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he FIM carried out ant i-doping tests at
him, so he's getting better feeling from
he German round of the World Superbike C hampionship on Ju ne 10. The fol-
the bike , which g ives him more co nfi -
down and retaining its air of adventure,
l ea rni ng more abo ut the event are
enco u raged to vi sit the W e b site :
dence , and that' s what yo u need in bike
acc ord ing to the Thierry Sab ine Organ i-
www.dakar. com. Potent ial competi to rs
lowing riders were tested negative :
P ier -F ra ncesco C hili , Troy Corser
and Troy B a yliss ,
rac ing, mo re th an anyth ing , " says t he
zatio n. promoters of the world 's most
f amous rally , The 200 2 ev ent beg ins
can obt ain the info rmative registration kit
It alian en g ine er . " Mi ch elin have also
helped us wit h som e new tires, w hich
chan ge s aimed at both keeping costs
ing to the FIM , The FIM, in agreement
from Baja Automot ive Adventures , 45 5
E. Ocean , Suite 208 , Long Beach. CA
have amel io rated the chatter problem .
The Supercross World C hampi onsh ip will not be held in 2001 , accord-
w it h technical inspect ion o n December
26 , 200 1, in Arras , France, near Paris,
9080 2 ; 562 1755-2278 or bajaautomo-
Do nington is a difficult track for settings
with the actua l race start on the 28th . It
wi ll reach it s traditional finish in Dakar,
tive@yahoo .com.
An auction is currently on going to bene -
but we are sure that our recent improvements will put us in good shape for the
race. · Biaggi has enjoyed varying for-
Senegal, in western Africa on January
with Do rna Off Road, has opted not to
cha nges
fit the family of Danny Hart J r . . the
organ ize a Supercro ss W orld Ch ampionship in 2001, - as the conditions for a
tunes at D o ningt o n . The Italian has
announced at a Dakar press con ference
you ng dirt tracker who was killed recent-
raced at the British trac k every summer
in Torranc e, C alifo rnia, on June 29 , is
ly in Bakersfield , C alifornia. To see the
since 1992, his debut year in the 250cc
t he introduction of sev eral stages in the
p r od uct s t hat are being a uc ti on ed,
World Championship . He won twice in
race where race rs wi ll have to navigate
p le a s e see t he follow in g w eb s it e :
250s, t aking t he 199 5 an d 1996 2 50
Brit ish GPs on an Aprilia. but he hasn't
w ithou t t he us e of G PS . as th ey did
w hen the race first sta rted, according to
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solid and eff icie nt running of a championsh ip of this importance are currently
not met. - The FIM and Do ma Off Road
are already working on a new st rate gy ,
13 ,
2002 .
Among
the
on the sport ing level as well as on the
made the podiu m at t he trac k since
Cycle N ews contri butor M ar k Kariya.
level of orga nization, pro mot ion, marketing and television, in order to hold the
gradua ting to the premier 500cc class in
1998 . de sp ite his impressive record in
Use of the orga nizer-supplied GPS units
The AMA has announced its representa-
w ill re sult in a ti me pe nalty. A not her
t iv e s for the 200 1 the FIM J u ni o r
Supercross W orld C hampi on ship again
the class. The four -time 250cc king has
o n a new basis in 2002 , a release from
the FIM states .
sco red seven 500 win s. "' don 't know
why I've not done so well there in 500 s,
c ha ng e i s t he i nc lu s io n o f two
"marathon" st ages, w hich w ill essential-
Moto cross Cup : 85 cc - D avi M illsaps
(Suzu kn: 85cc - B r oc H eple r (Suzuk i):
ly be back-t o- back days of rac ing with
mini mal mechanic al supp ort du ring t he
85 c c - Ji m m y N e l so n (Ya ma ha) :
M arl boro Yamaha's Max B i agg i is
I don 't think it's for any part icular reason ," Biaggi said . "Last year was wet.
hoping tocontin ue his hot run of late
125cc - S h a n e B e s s (Su zuki) . Also
re p rese n ti ng t he U .S . wi ll be M ike
short layove r. There 'll be no changes in
when the Wo rld Championshi p Ro ad
Racing Se ries hits D o ningt o n Park in
England on J uly 8. Biaggi has started to
so it was an unusual race , bu t I was
fourth and best Yamaha in 1999. M y aim
motorcycle regula tio ns. whi ch wi ll fall
into either Production