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New
Duck
After his
expected ride with the Klafli
Honda World
Superbike
team fell through,
young German World Superbike racer
Max Neukirchner has been in talks with
the
priwteer
Pedercini Ducati team
-
talks
that now have now borne fruit. Neukirch-
ner was scheduled
(o
!es! a Pedercini
Ducati on Friday, February
L
''l
have made
an agreement to
ride with Pedercini
Ducati in 2006," Neukirchner sard.
"No
contract
yet,
but I expect to sign that
at
Valencia next l'1onday."
The second edkion of the Red
Bull Lart
Uan Standing
enduro compedtion will
take plece December l-2 on the ffails oI
dte Texevoklahoma border Last
year's
e\r'ent was won by 2005
World
Enduro
Champion David Kniglt, the &it llnirhing
over nine minutes alread of
Nathan Kanney.
For more information,
visit www.redblll-
lastmanstandinS.com.
The AMA Ford
Quality
Checked
Flat
Track
Championship will
get
tranlpond€r
Jcor-
ing at all its rounds in 2006,
accordirE to
the AMA. Until now'
transponders were
used at only select
AMA Grand National
races,
with most events scorcd manually.
Transponder-based scorin8 systems have
been
us€d in AMA Superbike lor more than
a decade and in AMA motocross and Super-
crosr for several
years.
Dirt-rack manager
Bruce Bober said that Harley.Davidson and
Suzuki have helped defray some of the
costs associated with the use of the system.
nu(ar
Nor$ Amerie releared informarion
lJlast week on a limitedproducticn 551000
$ds interded use is lor racing and track-day
wens. To
go
along with tle new bike, Du€ti also
rehased its 2006 racing contirEency
p.o8l?m.
"Racint
and track riding is
very important to
Ducati." said Michael Lock, CEO
of Ducati
North America.
"The
Superspon and
DSl000
engine is recognized as a
great platform
for
racint, and I want to encourage
and
support
riders and dealers in making the dream
a reali-
q/.
This is a
Sreat
way for riderc of all skill
lev-
els to
get
involved at a
very reasonable cost."
The bike will sell for
$7999.
Although the bike
is designed for
racing and track days, a
racing license is
not required to
purchase
the SSl000.
ln
o.der to be sold
for
"racing
purpos-
es only," the
front headlight, rear tail-
light, mirrors and turn signals will be
removed. The
bike
is av"ailable in red
and
yellow.
Ducati's contingency
program
applies
to more than 180 ra€es and will
pay
out more than
$1,125,000,
accord-
in8 to Ducati. ChanSes
for the 2006
racing season include the addition
of
postings
for
WERA
events
and other
class and rule changes.
"Racint is
what we
are all about; I
am
happy
to
have the chance to give
back to the
racers who work
year-
round
to race our motorcTcles and
enioy
them in the purest form of what
they
were intended to do," said Lock.
"Racing, even on the club level, is aseri
ous
and expensive commitment, and
we salute and support those that
put
in
the effoft."
Briefly...
Checa
to Dunlop-Shod
Yamaha Team
Corlos Checo
,ack
McGrath stated:
"1 pay prop€rr/ tax
in this county on ieveral
p.operties, and I
Conrinued on
pose I
ln an unexpected turn of events,
the River-
side
(Celifornia)
County Board
of
Supervisoe
sem
the
draft orf-highway
vehicle
(OHV)
ordirunce back to the
plan-
ning department, requesting that
they
either
ban OHV use in residertial areas
totally or require anyone who
wish6 to
recreate on OHVS
ofl their own
property
to
get
a
permit- lt was even sugt€sted that
there should be h€:vy fees associated with
th€se prmits as a kind of
peialty
on an
aclivity some Supervisors think is inappro-
priate.
The Ofi-Road Business Association
(ORBA),
the AMA, EcoLogic. the
Mccrdth
famit, and maoy Riverside County
property
ownerc have spenr a considerable
amount
of time assisting the county
in crafting an
oadinance that is
fair
to both
ofl-roaders in
the county and residents who
have valid
complaints.
"lwas genuinely shocked by
the commenE of
the
$rpervisors,"
said
l4eg
Grossglass
of ORBA.
"We
have been
workint with the Planning Department of
RJverside County for the
past
15 months.
I
don't unders6nd what would
have
prompt-
ed the Supervisors to reiect
the Planning
Department's
recommendations and to
instead take such
a
discriminatory
stance
against
people
who
cfioose
to
Lrse
OHV5
on
their
own
property-"
CYCLE
NEWS FEBRUARY
15.2006
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