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t ion - w hich is nearly impossible without making reserv at ions month s ahead of t ime - and not hav inq to worry abo ut keeping t rack of racing schedules or getting crede ntials . " AM A Travel & To urs limited last year's Dayt ona Bike Week exc urs io n t o t he fi r st 50 gu est s and expects the 2004 trip to fill quick ly. For reserva tio ns or more info rmation . ca ll Kat ie Kile y at 800 / AMA -JO IN , ext. 1196 . Dw xE ~ lffiCO Dc [ Continued from page 3 n t he AMA . " He r pers o nal ene rgy and passion, as well as her inestimable conI ' tribution to moto rcy cling ove r nearly six LJ decades. makes her most dese rving of ,', th e AMA Be ssie St ri ngfi e ld A w ard . " Nom inat ion s for the AMA Bessie St ringfield Award fo r Superior Achievement by a Female M ot orcycli st may be submitted by any member of the A ssociation . It is best owed from time to time at the pleasure o f the A M A board of directors. Pas t recipi ent s o f the award inc lude Patti C arpenter and Rita Coombs. L U O D D D D M e m o rial se rv ic es f o r "Fu d" F u d pucker, the longtime San Diego , Cali· fornia. area of f-road race prom oter who died on October 23 , will be held Novernber 6 at 2 p.rn. at the Glenn Abby M ortuary in Bonita, California . A Fud M emorial Fund has been st ar t ed t o pay fo r services and settleme nt of his es ta te. D o nat ion s c an be mad e t o t he Fu d M emorial at Race Ready Product s. 103 Press Lane. Chu la Vista. CA 9 19 10 o r deposit at any W a s hi ngt o n M u tu a l Branch. account #0674396596 . Parts Unlimit ed will be the title spo nso r o f t he 10 t h annual L a k e Wh i t n e y Spring C lassic , scheduled for W hitney, Texas, M arch 10 - 14 . Last year's even t fea tured 2228 en tries fro m 4 5 states and five co unt ries , acco rding to event pro mote rs. For more informa tion, call 8 17/270-1814 . o o o o The FIM announced on Monday, Novem be r 3, that the Brand s Hat ch ro und of th e Wo r ld S u pe r sport C h a mp i onsh ip (a schedule th at was released last week) has been moved from J uly 25 t o Augu st 1. In addi tio n, t he FIM has an nou nced t ha t W orld S up er s port round s w ill be held at all t he European race s and also at Phillip Island in Au stra lia. A round in M ont Tremblant. Canada, is yet to be confirmed, according to the FIM . Cl ear Ch ann el Ent ert ain ment 's M ot o r Sp ort s di vi si on ha s a nno unc ed th e re lea se o f B ar To Bar 2003 , the THQ Wor l d Sup erc r o s s G P/AMA Super cro s s seaso n revi ew video and D VD. T o pu rc ha s e Bar To Bar 2003 visit www .sxgp .com o r ca ll 888 / 65 9 · RAC E. 8 r, o o u o o AMA Travel & Tours has announced its annual getawa y pack age t o D a y to na Bike Week , M arch 1-6 , 2004 , in Daytona Beach . Florida. The AMA Travel & Tours D ay t on a Bike Week ex cursi on off ers enthusiasts an inside r' s view of one of American mot orcycling 's bigg est events . The pa cka ge i ncl ude s a fu ll week of accomm odation s at a beach front resort hot el in the Main Street district. plus passes to a selection of AMA Pro Racing events - from flat tra ck t o A MA S upe rc ro ss and , of co urse , th e Dayt ona 200 . In addition, AMA Travel & Tours gue st s will enjoy exc lusive pit and paddo c k t ou r s , tech nical di scu s sion s w ith AMA Pro Ra c ing o f f ic ia ls , and o pport unit ies to me et t op rac er s. All guests wi ll be treated to a special Bike Week barbecue and . w ill receive co mmemorative it ems from t he AMA. But racing is j ust o ne rea so n for Dayt o na Bike W eek' s popularity . M any enthu sias t s are d raw n to D ay t o na Be ac h' s extraordinary rolling st ree t scene - and that' s why AMA Travel & Tours ' Dayt ona Bik e W eek gues t s will be based at a hotel just minutes from M ain St reet. And whi le mo st B ike W eek visito rs mus t choose between riding or trailering the ir motor cycl es to Dayton a, AMA Trav el & To urs' guests have t he o pti on of shipping their bike s to Florida or having a renta l motorcycle waiting for them wh