New Donations From Dunlop And Traxxion Push Air Fence Fund To $98,925

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New Donations From Dunlop And Traxxion Push Air Fence Fund To $98,925

New donations of $2900 each from Dunlop Tire Corporation and Max McAllister/Traxxion Dynamics boosted our Air Fence fund up to $98,925 late Wednesday afternoon. Other new contributions included $300 from James Siddall/World Sports/Corbin Grand Prix, $250 each from Scott Fisher/Fisher Technical Services, Chris Pyles & Beth Walters, and Peter Hively, and $150 from Ed and Catherine Sorbo. More $100 donations came in from Giorgio Milesi/Galfer Brakes USA, Al Lyons/CMRRA, Linda Hopkins, John Hopkins/In Memory of Jamie Bowman and Toby Jorgensen, Vicky & Michael Menard, Silvia Salenius/Ducati.net Online, HG Racing/AMA Pro Thunder and C.R. “Critter” Gittere/WERA BBS. Bob Elam kicked in $30 while Ted Angle, Susanne Hopkins and Nolan Ballew each sent $25.

Some sent notes with their contributions, including these:

Giorgio Milesi/Galfer Brakes USA: “Once again Roadracing World rescues and shows that it cares for this sport.”

Peter Hively: “Thanks, John, for taking the bull by the horns.”

Kirk Erlinger, AHRMA #257, MZ Sport Cup: “In regard to the AMA, it’s like my father used to say, ‘They’re more horses asses than horses!’ I’d like to contribute $25 to go along with the MZ Sport Cup Racers donation! Way to get this rolling and accomplished!”

Previous donor Aaron Loyd wrote: “I’ve been following the Air Fence fund-raising effort with interest. Made my donation early and noted with pride the donations coming from other members of Colorado’s MRA. I have two observations and a couple questions regarding the involvement of the major motorcycle manufacturers.

“First, keeping the barriers in Roadracing World’s control so that it could be used at both AMA and Formula USA events seems to provide the most benefit to racers. Second, I support the idea that the AMA sell or lease its racing program to FormulaUSA. Presumably, the AMA would know how to structure a lease agreement such that Formula USA could not do to the AMA what the AMA did to Roger Edmondson. A leasing agreement would allow the AMA to keep its name associated with racing and provide a steady stream of income to fund the good work the AMA does in protecting motorcyclist’s rights.

“Lastly, I’ve noted the donations from Buell, Aprilia, Ducati, Erion Racing and Suzuki. I’ve also noted the lack of donations from Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki. I wonder why the manufacturers are not more vocal about safety issues? What if Mat Mladin had hit the pace car at Daytona, or Nicky Hayden had been injured when he crashed on oil that was known to be on the track? One would think the manufacturers would care about the personal safety of their racers but at the very least would be concerned about the loss of expensive and hard-to-find racing talent. The manufacturers would stand to gain the most from making motorcycle road racing more popular and safer. I’m curious about what the manufacturers are doing to influence the AMA into running a more professional effort?”

Previous donor Scott Turner wrote: “I am one of the contributors from the Intrepid Cafe Racers. I would like to dedicate my contribution to the memory of Toby Jorgensen. I was very much looking forward to watching his road racing talent develop. His death was extremely saddening and likely preventable.

“I hope that you can find some way, with your full schedule, to extend this ‘safety crusade’ to include the AMA Pro Flat Trackers. I know they are scheduled to race on a few very marginally safe racetracks. Oval tracks present a more difficult problem of acceptable safety levels and I don’t expect the AMA to do a damn thing. Maybe you can! Thanks.”

This note came from HG Racing: “HG Racing (Richard Haas and Dale Gullicksen), a small AMA Pro Thunder team based in the SF Bay area, would like to pledge $100 to the fund. We commend your efforts in protecting our racers. It’s frightening to realize that the safety of our tracks in the U.S. is some 30 years behind the rest of the world. Europe went through safety issues like this in the 1970s, until rebels like Kenny Roberts Senior spoke out, and things began to change. I was there, and want to be part of this, too.

“I wish that Air Fence could be up for Sears – one of the most dangerous tracks on the AMA circuit today! I’m encouraging our Team Partners to participate too. Some, like Steve Brubaker of Dunlop, and Jeff Nash of AMS, have already done the right thing.”

