Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

;= L The final round of the AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championsh ip. scheduled to be held at Kenworthy 's Motocross Park in Troy , Ohio. on September 6-7. has been cancelled due to heavy rains and flooding in the area, according to AMA Pro Racing. The event will not be rescheduled. and thus the champio nship is now comp lete. Champ ionship standings will be determ ined by points earned through round 11 at Steel City Raceway in Delmont, Pennsylvania. Team Honda's Ricky Carmichael has been crowned the 250cc-c1ass champion, and Red Bull/ KTM's Grant Langston is the 125cc champion. Ironically, the Kenworthy round was originally scheduled for Jul y 12-13 and had to be rescheduled for September due to rains and flooding that damaged the facility at that time. Owner Don Kenworthy and his crew worked hard to get the facility back in shape. This latest storm. and resulting cancellation. adds an unfortunate twist to the situation . AMA Pro Racing 's Duke Finch said the decision to end the series under these circumstances was particu larly diffi cult . ' We wish the series didn't have to end on th is not e,' said Fin ch. "We explored a second postpon ement for the Kenworth y round . but that's Just not realisti c at this time . The teams and riders are preparing for the U.S. Open, the Motocross des Nations and off-season t esting. Waiting for th e flood water s to recede and then for the facility to be restored again is Just not possible. Regrettably. we had to make this tough call." The to p 10 fi nal cha m pionsh ip standings are as follows: 250 Motocro ss fin al point s: 1. Ric k y Car mic ha el ( 5 29 ) ; 2. Kevin Windham (460 ); 3. Chad Reed (398); 4 . Tim Ferry (3 76) ; 5. Mik e LaRocco (327) : 6. David Vuill em in (283): 7. Ezra Lusk (269) ; 8. Emesto Fonseca (241) ; 9. Larry Ward (204); 10. John Dowd ( 190) . 125 Motocross final point s: I. Grant Langston (380); 2. Ryan Hughes (3 73 ); 3 . Ja mes Ste war t ( 35 0); 4 . M ike B ro wn ( 271); 5. Michael Byrne (269) ; 6. Brock Sell ards (269) ; 7. Craig Anderson (222) ; 8. Ivan Tedesco ( 193) ; 9. Kelly Smith (190); 10. Chris Gosselaar (173) P ascal Picotte (Yam) won one of the mo st spec tac ular tit le batt les in C anadian mot or ra cing h ist ory with a six t h- C C plac e fini sh in the final round o f the Part s Canada Superb ike Champ ionsh ip at Shannonville M otorsport Park on August r------------------------------------., '""\ 3 1. Pic o tte came back from an early race fa ll t o c lai m the Pa rt s C anad a crown by j us t five point s over Steve Crevier . 308-30 3 . C rev ier (S uz) f in ished second in Sunday' s race . Francis Martin ( S uz) end ed up t h ir d in t h e standing s wi th 299 point s after winning the race . "This is pretty emotional." the 33 -y e ar-o ld Pic o tt e s aid o f h is f ir st C an ad ian Superbi ke c rown . " When I stopped in th e inf ield and the marshal told me I w on th e champions hip. the re we re some te ars. " Picott e came into the race wi t h a 20 -po int lead on C revier in the stan dings . But the complexion of the ti t le ba ttle cha nged co mp le te ly when Picott e fell from second on lap two of t he 14 ·lap race. He re- joined in 22 nd w '""\ spot and charged through the pack . setting th e fastes t lap o f th e ra ce . a 1:45 .194 on lap eight. Crevi er led t he race fr om the start . wh ich w ould hav e g iv en h im th e S u p e r b i k e t i t le a ft e r Picott e's fall. But Martin passed him on lap seven . putting Picott e back in co ntrol