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o o o o On Any Sunday, but a crash the weekend before left him injured and unable to partake in the filming. GNCC Racing, a division of Racer Productions and producers of the AMA Grand National Cross Country Series. will host the first-ever GNCC Golf Tournament on Friday, June 27, the same weekend as the MSR Wisp GNCC. The event will raise money for America's Team presented by Parts Unlimited, the U.S Trophy Team at this year's International Six Days Enduro (ISDE). GNCC riders and spectators are invited to team up with America's Team members and other top GNCC racers. The $80 entry fee will go straight to the ISDE fund-raising effort, and several America's Team sponsors have chipped in donations and prizes to sweeten the pot. But unlike the ISDE itself, the GNCC Golf Tournament is not about winning. "Everyone involved with Project GNCC ISDE 2003 has been working hard, but now it's time to have some fun," said team manager Jeff Russell. "They better not get competitive, because I know all of these guys ride better than they golf!" America' s Team members scheduled to golf include GNCC Champion and America's Team Captain Rodney Smith, AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion Fred Andrews, AMA National Motocross Champion Mike Kiedrowski, AMA National Enduro Champion Mike lafferty, and Am-Pro Yamaha's Jason Raines. Other top GNCC Pro bike and ATV racers, such as GNCC series points leader Barry Hawk and six-time AMA National Enduro Champion Randy Hawkins will be playing as well. The golf game is a scramble featuring teams of four playing under a best-ball format. The event begins at 1 p.m. Parts Unlimited will host a free dinner for all golfers at 7 p.m. In addition, goifers planning on racing the MSR Wisp GNCC that weekend can sign up for the event during the dinner. The game takes place at Wisp at Deep Creek Mountain Resort. one of the region's top golf courses. The golf game is part of the MSR Wisp GNCC weekend, which includes the GNCC race on the Wisp ski slopes. ATVs race the Wisp Saturday, and motorcycles race Sunday. For more information about supporting America's Team, call The Valkyrie Rune concept bike is no longer a concept - it's a reality in aU of its over-the-top glory. Photos of the bike have been out for a well over a year, but the bike will hit dealer floors this summer. A radical bike deserves a radical engine. The 1832cc six-cylinder Gold Wing-derived motor hasn't been left untouched, it has been hot-rodded to provide more than enough power to entertain even the pickiest horsepower junkie. It features six 32mm throttle bodies in the programmed-fuel-injection system. A 6.9-liter airbox supplies air, while a six-into-two exhaust system gets rid of the spent gasses. In addition the cams are new, as is the mapping of the ignition and the fuel-injection system. Honda claims the Rune will have more torque than any other OEM production motorcycle. The wheelbase, if you didn't guess already, is the longest in Honda's lineup at 68.9 inches. The rear single-sided swingarm features Unit Pro-Unk suspension inspired by the RC211 V MotoGP bike and the current CBR600RR. The biggest brakes that have ever been fitted to a production Honda streetbike handle braking duties. The front rotors measure in at a whopping 330mm with three-piston calipers chomping down on them; out back is an even bigger 336mm disc with a twin-piston caliper. As for the styling ... all you can say is that it's definjtely radical. The bike is derived directly from Honda's T2 concept bike - one of four concepts that were shown at the 2000 60ng Beach Motorcycle Show. The overwhelming response from the consumers at that show GNCC Racing at 724/992-0680 or visit www.gnccracing.com. It's great to be fast. but only a handful of individuals in any sport ever achieve financial security as an athlete. That's one reason that a solid education is so important for any young person, and also the reason that Cycle News has prompted Honda to see if building such a bike was feasible on the assembly line. The initial answer was no. After further research, however, and the implementation of several new manufacturing and assembly techniques, Honda's R f, D department decided that they could make it work, and the rest, as they say, is history. national Raceway in just over two Gobert suffered in the Daytona crash, now 15 months ago, and that the doctors in Milwaukee. where he was taken weeks' time. "I've got no pressure from me from Yamaha; they're really understanding," Gobert said from his home Friday evening, "were misreading an old on June 12. Gobert currently sits third behind teammates Jamie Hacking and Damon Buckmaster in the Pro Honda Oils Supersport standings. "The 600 problem, a bruise. They misread it as blood," he said. "The MRI [performed in Ting's clinic] came back as clear, so there's