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Penultimate Maxxis Round Cements Championship Top Three For Boost Energy KTM

admin — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:23:06 +0000

Boost Energy KTM travelled to the Scottish Borders at the weekend for the penultimate round of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship at Duns. Although much rain had fallen in the week, which prompted fears of a repeat of the 2009 championship round held there, it turned out to be perfect for the day’s racing.

Suppo Leaves Ducati Marlboro, New Team Announced

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:31:41 +0000

The last race of the 2009 MotoGP season will also be the last race in Ducati Marlboro Team colours for Livio Suppo, Ducati’s MotoGP project manager. The Italian manager will leave Ducati to embark on a new professional adventure.
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Spies Prepares for Big Showdown, Crutchlow Has His Eyes on the Prize

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:26:46 +0000

The clock is ticking down to the 14th and final round of the 2009 World Superbike Championship at the Portimao circuit in Portugal. With just ten points separating championship leader Haga from Yamaha World Superbike rider Ben Spies everything is to play for on race day. - British rider Cal Crutchlow heads to Portimao this weekend with the championship title firmly in his sights.
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Casey Stoner can slide!

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:28:03 +0000

During the last lap of the 2009 Australian GP, Casey Stoner – who had to withstand pressure from Valentino Rossi – achieved this amazing slide that we can’t get enough of.

Casey Stoner can slide! originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 19 October 2009 16:37 EST.

S1 and S2 Title Wrestles Move on to Thessaloniki

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:53:18 +0000

Coming back to Thessaloniki’s Drive Park this weekend the FIM SuperMoto World Championship sees this and the remaining two Grand Prix of the 2009 season get underway in just five weeks. The pressure remains high among the competitive S1 and S2 rankings including S1 series leader Van Den Bosch and S2 series leader Adrien Chareyre both from France.
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Chris Vermeulen Signs for Kawasaki WSB Team

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:23:50 +0000

Chris Vermeulen, one of the few riders to win both MotoGP and World Superbike races, has joined the Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team for the 2010 season. Currently racing in MotoGP, Vermeulen will soon apply his talents to the official WSB Ninja ZX-10R and will get his first chance to ride the machine during tests in November.
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HM Plant Honda Ends Season on a High

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:23:47 +0000

The HM Plant Honda team finished the 2009 BSB season on a high at Oulton Park this weekend, with Steve Plater taking his British Supersport campaign to the wire but securing the Championship title on his CBR600RR.
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SuperMoto World Championship - Round 6

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:01:16 +0000

The sixth and penultimate Grand Prix of the 2009 FIM SuperMoto World Championship will be held in Ottobiano, Italy, instead of Pesaro. The date of the Grand Prix of Lombardia remains set for the October 25 weekend.
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Airwaves Yamaha One-Two at Silverstone

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:20:36 +0000

British Superbike Championship leader Leon Camier, claimed pole number nine at a sunny Silverstone today. James Ellison will start alongside him with just 0.097s splitting the Airwaves Yamaha pair.
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Exciting Prospect for Silverstone Race Day

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:20:33 +0000

Graeme Gowland and Chris Walker start the penultimate round of the 2009 British Superbike Championship from the 3rd and 4th row respectively. Graeme just missed out on the final tranche of qualifying and finished an impressive 11th and a solid 3rd row start.
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