Supermoto: World Championship Competition Gets High September 12, 2006
The Supermoto World Championship arrived in Germany for its 5th round. In the S1 class the official Husqvarna Team riders Gerald Delepine and Ivan Lazzarini played the main role together with Bernd Hiemer.
The Belgian World Champion in charge won the first heat beating his team-mate Lazzarini and Hiemer. Still in race 1 …
Supermoto: Lionel Deridder Wins 3rd Round Of Red Bull KTM Euro Cup
Heat 1:
This weekend, the Red Bull Junior Cup took place in St. Wendel / Germany. By perfect weather conditions, the Swisse rider Patrick Tellenbach saved at Saturdays time practice the pole position for the first race. But without success for the first race. After the start, he got involved in a crash with the teammates Rheims and Hodgson. The whole crowd passed them and Lionel Deridder from Belgium took the lead and the victory. The two finnish riders Lang and Hermunen followed at Position 2 and 3.
1. Lionel Deridder (BEL) 14:45.148
2. Teemu Lang (FIN) 14:45.489
3. Mauno Hermunen (FIN) 14:45.698
4. Brian Cournad (FRA) 14:50.168
5. Daniel Deibler …
Supermoto: Baffeleuf and Husqvarna extend Unlimited Class Lead in Colorado September 2, 2006
Team GP Husqvarna rider, David Baffeleuf, extended his Supermoto Unlimited Class points lead at the 6th and 7th rounds of the AMA Championship in Denver, Colorado at the Invesco Field Stadium. Baffeleuf took his SMR 510 to a 2nd place finish on day 1, and on day 2, David put on a dominating performance in the pouring rain gapping the field by some 30 seconds, bringing home an impressive victory.
He was joined on the podium by teammate, Gary Trachy, who took 3rd place on his SMR 510, after a disappointing first day, when a pile-up in the 2nd corner put …
Supermoto: Aprilia’s Atkins open in Denver with 5th Place Finish
After an almost two month pause, the AMA Supermoto Championship started up again with a double date in Denver, Colorado. The race was held on the new track built at Mile High Stadium on two levels: the first utilizes the asphalt of the pit, while the second uses the surrounding land where an off-road section was created.
The first race that counted for the championship was held at night, Friday, August 25th. Aprilia fans were treated to a fifth place finish by Darryl Atkins, official rider for Team Pacifico Racing, in the saddle of his Aprilia SXV 5.5, in the Supermoto …
Supermoto: KTM back to winning ways at Waterford Hills July 11, 2006
KTM returned to the top of the podium in front of an impressive crowd who turned up on Saturday at Waterford Hills Road Race Course in Clarkson, MI to attend the fifth round of the 2006 AMA Supermoto Championship. After getting his title defense off to a slow start, reigning AMA Supermoto Unlimited champion Micky Dymond is right back in the mix after claiming his first victory of the season in Michigan.
The All Access Racing KTM star’s chances to repeat seemed in doubt after he failed to score any points at the California Speedway season opener, but four straight podium …
Supermoto: AMA Supermoto Shawano, WI June 14, 2006
KTM put on a spectacular display on Saturday at USA International Raceway in Shawano, WI, the site of the third round of the 2006 AMA Supermoto Championship. Team Red Bull KTM HMC superstars Bernd Hiemer, Jurgen Kunzel, and Ben Carlson combined on the day to claim Superpole and victories in the AMA Supermoto and AMA Supermoto Unlimited classes.
Visiting World Supermoto ace Hiemer stole the show. The German fought for the lead in the opening AMA Supermoto final before ultimately taking second. He came back even stronger in the next race, taking the holeshot and leading every lap en route to …
Supermoto: AMA Announces Additional Supermoto Round In Conjunction With Champ Car Event May 31, 2006
AMA Pro Racing announced today that an additional round of the 2006 AMA Supermoto Championship presented by Parts Unlimited has been added to the schedule. The event will be held at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin’s Road America on Sept. 22–24 in conjunction with the Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America. The Rotax Karting Series will also be featured on the same race weekend.
Additional details will be revealed today at a press conference to be held at Road America in advance of this weekend’s combined AMA Superbike Championship and AMA Supermoto Championship events.
“We’re thrilled to add this event to the AMA …
Supermoto: Pacifico, Aprilia, And Darryl Atkins Team Up For Supermoto Unlimited May 13, 2006
CycleMotion Experience LLC/Pacifico SuperMoto is very pleased to announce its partnership with Aprilia USA and Atkins Global Management LLC to participate in the 2006 AMA SuperMoto Series, and other selected events including the Summer X-games.
Aprilia Pacifico Racing will be competing in AMA SuperMoto Unlimited on the new to USA Aprilia SVX 550 with Darryl Atkins as the primary rider for the team; “I am really happy with the way the team has come together in the past weeks,” says Atkins, a native of New Zealand. “I believe our program will offer a lot of exposure in and out of the …
AMA Supermoto: Round 1 At Fontana May 3, 2006
The first round of the AMA Supermoto Series got underway at the California International Speedway in Sunny Southern California and saw the Supermoto and Supermoto Unlimited class podiums bathed in Orange.
Kurt Nicoll and Jurgen Kunzel were poised and ready to strike as the two Red Bull KTM HMC riders qualified fourth and sixth, putting Nicoll on the front line. The first Supermoto race blasted off from the grid and Nicoll immediately put himself in third to battle it out with the likes of Jeff Ward and Doug Henry, while teammate Kunzel quickly moved into the top spots early in the race …
AMA Supermoto: AMA Supermoto Support And Sponsorship Expanding April 27, 2006
The 2006 AMA Supermoto Championship continues its steady ascent as new and returning sponsors have signed on to support the still young series. The championship will visit a record number of venues this year and continues to garner growing support in the form of factory-involved efforts from KTM, Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Husqvarna and Aprilia. Highlights of the upcoming season include:
Television Coverage
· OLN is providing another solid U.S. TV distribution package with six original programs and repeat telecasts to their 63 million households which is likely to increase now that OLN is back with DISH Network adding an additional 12 million …