d dirt track in the '60s and early '70 s. Rose raced in what was then called the " Powder-Puff" class fo r wo men racers. And all five of t heir childre n - To mmy . N ic ky . Roge r Lee . J enny and Kathl een - learne d t o ri de motorcycles from the time they were big enough to throw a leg over a minibike. Although Earl and Rose Hayden have nurtured Tommy's, Nicky's and Roger Lee' s professio nal racing as pi rat io ns. th ey never fell victi m to "little-league parent ' syndrome . They sacrificed financially to help keep the entire family involved in the sport. but the kids were expected to sacrific e as well. "All the kids loved racing motorcycles." said Earl Hayden. • but we never pushed them into doing things they didn't want to do . If anything, it was the kids push ing me t o get them to more r aces ." A ll th ree Hay d e n boys have beco me factory-sponsored professionals in the AMA Chevy Trucks US Superbike Championships. But their • day job s ' as motorcycle road racers can't keep them Dusty Harris. 27. died on June 3 fro m injuries sustained in a practice crash on the Cheyenne track in Cheyenne . Colorado . according to the Cheyenne Cycle Club . Harris was the vice president of the Cheyenne Cycle C lub and an av id motocross racer. . . IO .. : 7. Ron Schmelzle (Yam); 8. Luca Trussardi ITM); 9 . John Beal (G-G); 10. : : Jason Da hners (KTM); 11. Cr aig W esner CKaw) ; 12 . S teve Silve stri : (KTM): 13. Rob Zimmerman (Yam); 14. TIm Stowe (Suz); 15. Kurt Caselli • • A ~ (Yam); 16 . Brian Sperle (KTM); 17. Paul Krause (KTM); 18. Ben Hale (Yam); 19 . Alan Deyo (KTM); 20 . Matt Stavish (G-G). NAMED: Sara Grafals as Controller at Sears Point Raceway in Sono- OPENED: Dunlop's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http;/ /www.dunlopmotorcycle.com. ma. California. effective immediately. Grafals will oversee all financial activities at the raceway , as well as human resources, ticketing and informa tion systems . CORRECTION: The two-day overall results for the Idaho City ISDE Qualifier in our last issue were incorrect. The correct results are: 1. Destry Abbott (Ka 2. Brian Garrahan (KTM); 3. Russ Pearson (Yam): w); 4. Nick Pearson (Yam): 5. Pat Garrahan (KTM); 6. David Pearson (Yam): AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At SanJose Cycle Gear in San Jose, California. on July 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. World Superbike Champion Colin Ed wards is scheduled to appear. For more information. call 408/ 2885051. · .. ..••• ••.... .... •••••..•.•••••••••......•..••.•.....•••...............•...............................•.••............ ............ . ... cue I e Officials at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb would like to remind ev e ryo ne t hat the 79th Rac e t o t he Clouds will be held Saturday , June 30th this year. The race has traditionally been held o n J uly 4 , but con flicts w it h t he national holiday made the race increasingly more diffic ult to run. Race offic ials believe that atte ndance will increa se and planning and execution burdens will be eas ed w ith the S at ur day date . " W e believe more people will have an opportunity to attend if we have t he race on a weeken d day .' said M ike Clark. PPIHC chief ex ec ut ive o ffi cer. ' We certai nly enjoyed the tradition of hav inq the race on July 4, but the date change has advantages for everyone involved. including the race teams. sponsor s. race officials and fans.' The date change also benefits the Pik es Pea k Highway. w hic h ca n now open to tourists on J uly 4 . Also on the calendar. the Pikes Peak International Hill Cli mb Kickoff C elebrat ion and Technical Inspectio n is scheduled fo r J une 24 , 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. at the Cita del M all in Co lor ado Springs. Race organizers plan to make te ch inspection a fun. festival-like day for everyone. Road racer Jason DiSalvo finished 10th at the Rijeka circuit in Croat ia on June 10 in the European 250cc Championship ro und held there. '1 made a few mistakes that cos t me a co uple of places . but I'm very happy to sco re more points.' D iSalvo said in a team press release. " So long as we continue to improve. we are making prog ress. ' Follow lnq his rec ent good form in Europe, D iSalvo has also accepted the offer of a ' W ild Card - entry at the forthcom ing Dutch Grand Prix at Assen on June 30. The team had originally planned on contesting the supporting European Championship race at the circu it that wee k, but with the chance to m ove i n to t he W o rl d Ch a mp io nsh ip arena. the team will concentrate solely on t he 250c c D utc h G rand Prix. D iS alv o raced in t he Arg entinean and Br azilian Grands Prix in 1999 . but the Assen race will be his first European GP. Vietnam 's government, bow ing to public pres sure in a country wh ere millions use motorcycles daily, has shelved a plan to fine urban motorcyclists who do not wear helmets. acco rding to the AMA. Many people co mpla ined that helmet s would be unco mfortable in the heat and - - -- - - - Continued on page 112 n e _ s ' J U N E 2 7. 2 00 1 3 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

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