of the championship chase. Martin co uld LJ hav e also won the c ha m p io n s h i p i f n Crevier had finished ou t of t he top thr ee and Pico tt e failed to cl im b higher than 12th after his crash. Picott e. th e newly crow ned Hindl e Exhaust Pro 60 0 Sport Bike champion co mpleted his 200 3 sea· so n in sty le by winning the final round at Shannon ville. He edged Frank Trom bino (Yam) by .9 10 o f a second . wi th Clint McBain (Suz) fini shing thir d. U o o o o o o o o n R eece B anc e ll . a 19 -year-o ld A ustral ian road rac er . w as killed in a multi - t y . a b o na f id e m o t orc y c l e ra c i n s e ries , - Rom ero said o f h i s s eri e s bike ac cident during the fin al rou nd o f " Everyt hing is improve d. from th e num ence in Green Bay. W isc onsin . Sep tember 18 -2 1 ha s been extended to S ep- be r o f events to rid er participat io n t se r ies spons o rsh ip t o th e f an ba se den t occ urred on the open ing lap o f the o o o o o o o o M e et ing of th e Minds 2003 confer- the Australian Superbike Ch ampi onship at Eastern C reek on August 31 . The inci- U tember 8 due to t ime co n si d e rati ons Ev ery t hing tha t we 'v e dreamed o f ha res ulting from two back -to-hack nati onal been acco m pl ish e d . a nd o u r rac i n action is se co nd to none . W e ran fiv final Supersport eve nt. moto rcyc li ng eve nt s he ld in A ug u st . Suzuki is to deb ut its all-new protot ype accordi ng to the MRF. The M eet ing of race s last season wh ere we did not hav RM-Z450 four-stroke in t he A ll- the M ind s is the M RF's premier leade r· a re peat w inner in any division . This i J ap an M X serie s in O c t o be r and w ill ship co nference that boas ts an audience be ing recognized as th e rea l d eal. an c o nt in u e dev el opm ent in t h e World M ot ocro ss GP class in 2004 w ith a firm co mmit ment to recl aim t he wo rld t itl e fro m ac ro ss th e nation and aro und t he w o rld . On e o f th e h igh li ght s o f t hi s we have riders co ming out of th e wo od w ork to ru n w ith us no w . " For t ic ke i n f o r m ati on , c a l l 8 05 /985 -5 4 3 3 0 w it h th e new machin e . acc o rd i ng t o year' s Meeting o f the M inds confe rence 714 /529-6054 . Suzuki. Full details of the new RM -Z450 hav e y e t t o b e revea led, but S uzuk i I pion Shawn Giles in the open ing tw o nine-lap race s . That was all he req uired be en ch arge d with a f elo ny co u nt 0 second.degree manslaughter fo motocro sse r in te rms of design, technol - year-old eked out the narro wes t of victories over teammate and def ending cham - U .S . Rep . B ill J an k lo w ( R· S .D J ha G eorg e C o at es . J ohn Paliw o da o f th e Cal iforn ia M otorcycl e Dealers A ssociation and Tom Wyld, M RF vice pre sident allege dly ca using an acc ident in which ogy and s tyling . It will b e d e s ign ed . developed and manufa ctured enti rely in- Creek Raceway on August 3 1. The 20· will be an EPA panel discu ssion includ ing D r. Radwa n S aad e o f the U .S . Sm all B u s in e s s A dm ini s tration , i nve ntor prom ises that it w ill be a majo r step for ward as Suzuki' s fl ag shi p fo u r-st ro ke Craig Coxhell (Suz) wa s crow ned as th e 2 0 03 Sh ell A d v an c e Au s trali an Superb ike Ch ampi on fo llowing t he fifth and f i nal round a t S yd ne y ' s Ea st ern '"' Th e p re reg istra t ion de ad li ne for t he Motorcycle R iders Fou nd ation ' s of government relations . There w ill also M i n ne s o t a motorcy clist wa s k ill e d be a pan el dis cu ssion regarding health repo rt s the AMA. A ccording to polic house by Suzuki. The fact ory did reveal junc tur e he led Giles by 25 po int s. As it ca re tha t will i n c l u d e D e b C r aig of repo rt s. Janklow wa s driving a Cadilia t ha t t h e all-n ew . D O HC . fo ur-v alv e . 