Lotus Tours Plans Return To Isle Of Man

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Lotus Tours Announces Its 2002 Isle of Man Tour

Lotus Tours, the international motorcycle touring company, has announced its 2002 journey to the Isle of Man, during the Isle’s famous June TT races. The trip starts in Milan on May 25th, Italy and crosses Switzerland and France into England. Riders will explore castles, cathedrals, moors and monuments while enjoying the beautiful English countryside.

See racing the way it used to be at the Isle of Man TT races on a 37.75 mile public road course that wraps around the Isle. Motorcycle enthusiasts from around the world gather here every year in celebration of the “toughest road race in the world.” Ride the racecourse before the morning practice sessions and enjoy the closeness of the event-—spectators can get within inches of the course. The popularity of the races means that ferry tickets to the Isle of Man sell out months before the event.

Not to worry. A ferry ticket is all part of the Lotus Tours package. As are all hotels on the overcrowded Isle of Man. Visit the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham and the nearby Triumph Motorcycle factory. Riders also visit Warwick Castle and Stonehenge. Before catching the overnight ferry to France, tour the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum and the extensive motoring museum in Beauheu near Southampton.

Returning through France, visit Utah Beach and Omaha Beach-—the WWII invasion beaches of Normandy. Continue on through the Loire Valley and over Simplon Pass into Italy. Return to the USA on June 9th.

Since its inaugural journey to Nepal and Thailand in 1982, Lotus Tours has offered vacations and expeditions to fantastic places for licensed, experienced motorcycle enthusiasts–people who are interested in seeing the world from a different perspective. Visit www.lotustours.com for a complete tour schedule.

1999 Team Honda Autograph Helmet Sells For $412 To Benefit Air Fence Fund

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1999 Team Honda Autograph Helmet Sells For $412 To Benefit Air Fence Fund

Donated by an industry executive who wishes to remain anonymous, this AGV helmet was autographed by nearly every one of Honda’s factory racers in 1999 and just sold for $412 in an eBay auction to benefit the Roadracing World Air Fence* Fund.

The seven-day auction started Thursday, January 17 with an opening bid of $100 and quickly passed our conservative reserve price of $150 on the first day. “Sooty114” started the bidding with “thecreepin104”, “[email protected]”, “mjezek”, “rageco”, “kmitch51” and “1oldgeorge” joining in during the week. Monday, January 21 was the busiest day of the auction with eight of the 17 bids coming that day. “Sooty114” looked set to take the prize with a bid of $407 that stood into the closing hours of the auction. But with less than fours left in the sale, “astroboy-atm” made his first, only and last bid to win the helmet.

“Astroboy-atm”, or Robb Meier as he’s known around his home near Toronto, Canada, was also the winning bidder in the extremely-collectible Mat Mladin September 11 tribute helmet auction a few weeks ago.

We were not able to reach Meier at post time, but in Meier’s last correspondence with Roadracingworld.com he wrote about the many upcoming items to be auctioned off for the Air Fence* Fund, saying, “I’m going to grab everything I can afford.”

The next auction to benefit the Roadracing World Air Fence* Fund is scheduled to start Friday, January 25 on eBay.

The Roadracing World Air Fence* Fund was established to raise funds to purchase and deploy inflatable Air Fence and Air Module soft barriers to protect crashed riders from hitting walls and other hard objects at racetracks.

If you have a piece of racing memorabilia or an item/service of value that you would like to donate for auction to benefit the Roadracing World Air Fence Fund for either road racing or dirt track, please contact David Swarts at (909) 245-6411 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time Monday through Friday, or e-mail [email protected].

*Air Fence is a trademark of Airfence Safety Systems of Australia.

More From Ducati Testing In South Africa

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From a press release:

DUCATI CORSE PRESS INFORMATION

WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP

Testing – Kyalami (South Africa)

Friday 25 January 2002

DUCATI CORSE TESTING CONTINUES AT KYALAMI

Troy Bayliss and Ruben Xaus (Ducati Infostrada) both improved their times on the second day of Kyalami testing in South Africa after getting to grips with the 2002-spec 998R Factory bikes they will ride in this year’s World Superbike Championship.

Both riders are in the middle of a pre-season three-day Michelin tyre test at the high-altitude Johannesburg venue, which will host round 3 of the championship at the start of April.

World champion Bayliss managed to make up on the extra day’s track running of his closest rival Colin Edwards (Honda), who is also present at the test, and recorded a best time of 1:42.2.

“Today felt much better”, said 32-year-old Bayliss, who completed 75 laps. “Yesterday I was on my 2002-spec racebike for the first time, I hadn’t raced since before Christmas so it took me a bit of time to get going. But this afternoon I went faster than I did in qualifying for last year’s race, so I’m feeling really confident now for the season ahead.

“Colin was also looking good out there but for sure I’ll be able to get my times down even further tomorrow morning when it’s cooler”, he added.

After his crash yesterday, Xaus also settled in well on his 2002 998R Factory bike and put in a lot of mileage on the second day of testing, recording a best time of 1:43.4 after completing 82 laps.

“Now I’m getting comfortable with my riding after two months inactivity”, said Xaus. “I lost a bit of confidence after crashing yesterday but took things easy this morning and then improved my lap times a lot in the afternoon. Another few days’ testing and we’ll be up there”.

