May 4, 2008 9:31 PM
Double victory for Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama
KTM Racing
Red Bull KTM 250 stars Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama mastered treacherous conditions in today's wet Grand Prix of China to score a fantastic double victory for KTM.
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April 22, 2008 6:27 AM
Benny Solis won 1st round of the Red Bull AMA US Rookies Cup
Benny Solis, Jr., from North Hollywood, Calif., won a thrilling 11-lap race with Argentine rider Leandro Mercado at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday.
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April 17, 2008 6:35 AM
BMW MOTORRAD MOTORSPORT RETURNS TO LE MANS WITH TWO FACTORY TEAMS
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - April 16, 2008
The BMW Motorrad Motorsport team is making final preparations to compete in the 2008 FIM Qtel Endurance World Championship. The first event in this year's six-round championship will take place April 19 and 20 at Le Mans, France.
BMW Motorrad team members are looking forward to returning to the historic Bugatti circuit for the '24 Hours Moto of Le Mans' race. Last year, the factory team marked its return to world championship motorcycle racing with a fantastic result at the grueling 24 hour race in France, ending with a win in its class and a highly impressive 16th overall after 776 laps on the modified R 1200 S sports boxer.
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BMW MOTORRAD MOTORSPORT RETURNS TO LE MANS WITH TWO FACTORY TEAMS
Woodcliff Lake, NJ - April 16, 2008
The BMW Motorrad Motorsport team is making final preparations to compete in the 2008 FIM Qtel Endurance World Championship. The first event in this year's six-round championship will take place April 19 and 20 at Le Mans, France.
BMW Motorrad team members are looking forward to returning to the historic Bugatti circuit for the '24 Hours Moto of Le Mans' race. Last year, the factory team marked its return to world championship motorcycle racing with a fantastic result at the grueling 24 hour race in France, ending with a win in its class and a highly impressive 16th overall after 776 laps on the modified R 1200 S sports boxer.
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April 14, 2008 10:02 PM
Nina Prinz takes impressive win at Misano on YZF-R1
Yamaha Racing
Misano, Italy 14/04/2008
During the first round of the European Championship Road Racing Women’s 1000cc held at Misano Adriatico (Italy) last weekend, Nina Prinz (Team Yamaha Motor Germany) debuted on the R1 and took it to an impressive victory. The reigning European champion, from Mannheim/Leutkirch in Germany, had been consistently fast during all qualifying sessions and dominated throughout the weekend, even during qualifying where she competed against many men from the open class.
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March 27, 2008 8:48 PM
BUELL ON PODIUM AT HOCKENHEIM 1000
New 1125R Makes German Racing Debut on Easter Weekend
Cologne, Germany (March 25, 2008)
The brand-new Buell 1125R delivered a stunning debut at the start of the German racing season on Easter Saturday, posting 2nd and 5th place finishes on Hockenheim’s demanding Grand Prix circuit.
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March 10, 2008 9:44 PM
3J’s Track Days Hosts Event to Benefit Needy Youth Groups, AFM Air Fence Fund in March
SONOMA, Calif. (March 10, 2008)
3J’s Motorcycle Track Days will host a fund-raiser on Monday, March 31, at Infineon Raceway, with proceeds benefiting both Speedway Children’s Charities and the AFM Air Fence Fund. The event will kick-off Two Wheel Thunder bike week in Sonoma.
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March 3, 2008 9:10 PM
BUELL TEAMS ON THE PODIUM AT MOTO-ST DAYTONA OPENER
ASRA Team Challenge Win and Pro Thunderbike podium Start Racing Season
East Troy, Wis. (March, 3)
Penalties elevated two Buell teams onto the podium of the SunTrust MOTO-ST series’ GrandSport Twins (GST) class at the season-opening Daytona 300 held March 2 at Daytona International Speedway.