no lingering problems, no new points are looking good. It'd be good to problems. So actually nothing's wrong established the Cycle News Fast Brain Award in 2000. The Cycle News Fast Brain Award is presented have Yamaha 1, 2, 3. I might try to qualify and finish in the top 10 in points at Brainerd. That'd be pretty tight. If not. at with my brain. Got me a little nervous there, but actually nothing's wrong." each year at the AMA Progressive Insurance Dirt Track Grand Championships to a scholar/athlete based on his academic record as well as his race performance. laguna Seca [July 10-11 J. I'll be good to go. I'll definitely be at Brainerd to give it a try." Gobert had a plate and five screws put in his left wrist. which was then put in a plaster cast. with a sixth Gobert's crash had come at the beginning of Formula Xtreme qualifying on Friday afternoon at Road America. Gobert had gone qUicker in the just- screw put in his left thumb, in an operation performed by Dr. Arthur Ting at his clinic in Fremont. California, on Monday, 2) Your full mail and email addresses June 9. The thumb was pinned because enough that the moisture was immedi- and phone number; 3) Classes you will ride in Springfield; 4) Your grade point average, verified with an official report it was found to have a stress fracture. Dr. Ting found another broken bone in the wrist, probably a remnant of Gob- ately evaporating from the track, Gobert thought. As he exited Canada Corner card or transcript. Mail or fax your application to: Cycle News, Dirt Track Fast Brain Award, 3505-M Cadillac Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626, Fax: 714/751- ert's devastating Daytona injuries in March 2002. "I re-injured it a little bit, broke a little bit more off it. He [Dr. Ting] sports Yamaha went three-quarters sideways, just enough so that the tire completed Supersport session and was on the pace to beat his time in the prior Formula Xtreme practice. A light rain had begun to fall, but the track was hot smoking the rear tire, the Graves Motor- touched the paint on the outside of the corner. "I shut off and woke up with said it would be okay. He said if it's not giving me a problem, he's not going to people standing over me asking 'What's operate on it. because it could cause your name?" he said. He thought that Yamaha's Aaron Gobert had successful surgery to repair the left wrist he more trouble" Gobert said. "It's pretty funny what you could find out." Gobert he'd highsided, but another rider said broke at Road America and may return also said reports about bleeding on the brain were inaccurate. The scan showed marks from a prior closed head injury wall. The observation made sense to Gobert, since he'd broken his left wrist . think I was holding onto the left handlebar when I hit the wall, and that's what to Supersport action at the next round on the AMA calendar, at Brainerd Inter- ............ ,. · : ,. he'd ridden the bike into the outside and bruised fingers on his left hand. "I . APPOINTED: Pro-Motion Motorsports to handle the design and pro- : did it," he said. Gobert is using a Game duction of the Maxxis U.S. Open event program. For further information. contact Tim Clark at 541/772-8150 or via e-mail at Ready stimulator. the same machine America Honda's Miguel DuHamel has tc@clarktime.com. been using since he broke his left collarMOVED: Don Emde Productions to 15 Enterprise, Suite 110. Aliso MOVED: Pro-Motion Motorsports. owned by Tim and Cindy Clark, to 4160 Tamarack Drive, Medford, OR 97504. 541/772-8150, 541/7728928 (fax), tc@c1arktime.com. CHANGED: All current and future Motorex rider support inquiries · need to be directed to: Chuck Ramage, Motorex USA, 1932 Eastman Avenue, Suite 107, Ventura, CA 93003-5766. 805/658-0900, 805/658·0910 (fax), motorexusa@juno.com. bone at Infineon Raceway in May. He'll return to Dr. Ting's for a bone stimula- Viejo. CA 92656, 949/215-4780. tion on Tuesday, June 17. Other than AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Yamaha of Troy in Dayton. Ohio, on that. his only exercise will be the recum- July 11 from 6 to 7 p.m. Team Yamaha's Tim Ferry, Chad Reed David Vuillemin, Mach 1 Yamaha's Heath Voss and Nick Wey. Yamaha of Troy's Ivan Tedesco, Brock Sellards, Josh Hansen Craig Anderson are scheduled to appear. For more information. 937/294-1577. bent bicycle. "Dr. Ting said an ordinary cue and and and call person would take five to six weeks recommended for recovery," Gobert said, adding that Ting admitted motorcycle riders are a different breed and that maybe . . I e 8 I J J J 'l To be eligible for the 2003 Cycle News Fast Brain Award, you must apply in writing no later than June 27 and include the follOWing information: 1) Your name; 6685. o o o o o o o o o o o o - - - - - - - Continued on page 120 n e _ 50 • JUNE 25, 2003 3 W '1 o o n I o n o C) I n u ] J , ...J J ] '\ J " J J n u o 1 ~ '1 LJ " LJ