The Air Fence Saga: $64,567 For 22 Sections Of Fence In Four Days, With More To Come

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April 20, 2001

The Air Fence Saga: $64,567 For 22 Sections Of Fence In Four Days, With More To Come

The Roadracing World Air Fence Fund stands at $64,567, which means we’ve gone from zero to 22 sections of Air Fence in four days.

That’s 22 sections, or 660 linear feet of Air Fence.

In three years of talking about buying Air Fence, AMA Pro Racing has purchased zero sections, and the AMA Pro Racing inventory of Air Fence has dwindled to three sections (90 feet), and one section leaks so badly that it must be refilled after every class or practice session is run.

What does this mean? It means that our AMA racers now will have six times as much Air Fence to cover steel and concrete walls and dirt embankments. It means that our AMA racers will have a better-than-ever chance of avoiding injury from sliding or flying into walls and embankments. And we’re not just talking about famous, highly paid stars, we’re talking about every man and woman on the grid, not just the front-row runners, but those back in row 20 as well.

If you know, admire or care for any AMA racer, helping us get Air Fence–not just talk about getting Air Fence–is the best way to support our AMA racers.

The late-Friday push over the $64,500 mark came with generous donations, including one of $2900–enough for a complete section of Air Fence–from Jonathan Glaefke, and a donation of $1450 from Fred Renz of Yoyodyne, who said, “I’d like to buy half a bag…”

Jason Pridmore’s Star Motorcycle School donated $1000, and the Intrepid Cafe Racers collected $775 as group. And donations from Tim Chin/Team Bandit, Steve and Lorraine Aleport, Jeff Rozycki/WERA BBS, and Max Buxton/NEDoD pushed the total over the top.

The list of contributions so far follows:
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
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
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 $125
Mike Brown: Team 222 Wayyyy 2 Old, 2 Fat and 2 Slow $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
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 $100
Chris “Opie” Caylor $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
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
Frederick Olsen $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.

Now It’s $59,592 For 20 Sections Of Air Fence With More To Come

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Now It’s $59,592 For 20 Sections Of Air Fence With More To Come

Paramount Racing team owner Trent Thompson and Steve Brubaker of the Eastern-U.S. Dunlop race tire distributor Sport Tire Service have helped kick our Air Fence Fund up to $59,592 or enough for 20 beautiful sections of Air Fence, or 600 linear feet of protection for our AMA racers.

Thompson kicked in an impressive $5000 and Brubaker plunked down $3000 to buy Air Fence. And racer Mark Hatten pledged $29 and sent this note: “As a AMA Charter Life Member, I no longer have to pay my $29 annual dues. As an AMA Pro Racing license holder and Pro Thunder racer, I can’t think of a better way to spend that $29 than chipping in towards the purchase of Air Fence sections. In fact, I’ll gladly send my $29 each year to Roadracing World if they continue to spearhead worthy effort like this.”

Former Daytona 200 winner Don Emde sent $1000 in memory of Cal Rayborn and other new donations have come in from Robb McElroy, Norm Viano, Kevin Jordan, Val Gregory in memory of Dirk Piz, Dave Gess, Rob Berland, AMA Pro racers Mike Ciccotto and Tripp Nobles, Scott Rehl, Jim Frost, Steve Martinez, Frederick Olsen, Don Moody, Rene Ferron, Sean Patrick Brisini, Richard Korol, Eric and Khristine Lowanger and Jamieson D. Yonker.

The contributor list now looks like this:

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
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $1500
Marc Salvisberg/Factory Pro Tuning $1450
Bob Dragich/Roadracing World $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
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
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 $200
Scott Jenkins $200
Chris Kelley $150
Robb Mc Elroy $150
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales $125
Mike Brown $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
Philip Rusin/RC51.net $100
Allen “Spence” Spencer $100
Matt Wadsworth $100
Dean N. De St. Croix $100
Tony Tugwell $100
Bart Fuqua $100
Brian Stokes $100
Chris “Opie” Caylor $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
Tyson Kamp $75
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
Frederick Olsen $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 Monday-Friday 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.

