Source: http://sportbikeblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/buell-1125rr-to-race-in-amadmg.html
Ingemar Bengtsson Johnny Bengtsson Angelo Bergamonti Werner Bergold Jacques Bernard
Monday, February 28, 2011
2011 Moto2 Jerez Private Test Press Release Roundup
The press releases issued by the Moto2 teams after the latest two-day private test at Jerez:
Another step ahead for Marc Márquez in Jerez
The Repsol rider continues with his progression in Moto2, slowly improving his performance. He reduced yesterday's time by 7 tenths
Year:
2011
Alan Barnett Lorenzo Baroni Jose Barresi Manliff Barrington Alex Barros
Fourteen-Car Crash Comes Early in Daytona 500
Filed under: David Reutimann, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Michael Waltrip, Sprint Cup, NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The racing may look different at Daytona, but the big crashes are still around.
Less than 30 laps in to Sunday's Daytona 500, contact between a former Daytona winner, Michael Waltrip, and another car he owns set off a 14-car melee in turn four. Waltrip nudged David Reutimann into a spin on the race's 29th lap to start the incident.
Earlier in the race, Waltrip spun Kyle Busch on lap six -- an incident that managed to miss the rest of the pack.
"They make a quick move and it just spins them out," Waltrip said. "I've been doing this all week and I haven't spun anyone out. I'm involved in both of them and I don't know what I could have done different."
The crash collected several of the race's likely contenders, including reigning five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson as well as his teammates Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin.
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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2011/02/20/fourteen-car-crash-comes-early-in-daytona-500/
John Blanchard Ramiro Blanco Rolf Blatter Norman Blemings František Bartoš
2011 WSBK Phillip Island Race 1 Result: Winner Seize Control Early
Results of World Superbike Race 1 from Phillip Island:
Stefano Bianco Fabio Biliotti Wilf Billington Hartmut Bischoff Gastone Biscia
Davidson: rear wings will make cars 15kph quicker | Interview
"The cars are going to be travelling anything up to 15kph faster down the straight."
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Norick Abe Hubert Abold Karel Abrahám Brian Adams Duilio Agostini
Late Wreck Stops Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Storybook Daytona 500 Ending
Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s shoulders may well have borne 500 miles worth of expectations this week at Daytona.
Marking 10 years since the death of his legendary father in NASCAR's most important race, Earnhardt Jr. served as the central beacon of a sport remembering the passing of one of its most legendary drivers.
The sport's most popular driver also has been the most talked about non-factor for most of the last three seasons and has seen his share of changes in the Hendrick Motorsports program around him. A new crew chief -- Steve Letarte -- was in his ear.
Sunday, none of it seemed to be a distraction as Earnhardt sliced his way through the field time and again to find the front -- and occasionally lead -- one of the most unusual Daytona 500s in recent memory.
However, the chaotic nature of NASCAR's season-opening beast, a race marked by the most cautions and lead changes in the event's 53-year history, finally caught up with Earnhardt moments from the end.
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Luigi Anelli Marcel Ankone Hans Georg Anscheidt Alessandro Antonello Haruchika Aoki
New track best for Spanish ace
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) set the quickest lap ever recorded around Phillip Island on a Superbike...
Romolo Balbi Jean François Balde Mike Baldinger Alex Baldolini Mike Baldwin
How to pass slow moving farm equipment
No, this isn't the Kawasaki ad where the photo radar gets the farmer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_v4iJJwWU&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4_v4iJJwWU&feature=player_embedded
Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144211&goto=newpost
Manuel Arias Ken Armstrong Reg Armstrong Arciso Artesiani Sandro Artusi
Rallying In DiRT3!
Here's a summary of all answers given by Paul Coleman of Codemasters via twitter, regarding the rallying In DiRT3.
*STAGES*
Rally events will...
*STAGES*
Rally events will...
Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?141444-Rallying-In-DiRT3!&goto=newpost
Jaime Alguesuari Julien Allemand Dick Allen Rudy Allison Pedro Alvarez
WSBK: One Man Show for Race 1 at Phillip Island
Carlos Checa started the season-opening round of World Superbike racing at Phillip Island on pole, having dominated testing and the weekend. Reigning champion Max Biaggi started alongside him, finally bearing his #1 championship plate, having posted a qualifying time just .013s slower than Checa’s. Completing the front row were Sylvain Guintoli and Leon Haslam, both quick in the dry times from Saturday’s qualifying. Conditions on Sunday led to some shake-ups in the order for the ...