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February 22, 2008 6:57 PM
BUELL RACERS SET FOR 2008 RACING SEASON OPENER AT DAYTONA
New 1125R to Make Racing Debut in SunTrust MOTO-ST Daytona 300
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (February 22, 2008)
Buell racing champions and contenders return to action as teams open the 2008 motorcycle roadracing season at Daytona International Speedway next week. Deeley H-D/Buell Canada/Ruthless Racing rider Dave Estok will defend his 2007 American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA) Pro Thunderbike championship aboard a Buell Firebolt XB12R in the first round of the ASRA National road racing series on March 1, while five Buell teams are entered in the SunTrust MOTO-ST Daytona 300 endurance race scheduled for March 2.
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November 5, 2007 11:40 PM
FURTHER UPDATE ON AMA RACING’S MORGAN BROADHEAD
PICKERINGTON, Ohio (November 5, 2007) – AMA Road Racing Manager Morgan Broadhead is showing signs of improvement yet remains hospitalized at Shands at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, Fla.
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October 24, 2007 1:12 AM
JAMES GANG/HOBAN BROTHERS BUELL THIRD AT DAYTONA MOTO-ST
Richie Morris Racing Buell Second in GST Final Standings
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 20, 2007) – The James Gang Racing/Hoban Brothers Buell XB12R sponsored by Buell of Appleton and Darkhorse Crankworks and ridden by Paul James, Jeff Johnson and Walt Sipp finished third in the Grand Sport Touring (GST) class in the 8 Hours At Daytona, the sixth and final round of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series for motorcycle endurance racing. Despite a minor mid-race crash, the team completed 216 laps of the Daytona International Speedway road course, and finished three laps behind the class-winning Touring Sport Ducati entry (Doug Polen/Peter Friedland/Frank Shockley), clinching third place overall in the final season GST points standings.
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September 29, 2007 7:39 PM
AMA STAFF MEMBER MORGAN BROADHEAD INJURED
PICKERINGTON, Ohio (September 29, 2007)
AMA Road Racing Manager Morgan Broadhead was injured Friday, Sept. 28, in a crash while practicing for the WERA/AMA National Challenge Series event at JenningsGP in Jennings, Fla.
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September 20, 2007 11:05 PM
AMA ROAD RACE GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Events kick off this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
PICKERINGTON, Ohio (September 20, 2007)
The nation's top amateur road racers are once again setting their sights on national honors as the 10th Anniversary of the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Road Race Grand Championships come to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, on Sept. 21-23.
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September 17, 2007 7:19 AM
Yamaha GMT94 Win the Bol d’Or 24hrs
French-run Team Yamaha GMT94 took the chequered flag in the famous but also grueling Bol D’Or 24hrs Endurance race this weekend, completing 801 laps on their YZF-R1 machine and beating second place by five laps. The race took place at the circuit of Magny-Cours (France) in front of almost 100,000 spectators; it started at 15.00 hrs on Saturday and ran through the night to finish at 15.00 hrs on Sunday afternoon.
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September 10, 2007 8:49 PM
ESTOK LOCKS UP THUNDERBIKE TITLE ON BUELL AT SUMMIT POINT
Crevier is Second in ASRA Pro Superbike on Buell XBRR
SUMMIT POINT, W.V. (Sept. 9, 2007)
Deeley H-D/Buell Canada/Ruthless Racing rider Dave Estok secured the 2007 American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA) Pro Thunderbike Championship with a win aboard a Buell XB12R at the Summers End Cyclefest at Summit Point Motorsports Park. It was Estok’s fifth Thunderbike National win of the 2007 season. His only rival for the title, Hal’s H-D/Buell/Hal’s Speed Shop rider Dan Bilansky, finished fourth on a Buell at Summit Point, leaving Estok with an insurmountable 50-point lead with one race left on the schedule.
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August 14, 2007 7:37 AM
ESTOK WINS ASRA THUNDERBIKE NATIONAL AT BARBER PARK
Buell Riders Finish First and Third; Estok Adds to Series Points Lead
LEEDS, Ala. (August 12, 2007)
Deeley H-D/Buell Canada/Ruthless Racing rider Dave Estok rode a Buell Firebolt XB12R to win the American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA) Pro Thunderbike National at Barber Motorsports Park. Hal’s H-D/Buell/Hal’s Speed Shop rider Dan Bilansky finished third, also on a Buell XB12R.
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