US Superbike: Bostrom and Hodgson ready for US Grand Prix Weekend July 21, 2006
The Parts Unlimited Ducati Team returns to AMA Superbike racing this weekend at Laguna Seca. Fresh off his Utah podium performance, Ben Bostrom and teammate Neil Hodgson, plus the rest of the AMA stars, will race as a support class at the US Grand Prix. The Ducati 999 pilots will contest the 28-lap AMA Superbike battle on Saturday afternoon in what is becoming one of the most significant races in the USA.
For Bostrom, the race at one of his favorite tracks can’t come soon enough. Bostrom has found his form of late. Ben has been quick in testing, practice, and …
SBK: Ducati heads to Czech Republic for seventh round at Brno
Ducati Xerox Team riders Troy Bayliss and Lorenzo Lanzi will be back in action again this weekend for the seventh round of the 2006 World Superbike Championship at the AutoMotodrom Brno in the Czech Republic. Just a few days after the conclusion of a successful three-day test at the Lausitzring, the Australian championship leader and his Italian team-mate will be donning their leathers once again as the series passes the half-way point to move into the second half of the season.
Despite eight wins so far and a 94-point lead under his belt, 37-year-old Bayliss from Taree, Australia will not be …
SBK: Alstare Suzuki set for Brno after tests
After the successful tests at the Eurospeedway Lausitz, Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra has just time for a very short break before the Czech round of the championship in Brno this weekend.
The team packed all their gear away on Monday evening and began the journey from the former East Germany and into the Czech Republic and will have just a day or so to prepare for Brno.
Both reigning champion Troy Corser and Yukio Kagayama were pleased with their Lausitz tests and felt that they had sorted out some of their recent problems.
Brno is fast, flowing and, at 5.403 kilometres, one …
SBK: Stern test for FPR in Czech Republic
Foggy Petronas Racing riders Steve Martin and Craig Jones will be hoping to build on the progress made at recent test sessions, at this weekend’s seventh round of the Superbike World Championship at the Czech Republic circuit of Brno.
The team visited the undulating circuit for a three-day test last month and this week made further strides forward at another three-day test session at Lausitzring in Germany.
Both riders are, however, under no illusions that Brno poses one of the stiffest tests for the Petronas FP1, with steep climbs from slow corners highlighting the capacity deficit.
Steve said: “Brno has traditionally been an …
BSB: Hawk Kawasaki Gearing Up For Oulton Park
The two Hawk Kawasaki riders are heading for the picturesque track of Oulton Park, Cheshire this weekend (21st 23rd July), for round nine of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. Craig Coxhell (23) and Peter Hickman (19) and looking forward to tackling the 2.7-mile circuit.
Coxhell gained two strong results last weekend at Knockhill Circuit, Scotland and is looking to add a few more positive results to his tally. Last time at Oulton Park in May the young Australian was recovering from a serious injuries to both of his shoulders after a crash at Donington Park earlier in the season. Coxhell …
US Superbike: Kawaski’s Hayden returns to Superbike action July 19, 2006
Kawasaki Racing Team rider, Roger Hayden, plans to return to AMA Superbike racing July 22, at Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif., during the upcoming Superbike doubleheader. Hayden, 23, from Owensboro, Ky., sustained a broken right Tibia and Fibula during a crash while contending in Superbike at Barber Motorsports Park in April. Despite the injury, Hayden only missed one event at California Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and continued to run in the AMA Supersport category after surgery to repair the damaged limb.
Hayden received a plate and eight screws to secure the broken bones and wore a soft removable cast while walking …
North America’s Largest Motorcycle Show Just Got Larger
With more than 55,000 visitors enjoying the 2006 exhibition, SUPERSHOW proved that the community of motorcycle riders is growing. To accommodate this increase in interest, SUPERSHOW 2007 will include a seventh hall, enlarging the floor space to 425,000 square feet. North America’s largest and most comprehensive motorcycle show, the North American International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW, is returning to Toronto right after New Year’s from January 5th 7th, 2007. Known as “the Big One by the Airport”, because of its ideal location and free parking at the International Centre (6900 Airport Road), the SUPERSHOW is a motorcycle shopping extravaganza offering something …
Flat Track: In evening of changes Aprilia just misses transfer to main
As the qualifying session finished, a downpour soaked the track at the Virginia Motor Speedway in Saluda, VA. After a short delay, racing resumed. As the track dried throughout the evening changing conditions wreaked havoc from one end of the paddock to the other with every team desperately searching for the perfect setup. Last minute changes to tires and gearing were frantically reset in a gamble to gain traction.
Lloyd Brothers Motorsports Aprilia rider, Henry Wiles had a solid outing during qualifying, finishing 17th out of a 40 rider field. First place qualifier completed his best lap only .419 of a …
MotoGP: Konica Minolta Honda on their way to United States Grand Prix
The 2006 MotoGP calendar is very strict. After the German Grand Prix held on the Sachsenring circuit last week end, Makoto Tamada and his Team are already travelling to America where, on Sunday July 23rd, only the MotoGP riders will be on track again for the 2006 eleventh GP at Laguna Seca in California, before summer break.
The spectacular Mazda Raceway circuit saw the return of the MotoGP to America in 2005, after a very long stop started in 1994, and underwent to a modernisation phase, maintaining unchanged the track length but enlarging the run-off areas, replacing the kerbs and modifying …
BSB: Plater joins Rizla Suzuki at Oulton Park
Four-time British Superbike race winner Steve Plater will join Rizla Suzuki as a replacement rider for the injured James Haydon at the ninth round of the Championship at Oulton Park this weekend.
The 2006 North West 200 winner who lives in Lincolnshire will join regular Rizla Suzuki racer Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne at the 2.69-mile long Cheshire circuit. It is the Championship’s second and final visit to the picturesque Oulton Park venue this year. During the team’s first visit to the track in May Shakey scored two podiums and was just a whisker away from winning a race despite suffering from a severe …