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Laguna Seca wildcards announced

01 July 2002

Anthony Gobert will renew his WSB acquaintances at Laguna Seca after he and five other AMA riders were awarded wildcards for the round on July 14. The Australian, who took a run-away win at the track...

Rutter’s title warning

01 July 2002

Michael Rutter reckons he’s the man to challenge Sean Emmett and Steve Hislop for the 2002 MCN British Superbike title. For more on Michal Rutter’s challenge and Niall Mackenzie’s Knockhill...

Hislop back on the pace at Knockhill

01 July 2002

Steve Hislop is setting the pace on the second day of practice ahead of Sunday’s MCN BSB round at Knockhill. According to the MonsterMob Ducati rider his recent lack of race-winning form can be traced...

Rutter on pole for Knockhill

01 July 2002

Michael Rutter will start from pole position in Sunday’s BSB round at Knockhill on the Renegade Ducati after the most dramatic qualifying session of the season. Officials had already scrapped...

Freestyle MX goes backflipping crazy

01 July 2002

US freestyle MX star Mike Metzger has been filmed landing an amazing 48ft backflip, and you can see the sensational video online. Carey Hart was the first to attempt the backflip and Caleb Wyatt...

Harris to miss Knockhill

01 July 2002

Karl Harris has lost his battle to be fit for the Knockhill round of the MCN-backed British Superbike series on Sunday, July 7. The 22-year-old broke his wrist after crashing heavily at Oulton Park on...

The blues sisters?

01 July 2002

Looks like Jake and Elwood ditched the police car for HM Plant Ducatis

She doesn’t look happy

01 July 2002

Obviously needs a darker tint on those glasses

Hislop denied Knockhill double after tangle with Rutter

01 July 2002

Steve Hislop should have left Knockhill with a 29-point lead in the MCN British Superbike championship. He’d already won the first race from champion rival Sean Emmett in convincing fashion and was...

Capirossi to miss Donington GP

01 July 2002

Loris Capirossi will miss the British GP at MCN Donington Park on July 14 after crashing heavily at Assen on Saturday. For more on this story, don’t miss the latest issue of MCN, out Wednesday July...

Llewellyn leaves Motopower

01 July 2002

It’s been announced at Knockhill, ahead of Sunday’s MCN BSB round, that Matt Llewellyn has parted company with Russell Savory’s Motopower BSB squad. Llewellyn has had a poor season; an unhealthy dose...

Board my dear?

01 July 2002

Because we could look at you all day.

Foggy WSB bike to debut at Brands

24 June 2002

DELAYS in engine preparation mean the Foggy Petronas FP1 race bike will miss its planned debut at the U.S. round at Laguna Seca. Instead, the bike will debut a month later at the Brands Hatch...

Slim Shadey?

24 June 2002

Not sure if they are a legal tint or not…

Kawasaki’s MotoGP machine sharpens up

24 June 2002

These are the latest pictures of Kawasaki’s ZX-RR four-stroke Grand Prix bike and it shows how much the designers have drawn from Honda’s successful RCV design. You can read more on the Kawasaki...

A slick rear

24 June 2002

If that’s what Biaggi and Checa want, then that’s what they get

Rossi takes pole at damp Assen

24 June 2002

Valentino Rossi splashed to his sixth pole of the season at Assen today, ahead of Saturday’s MotoGP round. The Honda rider made the most of the two combined sessions as bad weather disrupted normal...

Chris Walker’s band aid

24 June 2002

Chris Walker took a tip from the world’s toughest riders to help him combat the extreme heat at Misano. Walker used an absorbent headband used by riders in the Paris-Dakar rally to try and reduce the...

Don’t look back in anger

24 June 2002

Wonder why they aren’t talking?

The brolly babe of the future

24 June 2002

One day we’ll all be wearing space-age tinfoil

Flair, baby, flair

24 June 2002

Don’t blame it on the sunshine, don’t blame it on the moonlight… blame it on the brollybabes.

Bayliss does double in Misano

24 June 2002

Troy Bayliss has won the first race at Misano, extending his lead in the World Superbike championship over nearest rival Colin Edwards. Edwards, who led for much of the opening ten laps, had no answer...

Heckles tests Mondial WSB machine

24 June 2002

Mark Heckles stayed on at Misano after the WSB round there to test Mondial’s Piega WSB bike and the road version as part of the company’s preparations to go racing in 2003. Heckles – who rides for the...

Fancy a flutter?

24 June 2002

Bookies are getting more and more attractive these days…

Looking hot in black

24 June 2002

Well, it does absorb heat more than other colours

Rutter rules Rockingham

24 June 2002

Michael Rutter claimed a double victory at Rockingham, proving that he can be as successful in the dry as he is in the wet. His race one victory came ahead of championship rivals Steve Hislop and Sean...

Garry McCoy "I’ll ride at Donington"

24 June 2002

Garry McCoy has declared himself full fit and has promised he’ll ride at the British GP at MCN Donington Park on July 14. The Australian star badly broke his right leg during pre-season testing. He...

Rossi edges Biaggi for provisional Assen pole

24 June 2002

Valentino Rossi has snatched provisional MotoGP pole in Assen today with a last gasp effort lap of 2:01.691. Max Biaggi had looked on for a double celebration this afternoon, the Italian was 31...

Josh Coppins fails dope test

24 June 2002

Josh Coppins, the man lying second in the World 250 Motocross class behind Mickael Pichon, has failed a drugs test, the FIM announced today. A urine sample, taken at the Austrian GP on June 9, is...

Rossi makes it six wins in Assen

24 June 2002

Valentino Rossi continued his winning ways with another dominant performance at the Dutch GP on Saturday, taking his tally of wins this season to six out of seven so far. But it was the old school...

Reynolds on pole for Rockingham

17 June 2002

Rockingham was the circuit that decided the championship in last season’s British Superbike Championship, and it has favoured reigning champion John Reynolds again, this time in more fortuitous...

She can can can hold my umbrella any time

17 June 2002

She can can can hold my umbrella any time

Ducati confirms factory ride for Hodgson

17 June 2002

Ducati has just confirmed that Neil Hodgson will leave GSE to take up the reins as its number one factory WSB rider at the end of this season. In a statement Ducati’s Paulo Ciabatti, the man charged...

Flying the flag…

17 June 2002

Well, carrying it at least.

Carmichael makes it ten in a row

17 June 2002

Ricky Carmichael won both races at the Budds Creek track this weekend (June 16) to maintain his perfect record in this year’s AMA motocross series. Carmichael has now scored five race wins and five...

Biaggi beats Rossi’s record

17 June 2002

Marlboro Yamaha rider Max Biaggi went under Valentino Rossi’s lap record, set only a couple of days earlier, while testing development Michelin tyres at Catalunya. The Yamaha team were joined by the...