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8w EluxD o o o o o o o o EA Sports Supercross Year End Banquet PACE held it s series- ending awards banquet on Sun da y night, Ma y 7, at th e Ha rd Rock Hotel and Cas ino in Las Vegas , N evada , and the show was stolen by a rider who didn't eve n ride m ost of the series. Getting o ut of his chair and clim bing the stage st airs to present J erem y McG rath with th e 250cc EA Sports SX Cham pion aw ard was J im my Butt on . "MC , tha nk s fo r ma k ing that be t w ith me: said Button in an em otional moment th at drew a standing ovation from the approx imately 750 attendees. "Yo u held up yo ur end, and I guess I'm hold ing up my end. For onc e, I didn 't do the cla ssic Button buck le." Recogn izin g the wa y in which mot orcycle peopl e su ppo rted B utt on follow ing hi s te m po ra ry par alysis holeshot awards (McGrath was the biggest w inner at $7000) , for the Wrenchead.com Superfund awa rd (McGrath garnered $80,000), and for the Vans Triple Crown of Supercross (Dav id Vuillemi n t ook $25,000) . Also , the Dave Coombs Memorial award went to 12 5c c East/West Shootout w inner T rav is Pastran a. J immy Button with best friend Jeremy McGrath a nd trainer CorY Wart . . at the San Diego Supercross, PACE Supercross CEO Gary Becker said , " Jim my and the situation around .Jirnrny has j ust shown me tha t th is is a great industry t o be around ." In addition to honoring the three ch am pi on s, the ceremony , wh i ch too k pla ce o n a stage with mannequins of a j um pi n g Sha e Ben tle y , Stephane Ronca da an d McGrath, recognized th e efforts of many oth ers on t he circuit. The awards below were handed ou t, and checks w ere present ed for Ya hoo! Sports Driver of the Year: Rudy Olvesne y (Y am ah a o f T ro y ) C.E . Altman Top Privateer: Heath Voss Mechanic of t he Year: Paul DeLaurier (tuner fo r Mi ke LaRocco) AMA Recognition: Duke an d Sonnie f ipc h KTM J unior Su percros s: Scot Harden 100% Award: Travis Pastrana S pecia l Industry Recognition Award: Wa lker Garri son (PartsCln llmlted) Chris Jonnum J o o o o o o o ( "1 !j Continued from page 3 some of the top men in the British Superbike Championship have it wr itte n into their co ntracts that they will be racing in the British rounds of the W orld Superbike Serie s. The most prominent of the riders left off the list is Jame s Haydon. ~o Ten days aft er the operation to repair his broke n left humerus bone (the large bone betw een the shoulder and the elbow) . it now appears as though the recovery time fo r Carl Fogarty wi ll be lo nger than originally thought. Doct ors visited Fogarty in England on May 3 and afte r examining the four-time W orld Ch ampion they are now estimating that it will be eight to 12 weeks before he can expect a complete recovery. That puts his return date at the U .S . round o f t he World S up e rb ike Championship at Laguna Seca on July 9. Fogarty, however , still says he'll be back in action as soon as possible. o o o o o d o The American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation has announced 45 new inductees to the Moto rcycle Hall of Fa me . The new inductees are: Dave Barr. Mike Bast, .Jean-Mic hel Bayle. W ells Bennett . Dick Bett encourt. Mark Blackwell. Ted Boody . Bob Braverm an. Sharo n Clayto n. Pete Col eman . Dave Coombs . Carl C ranke. o o o Jimmy Filice, Bill France Jr.. Bill France Sr.. Broc Glover. Mike Hailwood, Torsten Hallman. Fred Ham, Dick Hammer. T.K. Hastings. Barry Higgins, Soichiro Honda, Kent Howerton, Gary Jones, Neil Keen, Danny LaPorte , Jay Leno , Gunnar lindstrom, Randy Mamola, Tom McDermott , Dave Mungenast Sr.. Dick O 'Br ien, Johnny O ' Ma ra, To m Pento n. Joel Rob ert , Bemie Schreiber.. Hank Scott . Jeff Smith, Jeff St ant