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° W E]UJd] Do ill ~ C C n Continued from page 3 I att ention to mountain bik ing. qualifying fo r the U ,S , W orlds team in the Vet Dow nhill class in 199 1, Last year, he sponsored his ' ow n three-man downhill tea m. Team Danger. for up-and-coming racers. >=< LJ r"'"\ L Scheduled to run in co njunctio n with the Wren ch e ad ,c om National D i rt Track Series finale in D el M ar. C alifo rnia, the Deutsc he F inanc ia l De l Mar Celebrity Golf Tournament w ill be held at the Encinitas Ranch Golf C o urse in nearby Encinitas on Friday , October 6 . G o l f e r s will in clud e Gra nd Nat ion al Champions Chris Carr and Scott Park er, as well as legends like thr ee-time W orl d C ha m p io n Ke nny Ro bert s . Pro c ee d s from t he t ourn am ent will ben efit th e C lay t o n M e mo ria l Found ation, a non profit charitable organization that he lps injured motorcycle race rs. Entries are still being accepted wi th fee s set at $ 125 pe r person. For m ore inf o rm ati on , cal l 760 /34 1·7542. C (I u ;l o o o o o Q o o o o o o o o o o o o o A c c o rd ing to He le na Yat e s at GF I, for every Ham e l 100 entry at the Novem ber 11 ·12 Elsin o re Gra nd Pr ix , G o at Brek er will donate $5 to the Danny Hamel fund . For more inform ation about the Elsinore Gran d Pri x, ca ll GFI at 909/ 341 8002 . A cc ording to Rad G reaves . th e ro ad race r rece ntly se t a new moto rc yc le track rec ord at Grattan Raceway in Grattan. Mi ch igan. riding his Suz uki Hayabusa. G reaves lapped at 1:20.3 to eclipse G reg Gibson 's record of 1:20. 54. The record was set during a GLRRA race at the fac ility. T h e Brad Lackey V i nt a g e M X School will be held on Saturday . October 7, from 9 a.m. to 12 p .m. at Glen Helen Racew ay in San Bernardino , C alifornia . prior t o th e AHRMA National M ot ocross and V int age Trials on Oct ober 7-8 . The class is limited to 15 riders and the fee is $ 100 p e r st udent. D e ric k Belvo ir w ill also be ho sting a vintage trials school , Friday , O c tobe r 6 , at G len Hele n. Entry is $20 per rider. Fo r more in formatio n on both sc hools, call 480/966-0101 o r 602/ 540-0055. Sf)( M ot or Sports G roup (formerly PACE Motor Sp orts) has annou nced the schedul e fo r t he up comin g 2000-2001 National Arenacross Series , which will include three new ven ues in C olumbus, Oh io : Oakland, Cal ifornia: and A lbuquerque, N ew M exic o . The schedule is as follows: November 3-5 , Des M oi nes, Iow a , V eteran s M em orial Aud it ori um ; ~ 'I u 'l LJ o November 10 -1 2 . A lba ny , N ew Y ork, Pepsi Arena: N ovembe r 17· 19 , W o rces · ter, M as sac huset t s , C e nt rum Centre : December 1-3 , Rockford . Illinoi s, MetroCenter; January 6-7 , Fo rt W orth , Texas, Will Ro g ers Coliseum: J anua ry 12 - 14 , G uthrie, O klahoma, Lazy E Arena; Janu ary 19-21 . Baltimore . Maryland, Baltimore Arena; January 26- 28 , Hampton, V irginia , Hampton Coliseum ; February 2-4. Columbus. Ohio , Nationwide Arena; Febru ary 911, M ilwaukee. Wisconsin , U .S . Cellular Arena ; February 16 -18 . D e nv e r . C ol orad o , Den ver C oliseum; February 23 -25 , Sa cram ento , California . ARCO Aren a ; M ar ch 2 -4 . Salt Lake City, Utah, Del ta Center: Ma rc h 9-11 , Oakland , C alif orn ia. Aren a in O akland ; Ma rch 16 -18, A lbu querque, N ew Me xic o. Tingley C ol iseum ; M arch 23 -25 , Taco ma, W ashin g , Tacom a Dom e . • • Triumph x 4 Three plu s one equals four, and with the arrival of the new Daytona's heavily revised motor in 955c c tripl e guise, word is that Triumph is now working on an all -new 1275cc fourcyli nder engine essenti ally consi sting of an extra cylinder added to the three-cy linder design, This was the m odu lar basis em ployed 10 years ago to launch the British company's debut range of bik es, since set aside in favor of a cleansheet desig n process as the fi rm expan ded . But the 955i Daytona motor is now so well proven tha t fact ory sources insist Triumph has deci ded to use it as the basis of a new fou r-cylinder maxi-bike range expected to debut in 2002. headed by a 1275cc Daytona powers por ts perform anc e model. but m ainly consisti ng of an all -new Trophy 1275cc tourer and various derivatives. The new engine will have pro- visio n for both shaft - and chain-drive transmissions. and in addition to being mu ch lighter than the 10-year-old motor !Xl1iJ[fiJ@@@ffI !Xl1iJ fJiJiJfJiJiJ@fn0 @1iJ[fiJD~DD @[fJ Am erican Greg Hancock won for the first time this season, whil e Engla nd's Mark Loram extended his cham pionship lead dur ing the Selek Grand Prix of Denmark , th e pen ultima t e roun d of the World Championship Spe edw ay Gr and Prix Ser ies, at Voj ens Speedway on Septembe r 2. This round matched all the drama and excitement of the previous four rounds, especi ally after de fe ndi ng World Sp eedway Ch ampi on T ony Rickard sson crashed out of contenti on in heat 19 when he was sent tumbling after clashing with Stefan Danno and Ryan Sulliv an. Rickardsson protested his innocence to referee To ny Steele but to no avail. In that one moment, the way was clear for Lorarn to increase his overall points advantage over the unlu ck y Swede. Loram could almost have m ade the titl e his had he won this round, but he was elim inated in the second semi -final , as the rain started to fall on Vojens, However, Loram refused to iet that setback upset his concentrat ion and he irnmedlately hit back by winni ng the consolation final. Loram , on 88 poi nts, now has a 12 poi nts lead over Ric kardsson but there is still all to play for in the final round, the Grand Prix of Europ e at Bydgoszcz on Septembe r 23 . For his part , Vojens winner Hancock, the Worl d Champi on in 1997. was overjoye d to be back in the winner's circle . "I have had a tough time in the GPs this year: Hancock said. "But we have changed a few things , and they certai nly paid off tonight. Now I want to finish the season on a high and look forward to 200 1." John Hipkiss The promoters of the Sacramento USAC S ilv e r Crown 100 have contract e d e -moo la .com Wes t C o a s t Flat T ra c k Series promoter Gene Ro mero to hold a special non-series-points-pay ing Sacramento Invitational 600cc Mile support motorcycle race at the Sacramento M ile o n O ct ob e r 7 . The su ppo rt race will be part of the annual sto p of the U nited States A uto Club. (U SA C) S ilve r C ro wn C ars at the C al-Expo St at e Fairgrounds, known to flat tra ck mo torcy cle racers and fans alike as o ne of the best mile t racks in Cal iforni a. The Inv itat io nal used in the present Troph y 1200, will be more powerful and compact, fo r im pro ved install ati on . A nd do n' t rule out a Yamaha XJR 1300-type Naked street-sweeper using the new four -cylinder Trium ph engine, either... The debut of the uprated version of the fuel-injected 955i doesn't mean that Triu mph will disconti nue manufacture yet of the older T300 carburetted three-cylinder engine design used to launch the British m arque down the comeb ack trail a decade ago. That' s because Tr ium ph still has a customer for this mo tor in the for m of Italj et. whose stylish Grifon 900 sports cruise r - launc hed at Milan alm ost a year ago and powered by the T300 Trium ph engine - is on course to begin producti on in Ju ne 200 1, once development of the work ing prototype slowly taki ng shape at the Italian scoo ter specia list's Bologna base and due to begin road testin g in Sept em ber. is complete. "Because this is the first Italjet motorcycl e for many years, we must be at great pains to ensure it is properly developed and ready for production before we release it onto the mar k et: says Italjet boss Leopoldo Tarta rini. "We' re confident that we have a unique product wit h styling that won't date. so rather than rush to the marke tpl ace, it's better to tak e time to develop it properly, and establish a dedicated dealer network disti nct from our scoote r range, which is capable of servici ng the quite diff erent needs of the Grifon customer.- Will the same motor that powers Triumph's 9551 Daytona be the base for a new tami" of four~lnder models? C C fj b o o o ° cyclenews.com reader poll question of the week o 0 1 12 D. Jay Springs te en S EPTEMB ER 1 3 . 2000 - c y c l e n e vv s will mark the first time ever that motorcycles will be run in co njunction wi th USAC Silver C rown cars. "This is a great opportu nity to expo se mo torcycle racing firsthand to auto racing fans, - Romero said. " The po tential of open ing ne w aven ues are unb e lievab le . as th is could be the beginning o f additional m ot o rcy cle/ ca r combination events where t rack cond itio ns pe rmit. - The race, w hich w ill be preentry only, w ill carry a $3700 purse , with $ 750 to the winner. For more info rmation . call 7 14/529·6054 . CN