Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
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- Want To Be A Motoiournalist? lr-\r at least 8et a free trip !o lnfineon Raceway in Sonoma. California? lf *, .tr".k ou, rhe C,,cre News/Krwos oki Superbike lr,/Showdown Sweepstoles, a contest that is offering (he winner an all-expenses-paid trip to Sonoma, California, to live the life of a motojournalist (i.e., tons of free food without the food-stamp salaryl) for aweekend at lnllneon Raceway, May l9-22, fortheAMA Sup€rbike doubleheader. The winn€r receives: an all-expenses-paid trip to the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown at Sonoma. California s lnlln€on Raceway, Ma/ l9-22; access to Kawasaki's VIP Luxury Suite; a chance to meet Team Kawasaki riders Tommy and Roger Lee Hayden: and a chance to ride new Kawasakis on the lnfineon racetrack. lncluded in the contest is full access to the paddock area, pit lane and Kawasaki's VIP suite. Hotel accommodations and meals are included. But ifthat't not enouth. check this out: The winner of the sweepstakes will also get to participate in a track day the da/ after the bi8 race on Monday - on the same road course used by the pros. And the best part - you will do so on a variety of bikes provided by Kawasaki! There will be other surprises as well over the course of the weekend. So how do you wan? Since this contest as all about livinS the life of a motoioumalist, we've d€cided to see which ofyou would make the best poten- tial editor. So we're goang to ask you to write a ,lctional 3|8-word (not 317 or 319) race feature on what you believe could take place in the (awasaki Superbike Showdown that weekend. Please also include a digital photo ofyou and your bike. Please e-mail all entries to editor@cyclenews.com, or send by snail mail to: Cycle News Attn: Kawasaki Superbike Sweepstakes 3505-H Cadillac Avenue Costa l4esa, CA 92626 Vvhat are /ou waitinS for? Start writing! *To be eligible for the contest, you must be a letal adult over the age of 18, and hold a valid motorq/cle license, Entraes must be submitted by Thursday, May I I, with the winner to be announced shortly after. P.ize as provided by Kawasaki l'lotors Corp., USA. We featured the new Ossa 250 GP on the front page of Cycle News 30 years a8o to accomPany our tert on the Spanish motocross bikE We raid it's "a 125 with 250 power and speed" and "the best motocross bike built this year."... ln Georgia, rammin'limmy Weinert won the 250 National MX over Steve Stackable and Tony Distefano.,, KTM rider Tom Kelly pocketed $1000 in cash ror winning the California Ciry Grand Prix off- road race,,. We did a feature on motocross ridiry tear- Some of the more interesting products tested, and liked, were the Heckel plastic booB, the Race Face one-piece gog- Sldface mask combination, and Bell's first Moto-star helmet. lD YPdrs Agri--- Mdq B, 1996 We ran our cover- age of Honda breaking the 24- hour Motorcycle World Speed Record. which made the CN cover 20 years a8o. One of the many riders t\rho participated in the record-s€fting feat Ben Bostrom and Matt Wait graced the cover l0 years ago to accompany our story on "Stars of Tomorrow" in our special road- racing issu e... Dou I Chandler won th€ SuPerbike National at LaSuna Seca Raceway... At the World Championship Sup€rbike Road Race in England, Troy Corr.r won both ra.es.., But the big news of the week was Jef Emig breaking Jeremy McGrath's Super.ross l3-race win streak in St, Louis.., Ty D.vis.ontinued to dominate the off.road scene with a win at the Shasta Dam Grand Prix National Hare Scrambles, f I I I I I I l i ,t','/ tl-flmpi'ii'izl trii McGrath For EnduroCross! Supercross legend leremy l'lccrath will race in the l''!axxis Endurocross. scheduled for November 18 inside the Orleans Arena in La5 Vegas, Nevada, according to even! promoters. McGrath has proved his versatility before with top finishes in Supermoto, and now he's read),, to atta.k something completely different. "l am very excited to be racing the EnduroCross this year," said McGrath. "Here's a chance to compete against the top off-road racers in the world, in what has to be one ofthe most unique races in America. Endurocross is a one-of-a-kind event that I plan to add to my list of Sreat ECinS experiences." l4acrath is not the first motocross rider to take a crack at racint the l"laxxis Endurocross. ln 2004, Ryan HuShes dominated an interna- tional field of riders to take the overall win. ln 2005, John Dowd put on an impressive ride to finish second. behind World Enduro Champion David Knight- "This type of racint brints out the best in riders," said Eric Peronnard. co-promoter of the Maxxis Endurocross. "You need to have tremendous ridinS skills and be both physically and mentally tough. lt s obvious Jeremy has what rt takes to (ompete at the top in Endurocross." For more information about the event. visit www,endurocross.com. i' d CYCLE NEWS MAY r0,2006 19 3D YeatE Ago... Mag lr, ,976 J":..rJ ,l*'ae #r{ ?D Years Ago... Maq ,4, lgBE was then Cycre News editor lohn Ulrich. Also on the cover was Dave B6rtram for winning the Little Polecat National Enduro in California... Bubba Shob.rt record€d his l4th career Mile victory at the Santa Ciara Counry Fairgrounds in California... Ricky lohnson won the Mickq/ Thompson Off-Road Gran Prix that was held at the Rose Bowl in front of nearly 40,000 peo- ple... ln Holland, David Thorpe won the second round of the 500 GP MX Series. . 'F-- tu I t Ua, Jeremy lllc(irolh \ I ! I \ "il (