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C Y C L E N E W S • AUGUST 23, 2006 11 posting a season-best third at the Freder- ick, Maryland, Hotshoe event, and a fourth-place finish at the Rochester, New Hampshire, half mile in June. As of yet, Jess has not qualified for a GNC main event. He is going back to wrenching on his own equipment and hopes that with the help of his track hand Dale Poths that he will be able to salvage what is left of the season. The entire Roeder Racing Team appreci- ates the continued support of our sponsors and we are dedicated to turning this sea- son around and making them proud. Spe- cial thanks to: Blue Springs H-D, Las-Vegas H-D, KK Motorcycle Supply, Roeder H-D, Schaeffers H-D, Elf Lubricants, Caveman Plates, Simpson Helmets, Vanson Leathers, J2 Motorsports, and The Lima National. For more information on Roeder Racing or to become part of our team, please con- tact Jay Shelton at: J2 Motorsports Racer Marketing Company, phone 570/345-2929 or e-mail, j2moto@yahoo.com The Honda Red Rider Ranch along with Etnies Girls Get on Board is offering a unique introduction to off-road motorcy- cling on October 7 at the Red Rider Ranch. The dirt-bike school is ideal for beginning students and has proven to be useful for advanced students as well. Empowering females through one-on-one interaction and hands-on training is at the core of the Etnies Girls Get on Board program. Launched in 2006, the program seeks to provide females of all ages the basic skills and confidence needed to participate in action sports. The Motocross Clinic will be about a 3-4 hour course, covering the basic fundamentals of riding an off-road motorcycle. Learn where the controls of the motorcycle are and how to use them. You will master how to start, stop, shift gears, riding posture, cornering, and stand- ing. All coaches are certified MSF, experi- enced off-road and motocross riders and are very enthusiastic. The Honda Rider Education Center supplies 2006 Honda CRF dirt bikes, as well as protective Fox riding gear, including: helmets, gloves, gog- gles, jerseys, knee and elbow pads, chest protector, mx pants and boots. To sign up please log onto www.etniesgirls.com. The Mid-Ohio School and Motorcyclist mag- azine have teamed up with Team Yoshimura Suzuki to offer motorcycle riders and fans a one-day Fantasy Camp at the renowned Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. This unique, once-in-a-lifetime event will be held at Mid-Ohio on Monday, Octo- ber 2, one day following the season-ending AMA Superbike Shootout. The camp will provide participants with an exclusive opportunity to ride the Mid-Ohio road course, as well as interact with Team Yoshimura Suzuki's riders and crew and the Motorcyclist magazine staff. Participants also will receive riding tips and pointers from experienced track coaches, take part in tire and suspension seminars from Öhlins and Parts Unlimited and receive a deluxe gift bag and event photo CD. "This is really a dream weekend for any Sportbike enthusiast," said the Mid-Ohio school director Steve Bidlack. To be eligible for the Fantasy Camp, riders should be comfortable riding on-track and must have attended an on-track program within the past two years. Two groups of 30 riders will be assigned according to their experience level and each group will get a total of three and a half hours of track-riding time. This event is not open to first-time or novice riders. The cost is $495 per person, and includes VIP access to the AMA Super- bike Shootout, held September 29 - October 1. More information is available by contacting The Mid-Ohio School at 877/793-8667, or www.midohioschool.com. The new vintage-motorcycle stamps for normal 39-cent First Class letter postage is available. The post office web- site talks about the cultural importance of motorcycles in America. For more infor- mation, visit www.usps.com VP Racing Fuels, Inc. announced a restructuring of its senior management. Steve Burns - founder, principal owner and director of research and development - has reassumed the position of president and CEO, replacing Fred Morrison. Morri- son, president of the company since 1985, recently ended employment with VP. "We truly appreciate Fred Morrison's contribu- tion to VP's growth and development through the years and wish him well," said Burns. "Prior to Fred's tenure, I served as VP's president and CEO before relinquish- ing those responsibilities to focus on R&D. I'm excited about becoming involved in the day-to-day operation of the business again, but having said that, I still intend to contin- ue to actively lead VP's R&D efforts." Weekend heat, humidity and thunderstorms didn't deter hundreds of motorcyclists from gathering in New York's Hudson Valley and southern