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MotoGP Rider Marco Simoncelli Dies At Malaysian MotoGP Race
Posted on 23. Oct, 2011 by admin.
It is with great sadness and a sense of profound loss that we have to report that “him with the crazy hair”, the very likeable and characterful Marco Simoncelli died shortly after a horrific crash on the opening lap at the Malaysian MotoGP today.
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Foggy And Whit Show To Appear At Manx Grand Prix Festival
Posted on 17. Aug, 2011 by admin.
Two legends of motorbike racing, Carl Fogarty and James Whitham, are bringing their popular chat show ‘Givin It Gas’ to the Isle of Man. The popular pair will be appearing at the TT Grandstand’s VIP Club on the evening of Wednesday 31st August.
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Dave Molyneux Confirms That He Will Return To Racing For 2012 Isle Of Man TT Races
Posted on 17. Aug, 2011 by admin.
Sidecar legend Dave Molyneux, the 14-time Isle of Man TT Races winner, will be returning to the grid in 2012. Molyneux, who first competed at the TT in 1985, will again team up with world champion passenger Patrick Farrance. The pair last competed together in 2010, finishing second in the Sure Sidecar Race 2 and will again be racing the Kawasaki backed ZX-6R machine.
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Up And Down Day For McGuinness At UGP
Posted on 17. Aug, 2011 by admin.
John McGuinness endured a mixed bag of results at Saturday’s Ulster Grand Prix with strong rides in the two Supersport races offset by misfortune in the Superbike events.
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Ken De Dycker On The Pace In France
Posted on 07. Jun, 2011 by admin.
LS Honda Racing rider Ken De Dycker started each moto from 15th on the gate and made an impressive improvement in each race, reaching fifth in the opening moto and eighth in the second moto. The 26-year old Belgian placed sixth overall and moved up three places to 12th in the championship
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John Mcguinness Wins His Sixteenth Tt Title With Dainese Superbike Victory On The Isle Of Man
Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 by admin.
John McGuinness won his 16th TT when he took victory in the Dainese Superbike race at the Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy.
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Successful Superbike TT For Dan Cooper
Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 by admin.
Stroud’s Dan Cooper and the Cornwall-based Centurion Racing team enjoyed a strong TT race debut together as they took a fine 38th place in the opening Dainese Superbike race. Competing on a Superbike for the first time and in his first six-lap race, Dan got quicker and quicker as the race wore on also posting a new personal best lap of the Mountain Course at 118.502mph.
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Mixed Weekend For Marty Nutt At Croft
Posted on 01. Jun, 2011 by admin.
Mixed weekend for Nutt at Croft Marty Nutt endured a mixed weekend of racing at the latest round of the British Supersport Championship with 14th place in race 1 at Croft being offset by a retirement in race 2. The nutttravel.com/Dawn/T&G Racing rider had been hoping to take another haul of points at one of his favourite venues but after taking a solid finish in the opening race on Saturday, brake fade put paid to his hopes in Sunday’s feature race and he had little option other than to retire.
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Rapid Solicitors-Bathams Ducati Get BSB Season Underway
Posted on 27. Apr, 2011 by admin.
The Rapid Solicitors-Bathams Ducati team returned to action last weekend at Brands Hatch for the opening round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship and now there is just days before the second round gets underway on May Bank Holiday weekend at Oulton Park.
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GBmoto Racing And Tristan Palmer Take Third At Brands Hatch
Posted on 26. Apr, 2011 by admin.
It was a weekend of mixed fortunes for GBmoto Racing, in the opening round of the 2011 Metzeler National Superstock 1000 series, at Brands Hatch this Easter weekend. Tristan Palmer finished third to secure the team’s first podium in the main series. Unfortunately, David Johnson was caught up in someone else’s crash at Druids corner on lap one and did not complete the race.