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(1 u o 1\ o n u o [J c c o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 8 o o o D ucati rider, Ruben Xaus , did not take more to complete a 15-minute program part in the second day of testing after on the C a salf iuman es e c ircuit i n his crashing on the first day and injuring his hometown. '1 had to ride the 125 , as the le ft s houlde r . Th e Wo rld S up e r bi k e four-st roke is still comi ng back from the C hampionship wi ll visit Imola for t he first French GP, and as long as it's not here t ime on September 30 for it s 13th and I'll stay on the little one,' he said. '1 felt final round. okay, really; I didn't have any part icu lar ~DD@\!A!l ~@DD@@G!JD@ problem. I just want to take it easy and After only three mont hs off fro m the dra- inc rease t he e ffo rt da y by day to get mati c cr ash t hat sidelined him with two my self int o the pace aga in. In t he next broken vertebrae, fonmer W ord C hampi- few days I'll train on another track , also , on Andrea Bartoli n i is already bac k and every afte moo n I'll get my massage o n a bike and t raining to re turn to the t herapy for my back . ' Accor ding to his W o rl d C hampion ship are na, wh ic h he [XJ@D@&J0@@] The Cycle World International Motorcycle Shows, presented by Toyota Trucks , has releas ed i t s 2001 - '02 schedu le. The world's largest and oldest consumer show series featuri ng new-model mo torcycles, ATVs, personal watercraft and accessories displayed by original-equipment manufacturers will mak e the following stops on the approaching tour: San Mateo, Califo rnia, No vembe r 9-11; Seattl e, Wash in gton , November 30 - December 2; Long Beach, California, December 7-9; Dallas, Texas, Decemb er 14-16 ; New York , New York, December 28-30; Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 11-13; Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, January 18-20; Atlanta . Georgia, January 25 - 27 ; Cle vela nd, Ohio , Febr uary 1-3; Rosemont , Illinois , Feb ruary 8- 10 ; St. Louis, Missouri, February 22-24; Daytona Beach , Florida , Marc h 6- 10. Fo r mo re in form ati on on the shows , contac t Ad vanstars's Team Powersports group at 800/ 854-3 112. plan, Bartolini will come back at the GP of plan s to rejo in at the Namur GP in Bel- Belgium on the first weekend of Aug ust. gium, on Augu st 5. It's an extraordinary at the same circuit w here the M X des recovery, and quite unexpected consider- Nations will be held in a couple months. ing the ex treme ly scary injury of ea rly ' Yeah, I'll be back in Namur fo r sure,' he April when he crashed wh ile practicing in said. ' Don't expect too much from me - Italy. At the time, Bartolini experienced no I' ll b e j u s t p ar t of t he r ac e for t he feeli ng in his legs for a few moments, but moment. to then get better and bett er as since that day things have changed a lot. the races go. " management of this vas t area of public expe rience is act ually less likely to spot land. Officia ls are seeking the public ' s you t han on e who ' s just passed t hei r opinion on such issues as what act ivit ies test. Researchers M artin Langham and should be allowed on the land, whether it Dr. Graham Hole studied both the causes should be propo sed for very strict Wild er- of accident s and the way drivers look for nes s rules that wou ld ban v irt ually all other vehicles at intersections. The acci- recreat ion, and how the US Forest Ser- dent cause s were inves tigated by analyz- vice can w ork effectively wi th grou ps that • Since my back is not going to suff er any have com peting views on managing the lack of perfonmance from the injury, t he H usaberg will now be represente d in only doubt wou ld conc ern my psychologi- t h e 20 01 A M A / Ch e vy Tr u ck s U .S . and other groups last year, the final ver- cal st rengt h onc e back into the battl e,' M otoc ro ss C hampio nship Series af ter sion of the plan reco gn ized motorized land. After intense efforts by the AMA Bart o lini said in an exclusive intervi ew g ett ing t he c ompa ny's 2002 FC550 recreation as a legitimate use of the land. yest erday with our Italian reporter, Mario homol ogize d . Husaberg will make its However, t he Bush adm inis tra t io n has M arini. ' But I'm here to assure yo u that 2001 debu t at t his weekend 's Na tiona l pledg ed to so licit more input from the I'm absolutely posit ive about that , as I M X ro und in W ash ougal, W as hingt on, public on the way the gove mment should do n't see any reason to be scared of it. July 29 . Ryan Terlecki will ride the bike at manage our lands. It is critical for off-high- Once yo u make the dec ision to race , you W ashoug al. Husaberg USA 's Sales and way motor cyclists, ATV riders and any- ing two years ' wo rth of accident records o n S us sex police 's ac cident database . The way drivers loo k for other veh icles was measu red using special eye -movement cameras. Experienced and inexpertenced drivers were shown video clips of approa ching traffic at int erse ctions, and