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Las Vegas City Councilman Michael McDonald welcomed Federico Minoli. president Ducati Motor Holding. and Carlo DiBiagio. CEO of Ducati Motor Holding. and the rest of Ducati to Ducati Revs America on October 28 by proclaimed October 27. as "Official Ducati Day" in Las Vegas. McDonald gave the pair keys to the city. conferring them with the title of honorary citizens. o o l some commercial ground on their other- stars Ricky Carmichael. wise dead-end GP project. while Tri- McGrath and Travis Pastrana have also umph would gain some well-needed rac- played instrumental roles in helping the ing credibility and a Supersports recovery efforts of the events that took streetbike to take on. the R1sand GSX- place on September 11. Highlighting the R 1OOOs on a level footing. The rules talent pool for this weekend's event will which forbid too much cross over be IFMA Freestyle Motocross stars between the new Grand Prix bikes and Nate Adams. Dustin Miller. Trevor Vines any World Superbike spin-offs could be and Kenny Bartram. "As the ClearChan- neatly sidestepped by Triumph detuning Although Suzuki has been quiet in regard to its 2002 World Superbike plans. an announcement is expected to come in mid-November. according to Cycle News World Superbike contributor Gordon Ritchie. The one-man World Superbike team has yet to be announced. but Gregorio Lavilla is reportedly very much in the frame. Lavilla most recently rode factory Kawasakis in the World Superbike Series. The team's 600cc Supersport squad is likely to be made up of Stephane Chambon and Katsuaki Fujiwara. and Billy Hamill. who have not visited Costa Mesa in several years. They will be joined by an international cast of characters that includes Polish speedway stars Bartek Bardecki and Dariuz Sledz, along with five·time British Speedway Champion Andy Smith and British national league rider and ice racer David Meldrum, "It's going to be a really neat event." promoter Brad Oxley said. "We are very excited to have Greg and Billy return. and this event will feature a true international flavor with the confirmation of the other riders. Other than the occasional traveling visitor, we haven't had this many Europeans race in Southern California since our World Team Cup events in 1985 and 1988. We are looking forward to a great show." Racing begins at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact Intemational Speedway at 949/492-9933. Jeremy nel.com Relief Fund continues to esca- and rebranding the Sauber GP engine as late beyond $11 Million. we are ecstatic their own. and then producing just to have the NFL's Adam Timmerman and enough of them for the street - using Andy McCollum participate in the heal- their own chassis and motorcycle parts - ing while having a great time with their families at freestyle motocross," said to qualify for World Superbike. Dan Krolczyk. Senior Director of MarIn an effort to help the Clear Chan- keting, Motorcycles. Clear Channel nel.com relief fund. St. Louis Rams Entertainment - Motor Sports. For more football players Adam Timmerman (right information, log onto www.c1earchan- guard) and Andy McCollum (center) will nel.com, or call 630/566-6100. present Clear Channel Entertainment Motor Sports with autographed jerseys at this weekend's freestyle motocross event at the Slavic Center in St. Louis. A rumor from Europe has none other according to Clear Channel. The jerseys than Carl Fogarty being the figure- will be auctioned off at www.ebay.com. head for a new Sauber/Triumph In addition. the top-three finishing com- triple World Superbike team. This particular rumor makes perfect sense for a car-racing outfit that wants to make petitors from the event will autograph their jerseys and place them on www.ebay.com. EA Sports Supercross AMA Grand National number 67 Mike Hacker has announced that he has had a friendly parting with the Saddlemen Racing/Lancaster Harley-Davidson/Dodge Brothers racing team run by fellow Virginians Johnny and Sarah Goad after campaigning on the national dirt track trail with them for the past two seasons. "It was a great two years with Johnny and Sarah, and this is probably the hardest decision that I have ever had to make in my racing career," said Hacker, who recently celebrated his 26th birthday. "I really can't say anything negative about my time with them." After losing his ride with the Moroney's Harley-Davidson team at the end of 1999, Hacker enjoyed two solid top-five seasons with the Goads, earning his first career Grand National victory at the inaugural Charlotte Half Mile in 2000 and follOWing that up with a fifth-place finish in the series standings_ Hacker posted several top-five finishes in 2001 to land fifth overall at the end of that season as well. Hacker's reason for leaving? Ironically enough. an offer that he couldn't resist. "I've rejoined the Moroney's HarleyDavidson team, but it's not something that I can really talk a lot about because we haven't