The final day of testing will take place tomorrow Saturday after which Ducati Corse will head for Australia for next week’s scheduled SBK Winter Tests at Phillip Island from January 30 – February 1.

Who Is Riding What In Superbike World Championship

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From a press release issued by SBK, promoter of the Superbike World Championship:

World Superbike Championship Entry List

Number, Rider Name, Country/Age, Machine, Team

1 Troy BAYLISS – AUS / 32 – Ducati 998 R – Ducati Infostrada

11 Ruben XAUS – ESP / 23 – Ducati 998 R – Ducati Infostrada

2 Colin EDWARDS – USA / 27 – Honda VTR 1000 SP2 – Castrol Honda

5 Mark HECKLES – GBR / 25 – Honda VTR 1000 SP2 – Castrol Honda Rumi

41 Noriyuki HAGA – JPN / 26 – Aprilia RSV 1000 SP – Aprilia Racing

14 Hitoyasu IZUTSU – JPN / 30 – Kawasaki ZX-7RR – Kawasaki Racing Team

9 Chris WALKER – GBR / 29 – Kawasaki ZX-7RR – Kawasaki Racing Team

32 Eric BOSTROM – USA / 25 – Kawasaki ZX-7RR – Kawasaki Racing Team

100 Neil HODGSON – GBR / 28 – Ducati 996 R – HM Plant Ducati

52 James TOSELAND – GBR / 21 – Ducati 996 R – HM Plant Ducati

10 Gregorio LAVILLA – ESP / 28 – Suzuki GSX-R750 Y – Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra

155 Ben BOSTROM – USA / 27 – Ducati 998 R – Ducati L&M

7 Pier Francesco CHILI – ITA / 38 – Ducati 996 R – Ducati NCR

19 Lucio PEDERCINI – ITA / 29 – Ducati 996 R – Team Pedercini

20 Marco BORCIANI – ITA / 26 – Ducati 996 R – Team Pedercini

28 Serafino FOTI – ITA / 34 – Ducati 996 SPS – Team Pedercini

17 Steve MARTIN – AUS / 33 – Ducati 996 R – D.F.X Racing Ducati Pirelli

22 Alessandro ANTONELLO – ITA / 29 – Ducati 996 R – D.F.X Racing Ducati Pirelli

34 Thierry MULOT – FRA / 34 – Ducati 996 SPS – Pacific Team

68 Bertrand STEY – FRA / 29 – Honda VTR 1000 SP1 – White Endurance Team

70 Yann GYGER – SUI / 19 – Honda VTR 1000 SP1 – White Endurance Team

36 Peter GODDARD – AUS / 37 – Benelli Tornado Tre 900 – Benelli Sport

46 Mauro SANCHINI – ITA / 31 – Kawasaki ZX-7RR – Team Kawasaki Bertocchi

48 Ivan CLEMENTI – ITA / 26 – Kawasaki ZX-7RR – Team Kawasaki Bertocchi

23 Jiri MRKYVKA – CZE / 28 – Ducati 996 SPS – JM Racing Team

76 Troy CORSER – AUS / 30 – Foggy FP1 – Foggy Petronas Racing **

44 James HAYDON – GBR / 27 – Foggy FP1 – Foggy Petronas Racing **

33 Juan BORIA – ESP / 31 – Ducati 996 R – Spaziotel Racing Team

World Supersport Championship Entry List
Number, Rider Name, Country/Age, Machine, Team

