JCR/Honda SCORE Baja 500 pit service is accepting teams now

JCR/Honda SCORE Baja 500 pit service is accepting teams now

READY TO SIGN UP? THE FIRST STEP IS TO DOWNLOAD AND FILL OUT THE 2012 JCR/HONDA BAJA 500 PITS FLYER, WAIVER, SIGN UP AND INFO SHEET.

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JCR/Honda offer's first-class racing support to Honda mounted riders at every SCORE Baja race in a program called "JCR/Honda Pits," first started by American Honda in the 1980's. The program has become an essential component for Honda mounted Baja competitors because the speed and efficiency of a pit stop can make or break your race. A Baja 1000 can require up to 22 pit stops, roughly 60 miles apart. Each pit provides services to an average of 50 teams over the course of a race, and the pits contain an assortment of spare parts and maintenance items, as well as fuel. Pit crews are staffed by as many as six qualified personnel. Many of the pit crews stay on duty for 16 hours or more, sometimes as long as 30 hours when needed. The dedication of the JCR/Honda pit staff is legendary. Known as the most reliable and efficient Pit service along the peninsula. This service enables the average riders to the most competitive teams to race the SCORE races with confidence.

Interested in JCR/Honda Pit services for your Baja race

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Gordon and Kenseth not happy with each other after Martinsville finish

Matt Kenseth went for the win with an aggressive move that included bumping Jeff Gordon with less than two laps remaining in the Goody?s Fast Pain Relief 500 on Monday at Martinsville Speedway. �Gordon?s reaction was simple ? if he wasn?t going to win, then Kenseth wasn?t going to win as well.
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Watch the KTM 1290 Super Duke R Prototype stretch its legs

Filed under: Concept Cars, Motorsports, Performance, Europe, Videos, Motorcycle

Behold the KTM 1290 Super Duke R Prototype in all its glory. The Austrian motorcycle manufacturer showed off its newest concept at the 2012 EICMA International Motorcycle Show, and it boasts an extra 100cc of displacement over the LC8 mill in the 1190 RC8 R on which the prototype is based. That means there's a full 180 horsepower on hand to kick you down the track, and given the impressive efforts at weight saving engineers implemented on the concept, something tells us the sprint to 60 mph will take no time at all.

KTM hasn't released a specific curb weight, but the 1290 Duke R Prototype features a chrome-molybdenum steel tube frame, a light-weight alloy single-sided swing arm and lightened alloy wheels. That's fun and all, but not nearly so interesting as the way this bike sounds. With that big V-Twin barking through an Akrapovic exhaust, the bike sounds like a 55-gallon drum full of lionesses on meth. Check it out in the video below.

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Georgia on my mind

There was something rather perfect about my last flight of the 2012 Formula 1 season. It departed from Gate “F1″ at Hartsfield?Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. I had gone there because airline logic meant that it is always more cost-effective to return home by the way you came and so, having set out to go [...]

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"Just leave me alone!" F1's quotes of the season

Raikkonen's rebuke, Lewis's Twitter confusion and Eddie Jordan's age... It's the most memorable quotes of the 2012 F1 season

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VIDEO: BBC Sport's F1 2012 awards

The BBC F1 team hand out a series of awards to mark the end of the 2012 Formula 1 season.

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Race Tech Announces Two New Midwest RT Centers

Race Tech Announces Two New Midwest RT Centers

Over the past couple of seasons Race Tech has noticed a massive growth in business across the North Central region of the United States.

Over the past couple of seasons Race Tech has noticed a massive growth in business across the North Central region of the United States. To better serve a rapidly increasing customer base, Race Tech is proud to announce two new authorized Race Tech Centers;Racing Unlimited in Fort Dodge, Iowa; and Vaith's Cycle in Racine, MN.

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Pic swaps Marussia for Caterham

Marussia driver Charles Pic will switch to his team's back-of-the-grid rivals Caterham for the 2013 Formula 1 season.

