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After numerous riders nquired about additional rounds to make p for the cancelations we were glad ive the riders another regional pointsaying event at the Mid-Atlantic region's ome track. After some debate, all paries involved agreed that the inclusion of CS activity would be beneficial to all, nd now it is a reality. I cannot tell you how happy we are to be included in the Summit Point Cyclefest for 2002, it is sure to make for one memorable weekend," says Kevin Elliott, CCS manager. For ticket information, visit www.formulausa.com, or call 800/216-7482. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster.com. According to sources in Australia, Liam Magee, the nephew of former 500cc Grand Prix and AMA racer Kevin Magee, was killed on April 27 after a crash during qualifying for the Australian Superbike Series round at the Mallala circuit in South Australia. Liam Magee was 19 years old. The British-based Telefonica MoviStar Suzuki team has invited Prince William to attend the 2002 British Motorcycle Grand Prix at Donington Park on July 14th as its special VIP guest. The team has reacted to news that Prince William has just passed his Compulsory Basic Training and is interested in motorcycles by offering him a ringside seat with one of the most successful teams in the history of bike racing at his home Grand Prix. Based in Edenbridge, Kent, the 20-man '" u fJJ[?D@[JlJi)®f?@ I!A!ltlfJDfB r!l!l@[?O@ @fJD@C!!J[?@fJD@@ !XJ®C!!JfJD@ The QB Phase One Suzuki GSX-RlOOO team of Californian Jason Pridmore and Brit Mike Edwards won the opening round of the World Endurance Championship - the Motosprint 200 Miglia di Imola • in lmola. Italy. on April 26_ "I am overwhelmed to win an FIM race," Pridmore said. "Getting through the traffic wasn't as difficult as I expected and the team and bikes worked very well." As if Pridmore being part of the winning team wasn't enough, strong Telefonica MoviStar Suzuki squad can trace its roots back more than 25 years to the time when Londoner Barry Sheene won his world titles on its machinery. More recently, the team won the 2000 World Championship with American Kenny Roberts Jr, who is still riding for it alongside Spanish race-winner Sete Gibemau. In total, the team has won five riders titles and seven constructors championships. "We are delighted to make this offer to Prince William to come and enjoy the hospitality of our team at the British Grand Prix," team manager Garry Taylor said, "We have always taken pride in being a British team and it would be a great honor to have the Prince as our very special guest. In the past, it was a great honor to have Princess Ann visit us at the racetrack. If William is interested in motorcycling, then the thrill of meeting the world's best riders and haVing a close-up inspection of our multi-million pound race machines will hopefully be interesting to him. We have sent an invite to the Prince and are waiting with our fingers crossed. " Steve Whitelock, the FIM technical delegate for the World Superbike Championship, called on April 24 to tell us that our report from the Sugo round of the World Superbike Series that ran in last week's Cycle News (Briefly.... page 23, Issue #17) regarding him getting ousted by the FIM is untrue. "I haven't heard anything about it,· Whitelock said. "I didn't receive any letter and I don't know where it [the reportl came from. As far as I know, things are normal. I have travel plans for the next two races and I haven't heard anything that would lead me to believe that things aren't okay. I went to Sugo and did my work. From the last discussions I had with the FIM and Flammini, everybody loves me. - AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Fairfieid Cycle Center in Fairfield, Califomia, on May 5 from 5 to 6 p.m. Team Blimpie's Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin, Aaron Yates and Jamie Hacking and 1962 500cc World Motocross Champion Brad Lackey are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 707/432-1660. LJ second place went to the all-American pairing of Michael Barnes and Mike Ciccotto on the Hervan Verboven Suzuki GSX-R750. with the Zongshen team of Bruno Bonhuil and Igor Jerman finishing third overall Barnes and Ciccotto had given their Belgian-based team its best finish in four years. In winning the race, Pridmore and Edwards completed 66 laps of the Monza circuit. topping Barnes and Ciccotto by 22.436 seconds. Speaking of the FIM, the world sanctioning body has announced two changes to the SuperMoto World Championship