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BSB: Who goes where in 2010

25 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

BSB: Who goes where in 2010

There are still a lot of unanswered questions about who goes where in next year’s BSB series. Here’s the latest list of confirmed entries – plus those still looking for rides and teams looking for...

Buildbase Kawasaki sign Adam Jenkinson

25 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Buildbase Kawasaki team owner Stuart Hicken has signed Superstock rider Adam Jenkinson will join John Laverty in the Buildbase Kawasaki team for next year’s British Superbike campaign. Jenkinson’s 2009 Superstock performances that took him to fourth in the championship caught Hicken’s eye and earned a shot on the Buildbase bike in the end-of-season Sunflower international at Bishopscourt. The...

Rutter races on with Ducati in 2010

25 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Rutter races on with Ducati in 2010

Michael Rutter will race a Ducati in BSB next year – teamed up with Martyn Jessop on a pair of 1098RS F08s with backing from West Country motorcycle dealership Riders, Bathams Brewery and Black Horse...

Neil Hodgson at North Yorkshire chat show

24 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Neil Hodgson at North Yorkshire chat show

Former World and British Superbike Champion Neil Hodgson is the guest for the North Yorkshire Road Racing Supporters Club chat show, tonight, Tuesday 24th November. Hodgson will be discussing with...

Video: Neil Hodgson interview

20 November 2009 by MCN

Neil Hodgson talks to MCN about signing for Rob MacRacing…

Ellison puts Phase One Yamaha on Qatar 8H pole

13 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Ellison puts Phase One Yamaha on Qatar 8H pole

BSB runner-up James Ellison has put the British-based Yamaha Phase One Endurance on pole position for tomorrow’s Qatar 8 Hour – the final round of the World Endurance Championship. He clocked 2:01.002...

Moto Rapido confirm BSB ‘Evo’ team

13 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Moto Rapido confirm BSB ‘Evo’ team

Moto Rapido Ducati will make a step up to the MCE British Superbike Championship next season with a two-rider team. Current racer Scott Smart will return to the main class after a successful year in...

McGuinness and Plater to race indoor shorttrack

13 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

McGuinness and Plater to race indoor shorttrack

TT lap record holder John McGuinness and British Supersport champion Steve Plater will take part in the Braintree Bonanza Indoor Shorttrack meeting on 27th December. Plater, 2009 Senior TT Winner &...

Neil Hodgson signs for Motorpoint Yamaha!

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Neil Hodgson signs for Motorpoint Yamaha!

Neil Hodgson has signed to ride for Motorpoint Yamaha to race in BSB next year. The deal was finalised last week and Hodgson jetted in from his home on the Isle of Man to sign the contract at...

Tommy with Worx Suzuki

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Tommy with Worx Suzuki

Tommy Hill lines up with Yukio Kagayama in the Worx Suzuki BSB team next year. Hill was at Crescent Suzuki in Verwood last Thursday to sign his 2010 contract with the team and told MCN:  “I had a lot...

Motorpoint Yamaha - back from the brink

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Motorpoint Yamaha - back from the brink

What a turnaround. One minute Rob McElnea is ready to close down his race shop after their most disappointing season ever. The next he’s arguably bagged the biggest coup in BSB by signing former WSB...

Linfoot is Hodgson's Motorpoint team-mate

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Linfoot is Hodgson's Motorpoint team-mate

Dan Linfoot will be Neil Hodgson’s team-mate in next year’s Motorpoint Yamaha team, leaving the team’s 2009 rider Chris Walker and Graeme Gowland both looking for pastures new. Linfoot was bowled over...

BMW for National Superstock?

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

BMW for National Superstock?

BMW Motorrad UK plans to run a two-man team in next year’s National Superstock championship but is looking to form a partnership with a well-established outfit in the BSB paddock, rather than run the...

McDougall teams with East Coast Racing for BSB

06 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

McDougall teams with East Coast Racing for BSB

Pat McDougall will race Phil Reed’s ex-Karl Harris Yamaha R1 in BSB next year. Discussions started after McDougal rode successfully for Reed’s East Caost Racing team at the Silverstone British...

Plater still unsure of 2010 plans

04 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Plater still unsure of 2010 plans

Like everyone else Steve Plater is waiting to hear about Louth-based Honda Racing’s plans for 2010. He told MCN: “Obviously I’ve spoken to Honda about next year but I’ve heard nothing since so I’ve no...

