Suzuka 8 Hours Qualifying Masked Rider Honda’s Tokudome Fastest Suzuki Castrol Through to Super Pole Special Stage Eighty teams have spent today fighting for seventy Suzuka 8 Hours grid positions, with the leading bikes also chasing a top-twenty position and entry into tomorrow’s Super Pole special stage. Kazuki Tokudome on the No.4 Masked Rider Honda CBR1000RR put in the fastest time of the day with a lap of 2:08.245 to take provisional pole. Shinichi Ito was second quickest on the No.778 FCC TSR CBR1000RR with a best time of 2:08.820. These two Group A riders were the only ones to dip into the 2:08 bracket. The quickest team in group B was third fastest overall, No.12 Yoshimura Suzuki’s Yukio Kagayama recording a time of 2:09.178. Fourth place overall went to the No.7 HRC Honda of Kiyonari and Ukawa (2:09.352), fifth overall to the No.55 FCC TSR Honda (2:09.547), sixth to the No.21 YSP Presto Yamaha (2:09.597) and seventh to the 044 Weider Honda(2:10.097). Suzuki Castrol were eighth overall with a time of 2:10.191 put in by Keichi Kitagawa, with team mate Vincent Philippe just a couple of tenths behind on 2:10.370. With ten qualifying sessions (three riders, two groups, two sessions per rider”¦) spread over nearly ten hours (qualifying started at 9:15am and finished at 18:45pm) the track and weather conditions have varied significantly over the course of the day. The top twenty starting grid positions will be decided by a double jeopardy two stage Super Pole contest tomorrow afternoon. For the rest of the permanent World Endurance Championship teams qualifying has been about finding a set-up which will work on the incredibly technical track, and for those here for the first time – simply learning the circuit. Qualifying Quotes: Chris Vermeulen, Seven Stars Honda 11: “There were a lot of backmarkers and I couldn’t get a clear lap. Japanese riders are very fast here, but if I can get a set of good tyres tomorrow I think I can get to the 2:09s during the Special stage.” Vincent Philippe, Suzuki Castrol: “I think today it has been okay. Kitagawa did a good time in first qualifying, and today is cool for me because yesterday I crashed twice. I’ve changed tyres, and in the first session I just rode for the race; I’m now confident because we can do consistent good lap times. The important thing is to be in Super Pole, so it’s ok, no problem!” Gwen Giabbani Yamaha Austria: “We are looking for some solutions, because we are still pretty far away on the lap times. At this moment I would say that we still have a lot of work to do. We had problems with the handling but now it’s okay and the grip is not a big problem”¦ Everything looks to be okay, but on the track the lap times are not there. This morning we tried something completely crazy and it worked; this is Suzuka.” Warwick Nowland, Yamaha Phase One Endurance: “It was good, but it’s just so hard here because I want to make the front all the time in the first three at least and we just don’t have a chance. We’re not going to get into Super Pole because there are so many fast bikes, so that’s horribly disappointing, but I think four hours into the race we’ll be a bit happier. We’re going forward all the time, and finding good tyres, so that’s good.” James Hutchins, Kawasaki Diablo 666: “Qualifying has been tough. I’m a bit shellshocked to realise quite how much machinery we’re up against. We haven’t really got the tyres here that we wanted to use, and it’s like fighting a never ending battle. We just want something nice to happen. I feel good about what we’ve done but there are still a few hurdles we’ve got to get over.” More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki: YOSHIMURA TAKE PROVISIONAL THIRD Team Yoshimura’s Yukio Kagayama set the fastest time in his group go take provisional third overall during qualifying for Sunday’s World Endurance third round at Suzuka. The World Superbike rider posted a time of 2:09.178 on his GSX-R1000 under track temperatures of 55 degrees with series leaders Suzuki Castrol eighth overall on 2:10.191 put in by Keiichi Kitagawa. Team mate Vincent Philippe, who crashed uninjured during the opening practice session, was just a couple of tenths behind on 2:10.370. Said Kagayama: “If I have more time, I would like to set-up to bike more, although we have the perfect chassis and handling for the race. The most important thing is about tyre choice for high temperature track. We had a very good day today but we need some luck to win the race. Team mate Watanabe added: “Today I only aimed to make consistence lap times and I am now very confident for the race.” SERT rider Phillipe said: “I think today it has been good. Kitagawa did a good time in first qualifying and today is cool for me because yesterday I crashed twice. I’ve changed tyres and in the first session I just rode for the race; I’m now confident because we can do consistent good lap times. The important thing is to be in Super Pole.” Fastest overall was set by Kazuki Tokudome on the No.4 Masked Rider Honda CBR1000RR with a lap of 2:08.245 ahead of Shinichi Ito (Honda) on 2:08.820. Timed Practice Results: 1 T.Yamaguchi / K.Tokudome (Honda) 2min 08.245. 2 T.Tsujimura / S.Itoh (Honda) 2min 08.820. 3 Atsushi Watanabe/ Yukio Kagayama (Yoshimura Suzuki) 2min 09.178. 4 T.Ukawa / R.Kiyonari (Honda) 2min 09.352. 5 Y.Teshima / O.Deguchi (Honda) 2min 09.547. 6 W.Yoshikawa / S.Nakatomi (Yamaha) 2min 09.597. 7 T.Hamaguchi / S.Moriwaki (Honda) 2min 10.097. 8 Keiichi Kitagawa / Vincent Phillipe (Suzuki Castrol) 2min 10.191. 9 L.Camier / N.Matsudo (Honda) 2min 10.417. 10 H.Aoki / T.Yasuda (Honda) 2min 10.691.

