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June 12, 2017 • Volume 20, Number 9 • $3.99 www.powersportsbusiness.com INSPIRING SUCCESS THROUGH MARKET INTELLIGENCE 1981-2017 Industry mourns loss of Hayden PSB: FOCUS Tire & Wheel SEE PAGE 12 2006 MotoGP champ dies following bicycle crash Bintelli’s first-ever dealer meeting was held on a Carnival cruise from Charleston, South Carolina, to the Bahamas. Nicky Hayden, the 2006 MotoGP World Champion, died Monday, May 22, five days after a crash in which a bicycle he was riding All aboard! Ship-shape was hit by a car in Italy. He was 35. Hayden had been riding a bicycle near Rimini, Italy, on Wednesday, May 17, when he collided with a car. After the accident, he On the move dealer meeting an ideal mix was transferred to the Textron closes Arctic Cat’s Minneapolis facility, while intensive care unit at adding production to St. Cloud and Thief River Falls. First annual event offers Maurizio Bufalini Hos- SEE PAGE 22 education, relaxation pital in Cesena, Italy, where he died five days BY LIZ KEENER later. His fiancée Jac- SENIOR EDITOR queline “Jackie” Marin, mother Rose and brother Dealers can always benefit from more education Tommy were at his side to help them improve their businesses, and deal- when he passed away the NICKY HAYDEN ers also need time to relax. Knowing this, Bintelli evening of the 22nd. combined those two needs into one event — a John Phillips of Rock Road Scooters in St. Louis, Missouri, Tommy Hayden said, “On behalf of the dealer meeting aboard a cruise to the Bahamas.
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