Hodgson close to Motorpoint Yamaha deal

02 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Hodgson close to Motorpoint Yamaha deal

Neil Hodgson is thought to be close to agreeing terms to ride for Rob McElnea’s Motorpoint Yamaha team next year. McElnea was the former WSB champion’s first port of call when he visited the Croft BSB...

Karl Harris to MSS Kawasaki

02 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Karl Harris to MSS Kawasaki

Karl Harris is talking with MSS Colchester Kawasaki team for the 2010 season but MCN understands a deal – if finalised – won’t just be for BSB but also for the roads. Harris has talked about having a...

Ellison and Richards in Qatar 8hr

02 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Ellison and Richards in Qatar 8hr

BSB stars James Ellison and Glen Richards are spearheading the British-base Phase One assault on the Qatar 8hr on November 14, the final round of the 2009 World Endurance Championship. Both Ellison...

Enjoying Silversone BSB

31 October 2009 by Natalie Allen

Enjoying Silversone BSB

Natalie enjoying the Silverstone round of the BSB Championship.

New backer opens doors for Westmorland

16 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

New backer opens doors for Westmorland

James Westmorland raced his JW racing/JT Performance Triumph in British Supersport at Oulton last weekend with a new backer: Came (pronounced Camay), an international company specialising in...

2009 Oulton Park winners

16 October 2009 by christboak

2009 Oulton Park winners

2009 Winners – Oulton Park

Steve Plater and Gill

16 October 2009 by christboak

Steve Plater and Gill

Steve and me after he won the BSS at Oulton Park.

Karl Harris and Gill

16 October 2009 by christboak

Karl Harris and Gill

Me and Karl Harris before the big off at Oulton!

Leon and the Girls!

16 October 2009 by christboak

Leon and the Girls!

Us with Leon at Oulton Park last weekend.

Andrews survives monster crash

15 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Andrews survives monster crash

Simon Andrews was concussed, battered and bruised after he had barrel-rolled across the gravel trap on the first lap of the final race at Oulton on Sunday. The MSS Kawasaki rider had finished sixth...

Guintoli operation

15 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Guintoli operation

Sylvain Guintoli was due in surgery today to have one screw removed from the plates and pins that were used to repair the tibia and fibula smashed in his Donington Park crash early in the...

What next for Glen Richards?

15 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

What next for Glen Richards?

With the season over Glen Richards faces a difficult period, waiting to hear what HM Plant Honda’s plans are for 2010 – and how he might figure in them. After a painful Silverstone comeback Richards...

Rutter's promising Oulton ruined by crash

15 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Rutter's promising Oulton ruined by crash

After all their technical issues that plagued the Bathams Ducati at Silverstone, Michael Rutter and his makeshift crew finally got the vee-twin running sweetly at Oulton but it all ended in tears when...

Denning's take on Guintoli's WSB switch

15 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Denning's take on Guintoli's WSB switch

Now that the dust has settled on Sylvain Guintoli’s move to Alstare Suzuki there’s time to reflect on how the situation developed into the major moves that took not only Guintoli back to the world...

Oulton Park burnouts

15 October 2009 by james braide

Oulton Park burnouts

The best racing this year in the British Superstock 1000 and fantastic burnouts at Oulton Park.

Sam And BIG ED

14 October 2009 by Sam Williams

Sam And BIG ED

The first time I met BIG ED at Silverstone, he is awesome 🙂

Celebrations!

14 October 2009 by Mandy Richards

I was at Oulton Park for the final round of the BSB last weekend and actually stood at the front of the podium when Leon Camier was presented his trophy for becoming the MCE BSB Champion 2009. The atmosphere was fantastic and I felt truly honoured to be there to share his moment and get covered in the celebratory champagne! What a fantastic weekend! Thanks to all the riders for making it a truly...

My son at BSB

13 October 2009 by nigaltomlinson

My son at BSB

This is my one year old son at the BSB final having his picture taken with Sylvain Guintoli and the Worx Crescent Suzuki girls. What a fab day.

Big Ed at Oulton Park

13 October 2009 by G Jones

Big Ed at Oulton Park

Josh with Big Ed at BSB Oulton Park

Contract? What contract?

12 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Contract? What contract?

When I got the tip-off on Saturday morning at Oulton Park that Sylvain Guintoli had been snatched from the Worx Suzuki team to ride for Alstare Suzuki in WSB I simply didn’t believe it. fter all, I...

On the grid with Steve Plater

12 October 2009 by Gail Middlemore

On the grid with Steve Plater

Me and Platerman on the grid at Oulton minutes before setting off on his championship winning ride !