Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

I Briefly... Everts Stays Put at Yamaha M o tocro ss legend Stefan Everts has resigned with Yamaha for 2OOS , according to a release issued by the company. The Belgian star will contest the MX I championship with the Michele Rinaldi managed Yamaha L&M Motocross Team. Everts' teammate Cedric Melone will also continue with the successful team. Tit le sponsors L&M have confirmed their support of the team next season. Everts joined Yamaha in 200 I and has delivered a World title in each of his three years on the team. He won back-t o -bac k World titles in the 500 class in 200 I and 2002. Last year he added the MXGP World title and the 125 vice-World title to his OPENED: Moto-Xtreme's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http://www.moto-xtreme.com. NAMED: Mike Farr as sales representative for VP RacingFuels lnc., effective immed iately. ACCEPTING: N-Style is currently accepting racer resumes for an expanded rider support program. Resumes can be sent to N-Style , 28908 N Avenue, Unit B, Valencia, CA91355 . HIR ED : jim my Lewis as the editor of Dirt Rider magazine, replacing former editor Ken Faught . Lewis was off-road editor for Cycle World magazine fo r I I years. P ROMOTED: Norris "T]" Tennent to the position of product manager, motorcycle and kart, for 8ridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC, effective immediately. Tennent was previously research and design engineer for Bridgestone's south central region based in Dallas, Texas . APPOINT ED: Robert Gladden as project manager for the California Motorcyclist Safety Program (CMSP) by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF), effective immediately. Gladden came to the MSF in 200 I to take the helm of the MSF DirtBike School. His 14 years of industry experience includes sales, marketing, and management positions with Scotts Performance Products, Answer Products, and Acerbis USA. For CMSP RiderCo urse locatio ns and information call 877/RIDE-4llorvisitwww.ca-msp.org. OPENED: The Inte rnat io nal Freestyle Motocross Association's (IFMA) home page on t he World Wide Web . T he site can be fo und at the follow ing address: htt p://www. fmx.cc .com. FORMED: MX Edge, a C harlo tt e , N o rt h Caro lina-based spo nsorship marketing and affinity partn e rship agency that will primari- Conlinued from page II already impressive tally. Everts, 31, is currently on pace for his eighth World title this season. He leads the MX I World Championship with 97 points over secondplaced Mickael Pichon. Everts has already won five G Ps this year. ~ Early season revelation if Cedric Melone made a ::: remarkable progress with > ~ Yamaha , from privateer in ~ the 6S0 class last year to ~ race winner in the MX I class I. ~ th is year. Melone, 2S, 0. showed that he has the speed and fighting sp irit to compete for victory. Melotte not only won the ope ning GP this year, he was runner-up in the MX I championship until the Italian GP. Despite midseason injuries Cedric is now sixth in standings. Iy focus on the sport of professional motocross. MX Edge is owned and operated by David Evans. For more information, call 704/944-S 169. NAMED: jeff Pray as the head of management and marketing of the Grand National Championship (GNC) of motocross, by je rry Surber, the creator and founder of GNC. Effective immediately, both the GNC final and GNC Good limes National will move from its current location at Mosier Valley USA in Euless, Texas, to Oak Hill Motocross Park in Decatu r, Texas, according to GNC. us to bu ild a Buffalo Chip in the middle of the Daytona International Speedvvay is an incredible opportunity," he said . " Imagine a huge lake and plush grass lawns with the racetrack surrounding where we'll be prese nting entertainment. 1don't know of anywhere else where that can happen." For more inform ation, visit www.daytonainternat ionalspeedway.com or www.buffaloch ip.com. Digatron , (www.digatronusa.com). a world leader of performance data acquisition syste ms has announced its sponsorship of Team Motorcyclist's Post, according to a press release issued by the team. Team Motorcyclist's Post competes in the AHA Progressive Insurance U.S. Flat Track Championships series with AMA Grand National number 64 Aaron Creamer of Leom inster, Massachusetts. Digatron reports that it was encouraged by the team's ability to market products through the team as well as through the Motorcyclist's Post Newspaper, a New England Regional publication whose long-standing support for the sport of motorcycling is renowned. The New England-based team is also backed by Performance Harley-Davidson of Syracuse, New York, Th e New England Harley-Davidson Dealers Association, N .F. Sheldon Harley-Davidson of Auburn, Massachusetts, PVS, Bettencourt Honda & Suzuki, VP Race Fuels, Ontrack Systems, Spectro Oils, Saddle mens, Sick Boy Racing, Motion Pro , and Shoei Helmets. Team Manager Leo Castell , Jr. said that the team is very excited about the opportunity to work with Digatron, from both the racing aspect as well as the marketing side . "These are the types of re lationships that we have been actively seeking in our quest to develop our team, as well as to promote the growth of our newspaper," Castell said. The next stop on the AHA Pro gressive Insurance U.S. Flat Track Series is scheduled for Atomic Speedway in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on july 14. owned and operated by NBC Sports and Clear Channel Entertainment's Motor Sports division. The Dew Tour debuts in May 2005 and boasts five multi-sport tour events. The Women's Motocross and Supercross Foundation (WMXF) has announced its next major fundraiser: The First Annual Motobowl. "The First Annual Motobowl is a bowling fund raiser that will fea