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Chuck Sorensen Wins Deep South Classic Invitational XR100 TT

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Chuck Sorensen Wins Deep South Classic Invitational XR100 TT

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Two-time AMA 250cc Grand Prix Champion Chuck Sorensen qualified on pole and took first place on both days of the second annual Deep South Classic Invitational XR100 TT November 10-11 in Cullman, Alabama. Sorensen, a dirt track instructor with Advantage Racing School, beat a field of 25 including Brian Parriott, Josh Hayes, Aaron Yates, Bill St. John, James Lickwar, Thomas Montano, James Siddall and Keith Perry on an eighth-mile dirt course in Northern Alabama.

Organized by Project Monza/Cycle Specialties of Athens-sponsored racer Bill St. John, the for-fun race featured a highly-organized structure including technical inspection, a 90-minute practice session, a four-lap “Superpole” qualifying session, two 10-lap races for the top qualifiers and a 10-lap “Consolation Race” for the bottom half of the qualifiers. The rules mandated stock exhausts with stock baffles, 125cc maximum displacement including Yamaha TT-R125s, no knobbie tires and MX moto scoring to determine the overall winner of the Championship.

In Saturday’s qualifying, Sorensen was fastest followed by Parriott and St. John but the final finishing order of the day was Sorensen, Parriott and Hayes. Hayes, along with Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki Crew Chief Keith Perry, rode Honda XR100s fitted with Penske shocks. According to Perry, there are only five Penske XR100 shocks in existence.

The winner of Saturday’s consolation race was Alabama-based photographer Louis Gagne.

The original program called for a Saturday-only program, but when Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates showed up on Sunday, many of the competitors changed their flight plans and a second race program was added. In Sunday’s qualifying, Sorensen again took pole with Yates second ahead of Parriott. Sorensen then took the day’s overall win with Yates second ahead of St. John.

According to Race Director Lickwar, plans for the 2003 third annual Deep South Classic Invitational XR100 TT are already under way.

Picotte And Rapp Not Signed, Corona Suzuki Owner Sevier Now Says

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Picotte And Rapp Not Signed, Corona Suzuki Owner Sevier Now Says

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Despite what he told Roadracingworld.com in a phone interview November 8, Corona Extra Suzuki’s Landers Sevier V now says that he hasn’t signed Pascal Picotte and Steve Rapp to ride for his team in 2002.

Landers sent an e-mail to Roadracing World on Monday, November 12 with copies going to Tim Saunders (another principal in the Corona Extra Suzuki team), Steve Rapp, Alan Labrosse (Picotte’s manager), Carry Andrew (Corona Extra Suzuki Crew Chief), American Suzuki’s Jeff Wilson, American Suzuki’s Pat Alexander and 1991 AMA Superbike Champion Thomas Stevens (Rapp’s manager).

The e-mail read:

“I want to clarify the statements made in our phone conversation last week regarding the status of Corona Extra Suzuki riders for our AMA/Solar Winds Tour 2002.

“Rapp and Picotte, as I stated, have both expressed interest and intent to ride our FX and 600s–provided their requests for compensation are met. They by no means are ‘done deals’. Both riders know our position and it is up to them to make their decisions. We do have several qualified guys (capable of producing AMA Championships) available to us (from overseas as well as here in the States) with whom we are keeping an open pipeline of communication should either Rapp or Picotte decide Corona Extra Suzuki is not the route they want to go for 2002. I think a decision will be made in the upcoming week.

“Jimmy Moore will, as we discussed, defend his 750SS Championship on Corona Suzukis as well as compete in 600SS and select rounds of Formula Extreme.

“Please make an effort to ‘correct’ the ‘Rapp and Picotte to Corona’ entry on the roadracingworld.com website. All other aspects of the conversation were published accurately. If you have any questions, please give me call.

“Landers Sevier, V”

Previously Unposted Weddings (Christensen-Moore, Hawks-Ward), Engagements (Smith-Lennon, Spilger-Roel), Birth: Amy Marie Conboy

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Previously Unposted Weddings (Christensen-Moore, Hawks-Ward), Engagements (Smith-Lennon, Spilger-Roel), Birth: Amy Marie Conboy

Racer Pete Christensen, co-winner of the 1999 WERA 24-hours West at Willow Springs, married Stasia Moore on September 16, in a private ceremony in Las Vegas. CCS California Region racer David Hawks married Ursula Ward October 21, in Long Beach, California. Racer Eoin Smith got engaged to longtime girlfriend Tina Lennon during the F-USA/CCS Race of Champions weekend, October 17-21 at Daytona, with the wedding date to be announced. CCS Southwest Region racer Peter Spilger is engaged to marry “pit boss” Renate Roel, with the wedding set for October, 2002, after the final race at Firebird. Racer Des Conboy and wife Finola had a daughter, Amy Marie Conboy, August 17 in Hackensack, New Jersey. (E-mail wedding, birth and other announcements to [email protected]; include your name and contact information, with daytime phone number.)

