PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has announced that Georgia, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma have enacted laws supporting the goals of the AMA’s “Justice for All” campaign, and that Ohio motorcyclists successfully blocked an attempt by bureaucrats to raid that state’s rider-education fund. The new Oklahoma law, signed on April 25 by Governor Brad Henry, adds a fine of up to $1,000, in addition to any other fines or penalties, for drivers found guilty of right-of-way violations that cause serious injury or death. New Hampshire law now mandates 45 minutes of motorcycle-awareness classroom instruction as part of all driver-education courses. Last Friday, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed a new law that adds a fine of at least $250, in addition to any other fines or penalties, for drivers found guilty of right-of-way violations that cause serious injury or death. “Thanks to individual motorcyclists and state-level organizations, the seeds we planted two years ago are starting to take root,” said Edward Moreland, AMA Vice President for Government Relations. “Motorcyclists working at this grassroots level have built on ‘Justice for All’ to get laws passed, state by state, and momentum is still building.” In Ohio, the Office of Budget and Management recently proposed transferring $750,000 from the state’s Motorcycle Safety and Education Fund for other purposes. AMA members, using the AMA’s online Rapid Response Center, along with members of motorcyclists’-rights organizations throughout Ohio, were successful in persuading the Ohio Controlling Board to deny the raid on this rider-supported fund. The state-level organizations instrumental in these latest victories include ABATE of Georgia, New Hampshire Motorcyclists’ Rights Organization, ABATE of Oklahoma, and virtually every motorcyclists’-rights organization in Ohio. Two New Hampshire legislators, Senator Robert J. Letourneau (R-Derry) and Representative Sherman A. Packard (R-Londonderry), both AMA members, also demonstrated the value of having motorcyclists within the legislative process. Georgia, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma join nine other states in passing legislation that supports the goals of Justice for All: Arkansas, Iowa, Maine, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. For more information about the AMA’s Justice for All campaign, visit www.AMADirectlink.com/justice.

Millennium/KWS Suzuki sponsored by Ron Ayers Motorsports found out Wednesday that John Haner unfortunately would not be able to compete at Fontana due to the shoulder injury he sustained at Barber Motorsports Park. John had surgery on Monday, and will hopefully be ready to compete at Road America, June 2nd – 4th. With Haner out with an injury, 21-year old Matt Lynn was tasked with the job of carrying the flag on the Millennium/KWS Suzuki GSX-R1000’s and what a job he did! Matt Lynn shocked the paddock on Saturday morning with a lap time of 1:25.270 on his Pirelli shod GSX-R1000 in Superbike qualifying. This placed him 10th on the grid, which is his best qualifying position in his short AMA career. “We put on some 16.5 inch wheels and some sticky Pirelli rubber on my Superstock bike and went for it,” said Lynn. “Those tires just flat hooked up!” Lynn continued this trend in Superstock qualifying by running a fast lap time of 1:26.445 for 12th position on the grid. The first race of the weekend for Millennium/KWS Suzuki was Superbike Race 1. The team was very upbeat after Lynn’s qualifying performance and was hopeful for a good result. Lynn got a great start from the third row and was leading factory Ducati rider Neil Hodgson when Lynn lost the front and crashed on the second lap. Lynn was unhurt and thanks to quality parts from Vortex and tough bodywork from Catalyst Racing Composites the bike was unhurt as well. Lynn immediately picked up the bike and rode hard to a 22nd place finish. The Superstock class is Matt Lynn’s focus this year and when the green flag dropped on Sunday morning he was ready to go. Lynn got another great start and was in a battle for 11th with Ben Thompson when the red flag came out on lap seven for a downed rider. While the AMA officials cleaned up, the Millennium/KWS Suzuki crew opted for a slightly softer compound rear Pirelli tire for the ten lap sprint to the finish. Again, Lynn got a great start and found himself in a battle with Erion Honda rider Aaron Gobert. Matt stalked the factory supported rider for five laps and then made his move going in to the tight infield section on the last lap to finish an outstanding 10th place, his best AMA finish to date. After Lynn’s great ride in Superstock, the team felt that they were ready for a good result in the second Superbike race. Lynn got another great start but immediately had trouble with front end grip. Despite struggling with the motorcycle, Lynn rode a smart race and was able to bring the bike home with a 15th place finish, tying his best ever Superbike finish. Matt Lynn: “The weekend went really well. Qualifying for both Superbike and Superstock was incredible. I made a mistake in the first Superbike race and fell down, but I was able to recover and finish the race. In the second Superbike race we didn’t have the set up right due much high track temps on Sunday afternoon and I had to ride pretty conservatively to bring the bike home in one piece. I am really happy with the Superstock race as I got my best AMA finish to date. The team worked really hard this weekend and I couldn’t do it without them. Thanks to Rick Matheny, Michael Godin, and Brian Stricker, those guys are the best!” Kevin Hunt (Team Owner): “If this was easy then everybody would be doing it! We are very upset about John Haner being injured, but Matt is doing a great job for such a young rider. I was very impressed by his performance this weekend. The team missed the set up for Superbike race 2 because it was so much hotter on Sunday afternoon and Matt showed a lot a maturity by not over riding the motorcycle and bringing it back in one piece. The team really pulled together this weekend to get a good result. Although John was in pain he showed up at the track to support the team and help Matt. This shows what kind of person John Haner is and I would like to thank him for it, we can’t wait to have him back!”

