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..J L AMCA members. Children under 12 are r L based on engine design, and urged the CR250R or CRF450R. Essentially, you admitted free when accompanied by an adult. For more information, call EPA to allow manufacturers every become a factory rider for the week. You don't load your bike, you don't opportunity to meet a performance- campus of the AMA in Pickerington, Ohio; in the on-line gift shop at www.AMADirectlink.com; by calling the based standard through research and wash your bike, and best of all, you AMA at 614/856-1900, extension 1272; development. 614/856-1900. don't even have to clean any air filters. or through local bookstores. All you do is ride and have fun," a press At a public hearing recently in Virginia, C C Ed Moreland, vice president of govern- According to Formula USA's Bill Syfan, release from MX Escape said. The Pro Stock Bike racer C.J. Smith sur- ment relations for the AMA, presented seven-day adventure also includes a vived a grizzly bear attack on September n The new regulations, contained in the r on the Control of Emissions from Non- F-USA will likely announce its roadracing schedule in the next two weeks. "We're close, really close," Syfan said. "We've just got to get the budget set and a few other things. " Syfan said that Formula USA is expecting to have between eight and 10 rounds road Large Spark Ignition Engines and on its schedule - a schedule that will tyn, and then possibily ride with some of bones were broken. Doctors have Recreational Engines," could signal the likely include New Hampshire Interna- the greatest racers in the world. For more end of two-stroke off-highway motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) by tional Speedway, a track that was replaced a baseball-sized piece of skin torn from his scalp with a skin graft from dropped from next year's AMA Super- information contact, 909/261 -1649 or visit the Web site at www.mxescape.com. 2006, according to the AMA. The EPA bike Series schedule. has proposed national emissions standards covering off-highway motorcycles Former AMA 250cc National and three- and ATVs only slightly less stringent time World Champion Greg Albertyn than the restrictive requirements now in has come up with a new adventure com- the association's position on regulations LJ proposed last month by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). LJ EPA's" Notice of Proposed Rulemaking c behind-the-scenes tour of Southern Cali- 23 while hunting elk with friends near fornia hotspots like Pro Circuit's race Moran Junction in Grand Teton National shop, Troy Lee Designs, private super- Park in Wyoming, according to the cross test tracks, and much more. Partici- NHRA Web site. Smith was bitten on his pants will also have an opportunity to meet famous riders, hang out with Alber- right arm, shoulders, back, leg and buttock and extensively on his head, but no his thigh. "It could have been a lot worse," said Smith. who was released The Motorcycle Hall of Fame from Regions Hospital in St. Paul here place in California. Currently, there are pany, MX Escape. MX Escape will pro- Museum has announced the publication of "A Century of Indian," the official catalog of the Museum's newest and most ambitious exhibit, "A Century of climbed a small hill after passing another no national emissions standards govern- vide customers with the ability to travel Indian, presented by Progressive Motor- group of hunters that apparently startled ing off-road motorcycles and ATVs. "We to California to see an AMA Supercross, cycle Insurance." The 172-page hard- the bear and her cub, sending them believe that the EPA's analysis of recre- National Motocross or another major bound book explores Indian's place in toward Smith, who told the Minneapolis- ational off-highway vehicles' contribution to air pollution is overstated," said event, and be able to ride while they are American motorcycling - from the com- St. Paul Tribune that he saw the cub run there. According to Albertyn's company, pany's success in the early 20th century by, followed by the appearance of a larg- Moreland. "The four-stroke engine the goal is to give fans, of all skill levels, to its demise in the mid-1950s. Author er bear about 15 yards away. "I was just shouldn't be the only path to reducing the experience of a lifetime and try cool machinery at places like Glen Helen. Ed Youngblood, also the exhibit's curator, brings the heralded brand's history in the wrong place at the wrong time," emissions, and AMA opposes any regulations that would end the availability of to life with vivid accounts of visionary teeth and the fangs, and the wide-open he had been since the day after the attack after being flown from a