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IINBIIB]E EIINIE Happenings in M otorcgcling With one round of the 2006 AMlVProstar series in the record books. Honda Rider's Club of America - sponsored drag-racer Kent Stotz has earned a new nickname around the paddock: "Mr. 200 mph." The four-time national champion scorched the competition on his tur- bocharged Honda CBRI l00XX with five consecutive 200-plus mph passes on his way to the Pro Street class victory at the Bike week Nationals at South Georgia Motorspons Park, Valdosta, Georgia, March 4-5. lt was an unbelievable show for fans, who witnessed Stgtz setting and resetting ET and top-speed records a total of l0 times in all. ln qualifying on Saturday, Stotz set new records for ET and top speed with a 7.303-second run at 201 . I 0 mph. But that was just the beSinning. After ripping off a 7.307-second pass at 200-62 mph in the first round of eliminations on Sunday, he lowered the ET record again in round two with a 7.284-second run, again topping 200 mph at 200.32 mph, Then in the semifinals he eclipsed both the ET and top-speed .ecords with an incredible run of 7.275 at 201.82. His performance in the final was another marvel of consistency; the 7.284 run at 201 .46 marked the fifth time in two days that Stotz topped 200 mph, an Olympian fear in streer-tire drag racing. StoE's early-season success follows a strong flnish in 2005 when he set the a o o o P quickest ET and fastest top speed for the Pro Street competition - 7.358 seconds at 195.87 mph - at the Al'4lvProstar World Finals in November in Gainewille, Florida. "We are happy beyond words," exclaimed Stotz. "Late last year, we discov- ered how to put down consistently fast runs on the Honda CBRI l00XX. Thii weekend was validation that we are goinS in the right direction. The Honda motor has always been amazingly powerful and bulletprool Now we're Eetting all that power to the ground and the results speak for themselves." Next stop for Stotz Racing will be the l5th Annual AMy'y'Prostar Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, Commerce, Georgia, April l-2. llew BaDy lUlonster Ducati didn't want to sit around and let one oftheir most popular motorcycles worldwide go another year without an update, so they created the 2007 Monster 695. The 695 is not merely a name, a num- ber or an engine size. The I'lonster 695 is a motorcycle that is perfect for the novice rider but, at the same time, is a Ducati, deliverinE a level of performance that can even satisfy more advanced riders. As the entry level Monster, Ducati hopes to transform the buyer into a Ducatista through the 595, The 2007 Monster 695 replaces the 620, and Ducati claims a big leap forward in terms of handlinS, riding pleasure and performance. The potent new 695cc L-twin delivers more horsepower and torque - the hiShest output per cc of any Ducati air-cooled engine - while producing smoother and more fluid power. Vvhen Ducati unveiled the Monster 900 at the Cologne Show in the autumn of 1992. it created an overnight sensation. Today the streets of the world pulse with the rumble of more than 170,000 Monsters. The oriSinal I'lonster introduced a unique street-fighter aftitude to a new generarion of Ducati fans. The 'look" is defined by its essential approach to motorcycle design, with its bodywork pared down to the rninimum and its char- acteristic twin-cylinder engine fully visible. One of the most popular Monsters ofall time is the I''lonster 600. which was intro- 92 MARCH 29,2006 CYCLE NEWS ,,1 > ,ll,t7 =\\ t J / ll JU I ,\, I I tr .\ \ ,5 I h I $ \ I a i;*'t ri ,l F. i I /lC $1 ,. \ I - rh'rn. ,-{ Stotz ZOO mph X 5 - r 6 5 Ihe 2OO7 Du(oti Monsler 695. -i- t J'- €. I 11. ,' -\- -t / I