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Eighth for Ellison at Oulton Park
23 Hours ago
Hydrex Bike Animal Honda rider James Ellison will start tomorrow's two Bennetts British Superbike Championship races from the second row of the grid after posting eighth fastest time in qualifying today at Oulton Park in Cheshire. With mixed weather conditions throughout the day, luckily the 50-minute Swan Combi 50 Roll for Pole qualifying session stayed dry and Ellison ran well up on the time sheets for most of the session before having to settle for eighth in the closing throes.
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Co-ordit Racing Head to Oulton
2 Days ago
The second half of the 2008 Bennetts British Superbike season begins in earnest for Co-ordit Racing at Oulton Park this weekend (18th-20th July). Round 7 sees the second visit of the season to the picturesque 2.69 mile Cheshire circuit. Co-ordit Racing’s Superbike rider, Dean Ellison will be looking to leave with points on the board rather than the injuries he suffered as an innocent victim back in May.The experienced rider was collected by Steve Mercer’s bike in the closing stages of the second race, scuppering any chance of points and setting the Leicester-based rider back a round through injury. Now, with a string of point-scoring results under his belt, Dean is eager to start moving towards the top ten and up the championship leader board.
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Successful Oulton Return Required by HM Plant Honda This Weekend
3 Days ago
The HM Plant Honda team will return to Bennetts British Superbike action for the second time of asking at Oulton Park this weekend. Cal Crutchlow sits in second-place in the series with team-mate Leon Haslam in fourth. Both Fireblade riders will want to be winning races to try and close the gap on runaway series leader Shane Byrne. Leon will want to score his maiden win this weekend, after netting four second places so far this year, while Cal – who has two wins to his credit – will also want to win and bag more points for HM Plant Honda.
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Bruce Wilson Aims to Collect Points at Oulton Park
6 Days ago
Gipsey Bridge rider Bruce Wilson is aiming to bag his first points of the season in his second visit to Oulton Park in Cheshire for round six of the Metzeler National Superstock 600 series. For one reason or another Wilson has been unsuccessful in claiming a points finish in his first five outings in the championship but is adamant his luck will change this weekend and he will begin his championship challenge with a strong points scoring finish to his race at Oulton Park.
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Busy Weekend for Ben Wilson
6 Days ago
It will be another busy weekend for Boston racer Ben Wilson who is to contest a double round of the Metzeler National Superstock championship plus a round of the Henderson Yamaha R1 Cup at Oulton Park over the coming weekend. The Superstock championship has enjoyed a five-week break from activity, the last action being at Snetterton back in June where Wilson scored a seventh place in the first of two planned outings in the series that day. The second race was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions causing delays to the race programme and the event was subsequently rearranged for the Oulton Park meeting this weekend.
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Team Co-ordit Head to Mallory
26 June 2008
Co-ordit Racing heads to Mallory Park, Leicestershire, this weekend to contest the sixth round of the 2008 Bennetts British Superbike Championship (27-29 June). As one of the team’s local circuits, expectations will be high, as will local support, for Dean Ellison and Pete Bradshaw to show their mettle as they battle for points around the testing 1.41 mile circuit. Now based in Leicester, Mallory Park has become a local circuit for Dean Ellison, who makes his first visit to the circuit since 2006. Recovered from injury, Dean has set himself high targets ahead of the weekend and will use his world and domestic race experience to elevate his Co-ordit Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 into the top ten for the first time this season. With two long 30-lap races scheduled for Sunday, Dean will use the full potential of the Co-ordit Racing Yamaha’s power to challenge at the sharp-end.
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LB's Sam Middlemas' R6 Inferno Disaster
17 June 2008
You can help - Fancy your name on the bike from just £10? - This past weekend, disaster struck for LB’s national Superstock 600 rider Sam Middlemas who was racing at Mallory Park after just getting a Yamaha R6. Middlemas crashed after hitting some brake fluid left on the exit of the bus stop during qualifying. His new R6 caught fire after the fuel-tank split and allowed petrol to flow out, which in turn ignited. The marshals were quickly on the scene and did their up-most to put the inferno out. Unfortunately this lasted for what seemed like an eternity and left Sam with a very swollen knee and a very burnt and looking R6.
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Bad Luck for Bruce Wilson at Snetterton
16 June 2008
Bruce Wilson encountered even more bad luck when he crashed heavily in practice ahead of Sunday’s fifth round Superstock 600 championship race at Snetterton on Sunday. Practice began well for the Gipsey Bridge rider who was circulating in second place in the opening session but as he negotiated Russell’s chicane the Team Motorcycle Racer Suzuki highsided and threw him off onto the tarmac. It was a race against time to get the bike repaired in time for the first qualifying period and although battered and bruised from his earlier mishap Wilson was up for the challenge. But he soon discovered a problem with the brakes and was forced to retire without recording a qualifying time.
