Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

°w 00E~ lcucf] Dc []!JCfJ71D@[fi]CfJD []j]J:{ []!J(Jf)[fiJi]@@DlB o r: r L I !Jj[fi][fi]@(Jf)[fi]@@@ Continuedfrom page 3 b ile acci de nt in h is hom e to w n o f Bi g I Bear . C alifo rn ia. o n A ugu s t 24 . V iens lived in Big Bear w ith his paren ts . tw o brothers and a sister. " LJ AMA Pro Racing has announced rider numbers for competito rs in the 2004 AMA Sup ercr oss Ser ies and AMA Chevy Tru cks U.S. Motocross Championships . National numbers are based on a system (established in 200 0) that allows past cham pions, current champions and riders who have earned a top-10 national rank ing to select and retain the same number from year to year. According to John Farris, AMA Pro Racing's vice president, com mercia l development . there is strong marketing val ue associ ated with a rider retaining a parti cular number. "Notable motocro ss rider s th at hav e becom e con necte d with thei r numbers incl ude Ricky Carmichael (4 ). James Stewart (259) and Tr avis Pastrana (199) ," said Farris. "This allows the riders and their sponsors to utiliz e a rec ogn izable symbol in associ ation wit h their image , The com merci al possibilities are vast: As an exam ple, former 500 cc World Grand Prix Champion and current AMA Pro Racing board member Kevin Schwantz m arkets a line of "Brand 34 " casua l wear around his for- D u e t o p opul a r d em an d , Malcolm Smith Adventures has sc hed uled a second Hard and Fast Ride on the no rt h isl and of N ew Z ealand th is wi nt er. The new ride w ill beg in on January 2 and wi ll featu re five day s of rid ing th ro ugh the landscape w he re the Lord of the Rings t rilogy wa s film ed . Fo r mo re info rmatio n. c all 9 09 /2 75 -0455 o r v is it www.ma lcolm smithadventures.com . D II U o J CJ n LJ [I u mer number. Cur rent AMA Nat ional Champions can carry the number-on e pla te . Num bers two throu gh nine are reserved for past Nat ion al Champ ions in act ive competition, or they may select any availa ble num ber. Riders ranked in the top lO in supercro ss and motocross combined points can choose a Career Num ber from 10-999 (as indi cated below), which they keep until they withdraw from com petition or fall to eam a Nation al point for a whole year. Riders outside the top lOin co mb ined po ints ar e assign ed co nsec ut ive nu mbers through 99 based on year-e nd points. Riders who rem ain outside the top 99 can keep their 2003 racing num bers by renewing their AMA Pro Racing lice nses for the 2004 season before Novem ber 20, 2003 . D e sp it e rum o r s to th e c o n t ra ry , the r u le s f o r th e World Supers port Championship wi ll rem ain rela t ive ly unc ha nge d . acco rd ing to t he FIM . " In part icul ar, w it h re ference to the cy linde r c apac ity (750cc - tw o cy linde r/ 600cc fo ur cy linder) , FG S PO RT underline s that th is e le me nt w ill not be subjec t to any chang e now and in th e lo ng te rm , " t he releas e said . o D o n U 2004 AMA Supercross/Motocross National Numbers No. . .• . . . . . .. . . . . .Rider, Hom etown 3* Mike Brown, Johnson City. TN 4* Rick y Carmichael, Havana, FL 5* . . .. .. . . . . • . . .. .Mike LaRocco, South Bend, IN 6* .... .. .. •. .. .. . .Steve Lamson. Camino, CA 7* . . .. .. .. .• . ... . .Greg A lberty n, Coto De Caza, CA 8* Grant Langston, Lake Elsinore, CA 10 * Larry Ward. Florence, SC 11* Ezra Lusk, Bainbridge, GA 12 * . .. . .. • . . . . . . . .David Vuillemi n, Corona. CA 14* Kevin Windh am , Centrevill e, MS 15* Tim Ferry, Largo, FL 16 * John Dowd, Ludlow, MA 17* Robbie Reynard. Okl ahoma City, OK 18 * Brock Sellards. Sherrodsville, OH 19 * Doug Henry, Torrington, CT 20 * Damon Huffm an. Canyon Country , CA 21 * Stephane Roncada, France 22 * Chad Reed, Australia 23 * Kyle Lewis, Henderson, NV 24 * Em esto Fonseca, Canyon Lake, CA 25* Nathan Ram sey, Menifee, CA 26 Michael By rne, Lake Elsinore, CA 27* .. . . . . . . • . .. .. .Nick Wey, Dewitt , MI 28 Heath Voss, Mico, TX 29 . .. . ... . • . . . . .. .Ivan Tedesco, Lake Elsinore, CA 30 . . . . . .. . . . . . . • •.Craig Anderson, Corona, CA 31 Keith R. Jo hnson, A lbuqu erque, NM 32 . . . . . . • . . . . . . . ..Andrew Short , Colorado Springs, CO 33 . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . .Kelly Sm ith , Ludingt on, MI 34 . .. . .. . . . . . . . . • .Clark Stiles, Ath ens. AL 35 Chris Gosselaar, Corona, CA 36 . .. . . . . . . .. • . . . .Sean Hamb lin, Sun City, CA 37 .. . . .. . . .. •. •. . .Eric Sorby, Murri eta, CA 38 Jason Thom as, Melrose, FL 39 . . . .. . . • . . •.. . . .Micha el Brandes, Apto s, CA Ro un d t hree o f the A MA Red Bu ll S up e r mot o C ha m p io n sh ip wil l be D [I he ld in C o lumb us . Oh io . on Sunday . Oc to be r 5 . acc o rding to th e AMA Spo nLJ sored by loc al Harl ey -Da vid son d ealer A.D . Farro w C o " the AD . Farro w Cup wi ll take pla ce in th e st ree ts of Oh io ' s c a pi ta l c ity . That sa me w eekend . th e M oto rcycl e Hall of Fame Mu seum . loc ated just min ute s from C olumbu s o n the LJ grounds of the A MA, w ill ce leb rate the M ot o rcycl e Hall o f Fame C lass of 2003 with a rec ept ion . c o nc o urs d 'eleqan c e, and ind uctio n c eremo nies . That c eremony w ill see 13 le g e nd a ry f ig u r e s in I ! motorcycl ing tak e their plac e of ho no r in t he M ot o r c y c l e Ha ll of Fa m e . T h e e-.J Columbu s A MA Superm oto race will run o n a tra c k built aro u nd P rom oWe st Pav il io n . a n i n d o o r /o ut do o r m u s ic n amphit heat er loc ated in th e ci ty 's ne w ; I Aren a D ist ric t . w hic h feature s a w ide W array of rest aurants . nigh t spots. and is ho me to the Na tional Ho ck ey Lea gue 's (I C ol um bu s Blu e Jack et s . Ch ris Bradley . A MA Pro Racin g asso ciate directo r o f commercial d ev e lo pm e nt . s ay s the C C rl o O n r n ..J n U U 40 Brett Metcalfe, Temecula, CA 41 Brian Gray , St. Augustine. FL 42 Steve Boniface, Temec ula, CA 43 Ryan Clark . Albuquerque, NM 44 Ryan Mills , Clin tondale, NY 45 Joaquim Rodrigues, Temec ula, CA 46 Daryl Hurley, Riverside, CA 47 Matt hieu Lalloz, Corona. CA 48 Paul Carpenter, Ithaca, NY 49 Branden Jessema n, Fombell, PA 50 Josh Woods, Fli nt, MI 51 Jos h Demuth, Haslet, TX 52 Greg Schnell, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 53 Robert Kiniry, Skaneateles. NY 54 Steve Mertens, Sonoma, CA 55 Casey Lytle. Saugus, CA Tim Weigand, Chatswo rth. CA 56 57 ... .. . . .. . ... .. •Joe Oehlhof, Hesperia. CA 58 Brian Mason, Nashvill e, IL 59 Ty ler Evans, Canyon Lak e, CA 60 Danny Smith, Middleton, ID 61 Broc Hepler, Kitt annin g, PA 62 Troy Adams , Brooksv ille , FL 63 Travis Preston, Hesperia. CA 64 .. .. . .• . . .. . . . . .Keith S. Johnson . Carver, MA 65 James Povolny, Mendota Heights, MN 66 Richi e Owens, Wildomar, CA 67 Dami en Plotts . Millmont, PA 68 .. .. .. . . .. ... . . •Jean-Sebastien Roy, PQ, Canada 69 . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joshua Hansen, Elbert, CO 70 • . . ... .. .. . .. . . .Bobby Bonds. Baker sfield , CA 71 David Pingree, Tem ecula, CA 72 Tony Lorusso, Rocky Hill , CT 73 • . •. . . .. . . . ..• . .Evan Laughridg e, San Jacinto, CA 74 Erick Vallejo, Mexico 75 Bill y Laninovich, Escondido, CA 76 . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . .Michael Treadwell , Enfield , CT 77 . .• .. .... .. . . .. .Ted Cam pbell , Meridian. ID 78 Kevin Johnson, A lbuquerque, NM 79 . . . .. .• . .•• .•. . .Doug DeHaan, Ontari o, Canada 80 . . . . . •. . . . . .. . . .Josh Summey, Stanley, NC 81 Marco Dube, PO, Canada 82 Craig Decker, Lake Elsinore , CA 83 . . .. . . .. ... ..• . .Micha el Blo se, Phoenix, AZ 84 .• ... . ..• . .•. . . .Ty son Hadsell , Hudson, FL 85 . • . . . . , . . . . .. . • .Jeremias Israel, Laguna Beach, CA 86 Ty Wallace, Phoenixville , PA 87 . •.. . . . . . . . • . . • .Jeff Gibson, Westervill e, OH 88 Buddy Antunez, Temecula , CA 89 . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . .Blair Morgan, Prince Albert, Canada 90 Paul Verack a, Bridgewater, MA 91 Brad Modjewski, Hatley, WI 92 . .•. . • . . .. • ... . .Ryan Dudek, Long Beach, CA 93 .. .... . . ... .• . . .Tommy Hofma ster, Pearl Cit y, IL 94 . .• . . . . . . .. . . . . .Dustin Nelson, EI Cajon , CA 95 Turbo Reif, Atascadero, CA 96 . . ... . . • . . • . . •.. Barry Carsten, Bayvi lle. NJ 97 . . .. . . .. ... . .• • .Jeremy Chaussee, Lancaster, CA 98 Tom Welch , Charlotte Hall, MD 99 Bruce Stra tto n, Clifton Spring s, MD 103* Sebastien Tort elli , Temecula , CA 199* Travis Pastrana , Davidsonville, MD 259* . . . . . . . . •. . . . •James Stewart Jr., Haines City , FL *Career Nation al Numbers [II U ve nue w ill offer a unique expe rience fo r fans. " The fir st two round s of the series took place at tradi tion al racing venue s. " Bradley said . " The C o lumbus event wi ll AMA Pr o Ra c i n g to int r odu c e AMA D D n J up c om ing rac e . " W e ' re seei ng a g re at Superm oto to a new audi enc e in a new dea l of inte res t in AMA Supermoto . so racing env iro nme nt. " Bob Al thoff. princi- t o bri ng thi s even t t o t his c ity in thi s be o ur f irs t s to p in an urban environ - pal ow ner o f A D . Farrow Harley-David - ve nue is a te rrif ic o pp o rtu nity fo r us. " me nt . sk y scrap ers and all . .The A re na son. th e co unt ry's olde st Harley-D avid - A lthoff said . Tic ket s fo r t he C olumbus D ist ric t is an exce llent de stination for so n d e al e r s hip . is exci te d abo u t th e roun d of the AMA Red Bull S upermo to 8 [JD~@D fZ[7j] 8 'fJ@(j)g'j 5j [7j]g'jfJ[?D@[JD @[fJ @[7j][j)@[?[jj]IJ@fJ@ D o o o U o n KTM 's Jurgen Kunzel took a m ore com m anding lead in the FIM World Superrnoto Champ ionship Series standings with a key victory in the SuperFinal at round seven of the series in Melk. Austria, on September 14. Kunzel's facto ry KTM teamma te Boris Chambon got the holeshot to lead at the start of the SuperFina l, but Kunzel was able to pass him on lap three. A good scrap then commen ced among Kunzel, Cham bon and Team Husqvama 's Eddy Seel, the Belgian who won the two previous round s of the series. Seel made his bid for the win by passing Kunzel on the last lap, but then he crashed out, handing Kunzel 100 S E PT E M B ER 24. 2003 ' C II C • e n e vv the win. Facto ry Vertemati rider Gerald Delepine finished third. "A big dream came tru e for m e today: Kunzel said. "I will go to my hom e GP [Sachsenring, Germ any] as the lead er of the World Champ ion ship . Here it was very hard, because of the slow riders , not every one let m e pass easily, and so Edd y came neare r and nearer and pass me in the last lap. Then he crashed after the offroad part , and I am lucky to be the winner of this GP. Everything worked perfect for me: Kunzel now leads the series, with 235 points. Chamb on is second, with 229, and Seel is third, with 198. s C hamp io ns hi p w e nt on sale M o nday, Septe mber 15 , at all Tick etm ast er locat io ns . Fan s c a n p urch as e t ickets by pho ne at 800 / 3 2 6 -4000 or o nline a t www.tick et master.com. M S R Racing and Suzuki' s N ick Wey hav e anno unced tha t th e t w o parties have reached a three -year ag reeme nt for Wey to use and endo rse MSR Racing apparel throu gh the 20 06 rac ing se aso n. Wey. w ho finish ed fo urt h in t he 20 0 3 A MA Superc ro ss S erie s , said: " To be raci ng for a company so rich in history is gr eat. This is a grea t oppo rt unity fo r me , and I am looking forward to be ing part o f t h e M S R t eam f o r years t o come . " MSR ' s marketing mana ge r D avid C asel la is eq ually exc ited . " S ig ning a threeyear deal with a wo rld -clas s at hlete like N ick show s ou r commitment to bringing MSR back to the foref ro nt of supercross and mo torcross raci ng . " eN

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