FEATURES 2009 600cc Shootout: The Best Of The Best 2009 Young Guns: North America’s Fastest Kids MotoGP Mutterings: The Little Black Box Wet Or Dry, Grab A Handful: Honda CBR600RR C-ABS Kevin Schwantz Wins On A Manx In New Zealand How To Get And Keep Sponsorship, Part Two MotoGP Analysis: The Claim Game Back In The Day: Editor’s Scrapbook Mick Doohan: Pain, Glory And The Good Life Shaun Harris: Back From The (Near) Dead Quick Look: Suzuki Boulevard C109R Project Bike: Building A Honda CBR600RR For The Track Shops: Barber Museum Workshop Professional RACING MotoGP Testing At Sepang: Stoner Fastest AMA Team Test At Fontana: Hodgson Quickest, Again CLUB RACING Adventures Of A New Racer: Into The Fire WERA West At Las Vegas CCS Florida At Homestead ColumnS Letters To The Editor Inside Info 10 Years Ago MotoGP Trivia Numbers Lidz: Geoff May Racing Schools & Track Days Road Racing & School Calendar Saved: Carlos Alva The Kids’ Page The Crash Page New Products ASRA/CCS Newsletter High-Performance Parts & Services Directory Want Ads Advertisers Index And Directory Chris Ulrich: Adventures Of A Racer On The Front Cover: The 2009 Honda CBR600RR, Kawasaki ZX-6R, Suzuki GSX-R600 and Yamaha YZF-R6 square off with riders Ken Hill, Melissa Paris, Jeremy Toye and Chris Ulrich. Photo by Stuman Smith.