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Youthstream Releases World Dates Youthstream, the promoters of the World Motocros s C hampionship, World Supermoto Championship and World Enduro Championship, has re leased its dates for all three ser ies as well as the Motocross of Nations and the International Six Day Enduro for 2005. The World Motocr oss Championship dates have several circuits added to the 2005 series. The motocross series will begin in Zolder, Belgium, on April 3, and closes in Ballykelly, Ireland, on September 17. Added to the calendar for 200S are Sugo, Japan; Nismes, Belgium; and Donington Park in England. The South African Grand Prix, w hich was the closing GP of the 2004 seaso n, will now run in the middle of the season. The following are the 2005 calendars : World Motocross MX I/MX2 April 3 - Zoider, Belgium (GPof Flanders) April 17• Bellpuig, Spain April 24 - Agueda, Portugal May 8 - V.lkenswaard, Holland May 15 . Teutschenthal, Germany (GPof Europe) May 29 - Sugo,[apan [une 5 - Arreton/lsle ofWight, Great B ritain [une 12 · Gall.rate, Italy lune 26 - St. Jean d'Angely, France ' uly 3 . Uddevalla, Sweden July 17 - Sun City, South Africa JulyJ I . Nismes, Belgium August 7 • L oket, Czech Republic August 21 • Dennington Park, E ngland August 28- Gaildorf, Germany September 4 • 10beannounced September 17 . Ballykelly, Ireland World Motocross MXl April J . Castelnau-de-Levis, France April 24 - Asti, Italy May 5 . Rhenen, Holland M 22 - Kegums, Latvi. ay June 12- Mladina, Croatia June 19- Orehova Vas, Slovenia July J - Markelo, Holland 'uly 10. L ommel, Belgium August 21 - Gaildorf, Germany September4 . T beannounced o September II - Castiglione del Lago, Italy September 18- Sevfievo, Bulgaria Werner Signs SuperTrapp Deal SuperTrapp Industr ies has announced that 13·time AMAGrand National Championshipw inning tuner Bill Werner, the most successful tuner in AMAGrand National racing history, will wo rk with the performance exhaust manufacturer to design and deve lop race and performance street exhaust systems for Harley-Davidson applications. "I've bee n using SuperTrapp prod ucts for years · since the late '70s - and have always been impressed w ith the quality and performance gains." said We rner, who retired in July after 38 years as tuner for the HarleyDavidson race team. "Over the years, I've made small modifications to the systems to make them even better. Through this partne rship w ith SuperTrapp, we'll be adding those types of mod ifications into the product line to broa de n the perfo rmance range and make it mo re user-friendly." SuperTrapp president Kevin Berger said that the company was excit- systems could lite rally take flat track racing to a whole new level. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the partnership is that we 'll be tra nslating the success from the track to our street systems to add even more performance to our customers' bikes." ed to be able to make the deal w ith Werne r. Initially, Werner and Supe rTrapp will focus on enhancingSuperTrapp's current race-specific systems. He will also lend his expertise to developing street systems to enhance SuperTrapp's current tunable disc technology and "We are excited to offer our customers products that directly res ult from the knowledge and expertise of Motocross of Nations September 25 - E rnee, France World Supermoto 51/52 May I - Ottobiano, Italy . GP E urope May 8 . Valkenswaard, Holland May 22 - Donington Park, Great Britain June 19• T be announced, France o July 10- To be announced September 10- Belfast, lrel.nd October 2 - To be announced October JO- Athens, Greece November IJ - Latina, Italy November 20 • Finestrat, Spain December 5 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates ~'.J' World Enduro ~ .;r:.::~' April 2·3 - Gu.dalajara, Spain April 9·10 - Ourem, Ponugal May 7·8 - Tolmezzo, Italy June 4·5 . Gemika, Spain July 2·J - Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic July2]· 24 . Digne, France August 27·28 · Heinola, Finland September 8·9 . Serres, Greece October 15·16 · B ergamo, Italy 'I,:. .: - ":\$- International Sh, Day Enduro September IJ·18 - PovaskaB ystrica, Slovakia offered throug h aftermarket distribution. Werner's relatio nship with Supe rTrapp began in the mid-1970s when new sound requirements forced teams to find a way to quiet their bikes witho ut losing performance, according to SuperTrapp . Werner tested a SuperTrapp prototype and found that not only was the system small, compact and light, but the tunab le disc technology (brand-new at the time) muffled enough sound to meet the sound requirement, the company release Werner-designed exhausts to than anyone else how to get adde d performance from a Harley -Davidson ," Berger states. Best of all, instead of losing performance as t he company had fear ed, the SuperTrapp system actuallyadded horse power, according to SuperTrapp. "The SuperTrapp system is unique with a disc system that has instant tunability, taking dealers during the 2005 riding season. They willbe sold directly to the racing community and someone who knows bette r only minutes to make some adjustments results in a significant power characteristic change in your motorcycle," Werner said. resulting performance gains. SuperTrapp hopes to have Bill said. "O ur systems are currently on almost every flat track bike, so this partnership and the new SuperTrapp 40th A nniversaru