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Grand Prix of Valencia
Valenica, Spain
Friday Afternoon 125cc GP Qualifying Times:

1. Marco SIMONCELLI, Aprilia, 1:42.537
2. Gabor TALMACSI, Aprilia, 1:43.276
3. Casey STONER, Aprilia, 1:43.324
4. Steve JENKNER, Aprilia, 1:43.402
5. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Honda, 1:43.459
6. Arnaud VINCENT, Aprilia, 1:43.491
7. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Aprilia, 1:43.730
8. Mirko GIANSANTI, Aprilia, 1:43.787
9. Stefano PERUGINI, Aprilia, 1:43.810
10. Thomas LUTHI, Honda, 1:43.830
11. Mika KALLIO, KTM, 1:44.030
12. Alex DE ANGELIS, Aprilia, 1:44.054
13. Masao AZUMA, Honda, 1:44.091
14. Gino BORSOI, Aprilia, 1:44.150
15. Youichi UI, Gilera, 1:44.268
16. Max SABBATANI, Aprilia, 1:44.362
17. Manuel HERNANDEZ, Aprilia, 1:44.441
18. Fabrizio LAI, Malaguti, 1:44.629
19. Julian SIMON, Malaguti, 1:44.662
20. Pablo NIETO, Aprilia, 1:44.700

22. Lucio CECCHINELLO, Aprilia, 1:44.951
23. Jorge LORENZO, Derbi, 1:45.053
24. Hector BARBERA, Aprilia, 1:45.340

32. Roberto LOCATELLI, KTM, 1:46.475
33. Emilio ALZAMORA, Derbi, 1:46.554

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Grand Prix of Valencia
Valencia, Spain
Friday Morning 250cc Grand Prix Practice Times:

1. Anthony WEST, Aprilia, 1:52.270
2. Eric BATAILLE, Honda, 1:53.001
3. Lukas PESEK, Yamaha, 1:53.479
4. Roberto ROLFO, Honda, 1:53.888
5. Sylvain GUINTOLI, Aprilia, 1:54.357
6. Randy DE PUNIET, Aprilia, 1:54.834
7. Chaz DAVIES, Aprilia, 1:54.837
8. Erwan NIGON, Aprilia, 1:54.983
9. Toni ELIAS, Aprilia, 1:55.040
10. Alex DEBON, Honda, 1:55.257
11. Franco BATTAINI, Aprilia, 1:55.317
12. Alex BALDOLINI, Aprilia, 1:55.690
13. Fonsi NIETO, Aprilia, 1:55.966
14. Jakub SMRZ, Honda, 1:56.064
15. Christian GEMMEL, Honda, 1:56.067
16. Patrick LAKERVELD, Aprilia, 1:56.153
17. Dirk HEIDOLF, Aprilia, 1:56.442
18. Johan STIGEFELT, Aprilia, 1:56.471
19. Alvaro MOLINA, Aprilia, 1:57.439
20. Henk vd LAGEMAAT, Honda, 1:57.490

24. Sebastian PORTO, Honda, 2:00.396
25. Manuel POGGIALI, Aprilia, 2:00.474
26. Hugo MARCHAND, Aprilia, 2:02.001
27. Joan OLIVE, Aprilia, 2:03.356
28. Hector FAUBEL, Aprilia, 2:03.365
29. Naoki MATSUDO, Yamaha, 2:05.673

From a Press Release:


Championship Cup Series (CCS) Announces
Cancellation of November 1-2 Race at Buttonwillow

For Immediate Release:

AURORA, IL. – Clear Channel Entertainment’s motor sports division announced today the cancellation of the November 1-2 event weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway near Burbank (sic), California. The cancellation includes the scheduled Lockhart-Phillips USA Sport Rider Day on Saturday (Nov 1), as well as the Championship Cup Series races scheduled for Sunday (Nov 2).

This was to be the ninth event (out of ten) for both the CCS Pacific and CCS Southwest Regions. As of this announcement, the date has not been rescheduled for 2003. Also, as of this announcement, the final round of racing for the CCS Pacific Region at the Streets of Willow in Rosamond California on November 29-30, as well as the final round of racing for the CCS Southwest Region at Firebird in Chandler Arizona on November 15-16 are scheduled to take place as originally planned.

The cancellation of this weekend’s event at Buttonwillow is due to the tragic fires that have overcome the Pacific Region in recent weeks. Allowing the families and authorities the opportunity to handle the situation at hand, and not complicate issues for them, prompted CCS and Clear Channel Ent. – Motorsports’ decision to cancel the event.