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Daniel Ricciardo profile

A profile of Toro Rosso's Australian driver

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Jerez WSBK And Ducati MotoGP Test Day 3 Times: Laverty And Sykes Faster Than Hayden

Ducati's WSBK and MotoGP riders have joined some of the World Superbike men at Jerez as testing continues, offering an interesting comparison between the two series. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the fastest time was set by a World Superbike rider, Eugene Laverty taking top spot on the factory Aprilia, having already spent two previous days on the track. Tom Sykes ended the day in 2nd, the Kawasakis once again running without transponders, while Nicky Hayden ended with the 3rd fastest time on his first day of testing aboard the Ducati GP13 Desmosedici MotoGP machine. Hayden was two thirds of a second behind Laverty, but it is the American's first day back in the saddle, and the Ducati MotoGP bike has notoriously struggled around the Jerez circuit. Hayden was within three tenths of his qualifying time from earlier in the year.

Michele Pirro continues to impress as Ducati test ride, once again going faster than Andrea Iannone. Meanwhile, the Ducati Panigale clearly has a lot of work left to be done, Carlos Checa nearly three seconds slower than Laverty on the Aprilia. Slowest man of the day was Andrea Dovizioso, though he rode very little due to neck problem, his neck having locked up solid after making an unexpected motion.

The riders return to the track again on Thursday.

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Race Tech Wins 2nd Consecutive AMA Horizon Award

Race Tech Wins 2nd Consecutive AMA Horizon Award

Andre Ochs used his Race Tech G2-R Cartridge Kit and G3-S Custom Series Shock featuring Gold Valve technology to capture the AMA RoadRacing Horizon Award at the legendary Daytona track.

Andre Ochs used his Race Tech G2-R Cartridge Kit and G3-S Custom Series Shock featuring Gold Valve technology to capture the AMA RoadRacing Horizon Award at the legendary Daytona track. Ochs became the second rider in two years to win the most presitgious award for graduating amateur racers aboard Race Tech Suspension. Just one year ago, Jake Lewis took home the honor.

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Ryan Newman grabs first win in 2 years at Phoenix

Ryan Newman took the lead after a late caution at Phoenix International Raceway and held off Jeff Gordon (FSY) in a two-lap shootout Saturday night to get his first victory since the 2008 Daytona 500, and first since joining Stewart’s new team last season.
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Race Tech Wins 2nd Consecutive AMA Horizon Award

Race Tech Wins 2nd Consecutive AMA Horizon Award

Andre Ochs used his Race Tech G2-R Cartridge Kit and G3-S Custom Series Shock featuring Gold Valve technology to capture the AMA RoadRacing Horizon Award at the legendary Daytona track.

Andre Ochs used his Race Tech G2-R Cartridge Kit and G3-S Custom Series Shock featuring Gold Valve technology to capture the AMA RoadRacing Horizon Award at the legendary Daytona track. Ochs became the second rider in two years to win the most presitgious award for graduating amateur racers aboard Race Tech Suspension. Just one year ago, Jake Lewis took home the honor.

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F1 ?played NASCAR? with safety car, say Force India | F1 Fanatic round-up

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In the round-up: Force India criticise safety car call ? Hamilton more focused on 2014 car ? Vettel 'doesn't see any point' in switching teams

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Texas 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 [...]

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Performance Lighting for High Performance Cars

It can be a shame for true car enthusiasts to see an otherwise impressive sports car driving down the highway, only to notice one lagging area that ruins the car?s initial given impression. One area that continually lags in many people?s cars, even when all other areas are superior to average car settings in their [...]

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Fernando Alonso

A profile of Spain's double world champion, Fernando Alonso, who won only once in 2011.

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Kimi Raikkonen profile

A profile of the returning 2007 Formula 1 champion, Kimi Raikkonen.

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Ford Falcon GT becomes Australia's most powerful police car ever

Filed under: Motorsports, Sedan, Performance, Government/Legal, Ford, Police/Emergency, Australia

The highway patrol in New South Wales, Australia has a new toy. As part of a community outreach program, it has added a Ford Falcon GT to its stable of pursuit vehicles. Though the car has been fitted with the lights, radio and speed-monitoring tech of its more common cruisers, officers intend use the car more to reach out to young motorsports fans than to run down baddies. So far, it seems to be working. Police took the sedan to the Sydney Dragway at Eastern Creek, and the supercharged Falcon GT had no problem drawing a crowd.

