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t!:1:!f3E f l U j 'Y alllllri&a 's rtnleldll mlltDrr:II"I" nllllllSPIIfl r " VOLU M E X X XX S ha ron Cla yton, Pre side n t M ich3e'l Klinger . Pub /isht" FEATURES EDITORIAL Pa u l Carruthers. Ed itor Kit Palm e r. Off-Road Editor MO TOCROSS 8 Sco tt Rousseau . Manag ing Ed itor Blake Conner. Associate Edito,. Ev erts S w e e ps Fre n c h MX GP Fi n a le St ev e Co.., Off-Road Ani.9t6nf Edi tor Henny Ra)' Abram s. Contributing Ed itor Ala n Cathcart. By Ge o ff Me y e r 42 Debbi Gilso n. Copy Editor ADVERTIS ING· WESTERN S T AT E S (14) 75 1·7433 T eny Pratt, National Accounts Managttr DIRT TRACK M ark Thome. Western Sa/tiS M ana ger Forre st Haya shi, West ern Sal. s Ma m,g er Sm ith S lays FUSA Sacramento Mile S.1 M anll ger .'s D an Legere . Weste rn Rhonda c.. awtord. Advertisin g Coo rdil1ll o r t By S cott Rousse au 44 Editor He p le r Do m i n at es S uzuki C u p By Ph il Bec km an 12 E~n Dav id R. Ho lthe r. Reg ional Evenf$ Editor M elis sa Pa rker, Assista nt Aaron Au stin , De al er Saltls M anag er Pea rson Preva ils at Beaver Dam FUSA ADVERT ISING • EASTERN STATES (770) 93 4-7850 By Bert Sumn e r Carl a Alle n, OfflCfI Manage r & Advertising Coordina tor PHOTO BY MIKE DORANIO&W IMAGES Sheri Russell , Ea$hJm Salfls M ll nagflr RIDING IMPRESSION 16 Suu ie Sm ith , Eas tem Sa/(fs M anll ger REGIONAL EVENTS 2004 Suz u ki RM ·Z250 By th e Cycle N e ws S ta ff 2004 S u zu ki N ew Model s By Blak e Co nn e r 20 20 0 4 Kawasaki Ne w Mode ls 57 By Blak e C onn e r INTERV IEW 22 MA RKET ING· PROMOT ION Mark Tho me. Director 54 B i n g h amto n , NY: S u z u k i Eas t C o as t A mate u r Na t i ona ls 55 V icto rv i lle , CA: G FI Fa ll N at io n al S er i es S o ut h 56 S h an n o nv i ll e , ON , C anad a : Part s C anada S u pe r b i ke FIRST LOOK 18 Karen Smith . Ass istant Forrest Hayashi. NE W M E D I A D EV ELOPMENT Kory Klinge r, Sittl Manager C LASS IF IED ADS Mel issa Pe rke r D ic ke yv i ll e , WI : AMA A mat eu r H i llc limb G R A P HI C S By Alan Cath cart 26 Sev en -T i me W orld Mo to c r o ss 78 C h am p i on Ste f an Eve rts Sun ju Kwon, Graphk Artis t Reelynn Robert s. GrlJph ic Artist Kathl een Ulwlor . Graph kArtist ADM IN IS T IIA TION Lo ca l Ta le nt J udy Klinger. Coordinator Pam Klein, Admin is tr&ti ve Assistant AC C O U N T ING· DATA PROCESSIN G OF F -ROAD Donna Bryan -Diamond, AIR Coordina tor 28 Brown Sn atc hes Nevad a H ar e Ge neva Re pass. Ass istant Stacy Ryan . Credit M anagflr & Ho u nd C I RCULA T ION Alma Angui ano , Circ ulation Managttr By Do ug Karch e r Carol Maggio. Pro cfl ssi ng Coordinator Mo nt c l ai r Yamah a To ps G l en He le n 2 4 Ho u rs Ashleigh Klein . Deale r Coordina tor SERVI CE · SU PPORT Bridgett Bobrofsk y, Recflptlonist By J ohn Beth e a Robert Escandon. 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