Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

.. Continued from page 3 American motorcycle industry. To cap it all off, the 2001 AMA Speedvision Professional Athlete of the Year will also be crowned. Fans and participants may enjoy the hospitality of the Desert Springs Marriott Resort & Spa by calling 877 /804-4060 to make reservations through November 7. The ticket price for the banquet is $100 per person and tickets can be purchased through November 23. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Formal attire is requested. Following the banquet will be a day of golf, benefiting the Road 2 Recovery Foundation, which helps pro riders who suffer career-threatening injuries while one plate holder in different classes, died on September 19 while riding his motorcycle. Bandfield was a member of Racers Under The Son and Checkers motorcycle clubs. He is survived by his wife. Sharon, son and daughter in law, Michael and Paula, and three grandchildren, Travis, Elijah and Mary. On November 24, 2001, Riders Helping Riders are putting on a Ray Bandfield Memorial Desert Scrambles race at Bessimer Mine Road in Lucerne Valley, Califomia. All proceeds are going to the Riders Helping Riders fund which assists racers who get injured. Donations can be sent to Riders Helping Riders. c/o racing. The Road 2 Recovery Foundation is dedicated to providing financial, motivational, emotional and spiritual support to AMA licensed members in the event of a career-ending injury. This fund raiser will also be held at the Marriott Desert Springs, on the Palm Golf Course. The entry fee of $200 includes 18 holes of golf on this premier course plus a special gift package. To register for this December 8 tournament or obtain more information, call 866/686-6889. To pur- Mike Bandfield, 10 Ryley Ct .. Aliso Viejo, CA 92656. Shane Clarke, a former engine builder for Valvoline EMGO Suzuki and well known top privateer racer in past AMA 750cc Supersport Championships. has relocated back to his hometown in Overland Park, Kansas, and has set up shop. Clarke will be offering various services including motor building, chassis setup and race-bike setup. For more information call 913/390-7075. chase tickets to the awards banquet or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, contact AMA Pro Racing at According to the Hayward Motorcycle Club, the recent Trough fire in the Mendocino National Forest was not in the area of the trail system used for the upcoming Cowbell Enduro, and the 55th 614/856-1900. Ray Bandfield, 64, of Apple Valley, California. a 15-time District 37 number- ~~BY ALAN The 5th annual Leroy Winters ISDT Memorial Reunion Ride will be held October 26-28 at St. Joe State in Park Hills, Missouri. For more information, call 314/481 -1291. According to a press release issued by the team, Mach 1 Motorsports has signed Craig Decker to a contract. Decker will compete in the 125cc West Supercross Series and the 125cc National Motocross Championship on a Yamaha YZ250F. The AMA has named Mauro Cereda as its AMA Superbike Rookie of the Year, according to a release issued by Cereda. Cereda ended up 17th in the AMA/Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Series riding a Suzuki GSX-R750. Winston Cup driver Tony Stewart, the 1999 Rookie of the Year and the driver of the Home Depot Pontiac. has put together Tony Stewart Racing, a team that features young racer Eric Saunders. The KTM-mounted Saunders has won 58 times in the 65cc class and 46 times in the 80cc class this year while competing in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. For more information on the team, call 219/784-3152. peUtkm and is now playing eat<:hup - II fact Blade ..... ~ its . . . anonymous Honda-esque styling. &It It's now understood that company owner Jolwl ElIoor has reversed Ills long-standing opposition to going racing wilh tJItl'j of his products, and now shares the commonly held opinion of many of Ills competitors that the key to Supen;port CATHCAJtT • annual event will go on as planned. For more information, call 925/829-0904. • Triumph Plans Return to Racing in the sllowroom is success on the racetradt. Accordingly, it's understood Triumph will sanction a serious IIttlIck on the World and British Supersport series in 2003 and pemaps also tile AMA Supersporl 600 Championshlp with the new IT6OOR. probably linking with an R&D paItner to develop the hard-nosed race version alongskIe a more street-frlendly volume model, In doing $0, they'll be taking a lee( out of Honda's book this seallOO with the CBR600 wIlk:h already comes In two such versions, for track and street, and together with the Suzuki GSX·R600·powered Ol'!era just launched at the Milan Show and set to enter Supersport rac· Ing In 2002, the advent of Triumph wW bring to IIeVeI'I the number of manu(act1IreI'S contesting the sister dass to World Superblke - a thrlIling real-world four-stroke race category displaying all the ferocious dose·quarter competition wIlk:h used to be the t:rademmil: of the nowadays lackluster 250cc $UCetlSS Triumph recently rejected a suggestion by Seuber to go OP1 racing with the Swiss·built Sauber three-cylinder, but the born·again British company's long-awaited debut In worldclass road rlldng is set to come about at last In 2003, llCs:ording to weII·1nformed company sources. That's set to be the year In which Triumph will produce a IIm1ted·edltlon, high-performance version of the cornplll'l)"s TT600 four-cylinder Supersport contender, the world's first volume productlon fuel-injected 600, wIlk:h • in spitII of Its benchmark handling - has suft'ered In the showroom from the flacdd 101ll..

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