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AMA/Prostar Thunders in Ohio I Briefly... Continued from page ,r _ The American Sand Association (ASA), the Californ ia Association of Four-Wheel Drive Clubs (CA4WD), the California Off-Road Vehicle Association (CO RVA the Off-Road ), Business Association (ORBA), and the San Diego Off- Road Coalition (SDORC) have jointly retained the firm of Sonnenschein Cle ar Channel Entertainment's Moto r Sports Nath & Rosenthal LLP, in Washington, D.C. , division has announced the on-sale dates to help p romot e off-roa d recreati o n fo r THQ World Supercross GP/THQ AMA issu e s i~ Congress and w ith the executive Supercross Ser ies, National and Region al branch of the fe de ra l government. Mr. Paul Arenacross Series and IFMA Freestyle Kavinoky, managi ng director for the Son nen Motocross. July 17-19 - Cross Club On-Sale: schein Group, will be the account manager Cross Club members can purchase tickets for the off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation before t he general public . July 24-3 0 - Intergroups . Sonnenschein will provide counsel in net Pre-Sale: Fans can purchase tickets the areas of federal government re lations and public policy management as it rela tes to on line only. July 31 - National On-Sale: Fans access to public lands and off-road recreation can purchase tickets at all outlets. Fans internear MillStreet. Phone 775/322-4311 for directions . All are welcome to attend as Thorwaldson's family and friends celebrate Thorwa ldson's life and remember him together. ested in joining the Cross C lub w ill receive special benefits, includ ing the ab ility to purchase tickets before the general pu blic to C lear Channel Entertainment - Motor Sports events, including supercross, arenacross and T he AMNProstar Norris Motorsports Cyclefest at Norwalk Raceway Park saw current Top Fuel champ Larry "Spiderman" McBride ke e ping his und e feated streak alive , albeit just barely, when an all-ove r-t he -t rack final round duel with number-one qualifier Chris Hand concluded w it h McBride crossing t he traps first 6.40 to 6.42. Fun nybike action saw Gle n N ickelberry get by number-one qu alifier Korry Hogan his second win in a row in the Mickey Thompson Str eetbike Shootout, setting th e performance numbers of th e e ve nt with a 7.47 at 197 mph. Henson, on his Velocity Racing Hayabusa, went unopposed in the final w he n Rickey Gad son could not fire the Muzzy ZJ<-12R in a semifinal single. Kawasaki's Chip Ellis scored a rare dou ble w in, taking th e victory in both th e Lee's Performan ce 1000 SuperSport class and the Zero Gravity 600 SuperSport class. Ellis the , and reigning class champ Travis Davis en numbe r-one qualifier in both clas ses, won route to his third w in in the three races he th e 1000 final over Suzu ki's Dustin Clark, with a 9. 17 on his ZJ<- IOR to Clark's 9.18 . In the 600 class Ellis whee led his ZJ<-6R to an easy w in over the Kawasaki of Richard Gadson, ne phew of Rickey, who was vying for his second win in a ro w, 9.B3 to 10.10 . The Yamah a Hot Rod Crui ser class saw an all-Pat rick Racing finai for a second race in a ro w, w it h Rick McWat ers taking the win over teammate Mark Underwood, w ho ran a spectacular 9.28 elap sed t ime in qualifying. Other w inners include Mike Konopacki in Top Gas, Andy Baumbach in Supe r Co rnp, Mark Coulson in Super Gas, Eric Harmo n in Pro ET, and Albert De laney in Str e e t ET. entered this seas running a low e.t. of on 6.6S in th e pr ocess . Th e Fast by Gast Pro Modified series saw Charli e Farrar remain und efeated on t he C&W Cycl e works Kawasak i, e asily o ut -pa cing Ohio's Mike C aputo in t he final. T he Accel Pro Stock class saw t he return of veteran Paul Gast, who qualified in the second pos ition and took out nu m be r-one qualifier Todd Do ege in the se mifinals, 7.19 to 7.20 . In a stunn ing final Gas t got beat by Keith Den nis o n a hole shot as Dennis' .OOS-inat ed 7.21 got by Gast's quick er 7. 1B. After suffering a devastating high-sp eed streetbi ke accident in M arch, in which he nearly lost his foot , Barry Henson scored OPE NED: Team Hammer's redesigned site on the World Wide Web. The site can be fo und at the following address: http://www.teamhammer.com. OP ENED: The Women's Motocross and Supercross Foundation (WMXF )'s home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: hhtp ://www.wmxf.org. AUTO GRAPH S IGN ING: At Pro Caliber Motorsports in Vancouver, Washi ngton , on july 30 from 6 to 7 p.m . Team Chevy Trucks Kawasaki and Team Pro Circuit's James Stewart, Michael Byrne, Pa ul Ca rpenter, Eric Sorby, Stephane Roncada, Ivan Tedesco Matt Polito and Matt Wa lker are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 360/892-3030. BO RN: A baby girl, Jayce e Noel, to Two Brothers Racing Motoworld Racing Yamaha test rider Dustin Nelson and his fiancee, Mindy, on july 10 . AUTOGRAPH S IGN IN G: At Action