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Supermoto - Over and Under Acco rding to AH A Pro Racing, the AMA Supermoto C ham pionship finale - t he AMA Red Bull Superrnoto A-Go-Go - that will take place at Bally's Las Vegas in Las Vegas , Nevada, N ovember 12-13 , w ill feat ure the most uniq ue ly de signed AMA Superm oto t rack ye t. N early one m ile in le ngth , the track will be construc te d beh ind Bally's and Pa ris Las Vegas just off the Las Vegas Strip . The track itself feat ures the normal combination of road race , mo tocross and flat track-oriented elements. and it fea tures the first over/under tableto p jum p to be use d in AMA Supermoto competition . Additionally th e fam iliar Pa rts , Unlimite d UrbanCro ss metal ramps w ill be included. To facilitate up-close viewing, se veral track crossi ngs wi ll be in place . allowing easy access to virtually th e en tire track, according to AMA Pro Racing. The AMA Red Bull Supermoto A-Go-Go at Bally's w ill feature practice and qual ifying on Friday, No vember 12, and heat races and finals on Saturday, Novembe r 13. T he rac e is fre e to the pu blic, w ith pad dock passes availab le for purchase. The event will be broadcast nationally on the O utdoo r Life N e two rk (O LN) on N ove mbe r 17 at 8 p.m. Eas te rn . OPENED: The Motorcycle Ride Volun teer Network's home page on the Wo rld Wide Web. The site can be found at http://www.motorcycleridevolunteernetwork.arg. BORN : A baby girl, Riley Lauren Pegram, to AMA Superbike racer Larry Peg ram and his wife , Heather, on Nove mbe r 6 in C olumbus, Ohio. H IRED: Steve Turne r as a sales represe ntative fo r Bridgeston e Firesto ne North American Tire , LLC, e ffect ive immediat e ly. NAMED: Jay Clark as Marketing Coordinator fo r C &L companies (Hot Rods cranks and rods , Pivot Works and Ho t Cams). Clark w ill be handling PR-re lat ed ite ms for all th ree com panies. Additional !y, he w ill be assist ing CP Piston s w ith some sim ilar activities in t he off-road fou r-st ro ke commu nity. C lark can be reache d at his Sout hern California office at 951 /672-9636 or at jclark@pi votwo rks .com CO RRECTIO N: T he nam e of th e leath e r Shift jacke t in t he Issue 44 Stuff sectio n wa s inco rre ct . Th e jacke t shown w as actually th e Shift M I Leat her Jacket, wh ich re ta ils for $29 9.9S . - Briefly... Contin ued from page 9 for th e se ries. " It' s full of kid-friendly features - small-displace ment bikes and ATVs from m ajor manufacture rs, and right- size d a ppare l a nd safe ty equipment. It's also a great wa y for parents and kids to ge t mo re information on local rides/eve nts/ clubs. T he Kids C ycle Center is an e nt ire unive rse of ve hicles , ge ar and fun, just fo r kids . Ov er 60 ,000 o f last year's motorcycle show atte ndees were und er th e age o f 12, so it' s important for us to offe r family-frie nd ly featu res t hat appeal to riders of all ages ." Sponsors for t he Kids Cycle Ce nter includ e Tucke r Rocky feat uri ng Answ e r Racing and MSR, Yamaha, Kawasak i, Thor, Suzu ki, Honda, Troy Le e Des igns and Po laris. Fo r mo re info rmat io n abo ut t he ne w Kids Cycle Cente r are of the moto rcycle shows, visit t he official show website at www.mo to rcyc leshows.co m. T he Int e rnat ion al Disciplinary Court (C O l) of the FIM, co mposed of Clot ilde Galy (pre sident), Ale xande r Gon ta rd and Jos Driesse n, met o n O ctobe r 13 at the FIM he adquarters in Mies, SWitzerland , in a public hearing in o rder to judge th e ap peal lodged by the Spa nish Fed erat ion (RFME) against th e deci sion taken by the Internat ional Jury in Kielce, Poland, d uring the ISDE in Se ptembe r to disqu alify Arnau Vilanova an d to judge the re quest of the preside nt o f th e Inte rnational Jury to impose furt he r san ctio ns follow ing the incidents during the sixt h day of compe titio n