The parents of the late Kirk McCarthy have established an award program to assist young riders in contesting future Australian Superbike Championship (ASC) seasons. Each year, one rider will be selected to receive the Kirk McCarthy Memorial Award, which will be in the form of financial and product support to contest the following year’s ASC. The award is open to riders in all ASC classes. “We appreciate how tough it is when you are first starting out,” said Kirk’s father, Alan. “We saw it first hand with Kirk, and now we’d like to help some other young guns reach their full potential. “Kirk showed many fine qualities during his racing career, and this is a great way of continuing on his legacy.” Full details of the Kirk McCarthy Memorial Award, co-sponsored by Alan and Margaret McCarthy, Suzuki Australia, Monza Imports and Motorcycling Australia, will be made available next week, together with an inaugural application form. Kirk McCarthy, 35, passed away following an incident in the penultimate round of the ASC at Queensland Raceway on August 15, 2004. The Melbournian enjoyed a distinguished national and international racing career, which included stints in both the 500cc GP and Superbike World Championships following his crowning as 1995 Australian Superbike champion. Editorial Note: McCarthy also won the 2002 AMA Pro Thunder Championship.

Gauloises Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi celebrates a milestone achievement this weekend as he makes his 150th Grand Prix appearance in the tenth round of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship at the Sachsenring. Rossi made his world championship debut as a fresh-faced 16-year-old in the 1996 Malaysian Grand Prix, guiding his 125cc machine to sixth place. A lot has changed since then, with Rossi now established as the finest rider of his generation and one of the all-time MotoGP greats, with no fewer than 75 victories, 110 podiums and 40 pole positions in all classes. Here are a few other facts about his career: · In 1997 Rossi became the second youngest ever 125cc World Champion after scoring 321 points and eleven wins. · Two years later, he became the youngest ever 250cc World Champion with nine wins. · In 2001 Rossi joined Phil Read as one of only two riders ever to win the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc titles. · Rossi’s debut victory for Yamaha at the opening race of 2004 in South Africa made him the first rider in history to take back-to-back wins for different manufacturers. · After winning the MotoGP World Championship three times for Honda, Rossi took his fourth premier-class title with Yamaha in 2004 and became the only rider other than Eddie Lawson to win consecutive premier-class titles for different manufacturers. · Rossi also became only the seventh rider ever to win the MotoGP World Championship four times, joining Giacomo Agostini, Mick Doohan, Geoff Duke, Mike Hailwood, Eddie Lawson and John Surtees. · Rossi’s total of nine victories in 2004 was the highest number of wins in a season for any Yamaha rider in history. · His victory at the 2005 Dutch TT made him the first Yamaha rider ever to win five consecutive races in the premier-class. · Rossi’s pole position at Donington Park was his 30th in the premier-class, one more than Kevin Schwantz and second only to Mick Doohan’s total of 58. · Rossi has gone on to win 25 of the 30 premier-class races he has started from pole, a ratio equal to 83.3%. · Rossi’s victory at Donington Park last weekend was his 75th from 149 starts. Only three riders have stood on top of a Grand Prix podium on more occasions: Giacomo Agostini, Angel Nieto and Mike Hailwood. · Rossi’s win in the first round of the season at Jerez made him the only rider other than Agostini to win the opening race of the year on five consecutive occasions. · Rossi’s current advantage is the biggest by any rider after nine rounds of the premier-class World Championship since Mick Doohan in 1997. · In the 25 races since he joined Yamaha, Rossi has taken 16 victories, 20 podiums and an average of 20.6 points per start, his best record from the three manufacturers he has raced with.

