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MotoGP from Donington Park this weekend

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The MotoGP moves to Donington Park this weekend. Nicky Hayden has a nice 42 point lead in the championship race but every race is exciting because so many are racing well. Lots of injuries the last couple of weeks which may play a part but so far, even Rossi is running well in practice sessions. The race will be televised on SpeedTV as always. MotoGP from Donington … [Read more...]

MotoCzysz Unveiling Racebikes at Laguna Seca

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Michael Czysz is planning to publicly unveil the MotoCzysz C1 factory racebike at the 2006 Red Bull USGP, July 21-23. Deposits for the first 50 production bikes will also be taken on the MotoCzysz website, starting at midnight, July 23rd. Asking price is expected to be $100,000+. What the "production bike" will be exactly, isn't completely clear. According to a new and … [Read more...]

Bonneville Vintage GP and Concours

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The new Miller Motorsports Park just had its inaugural AMA races and I notice they've scheduled the Bonneville Vintage GP for September 15th, 16th and 17th, 2006. They have a full slate of vintage racing, swap meet and a Concours d' Elegance sponsored by Motorcycle Classics Magazine. This new facility is getting great reviews from everyone who has been there so far and they … [Read more...]

Monterey Auction Adds Jordan Racebikes

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The Monterey Classic Bike Auction is adding a lot more motorcycles and yesterday Michael Jordan added two Superstock race bikes and two street legal duplicates of those bikes. Both specimens are Suzuki GSX-R1000s, one ridden by Jason Pridmore in ’05 and the other by Steve Rapp in this year’s AMA Superstock Series. Except for the addition of lights and mirrors, the street … [Read more...]

Rossi Hurt Before Assen MotoGP

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MotoGP has had quite a few crashes in the last week, starting at the race in Catalunya where a first lap crash took out Sete Gibernau and Marco Melandri, then the rest of the race saw riders going down all over the place. This week during practice for this weekend's race at Assen, Rossi crashed getting hairline fractures in his right hand and left foot along with chest … [Read more...]

John Ulrich Editorial on AMA Racing

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John Ulrich, publisher of Roadracing World, also fields a race team and is a member of the AMA board. He wrote a lengthy editorial about all of the problems the AMA has been having with racing rules and regulations and the difficulties of getting necessary changes made. He lists a number of things he is trying to accomplish, dispels a few rumors, and in general, makes a number … [Read more...]