The list of contributions now reads:
Erik Buell/Buell Motorcycle Company $5800
Trent Thompson/Paramount Racing $5000
Anonymous $4725
Dynojet Research $3200
Steve Brubaker/Race Tire Service $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
Wegman Benefit Fund/Gordon Lunde Sr. $2900
Performance Machine $2900
Dunlop $2900
Max McAllister/Traxxion Dynamics $2900
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Advanced Motor Sports/In Memory of Dirk Piz $2000
L.A. Bikers/labiker.org $1810
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $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 $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
Intrepid Café Racers $775
Yoshimura Racing $750
Team Daemon Racing $600
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
Brooks Gremmels/Shogun Motorsports $500
Jim Di Salvo/Alien Racing $500
Dale Kieffer/Racers Edge Performance $500
The Plummer Menapace Group $500
Bill St. John/Project Monza $400
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
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
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
Aaron Yates $200
MZ Scorpion Cup Racers $175
Chris Kelley/California Cycleworks $150
Robb Mc Elroy $150
Tim Chin/Team Bandit $150
Ed & Catherine Sorbo $150
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales/WERA BBS $125
Mike Brown/Team 222 $125
Pat Stricker $100
Gary Rand $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 $100/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
Paul Kingsburgh/RC45.net $100
Lucky Deleoni $100
Tom Drumm $100
David Brown $100
Steve Moonitz $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 $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
D&D Thrush Farms $100
Jeff Wilson/American Suzuki $100
Adam Vella/Webcrush Racing $100
Chuck Gault/Motobama $100
Gary Longren $100
Stephan Hottenrott $100
C.R. “Critter” Gittere/WERA BBS
Tyson Kamp $75
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
Jim Frost/NEDoD $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 Online $50
Eric H. Mathy $50
Steve Breckenridge $50
Jim Race/Speaksy Racing $50
Don Moody $35
Lindsey Leard $30
Dave Deggendorf /WERA BBS $30
Steve Sturm/Squidvision Racing $30
George Gervasi/Projekt9 Racing $30
Bob Elam $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
S.C. Pittman $20
Jamieson D. Yonker $20
Garret Swearingen $20

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. For background information, see Time To Take Back The AMA post from Tuesday morning. Stay tuned for more details, as we work toward our goal, $87,000 for 30 beautiful sections of Air Module, plus money for deployment expenses and for shipping, tax and import duties.

Suzuki Releases Contingency Program Details

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Suzuki Releases Contingency Program Details

This just in from Jeff Wilson of American Suzuki, regarding the 2001 Suzuki contingency program:

“The final draft of the Suzuki contingency brochure will be off to the printers Wednesday the 25th. If you want to let your readers know
some basic new stuff….

“Total posting is just short of $1.4 Million….

: There will be 60 Suzuki Cup Series events at most of the clubs; AFM, CMRA, CRA, CCS, GLRRA, LRRS, MRA, OMRRA, WMRRA, WERA Sportsman, WSMC. These will run primarily through the spring and summer months and the last points-paying round will be a CCS event at Gateway the 16th of September. We will pay at both the WERA GNF (Sportsman and Nat’l Challenge) in Atlanta and the
CCS Race of Champions in Daytona in October. We are posting $480,000 ($8000 per event) for these Suzuki Cup Series events in five classes….600, 750 and Open Superstock and classes for the SV650 and TL1000R. The points earned at these events will allow the rider to compete in the Suzuki Cup Final in October.

“The Suzuki Cup Final will be held October 23rd through the 28th in Atlanta at the WERA Grand National Final again. This year we will up the total payout to $80,000 for five classes. That is a $20,000 increase from 2000. The payout structure will change slightly to allow Suzuki to pay $500 to the 20th-place finisher in each of the three GSX-R classes and $250 for 20th place
in each of the two Twins classes.

“This year we will requiring at least 10 points to qualify for the Final.The heat races will still be run on Saturday for final grid postions to be determined with the exception of the front
rows. And this will be the Big Change. We will “lock” in the top points earner from each region to the front rows of the final event on Sunday; regardless, of his (or her) finish in the heat race. In other words, the fastest “top points earner” from the heat race will have the pole position for the final in each of the five classes.

