Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

[,viffi Aaron Lephart, the motorsports manaS- er for Phillips Motorsport Group, was seri- ously iniured in a motorcycle accident on Saturday, April 22, while riding the S22 highway in San Diego County, California- Lephart sustained extensive iniuries, including brain sheer, broken vertebra in his neck and back, and a fractured iaw He is currently in a coma in the ICU at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. Lephart is showinS signs of recovery and the doctors are optimistic, and his condt- tion is considered critical but stable. Cards and letters of support can be sent to: Aaron Lephan. c/o Phallips MotorsPort Group. l5l Calle lglesia, San Clemente, cA92672. There is limited space still available for Paul Thede's Technical Edge Suspen- rion Seminar, a week-long seminar that beSins on Saturday, May 6. Thede's semi- nars teach practical fundamentals of motorcycle suspension theories, tuning, servicing and troubleshootinS. ln addition. students learn about dampinS curves. levemge mtio curves, data acquisition, hydraulics, shop rkills (assembly and disas- sembly), and installation of Race Tech's products. For more information, call 951/279-5655 or visit www. racetech.com. Ernesto Fonsera's website (www.ernestofonseca.com) has been redesigned to keep fans updated on the Honda rider's road to recovery Fonseca, who suffered spinal iniuries in a practice crash in early March, is currently rehabili- tatinS in Colorado- The site features a storefront portion where fans will be able ro purchase wristbands. wallpapers, images and ringtones to "Support Ernesto." The wristbands are currently available for pur- chase at $2.50 each. They are red and fea- ture the words "Fonseca l0 Power Band." Costa Mesa Speedway in Costa l''lesa, California, will open its season with the 38th consecutive running of the Spring Classic on May 6, The schedule will run through the Fall Classic FMX event on September 30. For more information, visit www.cmspeedway.com, The Queensboro Motorcycle Club in New York will holds its Motorcycle Ride and Rodeo on August 6 on Long lsland. Signup is beNveen l0 a-m. and noon at Rolling Thunder Cycles lnc. in Hempstead For more information, call Sl6/489-O77O. California State Parks has announced that it has proposed new regulations that will govern the administration of the Off-Hi8h- way Motor Vehicle Recreation OHMVR Grants and Cooperative Agreements Pao- gram and is lookinS for input and comment from the public. The public has until May 22 to send commens (o (he OHI'4VR divi- sion. For those who do not wish to send in written comments, the OHMVR will hold tlvo public meetings for verbal input. The meetinSs are scheduled for May 3l in Sacramento and June 2 in Ontario. For more information. visit wwwohvparks.ca.gov or call Janelle Miller at 9 I 61324-4442. lohnny Gibson, the 1956 Daytona 200 winner, contacted Cycle News recently, hoping to find someone willing to help him revive speedway racins. Gibson once oper- ated the speedway track in lrwindale, Cali- fornia. He now lives in Florida and cah be contacted at 561/45 l-9531. Days lnn Bradley lnternational has been designated the oflicial hotel for the Southwick (Moto-X 338) round of the Al'4A Toyota National Motocross Champi- onship, scheduled for.lune l0- I I in Massa- chusetts. For more information, call 8601623-94t7. The fourth lllinois Motorcycle Freedom Run will srart at the Chicagoland Speed- way and travel 50 miles to the Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorral in Marseilles, llli' nois, on Saturday, June 17. For more infor- mation, visit www.ilfreedomrun.org. For the first time in the young history ol the series, AMA Pro Racing will be offering an official series program at all rounds of the AMA Supermoto Championship pre- sented by Parts Unlimited. According to AIYA Supermoto Series manager Todd Eagan, this first-ever program is sure to be a collector's item. "Fans will definitely want to hang on to this souvenir program," said Ea8an. "lt will be a high-end, all-color publication printed on glossy stock and packed with a plethora of information about Al4A Supermoto and the elite teams and riders ofthe sport. The program not only offers anformation about the riders, teams and supermoto in Seneral, but also how to build a bike, and a nice history piece about supermoto's roots and the personalities that have helped Srow the sport." The program will be available for sale ar allAMA Supermoto Championship events, as well a5 online at wwwam;rsu- permoto.com and www.suPermotoracer.com. AMA Pro Racing has announced that the 2006 AMA Supermoto Championship presented by Paits Unlimited will be nationally televised for the fourth consecu- tive year on OLN, Chet Burks Productions willhandle producion duties, wth cam- eras on hand at every round of the series. ''We are pleased to continue our relation- ship with OLN," said lohn Farris. AMA Pro Racing vice president of commercial devel- opment, "OLN is growing alonS with the series, and AMA supermoto provides some ofthe best racing action to be found in mororsports. This television package wall offer great exposure for our sponsors and the reams participating in the champi- onship." The Kawasaki AMA Superbike Show- down at lnfineon Raceway, May l9-21, will also feature a Supermoto USA three-day supermoto event at turn seven, with more than 200 riders expected, according to lnfi- neon- The event will be part of Supermoto USA5 l0-race West Coast schedule for 2006,'and will feature a $5500 Pro purse. ln addition, lnlineon Raceway will host the West Coast's first-ever Street Freestyle, sanctioned by StuntsPot.com. This event will span all three days and feature more than 120 competito.s, who will perform a v-ariety of tricks on their streetbikes. For more information on the supermoto events, visit www.suPeTmotousa.com, and for more information on the Street Freestyle, visit www stu ntwars.com. AMray'Prostar has announced a deal that will see ScorpionExo Helmets as the ofli- cial helmet of the AMly'Prostar U.S. Drag Racing Series. 'Scorpion Sports is the first helmet company to take a specific interest in the sport of motorcycle drag racing," said Keith Kizer, president of AMIVProstar, "We look forward to work- ing together to promote rider safety at each event." For more information on the helmet, visit vwwv.scorpionusa.com. The Road 2 Recovery Foundation's sev- enth annual "Slots of Golf" Supercross Celebrity Goll Classic at the Badlands GolI Course on May 5 will benelit Ernesto Fonseca. who suffered severe injuries on March 7. The Road 2 Recovery Foundation will partner with the Women's l'lotocross & Supercross Foundation in helping Fonse- ca. This event will be held in conlunction wirh the Amp d 14obile Af4A Supercross Series, which concludes in Las Vegas on May 6. This tournament teams a Super- cross rider with each foursome. Past riders who have parti

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