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Legends Gear Up for AHRMA New Mexico Classic The second annual I AHRMA (Ame rican Sandia Classic Historic Racing Motorcycle Association) vintage race weekend is slated for May 1-2 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Race bikes of the '50s th rough '80s includ ing BSA, Bultaco , Husqvarna, Triumph , Norton, Matchless , Honda and BMW will be featured along with hand -shifting 19305 and '405 HarleyDavidson and Indian racers. Four cu rrent 2003 National AHRMA road racing champions from New Mexico will be defending their titles in the 2004 series. At the 2003 eve nt - the largest competitive motorcycle event held In New Mexico • jay Springsteen, the three-time AMA Grand National Champion, turned up the juice in the Formula 750 and Sportsman 750 classes . As we ll as having to beat the curre nt national champion, Springsteen and his vintage Harley-Dav idson XR-TT750 will be challe nged by Reg Pridmore , the former three-time AMA Supe rbi ke Champion riding a vintage 750 Honda, and two -time AMA Grand National Ch ampion Gary N ixon on a Rob North-framed Triump h Trident. In motocross, jeff Smith , twotime World 500cc Motocross Champion, will be racing along with jim Pomeroy. the first American ever to wi n a World Motocross Grand Prix . Pomeroy will also be teach ing a motocross class on Friday, Apr il 30. Attendees will also have an opportunity to meet two-time AMA Grand National Champion and two-time Daytona 200 winner Dick Mann and AMA Na tiona l and FIM World Motocross champion Brad Lackey. All are AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame indu ctees. The 2004 Sandia Classic vintage motorcycle races will host AHRMA National series rounds for vintage and postvintage motocross and vintage dirt track. Vintage road racing will be back as well as a bike show, swap meet, ven dors and exhibitions. Over 400 racers are ex pected to partic ipate in th is year's even t. Both road racing and motocross eve nts will be held Satu rday, May I, and Sunday, May 2. Dirt tra ck racing w ill be held Sunday, May 2, at t he Ho llywood Hills Speedway, starting at noon. There will also be a Cinco de Mayo ce lebration with fun for the entire family. For off-road riders, there 'll even be a du al sport ride to the dirt track. The w eekend kkks off w ith a "Meet th e Race rs" social Friday, April 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m . at Ch ick's Harley -Davidson/Buell. There, you can talk to the legends of the past and get a close-up view of some of the historical race machines. For more infonnation , visit www.sand iaclassic.net or call 505/29 1-8396. Fujinami Takes Second Takahisa Fujinam i beat out his Repsol MontesaHRC teammate Dougie Lampkin to finish seco nd in the Wo rld Indoo r Trials Cham pionship after finishing third in the final ro und of the series in Rie sa, Germany, March 20-21. The two Re pso l Montesa HRC riders came to the last meeting of this series se parated by just two points. "I'm really very happy because th is is my best final score ever in the world indoor Meet Camel Honda The Camel Honda MotoGP team of Max Blaggi and Makoto Tam ada were introd uced last week in Milan , Italy, with t he ob jective of w inning the 2004 Worl d Champions hip. "We 've go t everything it takes to go for the tide," said jT International 's sen ior vice pres ident of marketi ng and sales Robe rt o Zan ni. "We achieved satisfacto ry results last year with the team's sec o nd place and Max Biaggi's thir d in the riders' ratings. This year w e are go ing to be w orking even closer with Ho nda. They'll be backing us all the way, so now we can on ly go fo r the title. And this is also because Max Biaggi has foun d a supe rb eq uilibri um, and he' s now gon e back to that Biaggi w ho won fo ur world titles," After reca lling t he fact t hat Camel colors have w o n Formula O ne Grand Prix an d titles with me n named Senna, Mansell, Pros t and Schumacher, Zanni concluded: "We 've 12 go t eve ryt hing rea dy for a po ssible victory in th e MotoGP. " Th e agreement reached by Camel with Sito Pons for the second year in a ro w pro · vides fo r the use o f two Ho nda RC2 1IV bikes that will have continuous assista nce throughout the season - as pr esident of Ho nda Suguru Kanazawa assured in a video-letter fro m japa n • and they will be adorned with the famou s yellow- blue live ry. Biaggi will be using Michelin tires , while Tamada's Ho ndas will be fitted w it h Bridgeston es. "Th e th ird place I won last year was just not en o ugh for me ," said Max Biaggi at t he presentation. "The euphoria of th e team is perfectly justified by the se res ults. As far as I'm co nce rned, I feel re laxed and read y to fulfill the dr eams of my fans right from the first race." MARCH 31, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS AUTOGRAPH SIG NING: At Roseville Yamaha in Roseville, Michigan, on Friday, April 2, from 6 to 7 p.m . Team Yamaha's Chad Reed and David Vuillemin, Mach I Yamaha's Ezra Lusk and Heath Voss, and Yamaha of Troy's Kelly Smith, Danny Smith and josh Hansen are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 586/859 -2623 . MO VED: Motonation's saleslmarketing office to I 100 North Magnolia. Ste . A, EI Cajon, CA 92020, effective March 29 . For more info rmatio n, call 877/789-4940, 619/40 1-4100, 619/40 1-4108 (fax). HI RED: Chris Wall as North American mar keting manager for Pirelli/Metzler; jeff Adams as Plrelli MX product manager, responsible for building the brand in MX and off-road, as well as technical sales support; Alberto Warburg, the former marketing manager, to a new position that puts him In charge of both U.S. OE sales , and marketing and sales for the Canadian market; jeff Johnston has returned to his position as sen - 40th Anniversary se ries," Fujinami said in a team re lease . "I would neve r have be lieved it possible at the beginning of the season. We've worked very hard and very well , I've climbed the podium reg ularly, and I think that this ru nner-up tit le is a just and deserved re sult." Th e Ge rman ro und was won by Be ta's Albe rt Cabestany w ith newly cr owned World Champ ion Adam Raga finishing second on his Gas Gas . Fujinami ended the trial third. ior technical sales support after a half-season stint in 2003 in his fonner position as race manager. H IRED : john Boboige, owner of J&M Cycle in Rockton, Pennsylvania, to a position at the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute in Phoenix , Arizona. For more information, visit www.jmcycle .com . MOV IN G: KBC America lnc., to 2830 N . Ontario Street, Burbank, CA 91504, 818/526-7771, 818/526-7766 (fax). AUTOGRAPH S IGN ING: At the Off-Road Family Fun Ride at the Aonia Pass MX and Off-Road Park in Washington , Georgia, on Sunday, April 25, from 8 to 10 p.m . KTM's Allen Gravitt and Yamaha's Randy Hawkins and jason Raines are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 770/923-1685 . MOVED: Full Spectrum Design, makers of Pit Bull Motorcycle Stands, to 614 Pearl Avenue , Huntsville, AL 35801, 256/533-1977.