4 4 9 c c . liquid - c oole d moto r wi l l b e to clinch the title early . beca use at that A BA TE of Colorado and Ed M oreland o f the A MA, as well as Ken Ray and Tom at speeds of 70 to 75 mph on a 55 -mp county ro ad in eastern Sout h Dako ta L.J turned out. the final Superb ike race was ho u s ed in a new -con cept aluminum Wyld of t he M RF. T ~e MRF ha s als o August 16. when he ran a stop sign an abandoned a fter a serious multi rid er acci den t in the t hird S upe rspo rt race frame . uti lizing vari ou s race and champio ns hip-w innin g technolog ie s from th e ult rasu cce ssful G SX-R developme nt pro- announced that th e keYtJote speaker for th e M eet ing o f the M iniJ.s banquet th is year w ill be U .S . C ongr'e{ sm an M ark sped into the pa th of a motorcycle rid den by Randolph Scott . 55 . o f Hardw ick G reen of Wi scon sin. For more informa tion . call 202 / 546-0983 . (l L, J brought a premature end t o proceed ings . " I can ' t be lieve I've actually won M inne so ta. S co tt wa s killed ins tantly. M o o d y C o u n ty S t ate ' s A tto rn ey Bil Elling son fil ed charges against J anklo the S u p erb i k e t itl e . " sa id C o x he ll . w hose pre vious best was second in the mot ocro ss devel opment program. Su zu- 2001 championship. " It' s been my goal si nce I sta rted road rac ing, so for it to ki claims that earl y t est s have alrea dy Flat track motorcycle racing and USAC pr ov en that th e new RM -Z450 w ill set Fo r d Focu s M id g et ra ci ng is s e t t o maximum sentence of 10 year s in prison invade the Ven tu ra Racew ay in Ve ntura. Ca lifornia . f or ro und sev e n o f Ge n e and a $ 10.000 fine. If he is fou nd guilt like to t han k S uzuk i for sup plyi ng me new s t an d a rd s i n t he v i ta l a re as o f engine perfor mance and hand li ng , but wi th such a grea t race bike - it made my the desig n and development tea ms have Rom e ro' s West Coast Fl at Track w oul d lo se his aut hor ity to vo te in the job a lo t easier." Suzu ki has now won the last fo ur A ustralian Sup erbike titl es t he 2000 t itl e on t he FIM -sp e c GSX- CJ gram . plu s new techn olog ies from th e multiple-world champi on ship w inning RM also paid spe cial att en tion to th e practi cal prior ities for riders and owners . Further det ails are promi sed ove r the co m- S e r ie s on Saturday. Sept ember 6 . The doubleheader eve nt is a first for Ventu ra Rac ew ay . wi t h two -an d fo ur -wh ee led U .S. House o f Repre sent at iv e s und e t erms o f the Ho u se Et hi c s Rule s . In addi tion. Janklow has bee n charged w ith R7 5 0 be fore t he all -c o nq uer ing G S XR 1000 s tart e d it s re ign at the to p in ing month s . but Suzuki confirm ed t hat the new RM -Z450 w ill go into pro duction in August of next year. rac ing creat ing non stop ac tio n. " Three rec kle ss dr ivin g , w hich carries a maxi- years ago. we just had a vision of wh ere mum se nte nce of one year in ja il and a $ 1000 fine ; spe ed ing; and failure to sto p o o r» LJ finally hap pen is amazing . I wo uld ju st o J '"' 2001. ;=< 2 S EPTEM BER 10, 2003' c ue I .. n e vv s Fr i d ay . w e are tod ay. but it has become a reali- T he y i n c l ude the f e lo n man slaug hter c harge. which ca rr ies of t he man slaught er c harge , J an klow

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