And THANK YOU to all the people who care enough about our racers to get this done by contributing to our Air Fence fund.

The Air Fence Drive’s Big Number Passes $55K

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The Air Fence Drive’s Big Number Passes $55K

Donations continue to come in and the amount of money raised for purchasing Air Fence has rolled past $55,000. That’s almost 19 sections and 570 linear feet of beautiful Air Fence to protect our brave AMA racers, everyone from Nicky Hayden and Miguel Duhamel and Jimmy Filice to Ben Spies, Justin Blake, Ceasar Gonsales, Bruce Lind, Mike Ciccotto and everybody else on the grid. Stay tuned for more updates.

Air Fence Fund Shoots Past $50K; Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca and Willow Springs Promoters Look Forward To Using Additional Air Fence

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Air Fence Fund Shoots Past $50K; Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca and Willow Springs Promoters Look Forward To Using Additional Air Fence

Speedvision Productions, the promoters of AMA Superbike Nationals at Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca, expressed support for the Roadracing World Air Fence fund-raising drive Friday morning. According to Speedvision Productions’ Dan Murphy, the company will be happy to deploy Air Fence purchased with money raised by Roadracing World, to supplement the company’s own recent purchase of Air Fence.

Greg Huth of Willow Springs Raceway, which will promote a round of the AMA Superbike Series in September, also expressed support for the project on Friday morning.

And proving that racers know how to make things happen quickly, the Roadracing World Air Fence fund headed past $50,000 and beyond on the strength of new donations from racer Bill St. John, racer and Shogun Motorsports owner Brooks Gremmels, racer Steven Hewitt and Alien Racing/Cruise America Grand Prix Racing’s Jim DiSalvo, himself a former racer and the parent of a current racer.

With the help of racers, mechanics, team owners, fans, former racers and companies involved in racing, the Roadracing World Air Fence Fund is going to get Air Fence for the use of our AMA racers at every track, and it’s not going to take us three years or two years or even four months to do it.

Shogun’s Harrell Fastest In Sport Bike Practice At Windy Willow

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Shogun’s Harrell Fastest In Sport Bike Practice At Windy Willow

Paul Harrell took his Shogun Motorsports Yamaha YZF-R6 to the front of the Sport Bike field during Thursday afternoon practice in cold, overcast, windy conditions at Willow Springs Raceway. Harrell’s fastest lap was a 1:24.860.

Hooters Suzuki’s Mike Ciccotto was second-quickest on a GSX-R600 at 1:24.903, with Synergy Racing’s Marc Palazzo third-quickest on a Honda CBR600F4i at 1:24.911.

Top times follow:

1. Paul Harrell, Yamaha, 1:24.860
2. Mike Ciccotto, Suzuki, 1:24.903
3. Marc Palazzo, Honda, 1:24.911
4. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:25.393
5. Lance Issacs, Honda, 1:25.664
6. Owen Weichel, Kawasaki, 1:25.883
7. Jacob West, 1:25.911
8. Joe Gill, Yamaha, 1:26.095
9. Brian Parriott, Suzuki, 1:26.286
10. Ty Howard, Yamaha, 1:26.430
11. Brian Kovarick, 1:26.573
12. Karl Lowry, 1:26.827
13. Shane Prieto, Suzuki, 1:26.880
14. Jason Paden, Suzuki, 1:26.888
15. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:27.380
16. Stoney Landers, Kawasaki, 1:27.526
17. Brian Gibbs, Suzuki, 1:27.549
18. Shawn Conrad, 1:27.572
19. Shannon Ball, 1:27.572
20. Kevin Pate, 1:27.872

In Aprilia Cup Challenge practice, Spectrum Motorsports/VJB Racing’s Vicky Jackson-Bell was quickest at 1:31.526, followed by defending Champion Aaron Clark at 1:31.789. Top times follow:

1. Vicky Jackson-Bell, 1:31.526
2. Aaron Clark, 1:31.789
3. Dan Fischer, 1:32.269
4. Andre Castanos, 1:32.886
5. Jeff Wood, 1:33.331
6. Derek McKelvie King, 1:33.380
7. Oliver Chami, 1:35.197
8. Max Wissel, 1:35.694
9. Jason Morse, 1:35.855
10. Josh Sortor, 1:35.971

Lopez Fastest In F-USA Unlimited Superbike At Blustery Willow

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Lopez Fastest In F-USA Unlimited Superbike At Blustery Willow

Grant Lopez topped the time charts during Unlimited Superbike practice on a cold, blustery day at Willow Springs, riding a Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki GSX-R750.

Local star Ken Chase was second-fastest on a White Tip Motorsports GSX-R750, followed by Mike Ciccotto on a Hooters Suzuki GSX-750, Paul Harrell on a Shogun Motorsports Yamaha YZF-R1, and Tray Batey on a Blackmans Racing Aprilia RSV Mille R.

The times follow:

1. Grant Lopez, Suzuki, 1:23.280
2. Ken Chase, Suzuki, 1:23.292
3. Mike Ciccotto, Suzuki, 1:23.482
4. Paul Harrell, Yamaha, 1:23.753
5. Tray Batey, Aprilia, 1:23.757
6. Lee Acree, Suzuki, 1:23.970
7. Jimmy Moore, Suzuki, 1:24.103
8. Lance Issacs, Honda, 1:24.342
9. Joe Prussiano, Yamaha, 1:24.414
10. Chris Ulrich, Suzuki, 1:24.449
11. Vincent Haskovec, Suzuki, 1:24.513
12. Brian Parriott, Suzuki, 1:24.560
13. Marc Palazzo, Honda. 1:24.862
14. Mike Himmelsbach, Aprilia, 1:24.886
15. Craig Connell, Ducati, 1:24.959
16. Ty Howard, Kawasaki, 1:25.067
17. Michael Barnes, Kawasaki, 1:25.345
18. Brian Gibbs, Suzuki, 1:25.323
19. Brian Kovarick, 1:25.706
20. Joe Gill, Yamaha, 1:25.975

Updated Post With Additional Information: AMA Claims It had Secret Plan to Buy Air Fence All Along As Our Fund Reaches $48,208

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Updated Post With Additional Information: AMA Claims It had Secret Plan to Buy Air Fence All Along As Our Fund Reaches $48,208

The AMA issued a press release April l9 attempting to discredit the Roadracing World Air Fence fundraising drive, claiming the existence of a secret AMA plan to buy and deploy Air Fence.

This despite AMA Pro Racing CEO Scott Hollingsworth telling Roadracing World’s John Ulrich (at Daytona in March) that he had been unable to convince the AMA Pro Racing Board of Directors to agree to purchase new Air Fence.

“I hope you haven’t written a check I can’t cash,” said Hollingsworth, referring to a report on roadracingworld.com that the Pro Racing Board was considering buying additional Air Fence. In fact, the Board was unable to reach agreement on the purchase and had not put together the funding.

Now that Roadracing World has decided it’s time to stop talking and start taking action by launching a donation drive to purchase Air Fence, AMA Pro Racing has changed its story and claimed that purchase of the new Air Fence has been in the works since late last year.

But two days ago, a Board member complained in an e-mail to Roadracing World that he had been diligently working on a plan to purchase Air Fence for a month. One month ago was March 2001, not December 2000. Yet AMA Pro Racing now claims that the purchase has been in the works since December of last year.

The AMA release read as follows.

“AMA PRO RACING BRINGS CLARITY TO RECENT DISCUSSIONS ON AIR FENCE
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — In December 2000, the AMA Pro Racing Board of Directors took action to initiate a plan for the purchase of 30 additional units of Air Fence to be used at rounds of the AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship.