Foggy PETRONAS Racing riders Craig Jones and Steve Martin have realistic expectations going into the fourth round of the Superbike World Championship at Monza this weekend. At an Italian circuit steeped in history, the FPR team will be hoping recent history does not repeat itself. The venue, with its famous long straights, is known to favor the most powerful bikes in the field and has not previously rewarded the sweet-handling characteristics of the PETRONAS FP1. So, although Steve qualified on the front row of the grid at the previous round in Valencia, the team is prepared for an uphill battle to secure valuable points. Craig, in his first season on the world stage, will be making his first appearance at Monza. He said: “I don’t feel any pressure this weekend because I have never been to the circuit before. It is going to take a day to learn the place so I just want to go out and enjoy myself. Carl has said that it is not the hardest place to learn, and hopefully he will be able to give me plenty of advice. It is a tough circuit for us but we need to keep that in mind and not panic. I am a lot more upbeat following the second race in Spain. Despite the problems we had it was good to be up there racing again.” Steve said: “This is probably going to be a tricky weekend for us. Everyone knows that Monza is a power circuit, and last year was a disaster for us. It is full of long straights and the fastest bike usually wins the race. So if we can finish both races in the points I think we will have done extremely well. I have also not started behind second row on the grid so I will be giving everything for Superpole again. It is hard approaching a weekend thinking that way, but that does not mean I will not be giving it 100 per cent, and we will also be using the track time for the continual development of the PETRONAS FP1 for future rounds.” Circuit information: Monza, Italy Pole position: Left Circuit length: 5.793km Corners: 5 left, 8 right Corner radius: 610m maximum, 12.5m minimum Maximum slope: 2.4 per cent

SuperStock Suzuki Team Endurance Moto45 head the World Endurance Championship SuperStock standings after the first two rounds of the championship. A class win at Assen and a class second place at Le Mans have secured an 18 point lead for the French Suzuki team (on 53 points), in front of Le Mans winners Kawasaki Maccio Racing (35 points) and Suzuki Team ABG Performance (27 points). Aprilia Motociclismo Test Team have moved into fourth place in the SuperStock standings after taking fourth in class at Le Mans. Endurance Moto45 are also in seventh place in the overall championship standings. 1. Team Endurance Moto45 Suzuki (Suz GSX-R1000) 53 points 2. Maccio Racing Kawasaki (Kaw ZX-10R) 35 points 3. Team ABG Performance Suzuki (Suz GSX-R1000) 27 points 4. Aprilia Motociclismo Test Team Aprilia (Apr RSV1000) 22 points 5. Team LTG Yamaha (Yam YZF-R1) 18 points SuperProduction Yamaha Team Acropolis Zone Rouge 199 are leading the SuperProduction standings, backing up their Le Mans class win with a sixth in class at Le Mans. The Franco Belgian team’s 39 points leave them just 4 clear of Suzuki Infini Team with the French Sapeurs Pompiers Suzuki team (28 points) in third, Team Raffin Motos Kawasaki in fourth and Team SRK Suzuki in fifth. Acropolis Zone Rouge are in seventeenth place in the overall championship standings. 1. Team Acropolis Zone Rouge Yamaha (Suz YZF-R1) 39 points 2. Infini Team Suzuki (Suz GSX-R1000) 35 points 3. Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers Suzuki (Suz GSX-R1000) 28 points 4. Team Raffin Motos Kawasaki Kawasaki (Kaw ZX-10R) 27 points 5. Team SRK Suzuki Suzuki (Suz GSX-R1000) 20 points Manufacturers Suzuki hold the lead in the World Endurance Championship manufacturers standings after the first two rounds of the championship. Suzuki Castrol’s first place at Assen and second at Le Mans have given Suzuki an excellent start to the season. Honda have moved up to second place, with the Le Mans win by National Motos building on the seventh place Assen finish by RMT21 Racing Honda. Yamaha are in third place after podium finished by Yamaha Austria at Assen and Yamaha GMT94 at Le Mans, and Kawasaki are in fifth place following Bolliger Kawasaki’s fifth at Assen and fourth at Le Mans. Aprilia Motociclismo Test Team’s 12th place overall at Le Mans puts the marque fifth in the standings. Manufacturer Point Standings: 1. Suzuki, 53 points 2. Honda, 44 points 3. Yamaha, 42 points 4. Kawasaki, 29 points 5. Aprilia, 6 points The next round of the World Endurance Championship is the Albacete 8H night race on May 20th.