Racebikes Sought For Eyes On Design Display In Detroit

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Racebikes Sought For Eyes On Design Display In Detroit

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts


Roadracing World reader Tom Southworth is on a selection committee seeking display vehicles for the annual Eyes on Design exhibit of automotive and transportation art in Detroit, Michigan. The theme for this year’s exhibit is Performance Vehicles, and Southworth is looking for high-performance motorcycles and racebikes to display.

The show benefits the Detroit Institute of Opthamology and will run from June 14-16, 2002.

For more information, contact Tom Southworth at [email protected] or go to www.eyesondesign.com.

2002 WSMC Series

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2002 WSMC Series

1/19-20, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
2/16-17, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
3/16-17, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
4/13-14, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
5/18-19, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
6/15-16, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
7/20-21, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
8/17-18, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
9/14-15, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
10/19-20, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
11/16-17, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
12/14-15, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
For additional info, call (661) 256-1234, e-mail [email protected], online www.race-wsmc.com

2001 MRA Champions Honored At Banquet

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2001 MRA Champions Honored At Banquet

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

The 2001 MRA Champions were honored at the Colorado organization’s annual awards banquet, held Saturday night at the Airport Marriott at Gateway Park, near Denver International Airport.

The featured speaker at the AMA-affiliated club’s banquet was Roadracing World’s John Ulrich, who spoke about his life as a racer and as the father of a racer; his efforts to fund AirFence deployment and improve rider safety, including examples of riders hitting AirFence at Daytona and Road Atlanta; his experiences racing with MRA in the 1970s; the societal benefits of road racing; his theories of effective racing organization and race event management; his experiences working with teen phenom John Hopkins; and his campaign to be elected to the AMA Board of Trustees as part of the Take Back The AMA slate, which also includes Kevin Schwantz and Jeff Nash.

Racer Peter Hofmann also spoke, and compared racing in the European 125cc Series to racing in the United States.

MRA President Connie Kassel announced that the organization has raised over $10,000 and is buying five sections–about 150 feet–of Alpina Air Module for deployment at MRA events in 2002. The sections were originally part of a rental deal funded by the Roadracing World Air Fence Fund, which saw 20 sections deployed at the Pocono, Portland and Daytona F-USA races as well as at the WERA Grand National Finals/Suzuki Cup Finals at Road Atlanta. The new MRA deal to purchase the five sections includes an inflation blower, repair kits and training.

The top 10 racers in MRA’s Race of the Rockies class are awarded the top 10 MRA numbers for the following year, and veteran racer Ricky Orlando won the Race of The Rockies Championship and the MRA #1 plate for 2002.

Top finishers in each MRA class follow:

Race of The Rockies 1. Ricky Orlando 2. Dan Turner 3. Doug Vickery 4. Marty Sims 5. John Carver 6. Mark “Nude” Nudelman 7. Dennie Burke 8. Rob Christman 9. Greg Glennie 10. Ron Curry

Solo Open Endurance 1. Rob Christman 2. Jason Kingham 3. Rob Fitzgerald 4. Jeff Ahner 5. Chris Ulrich

Solo Heavyweight Endurance 1. Michael Applehans 2. Jim Brewer 3. Rich Lundeen 4. Erik Schnackenberg 5. Eric Haugo

Solo Middleweight Endurance 1. Terry Skogen 2. Bob Seymour 3. Ben Fox 4. Trinity Huffman 5. Elton Curry

Solo Lightweight Endurance 1. Nicky Wimbauer 2. Sil Trujillo 3. Stephen Husbands 4. Sharan Maitland 5. Scott Beltinck

Amateur GTU 1. Sean Fey 2. Gregg Algazi 3. David Lambert 4. Dean Delturco 5. Thomas Hinton

Amateur GTO 1. Sean Fey 2. David Lambert 3. Marv Rosencrans 4. Gregg Algazi 5. Jeff Hetzler

Modern Vintage GTU 1. David Gallant 2. Sil Trujillo 3. Chuck Shettsline 4. Stephen Husbands 5. Alice Palmer

Modern Vintage GTO 1. David Gallant 2. Jay Yarrington 3. Gregg Algazi 4. Karl Frakes 5. Don Medina Jr.

SuperTwins GTU 1. Sil Trujillo 2. Jurgen Wimbauer 3. Stephen Husbands 4. James Comstock 5. Anthony Viera

Supertwins GTO 1. Pedro Bravo 2. Jim Brewer 3. Jurgen Wimbauer 4. Ben Fox 5. Terry Benson

Middleweight Supersport 1. Rob Christman 2. Marty Sims 3. Greg Glennie 4. Andrew Drattlo 5. Alex Zinaich

Middleweight Superbike 1. Rob Christman 2. Greg Glennie 3. Marty Sims 4. Leslie Gerber 5. Andrew Drattlo

Heavyweight Supersport 1. Dennie Burke 2. Michael Applehans 3. Terry Teske 4. Robert Christman 5. Andrew Drattlo

Heavyweight Superbike 1. Rob Christman 2. John Carver 3. Michael Applehans 4. Jon Glaefke 5. Jim Brewer

Open Supersport 1. Ricky Orlando 2. Marty Sims 3. Dennie Burke 4. Michael Applehans 5. Brian Thomsen

