Harvick and crew chief Ernie Cope gambled by taking two tires under caution and seized the lead from Kyle Busch with 34 laps to [...]
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Harvick wins Nationwide race in Nashville
Kevin Harvick took advantage of a late caution to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Nashville Superspeedway on Saturday, the Sprint Cup driver’s second victory in four series starts this season.
Harvick and crew chief Ernie Cope gambled by taking two tires under caution and seized the lead from Kyle Busch with 34 laps to [...]
Harvick and crew chief Ernie Cope gambled by taking two tires under caution and seized the lead from Kyle Busch with 34 laps to [...]
2011 Super-Standards on the Dyno
Kawasaki Ninja 1000, Suzuki GSX1250FA and Yamaha FZ1
The August issue of the magazine features a super-standards comparison test, with the Kawasaki Ninja 1000, Suzuki GSX1250FA and Yamaha FZ1. All three bikes were run on our SuperFlow CycleDyn dyno, with the horsepower and torque results shown below. Check out the wallpaper images from the test here, and look for the full comparison in the August issue of Sport Rider, which goes on sale in early July.
Photo Gallery: 2011 Super-Standards on the Dyno - Sport Rider Magazine
Photo Gallery: 2011 Super-Standards on the Dyno - Sport Rider Magazine
Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki Takes the Win at Thunder Valley Motocross
Ryan Dungey dominates the 450 class and claims his first overall win of the season - News Release
Lakewood, CO (June 25, 2011) - A huge crowd was on hand to witness and help celebrate as Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey scored his first overall victory of the season at the Thunder Valley National in Lakewood, CO, the fifth round of the 2011 AMA Pro Motocross Championship. Both Dungey and teammate Brett Metcalfe put their Yoshimura-equipped Suzuki RM-Z450s to the test in the grueling, high altitude conditions in Lakewood. Dungey rode two great races, claiming a second and first to come away with the overall win. Metcalfe once again had to work his way through the pack in both motos to grab a seventh-place overall finish for the day.
Dungey was strong from the get-go in Colorado. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider qualified with the second fastest time and had great starts in both motos. In moto one, Dungey was tight with the front group and in fourth place after lap one. By lap three, he was able to pull into third and put his head down to power his RM-Z after second. At lap nine, he made the pass for second, but by that time, the leader had built a pretty large gap and he had to settle for a second-place finish. In moto two, Dungey launched his RM-Z450 out of the gate and quickly into second. By lap three, he was able to pass for the lead and never looked back, claiming the second moto win and overall victory for the day. Dungey remains third in the championship points race but picked up a valuable seven points from the leader.
"It means a lot to get this win," said Dungey. "We're five rounds in and I wish it could have come earlier, but that's racing. I have to give it up for Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki; we've all been working our butts off. This win feels really good - I'd like to keep continuing it. My RM-Z450 was awesome. I want to thank the man above and my whole family - It feels good to get this one. I'm looking forward to Redbud. It's a great track and one of my favorites. I was able to pull off wins in both motos there last year. Hopefully we have a little momentum from this one and I can pull off a couple more."
Teammate Brett Metcalfe started the day with the fourth fastest time in qualifying. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider suffered a bad start and a tip over in the first moto but was able to use the power of his RM-Z to work from near the back of the field to card a ninth-place finish. In moto two, Metcalfe had a better start but got caught up in a turn two incident and again had to work his way up from near the back. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider rode solid and put in some great laps to cross the line in seventh, which was good enough to give him a seventh-place overall for the day. Metcalfe sits sixth in the championship points but just one point out of fifth and four points out of fourth.
