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Cycle News 2001 07 25

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orm. A cD O\X/uDJ • • o G G1]) ! - o ©&J[Jffb @&JVDgj 'mDDD 8 @[g© C{]@O(] fiiJilO@ o o ~ o o o o Harley-Dav id son of Sacram ento ' s Chris Car r used a single-cy li nder Rotax to win t he Formula USA Sup er Sing le f, Twins 25 -lap main event at the Ok lahoma Stat e Fair Speedway in Oklahom a City, Ok la hom a, on July 14, thus getting a leg up on the SFX Grand Slam of Dirt Track that is tak ing place at selected round s of the Form ula USA National Dirt Track Series, Carr followed the early leader, Memph is Shades/C oziahr Harley-Davidson's Jo hnny Murphree, who was ridi ng an XR750 twin , for the first nine laps. When Murphree got sideways comi ng out of turn two, Carr was ready to go underneath him , and took the lead down the back stretch on the 10th lap. From that poi nt, Carr and Murphree began o o to pull away from the other 16 riders, with C ar r ha ng in g on fo r th e win . Au diovox / Ouaker State rider Brett Landes was thi rd , riding a singl e-cyli nder CCM. Landes came out on top in the four -way stnuggle that was going on behind the leaders. Finishin g fourth thr ough sixth were Rich Kin g, Joe Kopp and Terry Poovey, Earlier in the evening , Fast hog .com/ Mor oney's Harley -Dav idson 's Will Davis led all 12 laps of the Pro Singl es m ain eve nt . Foll owing Da vis across th e finish line were Terry Poovey , who ret ains the series point lead, and Davey Durelle. Dave Vincent/Dirttrackonlin e,net the fuel com pany's rece nt adve rtisi ng has race d in 69 rounds of the Superbike . campai gn . The offic ial pr ese ntation o f Champio nship w ithout having to wit hdraw the bike too k place at S hell C enter in from a sing le rac e for t ec hnical prob - Lond on , England , on Ju ly 6 . Pet er Baum- lem s, " the release states. ruker, C on sum er M arket ing M anager of Sh ell Europe Oi l Pro d uc t s , w as hand- W edn e sd ay , Ju ly 18 , marks t he 10t h de livered th e sp ecia l M on ster by Carl a n n ua l nat io nwi d e KR i d e to Wo rk Fog arty, fo ur-t im e W orld Sup erbike Day" wi t h several million motorcycl ists Ch am pion , and Carlo di Biagio , CEO of expected to co m mu te to w ork o n th eir Du c at i M otor Hold ing S. p .A. The part - moto rc yc les , accordi ng to a re le a se : nersh ip between Shell and Du cati beg an iss ue d by t he o rgani zers o f t he d ay. : in 1999 a n d ha s b r o ug ht a Ride r's " Tod ay t he re are over 22 0 million c ars C hampio ns hip w ith C arl Fogart y (1 ggg) and light tnucks crowding our roads, " said and tw o co nsec utive W orld S up e rb ik e A ndy G oldfine , the o rga nizer of Ride to M anu facture r' s Ch amp ion sh ip s ( 199 9 - Work Day. " If mo re motorcycle s become 200m . The c ur re nt 2001 seaso n sees a part of the tran sp o rtation mix, it wi ll th e t e am 's n umber- one ri d er, T r o y make urban parking easier and traffic will Ba yli s s, lead ing th e W orld Superbike flow better. O nly a sma ll percentage of C hampio nship. The c ontinu o us c ollabo- th e six million regist ered bi kes are c ur- ratio n between the R&D lab ora tories of rently being used for uti lity and co mmut- , The C as trol S uzuki team of Christia n cancelled d ue to t he foot and mo uth ou t- both Sh ell and Ducati has enhanced the ing purp o ses. M otorcycl es are effic ient." Lavielle, Brian Morrison and Lau- br eak in the U .K . devel opment of t he fu e l and lub ricants cle an, save energy and reduce infrastruc- for th e 996R factory bikes , acc ordi ng to tu re w ear... " in S pa-Franc o rch amps , B e lg ium , Ju ly David Lykke (Yarn) won t he se ve nt h th e Du c at i releas e . " Thi s has he lped 14-15 - a race held in a dr iving rain for roun d of t he AMA/ FM F Na tio nal End uro D ucat i o bt ai n an e nviab le re liab ility o n Harley-Davidson Inc. has anno unc ed the first six hours . The trio led fo r ove r S er ies in D el N orte , C o lo rado , o n J uly the track - fro m 1999 unt il today, D ucati t hat its sec o nd- q uart e r profi ts ro se 2 7 19 ho urs to event ually fi nis h fou r laps 15 . Lykke to ppe d Ty Davis (Yarn) and ahead of G MT94 , anot her Su zuki G SX· Ron Schmelzle in wi nning th e Front R 100 0 r id d en by C hri st o p he G uy o t. Ran g e T ri a l R i d e r s - ho st e d e v en t . rent Brian won t he 24 Ho urs o f Liege 8 8 o Sebast ien Scarnato and Nicolas Dus- o ra do, stil l le ad s t h e cham pio nsh ip w@ !?