Open Superbike 1. Ricky Orlando 2. Dan Turner 3. Doug Vickery 4. Marty Sims 5. Travis Graham

Formula II 1. Russell Strobridge 2. Sil Trujillo 3. Mark Erickson 4. Norman Dehm 5. John Burbach

Formula III 1. Tracy Schram 2. John Hjelm 3. David Tippie 4. Nicky Wimbauer 5. Robert Johnston

Lightweight Superbike 1. Jurgen Wimbauer 2. Tracy Schram 3. Nicky Wimbauer 4. David Tippie 5. Stephen Husbands

Formula Colorado 1. Tracy Schram 2. Nicky Wimbauer 3. David Tippie 4. Robert Johnston 5. Chuck Shettsline

Novice GTO 1. Jeff Hetzler 2. Sean Fey 3. Thomas Hinton 4. Eric Truman 5. Crash Lowe

Novice GTU 1. Sean Fey 2. Dean Delturco 3. Thomas Hinton 4. David Lambert 5. Troy Miller

Eric Bostrom Is Back From Japan

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Eric Bostrom Is Back From Japan

From a press release issued by Norm Viano, Eric Bostrom’s manager:


BOSS HOG RETURNS FROM JAPAN

While most racers were content to take a breather in November and watch the leaves change color after a hectic 2001 racing season, ‘Boss Hog’, Eric Bostrom, was busy preparing for his 2002 AMA Superbike title challenge. With a Japanese Superbike race at Sugo last weekend, Kawasaki thought it would be a good start to the off-season to have Eric attend the race weekend and learn the track, which will likely be one of the WSBK wild-card rounds that Eric will enter in 2002.

The casual fan will look at his 11th place result in Sunday’s race (behind Kawasaki’s Izutsu and Walker) and wonder what happened, but the truth is that the weekend was a big success for Bostrom. “It was real cold out during qualifying – it even snowed up in the mountains – it was super cold and we were there for testing only. I didn’t care about the race. We would have liked to have had a good result if we had gotten the bike completely set-up in time, but it didn’t happen. In qualifying we had a bad deal – I went in too fast in the beginning and almost high-sided, which took me into the gravel trap and the bike got worked a little bit. So by the time we got the bike back out on the track after fixing a few things, there wasn’t much time left to qualify. And in the race, we got off to a slow start and after I got used to the bike, I caught up to Chris (Walker) and another Japanese rider and we had our own little race. The track was a little wet here and there, but it was fun. For awhile, I couldn’t get the bike to turn in how I want, but finally we made some advancements with the bike on Monday and Tuesday (after the race), and we put down some decent lap times. And if we can get just a little bit more handling out of the bike, I think we’ll be in the hunt when we come back for the World Superbike race in April.”

This trip also allowed him to ride with his two new (world) teammates, Walker and Izutsu. “Izutsu’s a good dude, he’s pretty funny. He’s a full-on high roller, with his big-bodied Benz and his Rolex – it’s funny. But he rides real hard. It bites him sometimes because he falls off a bit, but obviously it’s a different game in Japan, and he does great there. Then in Europe he got thrown to the wolves and had some pretty tough results this season – next year he’ll have some ups and downs. But he’s good, I like him. And Chris (Walker) is a good guy too. He’s funny to be around and seems to try real hard when he gets on the track. All the fans like him, especially the Brits. He’ll be fun to ride with next year.”

What’s next on the agenda for Eric? “Red Bull is flying me and (brother) Ben to Puerto Rico for 5 days next week. I’m looking forward to it – there’s going to be a variety of Red Bull athletes there. I met some cool snowboarders already. And we’re going to a place on earth where I’ve never been, it should be a lot of fun. How many companies fly all their athletes to a tropical place for no other reason than to just surf, play, party, and have a good time? They’re a great sponsor.”

Eric also came back to the States in time to hear that he had been nominated for the AMA Pro Athlete of the Year award. “It’s pretty cool to be nominated, really. I think that if we had won both championships this year (Superbike and 600 Supersport) we would have really deserved it, but (Supercross Champion Ricky) Carmichael will be the man to beat, and he had a shining year. I think that he deserves it.”

Provisional Entry List For Next Weekend’s Macau Grand Prix

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Provisional Entry List For Next Weekend’s Macau Grand Prix

Macau Grand Prix Provisional Entry List:

(rider number, name, team name, motorcycle brand and size, nationality)

2, David Jefferies, V&M Racing, GBR

3, Vincent Haskovec, Attack Suzuki, GSX-R1000, USA

4, John McGuiness, Honda Britain/Paul Bird Motorsports, Honda 960, GBR

5, Gus Scott, Honda Britain /Paul Bird Motorsports, Honda 960, GBR

6, Markus Barth, Team Suzuki Schafer, Suzuki, GER

7, Iain Duffus, GBR

8, Roger Bennett, Ducati, GBR

9, Marco Martinez, Martinez Racing, Suzuki GSX-R750, USA

10, Dean Ashton, GBR

11, Ian Lougher, TAS Suzuki GB, Suzuki GSX-R1000, GBR

12, Jason Griffiths, V&M Racing, GBR

14, Adrian Archibald, GBR

15, Nigel Davies, Dragon Racing, Suzuki GSX-R750, GBR

16, Ashley Law, Sabre Sport, Sabre V4 500, GBR

17, Brian Morrison, GBR

18, Marcel Kellenberger, Team Bolliger, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, SWI

