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Fay Myers Motorcycle World Burns In Denver

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According to a news report on a website run by K-USA TV Denver (channel 9), Fay Myers Motorcycle World burned after a fire started in the parts department at at about 8:00 a.m. today.

For more information, go to the 9news.com website:

http://9news.com/newsroom/14220.html

Canadian Series Will Feature Dyno-controlled Open Class In 2003

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The Parts Canada Superbike Championship’s premier class will be based on open-class production machines, with a dyno-enforced horsepower limit. The move away from 750cc four-cylinder and 1000cc Twin-cylinder Superbikes is a cost-cutting move and has the support of manufacturers participating in the series, according to series boss Colin Fraser.

An official press release issued on the move follow:

NEW RULES PACKAGE RELEASED

TORONTO, ON – A stock-based headline class, called Superbike, will be the foundation of the new Parts Canada Superbike Championship rules set to debut in 2003.

The new Superbike class will resemble the existing International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW Open Sport Bike division, with dyno-enforced maximum horsepower limitations. Modifications beyond current Open Sport Bike guidelines will permit changes to triple clamps and shock linkages.

The new Superbike category will also be similar to Formula USA’s current Unlimited Superbike feature class.

The Open Sport Bike category will disappear after the 2002 season. It will be replaced by an Amateur 600 Sport bike class, which will run alongside the existing Yoshimura 600 Sport Bike division. All three classes will receive television coverage.

The new rules package comes after two years of deliberation between Parts Canada Superbike Championship officials and representatives of Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha, along with rider input. The format is designed to reduce the cost of competing in the national motorcycle road race series and encourage more riders to participate.

“A lot of discussion went into this,” said Colin Fraser of Professional Motorsports Productions, organizer of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship. “While it is always hard to please everybody, we think we have a program that will appeal to the teams, racers and the many fans that enjoy our series.”

The change in feature class format will see the disappearance of exotic and expensive works motorcycles imported from Japan, which have appeared in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship over the past two years.

Bikes like Honda’s RC51, winner of the past two titles in the hands of Steve Crevier, and the Kawasaki ZX-7RR raced last year by Owen Weichel will be grandfathered, with restrictions for 2003.

Under the new regulations each of the four Japanese manufacturers will be expected to support a minimum of three riders with bikes and parts in both the Superbike class and the Pro 600 Sport Bike division. Direct factory support for Amateur 600 Sport Bike competitors will not be permitted.

The creation of a national Amateur 600 Sport Bike class should further assist the development of young Canadian racers. The category will be open to Amateur class license holders across Canada and the champion will receive a major career enhancement award.

“This class will lead Amateur racers directly into the national system,” Fraser said. “It will give them valuable exposure and provide the means for them to continue their racing careers.”

For more series information, visit www.cdnsuperbike.com

Kipp Arm Surgery A Success

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Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Racer Tom Kipp underwent successful surgery on Thursday, December 20, to treat compartment syndrome in both arms.

Kipp expects to be ready for testing later this month.

Communication Lock-down Sees Reduced-content Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes On AMA Website

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Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

In what may be a reaction to the use of Board of Trustees meeting minutes as source material for Roadracing World and www.roadracingworld.com stories, AMA Trustees have reduced the amount of information and the detail contained in the minutes released on the official AMA website, www.ama-cycle.org.

The reduced-content minutes seem to mark a serious change in position on the part of Board Chairman Rick Gray, a lawyer (and former dirt track sponsor) who in the past advocated increased communication with members.

The recent reduction in minutes content runs counter to a previous decision to post detailed minutes as a way for AMA members to stay informed about what was happening with their organization, that decision made after fallout from the AMA’s losing legal battle with Roger Edmondson, a case that the AMA settled by paying Edmondson $3 million last June.

During an April 29, 1999 Board meeting, the Board addressed the issue of making meeting minutes available to the membership.

