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n U o J aigned by current Supersport rider (and ecently crowned champion) Karl Harris nd another top-level rider - if Suzuki an entice a proven championship conender to join the Crescent Suzuki team. J French rider David Vuillemin dominated the Bercy Supercross, taking victory in the three-night event in Paris France, November 8-11, Not once was the defending King of Bercy beaten, and it was a perfonmance that stamps him as possibly the greatest Bercy champion ever. With the win, the Frenchman took his third King of Bercy title. Second place went to legend Jeremy McGrath, with another American, Nick Wey, finishing third overall. Australian Chad Reed, 19, looked a sure bet to finish on the podium in Bercy until he crashed while leading one of the fmals on Sunday, ending his night. For Reed, it was a mixed weekend. He finished second overall on the first night, leading home McGrath on two occasions. Reed then finished fourth on Saturday and clocked the quickest times of the weekend around the tight Bercy track. The final night, however. dropped him out of the results. as he crashed, breaking a bone in his jaw. Despite tiredness and a collision with a lapped rider in the first main of the third and last night. Vuillemin once again dominated in Bercy. With a mid-pack start (in the first final) or a holeshot (in the second final), he won the races with the full support of the fans.. The atmosphere was incredible in the first final; when VuiJIemin lost the lead following a collision with a lapper, McGrath took the lead, but Vuillemin came back to the retake the lead and the win! Second on this third night and second overall, McGrath was the strongest rival for Vuillemin, as Reed missed this last day. He was leading the first final, but he crashed and broke a bone with his foot peg. Stephane Roncada and Nick Wey shared the third step of the teve Martin, the DFX Ducati team's xisting World Superbike rider, proved o be faster than his new teammate lessandro Antonello during recent irelli tests at Valencia in Spain, setting time which would have put him on the econd row in last year's race. The talo/German tire manufacturer has now oubled its World Superbike rider quoient by including former Aprilia developent rider Antonello. Pirelli now also acks eight Supersport teams, including he Ten Kate official and satellite team, ucati Dienza and DFX Ducati teams. he British Superbike Series orgaizers claim to have had an overwhelmng number of entries for the all-new ritish Superbike Championship, which oes to 1000cc rules next season. ome of the bigger teams will be runing not only their own riders, but proiding machinery for satellite teams hich will source their own riders and sponsorship. There are expected to be half a dozen Yamahas in amongst the herds of Suzuki GSX-R1 OOOs. the upcoming CMRC Quebec Canadian National Ice Racing Championship season," Picotte said in the release issued by the team. "I am pretty confident that I can put the number-one plates on my KTMs at the end of the year. " KTM Canada, along with Excel Moto Sport Quebec, BMGsports.com, and Joe Rocket, have announced the formation of its CMRC Quebec Canadian National Ice Racing Team for the upcoming 2002 racing season. The team will be led by road racer Pascal Picotte with Canadian dirt tracker Dominic Beaulac filling the second-rider role. Both riders will compete in the 250cc Open Pro, and the Four-Stroke Open Pro classes. "I am very excited about Motocrosser Shane Kelly, 18, was killed on November 10 at Perris Raceway in Perris, California, after losing control of his motorcycle over a small jump. Kelly, who was testing for the upcoming Mini Olympics at the time of the accident, is survived by his mother, sister and niece. A fund for the Kelly family has been established and donations can be send to: Shane Kelly Fund, c/o Perris Raceway, 1205 Burton Rd .. Perris, CA 92570. Perris has also · · · · · · · ............................ " ,. " • 6. podium, but the overall was in favor of Wey. as Roncada had retired in one main on Saturday. In the 125cc class, Srock Sellards finally won the title of Prince of Sercy despite a second win for Ivan Tedesco on the final night. Tedesco finished second overall, beating Rodrlg Thain. Geoff Meyer Silent Sport Inc.. 391 0 Buffalo Rd.. Rochester, NY 14624. ANNOUNCED: A David Bailey Motocross School at Carlsbad Raceway in Carlsbad. California. on Wednesday. November 28. The school announced that it will hold a raffle and a 50/50 Pro race to benefit the Kelly family during its races on November 18. Tickets will go on sale Sunday morning at the races. Those who would like to donate items to the raffle can do so by calling Donna Edwards at 909/6577441. Husqvarna USA's team rider Elin Mann will attend the A Day in the Dirt 2001 event in Palmdale, California. Mann is currently the defending Swedish Woman's Pro Champion, is ranked as the fourth WML International Pro and has earned the WML National Pro numbersix position overall during the AMAIBelRay WML MX Championship Series, which concluded on September 2. . . . . . BORN: Giana Nicole Alepa, to John Alepa and his wife, Lynda, on . • . ,. October 23. Alepa is a member of the Motocross nominating committee of the American Motorcycle Hall of Fame and a long time District 6 CORRECTION: The photographer for the cover photos on last week's issue was Tyler Maddox, not Michael Demaree, as we incorrectly indicated. RE-SIGNED: Sidi, as the officiai casual-shoe sponsor for Team Suzuki Off Road. Sidi will handle footwear needs for team officiais throughout the 2002 GNCC and WORCS series. In addition, team rider Steve Hatch will once again wear Sidi boots. is scheduied to start at g a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Lunch will be provided. The enrollment fee is $150 per person, and the school is limited to 20 people. For more information, call 760/722-6639. CORRECTION: In our coverage of the lronman GNCC round in Issue #44, we mistakenly captioned a photo of Chuck Woodford as being Fred Andrews. ACCEPTING: NJK Leathers is currentiy accepting racer resumes for the 2002 season. Resumes can be sent to NJK, 1040 Calle Cordillera. Suite 101, San Clemente, CA 92673. SIGNED: Team Honda's Ernesto Fonseca, to wear Troy Lee Designs Speed Equipment (as well as a Shoei helmet and Alpinestars boots) during the 2002 season. OPENED: The MIC Career Center, a new interactive job-posting fea- accepting resumes for sponsorship for the 2002 racing season. , Resumes can be submitted via the internet at www.sponsorhouse.com. • MOVED: Agua Sports and Jet Ski to 1358 Pacific Coast Hwy, Harbor Ricky Carmichael is the second rider to be nominated for the 2001 AMA/Speedvision Pro Athlete of the Year Award. The 21-year-old from Havana, Florida, won both the 2001 AMA EA Sports Supercross and the AMA 250 Chevy Tnucks U.S. Motocross Championships and set a slew of new records along the way. "It's definitely a dream come tnue to be nominated again for the Athlete of the Year Award," said Carmichael, who was also nominated last year. "As a kid, I never thought I'd be counted as one of the top riders in the country. Once you start racing, you get so focused that everything happens really fast and sometimes you don't get a chance to step back and enjoy your accomplishments. It's just now sinking in that I had such a special season last year. I'm training right now trying to prepare so that I can try to do as well this coming season." Carmichael finished the motocross season by parking his 250 at Steel City and winning the final 125 round to set a new record for career wins in that class. In addition, thiS season he moved from 11th to a tie for fourth on the all-time AMA 250 Motocross wins list and is now ninth on the all-time AMA Supercross wins list. The 2001 AMAISpeedvision Pro Athlete of the Year will be announced during the 27th annual AMA Pro Racing Champions Awards Banquet on December 7, 2001, at the luxuriOUS Desert Springs Marriott Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, California. To purchase tickets to the awards banquet, contact AMA Pro Racing at 614/856-1900. Newly crowned AMA 750cc Supersport Champion Jimmy Moore will be the guest instnuctor at Arroyo Seco Motorplex in New Mexico, December 1-2. For more information, call 505/544-3440. ACCEPTING: Through December 20, Big Gun Exhaust Systems is ture of the MIC Web site. at www.mic.org. by fax at 909/948-7027 , or by mail at 8628 Utica Ave. Suite #500, Ran- • City. CA 90710,310/891·6990. cho Cucamonga, CA 91730. ·....••......... , •.•...•.•....•....................... ........••..•........•...•.............................................••.•...... The European Commission (EC) has admitted that many crash barriers are dangerous for motorcyclists follOWing a meeting held with the EC Vice-president for Transport and Energy last July, ~ cue. e o o 8 J ACCEPTING: Silent Sport Re·Pack Cartridges is currently accepting racer resumes for the 2002 racing season. Resumes can be sent to: CJ ~ o o o o motocross racer. RESIGNED: Vreeke & Associates as communications consultant for AMA Pro Racing, effective immediately. o n Continued on page 92 __ IS • NOVEMBER 21, 2001 3 J J J J J o g o ~ CJ J r-'\ -....J " J J J J J J ~ C) 8 o o o