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fri""'6t The second annual Stateline Suprmoto Chall€n8c has been scheduled for APril 7-9 at Buffalo Brll's Resort and Casino in Stateline, Nevada. The event will feature an $8500 Pro purse. For preregistration and information, check out www-snvsupermoto,com on (he lntemet. The Motor Sports Press Aisocialion (}4SPA), comprised of Nonhern Calilomia writers. phototaphers and broadcasters who cover the sport, will be inductint three-time 500cc World Road RacinS Champion Kenny Roberts, durinS its 43rd annual post-season Awards and Green Flag Dinner March I in Oakland, California. Fans are welcome to attend the awards dinner, to be held at Francesco's Restaurant at 6 p.m. A total of I I people will be honored for their 2005 efforts in stock cars, spdnt aars, road racinS and drat racint, while others will be acknowledged for their lifelont contribution to racing or induct- ed into the MSPA Hall of Farne. Ticket inlor- mation is available at 408/ 731-6135 or s t0/319-9450. The Tony D. Motocross School has expanded its 2006 school schedule to include Conroe, Texas (March 4);Toutle, Washington; and Boise, ldaho. Bob Hannah will be the special tuest at the ldaho school For more information and exaat dates, go to www.tonydmxschool.com or call 4t0/635-69 r6. SuperTrapp lndustries will continue as the primary sponsor for Mike Hacker for the fifth consecutive year in the 2006 AMA Cer- tified Pre-Owned Ford Flat Track Champi- onship Series. Also ioininS the SuperTrapp team is legend lay Springsteen. After a seventh-place finish in the 2004 series, shoulder surgery prevented Hacker from racint duaing much of last year's season. l'lean\ rhile, SuperTrapp will ioin with Bar- tels' Harley-Davidson and Rocks Springs Land and Timber to sponsor Springsle€n in select races this season. Sprintsteen will (eam up with his long-time tun€r Bill Wem- er. The series kicks offon March 9 in Oay- tona Beach, Florida. Red Bull X-Fighters, an anternational freesq/le motocross competition, will return to Mexico City, M€xico on Friday, March 31. A contingency of riders representinS up lo seven countries willattemPt to out-trick each other in front of a sell-out crowd o{ 42,000 fans at the legendary Monumental Pla2a de Toros. Last year at the inaugural event in f,lexico City, the crowd witnessed American Ronnie R€nner's close victory over leremy "Twitch" StenberS. This year, Renner defends his title against another stronS field mixed with American veterans Travis Pas- trana and Nate Adams, and newcomeri, including Switzeriand's Mat Rebeaud. The second Red Bull X-Fithters for 2006 is scheduled again for Lzs Ventas in l'4adrid, Spain on September 14, A benefit ride will be held at Glen Helen Raceway on l,4arch 2l to b€nelit lames I'lar- shall, the Texan Supercrosser who sulfered paralfzing iniuries in the San Diego Super- cross. The "Outlaw Ride Day" wall be a fundraiser Ior Marshall with Glen Helen donating the track for the effon to help the Marshallfund. Tom white of White Brothers will emcee the event. The entry fee will be $20 with proceeds 8oin8 directly to the James l4arshall Recovery Fund. Those wishing to be a sponsor at the event, or to donate mer- chandise for auctions and raffles, can e-mail outlawrideday@mxsponsor.com or call Mark at 490/221- 1024. A show featuring custom Harley-Davidson motorcycles will held at the annual Harley- Davidson Ride-ln Show on Wednesday, March I at the upcoming 65th annual Bike week in Daytona Beach, Florida. Hadey- Davidson owners are invited to compete for cash and trophies, while Harley-Davidson fans can stop by to get a close-up view of the bikes. Owners can enter their Harley-David- sons in the on March I at the Ocean Center Arena, l0l North Atlantic Avenue, from 8-ll a.m., with judging to follow The $ l0 entry fee is donated to the lnluscular Dystrophy Association, and each participant receives a special edition commemorative plaque designed by Willie G. Davidson. "Best of Show" winners in each of l6 iudSinS clasres will receive