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Ryan Hughes (KTM) finished 1-1 to
third twice, with Daniel Stauffer
states. However, it is still too early to
be on the team and riding the Suzuki
take the overall win in the Open Pro
motocross class at the White Brothers
(Yam) finishing third in the other race.
After one round of the series, Curtain
Four-Stroke World IT & MX Championship at Glen Helen Raceway in San
Bernardino, California, on April 13,
Doug Dubach (Yam) went 3-3 to finish second overall. Craig Decker
(Yam) went 2-4 to finish third overall.
leads Coxhell, 76-60.
say exactly when the 2002 250cc World
Champion will return to competitive
action. Abe, a former GP regular who
GSX-R600. Hopefully I can win some
races and show them they made the
right decision to hire me." Originally
finished sixth in the 2002 Championship, had been due to compete in the
from Kurri Kurri. New South Wales in
Australia, 23-year-old Stauffer currently
lives in Oceanside, California. Before
coming stateSide, he successfully campaigned Australia's national Superbike
and Formula Xtreme series. Prior to that
he captured a number of regional and
national dirt-track titles. Most recently,
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In this issue's coverage of the World
Motocross Championship from Holland,
Stefan Everts is critical of World
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Champion Mickael Pichon. The two
came together in the race, with Pichon's
footpeg ripping spokes out of Everts'
wheel. On Monday, April 14, however,
Defending NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle
Champion Angelle Savoie (Suz)
remained perfect after two rounds of
series action. The Louisianan downed
Craig Treble (Suz) in the final round
to win the NHRA O'Reilly Springnation-
Everts issued a press release recanting
his words from the previous day.
"When the GP was over, I made some
statements to the press which I regret.
after having looked at the video pictures," Everts said. "It wasn't the fault
als at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas, on April 13. Savoie
of Pichon when the footrest of his bike
got into my front wheel. It was completely my fault. Pichon had already
passed me, but at that particular
moment, when our battle reached a climax, I got a wrong impression of the situation. Mickael Pichon was very strong,
and his victory was well deserved."
strapped a holeshot on Treble and pulled
away, crossing the line with a
7.138/188.89 to Treble's losing
7.146/188.20.
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Germany's Jurgen Kunzel (KTM)
picked up where he left off at the end of
last season by winning the GP of the
Mediterranean in Marseille, France, on
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Newly crowned AMA 125cc Western
April 13. The race was the series opener
for the FIM World Supermoto Championship. France's Stephane Blot (Yam)
was second. Italy's Max Manzo (Ver)
was third.
Regional Supercross Champion James
Stewart will make his national television talk show debut on Wednesday,
April 16, when he appears on ABC's late
night program, "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
Stewart will visit with the show's host
and namesake, Jimmy Kimmel, along
with reigning Supercross Champion
Ricky Carmichael. The two will be
interviewed by Kimmel and co-host
Deion Sanders prior to giving the view-
The Castrol Suzuki team of Brian
Morrison, Phillipe Dobe and P. Vincent
completed 817 laps of the Le Mans circuit in France to win the 24 Hours of Le
Mans, April 12-13. A second Castro I
Suzuki team consisting of Jean-Michel
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Bayle, Sebastien Gimbert and M. Dussauge finished second, two laps behind.
ers a demonstration on a scaled-down
Supercross track that will be built in a
side parking lot. Clear Channel and its
track bUilding crew from DirtWurx will
construct the track, which will consist of
one triple jump, a rhythm section and a
set of whoops.
Marc Freixa (Mon) won both days of
the Ettelbruck, Luxembourg round of the
World Trials Championship, April 12-13;
the 23-year-old won his first-ever outdoor world round. Freixa beat Dougie
Lampkin (Mon) on both days, with
Graham Jarvis and Kenichi
Kuroyama