1 Andrew PITT – AUS / 25 – Kawasaki ZX-6R – Kawasaki Racing Team

8 James ELLISON – GBR / 21 – Kawasaki ZX-6R – Kawasaki Racing Team

69 James WHITHAM – GBR / 35 – Yamaha YZF R6 – Yamaha Belgarda

5 Paolo CASOLI – ITA / 36 – Yamaha YZF R6 – Yamaha Belgarda

3 Jörg TEUCHERT – GER / 31 – Yamaha YZF R6 – Yamaha-Motor-Germany

91 Christian KELLNER – GER / 30 – Yamaha YZF R6 Yamaha-Motor-Germany

6 Pere RIBA – ESP / 32 – Honda CBR 600F – Ten Kate Honda

32 Fabien FORET – FRA /28 – Honda CBR 600F – Ten Kate Honda

12 Stéphane CHAMBON – FRA / 36 – Suzuki GSX-R600 – Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra

37 Katsuaki FUJIWARA – JPN / 23 – Suzuki GSX-R600 Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra

10 Kevin CURTAIN – AUS / 35 – Honda CBR 600F BKM Honda Racing Team

5 Robert ULM – AUT / 28 – Honda CBR 600F – BKM Honda Racing Team

33 Jim MOODIE – GBR / 35 – Yamaha YZF R6 – Saveko Racing Team

34 Robert D. FROST – GBR / 28 – Yamaha YZF R6 – Saveko Racing Team

20 Stefano CRUCIANI – ITA / 22 – Yamaha YZF R6 – Team Lorenzini by Leoni

44 Antonio CARLACCI – ITA / 28 – Yamaha YZF R6 Team Lorenzini by Leoni

22 Vittoriano GUARESCHI – ITA / 30 – Honda CBR 600F Dienza Performance

23 Dean THOMAS – AUS / 28 – Honda CBR 600F – Dienza Performance

71 Werner DAEMEN – BEL / 30 – Honda CBR 600F – Van-zon-Honda-T.K.R.

17 Chris VERMEULEN – AUS / 19 – Honda CBR 600F Van-zon-Honda-T.K.R.

7 Karl MUGGERIDGE – AUS / 27 – Honda CBR 600F – Honda UK Race Team

10 John MCGUINESS – GBR / 29 – Honda CBR 600F – Honda UK Race Team

11 Piergiorgio BONTEMPI – ITA / 33 – Ducati 748 R – Ducati NCR Nortel Networks

14 Diego GIUGAVAZ – ITA / 29 – Yamaha YZF R6 – GIMotorsport

15 Alessio CORRADI – ITA / 25 – Yamaha YZF R6 – Five Racing

9 Iain MCPHERSON – GBR / 33 – Yamaha YZF R6 – O.P.C.M. -Racing

18 Christian ZAISER – AUT / 38 – Yamaha YZF R6 O.P.C.M. – Racing

16 Gianluca NANNELLI – ITA / 27 – Ducati 748 R – Rox Racing Team

19 Alexander SCHLAEFKE – GER / 16 – Honda CBR 600F – Weger Racing Team

World Sidecar Championship Entry List
Number,Driver/Passenger Names, D/P Country, Machine, Team

1 Klaus Klaffenbock/Christian Parzer – AUT/AUT – Yamaha LCR – Team Klaffenbock Racing

2 Steve Webster/Paul Woodhead – GBR/GBR – Suzuki LCR – liveonscreen Racing

3 Steve Abbott/Jamie Biggs – GBR/GBR – Yamaha Windle – Grebensek Racing

4 Jörg Steinhausen/Trevor Hopinkson – GER/GBR – Suzuki LCR – Steinhausen Racing

5 Tom Hanks/Phil Biggs – GBR/GBR – Yamaha LCR – Hanks Racing

6 Ian Guy/tba – GBR/tba – Suzuki LCR

7 Martien v Gils/Tonny v Gils – NED/NED – Suzuki LCR – Maton Racing

8 Stuart Muldoon/Andy Peach – GBR/GBR – Suzuki LCR – liveonscreen Racing

10 Dieter Eilers/Andreas Kolloch – GER/GER – Suzuki LCR – Rennteam Eilers

11 Peter Schröder/Ueli Wäfler – SUI/SUI – Suzuki LCR – Schroder Racing

12 Gerhard Hauzenberger/Trevor Crone – SUI/GBR – Suzuki LCR

13 Mike Roscher/Uwe Neubert – GER/GER – RSC Roscher Side Car

14 Paul Steenbergen/Rene Steenbergen – NED/NED – Suzuki LCR – Steenbergen Racing

16 Chris Founds/Peter Founds – GBR/GBR – Yamaha LCR – Founds Racing

19 Dan Morrisey/Mark Cox – GBR/GBR – Yamaha LCR – Excalibur Racing

21 Barry Fleury/Jane Fleury – NZL/NZL – Suzuki LCR – Team Fleury Racing

22 Rob Cameron/Ian Simons – GBR/GBR – Suzuki LCR – Global Motorsports

25 Sébastien Delannoy/Jérôme Vannier – FRA/FRA – Suzuki Windle – Team Sand. Seb 72

30 Tero Karttiala/Timo Karttiala – FIN/FIN – Honda ART Karttiala Racing

31 Rick Murray/John Scott – USA/USA

32 B. Kohlmann/tba – GER/GER

33 Uwe Goettlich Johannes Koloska – GER/GER – Suzuki LCR Team Lausitz Sidecar Racing

34 Roger Lovelock/tba – GBR/GBR – Suzuki LCR – Diet Get Fit

55 Markus Schlosser/Adolf Hänni SUI/SUI – LCR – Hänni Racing

Bostrom Brothers On The Rocks

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Photos of Ben and Eric Bostrom rock climbing in Southern California, by Norm Viano of Law Dog Sports Management.

Laconi On The MotoGP Aprilia

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Photos of Regis Laconi riding the new Aprilia four-stroke at Jerez.

Updated Post: DiSalvo To Race 750 And 250 In AMA Series

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Updated Post: DiSalvo To Race 750 And 250 In AMA Series

Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Jason DiSalvo’s European racing ambitions are on hold. After spending the last two seasons racing grand prix bikes in various international and national championship series in Europe, 1999 AMA Road Racing Horizon award winner DiSalvo will be returning to the United States to campaign the entire 2002 AMA series in both the 250cc Grand Prix and Superstock classes.

DiSalvo, 17, will race an A-kitted 2001 Honda RS250 Grand Prix bike tuned by Oliver Hutchinson and a Suzuki GSX-R750 wrenched by Mike Earnhardt. Ian Emberton will serve as Crew Chief for the effort, which will race under the Team America Grand Prix Racing banner.

Speaking by phone from his home in Batavia, New York, Team America owner Jim DiSalvo said that the team also plans on competing in several rounds of the FIM 250cc World Championships, with Jason DiSalvo as a wild card entry. Then, after the end of the AMA season, the team will take young DiSalvo to Spain for four rounds of the new 600cc Spanish National Championship.

