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J J \XI J J [jill (((bm [](}@DUDDffD@@fB Continuedfrom page 3 al w ays been my d re am to be ab le to move from W orld Super sp ort to W orld ] ] ] AMA Sports , which mana ges amateur and pro -am com petition for th e A m eric an Moto rc y cl ist A ssoc iat ion (AMA), is plea se d to announ ce the nom inees for several of the special awards that will be presented at the inaugural AMA Sports Award s Banquet on Friday, Novembe r 2 1, at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel and Conference Center. Champions in the AMA Sport s programs from across the country. as well as some of the key media who cover them, will be honored at this year 's ceremony. Naughton Insurance will be the presentin g sponsor for the banquet, whil e reception sponsors include MX Sports and Racer X Illustrated with additional sponsors for the banquet such as Tra ck side Software, KTM, Kenda Tire , and Troy Lee Designs. "Support for thi s event and the cham pions who will be honored at it has been tremendous," said Douglas Neubauer, director of AMA Sports. S upe rbike , but to do it as Champion is a hard w ork getting a new mac hine dial led ] ] ] iJ iJ !JjffDffD@G!JffD@@~ !JjW@f?@ .(1] !Jj!1iJ!Jj special fee ling , W e know it' s going to be into ' new ' circ uits every wee ke nd, but I' m v e ry co nf ide nt th at th e Te n Kat e team will be able to ach ieve that. " S peaking of Chris Vermeulen , t he ne w W o rld S upersport Champion concl ud ed hi s ca mpa ign by hono ring th e m an wh o launched his career, .t he late - " t hank yo u " message and the Sh ee ne trade m ark . duck de cal o n his Ten Kat e o CBR600RR Hon da at the M agny-C ours fin al round in Fran c e , on O c tob e r 19 . The d e c i s i on by V erme u le n w a s i n J '] Cham pio n, Shee ne , w ho died in M arch 1 , The nominees include: 2003 AMA Sports Athlete of the Year Geoff Aaron , Ramona, CA , Observed Trials Champ ion Greg Hancock , Costa Mesa, CA , National Speedway Champion Barry Hawk, Smithfield, PA, GNCC Champion Mi ke Lafferty, Millfield, NJ , Enduro Champion Brian Stokes , Kingston , GA, Road Race Champion and Horizon Award Winner ' . Blake Young, Madison, WI, Dirt Track Champion and road racer 2003 AMA Sports Print Media Journalist of the Year Clete Campbell , Dubuque, lA , Telegraph Herald Dewanna Com er, Hazel Green, AL, Flat Track Illustrated Kit Palmer, Costa Mesa, CA, Cycl e News Jason Weigandt, Morgantown, WV, Racer X Illustrated 2003 AMA Sport s Broadcast Jo urnalist of the Year Brian Jackson, Evansville, IN, Corbin 's Ride On Kevin Kelly , Aut ell , GA, DMXS Radio Larry Maiers, Hogansville, GA , Speed Channel 2003 AMA Sport s Track Racing Organizer of the Year Lodi Motorcycle Club, Lodi , California Pine Lake, Ashtabula , Ohio Barry' Sheene, V ermeulen wi ll carry a man w ho got the tal ent ed 2 1-year -old ' s re spect fo r the t w o -t im e 50 0c c W o rld but is remembered by V ermeulen as th e ...J career under w ay . " I firs t met Barry in 1999, wh en he was a com me nta to r fo r C hannel 10 television in A ustralia , " Ve rmeulen rec alls . " Not lo ng after that he :=:; gav e me his business c ard and said to call him if I ever need ed any help. A t the ~ end o f 1999 I had o ffers from so me A ustralian S upe rbike teams and wa sn't sure ~ w hat to do . Barry fi xed me up w ith a ride in t he B rit ish C ham p ion ship , and t hat was the beginning of every th ing fo r me . I wa s 17 yea rs o ld . left for Euro pe on my own and didn 't ha ve any idea w hat t o ~ expect. but Barry wa s co nvi nced it w as r the right move fo r me . Sinc e then , and ""' J ""' back into full trainin g aft er a seve re di slocati on of his left sho ulder t hat pre ma- ~' Polka Dots Motorcycle Club, Midland, MI 2003 AMA Sports Off-Road Organizer of th e Year Cycl e Conservation Club of Mich igan P&D Promoti ons Racer Productions 2003 AMA Sports Vet /Senior Rider of the Year Kevin Foley, Cyp ress, CA, Mot ocross Vet/Se nior of the Year Kevin Snyder, Taylorville, IL, Dirt Tr ack Vet/ Senior of the Year Craig Pickett, U nden, MI, Ice