a $200 cash prize and a trophy. ln addition, $500 cash prizes will be awarded to the top Sportster and top Bi8 Twin motorcy- cles utilizing Harley-Drvidson Genuine l'4otor Accessories, Apinest rs has joined with Universal Musi. Group to presen( 'Motocross Music Mash- Up." This limited-time offer features footage of top motocross riders Travis Pastrana and Nate Adams and artists Queens of the Stone Age, The AllAmerican Rejects, and Slipknot, among others. This DVD is available at 300 Best Buy locations nationwide and is a free eddition when you purchase a CD from any of the followint artists: Queens ofthe Stone Ase, The All-Arnerican R€iects, Sevendust, Opeth, and l0 Years. For a sneak peak of the feature sonts, visit wwwalpinestars.com. Preregistration is now open for the second annual Stat€line Supermoto Challente, presented by Southern Nevada Supermoto, at www.snvsupermoto.com untilApril l. The purse for this year's event has been increased to $8500. accordinS to even( promoters. For more information, call 8661367 -9259, Hotbodies Racing has inked a dealthat will see the company sponsor Kenny Roberts' MotoGP program this year, The team will feature Kenny Robertslr on a Roberts- framed Honda RC2l lV with Hotbodies bod),yvork. Hotbodies has also announced a sponsorship atreemenr with the Ducati Austin team, with Hotbodies becoming the exclusive bodywork and windscreen sponsor ofthe team, whiah fea[ures Neil Hodgson and 8€n Bostrom. The 2005 MX des Nations DVD is now available for $29.95 at www.dukev- ideousa.com. The DVD features all the action from the race, plus interviews with Ri€ky Carmichael and U.S. team manager RoSer Decoster zoom zoom, a provider of molorcycle track events on the west co:tst, has announced that it has sitned former AMA 250cc Grand Prix Champion Chuck Sorensen as the leader o[ its instruction program. ln addition, zoom zoom has inked deals with both Yama- ha and Michelin as sponsors, with alass instructors set to ride 2005 R I s and R6s. AHRMAS fourth annual Diamond Don Riyerport National Vintage Moto€ross will take place March 3l through April 2 in .lefferson, Texas. Some stars expected to .omp€te include Brad Lackey, Jim and Ron Pomeroy, Garyrones, Jeff Smith, Donnie Can- tiloupi, Tom Benolkin, Rik Smits and Don Rainey. The event will also include the first round of the National Srdecar l'lX Champi- onships. For more information, visit www.diamonddon.com or call 9031445-9796. Freestone County Raccway is offering amateur riders a place to camp and praatice durint the week of l'4onday, February 27 throu8h Friday. March 3. Practice will be held from I I a.m. to 4 p.m. and will cost $ l5 per rider each day. CampinS is $5 a ni8ht. The track is located bewveen Houston and Dallas in Texas. For more information 80 to www. FreestoneMX,com. Dreyer Motorsports in lndianapolis, lndi- ana. will host its annual Supercross party on Friday, March 3 from 5 to 9 p.m. Several rid- ers from the top Supercross teams are rched- uled to aftend. For more information. call 3 I 7/243-2203, extension 303. Female road racer lessica Z^lusky will be participatinE in the Eric Bostrom RacinS 2 Save Lives Third Annual Endumnce Eyent, according to event promoters. "R2SL will most likely be my first da),, back on a bike in nearly eight months since the AMA race at Mrginia lnternational Raceway," said Zalusky, who is comint offan iniury The 2006 event will be held ar Miller Motorspons Park in Tooele, Utah. lt will run 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from April l3 to April 16 and will allow ridertrac- erc from across the country to contribute to a Sreat cause, while riding an AMA road-rac- ing wnue. Racing 2 Save Lives is a 501c3 nonprofit ort-dnization dedicated to support- ing ahildren's charities by raisinS awareness, involvement, and capital within the motorcy- cle racinS community through donations, cor- porate sponsorship and fundrarsing events. For more information, please visit www.rac- ing2savelives.orS. Desert Rat, an informal, famih,,-oriented troup of recreational