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o o o o [ Continuedfrom page 3 round one cranking up at B p.m. on the a full weekend of races. inc luding the few tracks he has yet to win on . 'I'm final rounds of the Coca-Cola Four-Hour the Speedway will welcome AMA racing looking forward to Laguna. " said M ladin and HRD Mini Two -Hour Endurance on series will also be televised in New York with open arms . 'With the majority of in a release issued by his public relations Saturday . Sunday will play host to Mini on Time-Warner Cable . Champ ion the sport 's manufacturers being in this man. 'I've won on a lot of tracks over S p ri nt s . Vintage and a full W ERA Speedway is located off exit 64 from general area. I think it' s a natural fit to here. but I haven't won at Laguna and it Sport sman Sprint schedule. New York State Rt. 17. For more infor- bring AM A racing lhe rel ." Miller told the is certainly one that I would like to win. mation, call607 /6B7-7819. Los Angeles Times. ' This is pretty much When I first came over here it was a the largest Superbike area in the coun- track that I struggled to do really good race on July 14 at Adams County Fair- According to his father. Colin Sr.. Coli n try, maybe the world . We 're very excited at. but in the last few years I've picked it grounds in Denver. Colorado. will sup- Edwa rds II will be sporting a new set [] the Monterey Peninsula - on one of the course . Now. Miller sounds as though start at 7 :30 p.m . on the 21 st . Th e r announced plans for a 2.BB-mile road 20th . The second round is scheduled to o o c o o o o o o CJ o o The Motion Promotions Adrena lX to bring th is to Californ ia Speedway. up and managed to grab a couple of po rt three charities: Arthritis Fo unda- of red. white and blue leathers for the We 're t al k ing about somethi ng that close seconds - in 1999 to Anthony tions M o unt ain Plain s B ranch wi ll be U.S . round o f t he W o rld S up e rb ik e yea rs ago was part of the cu lture in [Gobert] and last year to N ic ky [Hay - supported by riders gaining lap dona- Championship at Laguna Seca. And then Sou thern California.· A complete sched - den!. th ose same leathers w ill be auctio ned ule of 200 2 California Speedway events than that this year and I'm just looki ng off after the race. The auction will take is expected to be released this fall. forward to the race. " Havi ng the AM A round on in co njunction with th e W orld place on Edwards' website (co linedwardsii.coml and the money will go to Ronnie Screami n ' Eagle Perform ance Lunsf o rd 's No rth w est Hond a' s annual Parts. a division of the Harley-Davidson Ride For Kids event. Edwards is a regu- M oto r Compa ny, has an nou nced th at lar att endee and suppo rte r of the event. they have t eamed up with AHD RA to host the Screamin' Eagle Perf ormance If you read the comments of California Part s Las Vegas High Stakes Shootout Speedway president Bill Miller in a where one w inner w ill go home w ith recent edition of the Los Angeles Times. $10.000. The shoo tout wi ll be held on it sounds as if A MA Superbike raci ng Friday, October 19 at Las Vegas Motor will definitely take place at the Califomia J CJ Speedway. the night before the largest Speedway - perhaps as soon as next year . Re c e nt ly . the and last event of the AHDRA Series . Speedway Details w ill be ava ilab le ....- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . , shortly at ahdra.com . " ... Ne w Huskies To Debut at Milan , -., One of its Italian rivals whose success in the off-road market Aprilia will be trying to emulate is Husqvama. the dirtbike marque owned by MV Agusta (aka Cagival, which has just revealed the prototype of its new 400cc four-stroke enduro contender set to debut in production guise at the Milan Show in September. Competing in the second round of the Italian Enduro Championship in May was the prototype version of the new TE400 , closely based on the Va rese-based firm's 250cc four-st rok e enduro model, with the same chrome -moly tubular ste el frame fitted with 45mm Marzocchi upside-down fork s and , -., a Boge shock. and a dohc four-valve engine with unusual finger-type valveqear, measuring g 1.5 x 60 .B mrn, for 399cc . The liquid-cooled bike is a five -speeder at pre sent, but a six-speed gearbox is envisaged on the pro duction version , though the projected 600cc version of the same engine coming up next is likely to have only five speeds . .... ..... L o o o o u " tice time scheduled fo r the AMA riders . 'I think it's going to be a good week. but it's unfortunate that we have a very limit ed practice. ' added Mladin . 'We only have a coup le of 50-minute sessions on Thursday and half an hour S atur day morn ing . before racing that afternoon . The Yamaha guys and the Kawasaki guys are all doing World Superbikes. That would give them about an extra Nevada . The sponsors are as follows : Ducati Cycle Insurance; Dunlop ; Suomy; Motorcyclist magazine ; Og io S po r t ; cool. We w ill just have make our hour Yamaha Mini MX Na t io n a ls on July B at and a half practice as solid and as posi- Road racer J a s o n P r id more won't be tive as we can and get the bike up to able to return to action at the Mid-Oh io Los speed ." S po r t s C a r Course round of the Angeles County AMA/Chevy Trucks U .S . Superbike Raceway in Palmdale. Cales for 50, 60 and BOcc S outh Central regional affi liate has looks like I wo n't be back un til Pikes machines . For more infor - named a new venue to fi ll it s seven th Peak, ' said Prid mo re , wh o su ffe red a mation, call 661 /272 - round of the series . The final will be held bro ken lower leg at the Road .A tlant a September 14-16 at the Grand Bayou National in May . "I was hoping to make Circuit near Baton Roug e , Lo uisiana. Mid-Ohio, but it doesn't look like I will. BBB9. Mat Mladin heads t o rep lac ing the Texas World Speedway Dr. [Arthurl Ting says I'm healing as fast Laguna Seca as the cham- round . Texas World has been shut down as possible and he's happy with the way pionsh ip le ader in th e due to a repaving of the NASCAR oval. it 's progressed. but it' s just the nature AMA/Chevy Trucks U .S . accord ing to RPM Racing. Grand Bayou of the injury. ' Pridmore will be on hand Superb ike Champion ship Ra ceway d rag at the Laguna Seca National on July B and the Austra lian is hoping to build on that lead on strip/road course that features 14 cor- and will help with the announcing duties ners and is 1.B miles long. RPM will host at the racetrack. m- - is -D. Pier-FrancescD Chili - - -·H~·An thDn y [iDb ertL. Aki ra Yan agaw a e • • Series round as he origina lly hoped. ' It iforn ia, with over 20 class - RPM Racing L.L. C. , the WE RA A. TrDy Bayliss E. DDug Cha nd le r I. Neil HDdgsDn u Ducati Revs America event that will take place in October in Las Vegas. 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In additio n. free decided not to do the World Superbike ... , o and one of them is the amount of prac- Fund o n Friday nigh t f o r racer s an d CRC w ill host th e fif th '-' o n of changes have to be made to routine Scholastic Fund for Colorado racers co llege educatio n: and C layt on M emor ial Internet Travel and the Richard Petty XI LJ Superbi ke Series means that a number tlons- for th e events : $ 1 per specta tor ticket sol d wi ll aid the Burton Vi ckery annual Thousand Oaks • o o I definitely plan to go one better ne""s - -- eN