Racer of the Year 2003 AMA Sports Female Rider of the Year "Aman da Mast in , Whitehouse , OH , Endu ro , Hare Scr ambles, GNCC, Momcross . Sarah WhJtmore, Cheboygan , MI, Motocross Nichole Cheza, Clio, MI, Dirt Track , Ice Race 2003 ATVA Amateur Rider of the Year Dustin Wimmer, Center Valley, PA, Motocross Jeffrey HilUan, Beebe, AR, Dirt Trac k Bryan Cook, Casar, NC, GNCC 2003 ATVA Youth Rider of the Yeer Cody Mill er, Greenville, TX , Motocross, Dirt Track Mit ch Reynolds, Greenbrier, AR, Motocross , Dirt Track Joel Hetrick; Seneca, PA, Moto cross, Dirt Track . . . . - Several other categories and nomi nees will be announced short ly, including Motocross Organizer of the Year, AMA Sport s Yout h Rider of th e Year , ATVA Pro Rider of the Year, ATVA Vet/S enior Rider ofthe Year and ATVA Fem ale Rider of the Year, as well as two oth er m edia awards, Photojoumalist of the Year and Website of the Year. Tickets for th is exciting inaugural event are $75 per per son , which includes entry to the evening's host ed reception, dinner, a souvenir program, memorabilia and seating for the awards ceremo ny. Our masters of ceremo nies will be Speed Chann el personalit y Greg White and veteran race announcer Tim Cott er. To m ake reservations for the AMA Sports Awards Banquet, contact Sue Mason at 614 /856-1900, extension 1244 , or at sm ason@ama -cycle.org. it s re c en t nom ina t io n pro ce ss for th e AMA boa rd of directors . In th e soo n be ann oun c e d. a cc ording t o racing bikes w ill sta rt with tea ms that will tu rel y t e rm i na t e d h i s 20 0 3 sea so n , N o rth east Region, the ca ndidate w ill be C ycle s tar. Fo r more info rmatio n abo ut sho uld be one o f t he favorite s in t he J . R i ch ard Gra y (in cum b en t . un op - the bike s go to C ycl estar.c om and click new GP se rie s that will see 125cc tw o- posed) . In the No rth C entral Region, the o n the" Pro Sh op " star. A portion of the st ro k es f ac e -off aga inst 2 50 c c fou r- c and idat es wi ll be J eff Smith (inc u m- pro c eed s w ill go to t he te am s to he lp strokes . The seven-time G P w inner has bent) and Jame s Vi verit o . In the N orth- s up po r t the ir rac ing e ffo rts w ith t he secured se ve ra l o f his own p erson al w es t Regi on . the candidates w ill be Cliff remain der go ing to helpful ride r support o r g a n iza t i o n s such as the Clayton sponso rs to help him in his que st for a Glidd en and D al Sm ili e (i nc u m b e nt ) . seco nd Wor ld Champ ion ship a fte r These five nominees w ill appear on the M em orial Fo u ndat io n an d t he Ro ad 2 be co ming t he first and o nly title ho lder fo r Brit ain in the 125c c cl as s bac k in ba llo t appea ring in t he J anu ary , 2004 . is s ue o f A meric an M ot o rc yc list mag a- Rec overy , accordi ng to C ycle st ar. 200 1; he is now t he le ad rid er of t he zine . Each A M A me m be r in th e t hre e " The Ride . " an original b r onze s culp- N o rt he rn r e gi o n s w il l then h ave th e Barry Shee ne . Ve rmeu len re c alled . RWJ M ot o r po int. c o. u k H o nd a t e am . " Th is is an ex citing t i me . a nd I fe el t u r e co mmiss ioned by H elmet H o use had so me straight- talking adv ice fo r the o ppo rt unity to vote o n the candidates in their reg ion . The th ree succ ess ful ca ndi- to grace the outside o f the national dis- re fres hed about my rac ing because the y o ungs t er w ho w ou ld eve nt ual ly ta k e last tw o yea rs have bee n extremely di ff i- da te s w ill be sea ted at t he Fe br ua ry . him to a W orl d Supersport titl e . " Barry cult. " D obb said. " 1 was co ns tantly tes t- to ld me two thin gs ยท don ' t c ras h, and ing o r trying to d eve lop a new mo tor- 2004 . m e et ing of t h e A MA boa rd of direct ors. A min imum of 25 nominations w hen the bike feels good , don 't let the ....J cycl e , and t he lack o f progres s ove rall wa s req ui re d t o appea r o n the ballo t. was affecting my co nfidenc e . N ow I am w ith Ho nda. I kno w that I can be bett er Nomi nat ions clo sed on O ct obe r 10 , .....) don 't touc h it!" V erm e ul e n sa