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As we report ed one mont h ago, the U.S. Open is coopera ting closely with former While it see m s tha t F rench moto c r o ssers a re w inn in g ever y th ing in sight these d ay s, it seems strange that F red eric Bailey became the first Fre nch rid er to win a 250 cc GP on ho me soil in 14 yea rs . The Pam o Ho nda rider ended the drought in Brou , France , on "Ho liday Monday," J un e 12 , after trading mota wins w ith fellow Frenchman M ickael Pichon, on the Corona Suzuki. Pichon jumped out to a comfortable lead i n the first mota, while Bailey settled in just inside the top 10. Pichon was cruising un til he went down an d broke his fro nt brak e, which allowed Ba iley to close in lat e in the race. The last few la ps, Pichon and Bailey ba ttl ed back and forth, until Pichon crossed the finish line in fi rst place. Bail ey finished second ahea d of Ka w asaki 's Pit Be irer , Yama ha ri de r Yves D emari a, Suzu k i -mount ed J osh Coppin s and Yamah a pilot Sout h Dakot a. was killed in a racing acc ident at th e Iow a Stat e Fairg ro und s in Des M oin es . Iow a. on June 3 . Faulds turn ed expe rt in Augu st of 1999 . and won the J ackp ine Gypsies Sturgis Sho rt Track during the annual Sturgis Rally and Races that year. Faulds wa s sche duled to campaign an 88 3 in t he Harley-David son Sp ort st er Perf ormance Serie s fo r the 200 0 season , and he did con test the Springfield M ile on M emorial Day Weekend . Faul d s is remem be re d by h is friends and family as some one who had a g reat love f o r the sport and for li f e . Funeral services for Faulds were held at Ch rist the King Church in Sioux Falls on June 7. The cancelled 5 0 0 c c portion of the Brit ish t riple- header M X G P has be en reschedu led. The event. origi nally scheduled for May 28 , was ca lled off (along with the 250cc race) on account of rainy co ndit ions. It will now be replaced by a race on July 2 at Kest er, Belgium, making that eve nt a double-header (the 250 cc class was already sc heduled to run at Keste r). The cancelled 250cc Foxhill race ;:::: has not yet been resche duled. PACE M otor Sport s recently announced the winner of the register.to·w in con t e st for EA Sports Supercross. M ike Kazmar, of Wildomar, Califom ia, was awarded a brand-new Toyota Tundra pickup truck, a brand-new Yamaha VZ250 dirt bike and a $4 000 spending spree with Parts Unlimited. The contest had people registering at local Yamaha and Toyota dealerships during the SX season in hopes of a chance to go to the final round in Las Vegas as one of 15 finalists for the grand prize. Of the entr ies rece ived , one w inner from each round was selected and awarded an allexpenses -paid trip to Las Ve gas, where they would try a key in the door of a toyota. Kazmar registere d at Southern California's Temecula M otorsport s, went to Las Vegas, and selected the w.inning key. • My daughter is already asking to borrow the truck,' said Mike's wife Lynn. pletely, " Fogarty said. ' 1want to return to the track to win. For this reason, I wo n't return to the track until I am 100 percent. ' O v e r 180 0 mo torcyc lis ts rai s e d $244,432 in the 17th An nu al Atl ant a Ride for Kids in the Bavarian village of Helen. Georgia, on J une 4. The money will be used in an effort to find a cure for pediatric brain tumors . World Supersport Champion Stephane Chambon w ill race alongs ide Pie rFrancesco Chili and Katsuak i Fujiwara on the factory Als tare S uzuki team in the U.S. r ound o f the W orld S uperbike Championship at Laguna Seca on July 9 . Chambon, who says that Laguna Seca is his favorite track, is able to do the race bec ause there is no W orld Supersport round scheduled for Laguna. VP Racing Fuels will have a special lower octane racing fuel (available through Pit Pro) at the Mammoth Motocross from June 15 ttiro ugh June 25, along with a power boost additive for high altitude, For more information contact VP at 909/674-9167. Troy Bayliss emerged fr om a test in BORN: Lilia Ferracci to Larry Ferracci and his w ife. Amy. on M ay 17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fenacci is the president of Cagiva USA and the son of Fast By Ferracci owner Eraldo Ferracci. OPENED: YourSmall Bike Connection's home page on the World Wide We b. The site can be foun d at t he foll owing address : http:/ / www.yoursmallbikeconnection.com. OPEN ED: The internet home page for Micromotorsports. which sells Go-Peds, Acqua Scoooters, Pocket Bike motorcycles, Razor in-line scoooters. off-road scooters and more. The site can be found at the following address: http:/ /www.micromotorsports.com. Misano , Italy, as the fastes t of the World Supe rbike testers last week. Bayli s s lapped at 1:3 6 .5 w ith Ju an Bo rja and Ben Bostrom bot h lapping at 1:37.0 . A c cord ing to Cy cl e N ews contrib utor Paolo Gozzi, Bost rom has asked for Dunlop tires for his NCR Ducati but won 't be able to get them until maybe the Valencia round of the series in Spain on June 25 or even the Laguna Seca round on July 