Jason DiSalvo completed a four-day test at Las Vegas Motor Speedway January 8-11, with Jeff Haney and Freddie Spencer. DiSalvo worked with Emberton for the first time at the Las Vegas test, and was able to cut four seconds from his best lap time on the ex-AMA infield road course, lapping in the 1:42s on his RS250.

Jason DiSalvo also got his first taste of riding a four-stroke road race bike during the test, (DiSalvo’s first time on a four-stroke racebike of any kind since running a Rotax 600 dirt tracker years ago). DiSalvo, the 1999 WERA 125cc National Challenge Series Champion, rode a Honda CBR600F4i from Spencer’s riding school program and a Formula USA-spec GSX-R750 supplied by Michael Cox of White Tip Racing, during the test.

Reached via cell phone, Jason DiSalvo said, “I know that racing against Rich Oliver and Chuck Sorensen on the 250s and Jimmy Moore and Chris Ulrich on the 750s is going to be tough, but I’m really looking forward to it. It’s going to be really good, I think.”

Team America has more tests scheduled before heading to Daytona for the start of the 2002 season.

AMA Is The Largest Single Source Of Hits On This Site

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AMA Is The Largest Single Source Of Hits On This Site

Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

AMA headquarters in Pickerington, Ohio is the single biggest source of hits on roadracingworld.com.

AMA is the HIGHEST single user of roadracingworld.com, topping even the use by our website staff in their work producing content and managing site development.

The AMA’s IP address is 216.69.206.101 and over the last five months that IP address has made 176,091 requests for pages, which is a metric f–k load of pages.

In conclusion, “Yo, AMA dudes and dudettes, how’s it goin’?”

Bid On Eric Bostrom’s 2001 Team Kawasaki Road Race Leathers To Benefit The Air Fence Fund

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Bid On Eric Bostrom’s 2001 Team Kawasaki Road Race Leathers To Benefit The Air Fence Fund

To benefit the Roadracing World Air Fence* Fund, Kawasaki factory racer Eric Bostrom donated for auction these custom-designed Alpinestars motorcycle racing leathers, which he wore during the 2001 AMA Superbike Championship series in which he finished second in points.

The suit is one of only three made for Bostrom during 2001 and was worn by the young Californian in his AMA Superbike race win at Laguna Seca. Bostrom was featured on the cover of Roadracing World magazine wearing these leathers as he dragged his elbow during the race at Laguna Seca. The suit has a 2.5-inch drag mark on the left elbow where it came in contact with the pavement.

Bostrom also wore the suit during tire testing at Daytona International Raceway in December 2001 where he crashed, scuffing the right arm, hip and seat areas of the suit.

The green, silver and black garment was made in Italy and includes all of Bostrom’s team and personal sponsor logos for the 2001 season in addition to custom-made A&G knee sliders that display Bostrom’s initials. The suit retains its interior body armor, padding and removable liner. Bostrom added his autograph in permanent paint marker just below his lettered name and American flag patch on the aerodynamic hump on the back of the suit.

In donating the leathers to be auctioned off for the Roadracing World Air Fence Fund, Bostrom said, “It’s the least I could do, you know. You guys have shown such a big effort and really went out of your way to put your heart into this effort. Anything I can do, for sure I’m there. Hopefully somebody will feel the same way and pay a few bucks and have a pretty cool set of leathers.”

All proceeds from the sale of this leather suit minus the cost of eBay and escrow services will go to the Roadracing World Air Fence Fund. The Roadracing World Air Fence Fund was established to raise funds to purchase and deploy inflatable Air Fence and Air Module soft barriers to protect crashed riders from hitting walls and other hard objects at racetracks.

To go directly to the auction on eBay, click on the link below.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1801269462

*Air Fence is a trademark of Airfence Safety Systems of Australia.

Corrected Post: Barnett Tool & Engineering Contributes $1000 to Air Fence Fund

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Corrected Post: Barnett Tool & Engineering Contributes $1000 to Air Fence Fund

Barnett Tool & Engineering’s Mike Taylor bumped the Roadracing World Air Fence* Fund for road racing up to $167,027 with a new donation of $1000. Other recent donations included an additional $50 from David Kopfinger (adding to his previous donation of $50) and an additional $25 from Gene Templett (adding to his previous donation of $300).

The Dirt Track total now stands at $15,692 with new donations of $67 from Don Potter, $50 from Tom Chapel, $10 from Craig Grismore in memory of Donnie Estep R.I.P., $10 from Anonymous in memory of Will Davis and $10 from Broz.

An accounting of money collected and money spent is at the end of this post.