"It was a pretty good weekend in Colorado," said Metcalfe. "Riding-wise, I was happy. I had a bad start and a small crash in the first moto. I was just really far back and Thunder Valley is a technical track. And with the altitude, the bikes are slower, so it's really difficult to make up time. Unfortunately, not a good result with a ninth, but from where I came from, my riding was good. The second moto I got a much better start, but I got caught up in a bit of a pileup in the second corner, so I ended up at the back again. I was pretty frustrated, but I rode good that second moto and my Rockstar Makita Suzuki was working great. My team made some adjustments that really helped me in the second moto. I'm looking forward to Redbud. Everyone likes Redbud - It's an awesome track and I feel really comfortable on the bike now and feel strong. I really need to get the starts there and give myself a chance to run up front."
The Rockstar Makita Suzuki team's next event is the sixth round of the 2011 AMA Pro Motocross Championship on Saturday, July 2nd, at the Rockstar Energy Drink Redbud National in Buchanan, MI.
Thunder Valley 450 Class Overall Results:
1. Ryan Dungey
2. Ryan Villopoto
3. Chad Reed
4. Kevin Windham
5. Andrew Short
6. Tommy Hahn
7. Brett Metcalfe
8. Christian Craig
9. Jake Canada
10. Justin Brayton
2011 Motocross 450 Class Standings:
1. Chad Reed - 223
2. Ryan Villopoto - 215
3. Ryan Dungey - 202
4. Kevin Windham - 148
5. David Millsaps - 145
6. Brett Metcalfe - 144
7. Ricky Dietrich - 109
8. Andrew Short - 102
9. Jake Weimer - 100
10. Christian Craig - 97
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Alonso gives up on F1 title race
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso concedes he has little hope of catching Sebastian Vettel.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Red Bull play down Hamilton link
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner plays down the chances of Lewis Hamilton joining the team from McLaren.
The Weekly Dirt: May 11, 2011
The place to go for the nitty-gritty on the off-road scene
Welcome to The Weekly Dirt, the place to go each Wednesday to catch up on the latest happenings in the realm of off-road motorcycling. This week, a hodgepodge of off-road news!
Photo Gallery: The Weekly Dirt: May 11, 2011 - Dirt Rider Magazine
2011 24 Hours of N�rburgring: Off to a wet, make that dry, let's just say moist start
Filed under: Motorsports, Racing
2011 24 hours of Nürburgring - Click above for high-res image gallery
The green flag at 2011 24 hours of Nürburgring dropped this afternoon with a field of 198 qualifying cars racing down a damp front straight. After qualifying under a variety of weather conditions (it hailed at one point yesterday) and a light drizzle falling on the grid during staging, the teams scrambled to mount slicks as the track started to dry moments before the race - many teams sliced grooves by hand for an extra bit of grip on the still-drying surface.
The starting grid was led by a Ferrari 458 Italia with a pair of Mercedes-Benz SLSs in slot two and three. After a little more than seven hours of running, the skies remain overcast but the track is dry (the sun went down nearly two hours ago). The current standings:
- 30 Mame/Hahn/Kaff 47 8:56.368
- 18 Lieb/Luhr/Bern/Duma 47 8:44.778
- 32 Arno/Marg/Brü/Fran 47 9:02.314
- 1 Mül/Farf/Alze/Lamy 47 8:50.258
- 16 Ekst/Sche/Wern/Abt 47 8:49.383
- 22 Heye/Jäg/Blee/Seyf 46 9:19.983
- 76 Sand/Miln/Lars/Hür 46 9:00.403
- 15 Stip/Henn/Haas/Wink 46 8:48.825
- 14 Bass/Fäs/Picc/Stip 46 8:47.645
- 8 West/Menz/Stur/Rieg 46 8:59.736
We'll be adding more pictures to the gallery throughout the event. To watch the race streaming live online, try these links: Link 1 / Link 2
2011 24 Hours of N�rburgring: Off to a wet, make that dry, let's just say moist start originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsThe Valencia weekend
The European Grand Prix in Valencia was a very dull event and a clear indication, once again, that the circuit must be changed. The track allows no overtaking even with KERS, DRS and the new generation Pirelli tyres. There is no point in trying to pretend that the race was good and rather look for [...]
