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SBK Back in the USA!
16 May 2008
The history of the Superbike World Championship is linked inextricably to the USA and the return of the USA Round to the calendar, this time in the state of Utah, has aroused major interest in Europe and the rest of the world. The date of June 1st 2008 is destined to become another milestone in Superbike history. The new home for the USA Round of the Superbike World Championship is the fantastic Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, a circuit that the European Superbike regulars have been viewing with growing interest since its date first appeared on the 2008 calendar. In the run-up to the sixth round of this year’s championship, we take a look back at the history of World Superbike racing in the United States of America.
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Motogiro America Welcomes English Legend Paul Smart
14 May 2008
In 1972 Smart rode the Ducati 750 Supersport to victory at Imola, putting the big twin on the map. Paul Smart and his wife Maggie will attend the inaugural Motogiro America in Monterey California this summer. Departure is scheduled for July 13, 2008 from Monterey’s historic Cannery Row and stops include: Paso Robles and a lap on the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in honour of the Red Bull MotoGP Championship. As a motorcycle racer, Smart is best known for his breakthrough win at the 200 Miles of Imola aboard a Ducati 750 Supersport.
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Ducati Grandstand On Tour During The 08 MotoGP Championship
20 March 2008
Tickets are now on sale for the Mugello Grandstand. This year the Ducati Grandstand Tour will take in nine international MotoGP races. Following the success of the Ducati Grandstand at Italian rounds last year, Ducati has decided to use the same formula at other MotoGP rounds around the world. It will now be possible to follow your heroes trackside at the Italian circuits of Mugello and Misano, but also at the European rounds of Le Mans, Sachsenring and Valencia, as well as at the international events at Laguna Seca and Indianapolis (U.S.A.), Phillip Island (Australia) and Motegi (Japan).
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Spies Wins AMA Superbike Crown
17 September 2007
Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies has won the 2007 AMA Superbike Championship from team mate Mat Mladin at Sunday's final round at Laguna Seca in California as Suzuki GSX-R1000s swept the first three places - and dominated the entire series. The Texan rider, defending his first title, beat the six-time champion after sitting behind the Australian for most of the 28-lap race, winning the title by just over two seconds after slowing on the final lap to celebrate to his fans.
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Spies Takes Pole From Mladin
17 September 2007
Reigning AMA Superbike Champion Ben Spies has set pole for tomorrow's final round at Laguna Seca in California ahead of team mate Mat Mladin. The Yoshimura Suzuki rider, who trails the six-time champion by three points in the series with one race remaining, lapped at 1:23.104 compared to Mladin's 1:23.410.
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AMA Supersport Title To Be Decided At Season Finale
12 September 2007
After a season of some of the closest action in AMA professional road racing, the 2007 AMA Pro Honda Oils Supersport Championship presented by Shoei comes down to the final race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, in Monterey, Calif., this Sunday, Sept. 16. Monster Energy Kawasaki teammates Roger Hayden and Jamie Hacking, along with Erion Honda’s Josh Hayes are all within reach of the coveted championship.
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Fourth Place For Rossi After Dissapointing US Grand Prix
25 July 2007
Valentino Rossi took fourth place in the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca today, after a spirited ride in difficult conditions from fifth on the grid. Team-mate Edwards was unable to fulfil his dream of a home-race success and crossed the line in eleventh after a race led from flag-to-flag by series leader Casey Stoner. Rossi lost some ground at the start and found himself behind Edwards for the first part of the lap. He quickly moved ahead of his team-mate however and the pair crossed the line for the first time in fourth and fifth respectively. On lap five Marco Melandri took Edwards and set off after Rossi, overtaking the Italian a few laps later and relegating him to fifth. After Melandri had in turn passed Dani Pedrosa, Rossi quickly began to close the gap on the Spaniard until he was able to strike at the end of lap twenty to claim fourth. For several laps he then looked to be closing the gap to Melandri but a lack of grip forced him to slacken off and he eventually crossed the line 30.664 seconds behind Stoner.
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9th Position For Barros At Laguna Seca
25 July 2007
The race finish at Laguna Seca signaled the end of difficult weekend for the Pramac Dantin Team, who lost a rider earlier in the week when Alex Hofmann was injured on Friday morning's free practice, and also for Alex Barros, who rode through the pain of a hand unjury sustained in a crash at the previous race, one week prior. The Team breathes a sigh of contentment after these last six races in only eight weeks. The Brazilian, who started from the second last row on starting grid, made a good recovery, finishing his race in ninth place and scoring seven important points for the championship.
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Pedrosa Fights To Fifth As Hayden Is Forced To Retire
25 July 2007
The Repsol Honda Team had a tough U.S. Grand Prix with Dani Pedrosa battling to fifth place while Nicky Hayden was forced to pull out of the race with 10 laps of the 32-lap race remaining. From second on the grid, Pedrosa made an excellent start and led for the first three corners before being passed by Casey Stoner. Riding at the absolute limit the Spanish ace kept pace with Stoner in the opening laps, but as the performance from his tyres began to fade he was forced to drop back. Stoner went on to win the race by 10 seconds while Pedrosa brought home his RC212V in fifth to earn 11 World Championship points.
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Rossi Fourth In Tough Race For Michelin
25 July 2007
Fourth-placed Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) was Michelin’s top finisher at Laguna Seca today. The Italian finished five seconds off the podium and five seconds ahead of fellow Michelin man Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin), winner of last Sunday’s German Grand Prix. The result maintains the pair’s second and third positions in the World Championship point standings.