and th e violent attitude of m embers o f th e Spanish te am , according to the FIM. The COl decide d to change the de cision of t he Int e rn ation al Jury an d the disqu alificat ion of Vilanova is confirme d . In ad dition , th e en tire Span ish team has be en disqualified from t he ISDE re sults and suspe nde d fo r a period o f one year fro m th e date of t he decision . T he Span ish team has also been fined 1000 Sw iss Fra ncs an d is responsible for all cos ts of th e proc e dure , accord ing to t he FIM. Road racer Chris " O p ie " Caylor an d EMGO International Ltd. have announced that t he y are rejo ining forces for th e 2005 season. Caylor will compet e as Team EMGO Taiwan in t he AMA For mula Xtre me Series aboard Suzu ki GSXR 600s. " I am really, really excited to be work ing w ith EMGO and owner Emil Gomez again" Caylor said. "I can 't tell you ho w ha ppy I am about th is an nouncement. Some re ally e xcit ing things happe ned last time we worked together, an d I ex pect no thing less th is t ime . I ha te d parting vvays at the begin ning of 2004. Emil and I had a lunch meet ing back th en and discussed t he different opportunities that each of us had , bu t we always made sure that w e left the door open for each other in the future. " When asked about t he return o f Team EMGO Taiwan , Emil said: " I'm very happy that Opie and Team EMGO Taiwan are back. The people of Ta iw an are very happy that Team EMGO Taiwan is back. We are all loo kiog forward to next season." KTM Motorsports, Inc. has ann ounce d that an agreemen t has been re ach ed wit h Matt Glawe , preside nt of Avon Lapo rt e Cycles, to for m a partnership th at will se rve as t he basis for t he continu ing operatio n of th e dealersh ip. Av o n Laporte Cycles is o ne of the longest standing KTM de ale rs in the U.S, according to KTM. C urr e nt management was se ek ing t o minimize its op eration al obl igat ions and move to a semi -re tired po sitio n within th e company. KTM's first co ncern was for th e o ngo ing se rvices neede d by Avon Lapo rte' s local KTM clientele. Th is partnership w ill ens ure ongo ing moto rcycle sales , pa rts and se rvice excellence for are a custo me rs , KTM says. Th is partnershi p also presents an o pportunity to develo p a KTM conce pt store; to test merchan dising sche mes, customer se rvice proced ures and system operation s; and to develop it as an operational tra ining ce nt e r fo r KTM staff and de alers, acco rding to t he KTM release. Through t his process KTM w ill refine its business operatio ns to bette r serve its nat ional dealer ne two rk. Th e developme nt of th e KTM con cept sto re is expecte d to be comple ted w ithin th e ne xt 24 to 36 months . The de ale rsh ip w illcon tinue to ope rate in its curren t loc ation , wit h th e cu rr ent staff. under th e terms of t he existing KTM de ale r agreeme nt and DMV license , KTM says. Fox recently annou nce d th e o pening o f its new 35OO-sq uar e -foot flagship retail st o re housed with in o ne of Califo rnia's largest shopping centers - Santa C lara 's Westfie ld Shoppingtown Valley Fair Mall. Doors were officially ope ned on O cto be r 25 and a grand o peni ng cele brati on was scheduled for November 6. "Fo x has been he adq ua rt ered in No r Cal for 30 years , so it ma kes complete se nse for us t o ope n a ded icate d Fox re ta il space in Santa Clara since it 's in our bac kyard ," Fox cre ative officer Pete Fox said . "Ov e r the yea rs, we 've re ceived cou ntless req uests fro m core Fox customers to o pen a re ta il store, and w e're psyche d to finally mak e it happ e n." Th e Fo x st ore w ill feat ure a state-of-t he -art OJ bo o th with nume ro us in-store promotions plann ed , including athlete appe ara nces , demos, art installat ions and live performanc es by recognized DJs. WSMX (Women's School of Motocross) is hos