Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

n 197 5 . Th e Ev e l Kniev e l di splay w ill to be used fo r eve nts an d mo to cro s s Iso have ot her mem ora bilia fro m Evel's prac t ic es . '-' 'I aredevil career. o -....) AMA Travel & To urs has annou nced an n an effort to reduc e no ise level s and ex pan ded. ei g ht -event line up o f 2 0 0 4 nsu re f uture raci ng . C al ifo rn ia Stat e Supercross raci ng sp e c ta to r arks t oday anno unc ed that beginning pac kages . A MA S up e r c ro s s pa ck- anuary 1. all off-road vehicl es using the ages. spo nsored by Race r X Illustrated. o Uister H ills Grand Prix track at are ava ilable fo r the following locations ollister Hill s State V ehicular Recreat io n and dates : rea (SV RA l w ill be requ ired to meet a 9 -de cibel noise limit, a ma jor c hange D iego - January 24 : Houston - Feb ruary 14 ; A tl anta - Feb rua ry 28 ; S t. Louis - eca use sound lim its had been exempt M arch 13; Pontiac - April 3 ; D allas - A pril Pho enix - J anu ary 10 : San n c losed -course competit ion . Ho llis te r 17 ; and Las Vegas - Ma y 3 . " The popu- ills. lo cat ed six miles so uth of Ho llister la rit y o f AMA Su p e rcro s s j ust keeps ia C ienega Road . will be come the fir st g ro wi ng each year. and ou r exc urs ion s V RA to req uire a so und testing limit on o ff er sp ectat ors a unique experien c e the chance to feel like they ' re a part o f compet it ion tra c k . J ack A ze v e d o . w ner o f AMP Racing . said respo ns ible anagemen t is critical to maintai ning nd expanding off-roa d o pportunities in a lif o rnia . " T h e O HV Stak eh o ld e r s roup. made up of off-roa d users. man fac tu rers , land manager s. env ironmenal ist s a nd o th er i nte res t e d p art ie s . und ers tand s t he importan c e o f th e se y pes o f i s s u e s and is addre s s in g the m . " he said . Th e c han ge in no ise standards at Holl ister Hills is related to an environmenta l impa ct rep ort co m missio ned for new prope rt y pu rch ased for the expan sion of t he off-hi ghway park. The EIR w as challe nged in a law suit that add ressed attendance . no is e and du st . The law suit w as settled w ith the agr ee - the action. " said Frank Co vuccl , d irect o r of A M A Travel & To urs. AMA Trav el & Tours ' S uperc ro s s packages s tart w ith pa sse s to wa tc h S upe rcro s s pra ctice the aft ern oo n befo re the race s. foll owed by exc lusiv e . beh ind -th e-sce nes pad dock tours and trac k wa lkt hroughs con d uc t ed by AMA Pro Rac ing o ff ic ia ls . During th e paddock tour. fans c an discuss te ch nical top ic s w it h race off ic ials and me et A M A Su p erc ro s s s tars . O n race day . o f course. A MA Travel & Tours provides it s spectators w it h re served seats . AMA S u p e r c ro s s pa c kages i nc l u d e F r i d ay and S a t u r d ay n ight accommodations. A lso included are offici al media g uides. program s . and c o mmemo rativ e so uve nirs of th e ev en t. For ment th at Ho lli ste r Hill s . among othe r mo re inform ation. con tact A MA Travel & things. wou ld mon itor noise and dust to Tours at 800 -AMA -JO IN . ex tensi o n 1196 . insure that the limi ts se t fo rth in the EIR The long l3-round FlM World Supermoto series is over. and its new king is Team Husqvama's Eddy Seel of Belgium . Seel , who took solid control of the last third of the series and dramatically turned things in his favor at the last round in his native Belgium , cam e to the final round in Flnestrat. Spain . on November 3 0 , with a 2 1-p oint lead over KTM' s Boris Chambon. By winning both preliminary motos , See l scored more than enough po ints t o cli nch the title prior to the SuperFinal. Chambon proved that he was still game in the Superf'inal , however. as the Frenchman shook off the injury that he suffered at the AJo'IA Red Bull Supermoto Championship finals in Las Vegas to take the win ahead of Seel and early race leader Davide Gozzinl, also on a Husqvama. Gozzini finished thi rd. KTM ' s J urgen K unze l fin i shed fourth in Spain and secured the same place in the final standings. Vertemati's Gerald Delepin e finished fifth in Spain and locked up fift h in the series standings. Max Manzo on a. Vertemati got a sevent h-place fi nish in Spain. and he will keep the numbe r four on his bike in 2004. Mario Marini o o o o o o o o and Formula Extrem e : and Jason Cur· W orld S upercro ss GP /THQ AMA Super- tis will r ace Sup e r st o c k a n d s o me cross S er i e s prop e r ti es wi t h Las selected S up erb ike events . The te am Vegas Events . La s V ega s Ev e n t s will be led by Rich A lexande r. w ho wi ll ( LV El is th e offic ia l event de s t in at io n se rve as team co o rdina tor. A cc o rding to o rgan iza t ion in La s V eg a s . · We are t he tea m . c rew chi ef J eremy D a nie l . excited abo u t t he o p po rt u ni ty to c o- engi ne builder John Et hel and race tech- brand the La s V eg as des t ination w it h nic ia n Ry an L an ders are cu r re ntly in Cl ear Channel w hile ensuring we keep th ese tw o cha mpio nship event s in La s place in the N