From the April 29, 1999 Board meeting minutes:

“Thereafter, the Trustees discussed the distribution of Board meeting Minutes to the membership via the magazine [American Motorcyclist] and the website [www.ama-cycle.org]. Mr. [Rick] Gray moved with a second by Mr. [Mike] Farabaugh that Minutes be prepared timely after the meeting and submitted to the Board for a seven day period of review and comment. Thereafter, they will be posted on the website subject to final approval by the Board, Mr. Farabaugh seconded the Motion and it was unanimously approved.

“Following further discussion, Mr. Gray moved, with a second by Mr. [Dal] Smilie, that:

“Affirming that the membership has a right to be kept informed concerning the governance of the organization, it is the policy of the Board of Trustees to provide meaningful information to the membership concerning Board actions and Association affairs. Actions by the Trustees which are conducted in executive session should be limited to sensitive personnel matters or those actions which public disclosure of which would be contrary to the best interests of the Association.

“The Motion passed unanimously.”

Checking the AMA website for meeting minutes regularly over the past year, Roadracing World found that the posting of the Board meeting minutes was usually delayed by several months, but the minutes contained meaningful information.

But after www.roadracingworld.com found that the AMA’s own Board meeting minutes contradicted AMA press releases (see August 6, 2001 posting “Board Meeting Minutes Prove AMA Claims Of Existing Air Fence Acquisition Program Were False”), the Trustees seem to have altered their policy regarding the posting of Board meeting minutes.

In the week of Christmas 2001, the AMA posted Board minutes from the June 11 meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the August 23-24 meetings in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Both postings lack the detail of previous postings.

In the past, the minutes included background information, the factors concerning the items up for discussion, specific points raised during the discussion and who raised them, who made motions, who seconded motions, who voted for or against motions, if items were sent to committees, if items were deferred for continued discussion at following meetings, specific dollar amounts involved with topics, etc. The new meeting minutes only provide a short summary of the items discussed and very few details.

Posted meeting minutes regarding the AMA financial report given at the August 23-24, 2001 Board meetings at Colorado Springs, Colorado read:

“The financial report presented by the vice president of finance reported that an increased number of first-year members had been processed, but certain membership categories were down, likely as a result of last year’s dues increase.
“Financial results and net loss on the inaugural Crossroads Rally were reviewed, and the Board was advised that schedule changes for 2002 should improve the outcome. After considerable discussion, the Board approved the 2002 budget.”

Compare that amount of information to what was provided in the posted Board meeting minutes from the June 19, 2000 meeting in Bow, New Hampshire.

“Treasurer’s Report

“In Ms. [Patti] DiPietro’s absence, Mr. [Ron] Widman [Board Treasurer and rank-and-file-elected Trustee from the South Central region] provided the treasurer’s report. He noted that the projected net profit of $1.3 million is primarily a result of the sale of the Westerville property [AMA’s former headquarters]. If the sale proceeds are excluded from calculations, the net profit is $360,000. Projected revenues (excluding the building proceeds) are over budget by $225,100, or 2 percent, while projected expenses are over budget by $520,000 or 5 percent. Growth in revenue is due to membership sales and EA Sports supercross video game royalties. Most other revenue sources have remained consistent with past years, but the anticipated growth in membership list rentals, legislative supporter donations, emergency road service sales and product sales has not materialized.

“The Board was asked to approve an amendment to the Corporate Resolution appointing Fifth/ Third Bank as the 401K plan trustee. It was moved by Mr. [Dal] Smilie, seconded by Mr. [Clyde] Fessler, and unanimously voted to:

“Approve the appointment as Fifth Third Bank as Trustee of the AMA 401K plan.

“The Secretary will execute the necessary resolution and submit it to the Bank.”
Twice as much text was provided in the Board meeting minutes from an October 26-27, 2000 Board meeting in Pickerington, Ohio than in the Board meeting minutes from another two-day meeting, August 23-24, 2001 in Colorado Springs.

To view AMA Board of Trustee meeting minutes and see the reduction in the amount of information provided to AMA members for yourself, go to www.ama-cycle.org, click on “About the AMA”, go to “Links”, click on “Board of Trustees”, click on either “Current AMA Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes” or “Past AMA Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes”. Meeting minutes from the past three years have been posted and are accessible as of this posting.