SUZUKI CASTROL READY FOR SUZUKA Team Suzuki Press Office – July 28, 2005. World Endurance Championship leaders Suzuki Castrol are aiming to extend their advantage in the series at this weekend’s third-round Suzuka 8-Hour race in Japan. GSX-R1000-mounted Keiichi Kitagawa, Vincent Phillipe and Matthieu Lagrive currently hold a 19-point lead over Kawasaki-mounted Bolliger Team Switzerland with Yamaha Austria Racing third. The French-based Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT) will be hoping to dominate the prestigious event after guest rider, Australian Shawn Giles, was knocked off last year as the team challenged for sixth position – an incident that ultimately cost them the series victory. Nineteen Suzuki GSX-R1000-mounted teams have entered in the 80-team field including last year’s runners-up ‘Yoshimura Suzuki Jomo With Srixon’ comprising Atsushi Watanabe and World Superbike star Yukio Kagayama, plus a two-rider Woman-Riders.Com squad of Hideki Itoh and Satoshi Okada. World Championship Points (after 2 of 5 Rounds): 1 Suzuki-Castrol Team (Suzuki GSX-R 1000) 55, 2 Bolliger Team Switzerland (Kawasaki ZX10R) 36, 3 Yamaha Austria Racing Team (Yamaha YZF-R1) 30, 4 Diablo 666 Bolliger (Kawasaki ZX10R) 26, 5 Yamaha Phase One Endurance (Yamaha YZF-R1) 26, 6 Folch Endurance 23 (Yamaha YZF-R1) 24, 7 Shell Endurance Academy (Yamaha YZF-R1) 20, 8 No Limits & RT Racing Team (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 13, 9 Sapeurs Pompiers 18 (Suzuki GSX-R1000) 12, 10 Team Fagersjo-el.se (Suzuki GSX-R10000) 10.

MotoGP paddock dries out at Sachsenring Five days after packing up in the torrential rain of Donington Park, the MotoGP World Championship paddock unfolded at the Sachsenring circuit beneath clear blue skies today as warm sunshine greeted the world’s premier motorcycle racing series to Germany. The Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland this weekend represents the tenth round of the 2005 season and the final event before a month-long summer break before the action resumes in the Czech Republic on 28th August. The rest could not come at a better time for reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi, who makes his 150th Grand Prix appearance this weekend and defends a 104-point advantage over Marco Melandri in the championship standings after an exhausting start to the season that has seen him take seven wins from nine races. “Things have gone very well in the first half of the year but we have some tracks coming up that I don’t like especially Sachsenring and Brno,” admitted Rossi. “I am not so fast at Sachsenring like Donington, also last year we had some problems with the M1, but I think we are more competitive this season and will be able to fight for the podium.” Rossi will have an extra rival this weekend as Olivier Jacque makes his third appearance of the season as a wildcard for Kawasaki. The Frenchman took pole position for the MotoGP race at this circuit three seasons ago and is looking to build on impressive performances earlier this year at Shanghai, where he finished second to Rossi, and Le Mans. “This will only be my third Grand Prix of the season but it’s great to be back with Kawasaki, especially at a track where I have some good memories,” said Jacque. “I’ve been training hard and this race is really the beginning of my programme as test rider, so I’m looking forward to the challenge, and working with the team to further improve the ZX-RR. It is already a very strong package and I think it will feel at home at the Sachsenring.” Jacque will team up with regular Kawasaki riders Shinya Nakano and Alex Hofmann, who has a special motivation this weekend as he rides in front of an expectant crowd of over 100,000. “Of course you always want to do well in your home race but the dedication the people show to MotoGP in this area deserves an extra effort,” said the German. “The sport is getting more and more popular in this country and we have to keep it this way so I want to do my part by finishing as high as possible in the race. With Olivier in the team it will be more crowded in the garage but my goal is to beat him and Shinya.” Hofmann was one of several riders to take time out of their preparations today to line-up for a MotoGP XI in a charity football tournament. The local favourite proved to be the centre of attention at the annual event, which also featured Rubén Xaus, John