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Briefly.•• Mid-Ohio X 2 3D YEAR§ AGO... DECEMBER 2, 1975 r.~~~~"!!!iii."Teenage sensation" Toni DiStefano and Jim Ellis came away victorious in the ninth round of the Trans-AMA series in Livermore, California, with Tony D. becoming the youngest rider to ever win two TransAMA events. Roger DeCoster, meanwhile, suffered a bad crash in the event, a 70-mph endo that snapped his Suzuki in half... a profile of race promoter Mike Goodwin showed the Californian at his home above the Pacific Ocean. Goodwin was quoted as saying: "If the sport wants to continue to grow, we have to have more of these stadium events. We've got to get exposure in front of SO,OOO people if we want it to grow... " Bob Hannah rode his Yamaha to Victory in a CMC race at Carlsbad Raceway in Carlsbad, California. 20 YEAR§ AGD... The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will now host two rounds of the AMA Superbike Championship, with a second "unique, season-ending shootout" round added to the schedule last week. As part of a five-year agreement with Mid-Ohio, the AMA Superbike Shootout (as the season-ending event will be known) is scheduled for September 29-0ctober I, and will feature a unique format and points arrangement. No details have been made available, but AMA Pro Racing says that entries will be limited and a special points structure will be utilized. "We are happy to bring an additional round of the AMA Superbike Championship to Mid-Ohio," said Scott Hollingsworth, AMA Pro Racing's CEO. "Mid-Ohio is clearly a fan favorite, and it makes sense to build on the success the track has established in its 23 years of hosting AMA Superbike events." Mid-Ohio will continue to host an August Superbike doubleheader, the Honda Super Cycle Weekend presented by Dunlop Tire, in addition to the fall finale. The midsummer race was moved from its traditional date for 2006 because of the conflict with MotoGP at Laguna Seca, but it is set to return to July in 2007, according to AMA Pro Racing. "We didn't want to simply add another AMA Superbike date to our calendar," said MidOhio president Michelle Trueman Gajoch. "We wanted to be part of something very special in the motorcycling community, and with the urgency of the season finale and the unique format that is planned, we think we've accomplished that. We expect it to be one of the premier events in all of motorcycle racing." Trueman Gajoch added that Mid-Ohio will continue with its comprehensive trackimprovement plans and that additional details will be forthcoming. In addition to a second weekend of racing at Mid-Ohio, the AMA also announced some date changes to the schedule that was released earlier in the season. The Infineon Raceway round will move from its original date of May 5-7 to the date vacated by the loss of the Pikes Peak round, May 19-21. And Virginia International Raceway moves its round up a week to August 18-20. The total number of AMA Superbike races in the I I-event championship remains at 19 - the highest ever. DECEMBER 4. 19B5 We took the brandnew 1986 Husqvama 400 Enduro for a ~~~=~ spin, and it was our cover bike for the issue... Ed Arnet won the CZ World at Championship Perris Raceway in Southern California, riding a long-travel. full-floater rear suspension. Arnet beat Gary Jones... We reported that a member of the federal The 2006 AMA Superbike Championship schedule is as follows: March 8-11 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida April 21·23 Barber Motorsports Park, Binningham, Alabama (Superbike Doubleheader) April 28-30 California Speedway, Fontana, Calilomia (Superbike Doubleheader) May 19-21 Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calffomia (Superbike Doubleheader) June 2-4 Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (Superbike Doubleheader) June 16-18 MiHer Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah (Superbike Doubleheader) July 21-23 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California Products Safety Commission's plight to ban ATVs... Aupst 4-8 Mid-Ohio Sports Car COUIS8, Lexington. Ohio (SuperlJike Doubleheader) to YEAR§ AGO... August 18-20 Virginia Intemational Raceway, Alton, Virginia (Superbike Doubleheader) commission investigating the safety of ATVs may have violated the law and compromised the probe, according to a U.S. Congressman; it was part of the ongoing series of stories chronicling the Consumer November 29. 