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STEVE MERCER BSB Cup - Qualified 20th
Steve Mercer comes to Brands having shown great form last weekend at Oulton Park, winning the Race 1 Cup event and scoring a championship point in coming 15th in the race. Unfortunately he was involved in a nasty crash in Race 2 and will be nursing a painful hand injury.
Andy Weymouth - British Superpsort
Anyone who has met the 31 year old father of three from Grays in Essex, will know why he is known as "Gobster."
Airwaves Ducati return to Brands Hatch this w/e
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 WSB Round 4 Assen 27-04-08
Great Supersport race overshadows Bayliss double
World Supersport had 3 great years between 1999 and 2001, when the 600s and 748 Ducatis could be depended upon to provide a stonking race, even if the main attraction was sometimes dull. 2002 was decent, but from 2003 onwards the series waned, Ten Kate Honda took over and it became horribly predictable. Thankfully, Supersport is back ! We were treated to one of the best races you will ever see at Assen on Sunday. Ten Kate Honda are still the team to beat, fielding two riders from opposite ends of the experience spectrum - ex-world champ Andrew Pitt and series rookie, Jonathon Rea. these two took turns at the front, seemingly swapping the lead two or three times a lap.
Linfoot wins for Beowolf in Holland
Disappointment for Roberts at Assen
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 BSB - Thruxton - Round 1 20-04-08
Byrne & Crutchlow share the spoils amidst the mayhem at Thruxton
Finally the BSB season got off the ground at the old airfield circuit at Thruxton, near Andover and across Salisbury Plain. The weather had threatened but it turned sunny as the afternoon wore on, not that some of the frontrunners seasons got off to a heart warming start. There were two nasty accidents ; in the Supersport race, Denis Hobbs rocketed into the airbags at the chicane before the front straight. Always the main spot for out braking maneuvers and carnage, Webb made a mess of going under Hobbs, resulting in Denis dislocating shoulder as he cart wheeled at high speed into the bags. Pre-air bags, that could have been a life threatening crash. Then in the second Superbike race Sykes and Haslam touched tyres at Cobb, a left-right-left flip-flop at the start of the lap. Sykes went down, but it was Karl Harris who suffered worst.
Weymouth & Fitzpatrick score big in BSS Cup
Ducati at Thruxton
Bad Fortunes for Centurion Racing
Harris suffers in SBK - Kirkham wins R1 Cup
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 MotoGP R3 Estoril 13-04-08
Lorenzo takes spectacular maiden victory at Estoril
Jorge Lorenzo topped off an incredible opening month in MotoGP with his maiden premier class victory today, his first ever career win at Estoril. After three pole positions and two podiums, the Fiat Yamaha Team rookie went one step further to win the Portuguese Grand Prix in fine style, taking joint first in the championship standings in the process. It was also the second double podium of the season for the team, with Valentino Rossi finishing third
Pole-star Lorenzo makes it three in a row.
Nina Prinz takes impressive win at Misano on YZF-R1
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SNOW GO AT BRANDS HATCH
06 April 2008
 The opening round of the 2008 Bennetts British Superbike Champoinship was cancelled today (6 April) due to unseasonal heavy snow.
The weather conditions took a dramatic change for the worse, from glorious spring sunshine for the free practice sessions on Friday to heavy snow all day today.
Some thoughts on Brands BSB Qualifying - before the ski slope arrived
WSB R3 Valencia 06-04-08
Haga back to winning ways but Bayliss is running away with the title
More incredible action in a tremendous start to the racing season, saw two new winners for 2008, but each time they were followed home by Bayliss in a perfect weekend for Ducati. By managing just second, Troy extended his points lead to 48 points, and avoided the weight penalty threatened if the new 1098 did too well in the first three rounds. While the other riders battle for supremacy, Bayliss has been Mr Consistent and all bets are off for the title already.
