Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

KNY and D ucat i recently faxed us a ress release announcing an open cast ng call to locate 12 male and female go' 0 dancers " to dance in ' 70s-s ty le ages next to D ucati M600s. M750s and S750 s at a fabulous Halloween cos ume party - 'The M onster Bash' - hosted y Donna Karan and Ducati at the DKNY ags hip store - on Hallow een. The audiion will take place on October 23. from 3 o 5 p.m. at New York 's Ducat i M anhatan o n 555 W est 42nd SI. Appl ica nt s ust audition in a bathing suit and must e able to dance . Those selecte d to work ,he bash will be paid $300. . ccording to Cycle News correspondent ar io Ma rin i. form er W orld Ch amp ion ndrea Bartolini has left Yamaha and igned a one-year contract with Husqvarna to ride its factory fo ur-st rok e in the ~OOcc G Ps. Bartolini has been involved in .ery long negotiat ion s th rough the last few months: he was approached by Free Time owner Fabrizio Berni, but saw that deal fall through w ith the interven t ion of Yamaha Europe, and a poss ible deal wit h Pamo Hond a was thwarted by the fact ~at Bart o lini nev er received the assurance t hat t he four-stroke project was ac tually part of Ho nd a' s 50 0cc class plans for '0 1. " I'm pretty charged up." Bartolini said . " It' s a very exciting challenge for me. and I once again have the motiva tion that I had lost a little bit in the last weeks. Deep inside, I feel hungry and "feel the desi re to prove the cho ice is good. " Marini also report s that three -time 125cc World Champi on Alessio Chiodi will be transferring fro m Husqvarna to Free Time Yamaha. " [Racing in the U.S .l is something I'm still thinking about . but it' s just that I got an offe r I couldn 't refuse fro m Team Free Time to ride Yamaha in the 125 W orl d C hampion ship , " Chi od i said. Chlooi's decision means the end of his three-year co llaboration with Husqvar00 . the bike on whic h he had hop ed to make an impact in the U.S., but his program s we re interrupted by t he seriou s crash of December '99. which resulted in a broken verte bra and right wrist. St ill, if his wris t is 100 percent by January . Chioeli should be in the USA for the first four or five roun ds of the AMA /EA Sp o rt s Supercross Series. His Free Time teammate will be another It al ian, A le ll Belometti . in the 125 cc cla ss. while G erman Pit B e i rer and Fre nchm an Y v e s De Maria will be on Free Time Yamahas for the 250cc class . Australian Chad Reed , 19, will be joini g Mickael M aschio and St eve Ramon on Kaw as ak i ' s Europe an MX squad. Reed will compete in the 250cc GPs on Jan deGroot's team, and will base himself near the team's workshop facility in Holland. " C had 's name was mentioned by a few people as a young rider of great talent who hadn't been seen or properly not iced because he lived in Austraha. " said DeGroot. who saw Reed co mpete at the M X des Nations. - I was informed that he was a rider who . with the right support beh ind him . cou ld be an even greater rider and asset to a factory team such as ours. Cal Rayborn III. son of the late famous Harley-Davidson racer of the same name. set a new vintage lap record of 1:4 1.36 at Seattle International Raceway on Friday. Septem ber 29 duri ng practic e fo r the WMRRA ' s S ound s o f th e Past d ay . accord ing to Team Ob so lete . Rid ing a Te am Ob sol et e Harley -D avi d s on XRTI750 , Rayborn also backed up th e reco rd w ith a second- place finish (despite a flat fro nt tire) on Sunday. The Prospect ors MC has increased the Team Race purse at the final round of the AMA/District 37 Big Sill Grand Prill Serie s , sc heduled for Hung ry Valley SVRA near Gorman . C alif o rn i a , on November 4-5. to $3 000 . For more information . call 31 0/ 322-36 12. D ist rict 3 7 claims that t he series has become the largest AMA amateur series in the coun try. with over 7000 riders in six races. On November 4. the Hayward M .C . will host the 54th annual Cowbell Enduro in Northern Califomia . This will mark the 30t h anniversary of the infamous 1970 event that left several hun dred riders stuck in t he mud , many of whom were forced to spend the night in the woods . This enduro led to the Forest Service limiting the number of riders allowed to enter such eve nt s - as the 1970 editio n had 1500 entrants. For more information. call 945 /829-0904 . It' s been a bad co uple of weeks for fast amateu r mot o cro s s ers . N ot on ly did Ja m e s Stew art break his shoulder (see page 29 ), but M ike A lessi also broke his right t ibia and fibu la and left foot in a pract ice crash near his Southern Califomia home on October 3. Love Ride 17 will take place Sunday. November 12. starting at Harley-D avidson of Glenda le and finishing at Castaic Lake Recreation Center in Santa Clarita. The Southern Californ ia road ride will feature a concert at the start area by John Kay and Steppenwolf. w it h Creedence Clearwater Revisited and Blood. Sweat & Tears providing the finish- line entertainment. Jay Leno will once again be grand marshal of the event . which is billed as " t he largest motorcycle fund -ra is ing event in the world . - and whi ch be nefit s Reading by 9 and MDA. For more infor- leading the extremely com petitive 250cc Production class of the Australian Road Racing Championships. Stauffer won the Ap rilia Cup in Austra lia this year and is currently running sixth in the Supersport cl as s of the Austral ian Ro ad Racing Champion ships. mation. call 8 18/2 46- 56 18 or log on to www.loveride .org. A re yo u ready for yet another maj o r o ff- road se ries' Cy cle News recently received a press rele ase from newly fo rmed Cross Road Advent ures (C RM. confirming recen t rumors that a western GN CC· type circuit will be starting up in 200 1. The organization is headed by former Best in the Desert race steward Jeff Phillips and DH Racing president Dave Hamel. and its Wo rld Off-Road Championship Ser ies (WORCS) will co nsist of six tw o-day rac es in W ash ingt on . O regon. C aliforn ia and Ne vada ( te ntative location s inclu de Glen Helen Racewa y , Las V eg as Sp eedway, Wa shouga l M X Park . M ammoth M ountain, and Clarke 's Branch). C RA claims that Yamaha, Suzuki , Kawasa ki. Honda . KTM . Hu sqv arna and Husaberg will all be participating . and that t here wi ll be a $ 10,000 guarant eed Pro purse, including 100-percent Pro payback . The Pro C ham pion wi ll be determined wi th no throwaway rides , tho ugh amate urs w ill be given tw o throwaways. For more information. call 775/425-6525 or 702/837-2498. Amer ican Honda' s Miguel DuHamel con firm ed at Wi ll ow Sp rings after t he AMA Sup erbike Nat ional on October 1 tha t he w ill d efinit ely be rid ing in the 600cc Superspo rt class next season . "W e found a great set up at the V irginia test ," DuHamel said. " I could have gotten out of the 600 deal, but after gett ing t he bike right I rea lly wan t to ride the class agai n. J ohn [Eth ell] found a few thing s with t he bike that really worked - a few things here and there. I'm looking for ward to it." Ro ad racer Mike Sm ith will be the gues t ins tructor for t he Southwest Sportbike School at Arroyo Seco on October 2 1-22. For more information. call 505/ 892- 1692 . The odds for the October 14-15 THQ U .S . Open motocross at the MGM Grand Cas ino in Las Vegas are in. Odds are based off a rider's two- night ove rall score . belting starts Wednesday afternoon . and bets must be place in Las Vegas . The odds are as follows : Ricky C armichae l 5/ 2; Sebastien Tortelli 7/ 2; Kevin Windham 7/1 : Mike laRocco 9/ 2: Damo n Huff man 8/1 ; John Dowd 10/1 : Ryan Hughes 12/1 : Larry W ard 12/1 : Steve Lamson 20/1 ; David Pingree 25/ 1; Buddy Ant unez 25/1 ; Greg Schnell 30 /1 ; Casey Lytl e 30/ 1; M ike Craig 30/1 : Tyler Evan s 30 /1 : Heat h Voss 40 / 1; J ason M cCormick 50/1 ; Pedro Gonzalez 50/1 ; Kyle Lewis 50/1 . On