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The Champion and the Apprentice
The Fiat Yamaha team have been surrounded by hype this past few weeks. Not, as an outsider might expect, caused by a battle to re-sign the reigning champion: Rossi’s contract ends at the end of the 2010 championship, and he looks settled, happy, and at one with the bike he helped shape and tune into [...]
The old 1-2
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finished 1-2 in the Q3 session for the European Grand Prix at Valencia, beating Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso to the front row of the grid for Sunday’s race. The final session was rather disappointing as the only real excitement in the closing minutes was Webber jumping up the order [...]
For the ladies?
Formula 1 has been trying to expand its demographic (or at least some of those involved have been) and the latest move in that direction is an online viral from Vodafone, with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button continuing their acting careers, having a go at being fashion photographers. Take a look, it’s fun.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Remembering Glen Wood?s first win
Throughout its history, the NASCAR series now known as Sprint Cup has parked its cars on Easter Sunday. But back in the day they did run at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Mondays, including the day after Easter, and it was on one of those post-Easter Monday races that Glen Wood scored his [...]
2011 24 Hours of N�rburgring: Off to a wet, make that dry, let's just say moist start
Filed under: Motorsports, Racing
2011 24 hours of Nürburgring - Click above for high-res image gallery
The green flag at 2011 24 hours of Nürburgring dropped this afternoon with a field of 198 qualifying cars racing down a damp front straight. After qualifying under a variety of weather conditions (it hailed at one point yesterday) and a light drizzle falling on the grid during staging, the teams scrambled to mount slicks as the track started to dry moments before the race - many teams sliced grooves by hand for an extra bit of grip on the still-drying surface.
The starting grid was led by a Ferrari 458 Italia with a pair of Mercedes-Benz SLSs in slot two and three. After a little more than seven hours of running, the skies remain overcast but the track is dry (the sun went down nearly two hours ago). The current standings:
- 30 Mame/Hahn/Kaff 47 8:56.368
- 18 Lieb/Luhr/Bern/Duma 47 8:44.778
- 32 Arno/Marg/Brü/Fran 47 9:02.314
- 1 Mül/Farf/Alze/Lamy 47 8:50.258
- 16 Ekst/Sche/Wern/Abt 47 8:49.383
- 22 Heye/Jäg/Blee/Seyf 46 9:19.983
- 76 Sand/Miln/Lars/Hür 46 9:00.403
- 15 Stip/Henn/Haas/Wink 46 8:48.825
- 14 Bass/Fäs/Picc/Stip 46 8:47.645
- 8 West/Menz/Stur/Rieg 46 8:59.736
We'll be adding more pictures to the gallery throughout the event. To watch the race streaming live online, try these links: Link 1 / Link 2
2011 24 Hours of N�rburgring: Off to a wet, make that dry, let's just say moist start originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsTexas governor Rick Perry sponsors Bobby Labonte for Texas race
Gentlemen, start your … political campaigns? Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s re-election campaign said Tuesday that he’s sponsoring Bobby Labonte’s car for the April 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Perry and Labonte were on hand Tuesday as the car was unveiled.
It has the words “Governor Perry” painted on the hood, the [...]
It has the words “Governor Perry” painted on the hood, the [...]
Baggett Grabs RC Hard Charger at Budds Creek
Blake Baggett Overcomes First-Lap Misfortune to Receive
Ricky Carmichael Hard Charger Award at Budds Creek - MX Sports News Release
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (June 22, 2011) - Just one week after claiming his second overall victory in the 2011 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Blake Baggett has been awarded the Ricky Carmichael Hard Charger Award for Budds Creek.
Looking for his third win in four rounds at Budds Creek, Baggett hoped to reduce the deficit that faced him in the 250 Class standings. The sophomore rider started his day in Southern Maryland by posting the fastest lap in 250 Class practice.
In the first moto, Baggett came across the line in 10th place on the opening lap, eventually working his way into seventh at the finish. In Moto 2, a better start out of the gates put Baggett in contention to challenge at the front of the field. However, a crash on the opening lap dropped him to 34th at the line.