Sebastien Charpentier’s perfect title defense has brought him three race wins and three pole positions thus far, and as a fan of Monza, he will be given very short odds to make it four from four at the classic 5.793km Monza layout. His astounding form has delivered him a 15 point lead over Yamaha rider Kevin Curtain, who has finished second to him three times in three attempts. With a fine podium finish at Qatar new Honda signing Kenan Sofuoglu (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) started the season in fantastic fashion, but a pair of crash-inspired DNFs have pushed him down the championship table somewhat. Monza is thus a chance for the Turkish rider to progress more rapidly to the overall position his obvious pace would suggest. Having partially recovered from an early season wrist injury in time for the previous round in Spain, Katsuaki Fujiwara (Team Megabike Honda CBR600RR) has been grateful for a further two weeks of convalescence. Fatigue in his hand may have slowed his final pace in Valencia but third, what was his only race finish of the year, was an indication of how the perennial WSS force can perform when fully fit. Yoann Tiberio (Team Megabike Honda CBR600RR) added an eventual seventh place in Valencia to his fourth place finish in Australia, and the 19-year-old French rider now sits fifth overall. Charpentier, second at Monza in 2005, wants to go one better, and feels confident about his chances. “Last year’s second place behind Fujiwara is still burning inside of me: I want to win at Monza, this is my only objective for the upcoming weekend,” said the Frenchman. “Last year the Winston Ten Kate Honda Team took a great team result, with a first and second place and I hope to be able to repeat this with Kenan. I would like to see him with me on the podium, like in Qatar. He deserves it because he has always been fast in every circuit.” For Sofuoglu Monza will bring back memories of his win in the FIM 1000 Superstock Cup last year, as he sets his sights on a podium finish in his rookie SBK year. “I am still sad about how things went in Valencia, but I have to look forward and learn from my mistakes,” stated Sofuoglu. “I want to thank the Winston Ten Kate Honda Team because they have always been close to me and I hope to give them a great performance: I have at my disposal a winning technical package therefore I am in the right condition to do well. The objective is to remain with the leading group and fight until the last turn. It would be fantastic to step back onto the podium.” Fujiwara draws on memories of last year’s race victory to bolster his pre-Monza preparations, not to mention his strong Valencia comeback race only two weeks ago. “During the Valencia race I understood that I could run for the podium,” said Katsuaki. “I raced with my left arm still not completely OK, but I earned a third, so my confidence for Monza is high. The bike is fast, very fast, and we made a good general set-up during the recent test of Misano. I want to win in Italy, especially to help with my championship position.” Tiberio’s start to the season has been impressive, despite the young Frenchman having missed out on the first race in Qatar. He knows Monza already, having scored second in the European Superstock 600 Championship race there last season. “Monza is a fast circuit and with the help of my bike, I will fight for an important result,” said Tiberio. “My immediate target is to gain experience with the bike at a fast circuit like Monza. The podium may be a difficult goal to reach at this stage but I can possibly speak about this when the official practices are complete.” World Superbike Round 4 of 13

James Toseland (Winston Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) will find a familiar face on the other side of the team’s Monza pit garage as his regular teammate Karl Muggeridge (Winston Honda Ten Kate CBR1000RR) returns to race action after injury. Having suffered compression injuries to two vertebra during official tests at Valencia, and having to miss the subsequent Valencia race itself, Muggeridge is making his return at one of the Honda riders’ most eagerly awaited circuits. Toseland, currently third in the championship fight, found Valencia just as hard a challenge as all observers expected, and finished only 9th and 11th. He looks to Monza as a path back to the form, which has already delivered him a race win in the opening round at Qatar. Another rider ready to step up to podium status once more is Alex Barros (Klaffi Honda CBR1000RR), who will taste Monza for the first time in his nascent World Superbike career this weekend. The multi-MotoGP winner is out to build on his double Phillip Island Superbike podium, and with new engines all ready to go for Monza, he will be in with a great chance of scoring impressive points totals. The DFX Treme Honda squad will be without the talismanic figure of Pierfrancesco Chili (DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR) once more, as the 41-year-old Italian rider recovers from the broken pelvis he suffered in testing at Misano in mid-April. His replacement Gianluca Nannelli (DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR) is primed and ready to go at one of his favourite circuits, and will line up alongside SBK rookie, Michel Fabrizio (DFX Treme Honda CBR1000RR) for the second time this year. Fabrizio has enjoyed a top five finish already and the impetus of a home race is expected to make up for what was a tough Valencia round for all Honda