While reading through the past Board meeting minutes for this article, we stumbled across more interesting information. At the August 23-24 meetings in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the AMA Board adjourned to a secret “Executive Session” to review “certain issues regarding professional racing”; the Board authorized the Committee on Strategic Partnerships “to act on behalf of the Board on any proposals for strategic partnerships with Paradama”; and AMA Board of Trustees Chairman Rick Gray presented a report on “confidentiality of Board communications”. It was after this meeting that AMA Pro Racing announced its new “strategic partnership” with JamSports, splitting Supercross between the existing Clear Channel Entertainment Series and a new start-up AMA Series.

AMA Gave Up $19.5 Million Of Revenue In Supercross Promoter Switch

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Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

AMA gave up $11.4 million in guaranteed fees and another $8.1 million in potential membership revenue when it switched promotion of the AMA Supercross Series from Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) to JamSports, a Roadracingworld.com analysis has concluded.

To justify the move in economic terms, AMA will have to net $19.5 million from a start-up series that will compete against the established CCE Series, which is continuing without AMA sanction.

The $11.4 million and $8.1 million figures represent revenue over the seven-year term of a proposed contract renewal rejected by the AMA.

Annual payments CCE would have made to the AMA (related to the Supercross Series deal) include the following:

Supercross sanction fees: $1 million

Back gate (rider licenses and entries, mechanic passes): $200,000

Rider medical insurance fees paid to AMA: $93,000

Official fees: $90,000

Contingency program administration: $50,000

In additional, CCE offered to buy AMA sanctions for other CCE motorcycle racing programs not currently sanctioned by AMA, (including National Arenacross, Regional Arenacross, CCS road racing, F-USA dirt track and F-USA road racing), for a total of $200,000 annually.

The above annual fees total $1.6 million, for a seven-year total of $11.4 million.

In addition, an estimated 15,000 riders and 15,000 mechanics at CCE motorcycle events (9000 in arenacross, 300 in Supercross, 5500 in CCS and F-USA road racing, and 100 in F-USA dirt track, with each rider bringing just one crew member, a conservative estimate) would have been required to buy $39 AMA memberships worth $1.2 million per year or $8.1 million over seven years.

CCE also purchased a Supercross transponder scoring system for $100,000 which will have to be replaced by AMA for its own series.

It’s impossible to estimate a value for AMA brand exposure associated with TV coverage of CCE Supercross and Arenacross events.

But the immediate impact of the decision to switch from Clear Channel to JamSports over a seven-year period is a $19.5 million decline in AMA revenue.

To see if it was a good decision, all we have to do is see how much revenue the AMA realizes from its 2003 Supercross season with JamSports.

January 2002

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Free Practice At Willow Drew 46 Riders Last Weekend

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Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Free practice sessions for WSMC riders at Willow Springs drew nine riders on Saturday and 37 on Sunday, for a total of 46 on the weekend.

Willow Springs owner Bill Huth held the free practice days December 26-30 as a thank-you to members of WSMC, the track’s own racing organization.

Saturday participation was held down by cold and rainy weather in Southern California.

King Kenny Roberts Reaches Milestone

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Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Three-time 500cc Grand Prix World Champion Kenny Leroy Roberts turns 50 years old today.

Roberts currently runs his own Grand Prix team, Proton Team KR; his oldest son, Kenny Lee Roberts, won the 2000 500cc World Championship; his youngest son, Kurtis, won the 2000 AMA 600cc Supersport and Formula Xtreme Championships.

Repeat Contributors And Auctions Boost Airfence Fund

The Roadracing World Air Fence* Fund rose to $165,952 for road racing and $15,545 for dirt track on the strength of repeat contributions and two online benefit auctions.

Jim Lindemann/Lindemann Engineering added $1900 to his earlier donation of $1000, with $900 of the new donation designated for dirt track Air Fence and $1000 for road racing. Other new road racing donations included $100 from Daryl Tschoepe/RatBike Racing, $75 from Paul Nonno, $44 from John Coleman and $25 from North American Synergy Co.

