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Parts Partnership M iniMoto Enterprises announces Parts Unlimited as the title spon sor o f th e MiniMoto Supercross National to be he ld in Las Vegas, Nevada, inside the O rleans Arena. "W e are very excited about Parts Un limited sup porting our event," anno unced Tim Clar k, owner of MiniMoto Enterprises and promoter of the event. "Parts is t he perfect partner. With t he exposure the minibike market is currently experiencing and the network of dealers that Parts Unlimited provides, their sponso rship of the event can o nly he lp increase the growth of Pit Bike prod uct sales ." The PARTS Unlimited MiniMoto Supercross Nat ional is the first minibike supercross of its kind. Race date is Friday, April 30, 2004, and it will be held inside the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Race entries are available on a first-co me , first- served basis. Practice sessions will beg in at 8 a.rn., with qualifying rou nds starting at I p.m. T he top 20 fro m each class will qua lify to race in the ma in show, which begins at 8:30 p.m . Top su percro ss lege nds including Je re my McGrat h, Guy Cooper and David NAM ED: Donnie Clark as the media man ager fo r the 2004 AMA Chevrolet 5uperbike Championship season, by AMA Pro Racing, effective immediately. As media manager, Clark will oversee pre-event and onsite efforts with local, national and industry media. He will also work in conjunction with promoters, series sponsors, teams and rid- ers to help promote the AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship. HIRED : Pete terHorst as media coordinator fo r Dunlop tires for Vreeke & Associates, effective immediately. TerHorst was in marketing and public relations for American Honda for 20 years and was most rece ntly the executive director of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foun dation . At Vreeke & Associates, terHorst w ill be the media coordinator for Dunlop Motorcycle Tires. In this ro le, he will be attending the AMA ro ad races to provide ed itors w ith timely and accurate trackside information . HIRED: AJ Stavana as manager, purchasing, fo r Lockhart Phillips USA in San Clemente, Ca lifornia, effective immediate ly. Stavana was most recently wit h Goo dridge, an international brake line company. H IRED: De rmot Bamb ridge as t he inte rn ational press and public re lations officer for the World Superbike Championship, by the FGSPORT Group , effect ive immediate ly. Bambridge was a motorsport journalist Pingree, along with free style r Trevor Vines and Nationa l Mini Cha mpion Rob Buydo s have all committed to race . PARTS. UNLIMITED In addition to t he race act ion, there will be a Fre estyle exhibition feat ur ing Aaro n Smith wit h his TT-R90 360 Backflip. In con junct io n with this even t, there will be the first-eve r Pit Bike Expo . Manu factu rers specializing in making Pit Bike-related products will be d isplayingtheir goods from noon until 8 p.m. inside t he Orleans Arena. Bot h pract ice and qualifying ses sions will be available along w ith the Pit Bike Expo at no charge until 5 p.m . Event tickets will be necessary fo r ad mittance to the main show. The doors ope n at 7:30 p.m . T ickets are available fro m the O rlea ns Arena o nline at www.orleansarena.com or by calling 888/234-2334. Yo u can also pur chase tickets at many area motorcycle dealers. Formula I w ith Goodyear and three years working at the Silverstone circuit in England. Last year, he was part of the national media team at both UK rounds of the Superbike World Cha mpionship. AUTOGRAPH SIGN ING: At Victory Lane Powersports in Swansea, Illinois, on March 12 fro m 7 to 8 p.m. Team Suzuki's Travis Pastrana, Nick Wey, Sean Ham blin, Davi Millsaps and Broc Hepler are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 618/234-6200. ACCEPTIN G: CHM Exhaust is now excepting rider resumes for the last spot of the AMA Supermoto race program . Resumes can be faxed to 9 16/944-7508. OPENED: Foggy Petronas Racing'srevamped home page on the World Wide Web . The site can be found at the following address: http://www.foggypetronasradng.com . OPENED: Inno vatio n Training Systems' home page on the World W ide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.innovationtrainingsystems.com . MOVED: Dubach Racing Development, Inc.. to 1550 Melissa Court, Corona, CA 92879, 909/808-1114, 909/ 808-1116 (fax), www.dubachracing.com. RESIGN ED: Alex Baylon has resigned his position as sales and marketing manager for Ahola Wins In Husky Debut Mika Ahola won th e first rou nd of t he Ita lian Enduro Champio nship, held in Igiesias on the island of Sardinia on Feb ruary 29, mak ing his debut on the Husqvarna TE S lO a highly successful one . before going into pu blic relations where he Moto nat ion. As of March Sth , Bayion will be The races were he ld in very harsh condi- worked in European truck racing with manufacturer Scania, spent three years in pursuing new ventures withi n the industry. tions, w ith rain, hail, stro ng win ds and low He can be reached at baylon43@cox.net. temperatures. Over the course of the two days, Ahola finished second o n Saturday and 10 For more infonnation about the event, or to download Official Race Entry forms, please go online at www.MiniMotoSXcom, request information at info@MiniMotoSX.com, or call 54 1/77 2-8 1SO. MARCH 10, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS 40th Anniversary won o n Sunday, tak ing the overall win . "I didn't expect to be alrea dy in such good shape - it's the first time in my career that I have such a brilliant racing start," Ahola said. "I hope t his can be significant for the future races. Regard less of th e difficult track co nditio ns, I felt keen w ith the bike . I am satisfied of t he new S 10, and we have accom plished important steps in the development. I will soon be fully confide nt with it." On Sunday, Ahola was the abso lute leade r of the race wit h a IO-second advantage over his rival Stefan Merriman.