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Kawasaki Celebrate A Top Ten Triple At Laguna
25 July 2007
The Kawasaki Racing Team today saw all three of their riders come home in the top ten at the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca. Randy de Puniet claimed 6th place, Anthony West 7th and wild card Roger Lee Hayden, 10th. In a stunning, 32-lap race at the California circuit, the trio of 800cc Ninja ZX-RR pilots put on a great show: consistently in the middle of the action, dicing with Edwards, Tamada, Nakano, Barros and each other.
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Vermeulen Storms To Stunning 2nd Place At Laguna
25 July 2007
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP’s Chris Vermeulen raced his Suzuki GSV-R to a fantastic second place in today’s American Grand Prix. Starting from third on the grid, Vermeulen settled into that position for the first three laps and then passed Dani Pedrosa and set about chasing race leader Casey Stoner. Vermeulen and Stoner quickly pulled away from the rest of the field and as hard as Vermeulen tried he couldn’t quite catch the current World Championship leader.
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Faultless Stoner Dominates Laguna
25 July 2007
Ducati Team rider Casey Stoner unleashed a faultless display of riding at Laguna Seca this afternoon to win his sixth victory of the year and extend his World Championship lead to 44 points. The Australian grabbed the lead after the first few corners of the first lap and was never challenged from there, running away from the pack to win by an emphatic 9.865 seconds. Today's victory followed a similarly faultless two days of practice and qualifying - Stoner topped all five pre-race sessions aboard his awesome Desmosedici GP7. Stoner's weekend-long domination also made him the first rider to win a MotoGP race from pole position in 13 events. The last man to score pole and race victory was Loris Capirossi on his Ducati at last September's Japanese Grand Prix.
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Bridgestone Bounces Back With Podium Clean Sweep
25 July 2007
Bridgestone-shod Ducati rider Casey Stoner took an emphatic victory at Laguna Seca this afternoon, his sixth win of the season and the seventh win in eleven MotoGP races on Bridgestone tyres. Stoner has dominated the US GP weekend topping every single timed session, setting a new pole position record on Bridgestone qualifying tyres, a new circuit best lap on race tyres in this morning’s warm-up session and the fastest lap of this afternoon’s race. He now leads the riders’ championship by 44 points. Suzuki rider Chris Vermeulen, winner at the French GP earlier in the year, took his third podium of the 2007 season with a well deserved second place this afternoon. He headed home Honda Gresini’s Marco Melandri who claimed an heroic third place after his accident in qualifying yesterday afternoon sidelined him from this morning’s warm-up session.
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No Glory In Home Grand Prix
25 July 2007
Kurtis Roberts failed to finish him home grand prix when teething problems hit the brand new Team Roberts KR212V which was making its debut at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. In only six short weeks, Team Roberts designed, manufactured, and built a second generation KR212V. There were 210 new parts, 54 of which were manufactured at the team's headquarters in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Many of the parts, including the chassis, were brought as luggage to the circuit in the hills of Monterey, the site of many of team owner Kenny Roberts' greatest triumphs, both as a rider and team owner.
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12th Position For Nakano Honda At Laguna
25 July 2007
Konica Minolta Honda’s Shinya Nakano took a hard-fought 12th position in today’s US MotoGP race. The 29-year-old Japanese rider started the race strongly and then spent the rest of the 32-lap race battling with the likes of Anthony West and Makoto Tamada in a close battle in the middle of the field, before finally slipping back with front-end issues to finish 12th at the flag. The MotoGP championship will now have a three-week break until the next round of the series, which takes place in the Czech Republic at the Brno circuit on 19th August.
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Casey Stoner Breaks The Jinx
25 July 2007
Casey Stoner starts his four week summer break back home on his parent’s Australian farm with an impressive forty four point lead in the MotoGP World Championship, after dominating the Red Bull US Grand Prix and breaking the 12 race pole setting jinx. Stoner and Ducati totally dominated the 32 lap race round the demanding Californian Laguna Seca circuit to become the first rider for 12 MotoGP grands prix to win from pole position.
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Tough Day At Laguna For The Ninjas
22 July 2007
Anthony West's Ninja ZX-RR will be the best placed Kawasaki on the grid for tomorrow's U.S. Grand Prix, after the 26-year-old Australian qualified 12th fastest during this afternoon's timed session at Laguna Seca. West's regular Kawasaki team mate, Randy de Puniet, will start from one row further back on the grid after qualifying his Ninja ZX-RR in 13th place. And, after winning this afternoon's AMA Supersport race in impressive style, Kawasaki wild card rider, Roger Lee Hayden, will start his debut MotoGP race tomorrow from 16th position on the grid.
During this morning's free practice session it was Hayden who lead the Kawasaki trio home, finishing 11th fastest overall, with de Puniet and West filling the next two places on the timesheet.
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2nd & 3rd Row For Fiat Yamaha After Eventful Day In Laguna
22 July 2007
Valentino Rossi recovered from an unlucky fall in this morning's free practice session to qualify in fifth position today, putting his Fiat Yamaha Team M1 onto the middle of the second row for tomorrow's US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca. Team-mate and home favourite Colin Edwards meanwhile struggled with set-up problems and was unable to replicate his front-row performance of last year, qualifying eighth.
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Repsol Honda Riders Strong In Laguna Qualifying
22 July 2007
Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden will start Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix from second and fourth on the grid after a strong showing in qualifying at Laguna Seca today. Pedrosa was just nudged from pole position in the closing seconds of the afternoon session having taken top spot with his second run on Michelin qualifying tyres. Hayden, cheered on by a sun-baked home crowd, just missed out on a front row start when he was slowed by traffic on his fastest qualifying lap. But the World Champion still equalled his best qualifying position of the season to head the second row and has given himself an excellent chance for Sunday’s 32-lap race.
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