As you may recall, the Falcon GT is the most powerful vehicle to ever roll out of Ford Australia. The four-door boasts 450 horsepower from the factory, though the pursuit model makes closer to 536 hp thanks to tweaks like a new fuel map and free-flowing exhaust. Throw in all of the law-enforcement tech, and this car has a final price tag of over $105,000 at current conversion rates.

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TMS? Gossage admits name change offer an April Fools gag

A $100,000 offer from Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage to a radio personality to change his name to promote the track was a hoax, Gossage said Wednesday.
Gossage and TMS officials sent out an official release Wednesday on speedway letterhead saying Dallas DJ Terry Dorsey had accepted Gossage’s offer of $100,000 to legally change his [...]

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Heikki Kovalainen profile

A profile of Caterham's Finnish driver

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Fernando Alonso

A profile of Spain's double world champion, Fernando Alonso, who won only once in 2011.

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Bridgestone Press Release: Shinji Aoki Talks Tricky Tire Choices At Valencia

Below is the usual post-race press release debrief from Bridgestone, discussing how their tires handled the difficult conditions at Valencia:

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2013 MotoGP Championship Provisional Calendar v.3

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Race Tech Wins 2nd Consecutive AMA Horizon Award

Race Tech Wins 2nd Consecutive AMA Horizon Award

Andre Ochs used his Race Tech G2-R Cartridge Kit and G3-S Custom Series Shock featuring Gold Valve technology to capture the AMA RoadRacing Horizon Award at the legendary Daytona track.

Andre Ochs used his Race Tech G2-R Cartridge Kit and G3-S Custom Series Shock featuring Gold Valve technology to capture the AMA RoadRacing Horizon Award at the legendary Daytona track. Ochs became the second rider in two years to win the most presitgious award for graduating amateur racers aboard Race Tech Suspension. Just one year ago, Jake Lewis took home the honor.

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Vettel targets victory as Alonso hopes for rain | 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

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Sebastian Vettel says he is still targeting a win in the Brazilian Grand Prix while title rival Fernando Alonso believes he can finish on the podium from eighth.

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Hamlin has successful knee surgery

Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announced Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Toyota in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, had successful surgery to repair the ACL in his left knee this morning. The surgery was performed by Dr. Patrick Connor with OrthoCarolina. Hamlin injured the knee in January prior to the start of the 2010 [...]

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Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes

It was a busy day in Sao Paolo as the paddock made the best use of the dry weather to hone their set-ups and try out some prototype Pirelli tyres. By the end of play there was little to split the top teams with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton leading from the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. All the drivers, and senior team personnel, reflect on their early progress...

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Party sponsored by Lamborghini tried to airlift yacht into Austin lake for F1 race

Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Lamborghini

This was the kind of understatement we didn't expect to encounter in the Lone Star State: on our way into Austin to attend the Grand Prix of the Americas, the man sitting next to us on the plane - an Austinite born and raised - said, "There's gonna be a lot of wealthy people here." You know, as if Texas didn't have its fair share already.

Wealthy people need wealthy things to do and not-as-wealthy people to arrange such things for them. Case in point is My Yacht Club, which follows the Formula 1 parade and other rah-rah events around the globe, hosting guests and parties on yachts. In Austin the event group has had to change its schtick; there's no way to navigate one 150-foot motor yacht into Austin's Lady Bird Lake. MYC principal Nicholas Frankl told KUT News, "We spoke to the Army Air Corps. They couldn't lift it." We believe he meant the Army Corps of Engineers, but no matter, they couldn't lift it either.

So MYC has switched to a land-lubbers venue, The Long Center where Ballet Austin, the opera and the symphony perform. In case you readers are worried about how guests will manage without chiseled Italian deckhands in epaulets, not only has Frankl promised that "the elements of decadence and luxury and coolness and exclusivity are all there," guests will get to guzzle 24-karat gold-infused champagne. Because the stars at night just aren't as big and bright without it, obviously.

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Michael Schumacher profile

A profile of the seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher, who continues to struggle with Mercedes.

