Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

o o o o \!lJ@flDciJ ~G!J[§)@fl~ Continued from page 3 0 0 to the Loma linda University Medical f?l@@f?l . Center and Trauma Center. The money was raised through the annual Glen The FlM has issued the 2002 World Superbike calendar, with the main change being a switch from Donington Park to Silverstone for what is the first of two rounds slated for Great Britain. Laguna Seca is on the schedule for July 14. The schedule is as follows: O held again in 2002 on May 8. Round 1: Valencia, Spain, March 10 Round 2: Phillip Island, Australia, March 24 The FIM has announced the 2002 Round 3: Kyalami, South Africa, April 7 O World Endurance Championship Round 4: Sugo, Japan, April 21 schedule. The eight-round series is as Round 5: Monza, Italy, May 12 O o follows: April 28 - Imola, Italy: May 19 Silverstone, England: June 2 - tba; June Round 6: Silverstone, England, May 26 16 - Brno, Czech Republic; August 4 Suzuka, Japan; August 11 - Oschersieben, Germany; September 8 - tba; October 6 - Vallelunga, Italy. Round 7: Lausltz, Germany, June 9 O Round 8: Misano, Italy, June 30 O o O o Round 9: Laguna Seca, Califomia, July 14 Round 10: Brands Hatch, England, July 28 Round 1]: Oschersleben, Germany, September 1 An American team will be entered in this Round 12: Assen, Holland, September 8 year's Macau Grand Prix. a road race held on the streets of Macau. on November 17. The team will consist of Mark Miller, Vincent Haskovec, and Round 13: Imola, Italy, September 29 Round 14: France, tbe, tba o o o o O o to raise money for RfH." The bidding window on the trip is open from October 18 to October 28. For infomnation, see •Motorcy- cle Grand Prix Wherever You Choose." http://members.ebay.co.uk/aboutme/chi vas_uk. command and CRC have agreed to Jeremy McGrath raised $6400 in T- move the Edwards Air Force base round shirt sales during the THQ U.S. Open in Las Vegas. Nevada, October 12-14. The money will be donated to the Clear ChanneJ.com Relief Fund. of the Galpin Ford Sponsorship Series from October 28 to November 4 with the October 28 date moving to Los Angeles County Raceway in Palmdale. Due to security concerns following the California. For more information, call September 11 tragedies, the Air Force 661/272-8889. 8 o o o o o o Helen/Chaparral Motorsports Celebrity Golf Toumament. a tourney that will be ... KTM Orange is Red Hot From showbIke to desert rally race winner in less than one month Is impressive even by KTM's superlative standards " but that's just what the pratcJI)Ipe of the iatest model in the A.ustrilm COIllf181Vs domlnllllt l'lIftlIe of Wor1d-title-wlnning oII-~ bas acbIe\Ied. "-Its to works rider Fabrizio Meonrs ~ win in 1iIe ~ Rally, run at the beglming of Octobet, aboIrd the bl'llnd-new 95Occ: LC8 Rally. Victory in Its competItIoII debut for the fueI-Iqected 60- degree V-twIn ~ (If KTM's farthCOllllng muI&I-cyIIndEr 1'IIlge, which made Its publk ~ In c:ompedtIcln guise less than tour weeb ~ y It the MIlan Show, augurs 'WI! for the LC8's dIan<:t:s d success over Its tleet of ~ 8 o o LC4 sisters in the 'Paris-Dakar next Jenuary. It Is IIIsO nice o o o o pnlIude to the customer LCS Adventurer enduro that will be launched at Intermot in Munk:tt next 8e(Aetnbet. This, however, says KTM boas Stefan Pienlr, Is likely to take a back seat in terms of volume to the LCa Dulce streetrod wf:llch wlll debut alongside it, and which will mark KTM's entrEe into the large-capaclty streetbike market - lI5 well as, inevitably, the Austrian firm's first serious step toward the V-twin Supert>ike that must lnevltably come lata, and is already spoken of freely off the record by key KTM executives. It can sW'dy be no coincidence that the Lca proJect's chief engine designer. Klaus Holweg, headed up the Aprllia RSV Mille engine design team at KTM's AustrIan llvaIa Rotax. before switching sides to create his next·genetlItIon 6O.degree V-twin in the shape of the LCa. Or 1ilat KTM's Ileed of engineering, Wolfgang FeIbet, _ himself. capable privateer 25O('c GP racer JWlt over a dece4e ago. before twice becoming Gennan Supetmono champion on - • KT/I\ LC4-poweted road racen WIth 200 I·year production up 40 percent over a year lIlJO to 45,500 bikes of all types (:lust 8000 ofltlem minlbIlr.es under lOOcc In capacity), and stili I'alIing to meet demand, KTM is on a roll, with turnover Uterally dcubled in the past t'M:l years to a total olllbout $220 million, and the Austrllm To cast your vote, lag an to http://www.cyclenews.com. 8 8 8 n 104 OCTOBER 31,2001 • cue •• n • Speaking of donations, Glen Helen Raceway and Chaparral Motorsports recently donated over $10,000 _ lIS Marco Martinez. Chris Segedy, the wife of TLC Racing's Ian Segedy, died on Friday. September 28 from complications after undergoing open heart surgery to replace a defective heart valve. Segedy is survived by her husband, lan, and two sons, Christopher and Brian. eN company now overt:altlng BMW in 2001 to register lIS the laorgest·seIling 'Eul'opeaA motorcycle bfand in the USA, accOlding to Pienlr. ~ big hike in production Ia t.al'get• ed for 2002, he adds, with 57,000 motorcydes scheduled for manufacture in the eomlng 12 months in the company's expanded Matlighofen factory by Its l040-strong total workforce. AD of these,however, will still be singles, whBe final development takes place on the various new V-twin models which wIU kick off the LCS family of bikes scheduled to commence production in October next year. The arriVlIl of the VtwinS will drive KTM. podu<:tion on towar.d 1iIe 70,00Cl-tInIt llrAlal target that Plerer says can be achieved with a single shIIt 01 workers ~tbe the existlllg plant's four IISSeIIll9 Ines. KT""s owners • •:iDok the company ~ alPIfn four years lIlJO a&er ~. all the stock ~ _ tlIe~ stock elICbaDge 11M jIIlst lnvesllld a fi.trther $50 mlIIlbiL This ha bellA dtMliecl CIi8InIy to expIJIldirIg \be ~ ~ ~ , whlc:b _ _ Uro ••slll'llb!Y Iln5 to ~ of V-twIn prodUr:tb" as wei. to boIst.ilIIng the R&D ~ reIF xSible lOr 1f'lI!lie CUlIto11~a produ<:ts of pIO\'S'I W8JIlb In the . . . \If c:ornpecItloa and httbe Ihow_~world. *'

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