For the remainder of the next 16 laps, Baggett displayed impressive tenacity, working his way through the field in rough track conditions. With one of the deepest fields of talent in the history of the 250 Class, Baggett had his work cut out for him and ultimately passed 27 riders in the moto to post an impressive seventh-place effort and secure seventh overall for the day.
Baggett passed 27 riders in the final 250 Class moto.
Courtesy Simon Cudby/Racer X
While a win wasn't in the cards for the day, Baggett made the most of his efforts and is still a player in the 250 Class championship.
Baggett will be presented with the Ricky Carmichael Hard Charger Award at this Saturday's pre-race riders meeting prior to the Toyota Trucks Thunder Valley National, providing well-deserved recognition for his efforts in front of his peers.
Tickets for the upcoming Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship are on sale now at www.allisports.com. Special discounts and incentives are available for advance ticket purchasers.
MX Sports Pro Racing
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Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports
Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports, is a global business that encompasses national and international action sports tours and events, multimedia production, and a consumer facing lifestyle brand. The Alliance includes: the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, the Dew Tour, Winter Dew Tour, China Invitational, King of Wake series, and the Gatorade Free Flow Tour. Alli TV Productions creates original content, produces and presents content with partners, and distributes Alli content through a variety of channels. Alli is owned by NBC Sports and MTV Networks and represents a network of athletes, fans, brands and properties. Its mission is to facilitate the momentous growth of action sports, through competition and lifestyle, for a new generation of fans and athletes. The Alli properties are home to more than 550,000 spectators each year and broadcasts more than 150 hours of original content in 100 countries and 280 million homes worldwide. Visit www.allisports.com.
Lucas Oil Products
Lucas Oil is a worldwide leader in the production of oils, lubricants and additives. Based in Corona, Calif., Lucas Oil Products is one of the fastest-growing additive lines in the consumer automotive industry, featuring a premium line of oils, lubricants and problem-solving performance additives. Through innovative product research and development, along with aggressive marketing programs, Lucas Oil Products has established itself as the top-selling additive line in the American truck-stop industry. Lucas Oil is involved in an array of motorsports sponsorships, including the "Official Motor Oil of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship." Visit www.LucasOil.com.
AMA Pro Racing
AMA Pro Racing is the premier professional motorcycle racing sanctioning body in the United States, operating a full schedule of events and championships for a variety of motorcycle disciplines. From its Daytona Beach headquarters, the organization sanctions professional motorcycle racing competition, which includes, AMA Pro Motocross, AMA Pro Road Racing, and AMA Pro Flat Track. Visit www.amaproracing.com.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Going Dutch With Scott Jones: Thursday Photos From A Wet Asseen
The business end of the GP11.1: New rear swingarm, rear subframe holding the swingarm, lower exhaust for the revised engine
Randy de Puniet ponders in the rain
Bobbitt Wins Rad Dad National Enduro
Monday Race Recap
West Point, Tennessee, April 17, 2011 - Russell Bobbitt added his third win of the season with a dominating performance at the Rad Dad National Enduro, round four of the Rekluse/AMA National Enduro Series in Westpoint, Tennessee.
FIA press conference schedule - Europe
Local heroes Fernando Alonso and Jaime Alguersuari will be among those fielding the questions on Thursday in Valencia, while Friday's press gathering will feature some of Formula One racing's top technical brains. The line-up in full
The Champion and the Apprentice
The Fiat Yamaha team have been surrounded by hype this past few weeks. Not, as an outsider might expect, caused by a battle to re-sign the reigning champion: Rossi’s contract ends at the end of the 2010 championship, and he looks settled, happy, and at one with the bike he helped shape and tune into [...]
Saturday, June 25, 2011
PUIG New Z-Racing Screen for 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 1000
The brand new Ninja1000 has now a racing screen by PUIG available. It installs easily with OEM fasteners and does not require any modification. Available in different colors.
