Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

t a sto p sign. Each o f tho se char ges ould res ult in 30 days in jail and a $200 ine. The charges rep resent t he max ium J ank low co uld face under South akota law . whic h requ ires evidence of Ico ho l or drug use f or a charge o f eh icul ar ho mic ide . J ank low ' s initia l Fogarty sa id in a t eam re lease . " It's amazing how diffe ren t it felt to be back out on track after t hree and a half yea rs. I did a co uple of runs of th ree or four laps . but when I came back in to the garage. my head was spi nning. Going down the start / finish straight. I was find- ourt appearance is set for Tuesday at ing it difficult to comprehend the speed . he M oody Coun ty C ourt hou se in Flanreau. South Dakota . Since the c rash , and then found I was braking early and cruis ing round the comers really slowly! It would have been easier if I was at a he AMA has been clos ely mon itoring he investig ation of t his tragic inc ident nd has been urging Sout h Dakota offi ials to ensure tha t the case rece ives a air and thorough examination, Throu gh he AMA Rapid Response C ent er at the s so c tatt o ns web sit e . www .AMADiect link.com , mo torcy cli st s hav e sen t or e than 1800 messages to state offiials in support of that request. oggy Petronas Racing co mpleted wo days of te sting in Val encia, Spain, ecently wit h Troy C orser and Brit J amie orl ey ridin g t he Pet ro nas FP1 . W ith ames Haydon decl ared unable to ride ft er suffering wi th seized neck muscles, orely stepped in for a seco nd day and an a numb er of laps to t est mod ifi caions to the coo ling and engine breather ystems and cyl inder head . all of w hich rov ed successful. the t eam says. Corer was therefore able to further concen rate o n more specific bike set up and evelo pmen t work . complet ing the cheduled test ing program . " It' s been a ery product ive cou ple of days . as e were ab le t o w ork thorough ly hrough the test program and also gain ood result s , " Cors e r sai d in a tea m release, " I improve d my lap time into the 1:36s today , which is good, but I wasn 't iming for fast lap times at this test · just o nsistency and tim e to really feel and valuate the changes and modifications made to the bike . I've found setup and lutch sett ings that I'm happy with . and e've also gained a lot of mapping data whi ch we can now st udy and apply for he last three races of this season . " circ uit like Donington, which I know well, and also on a bike tha t I know, as I'm obviously not familiar with the handling , characte ristics and sounds of the FP 1. I've only ever tested , not race d at Va lencia, whic h is a t ech nic al trac k , and I did n't find t he sea ti ng position on t he FPl comfy , parti cularly given my injuries an d dod gy knees ! Th at sai d . t hou gh . to day's ride round certain ly put an end to any joking thou ght s I may have had abo ut racing agai n. It was hard wo rk , and every part of me was aching when I got o ff th e bike . I managed t o kno ck seconds off my lap time w ith every lap, but I co uldn' t. and didn' t want to , push to th e li mi t. It w as an expe rie nce fo r sure , but that's it - I can't believe I have to say I'm now too old fo r this. " D irt trac ker Ch r is Miller . 