Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Lanza, Caselli Repeat at 12 Hours of Glen Helen VTM's Joey Lanza and Kurt Caselli " 'uccessfully defended their nurnber-one plate at this year's running of the HYR 12 Hours of Glen Hele n, in San Bernardino, California, on July 3. This year, however, Lanza and Case lli got some help after winning it alone in 2003, recruiting Revell Harrison and David Reese. Among the four, the 2S Icc-Open Expertclass KTM 450·mounted team easily handled this year 's race, which was the second round of Glen Helen's World Suzuki Cup Qualifier To Mid-Ohio Amer ican Suzuki has announ ced that the 2004 Suzuki Worldwide GSX-R Cup Qualifier will be held in con junction with the AMA Road Race Grand Champions hip at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Cou rse in Lexington, O hio, July 20-21. The w inner of the event w ill be the first memb er of ASMC's Worldwide G5X-R Cup team , w hich will compete against ride rs fro m 14 countries at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georg ia, on October 17. The A5MC' s Wor ldwid e G5X-R Cup Q ualifier is open to privateer riders compet ing on 2002-2004 Suzuki GSX·R750 motorcycles and who have accumulated at least o ne Suzuki Cup point in any GSX-R-based Suzuki Cup class (600cc, 750cc or 1000cc) prior to the even t. Th e Worl dw ide GSX-R Cup Q ualifier grid will be set during a timed qualifyi ng session on Tuesday, July 20. The race w ill be on Wednesday, July 21. A Dynojet dynamome ter will be used to control the 140-hors epowe r limit, and all motorcycles will be required to we igh a minimum of 370 pounds. according to Suzu ki . ASMC will pay contingency money for the eve nt at the WERA National even t level: I. $2000; 2. $ 1000; 3. $800; 4. $700; S. $600;6. $500; 7. $400; 8. $350; 9. $250; 10. $ 150. The remai ning two spots on ASMC's Worldwide GSX-R Cup team will be filled by the leading privateer Suzuki riders from the AMA Repsol Supe rStoc k class and the Form ula USA Form ula 5portbike class as of September 7. Currently Jake Holden leads the AMA series, and Brian Stokes and Joe Ri beiro are tied in the Formul a USA series . Previous Suzuki Wor ldwide GSX-R Cup American team members include Chr is "Opie" Caylor, Jason DiSalvo, Tray Batey, John Dugan, Brian Uvingood and Corey Eaton. three-rac e Endurance Series. Second overall went to the Ty Davis team made up of Nathan Woods , Jamie Lanza (Joey's brother) and RyanDudek . The ir progress was slowed when they ran out of gas at one point, but they still came away with the 12S-25Occ Expert-class win. Third overall and second in the 251cc-Open Expert class went to the three-rider Honda-mounted team of Mark Tilley, Eric McK enna and Sean Hyberger, who surren- World MX To Speed Channel Youthstream, the promoter of the World Motocross Championship, has made an agree ment with Speed C hannel for the television broadcasting o f bot h the FIM Motocross and SuperMoto World Championships. A 52-minute program w ill be broadcast of every even t of the FIM Motocross and SuperMoto Wo rld Champ ionships as we llas the Motocross of Nations. These broadcasts will start in October. Youthstream has also close d an agreement wi th the terrestrial television station dered most of his seat time after crashing. Jo h n Bethea Smart, Haydon Split BSB W ins Although Rizla Suzuki's John Reynolds left the soak ing-wet e ighth rou nd of the British Superbike C hampio nship at Knockhill in Scotland w ith a bigger lead in the cham pi· onsh ip standings than w hat he arrived with, time it was Haydo n taking the win on his Virgin-backed RI, best ing the Ducat i of Sean Emmett and Reynolds. "That was a hard day's work," Reynolds Prix of England through the Motocross of Nations. " I am feeling very enthusiastic of TV broa dcasting; Youthstream has managed to considerably increase the worldwide TV coverage, and all our broadcaste rs are happy in general and also w ith the quality of the program ," said Giuse ppe Luongo, the president of Youthstream. "This TV coverage, will help all the teams and organ coverage in USA will now bring the FIM Motocross and 5uperMoto World C hampionships and the American Motocross and SuperMoto close r." Ge off Meyer Chan nel 4 in England. Channel 4 w ill broadcast the 24-minute highlight program of all the FIM Motocross World Championsh ip, beginning w ith the Grand said in a team release. "The first race was run in changing conditions , which is always a challenge. The seco nd race was frustrating. as 1 had the pace to win but found it difficult to overta ke James [Haydo n] because of the the wi ns in th e two races went to Scott Smart tr eacherous surface water. But overall I am and James Haydon. Thunder and lightning along with torrential rain played havoc with the race-day schedule, and it was the Kawasaki of Scott Smart that went out and won the first race, topping Yamaha fill-in rider Haydon and the Rizla Suzuki of Yukio Kagayama. The second race was delayed by a storm and was run in full wet cond itions, and this happy w ith an extended cham pionship points lead and the fact I didn't fall off in such difficult co nditions, Now I have a further two wee ks to let my broken collarbone heal up, and then it's back to action at Mallory Park and hopefully the top step of the podium." Reynolds leads the championship points chase wit h 290 points to Rutt er's 252 . Kaga yama is third with 208 points. The Maely Auction Ifyou've ever visited the Ken Maely Ranch in Corona, California, then you know that the late Maely had a bit of everything scattered around the place, from excavation equipment to motorcycles, to machine-shop tools. Well, all of that will go on sale at the Ken Maely Auction on Saturday, July 17, beginning at 10 a.m, at the Maely Ranch. American Auctioneer's Dan Dotson will handle the proceedings at the ranch, and an inspection will be held on Friday, July 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on the morning of the sale beginning at 8 a.m. until sale time. For more information or directions to the ranch, call 800/838·7653. 8 JULY 14, 2004 • CYCLE NEWS 40th Annive rsary izers to find more sponsors. H aving this

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