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Win Cody Webb's Motorcycle-Superstor.com Helmet at Las Vegas EnduroCross

Win Cody Webb's Motorcycle-Superstor.com Helmet at Las Vegas EnduroCross

Sign up during the "Superstore-Superstar Fan Walk" rider autograph session

Irvine, CA (April 26, 2012) - Motorcycle-Superstore.com announces they are a sponsor of the 2012 GEICO AMA EnduroCross by Lucas Oil Series, which opens on May 4th at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. In addition to the racing action in store for the evening, the event will also feature a ?Superstore-Superstar Fan Walk.? To top it off, one lucky fan will be chosen from the crowd to win a Cody Webb autographed Motorcycle-Superstore.com team Bell Moto-9 helmet.

"EnduroCross is my favorite form of racing," says Cody Webb, Factory Beta Racing team rider and former AMA Trials champion. "EnduroCross is as gnarly as it gets and Vegas is the best show of the bunch. I can't wait to put my Superstore helmet on the podium!"

The Superstore-Superstar Fan Walk presented by Motorcycle-Superstore.com will include some of the top racers in the world, not only from EnduroCross but also from the Monster Energy AMA Supercross series. It will take place inside the Orleans Arena Concourse when the gates open at 7:00 PM.  The following riders are planning to be on hand:  

• Justin Barcia, GEICO Honda Supercross rider, 2011 and 2012 East Coast Lites AMA Supercross Champion.
• Eli Tomac, GEICO Honda Supercross rider and current West Coast Lites Supercross series leader.
• Kevin Windham, GEICO Honda Supercross rider, Supercross legend.
• Justin Bogle, GEICO Honda Supercross rider, top Supercross rookie.
• Will Hahn, GEICO Honda Supercross rider.
• GEICO Honda?s Geoff Aaron, Kevin Rookstool and Keith Wineland.
• KTM?s Taddy Blazusiak and Mike Brown.
• Monster Kawasaki?s Justin Soule, Taylor Robert and Bobby Garrison.
• Husqvarna's Cory Graffunder and Kyle Redmond.
• Zip Ty Racing?s Gary Sutherlin, Ryan Sandoval and Ty Davis.
• Lucas Oil / Kawasaki backed Colton Haaker.
• RPM KTM's Bobby Prochnau and Josh Strang, the 2010 GNCC Champion that will be racing his first EnduroCross.

If you are planning a trip to see the Monster Energy Supercross finals in Las Vegas, then make sure that you come in a day early to catch the GEICO AMA EnduroCross championship opener, which is an X Games Qualifier. If you have never watched one in person, you will be blown away by the obstacles and intense racing action.

For more information, go to www.EnduroCross.com.

2012 GEICO AMA EnduroCross Schedule

EnduroCross tracks incorporate various elements of extreme off road racing into a Supercross-style setting, including rocks, boulders, logs, sand, mud, a water-hole?and even a few special obstacles like giant tires thrown in!  Known as the ?toughest racing on two wheels,? this indoor off road racing will certainly keep you on your feet. For the seven EnduroCross events, be sure to log-on to www.motorsportshour.com for local air dates/times for the Lucas Motorsports Hour on the Versus network.  

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For rules and race information visit www.EnduroCross.com or email endurocross@sorc.com.

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Another lawsuit?

Bernie Ecclestone’s legal troubles continue to escalate. There is a new challenge in a New York court in recent days from a private equity group called Bluewaters Communications Holdings that is claiming $650m, alleging that Ecclestone conspired with CVC Capital Partners, Gerhard Gribkowsky and BayernLB conspired to sell the company at less than its real [...]

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Austria's Linortner makes it four in PTR line-up

David 'Lino' Linortner, one of the most promising young racers from Austria, will join PTR in the World Supersport Championship in 2013. The 21-year-old has incredible raw speed and ability, proved when he took an eighth place at the Nurburgring round of WSS in 2012 as a wild card rider (photo).

A multiple race winner in the IDM Supersport Championship in Germany, his rise through the ranks has been meteoric and with PTR he has high ambitions in the World Championship, especially as he will be bringing his long time trusted mechanic Bernd Klockmann to the PTR team as his chassis technician.