“The National Level Contingency is about the same as last year with a few adjustments including increased payouts in AMA 600cc Supersport and Formula Xtreme. All of the same classes are eligible for contingency that we paid in
2000; AMA 600cc and 750cc Supersport, Formula Xtreme and Pro Thunder; F-USA Sportbike and Unlimited Superbike; WERA Nat’l Endurance and Nat’l Challenge.Total posting is $825,000.

“We have posted with all the clubs and each should have the ‘Suzuki Money’ days on their schedule now. We will honor results from races prior to the release of the brochure and registration form. Remember, each racer has to
submit a new registration form each year.

“The brochure is later than usual coming out this year and we apologize for that delay. It will be available at all of the clubs and the national events the first part of May. We will be mailing it to all of the 2000 participants and it should be available mid-May at the local Suzuki dealers.

“Good luck and good racing.”

Air Fence Fund Reaches $91,020 In Seven Days On The Web

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Air Fence Fund Reaches $91,020 In Seven Days On The Web

New donations Tuesday afternoon brought our Air Fence contributions total to $91,020. Raising $91,020 in seven days off an internet site (www.roadracingworld.com)is something to be proud of, especially when that money is going for Air Fence modules to protect our racers. And the first modules will be ready to deploy at Road Atlanta on May 16, less than a month from now.

The latest donations were led by Performance Machine at $2900, followed by California Superbike School at $1000. Dr. Jim Adams and his sons James D. Adams and Justin Adams gave $1000 in the name of Tachyon Racing and the Tachyon Sports Injury Research Foundation. The Plummer Menapace Group sent $500. Racer Joshua Hayes came in at $250 and his manager Gina Nadeau sent another $250. More $100 donations came in from Adam Vella/Webcrush Racing, Chuck Gault/Motobama, Gary Longren and Stephan Hottenrott, while Kyle Kirschenmann/Bayou Riders of Louisiana sent $25.

“Keep up the good work” wrote Hottenrott, and all we can say in reply is, thank you for the fantastic effort. For those of you who have not donated, call and get involved. More Air Fence will only make racing better and safer for our racers. The small piece of Air Fence your contribution pays for may save your favorite rider!

The list of contributors now reads:

Erik Buell/Buell Motorcycle Company $5800
Trent Thompson/Paramount Racing $5000
Anonymous $4725
Dynojet Research $3200
Steve Brubaker/Race Tire Service $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
Wegman Benefit Fund/Gordon Lunde Sr. $2900
Performance Machine $2900
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Advanced Motor Sports/In Memory of Dirk Piz $2000
L.A. Bikers/labiker.org $1810
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $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 $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
Intrepid Café Racers $775
Yoshimura Racing $750
Team Daemon Racing $600
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
Brooks Gremmels/Shogun Motorsports $500
Jim Di Salvo/Alien Racing $500
Dale Kieffer/Racers Edge Performance $500
The Plummer Menapace Group $500
Bill St. John/Project Monza $400
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
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
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
Aaron Yates $200
MZ Scorpion Cup Racers $175
Chris Kelley/California Cycleworks $150
Robb Mc Elroy $150
Tim Chin/Team Bandit $150
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales/WERA BBS $125
Mike Brown/Team 222 $125
Pat Stricker $100
Gary Rand $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 $100/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
Paul Kingsburgh/RC45.net $100
Lucky Deleoni $100
Tom Drumm $100
David Brown $100
Steve Moonitz $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 $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
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
D&D Thrush Farms $100
Jeff Wilson/American Suzuki $100
Adam Vella/Webcrush Racing $100
Chuck Gault/Motobama $100
Gary Longren $100
Stephan Hottenrott $100
Tyson Kamp $75
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
Jim Frost/NEDoD $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 Online $50
Eric H. Mathy $50
Steve Breckenridge $50
Jim Race/Speaksy Racing $50
Don Moody $35
Lindsey Leard $30
Dave Deggendorf /WERA BBS $30
Steve Sturm/Squidvision Racing $30
George Gervasi/Projekt9 Racing $30
Greg Gabis $29
Ripley Howe $29
Mark Hatten/Meccanica Corse Racing $29
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
S.C. Pittman $20
Jamieson D. Yonker $20
Garret Swearingen $20

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. For background information, see Time To Take Back The AMA post from Tuesday morning. Stay tuned for more details, as we work toward our goal, $87,000 for 30 beautiful sections of Air Module, plus money for deployment expenses and for shipping, tax and import duties.