@f? Michael Lafferty (KTM ) , fift h in C ol - sauge. Finishing third and first in the lfD7JD@ o o Su perbike cl ass was t he FreeB ike Per- poi nt s st andings wi t h two rou nd remain- fo rman c e Yama ha t eam o f Eric Miz- ing, 196- 116, over Fred Hoess (Hus) , era, Bern a rd S e b ilau a nd Mathieu fou rt h in C o lo rado . {1&JDfJDflJfflilDD Lagrive . The S uzuk i-mo unt ed team fea · o turing A me rica ns Andy Deatherage Ben Bostrom had a few days of relax- and John Jacobi ended up 29th ov er- ati o n to savo r t he first do uble win of his 8 8 o all, 54 laps behind t he wi nning team. The W orld S uperbike career, at M azda Rac e- M V Ag usta team o f w h ic h Can ad ian w ay at Lag una S ec a , bu t t he n it was Jon Cornwell , th e Ohli n s Wor ld back to work for th e L&M D ucat i rider. " I Su perb ike te chnician, wa s a part of suf- leave to day fo r Italy , " Bo st ro m said o n fe red a mechanical failure afte r 272 laps. Ju ly 13 fro m hi s a nd Eric ' s hom e in The MV wa s as high as 14th aft e r three Tem ecula, Ca liforn ia. " W e go testin g for hours of th e 24 -hour eve nt. two days at Im o la , t he n I ge t ab o ut a w eek off . I' m th inking fo r sure o f go ing o o o After a 30 ·ye ar hiat us , A MA Pr o Hill- so me w here in Ita ly o r Sa rd inia . Th e n climb act io n ret urned to the Indian Head take a few day s to drive up to England , M oto rcycle C lub in Red W ing , M inneso - ge t ready fo r the race and the weathe r ta, on J uly 15. Dav id W a tson won an at B rands Hatch , then fly straigh t back 80 cc Am ate ur N ation al C hampionshi p in fo r a test at M uge llo . Then ju mp on a o o 1989 at t he hill and t his past w eekend flight and head stra ig ht ho me. Then I' m he put in two blazinqly fast rides to set a home for the mo nth of August. I go back new hill rec o rd wh ile win ning both the for the rac e in Germany in the beginn ing 54 0 a nd 8 0 0c c classes o n his Hond a o f S e pt e mbe r. " Bo st ro m sai d t hat his CBRs . John Ham il ton (TrD and Jeff next U .S. appearance mig ht be to watch Thoma s ( Ha n) f in is hed seco nd and h is b r o t h e r race at the Pi k e ' s Pe ak t hird in t he 540cc class wh ile Bobby ro und o f th e A MA/ Chevy Truck s U .S . Te mpleton (H-D) and Tho mas (Yarn) Su pe rbik e C hamp ion ship , a ra ce th at did likew ise in the 800cc cl ass. o o o o o Eric w on last ye ar. "I f I' m ho me , fo r sure I'd go . " Be lg ium ' s F red Crosset (G-OJ wo n both ro unds of th e NATC/AMA Nat ional To ce lebrate t he three-year partnership T ri al s C hamp ion sh ip in Exete r, Rhod e between Shell a nd D uca t i , the Bo rgo Island , July 14-15 , top ping Brit Martin Pan igale-based mo torcycle fac tory has Crosswaite (Sco) and Geoff A a ron prod uc ed a spec ial Monster fully ded i- ( G · G) in bo t h even ts. C ro s sw ai t e is ca ted to Sh ell , according to D uc at i. The c o mp et ing in the U .S . series becau se bike is decorate d wi th the famous S hel l th e Briti sh Trials C ham pionship has been and ocean wave log os , charac teristic of o 2 .JULY 25 . 2001 • cue I e n e _ s Engli shman Dougie Lampk in clinched the 200 1 World T rials Championship at Ju li a de Lori a in Andor ra on July 15, with second -place finis hes in both rounds putting the tit le beyo nd th e reach of his nearest chall enger Tak ahisa Fujina rril. who finished fourth in both the Andorran rounds. Saturday' S round was won by Spaniard Marc Freixa with Lam pk in second and Graham Jarvis th ird. On Sunday , Jarv is took the win on his She ree , top ping Lam p kin and Freixa . With one ro und rem ai nin g in the Czech Republic o n Septem ber 1- 2 , Lam pk in has 298 poin ts to Fujinami's 235 . "I'm obvious ly delight ed to have taken the cha m p io ns hip early, and I thought I had done enough to win today , but to be fair to Graham (Jarvis] he mu st have had a brilliant last lap as I rode well this aftemoon ," lampki n said. "I lik e to win every trial I r ide in , but I mu st learn t o accept I will be beaten on occasions. It's been a fantastic sea son agai n . My dad and my co usi n , Jam es, ha ve wo rked really hard at every round, and the guys at Montesa HRC have also given m e great support. I kn ow it's an indiv idual sport , but I would like to thank all my team for helping me to the title again. A ll in all I am very pleased with how the season has gone, but it has been difficult this week end for one reason or another. Afte r I have celebrated with my fam ily and friends a little, my next task is to win in the Czech Republi c in a few weeks ti me. Th e cham pion ship m ay be decided , but th ere ar e tr ial s st ill to be won and work to do if I want to continue to win again next year. " Each year t here will riders who are goi ng to challenge me, an d t his ye ar h as b een n o exc epti on , especially with t he improved form o f bot h (Marc] Frelxa and [A dam ] Raga , but ov er a who le season I st ili believe I have the strength and consistency to hold them off. I just hope I can do this for a few more seasons and reach my o v era ll goa l o f beat i ng [ Jord i] Ta rres ' record of seven outdoo r titles, altho ugh I already have a new record havin g won five in a row comp ared to his thr ee."

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