on, Elmer Tret t , Bill We rner, George Wyman and Pops Yoshimura. An inducti on ce remony w ill be held at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickeringto n. Ohio. on July 8. A 2000-model Suzuki GSX-R600 painted in Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki colors and f itte d wi th an M4 ex ha ust sys t e m. a Penske shock and Michelin Pilot radial tires w ill be sold on the Internet as part of a Valvoline charity auction held in conjunction with ebay. The online auction will be hosted by ebay and will benefit Big Brothe rs Big S isters of Ame r ic a . The charity auction runs from April 26 through May 23. A motorsport s feast and festival is scheduled for Saturday, May 20 at the EI Dorado Cou nty Fairgrounds in Placerville. California. t o be nef it injured mot ocro sser r 1 n~ 8 ~E~~S~T o o ~~~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ o o o Donovan Mitchell . the 19-yea r-o ld who was seriously injured in a motocross on Thanksgiving Day. For more information on the event, call 530/587-2944. FMF will again host the GFI Me morial Da y MX on Monday. May 29 at Perris Raceway in Perris, California. as a customer appreciation day - featurinq a free barbe cue and f ree FMF T-shirt s and plaques to class winners. For more information. call 909 /34 1-8002 . GFI has also ann ou nced t hat pre-e ntries f o r th e GFI/Team Green Youth World Nati onal Championships open on May 22. The fourth annual Off-Road Ride for Kids to benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundati o n wi ll be he ld on M ay 2 1 at Aonia Pass Mot ocross and Off-Road Fun Par k. lo cated so me six mil es eas t of W ashington. Georg ia on US78 . For more information. call 800 /825-9300 . According to a press release from Global Sports Market ing, more than 100 golfers came to the J eremy Mc Grath a n d G r a h am Memorial Vin tage S hort Track. scheduled for May 19 at the Sali- Friends C e leb r it y Golf Tou rna ment. to tee up with McGrath and several ot her t op moto cro ssers , inc lud ing Kevi n W indh am. M ike LaRocco. Ricky C armi ch ae l. La rry W ard, Ezra L usk , Timmy Ferry and Steph ane Ron cada . Also appea ring were free sty le M Xers Ca rey Hart and M ik e Ci nqmars . Th e Roads Ch amp s M XS -spon sored event raised over $20 .000 to benef it Jimmy Button, Do novan Mitchell. and Motor Rac ing Outreach . The dem and was so r ) lT o cast y ou r v o e, log on to http://ww w.cycl enew s. com. [ cyclenews.com reader poll question of the week Which of the following scenar;.;;.;.;;s.........y ou think i s the most Iikel io d o pro es slDna lfl rHrack ra cing,,,;. jI~~~~~~_ _-,.,.. o D D 96 in A. PACE's new Wrenchead.com National Dirt Track Series becomes the premier series in the sp ort. B. The AMA's Progress ive Insurance .5. Flat Track tHampionsJilps series remains the premiet cries In ' the sport. c. The two series merge info one. D. PACE's Wrenchead.com National Dirt Tracli Series fails. E. The AMA' s Prog ress ive In su ran ce U.S. Flat Trac k Champ ionships series fail s. M AY 17. 2 0 0 0 ' II: U II: I e n e vv s high to team up with McGrath that officials auctioned him off to the highest bidde r (the winning bid was $240OJ . The winner of t he S peed s t ic k Putti ng C ha llenge received a Specialized FSR mountain bike. Promot ers have announce d th at $5 of each entry fee for the upcoming Ricky nas Valley Fairgrounds in King City. Californ ia, w ill be don at ed t o t he C layt on Memorial Foundation. Tune in to The Tonight S how on Friday. May 12. as Jay Leno will be hosting Su pe rc ro s sers J eremy M cG rath and Travis Pastrana. PACE Motor Sports and DirtWu rx will bring more than 175 truckloads of dirt onto the NBC lot and construct a down sized version of an actual Supercross track. ell