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Haskovec Back Home 3D YEARS AGD _ NOVEMBER 25. 1975 Road racer Vincent Haskovec has checked out of Long Beach Memorial Hospital and Cam-Am's Jimmy Ellis was featured returned to his home in Lake Elsinore, on the cover of October 7 due to an infection setting in Cycle around hardware installed to stabilize his spine following a crash during an AMA News 30 years ago. He won the Support class at the Trans-AHA Series race at Lake Whitney, Texas. Tony DeStefano won the premier class after going 2-2... A week later, Roger DeCoster clinched the Trans-AMA title in Puyallup, Washington... With a $1000 purse on the line. Robert Hannah (AKA Bob) and Danny laPorte headed to Saddleback Raceway and came away with the 2S0 and 12Scc Pro-class wins... Riding a Kawasaki KX4S0 (two-stroke), Bob Sward dusted the competition at the Ram Bam Hare & Hound in Idaho... A 14-yearold Jeff Ward won an NMA Minicycle title at Corona Raceway. 20 YEARS AGD _ NOVEMBER 27. 19B5 r::':"1~l'!'Ifii~~r.w We featured a cut~~~i'!i!!~~~~ away view of the high-tech 1986 Suzuki GSXR I 100 that was said to make 128 horsepower at 9500 rpm... We reported that . . . . . . . . . . Wayne Gardner signed with the Rothmans' Honda team for the 1986 500cc World Road Racing Championship... Rob McElnea signed to join Eddie Lawson on the Marlboro team... The AMA held a $Ioo-a-plate banquet to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first motorcycle ride and to raise funds for a national motorcycle museum. 10 YEARS AGO... NOVEMBER 22. 1995 For winning the ~~~!!&""'~~~ final AMA National Hare Scrambles in Washington. we put Honda's Scott Summers on the cover 10 years ago. He edged out Scott Plessinger for the title... CN contributor Alan Cathcart test-rode Doug Chandler's Harley-Davidson VR I000... Doug Dubach topped Guy Cooper, Erik Kehoe, Billy Liles and many other wellknown MX stars at the Vet World MX Championships at Glen Helen Raceway... We reported that AlMA Pro Racing, PACE SuperSports and SRO Motorsports signed a seven-year agreement to produce the AMA Supercross Series... Former National MX Champion Mark "The Bomber" Barnett won the Over 30 and Over 35 classes at Paradise MX in Macon, Georgia. California. Haskovec was hospitalized on Formula Xtreme race at Infineon Raceway on May 14. The hardware and infected bone and tissue were removed during surgery on October I I, and bone grafts were installed. In place of the hardware, Haskovec has been fitted with an external brace. He is receiving antibiotics intravenously. ''I'm happy to be out of the hospital and home, but I miss my team, 1 miss the people at the racetrack, and I miss racing so much," said Haskovec in a statement issued by his team. "I really look forward to getting e-mail at getwellvincent@gmail.com and I appreciate everybody's support. I will be back at the track when I can. Because they had to take out the hardware in my back, I have to wear an external brace, and I can't really move right now. It's going to be at least five months before I can get out of the brace and start rehab again. After that, I want to get back out to the track to see everybody." Haskovec rode for Team Hammer Inc. during the 2004 and 2005 AMA seasons and won the 2005 AMA Superstock race at Daytona International Speedway. ACCEPTING: Ceet Racing is currently accepting racer resumes for the 2006 racing season. Interested parties can post their resumes at www.sponsorhouse.com. For more information, visit www.ceetracing.com. GRAND OPENING: At Huntington Beach Honda in Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday, November 19, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will feature free food and free give-aways, including an off-road bike and a color television. NAMED: Tony Scalvo Photography, as the official BooKoo Arenacross Championship Series photographer, by Advanstar Communications, the promoters of the series. To view Scalvo's work, visit the photo gallery on www.racearenacross.com or go to www.tonyscavo.com. GRAND OPENING: At Munroe Motors East Bay, the second Bay Area Ducati dealership under the Munroe banner, in San Leandro California, on December 3. Two-time World Champion Doug Polen is scheduled to attend and sign autographs, along with AFM champion Eric Gulbransen and Isle of Man rider Tom Montano. Briefly••• Continued from page I' Infineon Raceway ticket sales office. The fan will receive a front-row seat to every major event at Infineon Raceway for as long as he or she lives. The winner will also be treated to a hot lap at speed around the worldfamous road course that morning. A second race fan will be rewarded with a lifetime pass, as well, for showing up at the raceway and entering a free drawing. "Since we announced our schedule, the anticipation has been growing among all of our fans to line up their 2006 tickets," said Steve Page, president and general manager of Infineon Raceway. "This will be a fun way to kick things off, and a couple of people will be setting themselves up with race tickets for life." Infineon Raceway will officially open its doors for ticket sales at 8 a.m. (PST) on Thursday, December I. All race fans who purchase a ticket to any event in person will receive a free gift, and