Hopkins, Carlos Checa and James Ellison. Meanwhile, despite a record number of 93 crashes in last weekend’s British Grand Prix, there were no serious injuries to report at the Clinica Mobile today, including joint 125cc leaders Mattia Pasini and Gabor Talmacsi, who remain on top of the minor category standings despite both tumbling out of the race. Like his mentor in the premier-class, current 250cc World Champion Dani Pedrosa admitted he also has one eye on the summer break after mounting a 34-point lead in the championship after the opening nine races. “After this weekend we have three weeks of holidays so we have to try and go away with a sweet taste in our mouths,” said Pedrosa, who took his best ever wet weather result with fourth place at Donington Park. “I had never been on the podium in Germany before last season but I won on the 250 and I hope to have another good result here. I hope the weather stays nice all weekend – we already had enough water in England and even though I can’t complain about how things went there I always prefer to race in the dry.”

Sachsenring July 28th, 2005 German GP Preview Bridgestone teams confident to rock and roll on twisty Sachsenring With only 3.671 kilometres in length, the Sachsenring is one of the shortest circuits on the European MotoGP calendar. A unique stadium layout with a maze of interlinking twists and bends, the German track offers fantastic views from almost anywhere on the grandstands, and has been rewarded with record-braking audience figures of more than 200000 spectators in last year’s edition. The spectacular corner sections are not only thrilling to watch, but also very demanding on riders, bikes and tyres. Mid-range power, good acceleration and agile handling are more important than sheer top-speed, and good front-end feel, side-grip and traction are the main requirements when it comes to tyre choice especially on the left side. Sachsenring’s track layout should especially help Suzuki, where speed and horsepower have been a concern in the past. The British-based team with its American riders Kenny Roberts and John Hopkins arrives with high hopes and high spirit in Germany, since former World Champion Roberts scored a hard-earned second place in last week’s wet British Grand Prix. “We will have to carry on working with the same drive and enthusiasm we have shown all season, to make sure our step by step improvements continue”, says Suzuki team-manager Paul Denning. Similarly high are the expectations within German-based Kawasaki Racing Team that boasts a three-rider line-up for the Sachsenring Grand Prix. The green force not only has Shinya Nakano and local hero Alex Hofmann to offer, who is always a top-ten contender on his home turf, but also Olivier Jacque. The 31-year-old Frenchman stunned the racing world with a surprise second place in the wet Chinese Grand Prix in May as Hofmann’s replacement rider, and was later on signed up as Kawasaki’s test rider. The odds are strong that Jacque might surprise again: After conquering pole position in 2002, he had battled for victory, before crashing out in the final stages of the race. Ducati celebrated their last podium finish in Mugello, Italy, but have also arrived in good mood at the German venue following their encouraging results in England, with Carlos Checa and Loris Capirossi in fifth and sixth place. “Bridgestone proved they have fully competitive rain tyres that work wherever we go, like in China and in Britain. That’s a positive sign of the company’s capabilities, which is why we are confident we can obtain similarly consistent dry-weather performance”, said Ducati team manager Livio Suppo. “We are already strong in the dry at some tracks like Mugello, and Bridgestone will bring new spec tyres to the Sachsenring, which proves how hard they are working, and makes us very confident for the future.” Hiroshi Yamada – Motorcycle Racing Manager Bridgestone Motorsport In the pouring rain in Donington last week, we were able to score points with 5 of our riders in a field where only 11 riders finished the race. Kenny Roberts stood on the podium and the two Ducati boys were 5 and 6, so our wet tyres have proven its strength. For this week’s GermanGP, we plan to enter a few new dry condition tyres as we are aiming to develop higher performance slicks, and I am hoping for the same type of results with the slicks as we have achieved with the wets.

