Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Briefly..• 3D YEARS A60... March It. 1975 Daytona Bike Week was rapidly approaching. The cover featured 1974 Daytona Classic winner Giacomo Agostini and defending Champion Kenny Roberts. The two were set to do battle at the legendary race in a few weeks... jimmy Ellis and Steve Stackable were the big winners at the opening round of the Yamaha Super Series of Motocross in Dallas, Texas. The race took place in a packed Texas Stadium in front of 48,000 people... There were some new faces atop the CMC motocross podium at a race in Orange. California. Robert Hannah won the 250cc Pro-class overall after finishing fifth in the first moto and second in the next. 20 YEARS A60... March 13. 19B5 Our editor John Ulrich appeared on the cover aboard the new Kawasaki GPZ900 Ninja. Inside we gave some hints we had leamed to help set up the bike... Team Suzuki's George Holland garnered his first career victory in the I25cc class at the opening round of the AMA National Motocross Series at Gatorback Motocross Park in Gainesville, Florida... Jeff Matiasevich was the top intermediate rider at the final round of the CMC/SkoaJ Bandits Golden State Amateur Nationals. He took the championship in both the 125cc and 250cc classes... Terry Cunningham took his 500AE automatic Husqvarna to the overall victory at the second round of the National Enduro series in Whitmire, South Carolina. to YEARS A60... March B. 1995 ::7 Mike laRocco won =-.. :-:. the sixth round of the ::' AMA Supercross Series in Atlanta, Georgia. Taking second was Mike Kiedrowski, while Jeff Emig was third... We got a chance to swing a leg over the new Triumph Trophy 4. It was the first Triumph that the company had imported to the United States since beginning production five years earlier... Ty Davis took the victory at the opening round of the National Enduro series in Coalinga, California. Randy Hawkins finished second, while desert ace Danny Hamel was third ... Mike Healey bested David Pingree for the 125cc Pro-class win at round four of the CMCNelvetouch Golden State Nationals at Los Angeles County Raceway. Today, Healey is teaching motocross skills to young riders, and Pingree works as an editor at Racer X Magazine. Con,inued from page 9 Round four of the 2005 South GFI Winter Series will be held this Sunday, March 6 at Racetown in Adelanto, California. Due to the weather and time restraints, this will be the final round of the 2005 GFI South Winter Series. GFI will award points per moto. Matsushima Performance Suzuki has announced its AMA road race team for 2005, with the squad competing as MPTRacing.com! JC Baldwin Suzuki. Danny Eslick and jeremiah Johnson will compete on Pirelli-shod Suzuki GSX-R6oos with both focusing on the AMA Pro Honda Oils Supersport and AMA Lockhart Phillips USA Formula Xtreme classes. The Red Bull Ride to the Hills, a back-toroots freeride challenge on natural terrain at jackpot Ranch (private land on the central coast of California), will be held in March. The invite-only event will pit top freeriders against one another over two days. The riders will judge themselves by watching video of each rider's two runs over six lones. The tentative list of riders scheduled to take part in the event are as follows: Doug Parsons, Dustin Miller, Ronnie Renner, Mike Jones, Dan Pastor, jesse Olson, Travis Pastrana, Drake McElroy, Mike Mason, Beau Bamburg and Carey Hart. The event will also feature a simultaneous Photocross Challenge contest with the industry's top FMXlmotocross photographers. For more info, visit redbullridetothehills.com. The event is a nonspecator event, but both contests will be filmed for Tv. The riders' contest will air on NBC's jeep World of Adventure Sports show on August 6. uct certificate prizes (redeemable for Ducati parts, accessories, apparel or dealer labor) in CCS, AFM, OMRRA, WMRRA, Canadian Thunderbike, WSMC and CMRA. The CCS series has a total prize posting of $295,000. "This is the most aggressive racing contingency program Ducati has ever offered, and it is a demonstration of our commitment to racing in North America," said Michael Lock, Ducati North America CEO. "We want people to consider racing a Ducati this season because we are a genuine alternative to the mass· market products and racing is in our blood. We are World Superbike Champions, and we intend to mount a serious challenge in AMA Superbike in 2005. The grassroots of racing produce the heroes of tomorrow, and we want as many of them as possible to learn their craft on a Ducati." For more information, visit ducatiusa.com. Nearly 500 powersports movers and shakers were treated to breakfast and some of the best bench racing stories ever at the BlueRibbon Coalition's seventh annual Breakfast of Champions on Sunday morning, February 20, at the Indianapolis Powersports Expo. "Not just On Any Sunday, but this Sunday" was the theme for this year's event. Motorcycling legends Malcolm Smith, Mert Lawwill, Bob Hannah, Scott Summers, Drew Smith, Dick Burleson, Scot Harden, Jeff Fredette, jimmy Lewis, Mike Kidd, john Penton, Mike Bell, Dane Leimbach, Don Emde and Guy Cooper participated in the program. Our champions joined attendees at their breakfast tables and stayed alter the program to sign autographs and visit. An original charcoal drawing of Malcolm Smith in an action pose by Michael's Action Art was the featured item in a fund-raising auction to raise money Two new racing contingency programs have been announced by Ducati North America: the Professional Program and the Club Program. Together, these programs provide $871,000 for racers on Ducati motorcycles. The Professional Program is geared toward anyone racing a Ducati 999R or 749R in the AMA Superbike or AMA Formula Extreme series. (The factory team of Neil Hodgson and Eric Bostrom is excluded). This program has $450,000 in posted prize money. The second program, called the Ducati Dealer Racing Rewards, is focused on club-level racing and includes cash and prod- for the BlueRibbon Coalition. The artist, Michael Peterson from Port Angeles, Washington, went to great lengths to create a tribute worthy of its recipient, and the # I artist's proof was presented to Malcolm. Team Makita Suzuki's Brae Hepler will be a guest instructor when UPMC Sports Medicine hosts its first Motocross Training MiniCamp at the UPMC Sports Medicine Complex in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, March 6. The mini-camp is one of several motocrossspecific activation activities for Broc Hepler's 2005 endorsement deal with the sports medi- HIRED: jeff Wells as sales manager of Spyke, Inc. of Downey, California, effective immediately. Wells will oversee sales of Spyke product to OEM and distributor accounts, according to Spyke. NAMED: Terry Shiver as vice president, group publisher for the Primedia Motorcyde Group, effective immediately. RETAINED: CTM Media Inc. as the television media planning, buying and placement company for J&P Cycles. j&P Cycles is America's largest catalog retailer of aftermarket parts and accessories for Harley-Davidson and Metric Cruiser motorcycles, according to j&P. HIRED: Longtime Carmichael Honda parts manager Steve Thinger by Thor MX as its Northwest regional marketing specialist, effective immediately. cine and performance leader, and Hepler will be a guest instructor. The curriculum for the mini-

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