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lnjured motocrosser Ernesto Fonseca
was
transported to Craig
Haspital in
Englewood,
Colorado, on
April I I
,
where
the factory Honda rider will begin an
extensive rehabilitation
program.
CraiS
Hospital is considered one of the best
spinal-cord injury facilities in the world,
according
to
Fonseca's
publicist
Tony
Gardea.
Fonseca was
previously
at
River-
side County Regional in Riverside, Califor-
nia. According to Gardea, Fonseca is still
on a ventilator but his breathing has been
gettinS
stronger, and doctors
expect
it
to
return
to
normal.
''He
has
good
move-
menr in his arms and wrilts, with slight
movement in his fingers that seem to be
improving," Gardea wrote in an e-mail
last week.
"He
still
has no feeling
or
movement from his chest down. Howev-
e( through healing, hard work and
prayer,
he can regain that durin8 his stay at
Craig." Cards and
letters
of suppon can
be sent to Fonseca at Next Level
Sports
Management,
c/o Ernesto Fonseca, 28202
Cabot Road, Suite
300,
Laguna NiSuel,
cA 92677.
According to the Palm Springs Desert Sun,
the
city
council
of
Cathedral City has
voted to ban off-roadinS in city limits in
the Cali{omia town. Cathedral City, a city
close to Palm
Spri.rgs,
voted 4- I
to
make
all riding of off-road vehicles in the city
llmits illegal, includinE riding
on
private
property.
The ordinance also
gives
police
the
power
to confiscate violators'
vehicles,
according to the Desert Sun.
Mayor
pro
tem
Greg
Pettis opposed
the
measure. Fines for violatinS the ordinance
will
begin at
$250
and increase to
$500
for a second offense,
$750
for a third and
$
1000 for all
subsequenr offenses
within
a
l2-month
period,
the Sun says. Offenders
will likely be subpoenaed and charged
based on witness
reports
rather than
caught in the act, Police
Chief Stanley
Henry
told the newspaper
On Sunday, April 30, the BSA Owners
Club
will
hold
its
22nd annual streetbike
ride at Hansen Dam Park in Sylmar,
Cali-
fornia, at the 210 Freeway and
the
Osbourne off-ramp. The ride will start at
l0 a,m., but
.iders
should show up at 9
a.m. to meet former stars like Bob Bailey,
lYike Konley, Terry Dorsch
and Skip van
Leeuwen. For more information, call
6261442-8683 .
The
Sports Car Racing Association of the
lYonterey Peninsula
(SCRAMP)
has
announced that the Yamaha Motor Cor-
poration
has extended
its
partnership
with Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca that
will ensure its support of the facility
through 2010. Yamaha has contributed a
significant
portion
of the
$7
million
in
safery modifications and improvements
this
year
at the racetrack in Monterey,
California. This falls on the heels of the
$2
million in
changes contributed by Yamaha
that allowed the
MotoGP World
Champi-
onship to return to the United
States and
Plazda Raceway Laguna Seca in 2005. The
2005 Red Bull
U.S. Grand
Prix
was the
largest
event
in
the so-year history of
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with a
weekend attendance of 153.563.
'After
the success of
last year's
event, we all
iumped
at the oppoftunity to continue
our relationship with SCRAMB" said Bob
Starr, corporate communi