20, Alan Patterson, Team Millar, Honda 500, GBR

21, Callum Ramsay, Nick Morgan Racing, GBR

22, Ronnie Smith, Nick Morgan Racing, GBR

23, Steve Allan, Nick Morgan Racing, GBR

24, Mark Miller, Attack Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000, USA

25, Pete Jennings, GBR

33, Thomas Hinterreiter, Team Rubatto, Suzuki GSX-R1000, AUT

40, Thomas Ochsenreiter, Bridgestone Bikersport, Suzuki GSX-R750, GER

42, Benny Jerzenbeck, Bender-Four-Star-Racing, Suzuki GSX-R1000, GER

77, Ryan Farquhar, McAdoo Racing, Yamaha YZF-R1, GBR

The Macau Grand Prix is scheduled to take place Saturday, November 17, 2001.

2000 Macau Grand Prix winner Michael Rutter was not listed as an entry for the 2001 race.

Tomorrow’s Love Ride #18 Expected To Raise $1 Million For Charity

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Tomorrow’s Love Ride #18 Expected To Raise $1 Million For Charity

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Tomorrow, Sunday, November 11, Love Ride #18 will roll out of Harley-Davidson of Glendale for a 50-mile jaunt to the Castaic Lake Recreation Center in Santa Clarita, California, with Grand Marshall Jay Leno leading the way. Love Ride is billed as the largest motorcycle fund raising event in the world with a projected 20,000 participants and over $1 million expected to be raised for the Los Angeles Times’ “Reading By 9” literacy program, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and other charities.

The police-escorted ride through closed city streets will end with a Tony Roma barbecue, a trade show, skydiving, drill exhibitions, stunt shows, a concert, a raffle drawing with a grand prize of a 2002 Ford Harley-Davidson F-150 SuperCrew truck and the opportunity to meet celebrities like Leno, Peter Fonda, Billy Idol, Larry Hagman and Willie G. Davidson.

For directions or more information about the November 11 Love Ride #18, go to www.loveride.org or call Harley-Davidson of Glendale at (818) 246-5618.

How Racer Russell Masecar Broke His Femur And Walked The Next Day

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How Racer Russell Masecar Broke His Femur And Walked The Next Day

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. The GSX-R750 Suzuki Cup Final on Sunday, October 28 was stopped on the fourth lap for a crash in turn 10 involving Tapeworks Graphics’ Russell Masecar. “I saw that my buddy Scott Harwell had already crashed out there in turn 10, so I threw myself down so that they would stop the race and he could get back in it,” joked Masecar from his parents’ home in suburban Atlanta. “Nah, it all happened so quick. I was braking and downshifting for turn 10. I went from fifth to fourth and hit a false neutral. I guess I froze because I didn’t keep trying to click gears. You don’t realize how dependent you are on your engine braking until you go free-wheelin’ down into turn 10 at Road Atlanta. “I knew that I didn’t want to go 100 mph through the gravel trap, and I knew that I didn’t want to go on the right side like where Mladin went rippin’ by when the ambulance came out. So I tried to slow down. The rear wheel’s already light there because you’re going downhill, and I just went straight over the handlebars. I guess I didn’t practice my trick street riding enough before I came to the track. I’m not too good on the nose-wheelies.” According to eyewitness Tray Batey, Masecar went over the handlebars and tumbled with the bike on the pavement for at least 100 feet. “I think the bike’s what broke my leg,” continued Masecar. “From the waist up, I don’t have any bruises or nothing on my hands or arms. My helmet’s just barely scratched, but no big wacko. The bike did kind of rack me pretty good where it bruised up my groin area. But I snapped my left femur right in half. “I was conscious the whole time. The cornerworkers were right on me. As soon as I stopped they were there saying, ‘Hey man, are you hurting anywhere?’ I said, ‘My left leg is messed up.’ I knew as soon as I stopped that there was something wrong with my left leg. “I got to the emergency room about 3:00 p.m. I don’t think I went into surgery until after midnight and didn’t get out of surgery until three in the morning. Dr. David Weiss put a stainless steel rod in my leg. They said that there was no point in putting titanium in because they are going to take it back out in 12-18 months. They said it comes out pretty easy, but they have to have another surgery and cut my hip back open to get it done. But the doctors were telling how it was such a perfect break, exactly halfway down the bone in the weakest spot, and it was perfectly perpendicular to the bone with no splintering or twisting. They said that it doesn’t get any better. “They had me walking 10:00 a.m. Monday morning after the surgery. They had a physical therapist come in and tell me to get out of bed. They had me up on a walker. I got up, walked about three feet and turned around. It was like seven hours after the operation. After that, physical therapy would come in twice a day and we would walk down the hall. I probably walked about a mile today (Thursday, November 8 – 10 days after the accident) with my crutches. They say that I can put full weight on it and do whatever I want in four more weeks.” Masecar suffered life-threatening injuries in a race transporter crash in September, 1998 while traveling home from a WERA National Endurance race at Texas World Speedway with racers Scott Harwell, Lee Acree and Dave Boosales. When asked if he would race again, 37-year-old Masecar said, “If my mom lets me.”