R.S. Taichi U.S. Office Now Open

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R.S. Taichi, a Japanese leather manufacturer, has opened a U.S office, and is stocking all sizes of leather suits, gloves and inner suits. Custom orders for leather suits can also be accommodated.

The address is:

RS TAICHI USA
409 North Pacific Coast Hwy #641
Redondo Beach, CA 90277 USA
Phone (310) 542-4974 (FAX) (310) 370-1206
e-mail [email protected]
www.rs-taichi.com

Road America Joins Loudon And Willow Springs In Support Of Air Fence Project

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Road America Joins Loudon And Willow Springs In Support Of Air Fence Project

In a Wednesday afternoon phone call to Roadracing World headquarters, Road America President and General Manager George Bruggenthies said that the Wisconsin racetrack will deploy Air Fence purchased by the Roadracing World fund raising drive.

“We’re willing to put it up,” Bruggenthies said. “Obviously, we want to make everything as safe as possible for the racers.”

Road America, located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, is the third major racetrack to support our Air Fence fund-raising drive. New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire and Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, California have also expressed support for the project and have committed to deploying Air Fence purchased with funds raised by Roadracing World.

Isle of Man TT Cancelled Due To Fears Of Spreading Foot And Mouth Disease

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Isle of Man TT Cancelled Due To Fears Of Spreading Foot And Mouth Disease

The 2001 Isle of Man TT was officially called off today by the Man government.

At issue is the potential spread of Hoof and Mouth Disease to livestock on the island, which has to date remained free of the disease now ravaging herds in England and continental Europe.

Government spokesmen said there was no way to properly disinfect the huge crowds of visitors–and their vehicles–drawn to the Island by the annual event.

The loss of tourist revenue caused by the cancellation was the lesser of two evils when compared to the potential loss of livestock herds built up over decades, according to farmers.

More information is available on the website www.iomonline.co.im

WERA and Wegman Push Air Module/Air Fence Fund To $84,695 With More Coming In

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WERA and Wegman Push Air Module/Air Fence Fund To $84,695 With More Coming In

New donations from The Wegman Benefit Fund and WERA Motorcycle Roadracing have combined with dozens of donations from individuals to push our fund to protect racers with air-filled soft barriers to $84,695. In the meantime, both Alpina Safety Systems and Air Fence have committed to delivery in time for the AMA race at Road Atlanta May 17-20.

“I think it is great that you have undertaken this crusade and I applaud you for trying to get something done faster than bureaucracy,” wrote WERA President Evelyne Clarke with her pledge. “I spoke with (AMA Pro Racing CEO)Scott (Hollingsworth)the other day and told him to use this as a positive–hopefully he will see it as such. He told me that the AMA had this plan in the works and that they were trying to figure out ALL the logistics – I believe him – Daytona definitely made him see what a ‘bad’ weekend can be all about (even if it was riders doing dumb things and not within any official’s control). I just wish he could spend time in the trenches instead of the office and meetings trying to keep things going there and constantly putting out fires that rise from the trenches. I still have faith in him, just wish he wasn’t pulled in 50 directions at once. Anyway–WERA will put a check in today’s mail for $1450 to cover 50% of a section. This is done for all the WERA riders who go on to pursue Pro Racing careers in the AMA. Good luck with your project and please try to work toward understanding that Scott Hollingsworth is not the ‘bad guy’, he’s just the guy who got saddled with a job bigger than most people would want to undertake and that he got thrown into it feet first with not a lot of help!”

“I was out of town all last week and just got wind of the Air Fence fund,” wrote Gordon Lunde, Sr. of the Wegman Benefit Fund. “Please put us in for a $2900 donation. The check will be on the way tomorrow morning. The Wegman Fund exists to help racers after they have been injured but I think we should also help in the prevention of those injuries. I applaud the effort! Thank you, John, for always keeping the safety of the riders at heart.”

