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8WEJI--==.:.~)S=v.=-.I 00 • M on the bike' s geometry, testing new links which basically affect the rear sus pension. Fifty laps to day. that is approximately 320 kilometers [198 miles] to the errc uit has let me co mpare two differe nt set- ups. what we call the 's tandard' one and th e other one wi th the new links. N ow th at th e con t rac t wi t h HRC and Te am Reps ol YP F H ond a has bee n signed for the 2001 . I feel much happier and will ing to show this at the next Grand Prix in Brno . " Criville lapped at 1:54 . 1 with Gibemau turning a 1:54 .3. The French GMT 94 C Guyot M O;Orcyci e Te am) te am w o n t he 24 hou r End ur a nc e World Championship race at the Moto park Oschersleben track in Germ any in front of 50 .000 spec tators on Aug ust 13. GMT 94 beat t he British based M&P Phase One Suzuki tea m by eight laps. The Phase one team' experienced electri cal problems dunnq the night and had to pit multiple times to rectify the pro blem. Pete r Linden and Norwick Now land of the M &P Phase One Suzuki team leave Germany tied for first in t he points with 117 each. C hristophe Guyot. N icolas Dussauge. and Se bastien Scamato of the GMT are tied for third with 112 points each. O O O O O O O The newest iss ue of Sport s Illustrated magaz ine CAugust 14, 2000) features a four-photo sequence of Carey Hart's backflip - the first eve r completed in competition - from the J uly 23rd running of t he Gravit y Game s in Pro vid enc e , Rhode Island. The photos are run with a small story feat uring quotes f rom Hart . This is the second time thiS summer that motorcyc les have b ee n featured in Sport s Illust rat ed. Cy cle News con tributor Henny Ray Abrams had his dramatic photo of Steve Rapp' s horrific cra sh at Road Am e rica featured in a tw o-page spread in SI a mont h or so ago. Defending A MA 800cc National Hillclimb C hamp ion James M Jammer" Large w hee led out his nu m ber o ne pl at e d Harley- Davidson fo r only t he th ird t ime this season and thrilled his fans with his seco nd win of the year and the day's fast time in round nine of th e series in Hay de nvi lle . O hio , on Au g u s t 12. Jeff Thomas (Yam) finished second ahead of Glen Petty C H-Dl. Points leader David Watson C Hon) finished fifth behind Tiger Strank (Yam) . David Watson (Hen) came back to take the 540cc win with a come-from-behind effort , edgi ng Jeff Thomas C BSA) . H ~ n da riders Sc ott McNeely, M ike Livinqston. and Richi e Scheuermann rounded out t he top five. 8 o o o o o o o o o o o o o Harley.Davidson, Inc. announced last week that it s B o ar d of D i r ec t o r s Chris Walker C Suz) won both legs of t he Br itish Superbike Championsh ip in Knockhill, Scotland, on August 13, topping Michael Rutter (Yarn) and Paul Young (Yam) in the first leg before beating Neil Hodgson CDuc) and James Hayden CDuc) in the second race. Ame rica n Tom Kipp CHon ) finished eigh t h and 14th in t he two races . Meanwh ile, Roland Sands CHon) finished third in his British 250cc Champi onship debut. In th e Brit ish Superbike Series, Hodgson leads W alker by just one point , 284 -283 . "Whkh one do you look at?" Amateur MXer Turlio Reif, from the photographer- surrounded winner's circle for the I 25cc B 5tock class at th e AMA Amateur National Mritocross Championships at Lorella Lynn 's Dude Ranch. approved a quart erly cash dividend of 2.5 cents per share. payable Septemb er 19, 2000 to shareholders of record September 8, 2000 . The company curre ntly has approximately 302 .6 mill io n sha res o f c o m mo n st o ck outstand ing. Ha rley Davidson . Inc. is the parent comp any for the group of companies doing business as Harley- Davidson M ot o r Compa ny . Buell M otorcycle C ompany and HarleyDavidson Financial Serv ices . Inc. The FIM issued a press release rece ntly confi rming what was earl ier reported in Cycle News t hat the final