Chuck Sorensen Wins Deep South Classic Invitational XR100 TT

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Two-time AMA 250cc Grand Prix Champion Chuck Sorensen qualified on pole and took first place on both days of the second annual Deep South Classic Invitational XR100 TT November 10-11 in Cullman, Alabama. Sorensen, a dirt track instructor with Advantage Racing School, beat a field of 25 including Brian Parriott, Josh Hayes, Aaron Yates, Bill St. John, James Lickwar, Thomas Montano, James Siddall and Keith Perry on an eighth-mile dirt course in Northern Alabama.

Organized by Project Monza/Cycle Specialties of Athens-sponsored racer Bill St. John, the for-fun race featured a highly-organized structure including technical inspection, a 90-minute practice session, a four-lap “Superpole” qualifying session, two 10-lap races for the top qualifiers and a 10-lap “Consolation Race” for the bottom half of the qualifiers. The rules mandated stock exhausts with stock baffles, 125cc maximum displacement including Yamaha TT-R125s, no knobbie tires and MX moto scoring to determine the overall winner of the Championship.

In Saturday’s qualifying, Sorensen was fastest followed by Parriott and St. John but the final finishing order of the day was Sorensen, Parriott and Hayes. Hayes, along with Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki Crew Chief Keith Perry, rode Honda XR100s fitted with Penske shocks. According to Perry, there are only five Penske XR100 shocks in existence.

The winner of Saturday’s consolation race was Alabama-based photographer Louis Gagne.

The original program called for a Saturday-only program, but when Yoshimura Suzuki’s Aaron Yates showed up on Sunday, many of the competitors changed their flight plans and a second race program was added. In Sunday’s qualifying, Sorensen again took pole with Yates second ahead of Parriott. Sorensen then took the day’s overall win with Yates second ahead of St. John.

According to Race Director Lickwar, plans for the 2003 third annual Deep South Classic Invitational XR100 TT are already under way.

Picotte And Rapp Not Signed, Corona Suzuki Owner Sevier Now Says

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Despite what he told Roadracingworld.com in a phone interview November 8, Corona Extra Suzuki’s Landers Sevier V now says that he hasn’t signed Pascal Picotte and Steve Rapp to ride for his team in 2002.

Landers sent an e-mail to Roadracing World on Monday, November 12 with copies going to Tim Saunders (another principal in the Corona Extra Suzuki team), Steve Rapp, Alan Labrosse (Picotte’s manager), Carry Andrew (Corona Extra Suzuki Crew Chief), American Suzuki’s Jeff Wilson, American Suzuki’s Pat Alexander and 1991 AMA Superbike Champion Thomas Stevens (Rapp’s manager).

The e-mail read:

“I want to clarify the statements made in our phone conversation last week regarding the status of Corona Extra Suzuki riders for our AMA/Solar Winds Tour 2002.

“Rapp and Picotte, as I stated, have both expressed interest and intent to ride our FX and 600s–provided their requests for compensation are met. They by no means are ‘done deals’. Both riders know our position and it is up to them to make their decisions. We do have several qualified guys (capable of producing AMA Championships) available to us (from overseas as well as here in the States) with whom we are keeping an open pipeline of communication should either Rapp or Picotte decide Corona Extra Suzuki is not the route they want to go for 2002. I think a decision will be made in the upcoming week.

“Jimmy Moore will, as we discussed, defend his 750SS Championship on Corona Suzukis as well as compete in 600SS and select rounds of Formula Extreme.

“Please make an effort to ‘correct’ the ‘Rapp and Picotte to Corona’ entry on the roadracingworld.com website. All other aspects of the conversation were published accurately. If you have any questions, please give me call.

“Landers Sevier, V”

Previously Unposted Weddings (Christensen-Moore, Hawks-Ward), Engagements (Smith-Lennon, Spilger-Roel), Birth: Amy Marie Conboy

Racer Pete Christensen, co-winner of the 1999 WERA 24-hours West at Willow Springs, married Stasia Moore on September 16, in a private ceremony in Las Vegas. CCS California Region racer David Hawks married Ursula Ward October 21, in Long Beach, California. Racer Eoin Smith got engaged to longtime girlfriend Tina Lennon during the F-USA/CCS Race of Champions weekend, October 17-21 at Daytona, with the wedding date to be announced. CCS Southwest Region racer Peter Spilger is engaged to marry “pit boss” Renate Roel, with the wedding set for October, 2002, after the final race at Firebird. Racer Des Conboy and wife Finola had a daughter, Amy Marie Conboy, August 17 in Hackensack, New Jersey. (E-mail wedding, birth and other announcements to [email protected]; include your name and contact information, with daytime phone number.)

