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Ni cky Hayden confers with his crew chief Tre vor Morris. Lange's The One Canadian rider Darcy Lange is the new National Arenacross Champion. Coming into the weekend, Lange had an BS-point lead over second-place Tommy Hofmaster, and after pulling out three main event w ins. Lange earned enough points to secure the champio nship, with a lead of 97 points . With just one round left in the 12-round series, the competition continues w ith the battle for third and fourth place with just 20 points separating current third- place holder John Dowd and fourth-place Justin Brayton. Tom m y Hofmaster sits comfortably in the second position w ith B4 points over Dowd . Ne xt weekend's final round wiII take place at Kemper Arena on February 27-29. 6 Weekend Of Champions Returns Yamaha will again hold its Weeke nd of Champions du ring Dayt o na Bike Week, the tuning-fork com pany bringing several of its former Nearly 500 Powersports Expo attendees were hand at the Blue Ribbon Coaliti on's sixt h annual Breakfast of Champions on Sunday, February IS, at the Westin Hot el in Indianapo lis, Indiana. Off-highway motorcycling legends Malco lm Smith, Bob stars to Florida to greet fans and sign autographs. This year 's Weekend of Champions features road Hannah, Scott Summers, Scot Harden, race champions Giacomo Agostini, Eddie Lawson , Thomas Stevens , Jamie James, Rich Oliver, Steve Bake r, Randy Mamola, Don Emde and Wayne Rainey Giacomo Agostini and Eddie Lawson are just two , and motocrossers Damon of the featured legends in the Yamaha Weekend Bradshaw, Gary Jone s, of Champions program. Doug Henry, Marty Daytona Intentional Speedway. Team Moates , Brae Glover, Rick Burgett, Pierre Yamaha's road race team will also be on Karsmakers, Mike Belland Bob Hannah. hand on Friday with the supercro ss team The Weekend of Champions autograph slated to sign on Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. signing will be held on Friday, March 5 ( 10 In addition to the signings, Nate Adams a.m. to 12 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m.), and will put on a freestyle demonstration at the Saturday, March 6 (9 a.m. to 10 a.m.) at the Yamaha exhibit. Yamaha corporate disp lay located at MARCH 3, 2004 • CYCL E N EWS M alcolm Honored, H annah Roasted 40th Anniversary Donnie Hansen, Jimmy lewis , Danny laPorte, John Penton, Dick Burleson, Marty Moates, Mike Be ll, Ryan Young and Guy Cooper were featured . An original sculpture of Malcolm Smith in an action pose on a Husky was presented to Smith for his years of support fo r the BlueRibbon Coalition . The artist, Mitch Billis from Bozeman, Montana, went to great lengths to create a tribute worthy of its recip ient. Billis, who is a dirt biker and snowmobiler himself, stud ied old Dirt Bike magazine artides about Smith and even examined an old Husky to ensure the authenticity of the piece. Motorcycle industry leader Mark Woodward served as the master of cere-