riders will (in coniunc- tion with th€ Ridgecrest, California, office of the Bureau of Land f.4anagement) sponsor a desert cleanup day at the Prosp€ctor Camp near Searles Station in the popular Spangler Hill OHV area on March 4. Signups will stan at I a-m. and work lasts untilabout I p.m. For more information, visit www.desertrat, ort. 8 MARCH 1, 2006 . CYCLE NEWS The Speedway World Cup (fearn World Championship) has been scheduled to run lrom.luly l6-22. in three different countries. The firrt round will be held in Rybnik, Poland, on July 16. The second round will take place in Malilla, Sweden. on .luly 18. The Race-Off and Final will be held in Reading, Great Britain, |uly 20 and 22. James Flarshall is also beint helped by the Road 2 Recovery Foundation, whi.h has pledged to help out Marshall and his family with their expenses. Road 2 Recovery's ulti- mate goal is to raise $ l0o,000 for Marshall- The Road to Recovery Foundation is set up on MissionFish. MissionFish is egay's program that allowr monies to be raised directly to help out nonproflt ortanizations. MissionFish allows a seller to choose Road 2 Recovery as their chariry ofchoice and a percentage oI the proceeds to donate, then list their item with MilsionFish- The items will then be on eBay with the rest of the auctions out there for millions ofshoppers to see. Proceeds go directly to the Road 2 Recovery Foundation, which in turn wllto directly ro rames l'lar- shallahd the seller will receive a tax receipt for their records. Also. the third annual Fast Guys Kartin8 race at Fast Times lndoor Kart- int on March 3 will now be a benefit race for l'4arshall. This event will be held in coniunc- tion with the Amp'd l'lobile AMA Supercross Series in lndranapolis, Indiana, on March 4- For more information, visit www. road 2tecoverycom. Team MattoCycle.com/Elf/ KTI'4 riders lay Shelton and Ronny Kemp will compete for the 2006 AMA Ford Quality Checked Pre-Owned Flat Track 450 Championship, according to the team. Both riders have opted to stay on fiMs, even though the factory has pulled its support from the series, accordifiS to Shelton. "We want to keep the KTI'I fans with a team to cheer for," said Shelton, who is also the team manager. 'Alont with Chris Carr, it looks like we will be the only riders on the Austri- an-built bikes." For more information, call 5701345-7929 . Racer Productions has announced that American Suzuki will retum as title sponsor for the 2006 Suzuki Grand National Cro6s Country S€rie3. "Suzuki is very excit- ed to be back," said Glenn Hansen, commu- nications manager for American Suzuki. "Last year was our flrst year as the title sponsor, and it worked out very well for us. We're thrilled to do it aSain - and we hope this is a long-term relationship." With help from Suzuki, the GNCC Series returned ro lelevi- sion last year on the Outdoor Life Network. Suzuki's support brints the series back to OLN in 2006, and it also allows the series to expand throuSh larger purses and a greater, more pro{essional presentation at each race, according to Racer Productions. The Ofi-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame (ORi4HOF), located at the National Automo- bile Museum flhe Harrah Collection) in Reno, Nevada, has announced that it is calling for 2006 nominations from a variety of ofi- road Sroups, a$ociations. sanctionint bodies, key industry contacts and event promoters who have outstandrnt indivrduals within their organizations. The deadline for this year's nominations is March ,5. CateSories for nomination are Recreational 4-WheelinS, l4otorcycles and All-Terrain Vehicles (AT9; Comptition of Motor.ycleyAws, Off-Road Racing, Rally, Rock Crawlint, and Sand Sports; and Pioneers who are Advocat€s. lndustry Leaders and.loumalirts. Since 1974, the Off- Road l4otorsports Hall of Fame has inducted 33 letends. Nomination procedures. criteria, and applications can be found at wwwormhof.com. The 2006 ORMHOF induction ceremony will be held on Saturday, August 25 in Gallery 4 at the National Auto- mobile Museum in Reno.