Kevin Elliott, Director of Road Race properties for Clear Channel stated that, ” The events in California are tragic, and we don’t need to complicate the issues there. We look forward to ending a successful 20th Anniversary season at Streets of Willow in Rosamond, California, (located near Edwards AFB), November 29-30, where the CCS opener for the Pacific Region kicked off in February. With over $11 million worth of contingency awards up for grabs in 2003, this was a stellar season for CCS and our racers.”

For the latest information on events, weekend schedules, news, and photos visit www.CCSracing.com.

From a press release issued by USGPRU:

The USGPRU is pleased to announce that we will be running a 250GP class in 2004. The rulebook is being updated to reflect the addition of the class. The structure will be very similar to that of the 125GP class from this past year, with timed qualifying, 50km races, and a cash purse for the winners.

CCS and F-USA will host the majority of the rounds with a few special events being run with other organizations. The schedule should be finalized by mid January ’04.

For additional details, visit our website at: www.USGPRU.net

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Bruce Transportation Group, a Honda support team that competed in the Supersport and Formula Xtreme class on the AMA Superbike Championship series, will not race in the 2004 AMA series and is closing its shop in Whittier, California.

“Bruce Lyskawa (team owner) has decided he’s not going to run next year,” said team manager Joey Osowski Thursday in a telephone interview with Roadracingworld.com. “He’s done the last four years totally out of his pocket, except for some support from Honda, but it takes a lot of dough to run a team.

“He thought about folding the team after the 2002 series, but he decided to gamble on 2003 to see if he could attract some outside-the-industry sponsorship as we went along, but it didn’t work out.”

According to Osowski, the team is selling off its motorcycles, shipping its shop equipment to Lyskawa’s race shop in New Hampshire and its three crew members are currently looking for other positions within the motorcycle racing industry.

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Greg Moore, Mark Junge and Brian Kcraget started the 27th annual WERA Grand National Finals with wins in Thursday’s winner-take-all Sportsman series National Championship runoffs at Road Atlanta.

Moore, a finalist in the Team Hammer Talent Search presented by Alpinestars, riding a Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki GSX-R750 on Michelin tires, grabbed the holeshot in the B Superstock race and pulled out an early lead over the large field. On lap two, veteran Vesrah Suzuki rider Tray Batey pulled clear of the pack in second but could not catch Moore.

Moore won by three seconds over Batey. “It’s wonderful,” said Moore, when asked about starting his weekend with Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki with a win. “This is exactly what I came here for – to get results for them and knowledge for me.” Freewebtown.com’s Brian Stokes, who started on row nine, finished third.

Stokes started from row 11 of the C Superstock grid and moved into second place, 2.4 seconds behind leader Mark Junge, by lap three. Vesrah Suzuki’s Junge rode flawlessly, but Stokes was able to work his way up to Junge by the last lap. Stokes was set up to pass Junge under braking at the end of the back straightaway, but a waving yellow flag in the corner squashed Stokes’ plans. Junge then protected the line coming down the hill and through turn 12 to secure his race win and National Championship. Stokes was a close second, while Rueben Frankenfield finished a solid third in the strong field.

NESBA.com/Speedwerks’ Kcraget defended his WERA 125cc GP Sportsman National Championship with a runaway win over young gun Ryan Andrews and Glen Pison. Kcraget then came back to dominate the Formula Two race on Mark Johnson’s Honda RS250.

In the final round of the points-paying WERA National Vintage series, David Roper won both the 250cc GP and 350cc GP races on his 250cc Aermacchi CRTT, Dale Burroughs won the V6 and V7 Heavyweight races on his 1986 Suzuki GSX-R1100 and Harold Page, Jr. won the V5 race on a Yamaha FZ750 and the V4 race on a 585cc Yamaha.

The WERA Grand National Finals continue with more Sportsman series sprints and the final round of the National Endurance Series Friday; more Sportsman series finals, final rounds of the National Challenge sprint series and qualifying heats for the 18th annual Suzuki Cup Finals Saturday; and more National Challenge sprint finals and the Suzuki Cup Finals on Sunday.

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With the FIM-sanctioned World Superbike Championship going to spec tires for the 2004-2005 seasons, Pirelli will be looking toward the AMA and British Superbike series for tire development.

That’s the word from Eddie Roberts, Pirelli International Racing Manager, who is attending the WERA Grand National Finals at Road Atlanta.

