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Happenings In Motorcycling
Over 500 visitors - some from as far away as Japan - attended the aU-day 11th annual
open house and fund raiser at the Dan Rouit Flat Track Museum in Clovis, Califomia, on
May 19. The 3000-square-foot museum is a veritable shrine to the sport of dirt-track racing, housing a'n incredibly
edectic collection of motorcycles and memorabilia from all
eras of the sport's history. The
museum is the brainchild of
curator Rouit, 44, a former Pro
Novice flat tracker who was
paralyzed in a rock-climbing
accident in 1978. The museum
survives through the donations
of dirt-track fans. The museum, which is the only one of its
kind in the world. can be visited by making an appointment.
For more information, contact
Dan Rouit's Flat Track Museum, 559/291-2242, or email
Dan Rouit at
bunchesmukie@aol.com.
An enthusiastic group of 750 motorcyclists raised $169,348 - a 22-percent increase over
2001 - at the Ride for Kids, Sunday, May 19, in Torrance, California. The chilly morning
air did little to dampen the spirits of Southern
California's hearty riders, whose record-breaking
efforts will fund the research and family support
programs of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States.
Fourteen young brain-tumor survivors
enchanted the riders with their poise and humor.
Two PBTFUS scholarship recipients, Michelle
Higa and Samantha Fender (pictured), spoke to
the riders and thanked the Foundation for the
opportunity to further their educations. Higa told
the group that each day she lists five blessings
and on this day she counted her long friendship
with the motorcyclists as one of them.
The next Ride for Kids event will be held on
June 2 in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information
about Ride for Kids and the PBTFUS, call
800/253-6530 or visit: www.ride4kids.org or
www.pbtfus.org online.
Aprilia factory MotoGP
star Regis Laconi visited
the Automobile Museum
of Le Mans prior to
French Grand Prix and
had the opportunity to sit
in a 1929 Bugatti Torpedo Type 40 race car. The
Le Mans circuit is named
after Ettore Bugatti.
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