March
Close call for second Hodgson victory
25 March 2003
Race two at Phillip Island was the most exciting of the season so far, with all the riders having to fight hard for their places. Neil Hodgson and Frankie Chili initially got away to a good start but...
Snetterton Bemsee, March 22
25 March 2003
Contributor: James ” Chachi ” Doherty Bemsee’s first meeting of the year kicked off at Norfolk’s ‘fast and flat’ Snetterton on March 22. The event was based around the two main series, the...
Chili on track for pole
25 March 2003
Pier-Francesco Chili – the oldest man in WSB – proved to still be one of the fastest after claiming provisional pole position for the Phillip Island WSB race at the first qualifying session...
Pembrey and Mallory, March 15-16
25 March 2003
Contributor: Alan Holland, Co-ordinator, Phil Bevan Racing. Pembrey, NG Road Racing, March 15th: Open Race 2: 1st, Race 3: 2nd Powerbike Race 1: 1st, Race 2: 1st Sound of Thunder Race 1: 1st Race 2: DNF Mallory Park, New Era MCC, March 16th: Sound Of Thunder Race 1: 3rd, Race 2: 1st Open Division 2: 2nd Pembrey was fine. The braking points need sorting as the Ducati 996RS has an awesome front end.
Hodgson on pole for Round 2
25 March 2003
Frankie Chili put in another good performance in this morning’s qualifying session at Philip Island beating Neil Hodgson in to second place with a time of 1:32.786. But the Italian had to settle for...
Keep it under your cap
25 March 2003
Is she a golfer? With that hat she looks like she might play a round.
Rutter takes pole at Silverstone
25 March 2003
Michael Rutter will be on pole for the first round of the British Superbike Championship tomorrow, but Rizla Suzuki rider John Reynolds will be missing the race after breaking his collarbone in a...
Comfortable win for Hodgson
25 March 2003
Neil Hodgson pulled away from the field again at Phillip Island to win his third race in this year’s World Superbike championship. The British rider was wearing a black armband and later dedicated the...
Vermeulen takes Supersport with ease
25 March 2003
Tenkate Honda rider Chris Vermeulen was the proud winner of the Supersport race finishing nine seconds ahead of his closest rival, Katsuaki Fujiwara on the Alstare Suzuki. Vermeulen said: ” I knew it...
The thong remains the same
25 March 2003
Not exactly approved safety gear, but with British weather, not a very common sight, either.
Delayed Roberts V5 launched in London
25 March 2003
Kenny Roberts finally unveiled his all-new V5 MotoGP contender in London last week. The world launch, attended by celebs including Tara-Palmer Tomkinson and the Royal Family’s Ralph Little, was also...
Snetterton MRO, March 22-23
25 March 2003
Snetterton hosted the first Motorcycle Racing Organisation (MRO) meeting of 2003 on March 22-23. 2002 Aprilia Superteen Champion Jon Boy Lee used the meeting to have his first run out of the season...
Flaming hot
25 March 2003
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Club racing round-up
25 March 2003
The first of our club racing round-ups starts here. We for your reports of the weekends local race meetings. The links on the right will take you to the first of these reports. We will bring you more...
Snetterton, March 22
25 March 2003
Contributor: David Batchelor Bike:Kawasaki ZXR400, Class: Rookie 400, Club: Bemsee A truly dreadful day. No prior preparation meant a pitiful performance from bike and rider. We missed practice after the bike stalled and failed to restart on the button or the bump. This wouldn’t normally have been an issue except I’d never even turned a wheel on this machine. A combination of inertia and missing...
Wins for Rutter and Byrne
25 March 2003
Michael Rutter and Shane Byrne provided most of the entertainment at the First round of the British Superbikes Championship, with both riders taking a race win each. Race one saw Byrne pull away on...
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25 March 2003
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First outing for KTM GP bike
18 March 2003
125cc riders Arnaud Vincent and Roberto Locatelli have finally ridden their new KTM GP bikes for the first time after delays in construction forced them to miss both of the pre season IRTA tests at...
Heckles tests at Mallory
18 March 2003
Mark Heckles rode his new CBR600FS for the first time on March 19 at Mallory Park after driving to Belgium to pick it up and pay for it just five days before. The bike was bought for him by his dad...
Jay Kay rolls up with £40,000 Rizla
18 March 2003
Jamiroqui front man, Jay Kay, famous as much for his big hats and a love of fast cars as he is for his music, has been persuaded to make the transition to two wheels by the Rizla Suzuki BSB team. The...
Reed defeats Carmichael in AMA Supercross
18 March 2003
Championship rivals Chad Reed and Ricky Carmichael went head-to-head in today’s AMA Supercross race, with Australian Reed coming out on top and reducing his championship deficit. The battle lasted for five laps of the 25 lap race, until championship leader Ricky Carmichael found himself landing on a hay bale after a triple jump. This allowed Reed to take the victory, with Carmichael taking second...
Renegade test on last year’s bikes
18 March 2003
Renegade Ducati riders Sean Emmett and Michael Rutter were testing at Cadwell Park last weekend despite the fact that the bikes they intend to ride in this year’s British Superbikes championship have...
Babe training starts early
18 March 2003
Training for the rigours of becoming a brolly babe has to start at an early age
Saddam costs Thomas BSB ride
18 March 2003
Saddam Hussein has scuppered Dean Thomas’s BSB season. Thomas’s Dienza Ducati team’s sponsor, Phones4U, has slashed its budget by over 60 per cent because of tensions in the Gulf. The phone firm says...
Rutter dominates Donington BSB test
18 March 2003
Michael Rutter set himself up as the hot favourite for this year’s BSB title with a blistering first test on the Red Bull factory Ducati at Donington on Sunday. Using his ex-Bayliss F02 V-twin he set...
Harris tops British Supersport times
18 March 2003
Karl Harris hammered out a warning to his British Supersport rivals after topping the supersport times at Donington on his new Honda CBR600RR. He was a second inside the lap record and beat the best...
Team Renegade launch. Haslam launches bike
18 March 2003
Team Renegade Ducati celebrated their new look Red Bull livery with an official launch in Manchester on Thursday. The Renegade riders, Sean Emmett, Michael Rutter, Nick Medd and Leon Haslam spent the...