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May 2007 News |
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SCREAMIN' EAGLE WRECKING CREW RIDERS LOOKING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A NEW
RACE TRACK |
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MILWAUKEE (May 31, 2007) - Jared Mees and Bryan
Smith are two of the most competitive riders at each of the AMA Ford
Quality Checked Flat Track GNC Twins events even though they are two of
the youngest racers on the circuit.
While they anxiously await each and every event on
the schedule, this weekend has the Screamin' Eagle Wrecking Crew riders
giddy with anticipation.
The AMA GNC Twins racers will be at Volunteer
Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., for the first time. It's also the first time
in three years that the AMA has competed in Eastern Tennessee. Saturday's
Twins event is sponsored by the East Tennessee Harley-Davidson Dealers
(Smith Brother's Harley-Davidson of Johnson City, Colboch Harley-Davidson
of Morristown and Knoxville Harley-Davidson).
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Ward Looking To Stay Consistent at Raceway Park |
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The second round of the 2007 AMA Supermoto Championship gets underway
Sunday, June 3, at Englishtown (N.J.) Raceway Park. This event expects to
draw an enthusiastic crowd as top racers come to town for this inaugural
race.
Troy Lee Designs Honda rider Jeff Ward comes into Englishtown with a
three-point lead over Husqvarna's Adrien Chareyre. "Last week in St.
Louis I felt really good in the dirt section, I was lucky that I was able
to make up time there," explained Ward about his success in the
opening round. "I want to be consistent all season. The win in St
Louis and this whole season I am dedicating to one of my good friends,
Doug Henry. We miss him and we are all pulling for him." Henry,
a multi-time AMA Champion was injured in a pre-season crash.
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TONGLET
EARNS FOURTH DESTROYER WIN OF THE SCREAMIN' EAGLE AHDRA CHAMPIONSHIP
SEASON |
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Shigematsu
Earns Nitro Top Fuel Victory
COMMERCE,
Ga.– L.E. Tonglet has earned the Destroyer category win at four of the
first five events of the Screamin' Eagle championship AHDRA season. Not
bad for a guy who won just one race in the same category in 2006.
Tonglet
snagged his fourth Destroyer victory of the season by beating Ronnie
Fensick Sunday in the final round at the Stone Mountain Harley-Davidson
Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. Tonglet turned in a 9.343-second
pass at 136.57 mph to beat Fensick's 9.426 at 137.93 in Fensick's first
final round appearance of the season.
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VOLUNTEER SPEEDWAY HOSTING ITS FIRST AMA GRAND NATIONAL |
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Volunteer Speedway is set to host its first AMA Grand National
Championship race this Saturday, June 2. Round two of the AMA GNC Twins
Championship and round five of the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track
Championship comes to Eastern Tennessee and the fast half-mile track in
Bulls Gap, Tenn.
“We’re excited about bringing the series to Tennessee,” said Ken
Saillant, Director of Flat Track for the American Motorcyclist
Association. “The fans there really enjoy racing and I think they’ll
be impressed with the show our Grand National riders will bring to
them.”
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COOLBETH
STARTS CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSE WITH SEASON OPENING VICTORY AT
SPRINGFIELD
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SPRINGFIELD
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Ill.
(May 29, 2007) – Kenny Coolbeth picked up right where he left off last
season. The
Warren
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Conn.
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championship the best way possible – with a win.
Coolbeth took the checkered flag Sunday at the AMA GNC Twins season
opener at the Springfield Mile. He didn't win by a small margin, either.
He had nearly an entire straightaway to himself.
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| Ford Quality Checked Launches New & Improved Website
For AMA/Ford QC Flat Track Series |
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Ford Quality Checked Certified Pre-Owned, the title sponsor of the AMA
Flat Track Championship series for the past six competition seasons,
announces the launch of its new & improved series website - www.fordflattrack.com.
Featuring an exciting new design, with user-friendly layout and overall
improved functionality, fordflattrack.com is poised to be a consistent
stop on the Internet for flat track fans of all ages all over the United
States.
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Roger DeCoster to Ride High Point |
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In celebration of the rich heritage of the Kawasaki/Monster Energy Pro
Motocross National Presented by Centra Bank, this weekend High Point
Raceway will host the first of three Motocross Legends Tour events
scheduled for this summer’s AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented
by FMF. During opening ceremonies this Sunday, legends including Roger
DeCoster, Jeff Stanton, Broc Glover and Denny Swartz are scheduled to run
a parade lap on vintage motorcycles. DeCoster, the five-time World
Motocross Champion and current team manager of the Makita Suzuki factory
team, will ride alongside his star rider, 15-time AMA National Champion
Ricky Carmichael.