Motorsports in Vancouver, Washington , on july 30 from 6 to 7 p.m . Factory Yamaha riders Chad Reed , David Vuillemin and Tim Ferry, Mach I Yamaha's Heath Voss, and Yamaha of Troy 's Mike Brown, josh Hansen, Brock Se llards , Kelly Sm it h and Danny Smith are scheduled to appear. For more information, call 360/823 -0700. freestyle motocross. In addition , Cross Club members receive the monthly Cross Club newsletter and stay up to speed on Clear Channel Entertainment - Motor Sports news. Memberships to the Cross Club are issues. The leaders of the off-road recreation groups involved dec ided at a recent summit meeting that lobbyist representation on Capitol Hill, for issues regarding public use of public lands in California, is a basic necessity. Lobby ist support is needed to educate nat ional legislators and key members of the Departments of Agriculture and Interior about the popularity and im po rtance of offhighway vehicle recreation in this country. O HV lobbyists have already helped create free at supercross.cc.com. fmx.cc.com and opportunities for off-road recreation leaders arenacross .com . Tickets for supercross can from California to testify at Congressional Resources Committee Hearings. In add ition, lo bbyist support was inst ru me nta l in convincing the House Western Caucus to invite Cali- be purc hased at the following: supercross .cc.com , www.ticketmaster.com . and www.tickets.com (San Francisco only), and www.unlvtickets.com (Las Vegas only) . T ickets for arenacross can be purchased at the following : arenacross .com, www.ticketm ast er.com, www.ce ntre event s.com (Rockford , Illinois only), www.tickets.com (Gu t hrie, OK) . and www.ticketstar.com (G re e n 8ay, WI). Tickets for IFMA Freestyle Motocross can be purchased at the following: fmx.cc .com, www.ticketmaster.com and www.tickets.com (Greensboro .NC). Motocrosser Co le Siebler will return to racing on July 18 at Un adilla Valley Sports Center in New Berlin, New York. The rookie has been asked to be a guest rider aboard an RM-Z250 Suzuki for t he MotoworidRacing.co m team. ''I'll be glad to get back on the track and back on Suzu kis,' said an e xcited Siebler from his Emmett, Idaho, ho me. " I rode Suzukis as an amateur, and I felt very co mfortable on the bikes and with their program. I'm thankful that Paul Lindsey is giving me t he opportunity to ride one of his bikes. I'm e xcited to be working with such a good team." Regarding his guest rider, Paul lindsey, team owner/manager o f MotoworidRacing.corn, said: " I am very excited about the opportunity to work with Cole Siebler. There are a lot of people who are behind th is decision, including Suzu ki and Fly Racing, and all of us have faith in Cole that he will make the most of this opportunity. He is a very talented rider with a great head on his shoulders, and I think that he has had some to ugh breaks in his career and not shown his true potent ial yet. We sincerely hope that this guest ride gives him that opportunity." The 19-year-old former Samsung/Radio Shack rider has been out with a br oken scaphoid (navicular bone) since m id-March. www.cyclenEWs.com fornia off-road leaders to make presentation at a recen t Caucus luncheon meeting in D .C. According to Pete Conaty, a long-ti me political consultant and lobbyist for many California OHV groups, "Th e Sonnenschein firm is well qual ified to represent the OHV commu nity 's inte rests in Washington, D.C. Paul Kavinoky, who has significant land-use experie nce as a pr evious member of Congressman Richard Pombo 's staff, will need a minimum of education regarding OHV land use issues in California. I look forward to working with Paul and his firm to conti nue to develop a strong position in Washington for the California OHV community." The Women's Motocross and Supercross Foundat ion (WM XF) announced its ne xt major fundraise r: The Mo tobow l. "T he first annual Motobowl is a bowling fundraiser that wi ll feature both current and past industry celebrities on 40 different teams," said Sarah Voss, WMXF membership director. "Fans, friends and industry representatives will have the opportunity to bid for positions on celebrity-led teams via an auction on ou r website. The auction will be he ld in August. Spectators interested in watching the event can also purchase a general adm ission ticket. W e're really excited about this event ; it' s a good w ay to include fans and the e nt ire motocross community in our fundraising." The even t will also feature a silent auction , a live auction, industry displays and family activities. More details and activ ities will be annou nced in the coming months. The Motobowl will be he ld on Thursday, September 9, (the w ee k be fore the Glen Helen National) at Concourse Bowl , 3364 E. La Palma. Anaheim, California. For more info rmation, log on to www.wmxf.org or contact Sarah Voss at 210-3 82-6998 or at me m bership @wmxf.org. C YCLE N EWS • JULY 21,2004 13