PeoriaMac
11-03-2004, 10:43 PM
From "Cycle News"...
Veteran rally racer Jimmy Lewis, Costa Mesa, California is leading the special BMW factory effort which will feature a mammoth 1200cc engine on a BMW GS motorcycle. Lewis, who is the editor of Dirt Rider magazine when he isn't racing or running riding schools, has put together a veteran team with significant Baja experience. The 1200cc engine will be the fastest motorcycle to ever race a SCORE race, with top-end speeds approaching 130 miles per hour.
Joining Lewis, 36, for the BMW effort will be Tim Morton, 37, Escondido, Calif., Jonah Street, 32, Ellensberg, Wash., and Dave Donattoni, 41, Thousand Oaks, Calif. The team will race in Class 30 for riders over 30 years old and the riding order is expected to be Street, Donattoni, Lewis and Morton.
"This motorcycle is incredible, kind of like going into a boxing match with a nuclear weapon," said Lewis, who was part of the BMW Dakar Rally team in 1999, 2000 and 2001. "Our team is a collaboration of our Dakar Rally team and this new GS1200 twin-cylinder motor that is clearly a prototype and while its weight will make it slower in the rough terrain, no one will be faster on the fast sections. We have received considerable assistance for this program from BMW-Germany as well as BMW-Mexico."
The race will be televised as a one-hour NBC Sports special in December on the NBC Television Network. The show, produced by Aura360 in association with NBC Sports, will air on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). The NBC anchor for the show will be veteran Emmy-Award winning sportscaster Al Trautwig
Veteran rally racer Jimmy Lewis, Costa Mesa, California is leading the special BMW factory effort which will feature a mammoth 1200cc engine on a BMW GS motorcycle. Lewis, who is the editor of Dirt Rider magazine when he isn't racing or running riding schools, has put together a veteran team with significant Baja experience. The 1200cc engine will be the fastest motorcycle to ever race a SCORE race, with top-end speeds approaching 130 miles per hour.
Joining Lewis, 36, for the BMW effort will be Tim Morton, 37, Escondido, Calif., Jonah Street, 32, Ellensberg, Wash., and Dave Donattoni, 41, Thousand Oaks, Calif. The team will race in Class 30 for riders over 30 years old and the riding order is expected to be Street, Donattoni, Lewis and Morton.
"This motorcycle is incredible, kind of like going into a boxing match with a nuclear weapon," said Lewis, who was part of the BMW Dakar Rally team in 1999, 2000 and 2001. "Our team is a collaboration of our Dakar Rally team and this new GS1200 twin-cylinder motor that is clearly a prototype and while its weight will make it slower in the rough terrain, no one will be faster on the fast sections. We have received considerable assistance for this program from BMW-Germany as well as BMW-Mexico."
The race will be televised as a one-hour NBC Sports special in December on the NBC Television Network. The show, produced by Aura360 in association with NBC Sports, will air on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). The NBC anchor for the show will be veteran Emmy-Award winning sportscaster Al Trautwig