1995 The Boys of Baja - Team ~~~~~~:l Kawasaki's Ty Davis, Ted Hunnicutt and Paul Krause - were featured on the cover after winning the Baja 1000 for the Green Team for the eighth year in a row. Johnny Campbell and Jimmy Lewis rode a Honda to second overall... Former 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz won a NASCAR race in Australia in what was his debut in the series at Oran Park near Sydney... The AMA signed a deal that would ensure that the AMA Superbike Series were featured on live television for the 1996 season ... Jeremy McGrath was crowned the King of Bercy after winning on two of the three nights in Paris, France. On the night that McGrath didn't win (he finished third after crashing), the victory went to Larry Ward. S.......... 1-3 Road AdantB, Braselton, Georgie (Superbike 1lcUJleheBder) September 30Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio October 1 FORMED: Cold Creek Partners LLC, to market Duke Video products in the United States and Canada, by Dick Lague and Bruce Cox. Duke Video, based on the Isle of Man, is a supplier of motorcycle, automotive, and action sports video. In addition to the Duke MotoGP Recap 2005, World Superbike 2005 Recap, and the World MX recap 2005, Cold Creek will be shipping DVD titles in all major areas of international motorcycle sports as well as documentaries featuring famous marques and motorcycling personalities. Cold Creek will also be work- lng with Duke to introduce new titles with the American motorcycle-enthusiast market specifically in mind, according to Cold Creek. In addition to a new U.S. website (www.dukevideousa.com). Cold Creek and Duke have established distribution facilities in the United States. For more information, contact Lague at 818/225-9036. OPENED: Ughtning Speed Products' home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http//www.lsptimer.com. Continued 'rom page " said FGSport's Paolo Flammini. "We send our warmest congratulations to the Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation and to all the Losail management and staff and wish them the very best in 2006." AMA Pro Racing's CEO Scott Hollingsworth is slated to speak at the sixth annual Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal Motorsports Marketing Forum in New York City, November 29-30, at the New York Marriott East Side. Hollingsworth will be a panelist in the Motorsports Sponsorship Forum, where ':o\MA Professional Motorcycle Racing" is featured with the NHRA. American Le Mans Series and Grand American Road Racing, on the Tuesday morning of the conference. "We're looking forward to our participation in this annuaJ motorsports forum," Hollingsworth said. 'j6J1A Pro Racing has much to offer potential sponsors, and this gathering gives us a unique opportunity to expose and present our racing properties to the decision makers of major corporations. It's also an opportunity to learn and discuss with our fellow sanctioning bodies ways of dealing with the challenge today's market presents." The Motorsports Marketing Forum, which coincides with New York's NASCAR Week, brings together sponsors, advertisers, agency executives and media as well as team owners, league and track executives, manufacturers, and licensees from a broad spectrum of motorsports series. WERA has announced the 2006 WERA National Challenge and National Endurance Series schedules. The IO-race series will begin at the jennings GP track in March and conclude at the WERA Grand National Finals at Road Atlanta in October. In between, the series will visit the new Miller Motorsports Park in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as many of the other traditional events the series has established in its long history. The WERA Cycle jam will move to Road Atlanta with a four-day event from June 29 through July 2, and the eighthour endurance race introduced in 2005 at Nelson Ledges is back for 2006. Each round will feature a dedicated day of practice, usually on Friday, with the National Endurance Series event on Saturday and the National Challenge Series races on Sunday. The tentative WERA Sportsman regional schedule is currently available for viewing on the WERA website at www.wera.com; however, a few dates are being finalized, and the entire Sportsman schedule will be announced soon. For more information, visit www.wera.com or call 770/720-5010. Clear Channel Entertainment's Motor Sports division has announced the release of the Bar·to-Bar DVD, a four-hour season recap of the 2004-05 World Supercross GP/AMA Supercross Series. From the ultrahyped 250cc debut of teenage phenom james Stewart to the supercross awards banquet at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, this year's edition of Bar-to-Bar 2005 has it all. "This year's Bar-to-Bar DVD gives race fans the best racing highlights from all of the main events in 2004 and 'OS," said Doug Cabrera, director of home videos, Clear Channel Entertainment - Motor Sports. "Fans can look back at the complete 2005 season on the two-disc, four-hour DVD compilation that covers 250cc and 125cc racing." To order Bar-to-Bar 2005, log on to supercross.cc.com, and videos.cc.com. CYCLE NEWS • NOVEMBER 30,2005 13