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Cycle News 2000 05 17

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o [J ~., I L.. j' L. [] [J Ii ~) [ o o o Costa Mesa, CA 9 2626 . Tum t o page 28 for a story o n inaugural B rass Brain win ner Ben Evans. In a surp rise m ove, reigning AMA Grand National Champion Chris Carr has announced his plans to com mit to raci ng the entire Form u la USA / Wre nchead .com Nationa l D irt Trac k Ser ie s. C arr' s an nounceme nt came after the new s tha t he had put togeth er a Wrenchead.com sponsorship deal thro ugh series promot er PACE Mot or Sports. T he deci sion means th at Carr could effectively be forfei ting his AMA Gra nd Nation al Cha m pionsh ip num ber one plate if he is absent fro m AMA/Progressive Insurance Flat T rack Cham pionshi ps rounds in order to co mpete in conflicti ng Wrenc head .com rounds, tho ugh Carr says that he does not choose to look at it tha t way . Hard-co re fans o f mo t orcy cle rac ing w ili be interested in th e C lay t on M emo rial Foundat io n Supe r Ticket . w hich at just $ 100. allo w s e ntry t o five classic motorcycle competitions - t he Hang town Motocro s s Classic ; the A MA/ Chevy T r u c k s Supe rbike Na t iona l at Laguna Seca: the Ol d Hig hw ay 40 Motorcycle Days a t Donner S k i Ran c h; th e S acrament o Mile; and Fast Fridays A MA Speedway N ati on al C ham pi on sh ip s . A ll proc eeds w ili go t o ben efi t inju red mot orcycle rac ers. For more informat io n, ca ll "I st ill hav e intenti on s of running t he AMA rac es under the Harley -David son of Sacram ento bann er, and I think that if I can rid e like I am capable of riding, winning the AMA champion ship is still a po ssibility. But I am .pleased with more than j ust this spo nsorship deal. I like some of th e thoug ht pro cesses behind th e PACE serie s. A lot of dirt tr ackers, myself included, hav en't had a lot of op portuniti es to obtai n sponsorship from outside the indu stry like this deal. A lways a ta rget for nay saye rs, Carr Is well aware that some may perce i ve his actio n as som e sort of sello ut to PAC E. He has an answer for th at. "Lets assume for a m oment th at I do n' t have the Wrenchead.com sponsors hip," Carr said. "To , me it doesn' t make sense to miss a conflicting PACE round beca use the difference between finis hing first and finishi ng second in the series is $25,000. In the AMA, t he di fference is $30 00 . T he way tha t we look at it is we feel that we hav e a very good chance to win the PACE serie s and an outsi de cha nce to wi n the AMA ser ies. This deal is good fo r my fa mily, myself, my Har ley -Davidson of Sacramento team, and for dirt track." PACE CEO Gary Becker co mmented tha t he was pleased with the way that th is new deal had come together for Carr.. "T h e part ic ip at ion between Chris Ca rr. hi s team , and PACE Motor Spo rts has c reated a NA SCAR -t yp e relatio nship in securing a sponsorship for Ch ris' team and Wre nchead .com ," Beck er sai d. "This th ree -party ve nture should lay the gro undwork for fu tu re team -event related deals that can benefit race teams and riders, and at th e sam e time, increase the exposure and publicity for dirt track racing to the American public far beyond anything it has seen in the past. " The latest word is that a few more deals for other top dirt tra ck com petitors m ay be in th e works . 7 14175 1-7433 . that Pro Circuit performs the engine modifications to Ernesto Fonseca's AUTOGRAPH SIGNING: At the Race Tech booth during the AMA 125/ 250cc National M otocross Championship opener at Glen Helen r' [ L. Raceway in San Bernardino. California, on Ma y 14 . Freestyle rider Mik e OPENED: M otoworld of EI Cajon 's home page on the World Wide W eb . The sit e can b e found at the fo llow ing addre ss : http:/ / www .motowo rldracing.com. APPOINTED: Wayne Thomas, to the position of membership director on the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRFl board. effective immediately. • NAMED: Eric Cole. to the