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National Endurance championship, round 3

24 July 2007 by Alfonso Lygo

National Endurance championship, round 3

Hottrax Motorsport Racing Club National + Junior TAG Endurance Motorcycle Championship – Round 3 – Pembrey, Wales 21st & 22nd July 2007 HOTTRAX National Endurance Championship – 6 hours. Three riders...

Mallory action pics

24 July 2007 by john hitchin

Mallory action pics

R6 cup first corner mayhem at the recent Mallory BSB round, plus a few others.

Suzuka Eight-Hour race

24 July 2007 by scottdb

Everyone’s been talking about this year’s Suzuka Eight-Hour race. I remember when Colin Edwards was on the factory Honda in WSB; they used to mention him going off for this prestigious event. And when he came back he had new parts for his bike, that Honda had been saving for the event. On Eurosport this weekend they said how Honda used to spend as much on their WSB effort as they did on this...

McGuinness supports local event

24 July 2007 by Andrew fell

Westmorland Motor Club are to hold a Motorcycle Speed Hillclimb on Saturday 28th JULY at BARBON MANOR near Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria. This year’s sponsors include OPTOMA LOANS & Putoline oils. Riders of note appearing are 13 times TT winner and Morecambe resident John McGuinness, his HM Plant Honda team-mate Ian Hutchinson, winner of 2007 supersport 600 TT race, World Superbike and British...

Hofmann's crash

23 July 2007 by Nicholas Weaver

Hofmann’s full crash sequence… www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~nweaver/hofmann/

Rizla Suzuki benefit from the rain-soaked Mallory BSB round

23 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Rizla Suzuki benefit from the rain-soaked Mallory BSB round

Rizla Suzuki were one of the few teams to benefit from practice being rained-off at Mallory Park, having already tested at the track only a few weeks earlier. Chris Walker got off to a blistering...

New WSB engines for Discovery Kawasaki

23 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

New WSB engines for Discovery Kawasaki

MSS Discovery Kawasaki are hoping for a change of fortune when the team take delivery of new Akira WSB-spec engines for the next BSB round at Croft on August 12.  Michael Rutter was still riding at...

Farquhar back to McAdoo for Irish road racing

23 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Farquhar back to McAdoo for Irish road racing

Ryan Farquhar will compete at the Mid-Antrim Road Races on board the McAdoo Kawasaki ZX-10R Superbike. The team have not competed since Raymond Porter’s withdrawal from the sport at the North West 200...

Haslam: Mallory is our worst track

23 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Haslam: Mallory is our worst track

Leon Haslam was happy to leave Mallory Park with 36 points after his two podium finishes, especially as the track doesn’t suit the Ducati F06 999, but is looking forward to the Croft round and the...

Chris Jones fund raises 22k

23 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Chris Jones fund raises 22k

The Chris Jones Riders Fund 2nd Annual Bowling Night raised over £22,000, thanks to the support from leading racers and over 500 race fans. Guest of honour and WSB championship leader James Toseland...

British Supersport: Mallory Park win for Michael Laverty

23 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

British Supersport: Mallory Park win for Michael Laverty

It was lucky number ‘13’ today for the Relentless Suzuki British Supersport team, when Michael Laverty and Ian Lowry collected champagne bottles number 12 and 13 for the season to date at Mallory...

Video: Brno World Superbikes race 1 highlights

23 July 2007 by Angus Farquhar

James Toseland took the win in the first race at the Brno round of the World Superbike Championship after a race-long struggle with Max Biaggi. Check out  the video below to watch the highlights of the race. Get more on Worldsbk.tv

Heroes in Misano

23 July 2007 by lysknight

Heroes in Misano

My husband Harold and myself went to the FIM Rally in Cesenatico, Italy in June. When it finished we went down to Misano Adriatico where we met my hero Frankie Chilli on his beach. As you can see,...

US MotoGP: AMA: Neil Hodgson fifth, Ellison tenth, Chaz Davies retires

23 July 2007 by MCN Sports Desk

US MotoGP: AMA: Neil Hodgson fifth, Ellison tenth, Chaz Davies retires

Neil Hodgson made an impressive return to racing with fifth place in the AMA Superbike race as part of the US MotoGP weekend at Laguna Seca, with James Ellison tenth. The race was won by Yoshimura...

US MotoGP reaction: Sprocket failure costs Chaz Davies

23 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP reaction: Sprocket failure costs Chaz Davies

A broken rear sprocket cost British rider Chaz Davies a points-scoring finish on his shock MotoGP debut in Laguna Seca. Replacing injured German Alex Hofmann on the D’Antin Ducati, Davies was lying...

US MotoGP reaction: Marco Melandri braves pain for Laguna Seca podium

23 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP reaction: Marco Melandri braves pain for Laguna Seca podium

Marco Melandri claimed a heroic third place in today’s American MotoGP race to clinch a contract with Ducati’s factory squad for 2008. Just over 24 hours after he dislocated his left ankle in a...

US MotoGP reaction: Chris Vermeulen second behind rampant Casey Stoner

23 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP reaction: Chris Vermeulen second behind rampant Casey Stoner

Chris Vermeulen claimed his third podium of 2007 with second place in the Laguna Seca MotoGP clash, but was powerless to seriously trouble a dominant Casey Stoner. The closest Vermeulen got to his...

US MotoGP reaction: Stoner romps to victory

23 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP reaction: Stoner romps to victory

Casey Stoner extended his MotoGP world championship lead to a massive 44-points going into the summer break after a crushing victory at the American MotoGP. The 21-year-old obliterated his rivals to...