2005 CORONA EXTRA SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FLASH NEWS – CURIOSITY 8TH ROUND BRANDS HATCH 5th, 6th and 7th AUGUST 2005 Roma, 28th July 2005 A TRACK FOR TWO WINS Brands Hatch is present in the World Superbike calendar since 1993 and 24 races have been run in it, it seems to be a track well suited for double wins. It happened 7 times that a rider was able to win the first and second race of the day: the first one was Giancarlo Falappa in 1993, followed by Fogarty in 1994, then in 1999 it was Colin Edwards’ turn, in 2001 Ben Bostrom, in 2002 Edwards again, the following year Shane Byrne and then last year Noriyuki Haga. The dominator is Colin Edwards, that won here 6 times compared to Fogarty three, the american rider has 9 podium finishes compared to 7 by Neil Hodgson and Pierfrancesco Chili. Colin leads also the points chart, with 274 points in Brands Hatch, compared to Chili’s 242, and also the fastest laps chart with 4 fastest laps against 2 gained by 6 of his rivals: Slight, Hodgson, Fogarty, Falappa, Corser and Chili. Looking at the pole positions, it’s Neil Hodgson who dominates, with 4 straight poles from 2000 to 2002, in the history of World Superbike only Troy Corser manged to set 4 straight poles on the same track in 4 consecutive years, it happened in his home track, Phillip Island, from 1998 to 2001. A TRACK FOR TWO MAKES In Brands Hatch only Ducati (18 times) and Honda (6 times) managed to win, no other make managed to climb the highest step of the podium. A WEEKEND TO REMEMBER It’s 2003 one, when John Reynolds scored his only pole and his only fastest lap (in race 2) with the Suzuki GSX 1000R the model substituted this year by the GSX 1000R K5. It’s one of the two poles recorded by this model of motorcycle, the other one being the one set by Matthew Mladin in Laguna seca the same year, the previous round. Reynolds broke a string of 9 poles by Ducati in Brands Hatch that lasted since 1995, when Fogarty put the 916 R on pole. A similar period of domination is recorded on the wins side: Ducati won from 1993 to 1997 (8 races) and only Colin Edwards with the Honda RVF 750 was able to break the spell. The 2003 race weekend is remembered also for Ducati domination of the points zone, with 11 bikes in the points in race 1, an absolute record that Borgo Panigale’s factory managed to set 5 times in history, always in 2003 (Oschersleben in both races, Valencia race 1 and Phillip Island race 2). In race 1 the first six places were all by riders on Ducati machinery. A TOUGH TRACK Brands Hatch is a tough track both for men and bikes, it’s the track where have been recorded more retirements per single rider. Lucio Pedercini leads the chart with 11 retirements, an absolute record for a single track in the history of the championship, he is followed by Jiri Mrkyvka with 9 and then Michael Rutter and James Haydon with 8 retirements each. Only at this stage we can find another track with so many retirements per rider: Pedercini and Martin retired 8 times in Phillip Island. Another example of how this track can be hard is race 1 in 1993 run with heavy rain: Giancarlo Falappa won by 36″83 in front of Scott Russell, the second gap in history behind the 56″255 that Goddard put between himself and Robert Phillis in Oran Park, race 1, 1989. A THING LIKELY TO HAPPEN Corser is only 1 win short of the second place all time for wins, held now by Colin Edwards (31 wins), Fogarty is still very distant at 59. CORSER’S ANOMALY Troy is the undisputed king of Superbike qualifying history with 33 pole positions and 71 front rows, but in Brands Hatch he recently didn’t perform up to his standars: he misses the front row since 1998 when he made the pole position. After that he recorded only a sixth place in 1999, a tenth and a sixth in 2000, an eigth in 2001, a twelfth In 2003 and a fifth in 2004. This is quite interesting if we consider that in his career the aussie champion on 111 qualifying attempts only 40 times fell behind the first four positions. LAST TIME IN BRANDS HATCH These are the occurences recorded on the British track that happened for the last time: in 2004 the last fastest lap by an italian rider (Chili in race 1) and last pole by Steve Martin, in 2001 the last win of Ben Bostrom and in 1996 the last time a belgian rider made it to the points, Michel Paquay, twelfth in race 2.

