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CAGIVA REBORN?
R
umors have been flying of
late that MV Agusta could be
about to revive the historic brand
of Cagiva.
The talk of seeing Cagiva, once
again, making motorcycles started
after MV Agusta Executive Vice
President Giorgio Girelli told Varese
News that discussions regarding
the brand's revival had indeed taken
place, however, that was where
they ended, insisting that there
was no plan within the current MV
Agusta business model to bring
Cagiva back from the ashes.
However, bringing Cagiva back
to life as an off-road specific ad-
venture brand does make sense
for MV Agusta. The company is
enjoying excellent growth and has
a solid injection of funds thanks to
selling a 25 percent share of the
company to Mercedes-AMG. MV
Agusta currently make only road
machines and have branched into
the touring segment thanks to the
new Turismo Veloce 800, and
they have long-ago trademarked
the name "Elephant," the label
of the iconic adventure machine
that found fame with races like the
original Paris-Dakar event.
The original Cagiva Elephant
Dakar racers are now the stuff
of legend. Could we be seeing a
revival of the historic marque?
MCALLISTER STAYS ON TOP
D
efending AMA Supermoto
Champion Gage McAllister
took top honors at round three of
the 2015 AMA Supermoto Cham-
pionship at New Hampshire Mo-
tor Speedway, June 20.
McAllister was quickest in
Open Pro pole and followed that
up with a win in the first heat race.
McAllister's title rival Eric
Stump stepped it up and won
the second heat race, but McAl-
lister would be the rider of the
day. The defending champion
led every lap of the main with
Stump always within striking
distance. Stump held on for
second place with Dustin Hoff-
man finishing in third place.
In the AMA National class,
defending 2014 class cham-
pion Mike Surratt won his first
main event of the year to get his
defense back on track. Steve
Alkyer took second place with
Jonathan Carvalho completing
the podium in third.
In the Pro Lites category,
Kenny Troxell took his first ever
victory. Nicky Reimer was sec-
ond with Wyatt Sperry third.
Gage McAllister
remains undefeated
in '15.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
MARTIN
HANLON
