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~ wEl [l)cD ODil@!JJil 00 ;=; [ ~ l!ll®f?D@) 1J!j11D@ Continuedfrom page 3 r ..., r":, L ;l '-- r I ' ;:: Qu aid Harl ey -D avid son and th e Inland Empire STAR chapte r are organizing th e Debi Wilson Memorial Poker Run for Sat urday . O ct o ber 18. t o sta rt and end at Tom' s Farms in Corona. California. There wi ll be a $1 5 pre -entry fee. or After a stirring final World Speedway round in Hamar. Norway. on October 4. Denmark's Nick i Pedersen is the 2003 World Speedway Champion . Pederse n. who sat a point behi nd A ustralian Jason Crump after the penultimate round, finished second, behind Ameri can Greg Hancock , in the final, tak ing the title in the process - an II -posit ion improvement on his 2002 finish. Crump com pleted the final -round host ili ties in seventh place after he was excluded from his semifinal for knocki ng off local rider Rune Holta on the opening lap. His II points in Norway took his season's haul to 144 points, but it wasn't enough to hold off Pederse n. Meanwhile . the two other riders in the 24 -rider field who were capable of clinching the title in the final round - Tony Rickardsson and Australia's Leigh Adams - both found the going tough at the Viking Ship Stadium in Norway, with the former bowing out in heat 17 and Adams following two contests later. Hancoc k ' s vict or y in No rway incl ud ed a tou ch of di'il' vu , because the Califomi an also won last year's final round - at Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Hancock ended up eaming 25 points, besting Nicki Pedersen and Bjarne Pedersen. The win moved Hancock to fifth in the final points standings. a $20 post -entry fee . w hile a passenger is an addit iona l $ 15 and an extra hand will be $ 10. Part icipants will be eligible fo r a fu ll 10 -pe rc ent disco unt at bot h Qu ai d Harl ey -D avi d son and Tem ec ula M ot orsports on the day of the ride . and the cas h prizes will be split be tween th e high hand (70 percent) and low hand (30 percent ). There wi ll also be a barbecue at Quai d H-D between 10 a.m . and 2 p.m. Ent ry fo rms can be found th roug hout the So-C al Yamaha dea ler network. as w ell as at Qua id H-D and Temecu la M o to rspo rt s , o r y o u ca n lo g o n to www .yoc ra cing .com /s tar t o r e g is te r online . Ride pins will be given to the first 200 finis hers . I r [fJ@@)@~@DD u ffJ!JJ@~ Ro ad ra cer Troy Corser fin ished a http:/ /www.wetleather.com/ memorial/ marty- Lutz w ill hold his second annual fundrais- capadona.html. M agny-C ours as the unoffic ial fa ste st er for t he Wegman Benefit Fund . rider - de spite miss ing the second day The ride d ay w ill b e held o n M on d ay . due to injury . according to his team . The O ctober 13 . at G inge rma n Racew ay in A ustralian cra she d at tu rn tw o on Sep - Round fo ur of t he SuperMoto USA Nor-Cal Championships w ill take place on Saturday. O ct obe r 11. at Alt amont Raceway in Tracy. Calif ornia. The eve nt. M oto A ir Al tamont . will featu re all S up e r m ot o c la ss es as w e ll as a frees ty le mot ocro ss show . In addition to the Pro pur se . there will be a $ 500 cash pu r se i n th e M in i M ot ard c la s s . Th e cla ss is open to all fou r-st ro ke mo tor cycles up to 159cc . For information. call 866 / 571-2 111 . Sport Bike T ra c k Tim e o w ne r M on t e two -day t e st at t he Fren c h c irc ui t o f S o ut h Hav en . M ich ig an . A mi nimu m tember 30 and initi ally did not appear to donation of $75 is requ ired for the day . have suff ered any ill effect s. How ever . and all proceeds wi ll go to the W egman th e next day. C or ser had do uble vis ion Benefit Fund to aid injured road racers . and a bad headache and wa s advised to For mo re info r ma tion . co nt ac t Sport C lear Chann el M otor Sports division has r e t u rn home t o M o na c o for furth er B ike Tra ck Time at 4 19 /8 22-03 50 or ann ou n ced tha t t h e Maxxis U.S . Open in Las Vegas. Neva da , w ill be b r o ad c ast li ve v ia WWW .u ssx .com on October 11 and 12. The web cast w ill feature two nights of racing with co mmentary from Jim Holley and C had Dam iani. examinatio n. mon te @sportb ike trac ktime. co m or v isit www.sportbi ketracktime.com . Gl en Hel e n Ra c eway w ill h o st t h e GaragePeople.com -F ire /Police Marty Capadona , W M RRA racer num- MX National rounds three and four. Zak Forrest . 