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Sachsenring tipping contest scores

A quiet week at the top of the standings, with @daveminella just inching away from the pack by a single point. Shouts out to @Brian_GP, @danzero and @ducatinewstoday for pulling off their Minellas. Had you guys been around earlier you would be pushing the top spots. The good news is, there is plenty of time [...]

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New Daytona Will Have Tighter Action, More Chance for Mayhem, Drivers Say

Filed under: Bobby Labonte, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Daytona Int'l Speedway, NASCAR Testing, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

As defending Daytona 500 champion Jamie McMurray made his first laps on the repaved Daytona International Speedway Wednesday, the newness of it all was mildly overwhelming at first.

"Honestly, from my first 15-lap run in the draft, it took awhile to take it all in and kinda understand what was happening," McMurray said of the first of two days of Goodyear tire tests on the 2.5-mile speedway's new pavement. "When we unloaded, the cars seemed really wide and the track seemed narrow. But, really, after running 20 or 30 laps, it was not scary and was not that big of a deal.

"Today (Thursday), when I got out there, it felt way more comfortable and you kinda learn little tricks and stuff."

What they also learned, McMurray and other drivers said Thursday at a press conference at the speedway, is that because the new surface is so smooth and fast and so much easier to drive, big packs of cars will stay together longer, and that means the chances of big crashes are greater.

"It's gonna be different racing than what we've had in the past," McMurray said. "The cars are going to stay bunched up more. When you're really close together, it increases those chances" of a big crash, McMurray said. "You just gotta hope that you can make it to the end, because the odds [of a crash] are going to be really good, I'd say."

Barring a huge mistake or problem, "you're not going to the lose the draft," said Jeff Burton. "It's going to be big packs all the time. Three-wide is work. Four-wide is a wreck. Because of the mentality of superspeedway racing. there's going to be efforts to go four-wide to pick up positions, and when that starts happening, it's going to be get hairy."

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/12/16/new-daytona-will-have-tighter-action-more-chance-for-mayhem-dr/

Marcello Cama Paolo Campanelli Keith Campbell Malcolm Campbell William Campbell Frank Camillieri

Slideshow: 8 Years of RRX Covers

Road Racer X says farewell with eight years of magazine covers. Thanks for reading; it's been a fun ride.

Source: http://www.roadracerx.com/features/photos/slideshows/slideshow-8-years-of-rrx-covers/

Carlos Lavado Eddie Lawson Eugenio Lazzarini Gianni Leoni Libero Liberati Dan Linfoot

Legendary Riders & Iconic Machines Confirmed for Isle of Man TT Parade Laps (PICS)

Many of the riders and machines have already been confirmed for the 2011 TT ?Milestones of the Mountain? Parade lap to celebrate the centenary of racing around the iconic Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.

Source: http://www.roadracerx.com/breaking-news/legendary-riders-iconic-machines-confirmed-for-isle-of-man-tt-parade-laps-pics/

Harold Clark John Clark Brendan Clarke Noel Clegg Oscar Clemengich Ivan Clementi

Rossi?s opinion of the Lorenzo negotiations

This quote comes from the Spanish language website elmundodeportivo.es. The message and the sentiment are clear: “You aren’t worth what I get paid Jorge”.
From elmundodeportive.es, translation by Fans.Moto.GP (Thanks!):
What Jorge is looking for seems presumptuous to me: Arrive at Yamaha, and in his second year ask that he be given the same treatment as me. [...]

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Noriyasu Numata Tadayuki Okada Joan Olive Alberto Pagani Nello Pagani Alessio Palumbo