Monday News you can Use, or Abuse

Kevin Schwantz finished nineteenth in his Busch race at Dover yesterday, driving a car sponsored by overton.com, a watercraft accessory firm. Just shy of twentieth place does not sound like much to write home to mom about, (Hi Shirley) but Schwantz's finish earned him just shy of ten grand in prize money.

Mat Mladin got on a plane for Sydney yesterday afternoon and will spend the next two months in Australia with his wife and family.
Mladin will make it to the AMA awards banquet. It was thought for some time that his sister's wedding was on the same date and he would have to miss the awards banquet, but they are more than a week apart. Mladin will fly in for the Dunlop test at Daytona and will fly home after his duties there.

There's a little racetrack outside of Melbourne, the name of which escapes me, but if you stand on the road there and listen today you might here the sound of a V-4 two stroke missile being given the whip. Gobert might be testing the MuZ bike there, might not.

Rumors are circulating about Doohan perhaps announcing his retirement at PI this weekend, but I have not heard it from anyone solid yet. More rumors: MBNA is out as series sponsor of the AMA Superbike series next year. Replacement? Unknown. Even more rumors: Muzzy and Ferracci are going roadracing next year; just not with the AMA Superbike series.

Obscure racing fact for the week: Barry Sheen and Ron Haslam were extras in the movie Saturday Night Fever. If you slow down the footage of John Travolta's first dance sequence you can make out Barry 'Let's shag' Sheen and Ron 'I'm with Barry' Haslam in the line of people watching Vinnie Barbarino do his stuff. Both Sheen and Haslam appear to be dancing in that jerking no-rhythm fashion that only white males specialize in.

Jason Pridmore's Star Motorcycle School has added a date to their riding school schedule. It'll happen at Spring Mountain Raceway in Pahrump, Nevada on November 6, 1999 (Saturday).  The cost is $ 265.00. To make a reservation or ask them questions, call (805) 658-6333 or see their web site at www.starmotorcycle.com.

Dan Kyle is having a huge half off sale on his race stands: buy the first one and the second is half off. Questions? Call Dan and ask 'em. (831) 394-1330. Want to look at some stands? Click here.
 

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