18. died in a str ee t-bike crash on Sat urday . Sep tember 27 . w hile riding his Supermo to bike in th e Santa Monica Mountain s near Santa M oni ca. C aliforni a. Fo rre st wa s th e fo under of supe rmo t ox.ne t and a supe rmo to and moto cro ss enthusiast. Condolences can be se nt to KingZakForrest@hotmail.com . ber 48 and co-founder of Rocket Science O ctobe r 13 - 14 . For more inform ati on. Racin9 and Team Wetleather, was killed visit www.firepo lice mx.co m. in a st reet-ridinq acc ident on September A new motocro ss tra ck will open at the ber-three plate holder as we ll as a M ot or- 25 . He was also the 1995 W M RRA numPomona Fairplex in Pomona. C aliforn ia. cycle S afe ty Foundation ins t ruc tor. He leaves behi nd his wife . Maura, and their tice seven days a w eek and has full stadi- two children. Gri ffin . 5, and Alexa. 8. A acc ord ing to eve nt prom oters. The ride. um light s for night riding. Fairplex MX memorial service was held on October 1 has a th ree-mont h leas e with an exte n- at Ge ne Coulon Park in Renton. Wa shin9- which begins at Harley-Davidson of Glendale in Glendale. California. w ill last from 6 sion th at is co nti nge nt on lo cal so un d ton. In lieu of flowers. a PayPal account has te st s and ne ighbor reacti on . For mo re been established at the following website, to information. visit www.fairplexmx.com . accept contributions for Capadona's children: [fJG!J11 W®G!Jf? rrJJ®DD@d} l!llDD@f?@ W®G!Jf? rrJJ®G!Jl1DD D~ In a change from years past, spectators at this year's Maxxis U.S. Open will be able to place bets at any ~'GM/Mira g e property. includ ing the MGM Grand. New York New York. Mirage, Bellagio and Treasure Island casinos - whereas, in years past. you could only wager at the MGM. These are the odds as of Monday, October 6 . Chad Reed 1/1 , even money 6/5 Ricky Carmichael Mike laRocco 3/1 Ernesto Fonseca 4/1 David Vuillemin 4/1 Nick Wey 8/1 Michael Byrne 8/1 1011 Grant Langston Larry Ward lOll Nathan Ramsey 15/1 Brock Sellards 18/1 Heath Voss 22/1 Keith Johnson 22/ I Damon Huffman 27/1 Field 12/1 92 OCTOB ER 15, 2003' cu e GFI Elsinore Grand Prix pre-ent ries clo se on O ct ober 10. For more lnformation , call 909 /3 4 1-8002 . on October 12. The track will offe r prac- Hazel Lee Spies . th e grandm oth er of road racer Ben Spie s. died on Oct ober 1. In lieu of flowers. the family is asking that ~ monetary co ndo le nces be se nt to the C layton Foundation. clo Cycle News. ~ Pre-entry is now o pen fo r the Day In The Dirt 2003 event . slate d to run Friday . Novembe r 28 . t h roug h Su nd ay . N ovem ber 30. at Lo s A nge les C ou nt y Rac eway in Palm d al e . C alifo rn ia. For more infor mati on , call 6 6 1/263-8 72 2. I e n e 1lVs The 20th anniversary of Love Ride will feat ure ZZ Top on Sunday. November 3. a.m. to 9 a.m. Lee Rocker will perform at Castaic Lake at 11 a.m.. w ith ZZ Top slated to begin its performance at 1 p.m. For more informati on. visit www.loveride.org. M ult it ime Vet Champion Doug Dubach wi ll for the first time have th e opportu nity to win bo th the Ov er 40 and Ove r 30 Pro classes at t he 19th annu al White B ro s . World V et C ha m p ionsh ip . November 1-2. at Gl en Helen Raceway. Dubac h. w ho re centl y tu rn ed 40 . has dominated the Vet Over 30 Pro clas s . winning t he nine eve nts in t he last 10 years. This year D ubach wi ll be able to com pete in the Over 40 Pro class for a $ 2000 Pr o p urse . T his is th e seco nd year for the Ove r 40 Pro class. w hic h races on Sat urday . Th is give s the Pro rid ers ove r 40 th e op po rt unity to rac e th e Ove r 40 and Ov er 30 Pro cla sse s . C la s ses are op en for ri de rs 25 yea rs and older and all skill lev els. Fo r more information. go t o www .glenhelen .com or call Glen Helen' s 24-ho ur info rmatio n line at 909 / 880 -3090. CN