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BUELL PRO RACING SUPPORT PROGRAMS REVEALED
AMA Buell Pro Thunder and Formula USA Buell Lightning Series to Return in 2002
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (March 1, 2002) – Buell Motorcycle Company recently revealed its professional racing programs for the 2002 season, announcing support for the five-round national AMA Buell Pro Thunder series and the eight-round national Formula USA Buell Lightning Series, presented by Buell Pro Series Accessories.
?Both Buell customers and dealers are actively involved in amateur level racing around the world. And we?re excited to add to that involvement by once again sponsoring programs that give our customers and our dealers an opportunity to compete at the national level in professional roadracing,? said Erik Buell, chairman and chief technical officer of Buell Motorcycle Company.
The AMA Buell Pro Thunder series, which pits Buell racers against twin-cylinder, triple- cylinder and single-cylinder motorcycles from many other manufacturers, will be a featured event at select AMA Superbike rounds. The events will be held in Daytona, Fla. on March 10; Fountain, Colo. on June 2; Elkhart Lake, Wis. on June 9; Brainerd, Minn. on June 30 and Monterey, Calif. on July 14. The championship runner-up Hal?s Buell team and the Tilley?s Buell and Kosco?s Buell team will be among the top dealer-sponsored teams competing in the Buell Pro Thunder class.
The Formula USA Buell Lightning Series, presented by Buell Pro Series Accessories, is a horsepower and weight restricted Buell-only spec-class. The F-USA events will be held in Daytona, Fla. on March 3; Summit Point, W.Va. on May 26; Loudon, N.H. on June 16; Toronto, Ontario on July 21; Elkhart Lake, Wis. on August 4; Long Pond, Pa. on August 25; Portland, Ore. on September 8; and Daytona again on October 20. Defending class champion Kosco?s Buell will return along with many other Buell dealer teams to compete in the series.
To learn more about Buell motorcycles, visit your local Buell dealer today and experience the pure streetfighter attitude, style and performance only found onboard a Buell. Call 1-800-490-9635 for the Buell dealer nearest you. Or pull into www.buell.com.
Bikernet Readers Can Help—
Dear kindhearted friends
Now that the holiday season has passed, please look into your heart to help those in need. Enron executives in our very own country are living at or just below the seven-figure salary level.
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Almost $700 may not seem like a lot of money to you, but to an Enron exec it could mean the difference between a vacation spent golfing in Florida or a Mediterranean cruise. For you, seven hundred dollars is nothing more than rent, a car note or mortgage payments. But to an Enron exec $700 will almost replace his per diem.
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* Please charge the account listed below ___________ per day and send me a picture of the Enron executive I have sponsored, along with my very own Enron “Keep America Strong; Sponsor an Enron Exec: Ask Me How!” T-shirt to wear proudly.
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Note: Sponsors are not permitted to contact the executive they have sponsored, either in person or by other means including, but not limited to, telephone calls, letters, e-mail, Congressional subpoenas, grand jury summons, or third parties.Keep in mind that the executive you have sponsored will be much too busy enjoying his free time, thanks to your generous donations
Contributions are NOT tax-deductible
Introducing…
The 2002 FastDates.com Corona Extra Suzuki team
February 29th? That’s us on the cover of the new 2002 Suzuki Genuine Accessories catalog featuring AMA 750cc National SuperSport Champion Jimmy Moore and the USA themed FastDates.com sponsored Corona Extra Suzuki racebike!
And this is the first formal announcement that the SBK World Superbike sponsored 2003 Fast Dates calendar and FastDates.com website is again a reciprocal sponsor of 750cc National SuperSport Champions Team EBSCO Corona Extra Suzuki for the 2002 AMA National Roadracing Championship
As we prepare for the opening AMA round at Daytona this week our 3 rider team is finalized with our returning National Champion Jimmy Moore and crew chief Michael Tjon in 600cc and 750cc SuperSport, together with new teammates Steve Rapp with crew chief Jeremy Daniel in 600cc SuperSport and Extreme, and Jordan Szoke with crew chief Lance Bale in 750cc SuperSport and Extreme. Team co-ordinator is again Kerry Andrews with the team’s Suzuki GSXR bikes being prepared at his shop HyperCycle in Van Nuys, CA. Team principals are Landers Sevier and Tim Saunders.
FastDates.com is the world’s leading publisher of motorcycle racing and pinup calendars, and produces the popular FastDates.com motorcycle website. The 2003 SBK World Superbike Championship endorsed Fast Dates racebike pinup calendar is sponsored by Team EBSCO Corona Extra Suzuki and Performance Machine. FastDates.com’s director is Jim Gianatsis, former Cycle News editor, now director of Gianatsis Design Associates a Los Angeles based motorsport ad agency, and producer of the Los Angles Calendar Motorcycle Show, the biggest custom and high performance streetbike show in America.
Details at http://www.FastDates.com
and http://www.corona-suzuki.com
Katja Poensgen to join us?
Other news sources are recklessly stating that European roadracing beauty Katja Poensgen will be joining our team at Daytona. Which is not correct. What is correct is that FastDates.com director Jim Gianatsis, together with Landers Sevier, have been in contact with Katja to join our team since her departure from the Alstare Corona Suzuki as the star of the European 750cc SuperStock Championship back in 2000. At that time Katja decided to stay based in Europe and accepted a 250cc Grand Prix ride on a factory supported Aprilia, which unfortunately fell through for lack of sponsorship just as the 2001 season started, leaving Katja to contest just some of the GP races on another team’s less than competitive spare bike.
Coming into the 2002 season Katja was again hoping to put together a European based Grand Prix ride but couldn’t. Meanwhile at EBSCO Corona Suzuki we had to go ahead and finalize our 2002 race program which was for three riders which have been signed. We are now in discussions with Katja to join the team as our 4th rider, but nothing can happen in time for Daytona. If Katja does join the team, as we hop, her first race could be round 2 at California Speedway, Fontana, April 6-7th.
For additional information contact
Jim Gianatsis, FastDates.com
PH: 818.223.8550
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