S e p t em ber 21 -24 . ove r 65 0 trail advocates and land managemen t agency staff gathered in Red ding . California, to partic ipate in the American T ra ils Nationa l Tra ils Symposium 's mobile workshops. presentations. discus sion groups. field trips and allied meetings . Part icipants and info rmation included all types of trail activity. interests and issues, acco rding to a press release from the Natio nal Off -Highway Vehicle Conservation Council. Inc. The off-highway vehicle recreation co mmunity was well repre . sen ted . w ith spo kesperso ns fro m t he AMA, Blu e Ribb on Coalition, C alifornia Off-Road V ehicl e A ssoc iat ion , Redd ing Trail Riders. M edford Riders Association, Sout h Caro lina O ff -Road Enthu si ast s , M otorcycl e Indust ry Council. Am eri can Honda M otor Co .. Inc.. Kawasaki M otor s C orp.. USA, and others. SI. Louis Powersport slTeam Gr een has signed Denny Stephenson , along with ret urni ng memb er Ped ro Gon zalez , for th e 2000 -200 1 Aren acro s s S e ri e s . Stephen son will be Kawasaki-mounted at t he THQ U .S . Op en motoc ross in Las Vegas. According to C annon Racing . Ap rilia Cup racer Bre nd an Clarke has be e n offered a tes t ride by the Hon da Shell Advance 250cc G rand Prix team at the Australian Grand Prix. In an effo rt to prop erly prepare for the ride. Clarke will skip the Aprilia Cup race at Dayt ona to better prepare for the Phillip Island test (Phillip Island is held the weekend following Day' tonal. The team has also announced that in association with Bernie Hatt on and Top Rider Motorcycle School of Australia . the team will get two new riders for the Daytona round of the Ap rilia Cup Challenge: Aaron Gobert . A nthony' s brother, and Jamie Stauff er. both of whom are Aus tra lian. Gobert finished third in the Aprilia Cup in Australia this year and is currently .................... .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. . . .. . . .. . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . . .. .. .. .. . . .. . .. . . . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . .. . . .. .. . .. " Lowli fe scum bag dept : During the K&N Filters Del Mar M ile. longt ime dirt track photographer Dan M a hony and his wife V ickie were robbed of all their money and photo orders shortly after 3 p.m. on Sunday , October 8. According to a release sen t by D an Mahony. V ickie was manning the couple 's phot o booth when several customers came and caused a dis traction . When she lo o ked back o nl y seconds later. one of them had made off w ith the bank bag contain ing the ca sh sales and check orders for photos, which had been taken during t he course of the day. Dan Mahony sugges ts that anyone who wrote a check for photo orders that day should contact their bank immediately to put a stop payment on their check. Anyon e wi t h any information regardin g the crime sho ul d contac t M ahony at 417 /993 -5798 or contac t D et e ct ive M os sman wi t h th e San D ieg o C o unty Sheriff' s Depart ment, 858 /806-89 11. . HIRED: Chilly White. Matt Stavish and Bill Haas as West Coast, North Central. and East Coast Sales Reps, respectively, for Gas Gas North Ame rica, Inc. ADDED : A Southern Californ ia venue, to the Advantage Racing School's schedule. Two one-day dirt-track clinics will be held at Ken M aely' s ranch in Corona. Califorma. on N ovem ber 4-5 . For more informa - Southland Racing Products has organized a fall dirt track series at Competition Park in San Jacinto, C alifor nia. Remaining events are schedu led for Octo ber 14, November 4 , Decem be r 2 tion. call 408/374-4298. RESCHEDULED : OM Sport s-WS MX's Wa shing ton wome n's motocross school, to November 4. It will be held in Horn Rapids ORV areain Richland. For moreinformation. call 949/837·2206. CORRECTION: The photo credit for our coverage of the Fall Classic motocross round at Budds Creek was inadvertently leh out. 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