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 Cadwell Park Trackday 22-03-08
Too cold for BSB teams to go on track at Snetterton at the Easter test - but not for 2onT Trackday Club rider Phil Brunt - snow maybe, but theres no stopping him at Cadwell
Having booked weeks ago and hoping for an Easter jolly something like last years was i depressed seeing the forecast for SNOW. All day Friday i was checking and re-checking the weather but they refused to change their minds. I decided to fit the wets to the R6 on the basis that if dry tyres were needed then at least the weather would be good. Driving to Cadwell from Yorkshire at 5am in snow blizzards doesn't do much to encourage you but relentlessly onward, the last 5 miles were covered and steady away, but still managed to get there in time to sign on. Forget noise testing for a while as I'm contemplating sitting this one out. The biting wind was carrying hail, snow and rain which slowly cut it's way through me.
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 Bemsee/MRO Rounds 1 & 2 Brands Indy - 08/09-03-08
Jimmy Hill goes quick at Season Opener at Brands
The first meeting of the year took place at a wet and windy Brands Hatch Indy circuit, and although the weather was dreadful the racing was far from it! The 600 Supersport was missing from the event line up but the newly formed Pirelli-Metzeler Stock Sport 600 and the EDIasia Formula 400 more than made up for it on the day. The spectators who braved the elements were treated to some close exciting racing in the most challenging conditions for some time and even at this early stage there were riders whose performances stood out and look to be strong title contenders.
ANDREW BURKE OPENS THE 2008 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A WIN AT BRANDS HATCH
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 AMA Round 1 Daytona 200 - 08-03-2008
Chaz Davies awarded race after Hayes is disqualified
This Daytona 200 was definitely a race for the record books, in more ways than one. At least a pace car didn't determine the winner this year. Maybe the start of the day was a sign of things to come for racers like, pole sitter, Neil Hodgson and 5 time Daytona winner, Miguel DuHamel, as it rained hard all night and well into the morning, and then the winds kicked up to what would be considered a typical day at the Isle of Man.
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WSB Round 2 Phillip Island 2-03-08
 Bayliss bags the double but Biaggi dumps it twice in Oz
The thing about these two fly away rounds so early in the year is that you always get unpredictable racing. The teams aren't fully prepared, some of them have only just got the new bikes, the riders aren't used to the Pirelli tyres and there are no regular front runners yet. So there is all to play for, and yet again we were treated to two action packed races at Philip Island. They had it all, some memorable crashes, lots of fairing bashing, endless positional changes and two great dices in each race as the pack forlornly chased Troy Bayliss on the 1098 Xerox Ducati. On his last visit to the flowing Melbourne track before he retires at the end of the year, Bayliss was the one predictable factor during the weekend. As the rest took lumps out of each other, he cruised serenley on, taking the double under very little pressure throughout. But all hell was breaking loose behind him...
IT person wanted - Flash experience essential
New writers & on board filming expert also needed
2008 Race Calendar
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 BRITISH SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
THE O2 ARENA FEBRUARY 23rd 2008
On Saturday evening at 7pm the O2 Arena, London, came to life with the sights, sounds and smells of Supercross motorcycle race engines for their first ever visit to this remarkable venue. It was also a first for the O2 as never before had such an event been held there. The three previous rounds gained a huge amount of support from the public as the spectacle of these bikes sliding and jumping their way around a compact dirt track littered with banked corners and a variety of humps provides an evenings entertainment as exciting as you could wish for. Some of the best riders from around the World vying for The British Championships include former US Champion and current Pro Open points leader Mike Brown racing for CAS Honda, six times Canadian Motocross Champion Jean Sebastien Roy, crowd favourite 19-year-old Kyle Beaton, and fellow Canadian Colton Facciotti.
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WSB Round 1 Qatar - 24 -02-08
 Disaster for Ten Kate Honda but new 1098 Ducati looks ominously strong
Qatar is not the greatest track in the world, but being located in the middle east, the weather can generally be relied upon to be decent in Febuary and March. Consequently it hosts motorcycling's two premier race series in close succession, with the MotoGP season also kicking off here in a few weeks time. And it must be said, the WSB races have been outstanding each time. There was high drama in all the races, with Ten Kate Honda suffering horribly all day. The new season started in familiar fashion, with the factory Yamahas of Corser and Haga blazing a trail and the rest trying to keep up. Race 1 was still in the early stages when the three Ducati 1098s which are clearly going to be dangerous all year began dicing for the lead.