ture both current and past industry ce lebrities on 40 dilferent teams," said Sarah Voss, WMXF membership director. "Fa ns, friends and Industry representatives will have the opportunity to bid fo r positions on celebrity-lead teams via an auction on our webs ite . The auction will be held in August. Spectators interested in watching the event can also purchase a general admission ticket. We 're really excited about this event; it's a good way to include fans and the entire motocross community in our fundraising... The event will also feat ur e a silent auction, a live auction, industry displays and family activit ies. The Motobowl will be held on Thursday, September 9 (t he week before the Glen Helen National) at Concourse Bow l, 3364 E. La Palma in Anaheim, California. For more Information, visit www.wmxf.org or contact Sarah Voss at 210/382-6998. The 20t h annual Yorlk Open Hous e has been scheduled for September 23 -25 in York, Pennsylvan ia. The Ball of Steel, stunt riders, Biker Billy, tours o f the Harley-Davidson factory, H-D and Buell demo rides, and more have been scheduled according to event promoters. Three new motorcycles will also be given away at the event. For more information, visit www.yorkopenhou se .com o r call 717/143-78SS . Fastrack Riders will host a track day at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, August 7-8. Track sessio ns are broken up into three rotations of 20 minutes each. For more information, visit www.fas- t rackriders .com or call 877/560-2233. MARRIED: Longtime Cycle News contributor Clay Light and his fiancee, Zoila Scott, on june 25 in Bend, Oregon. The couple plans to live south o f Portland. RETIR ED: Kat Spann , from Southern Dirt Bike , a regional motorcycle newspaper. Spann took over the publication in 1991. Spann is also a contributor to Cycle News and will continue to do freelance work. HIR ED: jackson Esselman to the position of Off-Road Press Relations Administrator for ASMe's motorcycle/ATV division. Esselman will be responsible for pre ss re lations in regards to Suzuki ATVand offroad/motocross product lines. He will report directly to Glenn Hanse n, ASMe's advertising and press relations manager for the motorcycle/ATV division. Before joining American Suzuki, Esselman worked in the marketing department at the off-road aftermarket company Pro Circuit, where he specialized in new product releases and dealer relations. "I would like to say how excited I am to join the Suzuki team," said Esselman . "It is an incredible opportunity to join a world leader in motorcycle technology and devel opme nt. With the release o f the new RMZ450 and the signing of Ric ky Carmichael for 2005 , I'm excited about being a part of Suzuki's vision for its motocross and off-road future. I loo k forward to years of growt h and developme nt with Suzuki and I am glad to be part of the team." Vintage motorcycle road racing returns to Northern California this August with the AHRMA NorCal Classic at Thunderhill Raceway in Willows, Californ ia. Scheduled for August 14-15, the AHRMA nat ional event will feature the e ntir e AHRMA road racing classe s, including Batt le of the Twins and Sound of Singles . There also will be an AHRMA-approved school for new racers on Friday, August 13. The event is be ing promoted by a gras s-roots group of San Francisco Bay Area vintage roa d race rs who are w orki ng to ensure the NorCal Classic is an an nual AHRMA event in Northern California. There also will be a practice day on Friday, August 13, run by AHRMA. Racers must have an AMA membership to participate. Racers can pre-enter for the AHRMA NorCal Class ic by downloading an entry form from http://www.ahrma.org/forms/entry.htm and faxing it to 61 S/8S 1-3678 or mailing it to AHRMA National Office , AHRMA Entry, P.O. Box 1725, Goodletssville, TN 37070. The deadline for pre -entries is July 30 . For more information on the AH RMA NorCal Classic or to join the race school, visit www.norcalc1assic.arg. Mountain Dew has agreed to a long-term agreement to become the title sponsor of the Dew Action Sports Tour, according to Clear Channel. A season-long, nationally televised network and cable - professional tour lor skateboarding, BMX, and freestyle motocross, the Tour was announced last March and is www.cy clenews.com T he Gary Semlcs Motocross Sc h oo l has co me up with a way to increase your e xposure to the online motocross market. Your company can now easily gain more credibility and loyalty with your potential d irt bike customers, while at the same time creating a vira l spread of your company's image w ithin this online motocross mar ket. accord ing to a re lease issued by Semics . " I, Gary Semics, am offering a free four -day MX Training Co urse th rough e-books sent via email for four co nsecutive da ys. It is four days of a compact video production that anyon e (w ho knows about it) can access via the web. If you were to give your viewers access to th is cou rse via your website (the motocross section) , you would be seen as a valuable resource who wants to help these riders instead 01 just trying to sell to them. You have several choices in how to present the four-day course to your valuable viewers, including having a simple link to it. But by far the best way to make it available to them, and get your company image on motocross ride r 's desktops all ove r the internet, is through a " Hove r Window" that we can supply you . You can view a sample of th is "hove r window " at www.MotocrossTrainingCenter.com. The outline and headline colors can be customized to match yo ur web site , and even have your logo imprinted onto the background ." For mo re informa- tion, e-mail Semicsatgary@gsmxs.com . CYCLE NEWS • AUGUST 4, 2004 13

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