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.... ._:-1.1'1 . . . ... ..,.......• • .... ~ - Happenings In Motorcycling Charlie's An els II Oliver Gets Dirt Several of the sport's top names have been helping out with filming for Charlie's Angels II, the sequel to the popular Charlie's Angels movie that starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Uu in 2000. Producers have constructed a portion of a supercross track in San Pedro, Califomia, and have begun the supercross action that will be featured in the film. Although they only need eight minutes of footage, the shoot is slated to last for three weeks. Multi-time AMA 250cc Grand Prix champion Rich Oliver recently made his National dirt track debut when he competed in the Formula USA Sacramento Mile on September 15. Oliver barely made the cut from practice and he ended up qualifying 49th out of the 62rider field. And he even crashed. Oliver snuck into the field of 48 when .. rider scratched. He then finished 14th in his heat before finishing 16th in his sernJ and not making the main event. "I really want to thank Bob Hill and Mearl Bamett for their sponsorship, as well as Gary and Pat from Wilson's in Fresno," Oliver said later. "Also thanks to Clear Channel Entertainment, A [, A racing, Buchanan's, VP fuel, Afam, Shoei, Kushitiani, Undemann Engineering and my mechanic Robert Ward. Terry Poovey helped me figure out my speed wobble problems and Jennifer Snyder even took time out to say hi. It was cool to be out there, I had a great time, but I've got to get more seat time and a bit more power to get further up in the field. By the end of the semi, I was getting off tum two a lot better, but I just ran out of time to get much faster anywhere else." By ALAN CATHCART • • Mondial: No Nuda, but Vor? One Wan troph)'-l'IVIlque manuflildurer that'll be postponing the introduction of Its Naked bike Is'MondiaI. whoee Honda SP-2 engIned Nuda is already de8igned but has been put blI<:k one ,.... - 'congeiIIa.' accOIdIng to CllIIII*'Y owner Roberto ZlIeai, 01' stored in the r.--! 'DIIs bas been cble in f8vor of CGiCti..atlalQ on production of the PIega Superblke now In poduetiuh, That _ the l"IucIa's debut wiI be defwn'ed to MlIan 2003 Instead of Intermot '02 - . . expect ZIIIIlf to IIIb steps 10 upend his harmxls befoIe ltIen by a<:quIrIng italian To Cllst your vote, log on to _--_Ihllp:/ /'It c ews.ca,....... __ 6 OCTOBER 2, 2002' c U a • • n __ !IS dlrtblke specialist VOl, with which he's cUlTel'ltly in takeover talks and whose Ronco BrlantInu factory northeast of Milan Is located Just a few clicks from Mondlal's new Monza llSIeI'T\bly plant. In this case, the <:Ul'nlnt range of VOl singles powered by the company's own gear-drive ohc four-valve engine wID be relabelled as Mondlals, and factory-supported entries for the World Superrnoto and MX series may be expected to follow under the Mondial narne - categories where Vor is a1ready a regular top-10 contender. The likely purchase wlII aJIow MondiaJ to expend Its range to Jnclude a smaU-but-exclusive handbulJt dlrtbike segment, as well as encIng the Aureli farnJly's involvement In the motorcycle industry stretching beck more than a decade. They previously owned BIrnota, as a useful tax loss for the family's muItl-bi11Ion lire woodworking machinery empire wtIic:h acquired Its sma1Jer Murbiclelli rival five years ago, llDd wIlh it the righls to the VB Morbictelll muIlOI cycle which has been equally 'congeIata' ever since then. Don't rule out MondIaI a<:quirIng the rights to the VB motorcycle design, and aD the tooling. as pert of its takeover of Vor from the AureIIs. tbuugh....