en they arrive . at discounted rate s fr om EagleRid er M ot orcycle Rent al. " A M A Travel & Tours' Dayt ona package takes a ll the s t r ess o u t o f e njoyi ng B ik e Week," said Frank Covucci . director of A MA T r av e l & T o ur s . " O u r g ue s t s app rec ia te kn owing that they' ll have quality accommodatio ns in an ideal loca - Supercro ss/Mot ocross announcing ico n Erv Brau n and Aren across/Mot ocross announcing son Zegin B ra u n are fast be com ing th e sta tu s qu o anno uncing team of the major event s, acco rding to a releas e issued by the father/son team. T hu s f ar i n 2003, the B ra un s hav e anno unced t og eth er at the fo llowin g eve nts : t he Daytona Sup erc ro ss, Arenacro s s fin als in Las Vega s. Lo rett a Lynn' s Am at eu r N ati on al , Good Time Nati onal. New York State W eekend of Ch amp ion s , Un adill a M ot o cro s s Pro Nati onal and many others. These events are back on the ir 2004 annual schedule, th e Bra un s say . The new est audie nce s o o n t o e njoy th e " E-Z doublet alk " announcing team will be at the upcoming W inte r O ly mpics , Thank sg iving w eek (N ovembe r 23 -29 ) at Gainesvill e, Florida, accordi ng to the release. For mo re info rmation on the " E-Z Team," co ntac t Braun Entertainment at 607/742-9428. o o D o D o D o D o d o The ro und of the SuperMoto World Championship scheduled for Dub ai in the United Arab Emirates on December 14 has been canceled and replaced by a round in Spa-Francorcharnps. Belgium, on November 16. o D o o o o Sportbike Track Time , one of th e country' s largest provid ers of track-d ay events w ith over 70 dat es at 12 rac etrack s in 2003 . ann ou nc ed t hat it is expanding operatio ns in 2004 to include W est Co ast and Sou thern ve nues. "We will publicize our 2004 W est C oast and S outh ern reg io n d at e s o nce all o u r venues have finaliz ed th eir resp ect ive D [J 6 D NOVEM B ER 12. 2003' cue e nevvs ca le ndars . " s ta te d M on t e Lut z , c oowne r of Sportbike Track Time with wif e Bonnie St rawser. " After the succ ess of t he 2003 Fe mmot o ev ent at Pahru mp (Ne vada) and our reco rd rider t urn o ut this past seaso n at all our other ve nues across t he co untry. we felt it wa s a very good time to bring our events to a W est Coast audience and ramp up our pres ence in the southern states ." AH RMA ro ad rac ing at D ay t o na In t ern ati o nal S peed w ay du r ing Bik e W eek is traditi onall y one event spread ove r two day s. For 2004 , howeve r , AHRMA will double t he racing opportunities at D ay t o na, o ff e ri ng a comp lete roun d of it s Histo ric C up Series each day , M onda y and Tuesday, M arch 1-2 . By doubling t he amou nt of track time , t he c han ge is ex pe c te d t o b e more attractive to ove rseas riders and others wh o must t ravel a great dista nce to race on the famed 3.56-mile supers peedway, acc o r di ng to A H RM A. Add it i on all y , A HRMA and W ERA Vintag e are aga in jo ining for ces for a pre-Daytona practice day and two days of racing. February 2527 at J ennings GP in J ennings, Florida. Ent ry form s wi ll be ava ilab le i n mi d November at www.ahrma.o rg, as we ll as by requ e st fr om AHR MA, P.O . B ox 17 25 , G o o dl e t t s v il l e, TN 370 70 : 615 /85 1-367 4: 6 15/851·3678 (fax). Our European so urces are claiming that A prilia is planning to debut its compl e t e ly new V - t w i n 45 0cc at th e pe nu lti ma t e W o r ld FIM S up e rm ot o roun d in Spa-Francorchamp s. Belg ium . November 15- 16 . The bike will prob ably be raced in the last round in Sp ain o n Novemb er 30 as well . N ew ly crowned 25 0cc Ro ad Raci ng W orld Ch ampi on M anuel Poggiali has been tabbed to ride the new bike in Belgium. The reaso n for the debut now could be relat ed to th e fact that the revo lut io nary tw o-cylin der p roj e c t s e e ms t o be botherin g the J apanese manufact urers, and the re may be some action against it by pro posing new rules. By racing now , Aprili a wo uld show th e J apanese and th e w orld that the bike exist s for real. and it 's not just a proj ect. A s far as motocros s. th e bik e w ill be based on the same proj ect but will be ready lat er this year. Apri lia is st ill negotiating w ith Mi ckae l Pic hon for a possib le factory ride . Reign ing Formu la USA Gra nd N ati onal Champion Nick Cummings . 