o limit M o to rspo rts rac e wo uld be enfo rc ed . Th e par k has be en mo ni toring no ise at t he boundari e s o f It' s o ff icial: The No Limit team w ill run the new pro perty for mo re than a year. Su zuki GSX-R s in th e 2004 A M A roa d motorcycles. The res t o f t he team will be All locations have so far met co mplian ce racin g se ries . A ft e r a ye ar as a Ho nda V egas ." said Pat C hristenson . president s hop aw a it ing the d el iv ery o f th e ir in plac e sho rtly. the team says . with t he ex c eption o f a noi se receptor S uzu k is wi t h t he team make up as fol - C lear Ch ann el Ent e rt ainm e nt ' s M o to r of the pa rk near th e Grand Prix t rack . low s : Jaso n Pr idmore w il l r ac e S po rt s d iv is ion has ann oun c ed a ne w Th e so un d t e st ing at G r and Pr ix is Supe rb ik e and Fo r m ula Ext rem e 600 ; three-year spo nso rship agree me nt o f it s desi gned to enab le the trac k to co ntinue Jimmy Moore w ill ra c e S upe r st o c k sp o ns ori ng THQ W orl d Su p erc r o s s S e rie s /THQ AM A Su p ercro ss S e r ie s suppo rt team . N o limit w ill sw itch to sit e loc at ed on the so utheas t boundary of Las Vegas Ev e n t s . In a d d it io n t o US H o t Ro d M on s t er J am a nd T HQ and US Hot Rod M onste r Jam. LV E also spo nso rs th e W ran g ler N ati on al Fin al Rod eo . the Budw eiser W orl d C up Ho rse J um ping Finals. the Las Vegas NASCAR Craft sman Truc k se ries stop. Am eric a' s Part y Las Vegas N ew Year's Eve Firew orks show a nd many . o t h e r s p ec ial eve nt s . " W e are ext rem ely t hrilled to have the support of LV E for o ur motor- BORN : A baby boy. Duncan James Wallace. to District 36 enduro spo rt s prop e rt ie s in 2004 . 2005 a nd racer Matt Wallace and his wife. Patti . on November 11 in Benicia. Cali- 20 06 . " sa id M a r k A b e rn e th y . sen ior direc to r o f ma rk et ing . " LV E an d th e forn ia. RETURNING: After 15 years south of the border organizing the 'La W isconsin. CORRECTION : We goofed twice in a news item on the AMA Pro Racing awards banquet. AMA Athlete of the Year Chris Carr is a five· time AMA Grand National Champion. not a four-timer. Also. Top Fuel tuner Steve McBride is the brother of Larry "Spiderrnan" McBride. THQ W o rld S uperc ro ss GP/ TH Q A M A Sales@Proltalia.com. where he is doing PR and advertising. high school sweet heart. Kim Junk. on November 28 in West Bend. Carrera" series of motorcycle and car races. Loyal Truesdale report s he got tired of 'tacos and tequila." He now can be reached at PRO ITALIA Ducati/ Aprilia in Glendal e. Californ ia: at 8 18/ 249·5 707 or MARRIED: AMA Grand National number 33 J. R. Schnabel. to his LV C VA have a very rich history in hel ping sponsor and pro mote some of the S uperc r o s s S e r ie s an d US H ot Ro d top live ev ents in the w orld . W e know sprockets and 520 chain kits. is now accepting racer resumes for the been awarded the naticnal advertising account for Infineon Raceway. owned and operated by Speedway Motorsport s Inc.. a leading U.S. marketer and promoter of motorsports entertainment. H IRED, Mike Burkeen to take over the position of national sales manager for Cobra Motorcycles. effective immediately. . ... .... . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .... ...... . ... D o o o o o o o o I' L.J " '-' The 16th ann ual C hristmas Grand Pri x at C arl sbad Raceway in C arlsbad . 2004 road race season. Resumes can be sent to Donny Schmidt at dschmidt@suomy·usa.com or mailed to 2236 Mariner Square Drive. Suite 104. Alameda. CA 9450 1. C alifo rn ia . wi ll take place on D ec ember 14 wi th D e c em ber 2 1 being re se rv ed as a rai n da te. Wi ll this be the las t race HIRED: Steve Dye to the new position of media development for the LeMans Corporation. effective immediately. at C arl sbad ? The o nly t hing w e know support@mpsprockets.com or call 949/ 355-905 1 for more info. N AMED: Communications group AnlK has announced that it has o M onster Jam fit into th at g ro up . " A CCEPTING: Suomy USA is now accept ing race resumes for the ACCEPTING , RRP Sprocket s. manufactur er of lightweight race upco ming 2004 road race season . Resumes can be e-maited to race- o o o o o o o o O · o fo r sure is that the end is no t that far ACCEPTING : Suspension By Jake is curre ntly acce pting racer resumes for the 2004 motocross/ off-road season. Resumes can be o ff . S ev en -tim e S up ercr oss C hamp ion a nd f o ur -t im e un be a t e n Carl sb ad sent to Suspension By Jake. 1727 Commerce Street. Unit B. Corona. • CA 92880. att n: race support. Chri s t mas G rand Prix C ha mpi on J eremy M cG rath is a co nf irm ed e nt ry. A ll rac ers m us t b e least 18 ye ars ol d to ACCEPTING: VPE is currently accepting racer resumes for the 2004 season. Resumes can be sent to VPE. 130 Rhoades Road. Kutztown. PA 19530. " e y e I e co mpe te . Fo r mo re inf ormation c ontact coa s t r a c i n g mx a@aol.c o m . or c a ll . . n 76 0 1722-6 63 9 . e vv s • Continuedon page 6 2003 3 DECEMBER 10, I' l.J n G o o o o o o o o

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