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COOLBETH WILL OPEN '07 RACING SEASON WITH A BULL'S-EYE ON HIS SCREAMIN'
EAGLE RACING LEATHERS |
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MILWAUKEE (May 23, 2007) - Kenny Coolbeth and the
rest of the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track GNC Twins racers competed
at 10 events in 2006. Coolbeth was the points leader just once - but it
happened to be the only time it really mattered.
Coolbeth took over the points lead at the season
finale in Columbus, Ohio after winning the race on his Screamin' Eagle
Harley-Davidson. It was his first career AMA Twins championship and the
first championship in nine years for a Harley-Davidson factory-sponsored
team.
Now he has a new perspective about what it will
take to repeat as the champ in 2007.
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| AMA Rights - News & Notes: June |
US Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S.
Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) recently introduced S. 616, "The HIPAA
Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act.” Identical legislation
passed the full Senate in the 109th Congress and obtained 177 bipartisan
cosponsors in the House.
S. 616 aims at ending health care discrimination for
individuals participating in legal transportation and recreational
activities-activities like motorcycling, snowmobiling, skiing, horseback
riding, and all-terrain vehicle riding.
This legislation addresses a loophole caused by a
Department of Health and Human Services' rule making it possible for
health care benefits to be denied to those who are injured while
participating in these activities.
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CLUB
H.O.G DOWN HOME ANNOUNCES ENTERTAINMENT FOR 2007 |
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MILWAUKEE,
Wis. (May 22, 2007) –Headline acts Montgomery Gentry, Big Head Todd
& the Monsters, and Cowboy Mouth will fill two stages of live
entertainment with the sound of stomping boots and thunderous applause at
the Harley Owners Group (H.O.G) Club H.O.G. DOWN HOME: 24th
Annual Rally, August 24-25, 2007, at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville, Tenn.
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AMA Racing Penalizes Riders |
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AMA Racing announced today that Jason Lawrence and Ryan Villopoto have
been penalized at the Honda Hangtown Motocross Classic from Sacramento,
Calif., the opening round of the 2007 AMA Toyota Motocross Championship
presented by FMF.
According to AMA Racing SX/MX Director Steve Whitelock, for actions
detrimental to the sport, Lawrence has been fined $7,500 and placed on
probation for one year beginning May 18, 2007. Additionally, as part
of the penalty, Lawrence loses his earned gate pick for both motos of
Sunday’s Motocross Lites event and will now pick 40th out of the
40-rider field.
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The Dirt: May: Jess Roeder Update |
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Hello All. Well the 2007 Flattrack season is getting ready to hit high
gear in the Roeder Racing Camp. There hasn't been much to report in
the last 8 weeks since Daytona, but things will be picking up now that we
are into May and getting ready for the Memorial Weekend Springfield Mile.
Daytona was a little different for Jess this year as he split duties
with the dirt-track at Savannah and the pavement at Daytona International
Speedway. The highlight was Saturday where Jess had to ride a sort of
qualifying event to be able to ride Sunday's Moto-ST Endurance race aboard
his Hoban Bros Racing Buell Lightening. Jess finished in 2nd place
as a last lap draft attempt didn't work and was just inches short at the
finish line. This was a real confidence builder since Jess hadn't been on
a Road-Race bike in a few years and the has never competed on the new
track layout that was implemented for safety two years ago.
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NPG and AMA Racing Add Entertainment and Fan Value to
AMA Toyota MX Championship Events |
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With the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF just around
the corner, the National Promoters Group (NPG), in conjunction with AMA
Racing, are putting the final touches on an array of enhancements that
will lend continuity to the series and deliver added value to the overall
fan experience.
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Monster Energy FAR Pro Circuit/Kawasaki Off-Road
Places Three In Top Ten @ John Penton GNCC |
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The Monster Energy FAR (Fred Andrews Racing) Pro Circuit Kawasaki Off-Road
Team wrapped up competition this past week in Millfield, Ohio, running the
annual John Penton round of the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series
(GNCCs).
Leading the charge for the Monster Energy FAR team was again Scott
Watkins. Watkins, who finished 5th in the XC2 class at the last GNCC round
(Loretta Lynn’s, Tenn.) improved his position this past week with a
hard-fought 4th in the hot and dusty conditions in Ohio. Starting in 3rd
place and poised to make the podium, Watkins went down on the second lap
and barely got back up in the top ten (8th), with Monster Energy FAR
teammate Cole Calkins hot on his tail.
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON MDA FUNDRAISING EVENTS NET RECORD RESULTS |
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MILWAUKEE -- (May 14, 2007) Harley-Davidson's 2007
fundraising for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) received a huge
boost recently with the contribution of more than $1.9 million through
recently held motorcycle fundraising events. These fundraising events
which were organized through Harley-Davidson Motor Company,
Harley-Davidson dealers, HOG chapters, MDA staff and their volunteers
netted record dollars for research and MDA summer camps.