14 , w as killed on A ugust 22 in Barrie . Ontario . Canada, in a racing accident. A memorial race will be held for M iller on September 13 in W eiland . Ontario . at the N iagara Motorcycle Raceway. On One Wheel . Keith Code's whee lie s cho o l, w ill ho ld a sess io n at Texas W o rld S peedw ay in C o ll eg e St at io n. Texas. Sep temb er 17-18 . Co st for th e one- day sc hool is $4 95 , and st uden ts w ill use a Triumph Speed Tripl e for the ins truc tio n. Fo r more informa tio n, call 323 /224 -2739. A c c ordi ng t o mo tocrosse r Ryan Clark . Team Solitaire has launched its new web site TeamSo lit aire.co m, a site bui lt by C aliforn ia-b as ed design fi rm n the first day of th e Pet ron as t est , t eam owner and form er W orld Sup erbi ke hamp ton C arl Fog arty too k to the saddle of the bike. "I am officially o ld! " Angry As soc iates . The new we bsite will serve as a means to inform, educate and ente rtai n fans and mot orcycl e enthusi ast s about the progression of Team Soli- taire and it s riders, alo ng with va rious other privateer and factory riders traveling the Supercro ss and Outdoor Nat ional ci rcuit. You can v is it the s ite at www.team so litaire .com . seco nd , 4 .5 seconds as tern , and s ti ll leads the Am e ric an by 27 poin ts wi t h three races left to run. This was the first w in for a Ho nda Fire Blad e since th e Sp anish Federation introduced identica l regula tions f o r b ot h t he Fo r m ula Extreme and M otocicJ ismo Superseries 1000cc classes . The Formula Ext reme Ro und three o f the AMA Red Bull Supermoto Champ ionship , which and Superseries races run on separate schedules by the Spanish fe deration. with Fo rmula Ext reme being t he elite class and the Superseries inte nded for up-and-coming riders with no Grand Prix was to be held at Turne r Field in At lanta on Sept ember 27, has bee n cancelled because of permit issues wit h the city of At lant a . acco rd ing to an AMA official. " We were to ld we were per mitted. then o r W orld Super spo rt expe rie nce . Curren tly N oy e s is 11 th in th e Fo rm ula Ex t r e m e nat io nal s , rid i ng t he s a m e machine in both championships . we we re tol d we didn' t meet the 90 -day requ ire me nt [for sec uri ng a per mitl . " AMA direc to r of co mmunications Kerry Graebe r said. Red Bu ll and PGI , who were promoting the race. we re also led to believe they had the pro per pe rmits, Graeber said. " The city wa s in favor of it: t hey wa n ted t o ma ke it happ en . " Gr aeb er said. but their hands are t ied. " The city has no variation on the 90 -day permit. " The AMA was not ified on M on- Fo rmer mot o c ro s s c ha mpio n David Bailey wi ll be hol ding a B ail ey M X S c ho o l at th e Chapa rral M ot o c r o s s track in Boise. Idaho , Sept ember 20-2 1. Th e sc hoo l w i ll also have g ue s t riding/instruct ion from Danny Smith and Co le Sieb ler. This sc hoo l is a o ne-day co urse wi th a cos t of $2 10 for one day or $400 if yo u want to atte nd both days. For mo re info rmatio n. call 208 /388-08 10 or vis it www.chaparralmo tocross .com . day, August 25 , of the permit problem . Graeber said the race, which was co nf ir m ed o nly two w e ek s ago , will be replaced - he expec t s to name a replacemen t ve nue soo n - and tha t t he A MA Red Bull Supermot o Champ ionship w ill remain a six -race se ries . The Tu rn er Field event is expec ted to be on the calendar for the 2004 series, G raeber said . Round two of the series. which kicked off during t he AMA/ W orl d S uperbike weekend at M azda Raceway at Laguna Seca in July. was held at So uth Boston Speedway in South Boston. Virgi nia. on M onday. Sept ember 1. AMA historian Larry Lawrence sent the followinq info rma tion reg ard ing Kurtis Roberts ' first Superbike victory . a win t hat came i n M o nd ay ' s ra indelayed round at V irg inia Interna tio nal Raceway. Acc ording to Lawrence. M onday 's race was Ro ber t s ' 34th-c areer Superbike race since firs t racing in the series in 2001 . (Note: he quali fied at Road Am erica in 2000 but did not start th e race after inj uring himself in pr ac tice). Robert s earned nine podium finishes , i nc lud i ng t w o runn er-up f inis hes be fo re ea rni ng his first vi c tory . It' s a long way fro m being a record, howe ver. D ale Qu arte rl ey rac ed in at lea s t 6 5 AMA Superbike races befor e earni ng his first win at M id-Oh io Sport s Ca r Cou rse. Fo rm