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 Brands Hatch 2008 season launch - 14-02-08
Rea & Haslam talk to 2onT as new season looms
Brands Hatch ran their Season Opener last Thursday 14th February. Champions from a broad spectrum of the Motorsport World were in attendance with their race machines to chauffeur the UK's media around the Indy Circuit at high speed, but for some reason only a small number of bikes and teams were represented, probably due to other committments such as testing. Leon Haslam did his bit to uphold the bikers interest, starting off with an early morning photoshoot for Cosmo magazine in aid of The Everyman Charity that helps raise awareness for Testicular Cancer.
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 10 New DVDs have been won
Comp closed Valentines Day 2008
The best answer was from Lloyd Magruder who is based in the US at the moment (although he is coming to the UK next year to do the Triumph Triple Challenge). Here's his answer ;
Who did Troy Bayliss ride for in Y2K?
"First he rode in the AMA Superbike series with Vance & Hines Ducati (;88), then was called to ride for Ducati Infostrada (;21) in WSB after Fogarty had a major crash in the 2nd round of the season (at Philip Island - ed). Troy crashed out of the Daytona 200 on the first lap, after qualifying on pole position . After the Daytona race he went on to Sears Point, put it on pole again, then the race was cancelled, so Bayliss only had one televised race in the AMA that year..."
Congratulations to all of you who have won - the winners have been notified by e mail.
News from Season launch at Brands and what our Agency Riders are doing this year coming soon...
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 BikeTrackers - new website,stolen bike database & network
Proposal for a new campaign & website -22-11-07
As regular readers will know - I had my CBR600RR stolen this summer, just 6 weeks after buying it. I was disappointed with the response from the police, although it was understandable in the circumstances. Having looked into the subject, I have been developing a new website idea which will act as a fulcrum for a campaigning network to galvanise the industry into being far more proactive about preventing and responding to motorcycle and scooter theft. I believe trackers are the way to go, but bikers need more incentives to fit them. The idea is to get the whole industry and the police to work together to make theft far more difficult to do, and to benefit from when it comes to selling on the bikes. There will be a forum and a stolen bike database, so everyone will be looking in the same place for the bikes. We are gathering details of thefts while we develop the site, so please do send in all the details of thefts (using the forms in Join) and we will continue to build the database.
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 2onT Trackday Club - Donington - 12-11-07
Phil Brunt takes to the track in winter and wonders whys its cold
It was colder than a really cold place on a cold day...I had fitted a pair of intermediates in a hope that they would warm up quicker than road tyres. Took 2 sessions to scrub them in before i could start to try a bit but they went really well. I put it out of my mind that they were wets and just got on with it, wearing them from side wall to side wall with out a slip all day so i consider that a result. they run well all day, with no ripping like the 750 used to, had shock set for dry so it kept them nice and clean. Went with a few off the TDA site and a lad from work on an injection model R6 that used to be a race bike with about 120bhp. We were in the novice group as no places left anywhere else. There were a few bad crashes in the faster groups, but our day was trouble free, just an odd off. I would say that the group was 50-50 with some fast riders on large capacity bikes and some real novices.
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 Oxford Boss Alarm Lock
Having had my CBR600RR stolen in the summer, my security arrangements have been radically overhauled. I dug a pit and sank a thick cable in concrete to form an anchor. My kryptonite chain is good quality, but the chain is only as good as the lock holding it in place. Hence the Oxford Boss Alarmed Disc lock. This really is a superb piece of kit and a great design. Ive had it for about 3 months, and once I'd worked out how to set it, it has really impressed me. Its powered by 8 hearing aid type batteries arranged back to back in a power block that's held in place by a screw
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WSB Magny Cours 07-10-07
Toseland wins WSB title by two points as Haga ratchets up the pressure with a double win
 Its not often that a world championship boils down to the last race of the season in motorsport. WSB has been blessed with a decent amount of dramatic finishes; Fogarty taking the title at Sugo from Slight on the Honda V4 after Corser had crashed out in warm up. Bayliss v Edwards at Imola, and how about 2004? Not a classic year - all the Jap manufacturers had deserted and there was something unsatisfactory in watching Haga campaigning a Ducati as it was the only bike that stood a chance. That all came down to Magny Cours and the two Xerox Ducatis of Toseland and Laconi came to the line with just 5 points separating them.
