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FTR Moto targets Misano success

cranialooze — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:49:17 +0000

FTR Moto is looking to add to its tally of podium finishes this year in this weekend’s 11th round of the Moto2 World Championship at the Misano circuit near Rimini on Italy’s Adriatic coast. FTR is also hoping to add to the two race victories with its M210 and also to complement the 13 top six [...]

AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike New Jersey Motorsports Park Preview

cranialooze — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:53:37 +0000

Eleven Points Between Hayes and Hayden After 15 rounds of racing, from Daytona Beach to the last race in Virginia, only 11 points separate AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike points leader Josh Hayes and his Team Graves Yamaha team from his challenger Tommy Hayden aboard his Rockstar Makita Suzuki. At every turn, when one of these [...]

Canadian champ Szoke withdraws from AMA Superbike round 9

cranialooze — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:46:48 +0000

Jordan Szoke, reigning and seven-time Parts Canadia Superbike champion and reigning and five-time Sportbike Champion, has been forced to withdraw from Round 9 of the AMA American Superbike Championship held this weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Unsuccessful negations for extra sponsorship money have forced the Canadian Champion to cancel his trip to New Jersey [...]

Peter Lenz Memorial Fund

cranialooze — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:04:02 +0000

The Peter Lenz Memorial Fund has been established to support the family of Peter Lenz, the 13-year-old USGPRU racer who lost his life yesterday at Indy. Please consider making a small, but meaningful, donation to the fund.

A memorial video to Peter Lenz who passed from this life doing what he loved.

cranialooze — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:51:30 +0000

Tommy Hill and Ryuichi Kiyonari tied for BSB lead heading into Showdown Phase

cranialooze — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:37:45 +0000

With a win and a second place at Cadwell Park, Worx Crescent Suzuki’s Tommy Hill finished the first nine-round stage of the British Superbikes Championship tied with Ryuichi Kiyonari for the points lead. Hill’s team-mate Yukio Kagayama took two seventh places finishes to lift his standing in the Championship to 12th. In an exciting day’s racing, [...]

Canaan, NH hosts its first AMA Pro Hillclimb

cranialooze — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:27:05 +0000

Round 6 of the AMA Pro Hillclimb Series took place in Canaan, N.H. this past weekend; the first time the series has visited the state. Shawn Farnsworth won the Unlimited Class with the fastest time of the day with a wild crash at the finish line. Nate Redmann scored a win in Xtreme Class and [...]

Cycle Dynamics attacks land speed record with James Rispoli.

cranialooze — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:07:12 +0000

Owner and fabricator Charlie Benton has set out to chase a couple of 40-year-old land speed records with the help of 2009 650 twin record holder James Rispoli. Benton, who is a veteran tuner, relies on his experience and knowledge that dates back to the glory days of NASCAR. Benton continues to use the same [...]

Ben Spies to join Factory Yamaha Team for 2011

cranialooze — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:27:35 +0000

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd is delighted to announce that current Yamaha Tech 3 rider Ben Spies will move to the Factory Team for the 2011 MotoGP season. The 26-year-old American, who won the World Superbike Championship with Yamaha in 2009, is enjoying an impressive first season in MotoGP. He is currently the leading rookie and the [...]

Jordan Szoke crowned CMA Observed Trials champion

cranialooze — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:07:00 +0000

Jordan Szoke uncrated his new Raga Gas-Gas 300 just one short week before Rounds #2 and #3 of the Canadian Motorcycle Association Observed Trials Championship held in Tweed and Arden, just a few kilometers from Belleville ON. At the end of the two day event, a new CMA Trials Champion was crowned. Szoke once again, [...]