riders. Toseland, in his first year on a 1000cc four-cylinder machine, sees Monza as an opportunity to get his championship challenge firmly back on track. “I really like the Monza circuit,” stated the 2004 champion. “In the last couple of years I have stepped on the podium in three out of four races and therefore I am determined to continue this “tradition” especially now that I’m racing for the Winston Ten Kate Honda Team. But there is another reason why I want to do well in Monza: what happened in Valencia must remain an isolated incident. If we want to try to win the title we have to stay in the top positions at every race. This is why we have to think of Monza as a form of revenge. It’s also important because I’ve got a lot of supporters, and I don’t want to disappoint them.” Happy to be back at the centre of the Superbike world again, after extensive therapy in Australia and Europe, Muggeridge is ready to score his first points since round one in Qatar. “I am looking forward to getting back on the bike at Monza and I think everybody can understand why,” said Muggeridge. “I believe that not participating in the Valencia race was the right decision because I needed to get back to my best physical shape after the hard fall in the test. Now I feel good, I never stopped training and I am also mentally ready to do well. I hope to post good results right from Friday’s free practice, and it would be good for my morale to try and take a good result at one of my favourite tracks.” An unexpected dip in Spain should be overturned in Italy for Barros, with the Brazilian rider ready to take on the high speed Monza track, and its frequent hard braking for the safety-inspired chicanes. “The long and fast Monza race track is the complete opposite of Valencia with its vast array of slow corners, ultra-fast sweeps and rapid changes of direction,” said Barros. “Monza is a perfect circuit for the Honda Fireblade and I’m confident we will come off well after the upcoming weekend in Italy.” Fabrizio was top Honda scorer in race two at Valencia, but he wants to be top scorer of all at Monza, despite his team-mate Chili being once more forced out. “I am very happy for race two of Valencia, even if my motorcycle’s potential is much higher than the performance it gave in Spain,” said Fabrizio. “I hope to find optimal grip conditions at Monza to take advantage of my bike’s good maximum speed. In Monza my team leader (Frankie Chili) has always obtained top results, and I am keen to ride really well and dedicate this race to him.” With more Supersport experience at the top level than Superbike, Nannelli is looking to translate his unquestioned prowess on a middleweight machine to the full Honda-powered Fireblade package, and score his first points of the year. “For me, Monza is a great circuit because I love high speed,” said a plainly excited Nannelli. “My Honda allows me to keep up with the top riders. I only need to improve my qualifying performances to do better in the races. At Monza the “Nanna” will be very, very fast!” After Monza, the Silverstone circuit in England forms the venue for the fifth round of the 13-round SBK and WSS series.

ALSTARE AIM FOR THE PODIUM AT MONZA Reigning World Superbike Champion Troy Corser and Yukio Kagayama head to Monza in Italy this weekend for the fourth round of the series aiming for a repeat of their 2005 podium success. Last year, Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Corser took victory in the first race and a third in the second and team mate Kagayama took runner-up spot in the race one and then DNF’d in race two. Team Alstare Engineering rider Fabien Foret didn’t ride a Superbike last year, but has had lots of experience at Monza on a Supersport bike and is looking forward to his new challenge. Just a short step from chic and fashionable Milan, Monza has been part of the Superbike World Championship since 1990 and is a firm favorite amongst riders and race fans alike. The 5.792-kilometer circuit always provides fast, close-quarter racing, with tactics and slipstreaming playing an important part. Troy Corser: “Monza is a great track for fast racing and you must have good horsepower to do well. Having said that, it is a place where slipstreaming plays a big role and it’s possible to exit the final chicane third or fourth and still cross the line first! “After Valencia, it’ll be good to go to a fast track and hopefully my Suzuki GSX-R1000 will be able to out power the Ducatis so that I can go all-out for a couple of wins.” Yukio Kagayama: “I like Monza because I like fast tracks and high-speed turns – even though my results were mixed there last year. So far, this season has not gone according to plan and it is about time I made the podiums again. We knew that the competition would be stronger this year, but it is up to me to qualify better and not have to work so hard at the beginning of a race trying to catch the leaders. I need to be with them right from the start! This is my aim for Monza and the rest of the season.” Fabien Foret: “This will be my first time at Monza on a Superbike and it is going to be a very interesting experience for me because the track is so fast. I will have to forget about all my old braking points and learn to ride the track as if it was completely new to me. At Valencia, I was beginning to feel that the bike is now really mine and I enjoyed the races a lot! Would like to continue my progress at Monza by getting into Superpole and then going for a couple of top-10 places.”