About the Passing Away of Norifumi (Norick) Abe
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 MotoGP Motegi 23-09-07
Stoner takes MotoGP title after action packed race
Under overcast skies, Casey Stoner brought his 800cc prototype Ducati home in sixth place to take the world championship in the motorcycling world's premier class. Much like last year, Valentino Rossi made a mess of bringing the fight to a less vaunted and experienced opponent, and made it relatively easy for the young Austrailian. Nicky Hayden was let off the hook last year in the last race at Valencia when Rossi made an unforced error, and although the title was all but gone with three races to go after this one, one would expect him to keep the pressure on.
DOUBLE DELIGHT FOR HASLAM AT DONINGTON
Luckless Samsung at Donington Park
Podium for McConnell at Donington
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MRO/Bemsee Snetterton - 15/16-09-07
Weymouth takes SS600 title in dominant year - Langford takes R600 in close fought title race
Andy Weymouth won the 2007 600cc Supersport Championship in dominant style at the MRO/Bemsee meeting held at Snetterton circuit last weekend. He took three race wins and broke the class lap record (on race tyres) with a 1:09.830 at an average speed of 100.633mph a time only bettered by the top Supersport riders in the prestigious British Superbike Series. He also holds the class lap records for Brands Hatch Indy and GP circuits as well as Cadwell Park, Lydden Hill, Mallory Park, and Snetterton, which is a measure of his ability and the reliability and performance of the Seton Yamaha R6's. In a error free display he took first place in qualifying to set himself up in pole position on the grid and from this vantage point he won The Superpole race 18, breaking the lap record with a 1:09.909.
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 World Superbikes Round 11 - Lausitzring 09-09-07
Haga still in the hunt for first WSB title
This week World Superbikes took us to a wet Lausitz in Germany. With only one session in the dry the rain caused several crashes which included Yukio Kagayama who did not ride this weekend due to a fractured right hand. Karl Muggeridge suffered a dislocated shoulder and skimmed the tip of one of his fingers off, even though he is not a 100% he was still racing. The unusual grid was headed by Fonsi Nieto who took pole by 5s; he was the only rider who managed to do a few dry laps, followed by his team mate Regis Laconi, Troy Bayliss and Troy Corser whilst defending champion James Toseland qualified in 7th.
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 WEYMOUTH INCREASES LEAD IN MRO SS600 CHAMPIONSHIP
Mallory Park 26/27-08-07
Andy Weymouth the Supersport racer from Brentwood won all three races in the MRO 600cc Supersport Championship at Mallory Park last weekend and extended his lead by a clear 53 points from his nearest rival and team mate Liam Lyon. He had not raced at this venue for over two years and although there have been modifications to the circuit and he missed the Saturday practise sessions he soon got into his stride and managed to qualify in second place which saw him on the front row of the grid.
Sy Langford near to R600 Title
BSB Round 11 Cadwell Park 2007
Mountain of trouble for many at Cadwell
After claiming pole Leon Haslam explained 'We need a double win to get some points back on those Hondas and today is the perfect day for it'. He was off to a great start by winning Race 1, at first he didn't have it easy by being fourth going into the first corner following leader Jonathan Rea, Tom Sykes and Leon Camier. Once he got into 3rd a couple of corners later he was held up by Sykes for a few laps, which allowed Rea to pull away at the front.
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 2onT Trackday Club - 2 days in August - Silverstone 01-08-07
The 2onT Trackday club got lucky with the weather with two warm days in early August when we took to the track on consecutive days. They were meant to be shakedown days for Phil and I - Phil was taking the R6 trackbike out for the first time since his crash in the wet at Cadwell. I was meant to be bringing my CBR600RR to the track to take him on with equal machinery. Unfortunately it got nicked and our best laid plans turned to ashes. Much like the state of his front mudguard after our first session.
Tday Club - Cadwell Park - 02-08-07
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