“With the World Superbike Championship being mono-tire, it restricts us in development,” said Roberts Thursday. “We’ll be looking at the USA and UK Championships for our development program. I’ve wanted to do this for a long time, because these are the two strongest Championships in the world, outside of the World [Superbike] Championships.”

Roberts said he did not know what American teams and riders Pirelli would be working with in 2004. “We’re not necessarily looking for the number one team,” said Roberts. “We’d rather work with a team that can grow with Pirelli, like [two-time World Supersport Champions] Ten Kate.

“The information we get from that [development] will immediately translate to the standard product. For instance, if we find an advantage with a compound or carcass construction, we will make 100 of that construction, send them to the various continents and ask our distributors, ‘please have your riders try these tires.’ As soon as we have positive results, we put it into production immediately. Maybe only one percent of riders will be able to take advantage of the improvement, but it will be there.

“And I firmly believe Pirellis are the best tires you can go buy. [Ten Kate World Supersport riders] Karl Muggeridge and Chris Vermeulen qualified one-two on standard product anyone can buy at Magny-Cours. That’s very satisfying for me.”

Roberts said he is in America for meetings within the company, to bring Pirelli tire vendors up to speed on the 2004 product line, to get feedback from American racers who use Pirellis and to generally check out the American club racing scene.

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FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

Thought you might get a kick out of this one. This scam is so bad I about fell out of my chair laughing. This guy hijacked some poor s.o.b.’s ebay user ID and was trying to sell a four-wheeler that was located in Rome Italy, but his ID was listed as from Canada.

I included the email I got from him regarding his terms. Ebay ended the auction within 10 minutes of the time I notified them that I thought it was a scam.

Mark Vanderwerf
Lakeville, Minnesota


Hello there,
My name is (deleted) and I am glad you are interested on my 2000 POLARIS SPORTMAN 500 ATV.Well, I have to let you know that the ATV is in a perfect condition.It has 1670 miles.The 2000 POLARIS SPORTMAN 500 ATV will be shipped from Rome, Italy from here I will support the shipping taxes,insurance and handling via FedEX Air service and you will receive the 2000 POLARIS SPORTMAN 500 ATV within 4 days .The price I hope to obtain is 2500$ and if you agree with this price we can start to complete the transaction. I prefer payment through western union money transfer so I can send the ATV in the same day.
SHIPMENT —this is a thing about you shouldn’t worry about because i believe that it is my responsibility to deliver it to your home.We can do in 2 way in each of them i am going to pay for all charges:
-UPS 2 days
-FedEX 2 days
It will take 3 days for the package to arrive to
to you.The shipping costs will be payed by me and i will also pay for the insurance in case of any damage happens during the handling and shipping,so i will be protected in case off damages and you too.
THE WAY TO PAY —–The payment wich I accept is Western Union money transfer;no PayPAl because the withdraw limit is 500 USD for month and I usually pay the products with cash money,for the same reason no credit cards or cashiers checks.About COD and escrow what can I say, I used them in the past and I was very disapointed because they blocked my money for 2 weeks and when you try to develope a business time is everything!
Western Union is the fastest way to conclude a payment!My old customers use to send the money directly in my name but because you are at the first deal with me ,I know that it is hard to trust me and even more to send money to a person you just met virtualy on an auction site before you receive the product , so for this reason I will teach you how to make the payment that you feel safe.When you make the transfer you send the money on a different name,a name you will choose( a friend name,your wife name,etc)but to my adress.
After you complete the transfer you send me the details:sender name,receiver name,total amount and the money transfer control number, with this details I will be able to verify the transfer on their site if is correct but I can´t pick them up because I don´t have a proper ID for that!After I verify the transfer and if it is correct I will send you the product and after you receive it and inspect it you just make a phone call at western union and ask them to change the receiver name because you spell it wrong, to my name that I can pick up the money.I send all my packages having written on them “display unit, no comercial
value” or as a gift so you don’t have to pay any additional taxes(VAT included) and I hope you will do the same thing when you´ll make the transfer because this way I will not have to pay any other taxes.
Here is my name and my address where you must send the money:
First name: (deleted)
Last name: (deleted)
Address: Via Delle (deleted)
Zip code: 00169
City: Rome
Country: Italy
The return policy is 30 days.If you agree with these terms,let me know and I will be more than glad to start to complete the transaction with you.
I am waiting your email,

Regards,
(deleted)