round of the World Superbike C hampions hip will be held at Brands Hatch in England on October 15. Brands takes the place of the originally scheduled round at Imola in Ita ly and me ans t hat Great Brita in w ill host three round s 'of the championship in 2000 . The rest of the World Superbike C hampionship ca lendar loo ks like thi s: Sep tember 3 - Assen , Holland; Se ptem - . ber 10 - Oschersleben, Germany; October 15 - Brands Hatch , England. > Motosport Training has announced that Suzuki' s Travis Pastrana is now endors ing 't heir Moto-X-Trainer and will use the dev ice fo r t he rema inder of the 2000 season to help increase upper body , endurance and forearm conditioning. The M ot o-X-Traine r attaches to any modern, health club rower. is handleb ar size and has ro tationa l grips to increase upper body enduranc e and redu ce forearm ' pump ; all this while receiving a great total , body , card iovascular workout. acco rding to Motosport Training. The device retails for $ 79 .99 and can be purchased with Motosport' s Fundamental C ondit ioning fo r M ot ocro ss Package that includes a year-round physical conditioning planner; instructional video illust rating proper exercise te chnique and email or phone support for one full year. For more informa-, t io n, c all 8 77 / 635-4 30 6 or log on to www.motosport-training .com . HJC Helmets has been designated as , _ _ --:~_....:t~ :~o~ff icial class' he , At the 19th Annual AMA A mateur Nati onal Mot ocross Charnpionships at Loretta Lyn n' s Dude Ranch in Hurric ane Mills, T ennessee, Augu st 8- 12, Kawasaki T eam Green' s James " Bubba" Stewart tied Ricky Carmi chael's career record of nine Loretta Lynn's titles. All of Stewart' s wins thus far have come in mini racing, while one of Carmichael's came on a 125, so Stewart is on pace to break the record next year. Stewart's year-2000 crowns came In 85cc (14-15) Modified and Supermini (competitors are only allowed to contest two classes per year), and they represent his final mini races in the U.S. (the Mini des Nations in Germany will be his last mini race ever). Stewart won both cl asses easily, taking all three motos of each in convincing fashion. "I went out on top: said Stewart in the winner's circle, where he wore a pair of Oakley'S strange new Over the Top sunglasses that will debut on sprinters in the Sydney Olympic Games. "Six of six [moto wins]. That was my plan for the weekend, and I think that's the best way I can end it." Other two-class winners at Loretta Lynn's included Mike Alessi in 85c c (7-11) Stock and 65cc (10 -11 ) Stock , Ben Riddl e in 250cc/Ope n A and 125cc A, and former professional circuit regular Ronnie Tichenor in Vet A Pius-30 and Plus-25. In addition to his two championships, Suzuki-rider Riddle was the winner of the AMA Horizon Award, which recognizes a rider who is on the verge of making the transition from amateur to pro. Winning the Cy cle New s Brass Brain Award was Indiana's Shawn Clark. This award recognizes riders who perform well both in the classroom and on the track, and Clark was th e hands-down winn er with a 3.89 grade-point average, along with second- and third -overall finishes in 85cc ( 12-13) Stock and 85cc (9-13) Modified, respectively. O 0, O O O O O Team Repsol Hond a riders Alex Criv· iIIe and Sete Gibernau co mplete d a tw o-day te st at M ugello in Italy on Augus t 11, though the third member of the team, Tadayuki Okada . didn ' t ri de af t e r crashing twice at Suzuka tw o weeks ago. Track co nditions we ren't the best fo r the team with high temperatures and slippe ry co nditions caused from a recent Form ula One car test at t he facility . • I've given many laps to the circuit so as not to lose co ntac t with the bike before the Cze ch Republic Grand Prix, " C riville said in the Repsol press release. ' W e' ve focused 8D(!J[ill[b(B[?L.....-------8 o o o o o o r> L; 2 A U G UST 23, 2000' cue I e n e vv s