posi tion of vice president of booking for PACE Motor Sports. effective immediately. RESCHEDULED: The final round of the DM Sport s Women's World Motocross Championships. to July 1-2 at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino. California. SIGNED: A sponsorship agreement between Boyesen and Twin Air and the National Promoters Group (NPG) that will see Boyesen become " the official reed of the NPG." OPENED: Brad Lackey's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: htt p:/ /www.bradlackey.com. A UTOGRAPH S IGNING: At Roseville Cycle in Roseville. California, on M ay 20 from 12 to 1 p.rn. Team C hevy Trucks Kawasaki' s Ricky Carmichael. John Dowd and Larry Ward and Team SplitFire/P ro Circuit Kawasaki are scheduled to appear. For more information. call 916/7822171. ADDRESS CHANGE: AdvantEdge. 42304 Willeta Ave.. Quartz Hill. California. 93536. Phone: 661 /9 43·9423 . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . .... . ... .... . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ..... .. . . . .. . . . . . . . .... . ........ .... . . ....... c ~ ~ ~ . ~ ue I e C r' , , ADDED: KTM. to the existing Honda and Yamaha line at Mach 1 M ot orsports in Vallejo. California. Metzger is scheduled to appear. For more information. call 909/ 5947755. U L CORRECTION: We incorrectly identified John Canellas. the president of Montesa. Spain. as being Fred Belair. in a caption that was part of our coverage of the EI Trail des Espana in Issue #17 (May 3). Canellas was pictured with AMA sports manager Roger Ansel. team does use . however, Pro Ci rcuit exhaust pipes. r \ L. OPEN ED: Aprilia Germany's 250cc Grand Prix team's home page on the Wo rld Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http:/ /www.250apriliagermany.com. Yamaha of Troy YZ125. when. in fact. Yamaha of Troy's own Dean Baker does the engine modifications to the Yamaha of Troy team bikes. The o n U o o o o W orl d S up erbike C ha mp io nshi p poin t s r' lead e r Nor i yuk i H aga failed an FIM issu ed s ubstance t e st. iss ued aft er t he r ' So uth A frica n round o f the se ries on April 2 . accord ing t o a pre s s re lease f rom \..-i Yamaha . Haga has been infonmed by th e l_ FIM that the test s s how ed an above average level o f ..a naturally occurri ng com pound , " which wa s identified in his urine. I' the re leas e from Yamaha said. The co m po und is found in a va riety o f dietary supr: plem ents. as w ell as in no nmal co ld reme di es and eye drops. A c on firma tion test has yet to be co nducted . A cc ording to Yamaha . Haga has sa id t hat he wa s not aw are o f hav inq t aken any prohibited product s and th at he will fully collabo rate with the FIM in his matter. " W e are ob vio us ly very s urp ris ed to hea r that there may be a problem. " the Yamaha release sa id . " Bu t w e a re h e lp in g t he FIM in every way w e can to reso lv e it. Noriyuki has been w orking on his fitness and diet the se last few month s and w e recognize th at he is t o tally dedicated to ac hiev ing the c hampionship title this year. He would not intention ally do anything t o co mpro mise his ch ances. or damage th e spo rt in any w ay. At this time w e are awai ting the resu lt s of further testing . " OPENED: Wor ks Stand's home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at the following address: http:/ / www .worksstand.com. CORRECTION: In last week 's Bikes of the Stars. we incorrectly listed d o . . The re ' s so mewhat of an uproar in England th ese days becau se o f the fact that only three Bri ti sh roa d racers w ill be able to ta ke part in the Do ningto n Park round o f the W orld Superbike Ch ampio nship as W ild C ard e n t r ies . D u e t o th e larg e amount o f permanent starte rs o n the FIM Wo rld Supe rb ik e li st. o n ly John Reynolds. Chris Wal ker and Neil Hodgson w ill be allow ed to partic ipate in the May 14 race. desp ite the fact that - - - - -- - - Continued on page 96 n e vv.. MAY 1 7 , 2000 3

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