Racebikes Sought For Eyes On Design Display In Detroit

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts


Roadracing World reader Tom Southworth is on a selection committee seeking display vehicles for the annual Eyes on Design exhibit of automotive and transportation art in Detroit, Michigan. The theme for this year’s exhibit is Performance Vehicles, and Southworth is looking for high-performance motorcycles and racebikes to display.

The show benefits the Detroit Institute of Opthamology and will run from June 14-16, 2002.

For more information, contact Tom Southworth at [email protected] or go to www.eyesondesign.com.

2002 WSMC Series

1/19-20, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
2/16-17, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
3/16-17, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
4/13-14, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
5/18-19, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
6/15-16, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
7/20-21, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
8/17-18, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
9/14-15, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
10/19-20, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
11/16-17, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
12/14-15, Willow Springs Raceway, Rosamond, CA
For additional info, call (661) 256-1234, e-mail [email protected], online www.race-wsmc.com

2001 MRA Champions Honored At Banquet

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

The 2001 MRA Champions were honored at the Colorado organization’s annual awards banquet, held Saturday night at the Airport Marriott at Gateway Park, near Denver International Airport.

The featured speaker at the AMA-affiliated club’s banquet was Roadracing World’s John Ulrich, who spoke about his life as a racer and as the father of a racer; his efforts to fund AirFence deployment and improve rider safety, including examples of riders hitting AirFence at Daytona and Road Atlanta; his experiences racing with MRA in the 1970s; the societal benefits of road racing; his theories of effective racing organization and race event management; his experiences working with teen phenom John Hopkins; and his campaign to be elected to the AMA Board of Trustees as part of the Take Back The AMA slate, which also includes Kevin Schwantz and Jeff Nash.

Racer Peter Hofmann also spoke, and compared racing in the European 125cc Series to racing in the United States.

MRA President Connie Kassel announced that the organization has raised over $10,000 and is buying five sections–about 150 feet–of Alpina Air Module for deployment at MRA events in 2002. The sections were originally part of a rental deal funded by the Roadracing World Air Fence Fund, which saw 20 sections deployed at the Pocono, Portland and Daytona F-USA races as well as at the WERA Grand National Finals/Suzuki Cup Finals at Road Atlanta. The new MRA deal to purchase the five sections includes an inflation blower, repair kits and training.

The top 10 racers in MRA’s Race of the Rockies class are awarded the top 10 MRA numbers for the following year, and veteran racer Ricky Orlando won the Race of The Rockies Championship and the MRA #1 plate for 2002.

Top finishers in each MRA class follow:

Race of The Rockies 1. Ricky Orlando 2. Dan Turner 3. Doug Vickery 4. Marty Sims 5. John Carver 6. Mark “Nude” Nudelman 7. Dennie Burke 8. Rob Christman 9. Greg Glennie 10. Ron Curry

Solo Open Endurance 1. Rob Christman 2. Jason Kingham 3. Rob Fitzgerald 4. Jeff Ahner 5. Chris Ulrich

Solo Heavyweight Endurance 1. Michael Applehans 2. Jim Brewer 3. Rich Lundeen 4. Erik Schnackenberg 5. Eric Haugo

Solo Middleweight Endurance 1. Terry Skogen 2. Bob Seymour 3. Ben Fox 4. Trinity Huffman 5. Elton Curry

Solo Lightweight Endurance 1. Nicky Wimbauer 2. Sil Trujillo 3. Stephen Husbands 4. Sharan Maitland 5. Scott Beltinck

Amateur GTU 1. Sean Fey 2. Gregg Algazi 3. David Lambert 4. Dean Delturco 5. Thomas Hinton

Amateur GTO 1. Sean Fey 2. David Lambert 3. Marv Rosencrans 4. Gregg Algazi 5. Jeff Hetzler

Modern Vintage GTU 1. David Gallant 2. Sil Trujillo 3. Chuck Shettsline 4. Stephen Husbands 5. Alice Palmer

Modern Vintage GTO 1. David Gallant 2. Jay Yarrington 3. Gregg Algazi 4. Karl Frakes 5. Don Medina Jr.

SuperTwins GTU 1. Sil Trujillo 2. Jurgen Wimbauer 3. Stephen Husbands 4. James Comstock 5. Anthony Viera

Supertwins GTO 1. Pedro Bravo 2. Jim Brewer 3. Jurgen Wimbauer 4. Ben Fox 5. Terry Benson

Middleweight Supersport 1. Rob Christman 2. Marty Sims 3. Greg Glennie 4. Andrew Drattlo 5. Alex Zinaich

Middleweight Superbike 1. Rob Christman 2. Greg Glennie 3. Marty Sims 4. Leslie Gerber 5. Andrew Drattlo

Heavyweight Supersport 1. Dennie Burke 2. Michael Applehans 3. Terry Teske 4. Robert Christman 5. Andrew Drattlo

Heavyweight Superbike 1. Rob Christman 2. John Carver 3. Michael Applehans 4. Jon Glaefke 5. Jim Brewer

Open Supersport 1. Ricky Orlando 2. Marty Sims 3. Dennie Burke 4. Michael Applehans 5. Brian Thomsen

Open Superbike 1. Ricky Orlando 2. Dan Turner 3. Doug Vickery 4. Marty Sims 5. Travis Graham