The estimated cost to purchase, staff, transport and store the fencing exceeds $450,000 for a three-year period, not including ongoing maintenance and repair costs.

“A formal announcement of this program was planned once all details were complete. It should be noted that a four-month lead time is required for the delivery of this quantity of air fence.

“AMA Pro Racing appreciates the individuals and corporations pledging support throughout the development of this important initiative. Visit amaproracing.com for updates on this and other AMA Pro Racing news and race results. “

In response to the AMA press release, Roadracing World’s John Ulrich said, “The AMA release is the usual excuse for why something hasn’t happened. I’ve been pushing these guys to get more Air Fence since Grant Lopez, Miguel Duhamel, and Thomas Wilson slammed into bare concrete walls two or three years ago. At this time the AMA has three sections of Air Fence, one of which leaks badly. In two and a half days, I’ve raised $48,000, enough for 16 sections of Air Fence, with donations coming from individual AMA members, race teams, racing enthusiasts, and companies involved in racing, without any help whatsoever from anybody at the AMA headquarters. Talk is cheap and it’s easy for bureaucrats to make plans.

“It’s also worth noting that they didn’t say they’ve already come up with the money to enact this grand plan, they just said they’re working on it and were planning to announce the plan when they were finished, which is what they always say.

“What we’ve done is make something happen. That’s what racers do, and we’re not going to stop until we have funded 30 new sections of Air Fence. And if I have to buy a truck and transport and deploy it myself, that is what I’m going to do. How is that a bad thing?”

A spokesman for an Air Fence supplier based in Europe has told Roadracing World that Air Fence could be delivered to Road Atlanta in time for the AMA National there next month.

The Roadracing World Air Fence fundraising drive has already raised $48,208, and the list of contributors continues to grow, with new donations from racer Dean Scarpa, Anonymous, Mike Canfield/Chandelle Motorsports, Spectrum Motorsports/VJB Racing, Debbie Roy, and many other racers, team owners, teams and fans. The current donation list follows:

Erik Buell/Buell Motorcycle Company $5800
Anonymous $4725
John Ulrich/Roadracing World $2900
Aprilia USA $2900
American Suzuki Motor Corp. $2900
Ducati North America $2900
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $1500
Marc Salvisberg/Factory Pro Tuning $1450
Bob Dragich/Roadracing World $1450
Bob Blandford/N.E. Sportbike Assn. $1100
Chuck Warren/Arclight Suzuki $1000
Jim Rashid/4&6 Cycle $1000
Scott Willock $1000
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
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
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales/WERA BBS $125
Mike Brown $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
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 $100
Chris “Opie” Caylor $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
Paul Black $100
Tyson Kamp $75
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
Lindsey Leard $30
Greg Gabis $29
Ripley Howe $29
Josh Loberant $25
Charles Tomes $25
Jon DeMent $25
Timothy Wilson $25
Mark Novak $25
S.C. Pittman $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]. Readers should feel free to call their parts, tire and accessory suppliers and urge them to make a contribution to improve safety conditions for AMA racers. For that matter, contact local dealers and ask them to encourage their OEMs to contribute. For background information, see Time To Take Back The AMA post from Tuesday morning. Stay tuned for more details.

Ducati and Lockhart Phillips Push Air Fence Fund to $47,558, or Almost 17 Sections

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Ducati and Lockhart Phillips Push Air Fence Fund to $47,558, or Almost 17 Sections

Ducati North America kicked in $2900, and former AMA racer Wendell Phillips of Lockhart Racing contributed $2500 to push our Air Fence fund toward 17 beautiful sections of Air Fence to protect our AMA racers. That’s almost 510 feet of padded barrier protection for our racing heroes, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, friends, and competitors on the race track.