the eye-movement camera was used to monito r where and how thoroughly they lo o ked f or othe r veh ic les , in c lud in g motorcycle s. Langh am cla ims his work with the accid ent datab ase, which meted- have no doubt anymore ,' Of course , Bar- M arke t ing M anager C huc k Sun, said , one else intere sted in outdoor recreation tolin i know s very well that he was lucky • Husaberg is excit ed and looking forward to part icipate in this process and urge the to avo id more serious injury. ' 1came so visible po lice motorcy clists, don 't occ ur t o compet ing in select ed AMA 250cc Forest Serv ice to mainta in recreational because mot o rcy cl ists are not vi s ible clos e to so met hing you think yo u o nly Nationals. Husaberq's heritage of racing ac c ess to t hese land s, whi c h contain eno ugh, or because t heir clothe s aren' t hear ab o ut. but when y ou ' re t he r e , began in Europe wit h Joel Smet s winning t ho usa nds of m ile s of dirt ro ad s and bright enough , but because drivers look involved, it's panic: Bartolini said. • So tw o 500 cc W orld C hampionship M X tit les t rails, the AMA says. To review the entire for motorcyclist s in the wrong place. The I'm very happy that I'm fine now, and that and co ntinued in the U.S. with an Eastern reque st for co mmen t, go to t he AMA' s research finds that experienced drivers I can ride the bike again. ' Luck ily, the Four-Stroke MX C hampionship from M ike webs ite at www.AMADirectl ink.com and appeared to start t heir search at a mid- fracture wasn't too bad, and Bartolini was Youn g and W es t e rn Fo ur- st roke M X click on the Rapid Response Center logo. point in the scene, w hile inexperienced able to recover very quickly w ithou t an C hampionship title from Lance Smail. • There yo u'll f ind addit ional information drivers started their searc h nearby. Expe- abou t both the questions being ask ed rienced drivers were also more likely to operation . In recen t weeks , he rode more ed details of acci de nts involving highly C 'I that 650 miles on his road bicycle, and he The Bush administration wants your input and ho w yo u can direct you r input t o focus to o mu c h on are as w he re th ey also sta rt ed running w it hou t any prob- on fonmer President Clinton' s controver- decision-makers in Washington. were us ed to finding ha za rds , wh ic h lems , both in an effort to get his cardio sial plan that bans road construction and mea nt th ey were more likely to miss a LJ back at the proper level in order to face reconstruction on almost 60 million acres B lack leather is jus t as visible as Day- motorcyclist in unusual c ircumstan ces. the debut in Belgium in three weeks . The of national forest lan d , according to Glo according to researchers at Eng- Inexperienc ed drivers were less likely to n W o o· o ·· o o· o o o o o Italian made his firs t few laps on the bike the AMA. The administra tio n is seeking land ' s Susse x University. Their find ings take similar shortcuts whe n scanning for last Friday, and this morning started riding com ments on 10 questions regard ing the also show th at a d riv er wi th y ea rs o f hazards . .... .•• •.......................................................................................•..........•........................•. : Boyesen, Scott USA and Racer X have . ann ounce d that they w ill do a C amp . . . , , AUTOGRAPH SIGNING : At Pro Caliber Motor Sports in Vancouver, Washington. on July 27 . from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Team Suzuki's Kevin · Windham, Travis Pastrana, Ben Riddle, Rodrig Thain and Danny Smith are scheduled to appear. For more information. call 360/7 50-0007. HI RED : Dale Spangler, by OMS Ltd., as sales account executive for AMA Sports and All Terrain Vehicle Association CATVAl activities. Last month, OMS Ltd. was appointed by the AMA as the exclusive sponsorship agent for AMA Sports and the ATVA. Spangler, who leaves his posi• tion as power sports promotions manager at Smith Sport Optics, will have responsibilities including establishing new sponsorships for AMA Sports and the ATVA. as well as taking existing sponsorships to a new level. ten t w ill be located behind the pavilion bleac hers with ac tivities scheduled from HIRED: Dave Kaiser. to the newly created position of national sales 10 a.m. until 2 p.rn, and ru nn ing from manager for Renthal America, effective August 1. Au gu st 6 to A ugu st 10 . C hild ren five AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Champion Motorsports, in Roswell, New Mexico, on July 28. The featured guest will be three-time AMA Grand National Champion Bubba Shobert. For more information, call 505/ 624-0151. years and olde r are we lcome to part ici- . : ..... .......... ........ .... .••......... .............................•.......................................... ..... .................. 2 A UGUST 1 , 2001 • c u e I e n e _ s Loretta's 2 0 0 1 wi th this yea r's camp' featu rinq a new craft each day. The camp pate. For more infonmation, call Boyesen at 800/441-1 177.