The brand new Ninja 1000 has now a racing screen by PUIG available.
Photo Gallery: PUIG New Z-Racing Screen for 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 - Sport Rider Magazine
2011 24 hours of N�rburgring: Off to a wet, make that dry, let's just say moist start
Filed under: Motorsports, Racing
2011 24 hours of Nürburgring - Click above for high-res image gallery
The green flag at 2011 24 hours of Nürburgring dropped this afternoon with a field of 198 qualifying cars racing down a damp front straight. After qualifying under a variety of weather conditions (it hailed at one point yesterday) and a light drizzle falling on the grid during staging, the teams scrambled to mount slicks as the track started to dry moments before the race - many teams sliced grooves by hand for an extra bit of grip on the still-drying surface.
The starting grid was led by a Ferrari 458 Italia with a pair of Mercedes-Benz SLSs in slot two and three. After a little more than seven hours of running, the skies remain overcast but the track is dry (the sun went down nearly two hours ago). The current standings:
- 30 Mame/Hahn/Kaff 47 8:56.368
- 18 Lieb/Luhr/Bern/Duma 47 8:44.778
- 32 Arno/Marg/Brü/Fran 47 9:02.314
- 1 Mül/Farf/Alze/Lamy 47 8:50.258
- 16 Ekst/Sche/Wern/Abt 47 8:49.383
- 22 Heye/Jäg/Blee/Seyf 46 9:19.983
- 76 Sand/Miln/Lars/Hür 46 9:00.403
- 15 Stip/Henn/Haas/Wink 46 8:48.825
- 14 Bass/Fäs/Picc/Stip 46 8:47.645
- 8 West/Menz/Stur/Rieg 46 8:59.736
We'll be adding more pictures to the gallery throughout the event. To watch the race streaming live online, try these links: Link 1 / Link 2
2011 24 hours of N�rburgring: Off to a wet, make that dry, let's just say moist start originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | CommentsVideo: I Hate It When This Happens
Imagine yourself racing at Magny-Cours, minding your own business, hitting your lines, setting up your next pass, etc. And then all of a sudden, one of your competitors wipes-out, and takes you down with him. Tough break, but it happens right? Nine times out of ten in slow speed crashes, you can pick up your bike and recoup some points…that is of course assuming that your bike doesn’t lock handlebars with the other fallen bike, ...
Corser recovering but out for Brno
BMW Motorrad Motorsport works rider Troy Corser is on his way back to full recovery after he suffered clean fractures of ulna and radius in his left forearm during a crash at Motorland Arag�n on Sunday. The twice WSBK champion underwent surgery on Monday to fix the broken bones in an operation carried out by hand, wrist and elbow injuries specialist surgeon Mike Hayton at the Alexandra Hospital in Manchester. Hayton fixed the fractures with two titanium plates and twelve screws, six per bone. The operation went smoothly and without any complications.
Troy was able to leave the hospital soon after and is now recovering at home. In ten days he will undergo further examinations to see how the healing of the bones and the wound progresses. It is expected that he will be back to full recovery within some weeks' time, but he will miss the next round of the FIM Superbike World Championship at Brno on 8th to 10th July.
Bernhard Gobmeier, BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director, declared: "The whole team wishes Troy a speedy recovery and we are happy to hear that the surgery went so well. But we have decided that he will definitely not ride at the next round at Brno as his health and safety have highest priority for us. We will then see how his recovery progresses and will decide at a later time if he will participate at the British round at Silverstone end of July. If we will replace Troy by another rider at Brno is not decided yet. Troy is a part of our BMW family and for us the most important thing is that he recovers well and is back to full fitness as soon as possible. We will do anything we can do from our side to support him during his recovery."
Friday, June 24, 2011
Motorland Aragon - Statistics
WorldSBK.com takes a quick look at the stats, the facts and the figures from the seventh round of the FIM Superbike World Championship, the Spanish Round at Motorland Aragon.