Wyoming hospital, in the NHRA story. Smith had said Smith." I just remember seeing the two-stroke motorcycles and ATVs." In "Imagine riding a replica of Jeremy McGrath's YZ250, Travis Pastrana's businessmen, intrepid racers, and ordi- mouth." Smith says that he yelled at the his testimony, Moreland commended the RM250, Team Pro Circuit's champi- nary riders. "A Century of Indian" is bear, trying to scare it away, but the EPA's proposal of a performance-based emissions standard, rather than one onship-winning KX125, Yamaha of Troy's YZ250F, or a modified Honda available for $39.95 at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, located on the bear covered the ground between them and knocked him to the ground; his rifle o o o c c .......••.•.•.........•.•........••.••.........•.•.....................•...........•................•......•.••.•........••........... t c [ t c C G D o fetal position and the bear" began chewing on me. I swear to God, it felt like it was just crunched ... like a pop can being crushed," he said. "That's when I thought I was done." After the bear ceased its attack, Smith reloaded his rifle and then used a walkie-talkie to call DONATED: The service education department of American Honda Motor Corporation has donated eight new motorcycles to the HanTech division of the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute in Phoenix. Arizona. according to MMI. RESIGNED: Kerry Bryant. from the position of director of operations for White Brothers, to pursue other interests in the motorcycle industry, effective immediately. For more information, call 714/282-9032. FORMED: Ride Engineering, at 8195 Eastport Dr., Huntington Beach, CA 92646, by former Yamaha product manager Adrian Ciomo. For more information, see Ride Engineering's website at: http://www.rideengineering.com. ACCEPTING: Rock Oil USA is currently accepting racer resumes for the 2002 racing season. Resumes can be sent to Rock Oil USA. P.O. Box 3235, Saratoga, CA 95070. BORN: Logan William Spumpin, to Greg Spumpin and his wife, Tammy in Grea1 Barrington, Massachusetts, on August 16; Zachary Alexander Weaver, to Tim Weaver and his wife, Kristen, in Hudson, New York, on August 28. Both are the grandchildren of Bultaco Motorcycles' Hugh and Barbara Weaver. OPENED: European Motorcycie Accessories, 4749 Bennett Dr., Suite A. Livermore, CA 94550. EMA is the factory authorized importer of PVM products. For more information, call 925/454-0649. ACCEPTING: Vortex Racing is currently accepting racer resumes for the 2002 racing season. Resumes can be sent to Vortex Racing. 36181 East Lake Rd., Suite 132, Palm Harbor, FL 34685. NAMED: Jan Plessner, as manager of Discover Today's AII·Terrain Vehicle program, effective immediately. For more information, call 949/727·3727. 6 NOVEMBER 14,2001 • cue •• n e _ Roy for help, and m~e the 20-minute drive to a local hosPlal. Park officials confirmed that the bear was a griz~ly by studying its tracks. Sntlth, 40, is expected to make a full recov.ery. After 12 years with Kawasaki and a sea- HIRED: Luke Dawson to the position of marketing coordinator for Yamaha Motor Corporation U.SA., effective immediately. son with Yamaha, Remy van Rees will switch to KTM in 2002, according to a release from his team. The Dutchman will race for Vos Racing, a team-man- ACCEPTING: American Performance Engineering CAPEl is currently accepting resumes for the 2002 road racing season. Resumes can be sent to Team APE Road Racing. Box 6998, Burbank, CA 91510. Vos. Van Rees will compete in the ACCEPTING: Race Tools is currently accepting racer resumes for and will race 250/500cc in the Dutch the 2002 racing season. Resumes can be sent to Race Tools Inc., c/o Jay Sheldon - race support coordinator, 3910 Buffalo Rd., Rochester, NY 14624. Open Series. aged by his brother-in-law Hendrik Jan 125cc World Championship next season ACCEPTING: Independent Racing Suspension is currently accepting racer resumes for the 2002 racing season. Resumes can be sent to Independent Race Shop, 835 Capitolio Way, #6. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. · · · · · · . .....•.......•................•..•..•.........•........•.•......•...•...•..........•..•......•............••..........•••..••......... 8 o discharging in the fall. He curled into a BORN: Annika Grace Rogers, to Performance Northwest Distributing's Eric Rogers and his wife, Jennifer, on October 24 in Silverton, Oregon. s The Edison Dye Life Time Achieve- ment Awards will become permanent at Glen Helen Raceway, according to Glen Helen. The Edison Dye Life Time Achievement Award has been given out the last three years at the White Brothers World Vet MX. This award was first given to, and named after, Edison Dye - - - - - - - Continued on page 110