ting a motocross school on November 20 at Hollister HillsOHV on th e GP track in Hol liste r, Californ ia. This w ill be the final group class for the year, according to WSMK For more information, contact WSMX at 949 /8372206 or visilWWW.dmso prts-wsmx.co m In recognition of th e new o ppo rt unit ies fo r Ducati in Asia, Mirko Bo rdlga, formerly commercial director of sales , has accepted th e assignme nt to lead business development for the company in th at region, according to a re lease from Ducati. Bo rd iga will re loca te to Tokyo and additionally assist Fabrizio Cazzo li, Ducati Japan co unt ry manager. Cazzoli, who rec e nt ly assumed responsibilities fo r th e management of Ducati Japan , will continue to be d irectly res po nsible for the company's www.cyclenews.com ope ration in th at m arket . C lau dio Domenicall, w hile retai ning his role as CEO o f D ucati Corse , w illa lso ta ke ove r the positi on of d ire ct or of strategic planning a nd product de velopment at DMH . "Claud io retains contro l of Corse, and his app ointment to strategic planning w ill help cement the link between rac e te chnology and street bike de ve lopm en t," sa id Federico Minoli, CEO o f DMH. "This is at the core of wh o w e are, and w ith a new Mot oGP re plica co ming in '06, and many othe r ex cit ing new projects to follow, Claud io 's involvem ent shou ld ensu re w e sta y at th e front of t he pack." Austral ian supe rspo rt rider G len n Allerton has bee n signed by th e Australian Suzuki Sup e rb ike squad to te am w ith t hree-time Aus tralian Sup erbi ke Champion Shawn Giles for 2005 . Th e 23 -ye ar-old privat ee r, w ho finishe d seco nd in this ye ar's Supe rsport se ries w it h two ro und wins and 13 pod ium finishes, is exc ite d abo ut his racing prospe ct s ab oard Suzu ki's lege ndary GSX-RIOOO Superbike and th e o pport unity to regai n the title . "Moving up to th e Supe rb ike class is a gre at st e p for me , but th e chanc e to ride with Team Suzuki is awesome . Th is is such a fantas tic o pportunity," Allerton said . "Tea m Suzu ki has an inc red ible track re co rd , and Shawn is o ne of th e most e xperience d riders in th e cou ntry. I hope to learn a lot from everyone in the team. I wa nt to w in ra ces w it h Team Suzuki and be as consist ent as possible, an d I'd like to be in t he top thr ee at t he end of ne xt year." Wilson 's Mo torcycles of Fresno will present t he fina l round of Ge ne Romero's West Coast Flat Track Series at G rizzlies Stadium in Fresno , Califo rnia , on November 13. Th e best nat track mo to rcycle rac e rs in t he weste rn United States w ill compete for top ho no rs at t he event, and th e field w ill include na t io nally re co gniz ed ride rs su ch as th e sibling racing d uo o f Jethro and Sam Halbe rt of G rah am , Washington. Th e current leader in t he West Coast Flat Track Se ries Open Proclass po ints standings, Jethro Halbert also compet ed in several AMA Nati on al flat track eve nts this season, carding two top-10 National event finishes . Defending Gr izzlies Stadi um Ch ampion Sam Halb ert also mad e National m ain e ven ts in the 2004 AHA Supermoto Se ries , a sp inoff of flat track motorcycle racing in w hich ride rs compete on a hybrid dirt/stree t co urs e . Sam Halbert is curre ntly third in th e Open Pro-class points. A ho st of top-ranked , California-based rid e rs are scheduled to co mpete , including Kenny Carlotta of Gilroy, Jimmy Wood of Redlands , Rod Spen cer of San Martin , Jesse Sanchez of Ceres, Rick Hocking of Livermore, Bradley Spencer, Je rm aine Bacosa, Anthony DeMario, Steve Hall and loca l favorite Mearl Barne tt of Goshen. Saturday Night Tickets are available fo r purchase at Wi lson's Motorcycle s, th e Fresno Grizzlies bo x office and www.tickets.com. For more information , call 714 /529-6054 . CYCLE NEWS • NOVEMBER 17, 200 4 11