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o o o Continued from page 6 I) LJ I' U n U fornia, and travels through the San r; u " beginning at 9 a.m. For more informa- MXers Tommy Clowers, Ronny Renner, tion, call 866/686-6889. Clifford Adoponte and Mike Metzger, cle swap meet scheduled for December at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, California, has been cancelled after a brawl erupted there on Friday, October 26 between Hell's Angels and other motorcycle clubs. Citing safety concerns, fairgrounds staff called off the December 7 sale. o o o o o o o o n u Recovery Foundation will be held on Saturday, December 8 at the Palm Golf Course in Palm Desert, CalifQrnia, tion, call 909/687-1300. According to the Orange County (California) Register, the annual motorcy- o A day of golf benefiting the Road 2 Bernardino National Forest. Sign ups start at 6 a.m. - street-legal bikes with spark arrestor only. For more informa- for his contributions to motocross. Glen Helen has made solid granite plaques that will be concreted as you enter the main grandstand area. In 2000, the award was presented to Torsten Hallman, and Bruce Brown will receive the award in 2002. Following a request from the French Motorcycling Federation (FFM), agreed upon by the FIM Executive Board, a round of the Individual World Two Days' Enduro Championship will be held on May 11-12, 2002 in Gelles (Puy de DUme, France). The 2002 calendar is as follows: March 16-17 Valverde del Camino, Spain; March 2324 • Oliveira do Hospital. Portugal; April 20-21 - Kalavrita, Greece; May 11-12 Gelles, France; May 18-19 - Bergamo, Italy; June 8-9 - Mikkeli, Finland; June 15-16 - Norrkoeping, Sweden. The Team Elves Buell RR1000, ridden by Richard Nallin, established two new class records at the Bonneville Salt Flats, September 21-24, according to a release from the team. Nailing went 158.245 on the APS-PG (altered, partially streamlined, pushrod, gasoline) bike, The Malcolm Smith No Wimps Dual Sport Ride will be held on November 11 on a course laid out by Smith himself. The ride starts at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, Cali- and then went 180.823 on the MPS-PF (modified, partially streamlined, pushrod, fueD bike. l..J o o • o r L r CCM's Quest for Power Britain's CCM is known to have been searching for some time for an alternative source of engines to replace the venerable (and heavy, and bulky) air-cooled sohI' Rotax four-valve units powering the 1000 off-road and supermoto singles which the Blackburn-based offroad specialist - one of whose din!ct:ors is Carl Fogarty's wife, Michaela (the Fogarty fami· Iy lives locally, and Foggy WllS supposed to race a CCM in the prestigious Mettet Supermoto race In Belgium on October 14 before breaking a leg aboard It In training) claims to have been built in the 2001 model year by the firm's 50-strong workforce. But 80 percent of the company's production is now targeted solely at road use. say company insiders, with the tarmac-only R30 Supermoto selling especially strongly - Chris Walker's celebration of a comeback contract to race the works Kawasaki in World Superbike next season by finishing sixth on a CCM In a large, quality Supermotard field at Mettet, will give an added boost to demand! This puts added pressure on CCM boss Peter Swift to come up with a family of engines worthy of fuelling the growing demand for tarmac products of the British company's customers, as well as Its existing off-road niche, en route to building production to beyond the 2000 motorcycles Swift has targeted for 2002. Discussions with Sachs have certainly taken place about this. With a suitable range of engines unlikely to be available from the German concern before 2005, however, it's more likely that CCM will follow in Sachs' tire tracks by cementing the oft-conjectured alliance with Suzuki to obtain engines from the Japanese concern which has of late become engine suppliers to the world. Suzuki's benchmark DR-Z400 power unit is presumably top of the British company's shopping list. In that event, a V-twin CCM tarmac trallie powered by Suzuki's TL1000 engine might be on the agenda, too - especially as the prototype for just such a bike was already created three years ago with the same Folan engine later used by Sachs for the Beast - also albeit only in prototype form. 8 C L l , -. A, l:annDndale XqqDS D, KTM Si!DSX G, Yamaha YZqi!6F NOVEMBER 14,2001 • cue I • n e _ 50 surf aerialist Christian Fletcher, Team Honda MX manager Erik Kehoe, big wave surfer Broc little, British Mountain Bike Champion Steve Peat, freestyle and past and present MX stars Emesto Remember the name Sue Fish? Well, Fonseca, Mike Kiedrowski, Broc Glover, the former motocrosser has taken to the pavement and has been competing in Micky Dymond, Jeff Emig and Steve Mike Bell, Ron Lechien, David Bailey, various road-racing classes at Willow Lamson. The three-day event is open to Springs in Rosamond, California. "I'm the public with three-day spectator tick- just digging it," Fish said. "It's blowing ets available for $25. For information about entering any of the races, call 661/263-8722, or check out the event's my skirt up. - Fish last raced motocross in 1985 and was a downhill mountain bike racer until 1994. Shoulder replacement surgery forced her out of that sport - and into road racing. "I started riding a streetbike, went to Keith Code's Web site at www.adayinthedirt.com. Road racer Tom Kipp has signed to ride in the AMA Formula Xtreme and school and soon was dragging a knee," Fish said. "It's completely different from 600cc Supersport Series for Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki in 2002, accord- motocross. but I'm digging it." ing to a press release issued today by team owner John Ulrich. Kipp joins Josh Hayes on the team. "I'm excited," said Seven-time Supercross Champion Jeremy McGrath will be among many of the stars of Supercross and motocross. as well as stuntmen, stuntwomen, movie producers and directors, musicians, actors, I?rofessional extremesports athletes and auto racers, who are scheduled to participate in the fourth annual A Day in the Dirt Weekend Extravaganza at Los Angeles County Raceway in Palmdale, California, November 23-25. The event, presented by director James Cameron, Troy Lee Designs and profeSSional Hollywood stuntmen Kenny Alexander and Jimmy Roberts, and sponsored by Weider Publications, BC Ethic, Universal Studio Production Services and N-Style, will again feature tons of motocross racing, including Vintage, Mini, GP, Women's, and the Moto-A-Gogo Prol Am GP and Stunt/Celebrity GP Team Races. Some Kipp in the release. "It's a great opportunity to work with Suzuki again. Over the years I've had the opportunity to work with a lot of great mechanics and great crew chiefs, and I've always had a deep respect for Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki Crew Chief Keith Perry and now I've got an opportunity to work with him. I think it's going to be fantastic. The thing that stands out in my mind is that these guys have momentum from last year and have been building momentum up for several years. They have a very strong team with a strong presence, and that's real good. - Kipp will begin testing with the team at Homestead-Miami Speedway on December 7-9, during a CCS race weekend, the release states. "We're looking forward to going down of the confirmed participants for this to Homestead and testing with Tom [Kippl," said Perry in the press release. "We're excited. Any time you have a year's event include, McGrath, six-time chance to work with a rider like Tom Snowboarding Champion Shaun Palmer, 125cc National MX Champion Mike Brown, CART driver Paul Tracy, CART who has done the things Tom has done and has the capabilities to win a race Champion Jimmy Vasser, IRL racer and former SX and MX Champion Jeff Ward, about that. I" m looking forward to workeN ing with him, too." every time out. you have to be excited