The list of dirt track contributors now reads:
Chris Carr $2900
Yuasa Battery $2900
Steel Shoe Fund $2900
Continental Tires $2900
7th Annual Flat Track Golf Tournament $1500
Lindemann Engineering $900
Tor Kovacs $300
Gerald & Ann Carr $200
Dorina Groves $200
Mr. & Mrs. C.H. Wilcox $100
Michael Sturdevant $100
Jeff Wilson $100
Debra Fay $100
Glynn & Holly Hewitt/In Loving Memory of Darell Davis 96w $100
Wrenn H. Smith $90
Don Potter $67
Jack Alexander/In Memory of Toby Jorgenson $50
Rick Matheny $50
www.flattrack.com $50
Pro Plates $50
Tom Chapel $50
John Tucker $25
Old59R $20
Stewart Barber $10
Craig Grismore/In memory of Donnie Estep R.I.P. $10
Anonymous/In memory of Will Davis $10
Broz $10

The list of road racing contributors now reads:
Anonymous $9450
Erik Buell/Buell Motorcycle Company $5800
Trent Thompson/Paramount Racing $5000
Wegman Benefit Fund/Gordon Lunde Sr. $5000
Brooks Gremmels/Shogun Motorsports $4150
Dynojet Research $3200
Steve Brubaker/Race Tire Service $3000
Patrick Roskam/HangingOff.com $3000
John Ulrich/Roadracing World $2900
Aprilia USA $2900
American Suzuki Motor Corp. $2900
Ducati North America $2900
Jonathan Glaefke $2900
Susie and Bruce Meyers/BCM Racing Ducati $2900
Performance Machine $2900
Dunlop Motorcycle Tire Co. $2900
Max McAllister/Traxxion Dynamics $2900
Tom Chauncey/Team Wreckless $2900
Willow Springs Int’l Raceway $2900
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Robb Meier $2152
Advanced Motor Sports/In Memory of Dirk Piz $2000
L.A. Bikers/labiker.org $1760
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $1500
Gearbox International $1500
Marc Salvisberg/Factory Pro Tuning $1450
Bob Dragich/Roadracing World $1450
Fred Renz/Yoyodyne $1450
WERA Motorcycle Roadracing $1450
Bob Blandford/N.E. Sportbike Assn. $1100
Chuck Warren/Arclight Suzuki $1000
Jim Rashid/4&6 Cycle $1000
Scott Willock/In Memory of Larry Schwarzbach $1000
Don Emde/In Memory of Cal Rayborn $1000
Jason Pridmore’s Star Motorcycle School $1000
Mark E. Dobeck/Techlusion Performance Group $1000
G.M.D. Computrack Network $1000
California Superbike School $1000
Tachyon Racing/Tachyon Sports Injury Research Foundation $1000
Team Pro-Motion Sportbike Club $1000
Anthony and Aaron Gobert $1000
Andrew M. Cross $1000
Andy Kettle/Honda of Milpitas $1000
Lindemann Engineering $2000
Marcus McBain $1500
Dale Pestes/Tuff Dog Racing $1000
Sheila Barnes $1000
Anonymous $1000
Barnett Tool & Engineering $1000
Linda, John & Susanne Hopkins/In Memory of Roy Hopkins $895
Intrepid Café Racers $775
Yoshimura Racing $750
Team Daemon Racing $600
Derek and Gordon King $600
CMRRA $537
Don Lemelin/Scuderia West $500
Kevin Erion/Erion Racing $500
Pinky’s Pizza of Walnut Creek $500
Doug Gonda $500
Jerry Wood/Penguin School $500
Mike Canfield/Chandelle Motorsports $500
Jim Davis/J6 Racing/In Memory of Dirk Piz $500
Jim Di Salvo/Alien Racing $500
Dale Kieffer/Racers Edge Performance $500
The Plummer Menapace Group $500
Reg Kitrelle $500
Specialty Sports Ltd/Teknic $500
Ronnie Lunsford/Northwest Honda $500
Bob Holcomb $500
Aaron Yates $500
James D. Randolph $500
OMRRA $500
Terry Knott $500
Shawn Higbee/Team KWS/Millenium Technologies $500
Harley Davidson of Reno $500
Walt Schaefer $500
Gary Christopher/American Honda $500
Full Spectrum Design $500
Indigo Sports $500
Ed Robinson/Robinson Partners $500
Bill St. John/Project Monza $400
Jerry Jirkovsky $330
Ice Holes $301
Richard Hood/Reptillian Racing $300
Edward S. Siccardi, Jr. $300
Dan Fischer/Copier1.com $300
David Finniff $300
Marietta Motorsports $300
Brendan Guy $300
Dean Scarpa $300
Anonymous $300
Kurtis Roberts $300
James Siddall/World Sports/Corbin Grand Prix $300
“Old Slo Gene Templet”/CMRA $325
Eric Kelcher/Blockworks $320
Zachry Lee $300
N.I.T.R.O. (Northern Illinois Touring and Riding Organization) $300
Martin Von Wyss $300
In Memory of Charles Wooldridge, Sr. $300
Brian Parriott $300
Thomas Patch $300
James Lickwar $290
Texas Sport Bike Association $260
Scott Fisher/Fisher Technical Services $250
Chris Pyles & Beth Walters $250
Peter Hively $250
Brian Mitchell $250
Al Ludington $250
Tim Simpson $250
Spectrum Motorsports/VJB Racing $250
David Roy, Ducati N. America $250
Debbie Roy/Frenotec $250
Joshua Hayes $250
Gina Nadeau $250
Jeannne Pyles $250
John Ross/Ross Racing $250
Brian Cincera $250
C. Renard Fiscus $250
Bruce & Edith Lind $250
Andre Espaillat $250
Aramel Racing $250
WMRRA $250
Bo Poulsen $250
Walter S. Pasicznyk $250
Papa Thiam/WERA BBS $200
Bill Capshaw/ICE Motorsports $200
Scott Decker $200
Terry Embury $200