Formula II 1. Russell Strobridge 2. Sil Trujillo 3. Mark Erickson 4. Norman Dehm 5. John Burbach

Formula III 1. Tracy Schram 2. John Hjelm 3. David Tippie 4. Nicky Wimbauer 5. Robert Johnston

Lightweight Superbike 1. Jurgen Wimbauer 2. Tracy Schram 3. Nicky Wimbauer 4. David Tippie 5. Stephen Husbands

Formula Colorado 1. Tracy Schram 2. Nicky Wimbauer 3. David Tippie 4. Robert Johnston 5. Chuck Shettsline

Novice GTO 1. Jeff Hetzler 2. Sean Fey 3. Thomas Hinton 4. Eric Truman 5. Crash Lowe

Novice GTU 1. Sean Fey 2. Dean Delturco 3. Thomas Hinton 4. David Lambert 5. Troy Miller

Eric Bostrom Is Back From Japan

From a press release issued by Norm Viano, Eric Bostrom’s manager:


BOSS HOG RETURNS FROM JAPAN

While most racers were content to take a breather in November and watch the leaves change color after a hectic 2001 racing season, ‘Boss Hog’, Eric Bostrom, was busy preparing for his 2002 AMA Superbike title challenge. With a Japanese Superbike race at Sugo last weekend, Kawasaki thought it would be a good start to the off-season to have Eric attend the race weekend and learn the track, which will likely be one of the WSBK wild-card rounds that Eric will enter in 2002.

The casual fan will look at his 11th place result in Sunday’s race (behind Kawasaki’s Izutsu and Walker) and wonder what happened, but the truth is that the weekend was a big success for Bostrom. “It was real cold out during qualifying – it even snowed up in the mountains – it was super cold and we were there for testing only. I didn’t care about the race. We would have liked to have had a good result if we had gotten the bike completely set-up in time, but it didn’t happen. In qualifying we had a bad deal – I went in too fast in the beginning and almost high-sided, which took me into the gravel trap and the bike got worked a little bit. So by the time we got the bike back out on the track after fixing a few things, there wasn’t much time left to qualify. And in the race, we got off to a slow start and after I got used to the bike, I caught up to Chris (Walker) and another Japanese rider and we had our own little race. The track was a little wet here and there, but it was fun. For awhile, I couldn’t get the bike to turn in how I want, but finally we made some advancements with the bike on Monday and Tuesday (after the race), and we put down some decent lap times. And if we can get just a little bit more handling out of the bike, I think we’ll be in the hunt when we come back for the World Superbike race in April.”

This trip also allowed him to ride with his two new (world) teammates, Walker and Izutsu. “Izutsu’s a good dude, he’s pretty funny. He’s a full-on high roller, with his big-bodied Benz and his Rolex – it’s funny. But he rides real hard. It bites him sometimes because he falls off a bit, but obviously it’s a different game in Japan, and he does great there. Then in Europe he got thrown to the wolves and had some pretty tough results this season – next year he’ll have some ups and downs. But he’s good, I like him. And Chris (Walker) is a good guy too. He’s funny to be around and seems to try real hard when he gets on the track. All the fans like him, especially the Brits. He’ll be fun to ride with next year.”

What’s next on the agenda for Eric? “Red Bull is flying me and (brother) Ben to Puerto Rico for 5 days next week. I’m looking forward to it – there’s going to be a variety of Red Bull athletes there. I met some cool snowboarders already. And we’re going to a place on earth where I’ve never been, it should be a lot of fun. How many companies fly all their athletes to a tropical place for no other reason than to just surf, play, party, and have a good time? They’re a great sponsor.”

Eric also came back to the States in time to hear that he had been nominated for the AMA Pro Athlete of the Year award. “It’s pretty cool to be nominated, really. I think that if we had won both championships this year (Superbike and 600 Supersport) we would have really deserved it, but (Supercross Champion Ricky) Carmichael will be the man to beat, and he had a shining year. I think that he deserves it.”

Provisional Entry List For Next Weekend’s Macau Grand Prix

Macau Grand Prix Provisional Entry List:

(rider number, name, team name, motorcycle brand and size, nationality)

2, David Jefferies, V&M Racing, GBR

3, Vincent Haskovec, Attack Suzuki, GSX-R1000, USA

4, John McGuiness, Honda Britain/Paul Bird Motorsports, Honda 960, GBR

5, Gus Scott, Honda Britain /Paul Bird Motorsports, Honda 960, GBR

6, Markus Barth, Team Suzuki Schafer, Suzuki, GER

7, Iain Duffus, GBR

8, Roger Bennett, Ducati, GBR

9, Marco Martinez, Martinez Racing, Suzuki GSX-R750, USA

10, Dean Ashton, GBR

11, Ian Lougher, TAS Suzuki GB, Suzuki GSX-R1000, GBR

12, Jason Griffiths, V&M Racing, GBR

14, Adrian Archibald, GBR

15, Nigel Davies, Dragon Racing, Suzuki GSX-R750, GBR

16, Ashley Law, Sabre Sport, Sabre V4 500, GBR

17, Brian Morrison, GBR

18, Marcel Kellenberger, Team Bolliger, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, SWI