9. This weekend wi ll see the W orld Superbike series in action at Mi sano in Italy. OPENED: The internet home page for MX Rider, which posts photos and prof iles of amateur and pro ride rs , The site can be found at the fol- lowing address: http:/ /www.mxrider.com. CORRECTION: Round one of the Sunrise Summer Series at Sunrise Motocross Park in Adelanto, California, will be held on Saturday, June 24. For more informati on, call 760/246-5140. FORMED: Advantage Racing School by Frank Nye of Engines Only fame. The school utilizes a fleet of Nye-built Honda XR120s. and utilizes a curriculum that is designed to aid experts and novices alike. Guest instructors scheduled to teach at the school include motorcycle racing champions such as Rich Oliver and Chuck Sorenson. For more information, call 408/ 374-4298. - -- - - - -- Continlted on page 96 c u e I e 'I rival PAC E this year in an effort to better '--' rr». its Oct ober 14-15 indoor motocross in Las Vegas , Nevada . The news has been made o ffi c ial in a U .S . O pe n press release that announ ce s Formula USA' s sanctioning of the event (F-USA is the inhouse sanctio ning body for PACE moto rcycle events). J ohn Gallagher, who has off iciated natio nal-level Supercross, road race and off-road racing events , will serve as race director for the event. • Formula USA will operate wit h the same general guidelines and rules of the previous THQ U.S. Open events , with some added benefits ,' said Eric Peronnard, pro mot er of th e event. "The only thing the fans will notice diffe rent this year is maybe a different-colo red shirt on the officia ls." The U .S . Ope n track w ill be buil t by Dirt Wu rx, w hich also builds the AM A Super cross co urses. Claudio Federici. The second mota belonged to Bailey. He led from start to finish to secure the overall win , but with Picho n fi ni shi ng sec ond , Bailey was unable to gain any g round on Pich on in the points race . Third in the mota went to Co p pins, Husq varna's Paul Coope r and D em ari a. B eirer wa s forced to watch the finish of the mota from the sideli nes when his bike suffered a mechanica l fai lure. Bailey 's t eam m at e, America n Rya n Hugh es , did no t attend the F rench GP but was instead at home in Cali fo rn ia taking care of his injured hand . A ft er eight of 16 rounds, Pichon st ill lea ds t he series point stan di ngs with 249 points ove r Bailey 's 217. Third is Beir er with 159, followed b y Coppins with 14 3 . In Tibro , Swed en , on June II , Peter Johansson nearl y won his ho me 5 00cc GP, as well . The KTM rid er won the firs t m ot a ove r Yamaha 's Marnicq Bervoets, KTM 's J o el Smets, Husqvarna' s W ill ie Van Wessel and Honda's Jocke Karlsso n. But J oh an sso n c ou ld not rep eat in th e seco nd mota. Inste ad, multi -time 500c c World Champion Sm ets ca me ba ck t o win the second m ot o and take the o ve ra ll victory . J ohansson was sl owed by t he loss of his ba ck brake and ended up fo urth in the mota, puttin g him th ird over all. Sec ond overall on the d ay went t o Yam ah a 's M arn ic q Bervoets who finished second bo th ti m es. Bervoets , how eve r, gave Smets a run for his money in t he second m ot o , crossing the finish line a fraction of a seco nd beh in d t he KTM rider. W ith seven of 16 rounds now com plete, Smets owns a commanding series points lead, 249 - 18 7 over Bervoets. Third is Johansson w ith 178. D efen d ing champ Andrea Ba rto lin i , who went 6 -3 i n Swed en , is fourth with 165 points. At the 125cc GP in San Marino, June II, Italian Thomas Tra versin i rec orded h is first GP w in and Maddii Husqvar na 's first of the y ear, after he wen t 2 - 1. In the first moto, Traversini settled for runner -up honors behind ser ies leader Grant Langston on the Champ KTM. Third place went t o KTM UK's James Dobb , who was fo l lowed by TM's Philippe Dupasquier and KTM rider Daniele Bricca . Traversini cli nc he d the o verall by w inn ing the second moto ahead of Dupasquier , Langston, Suzuki rider Erik Ca merlengo and Dobb , American Mike Brown struggled thro ugh the day with an ankle inj ury . He limped home to an 11th -place fini sh in th e first moto and did not place in the second mot a. Langston lead s the series with 236 points, Dobb is next wi th 212 and Brown is thi rd with 19 7 . Acco rding to a press release fro m Ducati, four-t im e W o rld Su perb ike Ch ampi on Carl Foga rty won't be back to racing as quickly as originally thought. Although the fracture of the left humerus bone in Foqarty 's uppe r arm is almo st com ple te ly healed. he still has work to do in order to increase muscle strength in the arm. Fogarty, who was hoping to retum in time for the Brands Hatch round of the series , will now undergo a program that include s swimming, electro stimulation and a special amino-acid -based diet to spe ed up mu scle recovery. ' The spec ialists are pleased with the way things are going, but they told met he fracture was a bad one and it'll need a long time to recover com - o J o n .e _ s JUNE 2 1 ,2000 3 '-- r o o [ c .....,