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SPIES VS. MLADIN AT KAWASAKI AMA SUPERBIKE SHOWDOWN |
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In 2006 young Texan Ben Spies ended veteran Mat Mladin’s long-time
domination by earning the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts
Unlimited title. Mladin, while giving credit to his Yoshimura Suzuki
teammate, claimed that one reason he lost the title was complacency on his
part. The result is that Mladin, the six-time AMA Superbike Champion from
Australia, trained harder than ever and is determined to take back the
Superbike crown from Spies who is now entering the prime of his racing
career.
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| WARD STILL THE FAVORITE IN AMA SUPERMOTO |
| Jeff Ward continues to defy the odds. Common knowledge would say
that a racer of 45 would not be on the top of his game still winning
championships against riders half his age. Yet as the 2007 AMA Supermoto
Championship season approaches, Ward, the defending and two-time champ
with Team Troy Lee Design Honda Red Bull, is still considered the rider to
beat despite the fact that he will turn 46 in June.
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Leesburg Bikefest Enters Big Leagues |
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The Leesburg Partnership and the city fathers of Leesburg Florida have
again hit a home run with their annual Leesburg Bikefest. Not just a home
run, they have hammered a grand slam. With preliminary estimates of over
300,000 leather clad visitors to the scenic central florida city, the 11
year old powerhouse event has reached a "whole new level" this
year.
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| Mladin Interview: Infineon Raceway Press Conference |
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at, you are certainly off to a tremendous start to the season.
Can you talk about the start to the season and your motivation for
recapturing the championship?
MM: You know, this year’s been a good year so far. From a
motivation side of things, there was a little bit of talk last year that
maybe my time was up and maybe it was time to move over and let the young
kids have a bit of a go, but the fact of the matter is I won’t go away
that easily. I worked hard in the off season, and since Daytona we
have wins in three of the last four races and have had a good, hard season
so far.
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| HINES LEAVES GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY WITH ONE CRUCIAL ROUND
VICTORY |
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MADISON, Ill. (May 6, 2007) – Andrew Hines knows
the new point system could really help the team right now. The three-time
defending NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle champion is coming off a
round victory Sunday at Gateway International Raceway.
Hines, however, has won just two rounds in the
first four races of the season on his Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines
Harley-Davidson V-Rod. But his hopes of competing for another championship
haven't evaporated because of the new point system instituted by NHRA
officials during the off-season.
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| Harley-Davidson RIDER's EDGE NEW RIDER COURSE Trains 100,000th Student |
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NAPLES, Fla. (May 3, 2007) - Harley-Davidson's
Rider's Edge New Rider Course trained its 100,000th student, Michael
Lambert of Estero, Fla., on March 22-26, at Harley-Davidson of Naples.
Lambert, age 39, decided to learn to ride a
motorcycle when he fell in love with the dark and sinister 2007
Harley-Davidson Sportster XL1200N Nightster. Earlier this year, while
waiting for the restaurant next to the dealership to open, Lambert took a
stroll through the sales area to check out the new motorcycles. When he
saw the new Nightster, he had to have it. Lambert planned to buy the
Nightster after he completed the New Rider Course, but unfortunately the
last one was sold only 2 hours before the end of his class. Lambert
eagerly waited for the next one to be delivered to the dealership, and he
was finally able to take home his new Nightster on April 21.
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Tampa Bay Motorcycle Rally Rides Out in
Style! |
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Tampa, Florida - May 2, 2007 - Tampa
Bay Motorcycle Rally returned to Historic Ybor City
this past weekend, offering motorcycle enthusiasts two days of motorcycle
mania in addition to the shopping, dining and culture of Ybor!
7th Avenue was open to motorcycle traffic only and
filled with over seven thousand motorcycles!
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year's event was safe and enjoyed by many, an overall success!
Richard Casaniss won the
Poker Run with three aces,
while second place went to Marcin
Dziurawiec with three sixes. Special
Thanks to Full Throttle Magazine
for all of their help with the Motorcycle
Show and Contest - over forty-four contestants lined 18th
Street with some remarkable entries - winners were as follows:
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| WERA National Series at Barber Motorsports Park
this Weekend |
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The WERA National Series returns from a two-month break this weekend for
round two at Barber Motorsports Park. A high turnout is expected thanks to
the combined popularity of the series and Barber’s layout.
There will be a day-long practice and Superstock qualifying on Friday,
and the racing gets started on Saturday, May 5. The mini classes will
precede the four-hour WERA/Bridgestone National Endurance Series event,
which begins at 12:45 p.m.
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