In online auctions held on eBay to benefit the fund for road racing Air Fence, Brooks Gremmels/Shogun Motorsports bid $3650 for a set of Nicky Hayden’s race-winning Joe Rocket leathers, while Robb Meier bid $2152 for Mat Mladin’s September 11 Tribute AGV helmet, which Mladin wore when he won the AMA Superbike Championship at VIR in September. Gremmels had earlier contributed $500 to the Air Fence Fund.

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
Jack Alexander/In Memory of Toby Jorgenson $50
Rick Matheny $50
www.flattrack.com $50
Pro Plates $50
John Tucker $25
Old59R $20
Stewart Barber $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 Gremmel/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
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 DiSalvo/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 $300
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 McDonald/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 $ 50
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 McLaughlin $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

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

Willow Springs Explains Friday Practice Deal

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From a press release issued by Willow Springs Raceway:

Willow Springs and Fastrack Riders Affirm 2002 Dates

Willow Springs International Motorsports Park management and Fastrack Riders recently finalized a schedule for 2002 that includes an unprecedented 30 dates at the historic motorsports park.

Because of concerns that the Fridays prior to Willow Springs Motorcycle Club races might not be on the Fastrack Riders 2002 schedule, Willow Springs Raceway owner Bill Huth made arrangements to ensure those dates would be dedicated to WSMC members and those interested in becoming better acquainted with the raceway and its motorcycling programs. Details of the tentative plan were provided in a previous press release, which outlined a program targeting new riders as well as experienced racers. Now that the Fastrack Riders dates have been confirmed, that plan is no longer necessary.

“My main concern is always that we have the very best instruction available to our riders,” said track owner Bill Huth. “We have some of the best schools in the world out here – Keith Code, Reggie Pridmore, Fastrack Riders, and the WSMC New Racer School are among the top groups that use this facility. I just wanted to be sure we had something in place for our riders on those Fridays that would measure up to our regular programs. Now that we’ve confirmed Tom [Sera]’s dates, that’s no longer a problem.”

WSMC events run on the third Sunday of each month. Fastrack Riders events will run on the Friday prior to those weekends, as well as other selected dates.

For more information, contact Willow Springs
International Motorsports Park at 661-256-6666.

Fay Myers Motorcycle World Burns In Denver

According to a news report on a website run by K-USA TV Denver (channel 9), Fay Myers Motorcycle World burned after a fire started in the parts department at at about 8:00 a.m. today.

For more information, go to the 9news.com website:

http://9news.com/newsroom/14220.html

Canadian Series Will Feature Dyno-controlled Open Class In 2003

The Parts Canada Superbike Championship’s premier class will be based on open-class production machines, with a dyno-enforced horsepower limit. The move away from 750cc four-cylinder and 1000cc Twin-cylinder Superbikes is a cost-cutting move and has the support of manufacturers participating in the series, according to series boss Colin Fraser.

An official press release issued on the move follow:

NEW RULES PACKAGE RELEASED

TORONTO, ON – A stock-based headline class, called Superbike, will be the foundation of the new Parts Canada Superbike Championship rules set to debut in 2003.

The new Superbike class will resemble the existing International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW Open Sport Bike division, with dyno-enforced maximum horsepower limitations. Modifications beyond current Open Sport Bike guidelines will permit changes to triple clamps and shock linkages.

The new Superbike category will also be similar to Formula USA’s current Unlimited Superbike feature class.

The Open Sport Bike category will disappear after the 2002 season. It will be replaced by an Amateur 600 Sport bike class, which will run alongside the existing Yoshimura 600 Sport Bike division. All three classes will receive television coverage.

The new rules package comes after two years of deliberation between Parts Canada Superbike Championship officials and representatives of Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha, along with rider input. The format is designed to reduce the cost of competing in the national motorcycle road race series and encourage more riders to participate.

“A lot of discussion went into this,” said Colin Fraser of Professional Motorsports Productions, organizer of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship. “While it is always hard to please everybody, we think we have a program that will appeal to the teams, racers and the many fans that enjoy our series.”

The change in feature class format will see the disappearance of exotic and expensive works motorcycles imported from Japan, which have appeared in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship over the past two years.