Satisfaction after Valencia Norick Abe (Team Yamaha Motor France Ipone) had the best ever weekend of his Superbike World Championship career when he finished twice in 4th position of the last races in Valencia. Shinichi Nakatomi kept improving, scoring his first points with two 12th positions. Martial Garcia’s team is in good spirit coming to Monza. Thanks to his brilliant results, Norifumi Abe is now in the “Top 10″ of the World Championship standings with his 8th position. During the 6 races already done this year, Abe crossed the finish line 6 times. Out of the 27 permanent riders of the championship, only 6 could do it, including Abe and Troy Bayliss, James Toseland, Alex Barros, Andrew Pitt and Michel Fabrizio. The riders of the team finished 14 times out of 18 starts this year, without any technical problem. This proves the high quality of the Yamaha R1 and it is a reward for the technicians. For this Monza race, Sébastien Gimbert will be back with the Team Yamaha Motor France Ipone, coming from the 24 Hours of Le Mans where he was on the podium. For Martial Garcia (team-manager) “For his come back with us, Sébastien Gimbert will try to have better results here than last year. Our bike is actually working well. It was possible to see the progress in Valencia. Norick Abe should look for good results like this was the case in Spain. Shinichi Nakatomi is doing better and better at every track and we may see him shortly in the Top 10.” A track with a great history: Monza was built in 1922 (in only 100 days!) by the Milan Automobile Club. The “Autodromo Nazionale di Monza” is only 15 km from Milan. It is the oldest permanent racing circuit still used in Europe and the third such circuit to have been built after Brooklands (GB / 1907) and Indianapolis (USA 1909). The track is 5.793 km long and features a 2.405 km long oval, which is no longer used. The main straight is 1.195 km long. The first Grand Prix of the Nations (September 8, 1922) was won by Amadeo Ruggeri on a 1000 cc Harley-Davidson. In the 500 class, the winner was Italian Gnesa on 2-stroke 350 Garelli. A very special circuit: Monza is the fastest circuit on the World Superbike calendar. The track has two very slow chicanes, the “Prima variante” and the “Variante della Roggia”. It also has a long right-hander called the “Curva Parabolica”. Monza only has one real left-hander, the “Curva del Serraglio” after the Lesmo double right-hander. Monza is different because the bike is upright for so much of the lap, during acceleration, top speed and braking phases. Monza is unique in that the bikes are running more often in a straight line than in a corner, the opposite of the other World Superbike circuits. This is why Pirelli introduced 3 compound tyre especially designed for the track in 2005. World Championship standings: 1- Bayliss (125 points ), 2- Corser (103), 3- Toseland (86), 4- Haga (64), 5- Barros (62)”¦ 8- Abe (40)”¦ 20- Nakatomi (8)”¦23-Gimbert (3) Monza stats: Practice record (2003): 1’46.981 Neil Hodgson (Ducati) 194.940 kph 2005 Yamaha Motor France practice times: Norifumi Abe: 1’49.911 / 14th and Sébastien Gimbert: 1’50.353 / 16th Race 1 result 2005: 1-Corser (Suzuki), 2-Kagayama (Suzuki) 3- Toseland (Ducati) 4- Laconi (Ducati) 5- Pitt (Yamaha) 2005 Yamaha Motor France race 1 results: Norifumi Abe: 10th and Sébastien Gimbert: 17th Race 2 results 2005: 1- Vermeulen (Honda), 2-Laconi (Ducati), 3-Corser (Suzuki) 4-Muggeridge (Honda) 5- Toseland (Ducati) 2005 Yamaha Motor France race 2 results: Norifumi Abe: 12th and Sébastien Gimbert: DNF (retired on lap 6) Lap record (best race time 2002): 1’47.434 Bayliss (Ducati) 194.120 kph 5th round of the Supersport World Championship: May 28th at Silverstone (United Kingdom)