er Am er ic an dirt t racker Kenny Noyes. now in his t hird yea r of Spanish r o ad ra c in g , ro de h i s B Q R Ho nd a C BR954 RR to a so lid wi n, his first ever o n asp ha lt. in th e thir d ro und o f t he Spa ni s h M o t oc i cli sm o S up er s e ri e s Ch ampion shi p fo r one liter producti on . b as ed m ot o r c yc le s (mil dl y m odifi e d Superstock machines running on a limit ed choi ce o f spec D unlo p t ir e s) on Au gu st 3 1 in J erez. Sp ain. Noyes battied initia lly with Ismael Bonil la (D ucati 999) befo re b rea king away. Champ io ns hi p leader J o s e M anue l H ur t ad o (Suzuki GSX -R1000) eventually finished Briti sh Superb ik e C hamp ion sh ip ride r John Reynold s wi ll co mpe te as a wild-card rider in the Dutch round of the W orl d S u pe rb ik e Cham pio ns hi p i n A ssen on Sept ember 7. It was orig inally planned for bot h Reynolds and his Rizla Suzuki teamma te Yuki Kagayama to race at A ssen . but the J apanese star crashed in the recent British Superbike round at racing season. Resumes can be sent to Race Tech. Rider S upport . 1501 Pomona Road. Corona. CA 92880, or by visitin9 racetech.com. C adwell Pa rk and suff er ed a broken pelvis. The wild-card entry was made at the speci al r eq uest of t he C r e sc ent S uzuki team 's ma in spo nso r Rizla , as the company's European headquarters is ACCEPTING: FCR Suspension is currently accepting resumes for the 2004 racing season. Resumes can be sent to FCR Suspension. 9450 Sprucevale Road. Rogers. OH 44455 or through email by visiting O PE NED: Big Gun Exhausts' new home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http:/ /www .biggunexhaust.com . CORRECTION : There was an error in the results of our Lorett a Lynn 's Amateur Motocross coverage. The correct top five for the 5 1 (7-8) class is as foll ows: 1 . Tyler W. Stewart (Co b), 2. Tyler T. McSwain (Cob), 3. Justin Summers (Cob); 4. Jacob Behringer (KTM), 5. Troy Davis (KTM). ACCEPTING: Race Tech is currently accepting resumes for the 2004 www .fcrsuspenston .corn. based in the Netherl ands , th e t eam s ays . Rey no ld s ' G S X - R 1000 r ace machine will also swap it s Brit ish Super. bike " Rizla Blue " co lors for a new " Rizla Red" livery for t he Asse n event. Bo th Reyn o lds and Kagay ama have alread y scored Wor ld Superbike po ints this year in the two British-based round s at Si lversto ne and Brands Hatch. with Reynolds taking a clos e second place in the second race at Brand s. " M aking the fina l de ci si on to race at the Assen W orld HIRED: Chris McGee as sales and marketing director for Flesh Gear. effective immediately. For more informa tion. call 714/596-7660. CORRECTION: Our point standings for the SuperMoto USA Triple Crown event were incorrect. The standings should read as follows: 1. Steve Drew (48), 2. Josh Chisum (44), 3_Doug Chandler (43): 4. Rrck Pearce (32), 5. Don Hart (29): 6. Casey Yarrow (22). The final round of the series is scheduled for September 20 at Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, California. BORN: A baby girl. Holly Jean Hodgson, to World Superbike Championship leader Neil Hodgson and his wife, Kathryn. on Tuesday, September 2. on the Isle of Man. Superbike round wasn't easy unt il we asked Yuki what he thought . Yuk i is a Continued on page 96 eye I e n o o o o o o o o '1 LJ (\ . . . . . .... .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. .. .. . . .. .. . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. .. . . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. . . . .. . .. .. .. . .. . . . MARRI ED: AMA Pro Racing assistant manager of sponsorship implementation Gary Beggrow to Jennifer McBrayer on Saturday. August 30, in Canal Winchester, Ohio. LJ e _ S • S EPTEM B ER 1 0 . 2 003 3 ,.., U u n u 1\ u r: L (J o r o o ,... L ,...

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