? Maiden pole position for Marco Melandri, the 56th rider in history to start from the top spot. In his short Superbike career Marco has never started lower than ninth and he is at his third straight front row start. In race two he recorded his maiden fastest race lap;
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? best grid spot for Leon Camier, third, for the first time on the front row;
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? Marco Melandri and Max Biaggi were first and second (and swapped places in the second race): the last time that two Italian riders finished first and second (Fabrizio Pirovano and Piergiorgio Bontempi) was at the 1993 Estoril round and since the 1989 Donington weekend that two different Italians won both races: at the time Fabrizio Pirovano and Giancarlo Falappa;
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? after eight second places, Max Biaggi was able to score his first season win, the fifteenth in his career and the twentieth for Aprilia;
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? podium number 30 for Carlos Checa in race two: with his crash in race one Carlos saw a sequence of four wins and sixteen races in the points come to an end. It's the first crash for him since last year's second Nurburgring race;
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? for Jakub Smrz this was a fourth crash in a row: at Misano and Aragon he has only run seventeen laps out of 78;
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? hard times also for Troy Corser, with a third retirement in the last four races, as well as a missed start in Misano race two;
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? in race two Joan Lascorz equalled his best career result: fifth, obtained for the first time at Donington and for the first time he qualified inside the top-10 in seventh;
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? 300th start for Noriyuki Haga in race two and 100th for Leon Haslam;
? in Supersport Broc Parkes scored his twelfth pole - after a gap of three years - reaching Paolo Casoli, Fabien Foret and Kenan Sofuoglu in the all-time third spot. At the top of the standings is S�bastien Charpentier with 22;
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? Chaz Davies scored Yamaha's 50th win, Honda leads the way with 83;
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? total domination in Superstock 600 by Jed Metcher, who scored pole, win, fastest lap and led the whole race: a similar feat hasn't been recorded since the 2008 Donington race (Marco Bussolotti).
2011 Assen MotoGP FP1 Result: Simoncelli Tops Rain-Soaked Session
Marco Simoncelli has topped the first session of free practice for the MotoGP class at Assen, but all eyes were on Valentino Rossi and the new Ducati GP11.1. The first impression of the bike is that it works well, Rossi being either at or near the top of the timesheets all session, but given the soaking nature of the track, it is hard to tell how much of that is Rossi and how much is the new Ducati. Rossi did at least finish ahead of his bitter rival, Casey Stoner, the Repsol Honda rider being a little over a tenth slower than the Italain, while Stoner's Repsol teammate Andrea Dovizioso clocked the 4th fastest time. Jorge Lorenzo was the last man inside a second of Simoncelli, over a third of a second slower than Dovizioso.
The chance of rain during this afternoon's session of free practice is much lower, offering the tantalizing prospect of some dry track time. But this is Assen, and with nothing between the track and the North Sea but a few rows of trees and miles and miles of flat fields, the wind brings rain showers in fast here, so that could all change.
Results:
ESPN X Games 17 Tickets Now on Sale
Guests Scheduled for Inaugural Inside X Athlete Chat Series
Tickets to the 17th annual X Games action sports competition are now on sale at all Ticketmaster locations and the box offices at STAPLES Center and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE for the Skateboard, BMX, Moto X and Rally Car events held exclusively in downtown Los Angeles July 28 - 31.
X Games 17 ticket prices start at $5 and vary based on location and venue. All tickets to X Games 17 include admission to X Fest at L.A. LIVE. X Fest, free to the public, is the ultimate action sports sponsor and industry village, featuring musical performances, interactive skate parks, athlete appearances, demos and more. In addition to individual event tickets, several ticket packages are available through Ticketmaster outlets. Ticket packages vary, with options that include skatedecks to complete lodging packages. For more detailed information on ticket prices, times of venue operation and more, log on to www.ticketmaster.com/xgames.
