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I TN THE LITYTNET Team Suzuki Off-Road's Ryan Hughes broke his arm while competing in the Unclassified race the day before Sunday's WORCS race at Washougal, Washington, on June 10. Hughes, who leads the WORCS points standings, crashed on the motocross section ofthe course, in the whoops, and immediately returned home for treatment. lt is not yet known how lon8 Hughes will be laid up. The next WORCS race is in six weeks. KTI'I's Kellon Walch was also iniured in the same race and in the same section as Hughes. Walch, however, did not crash but landed heavily in the whoops, break- ing both ankles, one of them seriously. He also hit his forehead on the handlebars Also injured at Washougal in the Unclassi- fied race was Zip-Ty Racing/Montclair Yamaha's Jamie Lanza, who dislocated his shoulder. Pittsburgh Steelers quanerback Ben Roethlisberger crashed his Suzuki Hayabusa on Monday.lune 12, in Pitts- burgh and was hospitalized with undis- closed injuries, though they weren't believed to be life-threatening. "He was alert and conscious," said Emie Roman, shift commander for the Allegheny Coun- ty emergency service. according to ESPN.com- Witnesses told authorities that the player's motorcycle collided with a car near a downtown intersection and that Roethlisberger's head hit the wrnd- shield and was bleeding, Roethhsberger has said in the past that he prefers not to wear a helmet when riding, and he wasn't wearing one at the (ime of his accident. Ducati owners attending this year's Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca can receive a special parking pass that allows direct access to the infield area known as "Ducati lsland." These offlcial Ducati- only passes will be distributed at the laguna Seca will-call location, the Embassy Suites Hotel in Seaside, Califor- nia. Pass distribution will be8in Friday, July 2l , at 7 a.m. Parking is limited by physical capacity and will be available on a first-come-first-served basis to anyone with a pass. Event organizers for the inaugural lere- my Mccrath lnvitational have announced a lisr of riders invited ro par- ticipate. They include: Andrew Short, Ben Townley, Chad Reed, Davi l'lillsaps, David Vuillemin, Grant Langston, Heath Voss, lvan Tedesco, James Stewart, Jeremy McGrath, Kevin Windham, l*4ichael Byrne, l4ike Alessi, Mike LaRocco, Nathan Ram- se1 Nrck Wey, Ricky Carmichael, Travis Pastrana, Travis Preston and Tyler Evans. TheJeremy Mccrath lnvitational is a Supercross-style racinS event featuring the top racers from the sport, including I4cGrath, competing for the largest purse ever offered - $500,000. Theleremy ln'lccrath lnvitational will be held October 6 and 7 at the Home Depot Center on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California, and will feature two-man, head-to-head, elimination-style motos, followed by a not-so-typical main event in which all 20 invited riders will race. NBC will air the event on October 22. "l am very excited about the group of riders we've extended invitations to," Mcciath said. "l look for- ward to everyone's acceptances and real ly look forward to seeinS how these guys do on this q/pe of track and in this type of race format, lt will deflnitely make for some exciting racing, that's for sure." Simone Sanna will replace Megabike Honda's Katsuaki Fujiwara at the San Marino round of the World Supersport Series, the team says. Fu,iwara is scheduled to undergo shoulder surgery after suffering an iniury at Silverstone. Sanna will join Yoann Tiberio on the two-man team. Motorcfcle lndustry Jobs.€om has opened its new website and is ''confi- dent that employers and job-seekers alike will love the increased resume exposure, time-saving features, and the updated look of the site-" Besides the facelift, the biggest change to the site is the Resume Clips section, which allows iob-seekers 200 characters to sell them- selves to prospective employers, Employers can view or test-drive all of the available Resume Clips for free, and if they see somethinS they like, they can sign up for Resume Browsing to get full aesumes and contact inforrnation. For more information, visit www. l'lotorcyclelndustryJobs.com. World Superbike Champion Troy Corser was forced to sit out the Pirelli/FG Sport test at Brno in the Czech Republic on l'londay, June 12, after coming down with chicken pox. Corser got the disease from one of his children and elected to stay home rather than risk infecdng any of his team members or anyone else in the series- Co.se.'s teammate Yukio Kagaya- ma shouldered the burden ofthe test by himsell Chase Borders, the l8-year-old Alaba- ma rider who was critically iniured in a practice crash at Monster Mountain MX in Tallassee, Alabama, on SaturdaT May 27, remains in critical but stable condition and has been placed in a medically induced coma. Borders also had to undergo an emergency tracheotomy last week when his lungs fllled up with fluid. He also remains paralfzed below the midchest area. At Deer Run MX Park on One of the great old traditions from the past is being renewed this year with the return of the Cha.ity Newsies Hall of Fame AMA Grand National, presented