ironed out all the details yet," Hacker said. "We'lI know a lot more at the beginning of next week. but I do know that I can't wait for the 2002 season to start." Attempts to reach the Goads for comment were unsuccessful, but when we learn of their future plans. you'lI read about them here. For his part, Hacker insists that there are no hard feelings. "I learned a lot with Johnny and Sarah." Hacker said. "Johnny is a great motivator. and they were a great family to be around. I hope that Johnny picks somebody else up and gets them up to speed. His helping people like me is good for the sport. " International Speedway has finalized plans for the November 10 running of the International Speedway Fall Classic at the Orange County Fair· grounds in Costa Mesa. California. Headlining the attractions at this threering circus of speedway, sidecar and extreme freestyle motocross jumping will be the return of former World Speedway champions Greg Hancock ............................................•.....•........................•...••.................•.........•......•.........•..•..•... · · . . . : (handbars, grips and controls) for Suzuki Off-Road's 2002 WORCS : race effort. with the same riders, · MOVED: Kidney belt manufacturer KevCo/Stubbs Racing Products. to 2100-B Eastman Ave.. Oxnard. CA 93030. The new phone number is 805/278-4300 (or toll-free 800/223-1713), the fax number is 805/2786609, and the Web site address is www.kevco-stubbs.com. APPOINTED, OMS Ltd .. as the exclusive sales and marketing agency for Blackfoot Honda Racing, The agency will begin soliciting sponsorship and providing additional marketing support for the team's racing endeavors, ACCEPTING: L.A.Sleeve is now accepting race-support resumes for the 2002 motocross and off-road race seasons, Resumes can be sent SIGNED: Braking USA. as the official brake pad and rotor supplier for Team Suzuki/Axo/RG3/Bill's Pipes riders Pedro Gonzales. Rusty Hoiland and Brad Hagseth: Team Thor/HondalTuf Racing riders Jiri Dostai. Jeff Wiiloh and Chad Johnson: and Damon Bradshaw Racing's Damon Bradshaw, SIGNED: New factory Suzuki 125cc rider Shane Bess, with Sidi boots. to L.A. Sleeve Co.. Inc.. altn: Rider Support. 12051 Rivera Rd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670. or cail 562/945-7578. ACCEPTING: ATK is currently accepting race-support resumes for the 2002 dirt-track racing season, Resumes can be sent to ATK. 1164 West 850 North. Centerville. UT 84014. RE-SIGNED: West Honda GP rider Loris Capirossl. with Sidi boots. SIGNED: Arenacross rider Damon Bradshaw. with Sidi boots for his altack on the 2001/2002 Arenacross championship set to begin on November 2nd in Des Moines Iowa. SIGNED: Braking USA. to a long-term deal as the official brake-rotor sponsor for American Honda Off-Road Racing team riders Johnny Campbell, nm Staab. Jonah Street and Steve Hengeveld. HIRED: Craig Bess. a recent graduate of Wood Berry Art Center. as production artist: and former Diamond Back USA employee liz Greenslilt. as purchasing manager, for Factory Effex. SIGNED: Sidi. as the boot sponsor for ThorlTuf Racing/Kawasaki Team Green Arenacross team riders Denny Stephenson. Darcy Lange and Brandon Bartz. for the 2001/2002 season. CORRECTION: In our coverage of the Viewfinders Grand Prix in San ACCEPTING: M2R helmets is currently accepting race-support resumes for 2002, Resumes can be sent to M2R Racing, altn: Race Support. 2675 Industriai Dr.. Ste. ~1 02. Ogden. UT 84401. or log on to Bemardino. California, (Issue #43). we repartee that Luca Trussardi dropped out of the 200cc race. Following a protest, the results were www.m2rmxracing.com. modifiee by the club to place Trussardi in third. behind Kurt Caselli and Joey Lanza_ ACCEPTING: Carbon Tech is currently accepting race-support HIRED: Tamra Madden, as a regional trainer for the Women's School. resumes for 2002. Resumes can be sent to Carbon Tech. altn: Curtis Tackley/Rider Support, 7925 Bulle Ave.. Sacramento. CA 95829. of Motocross in the Arizona. New Mexico and Utah regions. For more information. call 949/837.2206. RE-SIGNED: FMF, as the titie sponsor for Suzuki Off-Road's 2002 GNCC race effort. with riders Rodney Smith (the defending champ), Steve Hatch and Mike Kiedrowski: and 909. as a product sponsor CORRECTION, Dylan Cox was riding a Cobra and not a KTM as • incorrectly identified in Issue #42's (October 24) coverage of the Bran- • son USA Championships, Erstwhile Yamaha of Troy rider Nick Wey has finally signed a deal for the 2002 season. Though it was initially thought that Wey would hook up with Jeremy McGrath's Yamaha squad. that deal went south. leaving Wey wi~hout a ride quite late in the year. Two days ago. however, Wey reached an agreement · . ......•..•..•...•..•............•......•.•..•...•..•..•.......................................•....................................... c U a I • n Continued on page 84 • _ S • NOVEMBER 7, 2001 3 j J o o LJ j J Jl w J ~ CJ 8 ~l o 8 a J f\ J ~ ~ J " 8 , o o 11 U o o o o