coffee and donuts will be available for all those early risers. Show cars will be on display, including Rusty Wallace's familiar number-two Miller Lite Dodge, and track tours will be free of charge. The FIM has announced that the 2005 Indoor Trial des Nations, originally scheduled for Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands) on November II, will now be held in Malaga, Spain, at the Martin Carpena Arena, on Thursday, November 17. The teams entered are Spain, Great Britain and France, which is replacing Japan. Flat-track and speedway practices are now being held at Perris Raceway in Perris, California, every Friday from 3 to 9 p.m. and every Saturday from 8 am. to 2 p.m. A winter flat-track and speedway racing program is also in the works, according to racing promoter Jerry Lytton. For more infonnation, contact Lytton at 714/226-9662 or 714/642-3156. In an effort to expand its research-anddevelopment capabilities, Maxxis Tires will finish construction of three new technical centers in Asia and the United States during the next eight months. Construction is complete on the first new center, near Shanghai, China, and workers are currently putting the finishing touches on the six-story, 143,182square-foot facility, which will employ 200 engineers. Plans are also under way for construction of a nearby world-class proving ground, expected to open in 2008. The three-story, 56,694-square-foot Taiwan facility is scheduled for completion in June of 2006. Like the Shanghai center, the Taiwan operation will employ 200 engineers. A new 25,600-square-foot, one-story center in Suwanee, Georgia, near Maxxis' North American headquarters, will also open in June of 2006. The Suwanee facility will replace a smaller Maxxis tech center located in Norcross, Georgia. AHRMA has announced that suspension manufacturer Works Performance Prod· ucts will be the 2006 title sponsor of the Historic Cup road-race series. The AHRMA series features machines ranging from Harley-Davidson handshifters up through the early 19805 and the beginning of the Superbike era. The organization also offers Sound Of Singles, Battle Of Twins and Sound Of Thunder classes for modern single-, twinand three-cylinder racers. "We couldn't be happier about Works Performance Products' involvement with AHRMA," said AHRMA executive director David Lamberth. "With three decades of experience, Works has been building shocks for a large number of vintage bikes since they were new. So for many AHRMA competitors, on both old and new bikes, Works Performance is synonymous with rear suspension." The series schedule is as follows: March 3 - Carolina Motorsports Park, Kershaw, South Carolina; March 6-7 - Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida; April 29-30 - Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, California; May 27-28 - GingeriMan Raceway, South Haven, Michigan; June 17-18 - Grattan Raceway Park, Grattan, Michigan; June 24-25 BeaveRun Motorsports Complex, Wampum, Pennsylvania; July 29-30 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio; September 1617 - Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah; September 23-24 - Sandia Motor Speedway, Albuquerque, New Mexico; October 21-22 Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama. For more information, visit www.ahrma.orgorcall 615/851-3674. After being closed for more than a year, Sand Hill Ranch has reopened its completely rebuilt Grand Prix motocross track, according to owner Tom Anderson. Since he purchased Sand Hill Ranch back in 1973, Anderson has seen his track play host to such events as the Golden State Nationals and the original Hangover Day Marathon, He will open his new facility to the public on November 19. Fore more infonnation, visit the track's website at www.sandhillracing.com. Road racer Eric Bostrom will make an appearance as the guest of honor for Racing 2 Save Lives at the 25th annual Denver International Motorcycle Show on November 19. "We are honored to have Eric partnering up with us for our 2006 season," said Stan Foxworthy, executive director for R2SL "Eric has a strong commitment to make a positive impact in children's lives through R2SL; it has fueled our enthusiasm to make next year's event better than ever." Bostrom will be at the Racing 2 Save Lives booth from noon to 4 p.m. The International Motorcycle Show will be held at the Colorado Convention Center, Exhibit Halls A and F, November 18-20. For more information, visit www.racing2savelives.org. AMA Pro Racing Is encouraging attendees of the 31st annual AMA Pro Racing Championship awards banquet on Sunday, November 20, at Paris Las Vegas to plan on staying up late. Why? Because, according to AMA Pro Racing's Cyndi Freeze-Cain, when the banquet ends, the party will just be starting. "We will be making a very special announcement during the evening, including an invitation to a private party, hosted by a surprise mystery guest, immediately following the banquet," said Freeze-Cain. "We guarantee that anyone involved with the motorcycle-racing community will want to be a part of this happening." The public is welcome to attend the banquet. For more information, call 614/856-1900, ext. 1232, or visit www.amaproracing.com. CYCLE NEWS • NOVEMBER 23, 2005 15