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Briefly... Reed To Undergo Surgery John Lewis (KTM) and Doug Beattie were double main-event winners during amaha Factory racer Chad Reed will undergo sur- Y round two of the North American Supermoto Championship series at the Grand Prix of Cleveland in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, August 6-7. Lewis won, Beattie was second, and Paul Allison was third in Saturday's SM2 final. On Sunday, Allison was second to Lewis, and Michael Johnson was third. Beattie took wins in the SM I finals on both days. gery this week to remove damaged pins from his hand. Reed, who has ridden with the pins since 1999, aggravated the injury as a result of a crash during practice on Thursday, July 28, at Glen Helen Raceway. Though sore, Reed chose to participate in the X Games Supermoto event this past week but crashed during qualifying, further injuring the same hand. The excitement for X Games medal honors and the enhanced exposure for his sponsors fueled Chad's desire to compete and ultimately claim the bronze medal. After consulting with doctors and Team Yamaha, it Honda's Steve Crevier became the fifth different winner in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship this season as he scored a dramatic victory at Atlantic Motorsport Park in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Canada, on August 7. Crevier passed Suzuki's Kevin Lacombe on lap nine of the race and then went on to win by a scant .182 of a second. Francis Martin on a Suzuki was third. The Sunday race was part of a doubleheader at American Motorsport Park. Lacombe won the Saturday round, holding off Crevier and Martin, with Yamaha's Pascal Picotte finishing fourth. was determined that the best course of action is to immediately remove the damaged pins. Reed is scheduled for surgery this Wednesday and will begin rehabilitation soon after. As a result, Reed will miss the remainder of the Outdoor National Series. Reed and the Yamaha Race Team have tentatively set his return for October 7-9, 200S at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas, Nevada. "This is the first time I've ever had to miss a race," Reed explained. "It will be strange on the weekends when my Yamaha teammates and friends are at the races and I'm sitting at home. The goal of winning the U.S. Open and 2006 Supercross Championship again will motivate me each day." The AMA is applauding Congress for funding for the first nationwide motorcycle- crash study in almost 30 years. U.S. House and Senate conferees agreed to a compro- Clowers Claims X Games I I Step-Up Gold After a year away from competition and three years since his last stand atop an X Games podium, Tommy Clowers returned to the top of his game on Friday night when he cleared 32 feet for gold in the Moto X Step Up at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, during X Games I I on August S. 'I\fter three years away, winning gold feels great, honestly," Clowers said. "I just came out to have fun and did what Icame out here to do." mise version of the $286.4 billion transportation bill, which was passed by both time at the X Games." McGrath tied for third with Brian Deegan Runner-up Matt Buyten, the 2003 champ and last year's runner-up. was unable to match Ciowers at 32 feet and had to settle after clearing 28 feet. All three were unable for second in the winner-take-all event. height of 31 feet. "The bike felt weird, but there are no excuses, because I gave it all I had," said Buyten, whose back-and-forth battle with legend Jeremy McGrath at last year's event McGrath, said. "It's disappointing, of course. To be honest, the jump is a lot different. To remains one of the most memorable moments in X Games history. "I had a great and a clearly disappointed Ronnie Renner to get over the three-foot jump to the next "It is what it is," last year's champ, me, nobody went very far before we were out. I think they need to get a better jump next year." motocross Best Trick competition just out- round one. "I thought it was cool," Pastrana said of the first bike. '1\ lot of money and a lot of ished first or second in freestyle competition in 17 out of his past 20 events. With leader Brian Deegan forced to sit out the event while still recovering from the effects of a crash eight weeks ago, Stenberg took the weight of the Metai Mulisha on his shoulders by nailing a No-Footed Back Flip to One-Handed Lander on his first run for a score of 92.20, which held up for the win. "I was surprised the jump went well," Stenberg said of the 90-foot flip that was the longest in X Games history. "The judges are looking for harder tricks all of the time, so I was definiteiy pumped." Travis Pastrana (below right) pulled off a Saran Wrap Back Flip to No-Handed Lander and earned second place, with a score of 91.20. On Pastrana's first, run he attempted the first-ever Back Flip to Barspin, but the front wheel of his specially engineered, 360- ious for the study to begin, to help us understand how to prevent crashes and save lives." "I'm happy we were able to include the provision providing grants to the Oklahoma Transportation Center for this important study," said Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. "It's an important step in helping to improve motorcycle safety." "I was pleased to work with the American Motorcyclist engineering went into that bike, but we just had fun out there. Even though I crashed, my creativity took over, and we went from Plan A, to Plan B, to Plan C, and D won it for me." Nate Adams finished with the bronze after landing a clean, off-axis 360 for his sixth X Games medal. "I've only been on my bike for five Association to update these statistics," said Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), who introduced the motorcycle-study language into the bill. "It has been over 20 years since we last weeks," Adams said of his recovery from a previous injury, "so it's all good." Last year's winner, Chuck Carothers, studied what causes motorcycle accidents, attempted his Carolla on the final run of the night but was unable to get the landing correct. and now is the time to take another look." The last comprehensive study on the subject, commonly called the "Hurt Report" (after University of Southern California researcher Dr. Harry Hurt), was published in the I970s. The AMA notes that the bill Carothers slammed into the top of the bike and fell to the ground. He was checked out by medical personnel before walking off under his own power. cling fatalities have increased in recent years, and those increases have prompted we need answers, not theories. We're anx- degree front-ended motorcycle fell off upon landing, leaving Pastrana in dead last after side Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on August 4. The 23-year-old Stenberg earned his firstever X Games gold in Moto X Best Trick. Since the beginning of 2004, Stenberg has fin- portation spending through September of 2009. The bill, which President Bush is expected to sign, includes nearly $3 million for a study of motorcycle crashes. It specifies that the research grants be provided to the Oklahoma Transportation Center, located at Oklahoma State University. 'I\fter more than a decade of decline, motorcy- endless speculation about the reasons why," AMA president Robert Rasor said. "We're pleased that Congress agrees that Stenberg Wins X Games Best Trick Competition Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg was crowned as the king of the X Games I I freestyle chambers recently, reauthorizing trans- (Above) Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg earned the gold medal for Best Trick at X Games 11 in Las Angeles. (Left) Travis Pastrana used a unique, 360-degree fork on his motorcycle. The unit failed, costing him a shot at the win. also preserves motorcycles' access to High- Occupancy Vehicle (HOY) lanes and that it specifies that local governments will contin- ue to be prohibited from excluding motorcycles from roads maintained with federal Continued on page " CYCLE NEWS • AUGUST 17, 2005 9