Bikes like Honda’s RC51, winner of the past two titles in the hands of Steve Crevier, and the Kawasaki ZX-7RR raced last year by Owen Weichel will be grandfathered, with restrictions for 2003.

Under the new regulations each of the four Japanese manufacturers will be expected to support a minimum of three riders with bikes and parts in both the Superbike class and the Pro 600 Sport Bike division. Direct factory support for Amateur 600 Sport Bike competitors will not be permitted.

The creation of a national Amateur 600 Sport Bike class should further assist the development of young Canadian racers. The category will be open to Amateur class license holders across Canada and the champion will receive a major career enhancement award.

“This class will lead Amateur racers directly into the national system,” Fraser said. “It will give them valuable exposure and provide the means for them to continue their racing careers.”

For more series information, visit www.cdnsuperbike.com

Kipp Arm Surgery A Success

Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Racer Tom Kipp underwent successful surgery on Thursday, December 20, to treat compartment syndrome in both arms.

Kipp expects to be ready for testing later this month.

Communication Lock-down Sees Reduced-content Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes On AMA Website

Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

In what may be a reaction to the use of Board of Trustees meeting minutes as source material for Roadracing World and www.roadracingworld.com stories, AMA Trustees have reduced the amount of information and the detail contained in the minutes released on the official AMA website, www.ama-cycle.org.

The reduced-content minutes seem to mark a serious change in position on the part of Board Chairman Rick Gray, a lawyer (and former dirt track sponsor) who in the past advocated increased communication with members.

The recent reduction in minutes content runs counter to a previous decision to post detailed minutes as a way for AMA members to stay informed about what was happening with their organization, that decision made after fallout from the AMA’s losing legal battle with Roger Edmondson, a case that the AMA settled by paying Edmondson $3 million last June.

During an April 29, 1999 Board meeting, the Board addressed the issue of making meeting minutes available to the membership.

From the April 29, 1999 Board meeting minutes:

“Thereafter, the Trustees discussed the distribution of Board meeting Minutes to the membership via the magazine [American Motorcyclist] and the website [www.ama-cycle.org]. Mr. [Rick] Gray moved with a second by Mr. [Mike] Farabaugh that Minutes be prepared timely after the meeting and submitted to the Board for a seven day period of review and comment. Thereafter, they will be posted on the website subject to final approval by the Board, Mr. Farabaugh seconded the Motion and it was unanimously approved.

“Following further discussion, Mr. Gray moved, with a second by Mr. [Dal] Smilie, that:

“Affirming that the membership has a right to be kept informed concerning the governance of the organization, it is the policy of the Board of Trustees to provide meaningful information to the membership concerning Board actions and Association affairs. Actions by the Trustees which are conducted in executive session should be limited to sensitive personnel matters or those actions which public disclosure of which would be contrary to the best interests of the Association.

“The Motion passed unanimously.”

Checking the AMA website for meeting minutes regularly over the past year, Roadracing World found that the posting of the Board meeting minutes was usually delayed by several months, but the minutes contained meaningful information.

But after www.roadracingworld.com found that the AMA’s own Board meeting minutes contradicted AMA press releases (see August 6, 2001 posting “Board Meeting Minutes Prove AMA Claims Of Existing Air Fence Acquisition Program Were False”), the Trustees seem to have altered their policy regarding the posting of Board meeting minutes.

In the week of Christmas 2001, the AMA posted Board minutes from the June 11 meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the August 23-24 meetings in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Both postings lack the detail of previous postings.

In the past, the minutes included background information, the factors concerning the items up for discussion, specific points raised during the discussion and who raised them, who made motions, who seconded motions, who voted for or against motions, if items were sent to committees, if items were deferred for continued discussion at following meetings, specific dollar amounts involved with topics, etc. The new meeting minutes only provide a short summary of the items discussed and very few details.

Posted meeting minutes regarding the AMA financial report given at the August 23-24, 2001 Board meetings at Colorado Springs, Colorado read:

“The financial report presented by the vice president of finance reported that an increased number of first-year members had been processed, but certain membership categories were down, likely as a result of last year’s dues increase.
“Financial results and net loss on the inaugural Crossroads Rally were reviewed, and the Board was advised that schedule changes for 2002 should improve the outcome. After considerable discussion, the Board approved the 2002 budget.”