Lino joins Imre Toth, Luca Marconi and Nacho Calero at PTR Honda in the prestigious World Supersport Championship. PTR's final rider will be announced shortly.

Lino: "At the end of the season there were different opportunities and situations in conversation and we looked at different options in the STK-1000 and World Supersport. My target was the Supersport World Championship, so I am very happy that my sponsors have opted for this route. PTR Honda is one of the most successful World Supersport teams in recent years; I am sure I will have a very competitive package in 2013. I will meet the Team for the first time at the end of January in the first test in Spain - I can hardly wait to ride the PTR Honda. Only one month later, I start at the first race in Australia."

Simon Buckmaster, PTR Team Manager: "We are very excited with Lino and his potential. He has already proved to be a top eight finisher and we are confident that Lino and the PTR Honda will be a strong package. He has a lot to learn and it won't be easy but he has the talent to go far and we want to help take him as high up the results sheet as possible."

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Unsecured lug nut dooms Johnson

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Jimmie Johnson was leading Sunday's FordEcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway and beginning to get a whiff of his sixth championship in seven years when he came in for a pit stop with 54 laps remaining in the race.

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NASCAR The Game: Inside Line [w/video]

Filed under: Motorsports, Toys/Games

Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines - New NASCAR Title Is Not Impressive



Typically, when we receive a copy of a new video game to review, diving into and documenting the online/multiplayer aspects of it proves challenging. There are a few reasons for this: We're generally playing the game before or right after it has gone on sale, which really limits the number of folks playing online, but in the case of NASCAR The Game: Inside Line, we're happy that we got some playtime in on Xbox Live to start our test.

Online gamers not only had strong first opinions about this NASCAR game versus the last one, but also proved pretty knowledgeable about the sport in general.

That's not because the online racing in this all-new NASCAR title from Eutechnyx is particularly compelling (in fact it's neither more nor less flawed than the single-player portion of the game), but rather because the people playing online are some of the best subject matter experts that we could have hoped to find for this review. At least on Day One of the release of Inside Line, the online lobbies were filled to brimming with gamers that not only had strong first opinions about this NASCAR game versus the last one (2011's NASCAR The Game), but who also proved pretty knowledgeable about the sport in general.

There was a lot of talk about the overall handling of the racecars and the effectiveness of bump drafting on high-speed banked turns, for instance. Our co-racers in that first session seemed to agree that Inside Line had added detail in areas of the game that weren't critical to a positive core racing experience (detailed effects for crash scenes and a more comprehensive pit lane menu, for instance), while making the driving dynamics twitchier with a great many more crashes happening overall. In short, they weren't loving it.

The results, for the NASCAR gaming faithful, and for us, was an experience that wasn't all that much fun most of the time.

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Husqvarna Announces EnduroCross Race Team

Husqvarna Announces EnduroCross Race Team

Cory Graffunder and Kyle Redmond headline Husky's 2012 factory effort

Cory Graffunder and Kyle Redmond get some practice time in on their factory Husqvarna TXC310s in preparation for the opening round of the AMA/GEICO EnduroCross Series. Photo by Resmarket / Scott Cox

Cory Graffunder #115 Photo by Resmarket / Scott Cox

Kyle Redmond #7 Photo by Resmarket / Scott Cox

Corona, CA - April 26, 2012 - Husqvarna Motorcycles North America (HMNA) is proud to introduce Kyle Redmond and Cory Graffunder as members of the Husqvarna factory race team. Slated to contest the 2012 AMA EnduroCross championship, Redmond and Graffunder are counting down the days to the opening round of the eight-round series, which will once again feature the ESPN X Games.

Mounted aboard factory-backed Husqvarna TXC310s with additional backing from FMF Racing, Stillwell Performance and Dunlop, Graffunder and Redmond are ready to take on the 2012 AMA/GEICO EnduroCross series, which will kick off on May 4 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Cory Graffunder returns in 2012 as a Husqvarna EnduroCross racer. The Canadian regrettably spent the majority of last year out with a broken wrist, which he suffered in a crash only days before the Summer X Games. Fortunately he recovered in time for the last two rounds of the series, and was able to notch a podium finish at the 2011 season finale.