id. " He to ld me he never crashed wh en he won prepared before I get to the trac k and be and the results c ert if ied by the account- -!J J J ] "l .J , righ t up until his deat h, Bar ry helped me out w ith all negotiati o ns and ev ery co ntra c t that wa s put in front of me . " And, in hi s typ ic al fo rth ri gh t f as hio n . ' I mechanic s touch it , and make sure they , 2003. and were inde pendently tabula ted .....J his world titles in 19 76 and 19 77 , and 1 his co nfidence g rew and g rew. " lron ical- thinking 100 perce nt abo ut my rac ing ins tead of worryi ng abo ut t he bike and verified eligibility . Ernst & Yo ung also wi ll Iy , V erm eul en ' s f i r st race f o llo w in g it s pe rfo rm an c e . The d ea l I hav e pu t tab ulat e t he ballots cas t in t he ele cti o n. Sheene' s death result ed in vic tory, th e tog ethe r w it h t he he lp of C o lin (Ree d , The A MA board of directo rs co ns ists of 12 mem bers. S ix ind ividual dir ect ors are J l =< fir st of his career, at his ho me rou nd at th e t e am ow ner) a nd some excelle nt backers g ives me a great op portunity to .....J Thursday nigh t. O cto ber 9 . Weig hing 400 pounds and mounted on a cus tom -made . four- fo ot-tall c o nc r e t e and gra nite pedesta l, t he sculpt ure itself wa s over three feet high . " It' s not so me th ing the thieves coul d have s li p pe d into t hei r pocke t." said Bob M iller, Helmet Ho use p res id e n t. "T hey n e ede d t o rch e s . a tru ck . and a pred eterm ine d plan . They had to heat o r c ut t he s t ee l ro ds . o r riding w ith th e numbe r 07 made fam ous ho pefu lly show the kind of fo rm that won the G P last year in Au s tria. " by S heene himself , " This ye ar has be en mas siv e fo r me, and it' s sad that Barry ' s ele c te d by t he ge nera l mem bership in the ir respec tive reg io ns and serve th ree- bo th. that con nected the sc ulpt ure to the year terms . Six co rpo rate directors are we nt to all this tro uble to stea l it. " " The e lected by t he co rpo ra te mem bership Phil lip Isl an d and, almos t sy m bolically , 1 ing firm of Ern s t & Y o un g , w hic h also t r ib uto r 's C alab asa s Hill s . C ali fo rn ia . headquarters' entrance , was stolen o n Ride " w as amo ng the first projec ts of the base. It' s very up setting that so mebody pass ed away wi th ou t see ing me w in the Y ou n g mo tocrosse r Je ff A l ess i and serve two-y ea r t erm s . The A MA " A rt In Pub lic Place s " program of t he world tit le , " V er meu len said . " But.. . it' s re c ent ly unde rwen t three surgeries to board o f d irecto rs mee ts fou r t im e s a city o f Ca labasas . It is the wo rk of sc ulp- .....J als o nic e to be ab le t o rem ember him one more tim e. " repair dam ag e suffe red in his c rash in year. t or S t e v e Po s s o n a n d a r t d ire ct o r th e 85 cc class at the U _S . Open in Las 'I ..J ] ] 1 V eg as, N evada. o n Oct ob e r 10 . In o ne o f th e s u rger ies , A l e s si ha d a r i b Form er W orld C hampion Jamie Dobb has signed to rid e with the RWJ Honda C y c l estar.com has a nno unc e d th e famous to mot orcycli sts as the creator of online auc tio ning of so me of " t he fast est mo to rcycl es in th e w o rld" fro m team s sc ulpt ure that is th e c enterpiece of the ..Gl o ry D ays. " t he high ly-reg arded them e sq uad fo r 20 04 M o tocro ss W orld Ch am- rem oved and his L 1 ve rt ebra rem oved . He also und erwe nt s urgery to hav e a like Pro Circ uit , Ya ma ha o f Troy . Team A MA M useum. An yone w ith inf o rmation pionsh ip . Dobb wi ll be ridi ng a killed ver- plate and screw put into his broken leg . EC C and Team M oto XXX . The auct io n sta rted o n Wed nes day. Oct ob e r 15 . In on the missing sculpture is as ked to co n- The AMA has announc ed th e resu lts of the next few wee ks , th e sal e o f road Helmet House, 8 18/880-0000 _ ....J sio n o f the new CRF 25 0 four-st roke . , Liselotte Bjorck-Po sson . Steve is mo st The 3 1-y ear -ol d B ri t , wh o is current ly 6 O CTOBER 29 ,2003 ' C .. c I e n e vv sa tac t J oanne G o ld en or M ark G and y at eN