Compare that amount of information to what was provided in the posted Board meeting minutes from the June 19, 2000 meeting in Bow, New Hampshire.

“Treasurer’s Report

“In Ms. [Patti] DiPietro’s absence, Mr. [Ron] Widman [Board Treasurer and rank-and-file-elected Trustee from the South Central region] provided the treasurer’s report. He noted that the projected net profit of $1.3 million is primarily a result of the sale of the Westerville property [AMA’s former headquarters]. If the sale proceeds are excluded from calculations, the net profit is $360,000. Projected revenues (excluding the building proceeds) are over budget by $225,100, or 2 percent, while projected expenses are over budget by $520,000 or 5 percent. Growth in revenue is due to membership sales and EA Sports supercross video game royalties. Most other revenue sources have remained consistent with past years, but the anticipated growth in membership list rentals, legislative supporter donations, emergency road service sales and product sales has not materialized.

“The Board was asked to approve an amendment to the Corporate Resolution appointing Fifth/ Third Bank as the 401K plan trustee. It was moved by Mr. [Dal] Smilie, seconded by Mr. [Clyde] Fessler, and unanimously voted to:

“Approve the appointment as Fifth Third Bank as Trustee of the AMA 401K plan.

“The Secretary will execute the necessary resolution and submit it to the Bank.”
Twice as much text was provided in the Board meeting minutes from an October 26-27, 2000 Board meeting in Pickerington, Ohio than in the Board meeting minutes from another two-day meeting, August 23-24, 2001 in Colorado Springs.

To view AMA Board of Trustee meeting minutes and see the reduction in the amount of information provided to AMA members for yourself, go to www.ama-cycle.org, click on “About the AMA”, go to “Links”, click on “Board of Trustees”, click on either “Current AMA Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes” or “Past AMA Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes”. Meeting minutes from the past three years have been posted and are accessible as of this posting.

While reading through the past Board meeting minutes for this article, we stumbled across more interesting information. At the August 23-24 meetings in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the AMA Board adjourned to a secret “Executive Session” to review “certain issues regarding professional racing”; the Board authorized the Committee on Strategic Partnerships “to act on behalf of the Board on any proposals for strategic partnerships with Paradama”; and AMA Board of Trustees Chairman Rick Gray presented a report on “confidentiality of Board communications”. It was after this meeting that AMA Pro Racing announced its new “strategic partnership” with JamSports, splitting Supercross between the existing Clear Channel Entertainment Series and a new start-up AMA Series.

AMA Gave Up $19.5 Million Of Revenue In Supercross Promoter Switch

Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

AMA gave up $11.4 million in guaranteed fees and another $8.1 million in potential membership revenue when it switched promotion of the AMA Supercross Series from Clear Channel Entertainment (CCE) to JamSports, a Roadracingworld.com analysis has concluded.

To justify the move in economic terms, AMA will have to net $19.5 million from a start-up series that will compete against the established CCE Series, which is continuing without AMA sanction.

The $11.4 million and $8.1 million figures represent revenue over the seven-year term of a proposed contract renewal rejected by the AMA.

Annual payments CCE would have made to the AMA (related to the Supercross Series deal) include the following:

Supercross sanction fees: $1 million

Back gate (rider licenses and entries, mechanic passes): $200,000

Rider medical insurance fees paid to AMA: $93,000

Official fees: $90,000

Contingency program administration: $50,000

In additional, CCE offered to buy AMA sanctions for other CCE motorcycle racing programs not currently sanctioned by AMA, (including National Arenacross, Regional Arenacross, CCS road racing, F-USA dirt track and F-USA road racing), for a total of $200,000 annually.

The above annual fees total $1.6 million, for a seven-year total of $11.4 million.

In addition, an estimated 15,000 riders and 15,000 mechanics at CCE motorcycle events (9000 in arenacross, 300 in Supercross, 5500 in CCS and F-USA road racing, and 100 in F-USA dirt track, with each rider bringing just one crew member, a conservative estimate) would have been required to buy $39 AMA memberships worth $1.2 million per year or $8.1 million over seven years.