Other donations included one from Bill St. John/Project Monza for $400, and $100 donations came in from Mark Sutton, Steve Scott/LRRS #47, journalist Eric Putter, Jim Doerfler, Ira Englebardt, Joe & Nancy Fenech, Earl Hayden, AMA 250cc Grand Prix Champion Chuck Sorensen, D&D Thrush Farms and Jeff Wilson of American Suzuki. A $58 donation came in from Kelly Thornton and more $50 donations came in from Kenyon Kluge/K2 Racing, Darin Nichols/Team Unit, Richard Davis, Allen Lyon/Ducati Online, Eric H. Mathy, Steve Breckenridge and Jim Race/Speaksy Racing, while another $30 came in from George Gervasi/Projekt9 Racing.

“It makes me proud to help protect my friends while they are doing their job,” wrote Steve Breckenridge. “I have seen Grant Lopez and others hit too many unprotected, non-removable walls. I don’t want to see it anymore. I wish I could give more, but my very tight racing budget cannot support it. I hope it helps. Thank you for looking out for all of us racers.”

Other comments came from the following:

Eric Putter: “Tell John he is doing a great job.”

Ira Englebardt: “Awesome – Happy someone is taking care of it. Yeah, that’s the ticket!”

Erik H. Mathy: “First off, I have to say that your willingness to take the bull by the horns is just fantastic. AMA’s dragging their feet? Screw ’em! We’ll take care of it ourselves! Awesome, awesome, awesome!”

Kelly Thornton: “In memorial of no more stupid, crippling accidents to all riders, famous or not.”

Richard Davis: “I’m just a racing fan and occasional track-day enthusiast, but I’m sending in a check for $50 today. This is a great cause! The first AMA racing event I attended was the 2000 Laguna Seca round in which Jamie Bowman was killed after crashing into an unprotected barrier. Needless to say, this put a dark cloud over the entire weekend’s events and personally left me feeling sick to my stomach. That was almost a full year ago and the fact that no significant safety improvements have been made is just ridiculous. Exactly how many Jamie Bowman’s does AMA Racing need to see killed before they take action? Three? A dozen? Twenty? A hundred? Let’s just hope that someone over there has enough sense to accept FREE safety equipment that will save racers’ careers and lives. Great job, Roadracing World. Thank you!”

Gerret Swearingen: “I just paid $20 towards the Air Fence fund and wanted to make a comment. I think that it is ironic that those that are paid to talk ( Roadracing World employees ) are doing something about protecting our racers while those that are supposed to do something (AMA officers) are talking about protecting our racers. I applaud Roadracing World’s creation of and raising money for the Air Fence fund and urge you to continue the good work. The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.”

Bill Capshaw/ICE Motorsports: “Thanks for taking the initiative on the Air Fence issue. We race for fun, and the guys that ride for me are my friends. We ride to the track together, and we all want to go home together at the end of the race weekend. There has not been much that an individual can do to improve the safety of racing, so I think this is a great idea. If we weren’t in the middle of the road racing season, the check would be bigger. But this is what I can do for now. We appreciate the opportunity that AMA racing gives to us–I can’t think of any other national racing series in any form of motorsports wher small teams and individuals without major sponsors can go out and race with the very best. We were on top of the world last season when Shane Clarke piloted our GSXR to the Top Privateer position in the Mid-Ohio Superbike race. Thanks for coordinating this effort so that even the smaller teams can give the AMA some idea of how important the racers are to us.”

The list of contributors now reads:

Erik Buell/Buell Motorcycle Company $5800
Trent Thompson/Paramount Racing $5000
Anonymous $4725
Dynojet Research $3200
Steve Brubaker/Race Tire Service $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
Wegman Benefit Fund/Gordon Lunde Sr. $2900
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Advanced Motor Sports/In Memory of Dirk Piz $2000
L.A. Bikers/labiker.org $1810
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $1500
Marc Salvisberg/Factory Pro Tuning $1450
Bob Dragich/Roadracing World $1450
Fred Renz/Yoyodyne $1450
WERA $1450
Bob Blandford/N.E. Sportbike Assn. $1100
Chuck Warren/Arclight Suzuki $1000
Jim Rashid/4&6 Cycle $1000
Scott Willock $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
Intrepid Café Racers $775
Yoshimura Racing $750
Team Daemon Racing $600
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
Brooks Gremmels/Shogun Motorsports $500
Jim Di Salvo/Alien Racing $500
Dale Kieffer/Racers Edge Performance $500
Bill St. John/Project Monza $400
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
Brian Mitchell $250
Al Ludington $250
Tim Simpson $250
Spectrum Motorsports/VJB Racing $250
David Roy, Ducati N. America $250
Debbie Roy/Frenotec $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 $200
Cliff Nobles $200
Aaron Yates $200
MZ Scorpion Cup Racers $175
Chris Kelley/California Cycleworks $150
Robb Mc Elroy $150
Tim Chin/Team Bandit $150
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales/WERA BBS $125
Mike Brown/Team 222 $125
Pat Stricker $100
Gary Rand $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 $100/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
Paul Kingsburgh/RC45.net $100
Lucky Deleoni $100
Tom Drumm $100
David Brown $100
Steve Moonitz $100
Jake Swan $100
Chris Story $100
Chris Eklund $100
Randy Ball/WERA BBS $100
Mark Hellvig $100
Gary Schilling/On Time Racing $100
Steve Sumner $100
Laura Granato $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
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
D&D Thrush Farms $100
Jeff Wilson/American Suzuki $100
Tyson Kamp $75
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
Jim Frost/NEDoD $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 Online $50
Eric H. Mathy $50
Steve Breckenridge $50
Jim Race/Speaksy Racing $50
Don Moody $35
Lindsey Leard $30
Dave Deggendorf /WERA BBS $30
Steve Sturm/Squidvision Racing $30
George Gervasi/Projekt9 Racing $30
Greg Gabis $29
Ripley Howe $29
Mark Hatten/Meccanica Corse Racing $29
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
S.C. Pittman $20
Jamieson D. Yonker $20
Garret Swearingen $20

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. For background information, see Time To Take Back The AMA post from Tuesday morning. Stay tuned for more details, as we work toward our goal, $87,000 for 30 beautiful sections of Air Module, plus money for deployment expenses and for shipping, tax and import duties.

SFX Motor Sports Would Be Happy To Use Fund Air Barriers, If They Are Made Available

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SFX Motor Sports Would Be Happy To Use Fund Air Barriers, If They Are Made Available

Roy Janson, SFX Motor Sports Vice President of Operations, said April 23 that Formula USA would be happy to use air barriers purchased by our fund raiser and would deploy semi-trucks owned by SFX Motor Sports to pick up and return the barriers to their warehouse location, should the barriers be made available.

Speaking in a late-afternoon phone call to Roadracing World headquarters in Lake Elsinore, California, Janson said “Formula USA is very interested in seeing where this Air Fence would be available, and if it was available for us to use we would arrange for shipping.

“We’re thrilled to see this immediate response from the road racing community on this very important issue, which is rider safety,” continued Janson. “If this Air Fence is available for us to use at our events, at the tracks where we have our scheduled activities, providing that the tracks agree, we would look forward to the chance to use these additional recognized protection devices and we would arrange to pick up and return it with our own vehicles.”