Jim “Dutch” MacKenzie/WERA BBS $200
Scott Jenkins/Desmoto-sport $200
Cliff Nobles $200
Jodie York/RPM Cycles Ventura/WSMC #11 $200
Mostro.org/Jeffrey Fillmore $200
Jeff Bowis $200
Rich & Lynda Alexander/In Memory of Dirk Piz $200
Nils Menten $200
Melissa Tomlinson/G-Man Racing $200
DP Enterprises $200
Jeffrey S. Stathes $200
RPM $200
Wayne Nielsen/sportbikeworld.com $200
Dennis Woods/Doppio Racing $200
Tom David $200
Sierra Sportbike Association $200
Terry McKeever $200
“Barnacle” Bill Burns $200
Scott Greenwood/New England Performance $200
Roger Lyle/In Memory of Jimmy Adamo $200
Big Show Racing/Chicago, IL $200
Empty Pockets Racing $200
John and Richard Haner/Haner Motor Sports $200
Crew & Friends of the R/V Point Sur/In Memory of Stuart Stratton $200
Ken & Joan Snyder/Team Snyder Racing $200
Chris Kelley/California Cycleworks $150
Robb Mc Elroy $150
Tim Chin/Team Bandit $150
Ed & Catherine Sorbo $150
Damon Buckmaster $150
Chris Hamilton/Grand Prix Direct $150
Marc Palazzo/Synergy Racing Honda $150
Stuart Stratton/Stratton Racing $150
Hewitt & Prout Attorneys at Law $150
Hal Coughlin/Central Vermont Motorcycles $130
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales/WERA BBS $125
Pete Martins $125
Road Atlanta Crash Truck Crews $111
Chris Normand/Firestorm Racing $101
Lucky Deleoni $100
Pat Stricker $100
Gary Rand/In Memory of Rusty Bradley $100
Michael Roberson/WERA BBS $100
Sean Jordan/WERA BBS $100
Army of Darkness $100
Stuart Gregg $100
Pinky’s Pizza/Lippman Racing $100
Bob Szoke $100
TyrSox $100
Ron West/Omzig Productions $100
Joe Facer $100
Preston Rash $100
Geoff Maloney/GP Tech $100
Melissa Berkoff/Neighbor Of The Beast $100
Caesar Gonzales/WERA BBS $100
Dorina Groves $100
Dorina Groves/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $100
Philip Rusin/RC51.net $100
Allen “Spence” Spencer $100
Matt Wadsworth $100
Dean N. De St. Croix $100
Tony Tugwell/TZ250.com $100
Bart Fuqua/Team LGC $100
Brian Stokes/Marietta Motorsports $100
Chris “Opie” Caylor/Marietta Motorsports $100
David McElvain/NEDoD $100
Ned “Peanut” Brown/NESBA/TPM $100
Vance Hacecky $100
Patrick Mee $100
Dave and Jason Parker $100
Tom Drumm $100
David Brown $100
Steve Moonitz/Team Squid Pro Quo $100
Jake Swan $100
Chris Story $100
Chris Eklund $100
Randy Ball/WERA BBS $100
Mark Hellvig $100
Gary Schilling/On Time Racing/WERA BBS $100
Steve Sumner $100
Laura Granato/WERA BBS $100
Norm Viano/Lawdog Sports Mgmt $100
Kevin Jordan/Jordan Motorsports $100
Val Gregory/In Memory of Dirk Piz $100
Dave Gess $100
Rob Berlind $100
Paul Black $100
Steve Hewitt $100
Mike Ciccotto $100
Tripp Nobles $100
Scott Rehl $100
Steve & Lorraine Aledort $100
Jeff Rozycki/29dreams.com Racing $100
Chris Ulrich/In Memory of Russ Paulk And Toby Jorgensen $100
Giorgio Milesi/Galfer Brakes USA $100
Al Lyons/CMRRA $100
Linda Hopkins $100
John Hopkins/In Memory of Jamie Bowman and Toby Jorgensen $100
Vicky&Michael Menard $100
Silvia Salenius/Ducati.net Online $100
HG Racing/AMA Pro Thunder $100
Red Fox Racing $100
Greg Ruffin $100
John Donald/PTC Racing $100
Larry Pegram $100
Pamela Skaff/WERA BBS $100
J.D. Hord/Meccanica Corse Racing $100
Mark Sutton $100
Steve Scott/LRRS#47 $100
Eric Putter $100
Jim Doerfler $100
Ira Englebardt $100
Joe & Nancy Fenech $100
Earl Hayden $100
Chuck Sorensen $100
Jeff Wilson/American Suzuki $100
Adam Vella/Webcrush Racing $100
Chuck Gault/Motobama $100
Gary Longren $100
Stephan Hottenrott $100
David Kunzelman $100
C.R. “Critter” Gittere/WERA BBS $100
John Light/Lightsmith Racing $100
Ken & Arlene Block (Ed Sorbo’s Mom) $100
Chris Link/CMRA/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $100
Josh Steinberg $100
Broad Squad/CCS NE $100
Logan Young $100
Bob & Sherrie Young $100
Ann Sands $100
Troy Green/www.TG-Racing.com $100
Colin Fowler $100
Asphalt & Gas $100
CelentoHenn Architecture + Design $100
Norm Mc Donald/CMRA $100
Andrew S. Mueller/WERA BBS $100
Mary Miskovic $100
Mark Van Hoff/The Plastic Doctor/WERA BBS $100
Anonymous $100
Mauro Cereda/In Memory of Jamie Bowman $100
James B. Norwood/Bad Iguana Racing $100
Bakersfield Yamaha $100
Matt Gerard/In Memory of Gordy Lunde Jr. $100
MMCZYK/Concerned Fan $100
Kendall Davis/WERA #326 $100
Jerry Daggett $100
Miller’s Modern Garage $100
TFS Racing $100
Sabrina Phillips 100
Jane Phillips $100
Twin Cities Yamaha $100
Fernando Peris $100
Louis Gagne $100
Peter Christensen & Stasia Moore $100
Paul D. Harrell $100
Manny Otmane/Team Hooters $100
Rich Desmond/WERA BBS $100
Larry Lawrence $100
Tony Iannarelli $100
Marcel Fortney $100
Tim Fowler $100