Marco Melandri clinches Ducati deal alongside Casey Stoner

23 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

Marco Melandri clinches Ducati deal alongside Casey Stoner

Marco Melandri has signed a two-year contract to join Ducati’s factory squad next season, while Laguna Seca race winner Casey Stoner has extended his deal with the Bologna factory to the end of the...

US MotoGP: Vermeulen signs new factory Suzuki deal

23 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP: Vermeulen signs new factory Suzuki deal

Aussie Chris Vermeulen has signed a new contract with Suzuki’s factory MotoGP squad. The 24-year-old will stay on board a GSV-R for 2008 with an option for 2009 having accepted a formal offer he...

US MotoGP: Casey Stoner dominates Laguna Seca

22 July 2007 by MCN Sports Desk

US MotoGP: Casey Stoner dominates Laguna Seca

Casey Stoner has won the US MotoGP round at Laguna Seca with a totally dominant performance on the Ducati Desmosedici. Dani Pedrosa led from the start, but within two corners Casey Stoner was in the...

Oulton Park race pics

22 July 2007 by jason handy

Oulton Park race pics

Here’s some Oulton Park British Superbike race day pics…

US MotoGP: Casey Stoner tops Laguna Seca warm-up

22 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP: Casey Stoner tops Laguna Seca warm-up

Casey Stoner’s ominous form in Laguna Seca continued this morning when the factory Ducati rider finished warm-up with the fastest time. Stoner, who will start from pole position for this afternoon’s...

Mallory Park British Superbikes: Kiyo takes red flagged race 2

22 July 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Mallory Park British Superbikes: Kiyo takes red flagged race 2

Ryuichi Kiyonari took the win in the second race at the Mallory Park round of the British SUperbike championship after Johnathan Rea’s dramatic crash caused the race to be red flagged. Kiyo took the...

Mallory British Superbikes: Byrne wins race one

22 July 2007 by Angu Farquhar

Mallory British Superbikes: Byrne wins race one

Shayne Byrne took a long awaited win at the Mallory Park round of the British Superbike championship. Byrne ended the race with nearly a three second lead over second placed man Johnathan Rea who now...

Brno World Superbikes: Biaggi denies Toseland the double

22 July 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Brno World Superbikes: Biaggi denies Toseland the double

James Toseland was denied a double at the Brno round of the World Superbike championship as Max Biaggi took the win in the second race. Again it was Toseland Biaggi and Haga at the front with Haga...

Video: Toseland dedicates win to Ollie Bridewell

22 July 2007 by Angus Farquhar

James Toseland dedicated his race race win at the Brno round fo the World Superbike championship to British Superbike racer Ollie Bridewell who died on Friday. Talking in the post race press conference Toseland first explains how Biaggi got injured by a stone thrown from Toseland’s rear wheel then goes on to dedicate the win to the memory of Ollie.

Brno World Supersport: Britain's Craig Jones second behind Sofuoglu

22 July 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Brno World Supersport: Britain's Craig Jones second behind Sofuoglu

Britain’s Craig Jones has taken a fantastic second place in the Brno round of the World Supersport championship. Jones spent most of the race trying to chase down championship leader and race winner...

Oulton Park Saturday qualifying pics

22 July 2007 by jason handy from Gloucester

Oulton Park Saturday qualifying pics

Oulton Park, Saturday qualifying pics… I see that Scott Smart was a bit behind; he had to use his afterburner to catch the rest of the pack up.

Brno World Superbikes: Toseland wins race one

22 July 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Brno World Superbikes: Toseland wins race one

James Toseland took the win in the first race at the Brno round of the World Superbike Championship after a race-long struggle with Max Biaggi. Toseland pulled away from the field right from the...

Video: Brno World Superbikes Superpole highlights

22 July 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Noriyuki Haga had already set the fastest lap of the two qualifying sessions for the Brno round of the World Suerbike championship. Check out the video below to watch as he takes pole for the race with the fastest ever lap of the circuit on a Superbike. Watch the whole weekend live at Worldsbk.tv

US MotoGP: Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards fear front tyre trouble

22 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP: Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards fear front tyre trouble

Fiat Yamaha duo Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards have serious concerns about the durability of their Michelin front tyres for tomorrow’s 32-lap American MotoGP race. Rossi will start fifth on the...

D'Antin MotoGP team impressed and surprised by Chaz Davies

22 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

D'Antin MotoGP team impressed and surprised by Chaz Davies

Ducati team boss Luis D’Antin reckons he has been surprised by the impressive performance of British rider Chaz Davies in the American MotoGP. Davies was thrown in at the deep end yesterday afternoon...

US MotoGP: Late charge fires Casey Stoner to Laguna Seca pole

22 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP: Late charge fires Casey Stoner to Laguna Seca pole

Casey Stoner produced a brilliant last two laps in today’s MotoGP qualifying session to claim his third pole position of the year in Laguna Seca. Having dominated the three free practice sessions,...

US MotoGP: Hofmann targets Brno MotoGP return

21 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP: Hofmann targets Brno MotoGP return

Alex Hofmann has targeted a return to action in the Czech Republic MotoGP race in Brno next month after undergoing surgery on a badly broken left hand in San Francisco yesterday (Friday). The German’s...

US MotoGP: Valentino Rossi crashes as Casey Stoner goes fastest

21 July 2007 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP: Valentino Rossi crashes as Casey Stoner goes fastest

Casey Stoner topped the timesheets in the third and final American MotoGP free practice as main world title rival Valentino Rossi escaped injury in a crash. Stoner’s domination at Laguna Seca...