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AsphaltandRubber/~3/7gd6DG7Gd4I/
Günter Bartusch Eric Bataille Franco Battaini Gerhard Bauer Manfred Baumann
Alpinestars Talks with Stoner, Pedrosa, and Dovi
Alpinestars has been fancying itself a bit of a movie maker lately, and has a video with the three members of the factory-backed Repsol Honda MotoGP team. Talking to the three extremely talented riders, Alpinestars explores each racer’s path to motorcycle racing, and their early moments in the sport. Perhaps the most interesting part of the interview is the question: “When did you realize you were special?”, which provides for some insightful replies. Check out ...
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Gerhard Boll Jacques Bolle Pierre Bolle Maurice Bolwerk Gianfranco Bonera
2011 asbk...
BMW & Glenn Allerton won both races at Phillip Island - Race 1 was wet with drying line & BMW/Aprilia finish 1-2 :eek: ... Wouldnt have thought that...
Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?141437-2011-asbk...&goto=newpost
Sandro Artusi Javier Arumi Sadao Asami Giuseppe Ascareggi Franz Aschenbrenner
Cspeedphotos from Laguna Seca
MotoGPBlog has been following Dan Lo of CornerSpeedPhoto, (Twitter: @cspeedphoto) for a while now. He’s a talented photographer based in the States, and we’re honoured to feature some of his shots from this year’s Laguna Seca MotoGP round. In particular, the shot of Canepa at turn 2 is awesome. Thanks Dan!
Dan used the following kit [...]
Dan used the following kit [...]
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Alessandro Antonello Haruchika Aoki Nobuatsu Aoki Takuma Aoki Hiroshi Aoyama
Shoei X-Twelve Helmets are Snell M2010-Approved
Air conditioning for your head - with fifteen different vents molded into the shell, that�s exactly what you get with a Shoei X-Twelve helmet. Hot...
Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144207&goto=newpost
Juan Borja Sergio Boroncini Gino Borsoi Luca Boscoscuro Gimmi Bosio
Video: SHIFT 2 Unleashed - Authenticity and realism
A few days ago we presented a Shift 2 Unleashed video staring the new Pagani Huayra. Now is time for another video, this time revealing the authenticity and the realism in the new racing video.
Official statement says that top racecar drivers, including Tommy Milner, Edward Sandstrom and drift champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. all spent a great deal of time with the team at Slightly Mad Studios, helping make SHIFT 2 Unleashed the most realistic racing game you’ll ever play. With the help of the new "helmet cam" you will get inside the heads of the best racecar drivers, but also of the world’s best drifters. All this moves were made in order to make from the NFS Shift 2 the most realistic racing game on the market.
You will be able to take a first spin on March 29.
Video: SHIFT 2 Unleashed - Authenticity and realism originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 27 February 2011 12:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/video-shift-2-unleashedauthenticity-and-realism-ar105626.html
Sandro Artusi Javier Arumi Sadao Asami Giuseppe Ascareggi Franz Aschenbrenner
Blake's Takes: The Dark Spectre in Racing
Filed under: Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Car of Tomorrow, Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR Crashes, NASCAR Fans, Sprint Cup, FanHouse Exclusive, NASCAR
There's an Iggy Pop song called "Gimme Danger." The tune is haunting, although the words have almost nothing to do with what I'm about to discuss.
Those two words came to me every time I thought about what to write on a touchy subject, and I'll admit to some reservation in writing it at all.
Arguing with aggrieved NASCAR fans is like trying to explain something to your ex-wife -- you cant win.
Another quote brings it closer to home. Former world champion Jackie Stewart recalled a pre-season drivers meeting in the 1970s and looking around and wondering, en brogue, "which of these men I wouldn't see at next year's meeting."
Yes, friends, the possibility of death on the track loomed large then, and before, not just in Grand Prix racing but in midget and sprint-car shows in the Tommy Hinnerschitz days. The Nurburgring, that 16-mile monstrosity through the German forests, was billed as the world's most lethal track. Anyone remember Langhorne Speedway, outside Philadelphia? Bill Vuckovich? Eddie Sachs?