Dennis Hurst/Deken Power $100
Tommy Bright/Logistics & Information $100
John F. Penrose $100
Russ & Lisa Dancho $100
Leonard Lloyd $100
Blake/www.BadWeatherBikers.com $100
Loren Chun, $100
Joe & Pam Axberg $100
Paul Sedillo $100
Robert C. Vester $100
Dale W. Dandrea $100
Bob Domenz/3D Racing $100
Justin Blake $100
Berde Brothers Racing $100
Ted Johnson/Last Chance Racing $100
Bruce Liddle $100
Schenk Racing $100
John Lemak $100
Donald P. Randolph $100
Ken & Lori Hill/Rt. 6 Sales & Service, $100
Alex Peabody $100
Joe Kimble $100
Anonymous $100
MZ Scorpion Cup Racers $100
Todd Telkamp/Bent Racing $100
Jeff Caco $100
Wrenn H. Smith $100
Daryl Tschoepe/RatBike Racing $100
Larry Spektor/In Memory of Toby Jorgenson $80
David Yesman $80
Tyson Kamp $75
Vito Dionisio/WERA BBS $75
Joe Davidson/Comet Racing/In Memory of Toby Jorgensen & Jamie Bowman $75
Paul Nonno $75
R.J. McLeod $60
George Gervasi/Projekt9 Racing $60
Christopher Gosch $60
Kelly Thornton $58
Erica B. Smith & John F.X. Walsh $55
Stephen Bauman $55
Max Buxton/NEDoD $50
Nelo Hakola $50
Tyler Sandell $ 50
David J. Kopfinger $ 100
Aaron Loyd $50
Martin Voelker $50
Steve Hopkins $50
Louis DeBlois $50
Leigh Taunton/EMGO $50
Randy Sinisi $50
Danny Hull $50
Team Skidmark Racing $50
Ryan Meskimen/WERA BBS $50
Erik Astrup $50
Paul Zavada $50
James Greeson/WERA BBS $50
Victor Mokler $50
Steve Clark/J. Guthridge/Tight Squeeze Racing $50
Nate Olsen $50
Anthony Moey $50
Dustin Miller $50
Steve Martinez $50
Jason Temme/Serpent Racing $50
Mike Hodgson/WERA BBS $50
Chris Borre/Motorcycleroadracer.com $50
Richard Barker/AIM/In Memory of Dirk Piz $50
Mike Reish/Reish Dot Net $50
Kenyon Kluge/K2 Racing $50
Darin Nichols/Team Unit $50
Richard Davis $50
Allen Lyon/Ducati.net Online $50
Eric H. Mathy $50
Steve Breckenridge $50
Jim Race/Speaksy Racing $50
James Aragon $50
James Hayton/Kochenbaulz Racing/WERA BBS $50
Anthony D’Augusta $50
Norm Brown $50
Isaac Ward $50
Jason K. Michelson $50
Qi Guo/WERA BBS $50
Schaefer Brothers Racing $50
Tommy Lancaster/Tommy Built Fireplaces $50
James Gaal $50
Rod Mahr/Follow the Helmet Racing $50
Charles Brothers/CMRA $50
Francisco Prats $50
Keith Mc Cammon $50
Rick Haskins $50
Larry, Janice & Jimmy /Moto Liberty $50
Friends & Family/Firestorm Racing $50
Akos Feher $50
Brian Cox/CMRA#318 $50
Greg Gorman $50
James E. Schaefer $50
Kevin Hanson $50
Nick Tulloh/In Memory of Jimmy Adamo $50
Robin Clark, $50
Carl Liebold, $50
Peter Young, $50
John Walsh $50
John Caudle/Thanks to Grigg Racing $50
Jim Frost $50
Jack Giesecke $50
Mark Anzalone $50
George M. Noeth $50
Greg Avello/Milwaukee H-D/Buell Racing $50
Bernard Ayling $50
Charles Helming $50
Andrew Culpepper $50
Wayne Gaylord and Dorothy Urbanski CCS Novice SE #424 $50
John Coleman $44
Rod Klebsch $40
Mark Crane, $40
Don Moody $35
Andy & Kate Kupfer, $35
Lindsey Leard $30
Dave Deggendorf/WERA BBS $30
Bob Elam $30
The Heidepriems/WERA BBS $30
Kimberly Scheffel/rider/race fan/pit keeper $30
Bryan Norton $30
Scott D. Cortese $30
Stephen Warburton/Ducati Online $30
John Scherer $30
Charles Lederer $30
Greg Gabis $29
Ripley Howe $29
Mark Hatten/Meccanica Corse Racing $29
Ted Angle $25
Susanne Hopkins $25
Nolan Ballew $25
Josh Loberant $25
Charles Tomes $25
Jon DeMent $25
Timothy Wilson $25
Mark Novak $25
Rene Ferron $25
Sean Patrick Brisini $25
Richard Korol $25
Eric and Christine Loranger $25
Dee Moses $25
Kyle Kirschenmann/Bayou Riders of Louisiana $25
Marc Asmus $25
Mike Henry $25
Henry Hallmark $25
Ronnie Reyes/CMRA $25
Kathleen Mc Laughlin $25
John Jancoski $25
John C. Pfeiffer $25
Bernis B. Conatser $25
Tony Day $25
Harlan Weishahn $25
Chad Littrell $25
David Osser $25
Margaret Corra $25
Kerry Lynn Hanley $25
T. Kershaw $25
Allan Karman, $25
Anonymous $25
Peter Gallant $25
Jeff Mc Bride $25
Squirrel/YTAK Racing $25
Chuck D./Fosters $25
Louis Acosta $25
Jay Barfield $25
Everett B. Miller $25
James Lane $25
Erik H. Mathy $25
North American Synergy Co. $25
Rob Armstrong/Maryland Motor Sports Racing $20
David Smith $20
S.C. Pittman $20
Jamieson D. Yonker $20
Garret Swearingen $20
Darrin Zumbaum $20
Andy Lenz/CMRRA $20
Dave Harrison $20
Jeff Harrison $20
Sled/Cross $20
David L. Osser $20
Carlos Bonds $20
Team Backbone/CMRA/In Memory of Buddy Walker $20
Pellack Family $15
Michael W. Morgan $10
Irwin Arnstein/CMRA $10
Frank Shacklee/CMRA $10
John & Arlene Gerard/In Memory of Gordy Lunde Jr. $10
Becky Rechek, $10
Lee D’Amico $10
Johnny Newell, $10
Christopher Clark $10
Anomymous $10
Jan Steven/Carpet Dog $5
Anonymous $5
Joe Knight $5
Erik Schmitt/CMRA $1

