Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Ame rica' s second -oldest motorcy c le eve nts th rou gh ou t th e yea r. Th e Min i ment. " At lanta prov ides a great ur ban in a se gme nt o n you ng at hle tes wh o manufac turer. ATK Motorcycle s . has Nat ional is a team race on KLX1 1Os and wil l be held on Sunday during interm is- environm ent for AMA Supermoto racing. have turned profe ssional at an early age . so not being able to ho st an eve nt there However. the airing of the interview has sio n of th e Pro motos. So bring y o ur KLX 110 and a teammate and w in $1000 as planned is very frust rating," said Red been p_ st pon ed . Oth er ath lete s who o Bull m ed ia rel atio ns manag er . St ev e were interviewed for the piece were 13year-old LPGA golf er M ichell e W ie and 17-y ear-old U .S . nat ional soccer team taken delivery of all remaining Cann on dale Motor sports inventory. paving the way for Cannondale dealers to resume providing parts and service to off-road of MXPost ers.com poste rs fo r yo u and Pegram. · W e remain co mmitted to intro- mo torcycle and ATV riders worldwide . your spo ns ors . Team G r ee n w ill be ducing Supermoto to fans in the South - according to a release fro m ATK. In Jan- bringing its transporter and fifth wh eel ua ry , 2003, Cannonda le M o to r spo rt s east. so look for Atlanta to mak e th e 2004 schedule . " Tw o round s o f th e filed bankruptcy. leaving industry experts support truck to help all Kawasak i racers with technical ass istance and emergency unsure of the future of Cannondale, and parts. 2003 AMA Red Bull Supermot o Champ ionsh ip have been held . Rounds three . product s and spare parts . The invento ry, The 2003 race season for the No Limit four and five are in final negotiations and will be announ ced shortly. The charnpi- va lued at over $10 million , w ill enable Motorsports Honda team has co me on ship finale will be held in Las Vegas A TK to provide products, part s and ser- to an early fin ish . D ue to inj uries suffered by Lance Isaacs at the Mid-Ohio on November 21 . in conjuncti on with the A MA Superbike Ch ampion-elect Mat AMA Pro Racing Awards Banquet. M ladin has donated a set of his race- deale rs unab le to obta in Cannondale vice to Ca nnonda le Motorsport s dealers and ow ne rs into the fut ure. A TK has already begun shipping parts through the exist ing Canno ndale dealer network. according to t he release . According to ATK pres ident Frank W hite. the off-road motorcycle industry sells abo ut 300 .000 units per yea r. A rmed w it h new Am er ica n tec hno logy and innova tion , AT K is now poised to move into the fast -growin g ATV m ar k e t. which sold over . 7 6 0, 0 0 0 un its last year a lone . with growth conti nui ng at ov er 20 per cent annually. " This is a huge market, and Cannondale was on t he cutt ing edge of techno logy a nd de sign . We wa nt to incorporate that kind of forward thinking into future ATK models ." Wh ite said in the release . ATK plans to introduce new model s in 200 4 , made from many Can nond ale parts , incorpo ra ting desig n improvemen ts in an effort to make the produc t more reli able . As parts and invento ry are so ld . ATK plan s to begin manufact uring parts f or bo th Cannon- race and Jason Curt is during the Formu la Ext reme race in Virg inia. neit her ride r can race in the final event at the Barber member DaMarcus Beasley. The taping of Stewart 's interview took place at the fam ily' s residen ce in Haines City . Flort- (' da , a 79 -acre property that also houses l." three pract ice tracks and three accom- r w inning leat he r s t o raise money fo r resigned fro m the co mpany to pursue o ther ca reer o ppo rt unities . " Triu mp h ro und of t he A M A /C hevy Tr ucks U .S . M id -Oh io. and he re mai ns und e r t he care of Dr. Art hur Ting in Nort hern C alifornia . Alt hough he is healing fast, Ting gra tefully rec o gni ze s V aug han 's fiv e years of de dicatio n t o Triump h M ot or cyc les (A me rica) Lt d. and app lauds his many accompl ishme nts . · sta ted Mark M otocro ss Cha mp io nships and is current ly paralyzed . Ml adin' s leath ers will o o B r ady , genera l manage r of Triumph M otorcy cle s (America) Lt d . "Over the be auct ioned on eBay with t he procee ds to go to t he Jamie Brockman Fo undation . " I have just found out about J amie Brockman and the injuries that have left k past six mon ths . Triumph has conducted a major corporate st rat egic review , and him as a quadripleqic." said M ladin in a release from his publicist. • No one likes we have strengthened our market ing efforts by building a strong cen tral mar- to hear about these sort s of things hap- has reco mmended that he does n't parti cipate at Barber. Curt is, meanwhile . suffered damage to the little finge r on his left hand at V IR. and he, too . has been instru cted by Ting not to compete. As we reported here last week. round three of the AMA Red Bull Supermoto Championship scheduled for September 27 has been postponed until the 2004 season. Negotiat ions are under way for a repla cem ent ev ent in 2003 , and AM A Pro Rac ing intends to run all six rounds of the series as or iginally planned . according to AMA pening . and I fel t th at it would be an Triumph 's bus iness ." Brady said . · W e look forward to taking the se ach iev em ent s to the next leve l. · A s o f appropria te cause to make a donation to. · The leat her s that Mlad in will be placing on eBay are those that he wore when he won AMA Superbike races at presst ime , Vaughan had not return ed a phon e call to the Cycle N e ws off ices. Laguna Seca . M id -O hio do ubleheader and V irginia. The aucti on was scheduled Ev e n though it w as rai ned out. t he 2003 Pit Daddy contest at Virginia to start on Friday, Sept em ber 5 . at 6 p.m. and will run for 10 days . The item will be on eBay under Mat M ladin 2003 A gv Sport Leat hers and w ill be placed keting team to ma nage all aspects of dale and ATK produ cts. ensuring con tin- paperwork had been processed for the International Raceway on Augu st 3 1 was a success , according to event promo t- asts worl dwi de, A TK says. AT K also Atlanta race . AMA Pro Racing and Red ers. D e spit e the lac k o f the p lanned plans to expand it s Ho meland Defense Bull learned that a promo tiona l permit had not be en pro perly submitte d 90 beauty contest. the event raised a total used by police depart ments arou nd the USA . Kawasaki Team Green will be attending the 27th annual Kawasaki Race of Champions at Raceway Park in Englishtow n. N ew Jersey . Octo- day s in advance of the eve nt. w hich is requ ired by the city and st rictly enfo rced has announced it s w ithdrawa l from the Su per sp o rt W orld Cha mp io nsh ip w it h Fo undat io n . an d ov er 4 00 g ues ts sat Chris Brad ley. t he city strongly advo cates holding the eve nt. " Everyone at immed iate eff ect. The two-man tea m of Aust ral ian Broc P arkes and Frenchman Christophe Cogan did not race Team Ch evy Trucks Kawa saki's J ames every level wanted to mak e thi s event happen. · sai d B rad ley . " Reg re tta bly . since it wa s impossibl e to waive the 90 day permi t requirement. we had to cancel t h i s r o un d for 2 0 03 . - Re d B u ll shares A M A Pro Racing ' s d isa ppoint - : • The BKM Dark Dog Honda tea m down to dinner with many of the riders performing trackslde support as well as exte nd ing t he XPos te rs .com KL X 110 Mini Nation al Series. This wi ll mark the under the SPORTS category. Item number is 275148576 4. of $ 15.266 through sponsors hip and raffie tick et sales for the C layt on M emorial by the mayor' s of fice. the AMA says . According to AMA Pro Racing ass ociate director o f c o mme rcia l development. ber 3-5 . 2003. Team Green will be there end to the series held at many majo r o o ove r. Isaacs ' leg was badl y bro ken at M otor sport s Park in Alabama. W ith both riders on the disabled list, the season is Brockman. A us t r alia . co rd injury Mi nnesota, [) injured motocro sser Jam ie who. like Mladin . i s from Brockman suff ered a spinal on Aug ust 17 at the Millville. ued availabili ty for dea lers and enthusi - off -roa d ve hic les . many o f wh ich are r <:» panying worksh op s. According to a press release issued by Triumph M ot o rcyc les (America) Ltd " senior executive Mike Vaughan has Pro Racing. Aft er being informed by the event organ izers that all nece ss ary line up of law -en for cem ent and military '--' and team crew . " B u b ba" Stew a rt was orig inall y scheduled to be featured in an interv iew to air on " NBC N ightly New s with Tom prob le m s for th e t ea m ' s dem ise . He said : " The missing payments of one of Bro kaw " o n M o nday . S ept emb er 8 . Stewart 's inte rview. which was conduct- my spo nso rs make s it impossib le t o cove r the ongo ing costs . The respect ive sponsor has not fulfilled our agree ment. ed by Roger O 'N eill . a correspon den t for the pop ular show, was to be included " ~ at the D u t c h round of the se ries at Assen on September 7. BKM team manager Mi ch ael Bart ho lemy cited budget For us it is a hard decision part ic ularly : , wi th regard to the alrea dy signed twoyea r ( 200 3 - 2004 ) con t rac t wit h o ur Huntington Beach. California . For more information. call 71 4 /968-7678 . • Fine line will continue to operate its suspension service location in Hunt- main sponsor Dark Dog . who has always given us the accorded suppo rt . • ington Beach. 6 ACCEPTING: Motonation. the exclusive importer of Set Up boots. is KTM North America has announced the selec tion o f 37 -year-old Casey now acce pting re sume s for rid er suppor t for the 2004 sea son . PROM OTED : Patti Mapes. to the position of promotions manager for Clear Channel Entertainment' s Motor Sports division's IFMA Freestyle Motocross. effective immediately. Mapes has been with Clear Channel Entertainment since 200 1, originally completing an internship with CCE's music division prior to coming to CCE - Motor Sports in the fall of 2002. O P E NED : Fineline Suspe nsion has opened a new reta il offroad/ motocross parts and accessories store at 90 25 Adams Ave nue in Resumes can be sent to: M otonation, clo Set Up rider support. 14168 Poway Road . Suite 205. Poway. CA 92064 . McCoy as the third member of the Red Bull KTM U.S. Dakar Team. Following a nati onwide talent search that began on Ju ly 12 with the offic ial introducti on of O PENED : Thin Air Motorsports' retail location in Lake Tahoe, California . has o pen e d it s new w eb sto re . T he si te ca n be f ound at http:/ /www.thinairmoto.com. the team at Laguna Seca. over 36 appli- NAMED: K&L Supply Company as the original equipment tool supplier for Yamaha Motor Corp.. U.S.A.. effective immediately. cat ions were received fr om ac ro ss the Unit ed States. M cC oy was selected due to his extensive Rally experience , havinq eye' e n e _ S • Continued on page 92 3 S E PTEM B ER 1 7 ,20 0 3 C r, u r: LI r> L.; r L, r L [. [. [. [. ,-., L, r L r L r '--' r:

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