The list of contributors now reads:
Erik Buell/Buell Motorcycle Company $5800
Trent Thompson/Paramount Racing $5000
Anonymous $4725
Dynojet Research $3200
Steve Brubaker/Race Tire Service $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
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Advanced Motor Sports/In Memory of Dirk Piz $2000
L.A. Bikers/labiker.org $1810
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $1500
Marc Salvisberg/Factory Pro Tuning $1450
Bob Dragich/Roadracing World $1450
Fred Renz/Yoyodyne $1450
Bob Blandford/N.E. Sportbike Assn. $1100
Chuck Warren/Arclight Suzuki $1000
Jim Rashid/4&6 Cycle $1000
Scott Willock $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
Intrepid Café Racers $775
Yoshimura Racing $750
Team Daemon Racing $600
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
Brooks Gremmels/Shogun Motorsports $500
Jim Di Salvo/Alien Racing $500
Dale Kieffer/Racers Edge Performance $500
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
Brian Mitchell $250
Al Ludington $250
Tim Simpson $250
Spectrum Motorsports/VJB Racing $250
David Roy, Ducati N. America $250
Debbie Roy/Frenotec $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 $200
Cliff Nobles $200
Aaron Yates $200
MZ Scorpion Cup Racers $175
Chris Kelley $150
Robb Mc Elroy $150
Tim Chin/Team Bandit $150
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales/WERA BBS $125
Mike Brown/Team 222 $125
Pat Stricker $100
Gary Rand $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 $100/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 $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
Paul Kingsburgh/RC45.net $100
Lucky Deleoni $100
Tom Drumm $100
David Brown $100
Steve Moonitz $100
Jake Swan $100
Chris Story $100
Chris Eklund $100
Randy Ball/WERA BBS $100
Mark Hellvig $100
Gary Schilling/On Time Racing $100
Steve Sumner $100
Laura Granato $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/WERA BBS $100
Chris Ulrich/In Memory of Russ Paulk And Toby Jorgensen $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
Tyson Kamp $75
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 $50
Victor Mokler $50
Steve Clark/J. Guthridge/Tight Squeeze Racing $50
Nate Olsen $50
Anthony Moey $50
Dustin Miller $50
Jim Frost/NEDoD $50
Steve Martinez $50
Jason Temme/Serpent Racing $50
Mike Hodgson/WERA BBS $50
Chris Borre/Motorcycleroadracing.com $50
Richard Barker/AIM/In Memory of Dirk Piz $50
Mike Reish/Reish Dot Net $50
Don Moody $35
Lindsey Leard $30
Dave Deggendorf /WERA BBS $30
Steve Sturm/Squidvision Racing $30
Greg Gabis $29
Ripley Howe $29
Mark Hatten/Meccanica Corse Racing $29
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 Khristine Lowanger $25
Dee Moses $25
S.C. Pittman $20
Jamieson D. Yonker $20
Garret Swearingen $20

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]. For background information, see Time To Take Back The AMA post from Tuesday morning. Stay tuned for more details, as we work toward our goal, $87,000 for 30 beautiful sections of Air Module, plus money for deployment expenses and for shipping, tax and import duties.

Yamaha Announces Contingency Program, Including 250cc Grand Prix

Breaking News

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Yamaha Announces Contingency Program, Including 250cc Grand Prix

This just in from Yamaha:

“Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, announced
the return of its road racing contingency support program for 2001. In addition to offering last year’s healthy endurance and sprint payouts at
national and regional club races across the country, Yamaha added AMA 250cc GP class support.

“‘Yamaha has built a strong road racing legacy over the years and we recognize that our future Champions hone their skills at both the national and regional levels,’ notes Larry Griffis, Yamaha racing director. ‘It’s important for us to support the sport by supporting Yamaha racers.’

“Yamaha YZF-R1 and R6 racers earning podium finishes in the SFX Formula USA series will see a $2000 check for first, $750 for second and $500 for third. Top Yamaha performers in selected WERA endurance classes will be rewarded with $1500, $750 and $500 respectively and regional club race winners will be $1000 richer with $500 and $350 going to second and third place finishers.

“The lightweight and sharp handling Yamaha YZF R1 and R6 out-powered the competition last year in a big way. ‘We wrote a lot of checks last year-a lot more than we expected,’ said Griffis. As a result, Griffis says he expects to see even more Yamaha YZFs on the grids–and on the podium for
2001.

“For additional information regarding program details including specific events and tracks or to get registration forms, go to the Yamaha web site at www.yamaha-motor.com.”

We’re Not Even Open And Already It’s $67,267 For 23 Sections Of Air Fence And Counting

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We’re Not Even Open And Already It’s $67,267 For 23 Sections Of Air Fence And Counting

It’s 7:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, the Roadracing World office in Lake Elsinore, California hasn’t even opened up yet, and already our Air Fence fund is up to $67,267 on the basis of two walk-up donations made as we were leaving Willow Springs Raceway last night, $1000 from the G.M.D. Computrack Network and $500 from Racers Edge Performance, the performance parts and Michelin tire distributorship owned by racer Dale Kieffer. That’s enough money for 23 sections of Air Fence.

With Dynamic Logistics pledging the use of a semi-truck to haul the Air Fence sections, and with the first sections already on order for delivery at Road Atlanta, this little internet thing of ours has accomplished more on the improved barrier protection front in a week than anybody else has gotten done in the last three years. Racers make things happen!