by A.D. Farrow Co. Harley-Davidson. The histo.ic event, which originally ran from 1939 to 1980 at the former Ohio State FairSrounds Hal, l1ile, will still be held in Columbus. but this time on the Scioto Downs Half Hile. on September 23- The Chariry Newsies is a local non- profit organization in Columbus, Ohio, that is dedicated to helping families in need by purchasing new clothing and dis- tributing it free of charge to s€hool chil- dren in Franklin Counry, Ohio. The chari- t/ got its name from its original fundraising method of selling spe(ial-edi- tion newspapers on street corners. "We're proud to bring back the Charity Newsies," said G&C Racing's Gary Stolzenburg, who is promoting the race. "People have a lot of good memodes about the old race at the fairgrounds. We hope to restore the history and tradition ofthis great race. You couldn't ask for a better venue than Scioto Downs.'' Scioto Downs is located on Columbus' south side, two miles south of Route 270 on Route 23 South (High Street). Route 270 is easily accessible from lnterstates 70 and 7l . For more information on the race, call Scioto Downs at 6l4149l-2515. Oakley lnc. has announced that all mem- bers of Ducati's MotoGP and Superbike factory racin8 teams are endorsed to wear the company's sunSlasses. Addition- ally, the sponsorchip agreement includes Oakley's logo placement on MotocP team helmets and leathers and on the team's Superbike motorcycle fairings. ''Our alliance with Ducati is no surprise. They approach building the world's best racin8 motorcycles the same way we approach building the world's best per- formance eyewear: combining the high- est-quality materials and advanced tech- nologies with r-rncompromising stan- dards," said Colin Baden, president of Oakley lnc. "We share a lineage of aggres- sive design and a continuous drive to raise the bar of performance.'' American Supercamp has announced the addition of several schools to the 2006 schedule. The school's guest instructors range from seven-time dirt- track champion Chris Carr to Scotr Rus- sell (grest instructor, June l6- 19, in Santa Rosa, California), to name iusr a few Also notable is the return of the American Supercamp Supermoto Schools held at the Honda Rider's Education center in San Bernardino, California. The additional added camps take place in Fort Collins, Colorado, Ar]gr]st I l- l2 and l3- l4i and san Bernardino, California, September 22-23 and 24-25. A Supermoto camp will be held in San Bernardino, September 29- 30 and October I -2. For more informa- tion, visit www.americansupercamp.com ot call 9701223-0525 . After a highly anticipated unveiling at Mugello during the ltalian Grand Prix, the Ducati Desmosedici RR will make its next appearance on American soil at the Red Bull U.S. GP held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, July 2l-23. The motorcycle will travel with the Ducati Corse lbam and will be on display for invited guests in the l4otocP paddork. The Desmosedici RR will also make a brief appearance on the infleld of Ducati lsland during the race weekend. 'Although we anticipated a high demand for the Desmosedici RR, we never could have imagined se€uring reservations for all of the 2007 North American production this quickly,'' said Michael Lock. CEO of Ducati Nofth America. "With the tremendous respohse to the Desmosedici RR, the news of an appearance of the bike at the U.S- l'4otoGP and our team now leading the It1otoGP series, Ducati certainly has a lot to celebrate at Laguna Seca." The fourth annual GNCC Golf Touma- ment at the Wisp tees off at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 23, the day before the Parts Unlimited Wisp GNCC kicks off with ATV racing on Saturday and bike racing on Sunday. The game takes place at Wisp's l8-hole, par-72 course, The GNCC Golf tournament is open to any- one and everyone, and the game is played with teams of four in a best-ball, scramble format. Golf costs $50 for each team member, and the price includes din- ner at the Wisp after the game. All signup will be conducted at the Wisp starting at noon on Friday. Teams can be selected or will be assiSned randomly. Also, the win- nin8 team will have its name engraved on the GNCC Golf Trophy, which is on dis- play in the lobby of the Racer Produc- tions of{ices. 8 JUNE2],2@6 . CYCLE NEWS Saturday, June 3, more than $1000 in donations were raised, including the donation from a very young rider who left the riders' meeting and came back with a pickle ,ar filled with coins: on the jar was a duct-tape label that read, ''Loretta Lynn's 2006." He gave all the money he had been saving for his trip to the Amateur National Championships. On Sunday, June 4, organizers on the Southern Classic Championship Series race at Big Cedars MX raised more than $3000 in donations. Donations can be made at: Compass Bank, l-800-COM- PASS; Max Federal Credit Union, l-800- 776-6776; or by using Paypal at www. jmrpowersports.com/forum. Well- wishers can send cards and letters to Johnny and Chase at: Chase Borders, PO. Box 210656, Montgomery, AL 35121- 0656. E-mails can be sent to the Borders at ride19l0@msn.com.

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