Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

cD '"I E![iJ G1J:lC9R ~ \X/ O O x,U [i] • 'C ~ way in Carl sbad Racew ay from 1979 to 1984 , set the sta ndard for today' s SuperM otard , SuperM ot o or Supern run by various or ganizat ions around the w orld , Th e earl y v e r si o n invited road race . motocross and dirt track ri d ers f ro m arou nd t he world to compete head t o head on a speci al racecourse of dirt and pave ment. Gavin Trippe , who was one of the promoter s of the origi nal Superbikers, will be the G rand M arsh al for the retum of this event to be held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on Saturday. Oct ob er 4. " This w ill be exc iti ng ," say s Trippe , " I remember calling team managers and riders . inv it ing them t o our rac e , T hen . because t hi s had nev er bee n d one, I wo uld have to explain what type of motorcycl e it w ould take to be co mpet it iv e, Wi th to day' s high-pe rformance mot or cycles . w hich are easily converted for dirt and pavement , will make Del Mar a very interesting race ," The M ot orcycle Safety Foundation (M SF) is offe ring the MSF D irtBike School during the K&N Del M ar M ile W eekend of races and activities , The Youth Demo is an opport unity fo r children to ride a dirt bike in a safe and cont rolled environment inside th e Hor se Barn Arena at the Del M ar Fairg round s in Del Mar. Cal ifornia, o n Su nd ay . O c t o ber 5 , U sin g Honda , Suzuki and Kaw asaki mo torcycl e s and suiting up in Thor motocross gear , part icipant s will receive riding inst ructions from certified M SF Di rtB ike School co aches , Part icipants must be betw een the ages of 6 and 12 and know how to ride a mot orcycl e, A parent or legal guardian must be present A ll safet y gear will be provided , Participation is free between the hour s of 9 a.rn. and 2 p.rn. Each parti cipan t will receive a free general admission ticket to t he K&N Filt ers Mi le Nat io nal Champi onship (mu st be accomp anied by a paid adult). a Polaroid photo of themselve s ridin g a nd an MS F D i r tB i k e S ch o o l Brochure, O O O O 8 O O O O O o o o T he Del Mar Parts Unlimited Superbikers will co nsis t of 12 invit ed ride rs from mot ocross, dirt t rack , road race and FM X/ O ff-Road for a total of 48 ride rs , Each cate go ry wi ll have its own heat-race qu alifi er and co mb ine d semi qualifie rs, wit h a 20 -lap. 20 -rider final to see w ho w ill be crowned the Parts Unli mit ed S up erb ik ers N a tio nal Ch am pion, Here 's a parti al list of invit ed rider s: Grant Langston, Jeff Wa rd, Troy Lee, J eff Matias ev ic h . M ick y D y m o nd , J o e Kopp , Ken ny Coolbeth . J ,R , S ch nab el, M ik e M etzger, Larry Roeseler, Kenny Bartram and Roger Lee Hayden, The race will pay $4000 to th e winn er. $2500 t o second and $ 1250 to third, with the purse paying all th e way back to 20th, After a two-y ear abse nce , Team USA r eturn s t o th e Motocros s d es N ations in Zolder, Belgium . Oc tober 45 , C u r re n t AMA Sup erc ro s s and M ot ocross Champ ion Rick y Carmi chael heads up the A merican squad along with teammates Tim Ferry and Ryan Hughes, Racing legend Ro ger DeCo ster will captain the U,S , squad, Team USA is hoping to earn its 16th victo ry in the prestigio us international co mpeti tion, The Europ ean press has dubbed this year's race as the "C lash of the Motocross Titans " in reference to the powerh ouse teams fielded by America and Belgium and the show dow n between Ric ky Carm ichael and W orl d Champi on Stefan Evert s, The American team is enthus iastic about getti ng back to the Mot ocros s des Nations, " It' s goo d," said Carmichael. w ho is riding fo r Team USA for the fourth time, "The past tw o years was so mething we had no co ntro l of , so it' s awesome to go back to the real M otocross des Nations and get this ball rolli ng , Ev er si nce o ur wi n in Fran ce I thi nk the past tw o years we co uld have won , " C armi ch a e l r e f e re n c e d T e a m USA' s last w in in France in 2000, the last t ime th e t eam co mp e te d in th e w o rl d eve nt. That year in St. J ean d' Ang ely , Carmichael, Hughes and Travis Past rana led Team USA to its 15th M ot ocro ss des Nations victory. Carmichael was the leading scorer in that year's co mpetition, o ~o o o o o o o In addit ion to the Superbiker s race . th e Del M ar Fairgrounds in Del Mar. California, wi ll be the site of several other events this weekend , including Friday night ' s Edd ie Mu ld