And we’re not done yet. At 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, operators will be standing by to take your pledge at (800) 464-8336. Credit cards accepted.

Or pledge online at [email protected], be sure to include your name, address, phone number and amount you pledge.

The section of Air Fence your contribution helps buy may make a difference between your favorite racer being seriously injured or not injured at all. We’re planning Air Fence contributor receptions at tracks where the Air Fence is deployed, where you’ll be able to see and autograph the actual Air Fence section your contribution helped pay for.

Be part of this fantastic movement to improve rider safety now, to make something happen!

The donation list now reads:

Erik Buell/Buell Motorcycle Company $5800
Trent Thompson/Paramount Racing $5000
Anonymous $4725
Steve Brubaker/Race Tire Service $3000
John Ulrich/Roadracing World $2900
Aprilia USA $2900
American Suzuki Motor Corp. $2900
Ducati North America $2900
Jonathan Glaefke $2900
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $1500
Marc Salvisberg/Factory Pro Tuning $1450
Bob Dragich/Roadracing World $1450
Fred Renz/Yoyodyne $1450
Bob Blandford/N.E. Sportbike Assn. $1100
Chuck Warren/Arclight Suzuki $1000
Jim Rashid/4&6 Cycle $1000
Scott Willock $1000
Don Emde/In Memory of Cal Rayborn $1000
Jason Pridmore’s Star Motorcycle School $1000
Mark E. Dobeck/ODW Power Sports $1000
G.M.D. Computrack Network $1000
Intrepid Café Racers $775
Team Daemon Racing $600
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
Brooks Gremmels/Shogun Motorsports $500
Jim Di Salvo/Alien Racing $500
Dale Kieffer/Racers Edge Performance $500
Edward S. Siccardi, Jr. $300
Dan Fischer/Copier1.com $300
David Finniff $300
Marietta Motorsports $300
Brendan Guy $300
Dean Scarpa $300
Anonymous $300
Brian Mitchell $250
Al Ludington $250
Tim Simpson $250
Spectrum Motorsports/VJB Racing $250
David Roy, Ducati N. America $250
Debbie Roy/Frenotec $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 $200
Chris Kelley $150
Robb McElroy $150
Tim Chin/Team Bandit $150
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales/WERA BBS $125
Mike Brown/Team 222 $125
Pat Stricker $100
Gary Rand $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 $100
Brian Stokes/Marietta Motorsports $100
Chris “Opie” Caylor/Marrietta Motorsports $100
David McElvain/NEDoD $100
Ned “Peanut” Brown/NESBA/TPM $100
Vance Hacecky $100
Patrick Mee $100
Dave and Jason Parker $100
Paul Kingsburgh/RC45.net $100
Lucky Deleoni $100
Tom Drumm $100
David Brown $100
Steve Moonitz $100
Jake Swan $100
Chris Story $100
Chris Eklund $100
Randy Ball/WERA BBS $100
Mark Hellvig $100
Gary Schilling/On Time Racing $100
Steve Sumner $100
Laura Granato $100
Norm Viano/Lawdog Sports Mgmt $100
Kevin Jordan/Jordan Motorsports $100
Val Gregory/In Memory of Dirk Piz $100
Dave Gess $100
Rob Berland $100
Paul Black $100
Steve Hewitt $100
Mike Ciccotto $100
Tripp Nobles $100
Scott Rehl $100
Steve & Lorraine Aledort $100
Jeff Rozycki/WERA BBS $100
Chris Ulrich/In Memory Of Russ Paulk $100
Tyson Kamp $75
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 $50
Victor Mokler $50
Steve Clark/J. Guthridge/Tight Squeeze Racing $50
Nate Olsen $50
Anthony Moey $50
Dustin Miller $50
Jim Frost/NEDoD $50
Steve Martinez $50
Don Moody $35
Lindsey Leard $30
Greg Gabis $29
Ripley Howe $29
Mark Hatten/Meccanica Corse Racing $29
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 Khristine Lowanger $25
S.C. Pittman $20
Jamieson D. Yonker $20

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]. For background information, see Time To Take Back The AMA post from Tuesday morning. Stay tuned for more details, as we work toward our goal, $87,000 or 30 beautiful sections of Air Fence.