schedule, with the Dutch round of the series being moved to August 2 instead of July 28. Additionally, the round scheduled for France on September 22 will now take place on the circuit of Toulouse-Muret, according to the FIM. For those who didn't know it, the FIM has a SuperMoto World Championship round scheduled for November 3 in Bakersfield. California, though the release lists the site as Bakersfield, San Diego, California. Team Muzzy has announced that Steve Johnson (not to be confused with NHRA Pro Stock Bike racer Steve Johnson) has rejoined Rob Muzzy Racing as crew chief for the Team Muzzy Drag Racing Team. He will be working with Rickey Gadson and Ryan Schnitz at the ProStar races and will also work on the Muzzy Pro Stock Motorcycle development team. According to a release issued by the team, Johnson may be the most experienced crew chief in motorcy· c1e racing, haVing worked on everything from 125cc motocross to 500cc GP and World Superbikes. The list of championship riders and varied venues he has worked with is impressive to say the least. He started his career in the '60s as a drag-racing teenager, went to work at Kawasaki in 1969, and by 1971 had won his first World Championship with the legendary Phil Read in 250cc GP From there, he was into Motocross, working with the likes of Lackey, Weinert, Semics and Ward. Back to road racing, and Steve was Eddie Lawson's mechanic in '80, '81 and '82, and Wayne Rainey's in '83. After a stint as a manager at Kerker, in 1990 Steve joined the Vance & Hines team, winning his first Daytona with Dave Sadowski as well as a 600cc Supersport Championship. " Ii U . AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Desert Motorsports in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Friday, May 3 from 7 to 6 p.m. Team Chevy Trucks • Kawasaki's Ezra Lusk, Stephane Roncada and James Stewart Jr. and Team Pro Circuit/Kawasaki/Chevy Trucks' Mike Brown are scheduled to appear. For more information. call 7021795-7012. • RESIGNED: Brian Cornelius from K&N, effective April 30. For more information, call 909/678-0919. . . .......................•.............................................................................................................. au . . . . Additional Daytona wins include those of Eddie Lawson (1993) with the Vance & Hines team, and after joining Rob Muzzy Racing, Scott Russell's wins in '94 and '95. Johnson was team manager for the Muzzy Kawasaki World Superbike team from 1994 through 1996, and won the AMA Superbike championship with Doug Chandler in 1997. He continued to manage the Muzzy team until the Muzzy/Kawasaki road racing team was disbanded in 1999. At that time, he left for North Carolina and an administrative position with the Winston Cup and Busch racing team of PPI Motorsports, where he worked with drivers Scott Pruett and Rickey Craven. The vagaries of racing found Johnson available and, after attending a couple of drag races as a guest, he decided to rejoin Muzzy in the pursuit of still more championships to add to his total of 12. Johnson says of his return to Team Muzzy: "I'm very excited about getting back into drag racing. like so many of us, drag racing was my first introduction to racing. It offers quite a challenge and I'm sure will call on all my skills as a manager and tuner." AMA Pro Racing has sent out a second reminder telling their racers that new AMA Pro Racing logos must be in place on their bikes and leathers by the May 30-June 2 round at Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain, Colorado. AMA Pro Racing, meanwhile, still hasn't sent out any press releases regarding the appeal-board meeting to decide the fate of Damon Buckmaster's Yamaha R7 /R 1 Formula Xtreme bike, nor was there ever a press release regarding the illegal modifications done to Ben Spies' Attack Suzuki that led to him losing his points from the California Speedway round of the Superstock Championship. There is, however, a reminder in the latest bulletin "that, in addition to the original limit of 65 rider entries per class, pre-entries will be accepted only from riders that currently have points or were in the top 20 from the 2001 season in the same class or classes that they wish to enter at laguna Seca. Pre-entries will be accepted until June 14 and no post entries will be taken at the event. - Pier-Francesco Chili is quickly recovering following surgery to repair the broken left collarbone he suffered in his Kyalami crash in round two of the World Superbike Championship. 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