Races and Competitions

Isle of Man TT Press Release: Northern Ireland based road racing team owner John Burrows has moved quickly to replace Dan Kneen who moved to pastures new after spearheading the team’s 2014 Irish Superbike title winning efforts. Burrows has confirmed that Ulsterman Jamie Hamilton, who has a wealth of experience despite only being 23-years-old, will be his rider for the 2015 Isle of Man TT Races and other international as well as a full Irish championship campaign. He will race the team’s...

Kawasaki Racing Team Press Release: The official Kawasaki Racing Team pairing of Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea completed their last winter tests of the current year today at Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, having ridden their Ninja ZX-10Rs in a wide variety of weather and track conditions. New technical rules come into play for 2015 in the FIM Superbike World Championship and the tests at Jerez concentrated on optimizing a variety of new settings and components that were first tried at the...

Aprilia Press Release: Three full days of work for the riders and the team marked the second time on the track for the Aprilia MotoGP project. After the Valencia tests two weeks ago Alvaro Bautista and Marco Melandri got back in the saddle of their Aprilia MotoGP bikes to prepare for the 2015 season. Once again the weather unfortunately conditioned the progress of the testing schedule, especially on the last day (Thursday), with continuous showers and a constantly wet track. Despite the...

Motocross Media Press Release: MX Sports Pro Racing and Alli Sports, a division of the NBC Sports Group, are pleased to announce that advance tickets for each round of the 2015 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, are now on sale. The on-track excitement of the 2015 season kicks off on Saturday, May 16 as Northern California’s popular Hangtown Motocross Classic returns as opening round of America’s most prestigious professional motocross championship. The...

On a Sunday afternoon in early November, Jack Miller won his final Moto3 race, and on the following Monday, the 19-year-old Australian made his premier-class debut on a  230-hp “Open”-spec Honda RCV1000R. “It was the best day of my life,” Miller said. “I was living in a dream, but it was all true. I’m touching my elbow on the ground more than I ever did in my life through places that I wouldn’t expect. It was one of the most exciting experiences.” Miller finished the first day at Circuit...

In light of this latest news, we wanted to share a story from one of our contributors, Jim McDermott, who a few years ago had an unforgettable experience riding factory superbikes with Schumacher. Godspeed, Schumi. – Kevin Duke, Editor-in-Chief Circuit Algarve, Portimao, Portugal, October 2008: My second lap, and thoughts of crashing an Australian’s priceless Italian museum piece started to dissipate. Riding a bit looser, getting harder on the gas, I started to feel almost confident. And...

Nicky Hayden will not line up as hoped next month alongside Jared Mees, Brad Baker, Marc Marquez, Troy Bayliss and the rest of the star-studded international field at the Superprestigio in Barcelona, Spain. His doctor told the 2006 MotoGP world champion earlier this week that participation in the short-track invitational at the Sant Jordi Arena could aggravate his recently operated-on right wrist. “After watching Superprestigio last year and seeing how much it fun it looked, I would have...

After dominating one week earlier in Lille, France, Eli Tomac arrived in Italy for the next stop on his European Supercross tour as the main challenger for the reigning king of Genova, Justin Barcia, who would defend his title on the new JGR-MX Yamaha.  Before the event, Tomac spent a couple of days in Venice, while Barcia was in Rome with eight-time FIM MX1 World Champion Tony Cairoli. Did Barcia speak with Cairoli about Ryan Villopoto? “Just a little,” Barcia said. “We had a nice,...

Lebanese rider Mahmoud Tannir managed to climb on the podium during the first round of the 2014/2015 UAE Sportbike Championship that was held at the Dubai Autodrome this past weekend. Tannir’s task, however, wasn’t easy as a mistake while chasing the leader in the first race dropped him to the back of the grid for the second race. Nevertheless, the Honda CBR600RR rider finished second overall in the second race after a fantastic recovery ride. “I’m a little disappointed with what happened,...

Kawasaki Racing Press Release: The new-look Kawasaki Racing Team of Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea completed their first winter test in preparation for the 2015 season with two days of action at Motorland Aragon in Spain, on 17 and 18 November. It was the first chance for Jonathan Rea to ride the Ninja ZX-10R after he was recently confirmed in the KRT team for 2015. With several technical changes about to be introduced to the FIM Superbike World Championship next year the team worked on the...