The now-gone Indianapolis News annually published the "official" record book of the 500-Mile Race. On a full page in the back was "Died at the Speedway", a list that included not only drivers and crewmen but spectators and innocent bystanders.
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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2011/02/26/blakes-takes-the-dark-spectre-in-racing/
Rex Avery Masao Azuma Jan Bäckstrom Chris Baert Graham Bailey
Laguna 2009 tipping contest prizes
Thanks to all our competitors last week - it was a week that was particularly scare on points with Dani Pedrosa hardly featuring in the picks - only four of you had him on the podium at all, and only @rumblestrip as high as second. Elsewhere, he was mentioned but generally only as a crash [...]
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Carlo Bellotti Jean Pierre Beltoise Felice Benasedo Gert Bender Ingemar Bengtsson
2011 WSBK Phillip Island Race 1 Result: Winner Seize Control Early
Results of World Superbike Race 1 from Phillip Island:
František Bartoš Günter Bartusch Eric Bataille Franco Battaini Gerhard Bauer
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Donington MotoGP tipping contest prizes
Great news! Enter the Donington round of the Tipping Contest to have a chance of winning a copy of Ring of Fire, The Inside Story of MotoGP by Rick Broadbent.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
Top three scorers for the round (not overall) will win a copy of Ring of Fire.
The top two scoring Minellas will [...]
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
Top three scorers for the round (not overall) will win a copy of Ring of Fire.
The top two scoring Minellas will [...]
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Update on the MV Agusta F3 ? Available Fall 2011
After unveiling the MV Agusta F3, the Italian company’s new three-cylinder supersport model, at the 2010 EICMA show with virtually no concrete specifications, MV Agusta has been quiet about its new motorcycle ever since. Expected to arrive as a 2012 model, the wait from unveiling to production has been excruciatingly long for those who fell in love with the F3′s take on Massimo Tamburini’s classic design. Since its launch, the only progress we’ve seen is ...
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Kees Besseling Max Biaggi Pier Paolo Bianchi Stefano Bianco Fabio Biliotti
Michael Waltrip Takes Emotional Truck Race Win on Earnhardt Anniversary
Filed under: Elliott Sadler, Michael Waltrip, Daytona Int'l Speedway, SPEED TV, NASCAR
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- An emotional, out-of-breath Michael Waltrip could barely choke out words of thanks after he made a dramatic last-lap pass to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck series 250-mile race Friday night at Daytona International Speedway.
Waltrip, who usually announces the truck races, swept past Elliott Sadler in a classic Daytona slingshot pass as the trucks sped into the tri-oval toward the checkered flag in a green-white-checkered, two-lap finish after a couple of big wrecks late in the race.
It came on the 10th anniversary of Waltrip's greatest and worst day -- his win in the 2001 Daytona 500 seconds after his car owner Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash in turn four on the last lap.
"I'm just so thankful, Waltrip said Friday night, nearly breathless, with tears and sweat gleaming on his face in the glare of the television lights in victory lane. "I want to thank the fans, man. They keep us going. And they've just been so good to us. It's just very emotional and I didn't know I could push Elliott all the way around there. And I was able to do it.
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Takuma Aoki Hiroshi Aoyama Shuhei Aoyama Andre Luc Appietto Robin Appleyard
2011 WSBK Phillip Island Day 1 Press Release Roundup
With bikes actually riding in earnest once again, the first set of press releases has been issued from the World Superbike season opener at Phillip Island. Here's what the teams had to say at the end of day 1:
Phillip Island – Free Practice & Qualifying Practice 1.
Team BMW Motorrad Motorsport started the 2011 season solidly: While Leon Haslam (GBR) and Troy Corser (AUS) suffered from severe grip issues in today's free practice session, both BMW Motorrad Motorsport riders were able to secure provisional starting positions on the second and third rows during the first qualifying session. Both riders' crews worked on the engine mapping as well as the chassis set-up between the sessions. Leon finished today's qualifying in sixth, while Troy finished eleventh.
Year:
2011
Dick Allen Rudy Allison Pedro Alvarez Luis Alvaro Emilio Alzamora
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