er ' s V in tag e Sh ort Track Ch ampionship, the Concou rs d'Elegance , Expo . Part s Exchange and Superbikers along wit h the Skip Van Leeuwen Short Track Nati ona l on Saturd ay and th e Expo, M SF Dirt Bike Scho ol and the K&N Filters Del M ar M ile Nat ional on Sund ay, Tickets to the K&N Filters Del Mar W eekend are availa ble in th re e optio ns : Friday' s Eddie Mulder Vintage Short Track Champion ship ticket s are available at the doo r fo r $10 , wi th kids 12 and under free: Saturda y' s Con course D ' Elegance package . which includes admiss ion to see the Superb ikers is pric ed at $13 in advance, while kids 12 and under are fre e; the Saturda y even ing Sh ort T rac k N at ion al Championsh ip even t is $18, and kids are o o o o o o o ~ $5 ; Sunday ' s K&N Del Ma r Mil e tick et s range f rom $2 0 -$40 , and ki ds ' ti ck et s start at $10 and can be found at participating motorcycle dealers and Ticket master locati ons. or by calling 3 10/54 7-9898, Undoubt edly the strongest team the U ,S, will face this year will be the host co untry ' s squad that featur es t hree cu rrent wo rld mot ocross champio ns - Stefa n ................................................................................................ .............................. · · · : " : Ev e r t s . Joel Sm e t s and S t e v e Ramo n , Evert s recently complete d an asto unding seaso n of motocro ss, winning the M XGP champions hip and bec oming the only rider ever to win three races in three different classes - on the same day in the final Grand Prix of the seas on in France, Everts. the all time win s leader in world championship motocross, is con st dere d by so m e t o b e the b e st mot o c ro s s race r o f all tim e , Natura lly A meri can fan s have a differing view on wh o ow ns that tit le, Car micha el is also co ming off a phenome nal season . w inning bot h t he AMA Supe rcros s and A MA Chevy Truc ks U ,S , M otoc ro ss Championship , This yea r he surpass ed Jeremy M cGrath as the all-lime lead er in co mbined AMA Sup ercross and M o to cro ss victories . Carmichael is the only rider in the hist ory of A MA M ot ocro ss to complet e a perfect season - going undefeated in 24 mot o s and 12 rou nd s during the 2002 season , If Team USA manages to win in Belgium, it will tie Great Britain for the cou ntry with the mo st wins in the history of Motocross des Nations, The inter national moto cross team series began in 1947 , Great Britain domin ated much o f t he 19 50s and '60s , The United States go t a la te s t ar t in com ing to t he esteemed event. The USA first fielded a team in 1972, Team USA brok e through to take it s fir st M ot ocross des Nati ons titl e, winning unexpect edly in 1981 , with the legendary team of Chu ck Sun, Johnny O 'M ara. Danny LaPorte and Donnie Hansen, The USA wen t on a 13-year win ning streak in the 1980s and early 1990s to establish itself as the premi er cou ntry o f mot ocro ss racing in the w orld , Interestingly, the same w eekend Carmichael, Hughes and Ferry take to the track in Belgium. Team USA 1981 is to be induct ed into the Mot orcycl e Hall of Fame in Pickerington . Ohio , Jeremy McGrath's autobiography, titl ed Wide Open. will be avail able from Harper Collins in J anuary. accordin g to a re le ase f rom th e publ ish ers , M cGrath w rote the book w ith C hris Palmer , a staff write r at ES PN M agazin e , and Harper Collins' senio r edito r Jo sh Behar is editing the book, " Retirement has been a lot of work," M cG rath said in the release, " I spent a lot of time w ith Chris, and I know there are thing s i n this bo ok that abso lute ly no one has ever heard me discuss or probably even knew about me, I w ant ed peopl e w ho have foll owed my career to read it and say . 'I didn' t know th at! ' An d I think t his b ook do e s ju st that" For a chance to win a personalized and au tog raphed co py o f Wide Open, visit www.nacnac .corn for details, Wh en rider s show up for round thr ee of th e AMA Red Bull Supermoto Championsh ip in Colum bus, Ohio. on Oct ob er 5, th ey' ll be co nf ro nte d w ith a " email at ride rsupport@motonation.com . : . . HI RED: Shane Schaefer, by EVS Sports, as athlete support coordinator : : : : n, · u · r> : MAR RI ED : Mot ocrosser Andrew Short to his fiancee and WML and midwest accounts manager. effective immediately. Schaefe r was : most recently a business management college graduate and prev iously : worked for C lea r Channel Entertainment as regional arenacross