Other donations include $250 from Ducati North America Manager of Racing Operations David Roy, $600 from Team Daemon Racing, and $500 from Jim Davis of J6 Racing, who told Roadracing World that his contribution is in memory of Dirk Piz. Former racer Lucky Deleoni made his contribution of $100 to honor racers Brian Stokes, Adrian Webb and others who have supported him through his fight against cancer.

Since Tuesday, when the “Call to Action” was first posted on the Roadracing World website, donations to the Air Fence fund have poured in with phone calls and e-mails from racers, mechanics and crew, race teams, manufacturers and others involved in the motorcycle industry, as well as racing fans and friends of racers eager to support the cause. The contributor list continues to grow, as follows:

Erik Buell/Buell Motorcycle Company $5800
Anonymous $4725
John Ulrich/Roadracing World $2900
Aprilia USA $2900
American Suzuki Motor Corp. $2900
Ducati North America $2900
Wendell Phillips/Lockhart Phillips $2500
Dennis Smith/Sport Tire Services $1500
Marc Salvisberg/Factory Pro Tuning $1450
Bob Dragich/Roadracing World $1450
Bob Blandford/N.E. Sportbike Assn. $1100
Chuck Warren/Arclight Suzuki $1000
Jim Rashid/4&6 Cycle $1000
Scott Willock $1000
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
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 $200
Chris Kelley $150
Jim Williams/13x.com $125
David Boosales $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
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 $100
Chris “Opie” Caylor $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
Tyson Kamp $75
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/Jennilynne Guthridge/Tight Squeeze Racing $50
Nate Olsen $50
Anthony Moey $50
Lindsey Leard $30
Greg Gabis $29
Ripley Howe $29
Josh Loberant $25
Charles Tomes $25
Jon DeMent $25
Timothy Wilson $25
S.C. Pittman $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]. Readers should feel free to call their parts, tire and accessory suppliers and urge them to make a contribution to improve safety conditions for AMA racers. For that matter, contact local dealers and ask them to encourage their OEMs to contribute. For background information, see Time To Take Back The AMA post from Tuesday morning. Stay tuned for more details.

Ducati Revenues Are Up, Air Fence Check in the Mail

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Ducati Revenues Are Up, Air Fence Check in the Mail

Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. has released its 2001 first quarter financial report, which shows that revenues are up 2.9 percent over the same period of 2000 despite motorcycle sales being down 2.0 percent. Revenues were 106 million Euros or $88.8 million for the period ending March 31, 2001. A Ducati press release explained that although motorcycle sales were down slightly, sales of Ducati parts, accessories, and apparel were up 21.3 percent over last year’s first quarter.

“First quarter 2001 numbers were depressed by various factors,” the release quoted Carlo Di Biagio, Ducati Chief Executive Officer, as saying. “These include a combination of uncertainty about the economy in general, harsh weather conditions, particularly in the U.S. and in Europe, and delayed shipments of our high-demand new models, the Monster S4 and the ST4S, in certain markets.”

Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. (trading symbol DMH) was up 0.15 points from its opening share cost of $16.00 on the New York Stock Exchange at 10:30 a.m. PDT Wednesday, April 18.

The positive financial news followed a phone call to Roadracing World with a pledge of $2900 for a whole section of Air Fence.

Former NCR Ducati Rider Lance Isaacs To Replace Wait At Willow Springs This Weekend

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Former NCR Ducati Rider Lance Isaacs To Replace Wait At Willow Springs This Weekend

While he is still on the mend from injuries sustained in a horrible crash during practice at Daytona, Matt Wait will be replaced on the Synergy Racing Technologies team by Lance Isaacs for the April 20-22 Formula USA event at Willow Springs International Raceway.

In addition to winning 125cc motocross titles in his native South Africa, Isaacs is best known for his World Superbike finishes, some on an NCR Ducati.

Isaacs is represented by Jeff Haney of OMS, who put the deal together with the Synergy team. Isaacs will join Wait’s usual teammate, Marc Palazzo on the Synergy Racing Technologies Hondas.