"It was probably the biggest disappointment of my life, getting injured and missing X Games," Graffunder said of last year's season. "I had a bad season last year but finished it on a good note. I just want to keep getting on the podium this year. I can't explain how excited I am to be heading into the series on a factory Husky. I'm really looking forward to qualifying for X Games, which I'm confident I can do."

Extreme enduro specialist Kyle Redmond is new to Husqvarna, and will be racing the AMA EnduroCross Series as well as select events such as the Tennessee Knock Out, Xtinction and Last Dog Standing. The California native is looking forward to stepping up his game on the factory-backed Husqvarna TXC310.

"The TXC310 definitely has a great motor," Redmond said. "We have a lot more power this year (as opposed to the 250F I was on last year) and we're working with some really great sponsors. Alan Stillwell with Stillwell Performance is dialing in our suspension and the bikes are working really great. We're ready to get the season started strong."

"We're all super excited about our factory Husqvarna EnduroCross team," said HMNA Product and Racing Manager Derek Sorenson. "We have two of the best extreme enduro riders in the world, and they've both proven that they are among the very few riders who are capable of reaching the podium in an EnduroCross."

"The new TXC310 is a great racing platform to begin with this year. Everything that was learned the last couple years in the World Enduro with the CH Racing team has been translated to the production bike, and fortunately for us here in the U.S., we're really reaping the rewards. We're looking forward to a landmark year for Husqvarna and can't wait to see our guys and the TXC310 on the podium."

Additional sponsors of the factory Husqvarna EnduroCross team include: FMF Racing, Troy Lee Designs, Stillwell Performance, Sidi, Dunlop, Enduro Engineering, GUTS Racing, PG Graphics, GPR, Rekluse, Dirt Tricks, Silkolene, X Brand, Warp 9, AME, DT1, TM Designworks, Super B and Resmarket, Inc.

For more information on the entire 2012 Husqvarna line-up, please go to www.husqvarna-motorcyclesna.com. Head to your nearest dealership to pick up a copy of the 2012 RiDE MORE Catalog, available now!

Be sure to follow Team Husqvarna on Facebook or via Twitter @HusqvarnaNA.

Husqvarna Motorcycles. Tradition on two wheels since 1903.

Husqvarna Motorcycles, a part of the BMW Group since October 2007, are widely known and respected in the off-road world for a heritage of competition and numerous motocross and enduro world championships. Originally founded in Sweden in 1903, Husqvarna motorcycles have been designed and manufactured in Varese, Italy since 1987.

Husqvarna Motorcycles NA, LLC

Husqvarna Motorcycles NA, LLC is part of BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group's sales headquarters for North, Central and South America is located in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Husqvarna has continued to expand its professional race team to compete in AMA National Enduro, GNCC, EnduroCross, the AMA Western Hare Scrambles Series and WORCS championships. Husqvarna team riders are competing aboard 2012 Husqvarna TC250, TXC250, TXC310 and TXC511 off-road models.

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Maverick Vinales Signs To Ride KTM With JHK Laglisse For 2013

The future of Maverick Viñales has at last been settled. Today, on the eve of a test aboard a KTM Moto3 machine at the Almeria circuit, Pablo Nieto, manager of the JHK T-Shirt Laglisse team, announced that the young Spanish sensation has signed to race for the team in 2013. The deal will see Viñales race a factory-spec KTM Moto3 bike next season, with the team that fielded Efren Vazquez and Hector Faubel in 2012.

The new deal for Viñales took a long time to sort out. The Spanish youngster had already signed a deal with the Avintia Blusens team for 2013 and 2014, the team he was racing with in 2012, before staging a dramatic walk out prior to the Sepang round in mid-October, in a dispute over the speed of the FTR Honda and the competence of the team. Though Viñales returned a week later for the Phillip Island round, he then focused all his efforts on finding another team able to buy him out of his contract and provide him with a sufficiently fast KTM.

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http://www.motociclismo.es/deporte/mundial-motogp/articulo/maverick-vi%C...

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