manager. : . . HIRED : Billy Hutchins, by EVS Sports, as east coast sales manager, : motocrosser Jacki Hudson on September 27 in Colorado Springs, Col- Hutchins was most recently the east coast sales manager at One lndus- orado. tries. ACCEPTING: Motonation, the exclusive importer of Wacker off-road : : . . ACCEPTING: PR2 Racing Technology IS currently accepting resumes for the 2004 racing season, Resumes can be mailed to PR2, attn: rider support, 169 Hannahstown Road, Butler, PA 1600 2 . Applications are also being accepted through www.Sponsorhouse.com. handguards, is now accepting resumes for rider support for the 2004 season. Resumes can be sent to Motonation, c/ o Wacker rider support, 14168 Poway Road, Ste. 205 , Poway, CA 920 64 ,858/ 5 13-628 5 (faxl or -.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . 2 O CTO BER 8 . 2003' c ... ue I . e n e VU 50 : track de si gn ed to tes t th eir complete arsenal of skills , acco rding to the AMA From sw eeping, flat -track -oriented turns to technical dirt sectio ns and high-speed paveme nt , this late st supenmoto iteratio n will o nce aga in feature so me th ing f or every rider, the release states, AMA Pro Racing as sociate direct or of co mmercial development Chri s Bradley says this track will be entertain ing for fans and challenging for racers, "Once again. we 're maximizing the area in w hich the track will be lo cated . " say s B radley. · W e beg in th e track building process with a specific layout in mind. but as co nstruct ion unfolds, new oppo rt unit ies often presen t themselve s, That 's the beauty of this type of racing; you 're free to build the best poss ible type of track given the surroundings and setti ng," The track will be locat ed in downtown Columbus near the PromoWest Pavilion in the city 's revita lized Arena D i stri c t. P ro mo W e st Pavili on i s an indoo r/ outdoo r music amphitheater. The ar e a o ff e r s num erou s en te rta inment oppo rt unit ies including res taurants and night spo t s, In ad dit io n to taking in the races, attendees will have plenty of entertainm ent option s nearby. Bringing AMA Red B ull Sup erm o to Ch amp ion ship eve nt s to urba n venue s is part o f A M A Pro Racing 's business plan for the championship, After the Columbu s event, the series heads to Dallas two weeks later on October 18, Tickets for both round s can be purcha sed at all Ticketma st er locations, online at www.tlcketrnaster .corn or by calling 800 / 326-4000, Followi ng a meeting held in J anu ary of this year at the FIM headquarter s among members o f th e Trial Commission , t he promoter O ct agon / Esed os and trial manufact urers ' repres entatives , a st udy wa s made in order to find a way of mak- ing trials more dy namic, att rac t iv e and acces sible, according to the FIM . A prototype elec tronic device wa s developed during this season and is now ready to be pre sented and t e sted , Th is electron ic device w ill be installed on the motorcycle and w ill dete ct any sto p in progression or any mov ement backwa rd of the motorcycle. se nding a signal in order to help the sec t io n o b se rv ers , Thi s sys te m was developed by a French co mpany , Texys . w hi c h is alre ady invo lv ed in high -le ve l technology of mot or spo rts , in close co llaboration wi th FIM and FFM Trial Commission M emb er s, the promoter and the manufacturer s, W orld C hampi on Dougie Lampkin and W omen' s Cu p w inner Laia Sanz wi ll test the pro totyp e for th e fir st time at the Trials des Nati ons, In addition , during the Trials des Nations in Lavarone . a ce lebration of 20 years of this competition will be held, in order to pay a t ribute to the first thr ee finishers (France , Spain . Italy) in the first-ever Trials des Nations . w hich was held in Myslenice, Poland, on Sept embe r 16, 1984 , T he Peng ui n Roadracing School has Signed a multiy ear agreem ent with Ducat i North A merica t hat has t he two companies wo rking together at the grassroo ts level of road racin g in th e United States , acco rding to Penguin , The Penguin Roadracing School will become th e first officially endo rsed Ducati motorcycle school in the United States , and the two companies wi ll be wo rki ng to geth er t o increase rider partic ipation and Ducati ' s involvement in both regiona l road racing and tra ck days, Jerry W ood , founder of th e Penguin School. said : "I have been - - - - - Continued on page 106

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