March 2008 Newsletter

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166593666536941716.post-24160754620639616232008-03-14T15:52:00.000-07:002008-05-10T11:44:06.976-07:00March 2008 NewsletterSchool is in Session STAR just completed a sold-out Spring Mountain Motorsports Park School in Pahrump, and our first of several 2008 Streets of Willows schools. We escaped from Pahrump without getting snowed on, the students all huddling together in the classroom Quonset hut to stay warm between sessions. That's one way to force them into the classroom. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.starmotorcycle.com/images/blog/ismael.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://www.starmotorcycle.com/images/blog/ismael.jpg" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Jason works with STAR Student and SR-71 Pilot <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/Biographies/Pilots/bd-dfrc-p006.html" target="_blank">Steve Ishmael</a> at the Streets </div>The Streets of Willow school was great, with 2008 Daytona 200 winner (on the racetrack) and friend of STAR Josh Hayes showing up straight from Daytona to do some riding and answer questions in the classroom. Does that guy love motorcycles or what? We have a Thunderhill school coming up on April 1-2, with our benchmark <a href="http://www.starmotorcycle.com/proschool.html" target="_blank">Pro School</a> on April 3rd. April 14-15 has us back at the Streets before heading to Miller Motorsports Park on April 28-29. Miller is the site of the June World Superbike races, in case you've forgotten. Event signup is <a href="http://www.starmotorcycle.com/events.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p><class="msonormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" face="arial"></class="msonormal"> STAR Instructors at the racetrack in 2008 - Daytona and Le Mans! Instructor Richie Alexander and his Jordan Suzuki squad had an excellent Daytona, with his riders Aaron Yates and Geoff May finishing 1st and 3rd in Superstock. Instructor James Lickwar didn't fare as well; his rider Robertino Pietri broke his wrist in the Moto-ST race the weekend before the AMA event. Another crash during Superbike practice resulted in a suspected broken foot one hour before Superstock qualifying. Ah...Daytona. Pietri soldiered on to an 8th place finish. Alexander and Lickwar are headed to the Barber AMA tests March 17-18.Jason and Instructor Dave Stanton are headed to Le Mans on March 26 and 27 for their first official test with Phase One prior to the start of the 2008 World Endurance Championship. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.starmotorcycle.com/images/blog/thefuture.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://www.starmotorcycle.com/images/blog/thefuture.jpg" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Spy photo of Stanton testing the outrageous 2008 Suzuki B-King at Pahrump <div style="text-align: left;">Fritz Kling Needs Your Help Jason's first teammate Fritz Kling has been diagnosed with inoperable terminal brain cancer. There is no other way to say this - his family needs your help. Fritz is considered to be one of the good guys in racing. Besides racing with Jason, Fritz was a hard competitor to STAR instructor Dave Stanton. There is a <a href="http://www.fritzfriends.com/" target="_blank">fundraiser </a>for Fritz, please do what you can. </div></div>STAR ClubWant to get more involved in STAR? Become a <a href="http://www.starmotorcycle.com/starclub.html" target="_blank">STAR CLUB</a> Member. Group and Individual Disounts AvailableChecked out the <a href="http://www.starmotorcycle.com/giftcert.htm" target="_blank">SuperSTAR Discounts</a>? You should, It's free money.That's all for now. Ride Safe,STAR <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.starmotorcycle.com/images/blog/paris.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://www.starmotorcycle.com/images/blog/paris.jpg" border="0" /></a>Melissa Paris shakes off the Winter cobwebs at the StreetsSTAR Motorcycle Schoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621087519683364231noreply@blogger.com