20, Alan Patterson, Team Millar, Honda 500, GBR

21, Callum Ramsay, Nick Morgan Racing, GBR

22, Ronnie Smith, Nick Morgan Racing, GBR

23, Steve Allan, Nick Morgan Racing, GBR

24, Mark Miller, Attack Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000, USA

25, Pete Jennings, GBR

33, Thomas Hinterreiter, Team Rubatto, Suzuki GSX-R1000, AUT

40, Thomas Ochsenreiter, Bridgestone Bikersport, Suzuki GSX-R750, GER

42, Benny Jerzenbeck, Bender-Four-Star-Racing, Suzuki GSX-R1000, GER

77, Ryan Farquhar, McAdoo Racing, Yamaha YZF-R1, GBR

The Macau Grand Prix is scheduled to take place Saturday, November 17, 2001.

2000 Macau Grand Prix winner Michael Rutter was not listed as an entry for the 2001 race.

Tomorrow’s Love Ride #18 Expected To Raise $1 Million For Charity

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Tomorrow, Sunday, November 11, Love Ride #18 will roll out of Harley-Davidson of Glendale for a 50-mile jaunt to the Castaic Lake Recreation Center in Santa Clarita, California, with Grand Marshall Jay Leno leading the way. Love Ride is billed as the largest motorcycle fund raising event in the world with a projected 20,000 participants and over $1 million expected to be raised for the Los Angeles Times’ “Reading By 9” literacy program, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and other charities.

The police-escorted ride through closed city streets will end with a Tony Roma barbecue, a trade show, skydiving, drill exhibitions, stunt shows, a concert, a raffle drawing with a grand prize of a 2002 Ford Harley-Davidson F-150 SuperCrew truck and the opportunity to meet celebrities like Leno, Peter Fonda, Billy Idol, Larry Hagman and Willie G. Davidson.

For directions or more information about the November 11 Love Ride #18, go to www.loveride.org or call Harley-Davidson of Glendale at (818) 246-5618.

How Racer Russell Masecar Broke His Femur And Walked The Next Day

Copyright 2001, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. The GSX-R750 Suzuki Cup Final on Sunday, October 28 was stopped on the fourth lap for a crash in turn 10 involving Tapeworks Graphics’ Russell Masecar. “I saw that my buddy Scott Harwell had already crashed out there in turn 10, so I threw myself down so that they would stop the race and he could get back in it,” joked Masecar from his parents’ home in suburban Atlanta. “Nah, it all happened so quick. I was braking and downshifting for turn 10. I went from fifth to fourth and hit a false neutral. I guess I froze because I didn’t keep trying to click gears. You don’t realize how dependent you are on your engine braking until you go free-wheelin’ down into turn 10 at Road Atlanta. “I knew that I didn’t want to go 100 mph through the gravel trap, and I knew that I didn’t want to go on the right side like where Mladin went rippin’ by when the ambulance came out. So I tried to slow down. The rear wheel’s already light there because you’re going downhill, and I just went straight over the handlebars. I guess I didn’t practice my trick street riding enough before I came to the track. I’m not too good on the nose-wheelies.” According to eyewitness Tray Batey, Masecar went over the handlebars and tumbled with the bike on the pavement for at least 100 feet. “I think the bike’s what broke my leg,” continued Masecar. “From the waist up, I don’t have any bruises or nothing on my hands or arms. My helmet’s just barely scratched, but no big wacko. The bike did kind of rack me pretty good where it bruised up my groin area. But I snapped my left femur right in half. “I was conscious the whole time. The cornerworkers were right on me. As soon as I stopped they were there saying, ‘Hey man, are you hurting anywhere?’ I said, ‘My left leg is messed up.’ I knew as soon as I stopped that there was something wrong with my left leg. “I got to the emergency room about 3:00 p.m. I don’t think I went into surgery until after midnight and didn’t get out of surgery until three in the morning. Dr. David Weiss put a stainless steel rod in my leg. They said that there was no point in putting titanium in because they are going to take it back out in 12-18 months. They said it comes out pretty easy, but they have to have another surgery and cut my hip back open to get it done. But the doctors were telling how it was such a perfect break, exactly halfway down the bone in the weakest spot, and it was perfectly perpendicular to the bone with no splintering or twisting. They said that it doesn’t get any better. “They had me walking 10:00 a.m. Monday morning after the surgery. They had a physical therapist come in and tell me to get out of bed. They had me up on a walker. I got up, walked about three feet and turned around. It was like seven hours after the operation. After that, physical therapy would come in twice a day and we would walk down the hall. I probably walked about a mile today (Thursday, November 8 – 10 days after the accident) with my crutches. They say that I can put full weight on it and do whatever I want in four more weeks.” Masecar suffered life-threatening injuries in a race transporter crash in September, 1998 while traveling home from a WERA National Endurance race at Texas World Speedway with racers Scott Harwell, Lee Acree and Dave Boosales. When asked if he would race again, 37-year-old Masecar said, “If my mom lets me.”

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