17 , has signed on with OMS Sport s' road racing team, effecti ve immedia tely. Wi th racing blood co ur sing th rou gh his ve ins , the Flint, Michigan, native grew up in a raeing family w ith clo se fri ends and riding influences ranging from Scotty Park er and Jay Spring ste en to Kevin Atherton and N ick y Hayden. Cu mmings ' fat her, Tom, ran a highly success ful flat track race team. and grandfa ther Bert won the legendary Jack Pine race in Northern Mich igan on seve ral occasio ns back in t he 1950 s. " Nick 's progressed awf ully fast ," says O M S Spo rt s' Jim Filice . "H e co mes from grea t rac ing pedigree and posse sses a sim ilar background to Ni ck y Hay den - w in ning [like Hayd en] the AMA 's 'Horizon Aw ard' as an amat e ur. " Filic e sa id th at C umming s w ill loo k to defend his Formula USA Champi on sh ip nex t y ear , gaining as mu c h ex pe rie nce as poss ible - espe cia lly in road raci ng. "Then once N ick deve lops, O MS will be g in looking f o r a fa ct o ry sate llite road racing team fo r him," Filice add ed. The United S ta tes Grand Prix Ride r s Union (USG PRU) has announced the addit ion of a 250 ccGP class for the 2004 season . The 250 ccGP class is limited to factory G P motorcycles: typically two-s tro ke , two -cy lind er liqu id -c ool ed racing mac hine s , accordi ng t o US G PRU. The str ucture of the class . as with 125GP, incl udes region al and nat io nal eve nts wi th t im ed q uali fy ing, 50 k m r ac es and cas h pu r s e s fo r w i nn e r s . " The s uc cess o f th e 125 G P c l ass resul te d in overwhe lming dema nd t o expa nd o ur orga nization to inclu de the 250 G P cla s s," sai d Stewart Ai tken Cade . chief steward of the U SG PRU . "The add ition of this class exte nds our focus to pr ovid e a t rue GP ve nue fo r rider s w ith a path to co mpete in M oto GP on a worldwide level. " Clear Channel Entert ainment' s Champion sh ip Cup S erie s Ra c i ng ( C C S) a nd F-U SA ' s National Road Race Series (NRRS) will ho st t he maj ori ty o f t he ro un d s with spec ial even t s to be anno unced . The USGPRU ex pe cts t o pub lis h a f ina l schedule and rulebo ok for the series by the end of January , 2004 . Cl ear C hanne l Entertai nmen t' s M ot or Sport s division and KTM North America Inc. rece ntly signed a three-year aqreement to prese nt the KTM Jr. Supercross Cha llenge at the THQ Wo rld Supercross GP/AMA Supercross Series events . extending their involvemen t in the sport. Introdu ced to Supercross in 1997, the KTM Jr. Supercro ss Cha lleng e has been a significant part of the Supercross prog ram. Over the years , more than 1500 kids betwe en the ages of seven and eight have exp eri en ced th e perks of being a fact ory rider for a day. according to KTM. "The KTM Jr. Supercross Cha llenge is one of the proud est acco mplishments of KTM N o rt h America, " said S el v araj Na raya na, vic e pre sident . KT M N ort h Ameri ca, Inc. "To work with the youth of Ame rica and to demonstra te thei r skill, ability. pride and passion for the sport in front of hundreds of tho usands of Supercro ss fans is truly an honor. We are looking f o rw ar d to work ing w it h our col leagues at Clear Ch annel for t he next t hree years to take this prog ram to all new levels. " At each Supercross race. 15 riders are randomly selected to co mpete in fron t of the sizeable crowds at the C lear C ha nn el Ent er t ainm ent - M ot or Sports-produc ed events. Kids can register at their local KTM dealerships across America. The chosen riders and families are t reated to a fu ll factory day at the Supercro ss race. All riders co mpete on ide nti c ally pr epa red KTM 50 Pro Sr . Sportm otorcycles and receive Thor riding gear. team wear and Scott Gogg les. In addit ion. each rider recei ves a # 100 EE eN Savings Bond.