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Briefly.•. Salminen Strikes in Texas British Superlbike Champion John Reynolds , who broke his left leg recently in a testing crash in Spain, had a pin inserted into the tibia/fibula and is anxious to get back to racing. "There is no question in my mind, I want to be racing again as soon as possible," Reynolds said in a release from Team Rizla Suzuki. "I've had hard knocks before, and I've come back stronger and more determined to race and win. If anything, this injury is motivating me more than ever to get back to racing. I have a title to defend and will do absolutely everything the doctors tell me to do to ensure I heal as fast as possible. Thanks again to everyone for their support and confidence in me. It really helps." The British Superbike season starts at Brands Hatch on Monday, March 28. The United States Grand Prix Riders Union has released its schedule for its 2005 series. As with previous years, the 2005 series is comprised of five East Coast and five West Coast regional races, with a final National Championship race. The USGPRU will run both the 12Scc GP and 2S0cc GP classes. Race and event formats consist of timed qualifying sessions, SOkm GP length races, point to 2Sth place and will have cash purses. For more information, visit USGPRU.net. GPR Stabilizer has announced that it is sponsoring the Team M4 EMGO Suzuki squad for the 200S road race season. GPR Stabilizer will provide its steering dampers while also working with the team's riders and crew to develop and refine new products for the sportbike market, according to GPR. Team M4 EMGO is comprised of Vincent Haskovec and Geoff May. Team Hammer, Inc., which races as Team M4 Emgo Suzuki, has also signed a deal that will see the team using Ohlins suspension systems for the 200S and 2006 seasons. Juha Salminen passed Kurt Caselli to win the third round of the WORCS Series in Texas. A t the third round of the Rocky /"'\Mountain ATV/MC World Off-Road Championship Series (WORCS) in Floresville, Texas, on February 27, it looked as though KTM's Kurt Caselli just might get his first WORCS win of the season, but his teammate Juha Salminen of Finland had other ideas. After a bad start, Salminen reeled in early leader Caselli and went on to take the win, while Caselli had to settle for second. "I tried to ride my own race, and on my pit board, I saw I that I was catching Kurt all the time - like sometimes two seconds, sometimes five seconds," Salminen said. "Again, two hours is a long time; you have to look how you ride. If you start rid- ing like crazy in the beginning, you make so many mistakes and you lose energy." But Salminen, a multi-time World Enduro Champion, saved enough energy to record his second major off-road win of the year, his first coming two weeks ago at the GNCC opener. Caselli was understandably frustrated. "I'm pretty disappointed," Caselli said, "but juha's a World Champion. I guess I learned something from it - I'm not sure what, though. juha rode really well. I got a little tired towards the end and started making mistakes, but besides that, it was fine. My bike was running perfect, brake pads were still good, so I can't complain." Another racer putting in a come-from- behind performance was Montclair Yamaha captain Ty Davis. After Winning the Pro class at the Adelanto Grand Prix in Southern California the previous after- noon, he caught a red-eye flight and arrived in San Antonio at 7 3.m. race morning. Trying to switch gears from highspeed, choppy desert terrain on a fourstroke to constant mud, ruts and some trees on a two-stroke took a few laps, but after that he also charged through the field, passing Team Green's Lance Smail on the final lap for the last spot on the podium. The first four finishers rode 2S0cc two-strokes, with Russell Pearson, the first four-stroke pilot, in fifth. Mark Kariya Shoe; Helmets has announced its team of riders competing in the AMA Road Racing Series. jake Zemke, Eric Bostrom, Ben Attard, Alex Gobert and Damon Buckmaster wili all wear Shoei lids in 200S. Shoei is also the presenting Sponsor of the Honda Pro Oils Supersport Series for the 200S season. Speedway Dream Team Gets Overseas Invite This team of eight riders has received an invitation from British Speedway Promoters Association chairman Chris Van Straaten to participate in the British Conference League this spring. The team will travel to England where it will compete at six different Conference League tracks over the Easter break here in the United States. The trip will afford these young riders the opportunity to sample speedway at the top level, and it will give them them the chance to race on European-sized tracks. The riders selected to attend the British Conference are (left to right): Tim Gomez, Dale Faccini, Chris Kerr, Shaun Harmiatuk (on bike), Brian Starr, J.T. Mabry, Neil Faccini and Dario Galvin. Jamey Blunt Haitao Zhang of Beijing Honest and Werner Wachter of Edelweiss Bike Travel have signed an agreement on operating the Edelweiss Motorcycle Tours in China. At a press conference in Beijing, both announced that motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world will now be able to explore China over the course of the next three years on BMW motorcycles. '~ia as a destination has been on our minds for the last four years since our first scouting tour to the Shandong Province in 2000," said Werner Wachter, the owner of Eledwiess. "This new touring adventure closes our Asian gap and brings us into a position to operate motorcycle tours on all five continents. For more information, visit edelweissbike.com. It Pirelli has issued a correction to the recent "Race Tire Sale Announcement" sent to all ContinuecJ on page 9 CYCLE NEWS • MARCH 9, 2005 7