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No Kurtis Roberts At Test roton's Kurtis Roberts was missing from the recent IRTA te st lineup at jerez after his injured right shoulder had not healed enough for him to be included . The lone KR3 was piloted by Nobuatsu Aoki, who had a to rrid time and didn't get much P track time w hatsoever before reti ring for the first day, and even tually the whole test , with reports of tec hnical pro blems on th e updated bike com ing forth from an othe rwise tight-lipped KR pit. Kurtis Roberts was on hand at the California Speedway rou nd of the AMA Supe rbike Championship, we ar ing a sho ulder brace but oth e rw ise loo king fit and healthy. As for whe n he' ll ride the Proton again, Roberts quipped : '~t the first GP." Honda Still Out Of World Superbike ~ In a forth coming interview w ith Motociclismo Magaz ine in § .. Spain, HRC managing direct or Kouji Nakajima has stat ed his ~ co mpany 5 po sition vis-a-vis iIi any re-joining of the World ~ Supe rbike Championship. "Wo rld Supe rb ike is an importan t champ ionship, but we are bound by our agreeme nt w ith the MSM A," Nakajima said. "We are support ing the Nat iona l Champ ionships in AMA and Britain and will re turn to the Wor ld Championship whe n the MSMA and Flammini Gro up 9 . '-J ' s: reconcile their differences. t. Gordon Ritch ie PROMOTED: Garrett Kai to advertising specialist for American Suzuki Motor Corp., effective immediately. Kaiwill be responsible for the coordination and production of brochures and other advertising-related materials. He will report directly to Glenn Hansen, ASMC's advertising manager for the motorcycie/AlV division. MOVED: MetalFab to 1678 N. Maple Street, Corona, CA 92880,909/270-0559,909/270-0519 (Fax). OPENED: MotoWear International 's home page on the World Wide Web . The site can be found at the following address: httpllwww.motowear.com . AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At Marin Cycleworks in Marin, Calfiornia, on Thursday, April 29, at 6 p.m. Honda factory racers Ben Bostrom and Miguel Duhamel, Erion Racing'sAlex Gobert and jake Zemke, and Marin Cycleworks' jeff Tigert are scheduled to appear. MOVED: Ricky Stator, manufacturer of replacement motorcy cle stator assemblies, to 3220 Dye Road, Ramona, CA 92065, 760/787-0094,760/787-0313 (fax). For more information, visit www.rickystator.com . AUTOGRAPH SIGN ING : At Plaza Cycle in Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 23 from 6 to 7 p.m. Factory Yamaha riders Chad Reed and David Vuillemin, Mach I Yamaha's Ezra Lusk and Heath Voss, and Yamaha of Troy's josh Hansen and Brock Sellards are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 801/972-8725. AUTOGRAPH SIGN ING : At Kawasaki of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 30 from 7 to 8 p.m. Team Chevy Trucks Kawasaki and Team Pro Circuit Kawasaki riders james Stewart, Michael Byrne, Paul Carpenter, Eric Sorby, Stephane Roncada, Ivan Tedesco and Matt Walker are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 702/214-5380. Romero Announces WCFTS Schedule, Honda Contingency Gene Romero Promotions LLC has finalized its 2004 West Coast Flat Track Series schedule. This year 's West Coast tour will include 12 West Coast Flat Track Series stops in three with this year's series, especially Coast Flat Track Series Open Class when you throw in our Pacific Northwest Tour, where we have a events. states to crown champions in the dealers and the riders ," Romero said. "They are really looking forward to our swing through there. It really our last seven years," Romero said. makes this year's series a true West Coast series, and with our added form of this contingency program shows that they are supportive of money dates in Renton. we give our our vision to continue to grow the touring riders the opportunity to sport of flat track at the grassroots level." Series dates are listed to the right. Check out the official West Coast Flat Track Series website, marquis Open Pro class, the Open Vintage class. and the motocross bike-based Top Gun 450 class. Additionally, there will be two money-paying indoor short track events added to the Pacific Northwest Tour Series promoter . Romero , who won the AMA Grand Nat ional Championship in 1970, said that he is looking forward to the series' most northerly dates . "I'm very excited to get going 14 APRil 14, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS 40th Anniversary lot of support from the promoters of the venues, the area motorcycle race fIVe times in eight days." Romero also announced that American Honda Motor Company has posted $14,100 in contingency through its Honda Red Rider contingency program for the 2004 West "We are very pleased to have been associated with the American Honda Motor Company for two of "Honda's willingness to add such tre mendous value to our series in the www.wefts .com . for more series information and contingency rules.