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in Motorcyc ling Love Working At Harley-David§on Harley-Davidson Motor Com pany ranked 79th in Fortune magazine's list of" I00 Best Com panies to Work For." Fortu ne se lects com panies for th is list based on what employees say abo ut their workplaces. Som e 46,S26 randomly selected emp loyee s from 304 candidate co mpanies are asked to com plete an e mployee opinion survey (the Great Place to Work Trust Index, an inst rume nt created by the Grea t Place to Work Institute in San Francisco ). Employees may Triumph Ready To Ral:e az ine and is also available on line at Triumph Motorcycles (Ame rica) Ltd., recently announced that the com pany has made the Daytona 600 available to licensed road race rs at a special pr ice through the ir local dea ler. Harking back to the greatest traditions of British enginee ring and craftsmanship, Triumph has re-emerge d as a serious contender in road racing with the debut of the Daytona 600. "Triumph is pleased to be abie to suppo rt racers with this program ," said Todd Ande rsen , Triumph Motorcycles (America) Ltd. vice president of mar keting. "Triumph has honed the Dayto na 600 into a competitive package that provides a te rrific balance between power and handling. Licensed racers can visit a Triumph de aler tod ay to get more infor mation on our Daytona 600 support program ." Triumph's com mitment to prod ucing a fully focused sports machine for the rea l world paid off at the 2003 Isle of Man TT w hen the junior TT (for 600 Supersport specific ation bikes) was won by Kiwi Bruce Anstey on the factory-backed Triumph ValMoto Daytona 600. Anstey won by 10.96 seconds while also setting a record race time , comp leting four laps in one hour, IS minutes and 13.98 secon ds. His Triumph teammates, jim Moodie and john McGuinness, finished ninth and lOth, respectively, giving Triumph the Junior TT Team Award . "The Daytona 600 is a rare mixtu re, blending tech nology, perform- www.fortu ne.com . ance and sheer beauty in one very also submi t w ritt en comme nts about thei r w orkplaces . The candidate companies are also asked to complete a questionn aire detailing its people policies, practices and philosophie s. Co mpanies are evaluated based on the e mployee surveys, emp loyee co mments and candidate question- naires. The list of top co mpanies appears in the February 16 issue of Fortune mag- com pact and useable package ," stat ed Ande rsen . "We are excited about making this racing support opportunity available through our de ale r netwo rk." The Daytona 600 is available in three paint options - Racing Yellow, Aluminum Silve r and Tomado Red . 01:1: A Phenomenon I:ro§§ing Over For the past few supercross seasons, Clear C hanne l Ente rta inment - Moto r Sport s and Suzuki have te amed up to put togethe r the Suzuki Crossover Challenge , a race that gives stars from ot her spo rts and personalities from other walks of life an opp ortunity to race together on an honest-to-goodness supercross track. In the past, the event has been held at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on the Friday night before the race. This year, however, it was held at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, and the 24 ride rs w ho took part got to race in front of the re ported 6 1,OOO-plus people in attendance during the Satu rday-night program. Supe rcro ss tracks can be treacherous even for today's top riders , and in the past, the crossover was ru n befo re the whoops were cut into the trac k, but th is year the riders got a real The most popular booth at the Cycle Wor ld Intemational Motorcycle Show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City on New Year's weekend was without question the Orange County Choppers display. Its massively popular television show ':American Chopper" has been in heavy rotation on the Discovery Channel for a while now. Additionally, the popularity of the TV show has led to booming sales of OCC (Orange County Choppers) apparel and merchandise. It looks like OCC's popularity has definitely reached a zenith , as the boys will be featured in a brand -new AOL commercial that will debut on Super Bowl Sunday. The small company, owned by Paul Teutul Sr. taste of the action. Professional mo untain bike r Karim Amour took the win. After starting near the front, he made his way around Jim Doman for the lead late in the race and held off the late advances of defe nding champ Victor Sheldon , who crash ed on the last lap while pressuring Amour for the lead , to win the race . Suzuki's John Haskell finished second, ahead of ea rly leader Doman. Suzuki Crossover Ch allenge: I . Karim Amour (mountain biking); 2. J ohn H aske ll (Suzuki); 3. Jim D oman (Kayaking); 4. Aaron Cooke (BMX ); 5. Joe Lawwi ll (mountain biking 6. Vietor ); Sheldon (watercraft racing); 7. Brian Lope s (mountain biking); 8 . Greg Herbold (mountain biking); 9. Adam Booth (BMX); 10. Eric Spriet (skiing); II. Garth Tarlow (surfing); 12. Jason Ellis (skateboarding) ; '3 . Robbie Mi randa (BMX) ; 14. Aaron Vincent (snow boarding); 15. Jordan Bum s (music): 16. Jas Bikowski (TV personon ality); 17. Steve Caballero (skateboarding); 18. Salman Agah (skateboarding); 19. John Z uber (snowbo arding 20. ); Ma/colm M cCassy(Vi eo producer); 2 1. d Doug Sloan (television personal ty); 22. i Dwayn e Taylor (BMX ); 23. Jeremy Toye (road racing 24. Jos Sleigh (surfing). ); h and his sons, has become a mainstream standard of motorcycle cool - ness, capitalizing on the chopper lifestyle, which has exploded into the public eye with the help of ':American Chopper" - and the popularity of Jesse James' West Coast Choppers. Attendance at the NYC show was estimated at over 90,000 spectators; most , it seemed, made it over to the OCC booth. Hordes of fans stood in line for hours to have their OCC merchandise autographed by Teutul, his sons and staff and to get a glimpse of many of the handmade bikes featured on the TV show that were on display. 102 FEBRUARY 11 , 2004 • CYCLE NEWS 40th Anniversary