Fans will also have the opportunity to celebrate the opening of ticket sales at the ESPN Zone at L.A. Live between 4-7 p.m. PT for the official X Games 17 Ticket Kickoff Party with BMX star and X Games gold medalist Corey Bohan. The first 100 guests will receive food and gameplay cards and will be entered to win an X Games 17 Special Guest Experience package. All guests will have the opportunity to meet and greet Corey Bohan, purchase tickets and win prizes.
The X Games 17 ticket kickoff will also launch of Inside X, aweekly live athlete interview broadcast via the X Games Facebook page. Hosted by Brandon Graham, Inside X can be seen every Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET and will give fans the chance to send in questions and interact with the athletes. The schedule of athlete chats is as follows; for more information log on to www.facebook.com/xgames.
Date Guest
June 23 X Games 17 Kickoff with Corey Bohan
June 28 Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg & Daewon Song
July 5 Travis Pastrana
July 12 Special Action Sports Guest
July 19 Ryan Sheckler & Corey Bohan
Additional information on all X Games 17 events will be forthcoming on www.xgames.com for fans or on www.espneventmedia.com for media only.
X Games 17
In its ninth year in Los Angeles, X Games 17 will feature more than 200 athletes at competition venues and event spaces including STAPLES Center and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. The 17th annual action sports competition to be held in Los Angeles July 28 - 31 and will debut the new discipline of Enduro X, as well as the first-ever rally street circuit running through the downtown Los Angeles area.ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to telecast 25 hours of live X Games 17 competition. In addition to the 25 original hours in high definition, the Worldwide Leader in Action Sports will also televise 18 hours of X Games action on ESPN 3D. More than 25 hours will also be distributed on ESPN3.com.
Lotus versus Lotus (the sequel)
The $18 billion AirAsia deal with Airbus which I mentioned a few days ago has been announced, breaking all records for the largest single airline deal in history with the company having committed to buying no fewer than 200 jets from Airbus in the years ahead. This is an indication of the ambitions of the [...]
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Team SportbikeTrackGear.com Wraps Up First AMA Event at Barber Motorsports Park
Team SportbikeTrackGear.com riders Brian Van and Jake Arch successfully completed their first ever AMA Pro race event this past weekend at the Barber SuperBike Classic held at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.
June 21, 2011 - Shelby Twp., MI - Team SportbikeTrackGear.com riders Brian Van and Jake Arch successfully completed their first ever AMA Pro race event this past weekend at the Barber SuperBike Classic held at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. Competing in the AMA Pro Supersport class, Brian turned consistent laps in both practice and qualifying to put himself on the grid early in the first session. As race time came, Brian rode well and worked his way up to 16th place before suffering an unfortunate crash late into Saturday's 17-lap event. Brian rebounded on Sunday however, completing in race two's grueling heat and finishing 21st out of 36 bikes.
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FTR Boss Speaks On 2011 Moto2 Season, Partnership With Norton, And 2012 MotoGP Entries
The introduction of the Moto2 class has allowed a raft of new companies to either enter or expand their role in the MotoGP paddock. With engine manufacturers taken out of the equation - at least for the time being - the focus on chassis has opened up opportunities for engineering firms such as FTR, Kalex and Suter to spread their wings. And with bigger changes coming in 2012 - the introduction of the so-called Claiming Rule Teams or CRTs, featuring production-based engines in prototype chassis, and Moto3, with cost-limited 250cc four-strokes in prototype chassis - the independent engineering firms will become an even bigger part of Grand Prix racing.
FTR has today announced in a press release - or rather, publicly admitted - that they are looking at greatly expanding their presence in the Grand Prix paddock. Their partnership with Norton to produce a 1000cc MotoGP bike (building a chassis for a 1000cc V4 engine prepared by Pr1mo Racing) has been talked about for several weeks now, though Norton is still facing hurdles before being accepted on the grid. Regardless of the difficulties surrounding a full-time MotoGP grid slot, the bike will also be raced at next year's Isle of Man Senior TT.
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