BSB: Airwaves Ducati Set To Continue Winning Ways At Oulton April 27, 2006
Airwaves Ducati head to the fourth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park this weekend with Gregorio and Leon holding first and second place in the championship.
It has been a successful year so far for the Airwaves Ducati team; Lavilla has started his championship defence by breaking the lap record at every circuit visited so far. He took a double win in the last round at Thruxton with team mate Leon Haslam coming second in both races, resulting in Airwaves Ducati having double podium finishes in the last five races.
The 2.6920 mile Cheshire circuit is technically challenging …
AMA Supermoto: AMA Supermoto Support And Sponsorship Expanding
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 …
AMA Superbike: Bostrom And Hodgson Look To Improve Fortunes At Fontana
California Speedway in Fontana, California is the site of this weekend’s AMA Superbike race for Parts Unlimited Ducati’s Ben Bostrom and Neil Hodgson. Just one week after the last round at Barber Motorsports Park, the duo hope to put their Ducati 999 Superbikes on the podium during this third race meeting of the year.
Hodgson gave a courageous performance at Fontana last season that will go down as one of the most memorable in the 2003 World Superbike champion’s career. Despite an illness that brought his fitness to race into question, Neil showed his mettle as he battled for the win …
Chuck Sorensen Takes MV Agusta To Podium In AFM’s Premier Formula Pacific Series
On one of the most rare and exotic sports motorcycles in the U.S., three-time AMA 250 G.P. champion, Chuck Sorensen, made an impressive return to the podium this weekend in Northern California’s most prestigious road race.
“The M.V. Agusta F4-1000 has plenty of power, even though the engine is stock. We spent the weekend working on chassis and suspension parameters to suit my riding style and I guess it paid off” said Chuck. “The new slipper clutch we put in works awesome, and this is a seriously competent sport bike”. The Munroe Motors’ M.V. Agusta he was riding had been …
BSB: Shakey Takes Inspiration From Test To Oulton Park
Rizla Suzuki’s Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne was fastest in last week’s official Oulton Park test and is going to the fourth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at the circuit this Bank Holiday Monday aiming for podium results.
The 29-year-old Zurich resident won the hearts of the Superbike fans by coming from the back of the grid at the last round and carving his way dramatically through the field to take fifth and eighth. He knows he can improve on those results if he can qualify near the front and is promising to give it his all in front of what …
MotoGP: Kawasaki Head For Asian Adventure April 25, 2006
After a welcome two-week break following the Qatar Grand Prix, the Kawasaki Racing Team head across the Bosporus to Asia for this weekends Grand Prix of Turkey, at the impressive Istanbul Park circuit.
Built at a cost of 155 million Euros, the Istanbul Park circuit was designed by renowned German architect, Hermann Tilke, who was also responsible for the Grand Prix circuits at Sepang in Malaysia and Shanghai in China.
The anti-clockwise track packs 14 turns - eight lefts and six rights - into it’s undulating 5.340km length, with a number of the turns based on classic corners from other racetracks around …
MotoGP: Fortuna Honda Return To Magic Of Istanbul
Team Fortuna Honda heads to the third round of the season this weekend and a circuit that holds special memories for both its riders. Last year both Marco Melandri and Toni Elias played starring roles in the inaugural Grand Prix of Turkey, with Marco taking the first victory of his MotoGP career with Fausto Gresini’s team whilst Toni clinched his best result of the season in Fortuna colours. Now they are hoping to fight for the top positions once again at Istanbul, where they arrive in optimistic mood after a positive day of tests following the Grand Prix of Qatar.
THE …
MotoGP: Makoto Highly Motivated For Istanbul
The 5.328km circuit situated 62 Km far from Istanbul, on the South Eastern part of the city, will host the MotoGP World Championship for the second time, a little more than six months from the first MotoGp Gran Prix of Turkey hold here last October.
The riders have immediately appreciated this track designed by the architect Herman Tilke, author of other well known circuits such as Sepang and Shanghai, presenting, by the way, one of the fastest corner of the World Championship.
As for the previous round in Doha - Qatar, the complete programme of tests and the Sunday race will be …
AMA Superbike: Kawasaki Wins Supersport At Barber
Kawasaki Racing Team rider Roger Hayden, who earned the pole position earlier in the week, battled to his second-straight victory in AMA Supersport action at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday. Attack Kawasaki riders Ben Attard and Damon Buckmaster finished fourth and fifth respectively.
In AMA Superstock on Sunday, Attard and Buckmaster started with a considerable gap between each other after the first lap. Buckmaster crossed the stripe in 11th while Attard had his work cut out for him after starting in 18th. Buckmaster slipped three positions during the 17-lap battle to finish in 14th. Attard advanced to finish 15th.
During Saturday’s AMA …
Drag Racing: Hines Ties The Knot
Screamin’ Eagle Rider Kicks Off the Weekend with Tampa Wedding Two-time defending NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Andrew Hines married Tanya Phillips Friday night at Tampa’s First Baptist Church.
Hines and his bride a Tampa native were surrounded by friends and family as the couple took advantage of an off-weekend from the busy drag racing schedule.
“We’ve been looking forward to this for a while. I was so nervous but excited at the same time,” Hines said. “The next time I pop the clutch at a national event, I will be doing it as a married man. Tanya …