BOSTROM READY FOR CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY AT FONTANA Parts Unlimited Ducati Austin rider Eric Bostrom goes into the second round of the AMA Championship at California Speedway at Fontana with high hopes after showing the 999’s abilities at Daytona where he smashed the lap record in qualifying and then led for much of the 200 mile race. The 27-year-old Bostrom from Las Vegas, Nevada, has tested the 999 several times at Fontana and the team feels ready to make a podium run at the upcoming event in Southern California. “After such a heartbreaker for us at Daytona, I’m looking forward to racing at Fontana and giving the Ducati fans there something to cheer about. We’ve shown how competitive we’re going to be this year, so it should be a good, fun race.” Bostrom has twice finished on the podium at Fontana in the two years that the AMA Superbike series has been held there. Racing Manager Tom Bodenbach is ready for the challenge at Fontana. “We tested here in February with Jon Cornwell from Ohlins and Jean Herisse from Michelin to help us with technical issues so we feel pretty prepared to do well at Fontana.” The Circuit Built on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill, construction began in November 1995. Abandoned structures had to be removed, resulting in over one million tons of rubble being hauled away before the earth could be graded and 300,000 tons of asphalt could be laid down. The $120-million facility opened 18 months after construction started, hosting the inaugural California 500. The facility held its first AMA race in 2002. The challenging and technical 2.36 mile course has 21 turns and uses the banked straightaway along the start/finish line. More, from a press release issued by Snarl Sport Racing Group: Snarl Sport Racing Group To Enter AMA Race at California Speedway Debut AMA race scheduled for Snarl Sport Racing Group’s Triumph Daytona 600 San Francisco–Privateer race team Snarl Sport Racing Group (www.snarlsport.com) has announced its entry in the AMA’s (America Motorcyclist Association – www.amaproracing.com) Supersport race at California Speedway in Fontana, California. The decision was made when AMA Pro rider Charlie Hewitt agreed to ride for the event after having run the bike the weekend before. Race team owner Karl Uribe says that he’s looking forward to the debut AMA race of Snarl Sport Racing Group’s Daytona 600. “To date, Fontana is going to be the highest speed track that we’ve visited with the new bike. We know that we’re going to have to search for more top-end power out of the Supersport spec motor than we have before, but we plan on spending some time fine-tuning our (fuel) injection maps. Luckily, Dynojet will be there with their trackside dynamometer, so writing new maps to the Power Commander will be easy.” Uribe also said that he came away from the previous weekend’s AFM event with some more ideas about what is needed to help the bike turn in better, and is anxious to put the ideas into use. “It’s going to be a challenging weekend, but challenging in a good way. We know that there’s some serious competition out there, and we also know that our bike is young in its development cycle. But at the same time, it’s a great opportunity to really put the bike through its paces and see where we need to take it.”