Wisconsin to champion children with brain tumors. At Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) Ride for Kids events on August 6, more than $144,000 was raised for medical research and family support programs. Dr. James Garvin, a pedi- atric oncologist from Children's Hospital of New York, told the crowd how much the medical community appreciates their fundraising efforts. After he spoke, people cheered to learn that they had raised $94,877 for childhood-brain-tumor research. Top individual fundraiser honors went to Eric Schmidt of Bethel, Connecti- cut, who raised $6619. The top club, Ride for Liam of Suffern, New York, brought $18,609; and the customers of Bergen County Harley-Davidson of Rochelle Park, New Jersey, raised $5110 to make it the top motorcycle business. Ed Connors of Pearl River, New York, won the grand prize, a brand-new Honda motorcycle. Special thanks went to Hudson Valley Ride for Kids task-force leaders Jack Jones and Linda and Walter Buchanan, who were the hardwork- ing task-force members and day-of-event volunteers, for hosting a super event. American Supercamp has announced a change in its 2006 schedule for the fall Super- moto School. A new date, September 26-27, in San Bernardino, California, has replaced the original to accommodate riders who may also be attending the final STARS Supermoto round of the season. Intermediate and advanced classes are still available, with more detailed information about the schools and online registration available at www.ameri- cansupercamp.com or 970/223-0525. Round four of the Hitachi AMA/WMA National Motocross Championship saw some altercations and controversy between moto winners Jessica Patterson and Tarah Geiger. The two had battled for the lead in both motos with Geiger taking the win in the first, and current series leader Patterson taking the second, and the overall. A confrontation on the podi- um resulted in Patterson being met with negativity from fans. And although Geiger did not retaliate, one of her managers engaged in a fight. As a result, both riders have been penalized. Patterson has been docked 10 championship points for engag- ing in a fight with another rider while still on the track after the first moto and was also fined for her mechanic engaging in a fight. Geiger received a fine for her man- ager's actions, as well. Both riders will also receive a 12-month probation. K awasaki Team Green's Ricky Dietrich held back KTM's Kurt Caselli to win the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC World Off-Road Championship Series race at Burnt Ridge MX Park in Cinebar, Washington, August 13. Dietrich's triumph in round eight, presented by FMF, moved him into a tie for the series points lead with Team FMF/Suzuki Off-Road's Ryan Hughes, who continues to recover from the broken arm he suffered while practicing at Washougal's round seven. A new venue on the WORCS tour, the Burnt Ridge course resembled Washougal in many ways, being set among pine trees and utilizing an abundance of technical trails plus a large grass-track section. "It's right up my alley where I grew up in," Dietrich said. "This is my neck of the woods, and I kind of expected myself to win. Two in a row - I mean, I couldn't ask for that, but to get it, it's really cool." It took nearly half of the two-hour race before Dietrich, in one move, zoomed past both Caselli and Zip-Ty Racing's Bobby Garrison, who led during that time on his Jardine/Pirelli/Moose-backed YZ450F. From that point, the Carter Powersports/Maxxis/ARC KX450F-mounted Dietrich tried his best to ride mistake free and stay ahead of Caselli's FMF/Michelin/Moose 250 XC KTM. "Kurt has, by far, proven himself the strongest guy on the track the last two laps," Dietrich said. "He was scaring me back there." For his part, Caselli was satisfied with the runner-up spot in his first WORCS race since injuring a knee before round two. "He passed me and was just railing," Caselli said. "He had a whole other pace going, so I picked it up a little and caught back up to him - just kind of stayed behind him. It's hard to pass [here], so I waited for him to make a mistake, and he never did. I just kind of slowed down at the end; I got a little tired. But it's good to be back riding. I feel fine. I've still got to work on some stuff, but besides that, I'm glad to be back - glad to be riding again." Dietrich took the checkered flag after two hours, 17 min- utes and 59 seconds, with Caselli the runner-up in 2:18:55. Garrison crossed the finish line in 2:22:03, but official results for third place are yet to be determined, pending the outcome of two protests. Mark Kariya Dietrich Again at Washington WORCS PHOTO BY MARK KARIYA Team Green-backed Ricky Dietrich captured his second-consecutive win in the WORCS series.