Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

o nterviews of passengers t hat th e indi idual s w e re boi stero us , di sr uptive and o wdy. " Ford sa id . " B ut th e crim inal tatute at issue req uires us to prove the ssa ult o r intimi da tion of a f light c rew ember, w hic h w ould int erfer e w it h the e rforma nce o f thei r dutie s . There wa s ot suff ici ent evidence to prove that. " he case is co ns id e red c lo sed by t he .S, Atto rney's O ffice, Fo rd said . An B I invest igation of 10 passe ngers board Northwe st Fl i g h t 5852 wa s aun ched las t week a fter t he plan e ' s ilo t and stewardess acc used the group f di srupting the fl ig ht. Among the alleat ion s were that items were thrown at he stewardess and t hat the passengers ailed her names , incl uding o bscenities , he paper reports , Pilo t Hayden Harriso n ate r to ld police that he was in fear fo r is passeng er s and aircraft for much of he flight. wh ich o rigin at ed in M emph is. arl Hayden, N icky a nd Ro g er L e e' s ather, said W edn e sday ' s deci sion was ust as he th ought it w ould b e. " It oes n 't surp rise me one bi t becau se I aw w hat happened , and noth ing hape ned, " Hay d en to ld t he newsp ap er. ord said the de cis ion w as largely based n th e state me nts of several witnesses ha t w ere o n th e p l ane , P a s s eng er arth a Clark told the Messeng e r-Inquirr on Tuesday th at N o rt hw est' s alleg aions we re not true. Fo rd said she neve r eared for her life , w as no t disturbed and as as ha m e d at ho w th e group was tre ated. In fact , i t wa s Northw e st rnployee s, and not th e passengers th at cted rudely , she sai d , The plane w a s elayed in tak eoff, wa s overbooke d and passengers w ere denied w ater and th e opportun ity to use the rest roo m , she said. "My vers io n wou ld be exactly w hat M art ha C lark said," sai d Earl Hayd en , " S he said it exact ly like it w as ." G ary Ab shi er, attorney fo r the Haydens , said he didn 't yet kn ow if his cl ie nts w ould file a laws uit against N o rt hw est Airl ines fo r defamat io n of cha racter . " Ho pe fully , the tru th wi ll ge t o ut and everyth ing go e s away," Ab sh ie r said . " M y cl ient s aren't in the lit ig at ion business . B ut I thi nk so m e pe ople need to come fo r- . - to .. to " . to .. OPEN ED: Sato Performance' s home page on the World Wide Web. The site can be found at t he fo llowinq address: http://www .sato-performance.com. wanting more information on the Cowbell Enduro. The cor rect phone number is 925/ 829-0904. M ARRIED: Glenn Bagge to his longtime girlfriend, Loretta Boggs, on October 7 in San Diego, California. Bagge is the general manager of Motoworld of EI Cajon. ward and say they are so rry . I think the stew ard e ss exa g ge ra te d th e trut h and t ri g gered somet hi ng th at s he d id not m e an t o t ri g g er." " I d idn' t se e th e be hav ior descri bed," witness Cl ark said . " If th er e w e re any projectiles t hrown, I didn't see it. If there was deb ris o n the plane , I did not see it. I was not look ing fo r it , but I think I would have no tic ed it. " Both C lark and Abshier ad mitted t hat a pa s se nger , t rave ling wit h t he g ro up , placed a sticke r o n t he stewa rde ss, and many on board laug hed . That passenger, w hose name was not re v e a led, was re moved from the plane by M em phi s airpo rt poli ce , A bsh ier sa id, Airport po lice said the y had no record of a passenger bein g rem oved . C lark was sitting in row ni ne, near t he rea r o f the p lan e . She ad mitt e d t hat she co uldn' t see everythi ng in the front of the plan e , but said she didn 't hear any disruptive beha vio r. She sat across from Law son , and Nicky Hayd en wa s sitti ng in th e row in fro nt of Law son. She said s he d iscu ss ed t he race w ith Law son , and that Nicky Hayden re ad mag azin e s and