If you like your motorcycle racing straight up, then you need to be at Norwalk Raceway Park this weekend for the Wiseco Cyclefest in Norwalk Ohio. Norwalk has a great drag racing facility, The Kneeslider takes in the IHRA World Nationals in August which is a superb show in itself, but this weekend it's all motorcycles. With two great events this weekend, Vintage Days at Mid … [Read more...]

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course has made a number of safety improvements. Mid Ohio is as close to a local track as The Kneeslider gets so we always like to see them moving forward. Beginning this weekend with Vintage Days and next weekend with the AMA Superbikes, we always enjoy our time there. Mid Ohio is one of the longer running venues for the Superbikes, attendance is always … [Read more...]

After watching Nicky show the international crowd how we do it over here, you have to wonder, how well would Nicky be doing against Rossi and friends if he had come up through the GP ranks? He rode dirt bikes and then the AMA races, Rossi ran the lower GP classes and became familiar with the tracks he would run on in MotoGP. Track familiarity certainly plays a role as most of … [Read more...]

According to Roadracing World, the 2006 US MotoGP is already set and is scheduled for July 21-23. I couldn't find anything to confirm those dates on the Laguna Seca site but if true, I'm marking my calendar. Update: It's official. … [Read more...]

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Way too many commercials during the race. They must have thought it was a NASCAR 500 miler with numerous 3 commercial breaks. They could have loaded up before and after and gone light during the race since it was live, but, hey... it was on which was great. But, note to Speed Channel, ease up on breaks in live races. Nuff said... … [Read more...]