To pledge a contribution, call Roadracing World at (800) 464-8336 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, when operators will be standing by. Credit cards accepted. Pledges can also be made by e-mailing [email protected]. Make checks payable to Roadracing World, and mail to P.O. Box 1428, Lake Elsinore CA 92531. Money raised will be used for buying Air Module/Air Fence sections, as well as for deployment expenses and for shipping, tax and import

Of the total $167,027 collected for road racing use so far, $147,361.49 has been disbursed, as follows:

May 15, 2001: $104,104 donated to the AMA for the purchase of 35 sections of Air Fence/Alpina Air Module

June 22, 2001: $11,000 for the purchase of 20 sections of Air Fence Bike for use by CMRA and RPM/WERA at Texas World Speedway

June 22, 2001: $42, wire transfer fee for above

August 9, 2001: $10,000 for the rental and installation of 20 sections of Alpina Air Module at F-USA races at Pocono, Portland and Daytona and the WERA/Suzuki Cup Finals at Road Atlanta.

August 9, 2001: $42, wire transfer fee for above

August 14, 2001: $625.77, customs and broker fees for above

August 20, 2001: $1000 for freight related to Air Fence Bike installation at Texas World

August 20, 2001: $42, wire transfer fee for above

August 21, 2001: $333.77 for truck freight related to Alpina Air Module installation at Pocono

November 14, 2001: $92 incorporation fees for Roadracing World Action Fund, Inc., a non-profit corporation being established to take over the work of the Roadracing World Air Fence Fund

November 21, 2001: $189.47 reimbursement of truck rental to transport Alpina Air Modules from Daytona to Road Atlanta

December 14, 2001: $19,750 deposit on 20 sections of Air Fence for use by F-USA and CCS

December 14, 2001: $42 wire transfer fee for above

December 29, 2001: $62.15 eBay fee charged for benefit auction of Nicky Hayden leathers

January 19, 2002: $43.33 eBay fee charged for benefit auction of Mat Mladin helmet

Total spent = $147,361.49

Total collected = $167,027

Total on hand in bank = $19,665.51

Total additional due upon delivery of ordered F-USA/CCS Air Fence = $23,150

Current shortfall for road racing fund = $3484.49

All administrative costs, including the percentage taken by credit card companies on credit card donations, have been absorbed by Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

There have been no expenditures of funds collected to date for dirt track use.

*Air Fence is a registered trademark of Airfence Safety Systems of Australia.