CCE also purchased a Supercross transponder scoring system for $100,000 which will have to be replaced by AMA for its own series.

It’s impossible to estimate a value for AMA brand exposure associated with TV coverage of CCE Supercross and Arenacross events.

But the immediate impact of the decision to switch from Clear Channel to JamSports over a seven-year period is a $19.5 million decline in AMA revenue.

To see if it was a good decision, all we have to do is see how much revenue the AMA realizes from its 2003 Supercross season with JamSports.

January 2002

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Free Practice At Willow Drew 46 Riders Last Weekend

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Free practice sessions for WSMC riders at Willow Springs drew nine riders on Saturday and 37 on Sunday, for a total of 46 on the weekend.

Willow Springs owner Bill Huth held the free practice days December 26-30 as a thank-you to members of WSMC, the track’s own racing organization.

Saturday participation was held down by cold and rainy weather in Southern California.

King Kenny Roberts Reaches Milestone

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

Three-time 500cc Grand Prix World Champion Kenny Leroy Roberts turns 50 years old today.

Roberts currently runs his own Grand Prix team, Proton Team KR; his oldest son, Kenny Lee Roberts, won the 2000 500cc World Championship; his youngest son, Kurtis, won the 2000 AMA 600cc Supersport and Formula Xtreme Championships.

Repeat Contributors And Auctions Boost Airfence Fund

The Roadracing World Air Fence* Fund rose to $165,952 for road racing and $15,545 for dirt track on the strength of repeat contributions and two online benefit auctions.

Jim Lindemann/Lindemann Engineering added $1900 to his earlier donation of $1000, with $900 of the new donation designated for dirt track Air Fence and $1000 for road racing. Other new road racing donations included $100 from Daryl Tschoepe/RatBike Racing, $75 from Paul Nonno, $44 from John Coleman and $25 from North American Synergy Co.

In online auctions held on eBay to benefit the fund for road racing Air Fence, Brooks Gremmels/Shogun Motorsports bid $3650 for a set of Nicky Hayden’s race-winning Joe Rocket leathers, while Robb Meier bid $2152 for Mat Mladin’s September 11 Tribute AGV helmet, which Mladin wore when he won the AMA Superbike Championship at VIR in September. Gremmels had earlier contributed $500 to the Air Fence Fund.

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
Jack Alexander/In Memory of Toby Jorgenson $50
Rick Matheny $50
www.flattrack.com $50
Pro Plates $50
John Tucker $25
Old59R $20
Stewart Barber $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 Gremmel/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
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 DiSalvo/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 $300
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 McDonald/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
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Willow Springs Explains Friday Practice Deal

From a press release issued by Willow Springs Raceway:

Willow Springs and Fastrack Riders Affirm 2002 Dates

Willow Springs International Motorsports Park management and Fastrack Riders recently finalized a schedule for 2002 that includes an unprecedented 30 dates at the historic motorsports park.

Because of concerns that the Fridays prior to Willow Springs Motorcycle Club races might not be on the Fastrack Riders 2002 schedule, Willow Springs Raceway owner Bill Huth made arrangements to ensure those dates would be dedicated to WSMC members and those interested in becoming better acquainted with the raceway and its motorcycling programs. Details of the tentative plan were provided in a previous press release, which outlined a program targeting new riders as well as experienced racers. Now that the Fastrack Riders dates have been confirmed, that plan is no longer necessary.

“My main concern is always that we have the very best instruction available to our riders,” said track owner Bill Huth. “We have some of the best schools in the world out here – Keith Code, Reggie Pridmore, Fastrack Riders, and the WSMC New Racer School are among the top groups that use this facility. I just wanted to be sure we had something in place for our riders on those Fridays that would measure up to our regular programs. Now that we’ve confirmed Tom [Sera]’s dates, that’s no longer a problem.”

WSMC events run on the third Sunday of each month. Fastrack Riders events will run on the Friday prior to those weekends, as well as other selected dates.

For more information, contact Willow Springs
International Motorsports Park at 661-256-6666.

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