Round 8 UK Brands Hatch 4th , 5th , 6th & 7th August 2005 Thursday, August 4th , from 2.30pm to 5.30pm Saturday, August 6th, from 12.45pm to 13.00pm Dear Friends, SBK will organise the 4nd Open Paddock of the season at Brands Hatch on Thursday 4th August. This will give a great opportunity to the public to taste the enthusiastic & friendly atmosphere of the famous SBK Paddock and the chance to meet the riders. The new SBK Paddock Show will be the heart of the riders autograph sessions, where the English public will come face to face with the SBK & WSS top riders. These autograph sessions will be organised following the herein attached schedule. The access to the Paddock and to the Circuit will be free of charge on Thursday and the opening hours will be from 2.00pm to 6.00pm. The entrance to the Paddock and to the Circuit on Saturday will not be free of charge. Schedule Thursday, August 4th 2.30pm 2.40pm (SBK) Foggy PETRONAS Racing: Steve Martin/Garry McCoy 2.45pm 3.00pm (SBK) DFXstreme Sterilgarda: Marco Borciani/ Miguel Praia (SBK) D.F.X. Treme: Jose Luis Cardoso/Lorenzo Alfonsi 3.05pm 3.20pm (SBK) Yamaha Motor France: Norick Abe/Sebastien Gimbert (SBK) Team Zone Rouge: Michel Nickmans (WSS) Yamaha Motor Germany: Kevin Curtain/Broc Parkes 3.25pm 3.35pm (SBK) Yamaha Motor Italia WSBK Team: Noriyuki Haga/Andrew Pitt (SBK) Team Lorenzini by Leoni: Gianluca Vizziello 3.40pm 3.50pm (SBK) Team Ducati SC – Caracchi: Lorenzo Lanzi/Fonsi Nieto (SBK) Team Pedercini: Lucio Pedercini/Alessio Velini 3.55pm 4.05pm (SBK) Ducati Xerox Team: James Toseland/ Regis Laconi 4.10pm 4.25pm (SBK) Winstone Ten Kate Honda: Chris Vermeulen/Karl Muggeridge (WSS) Winstone Ten Kate Honda: Charpentier Sebastien/Katsuaki Fujiwara 4.30pm 4.40pm (SBK) Team PSG-1 Corse: Chris Walker/Mauro Sanchini 4.45pm 5.00pm (SBK) Team Klaffi Honda: Pier Francesco Chili/Max Neukirchner (SBK) Team Renagade Koji: Ben Bostrom 5.05pm 5.15pm (WSS) Team Italia Megabike: Michel Fabrizio/Fabien Foret (WSS) Stiggy Motorsports: Johan Stigefelt/Robbin Harms 5.20pm 5.30pm (SBK) Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra: Troy Corser/Yukio Kagayama (WSS) Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra: Javier Fores Saturday, August 6th 12.45pm 13.00pm (SBK) Ducati Xerox Team: James Toseland (SBK) Foggy PETRONAS Racing: Steve Martin/Garry McCoy (SBK) Team PSG-1 Corse: Chris Walker (SBK) Team Renagade Koji: Ben Bostrom

Round four of the 2005 YMF Loan Australian Superbike Championship was held at Mallala Motor Sport Park (SA) on June 3-5. At the meeting, two cases of potential non-compliance to Motorcycling Australia’s General Competition Rules became apparent, which have now been addressed at separate Stewards’ hearings. Following is a summary of the two cases, and the subsequent sanctions imposed. 1. A specimen was taken on the fluid in the cooling system of the #42 Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike ridden by Shannon Johnson. The ensuing analysis, by an independent laboratory, showed that glycol was present. A Steward’s hearing was held on July 21 to address the issue, where a two-part penalty was imposed. That is, a $2000 fine, while Johnson loses all his points accrued at Mallala 36. 2. The rear swingarm of Jamie Stauffer’s #27 Kawasaki ZX-10R Superbike was deemed to be non-compliant by the Series Scrutineer. A follow-up hearing was first held on July 21, and then adjourned to July 27 to give Kawasaki more time to provide evidence demonstrating that the swingarm had not been modified. However, the Steward determined from the evidence provided that the swingarm had been modified. A two-part sanction has now been imposed: a $700 fine, while Stauffer loses his points from race two at Mallala 14. Both Yamaha and Kawasaki have 21 days in which to appeal the decisions.