w orked o n a computer lapto p for th e entire fli ght. " I t ho ug ht th ey were pol ite k ids ," Cl ar k said. Wh en the plane stopped briefl y in Pa du cah , the landing wa s ex t re me ly ro ug h, said C lark, w ho tra ve ls by air at least once a month. Roger Lee Hayd en put o n his mo torcycle helmet in je st , and many o n board laughed , fu rt her ang eri ng t he c rew, she said . Josh Hayes has signed a co nt rac t w ith Am eri can Honda that wi ll see him compe te in both the AMA 600cc S upersport and Formula Xtreme classe s next seaso n. Hayes, w ho rode fo r Erio n Racing this yea r, w ill ride fo r t he Bruce Trans portat ion team in 2001 . Forme r AMA N ai ona l an d S upe rc ro s s C hampion David Bai ley wo n the Iro nman Tr iathl o n W o rl d Cha mpio ns hip in th e hand cycl e d ivision o n O ct ob er 14 . The 38 -year-old Bailey w on th e race in Kailua-Ko na, Hawa ii, def eating tw o-ti me ch a mpion Carl os M ol ed a of V irgi n ia , who had beaten Bailey each of the past two ye ar s . Ba iley avera g ed 4 -m inu t e, 5 4 -s ec o nd mile s th e last t hi rd of the mara thon, fini shing the race in 11 hours, 5 min ut es , 20 seconds . HIRED: Matt Stavish, as the central regional sales rep for Gas Gas. Stavish can be reached at 612/ 849-4986. . ........... ............... ............... .. Natio nal series to sco re th e number-one pl ate with just a single victory . Dick Mann was the first rider to acco mplish the feat when c1aimining the first of his two titles in 1963. Randy Goss pulled it off in 1980 to eam the first of his two titl es. Ko p p also clinc hed t he AMA / SuperT ra p p SuperTracker Championship earlie r in the season, success fully defending that cham pio nship titl e after wi nn ing it in 1999. He also wo n the 2000 AMA Hot Shoe Nat ional Championship in the 600cc Expert class. The other titl e to be decided at Du Quoin was in the Harley-D avidson Sport ster Performance Series. Defending Champion Wil lie McCoy held the points lead over conte nder and fomner champion Sco tt Stump comi ng into today ' s fin al. Thank s to the weath er, McC oy of Ric hardson, Texas, will once again wear the class numbe r-one plate in 2001 , making him the first two-time winner since the series began in 1993. AMA Pro Racing has announced that the Du Quoin Mile, the final round of the AMA Progressive Insurance U.S. Flat Tr ack Championships, has been canceled due to rain , The fin al race of the 20 00 season had been resch eduled to run today after rain halted acti on over the weekend. Weather and track conditions, however, remai ned unfavorable, and the race was canceled early th is afternoo n. The deci sion to call th e race was m ade j ointl y between race promoter Illinois Motorcycle Dealers Associ ation (IMDA ) and AMA Pro Racing. The decision m eans that Corbin Racing/H -D of Missouri- backed Joe Kopp (shown) of Mica, Washingl on, is the 2000 AMA Grand Natio nal Champion. Kopp came into Du Quoin with a 15-point lead over perennial conte nder Will Davis of Goldsboro, North Carolin a. Davis' champ ionship hopes, how: ever slim, were washed away with the cancellatio n, Kopp taking the titl e 2 14- 199 and becoming only the third rider in the 47 -year history of the Grand CORRECTION: Last week's issue had a n inco rre ct phon e num be r fo r t ho se 8 o [%®[fJ[fJ[) f1i}@@@rJ @fl@I!i!l[Ji]@@ ffJU [JJffJO[Ji]@@o@GJJU @fJ!J@ !?O[Ji]ffJO@ White Brothers will hon or past W o rld M ot oc ro s s C ham pi o n To rsten Hallman at the Vet World Champion s hips Virginia Democrats hav e laun ched an attac k ad against a Republica n U .S . Senate ca ndida te , but the ta rget t hey 've hit is motorc ycli st s , accord ing to t he AMA. The Vi rginia De mocrati c C oordinated Ca mpaig n, in an effo rt to bo lste r th e r e- el e c t ion bi d o f U .S . S enat or Ch arl es Rob b

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