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Ben Wilson Sines at Snetterton
16 June 2008
Ben Wilson rode to a brace of top seven places at Snetterton but was denied the chance to shine in the second of the two Superstock races because of the adverse weather conditions that caused a long delay earlier in the day. With two races in the Metzeler National Superstock championship to contend with, the 26-year-old Boston rider was anticipating another pair of strong finishes, but a crash in qualifying put paid to a strong grid position and he had to be content with a third row start in ninth place.
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HM Plant Honda on Front Row at Snetterton
15 June 2008
Both Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow are on the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s two Bennetts British Superbike races. Podium positions are the aim for both riders in the 21-lap races. Meanwhile Steve Brogan broke the lap record en-route to pole position in the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 class – just as he said he would do before the weekend. In the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport class Steve will start tomorrow’s 18-lap race from 6th position on the grid.
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HM Plant Honda Hopes for Success at High-Speed Snetterton
12 June 2008
HM Plant Honda heads to Snetterton in Norfolk this weekend as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship meets for round five of the 12-round season. The flat, former airfield circuit offers high-speed action thanks to the long Revett Straight as well as some challenging corners. Both HM Plant Honda Superbike riders have been off to Japan in the break to test for their forthcoming race at the Suzuka Eight-Hour, as well as taking part in last weekend’s Suzuka 300km race. Meanwhile Steve Brogan has been training hard in the gym so he’s in the best physical shape for the weekend. In the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship, Steve intends to close the gap on series leader Glen Richards, while continuing to dominate in the Metzeler National Superstock 1000 series.
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Haslam & Crutchlow to Peg Back Byrne in Title Stakes
11 June 2008
Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow reckon that they will have the top end speed to beat off the challenge of Bennetts British Superbike Championship leader Shane Byrne on the super-fast Snetterton circuit in this weekend’s fifth round. The HM Plant Honda duo have jetted back from riding in a 300kms race in Japan and are raring to go at the Norfolk circuit that in recent years has favoured the Fireblades.
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Bruce Wilson Gears Up for Snetterton
06 June 2008
Gypsey Bridge rider Bruce Wilson is gearing up for a further challenge in the fifth round of the National Superstock 600 championship, which is set for Snetterton in Norfolk on Sunday. Wilson who rides for Team Motorcycle Racer Magazine was again denied a top 10 finish because of a red flag situation in the last round of the series at Donington Park three weeks ago but with a wealth of track knowledge behind him from previous outings at the Norfolk circuit he is positive he can break into the top 1o this time around.
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Ben Wilson Returns to Action at Snetterton
06 June 2008
After a three-week break, Boston Superstock rider Ben Wilson returns to action with three races to contest at Snetterton on Sunday (June 15th) – two, Metzeler National Superstock events and a round of the Henderson Yamaha R1 Cup. In his last outing Wilson rode to a superb double runner-up spot in the Henderson Cup, which enjoyed two races at Donington to make up for the cancellation of the Brands Hatch round earlier in the year. Despite encountering problems with the braking system Wilson nursed the Yamaha R1 home in seventh place in the Superstock championship.
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Co-Ordit Racing's Dean Ellison Brings Home the Points
28 May 2008
Delighted to be back racing after his Oulton Park crash, Dean Ellison bought the Co-Ordit Racing Team Yamaha R1 home in fourteenth place in race one scoring two, well deserved points. Race two saw another point scored at his home circuit with a fifteenth place as the team continues to advance within a closely competitive field. Points finishes had not come easy for rider or team as they overcame the effects of both physical and technical difficulties, throughout the weekend.
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Bruce Wilson Denied Points Finish at Donington
27 May 2008
The red flag put paid to Bruce Wilson’s hopes of a points finish in the Metzeler National Superstock 600 round at Donington when the red flag brought the race to a halt after just two laps. Qualifying had seen Wilson from Gipsey Bridge near Boston secure a sixth row grid position in 24th place and at the lights he got away to a fantastic start moving up to 16th place on lap two of a scheduled 14. But proceedings came to an abrupt halt for an incident at the Melbourne Loop and a complete re-run was announced over a shortened distance of 11 laps and Wilson had to do it all over again.
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Double Podium for Wilson at Donington
27 May 2008
Former British Superbike rider Ben Wilson rode to a double podium finish in his two Henderson Yamaha R1 Cup races at Donington Park on Bank Holiday Monday and very nearly made it a hat trick as he led the Metzeler National Superstock round from the off. But after encountering brake problems with the Ben-Wilson-Racing Yamaha R1 he dropped back to finish seventh. The R1 Cup enjoyed a double header at Donington to make up for the disappointment of the cancelled season opener at Brands Hatch earlier in the year. Grid positions for the opening race of the day were carried forward from Brands with Wilson placed on row two and he was itching for the race to get underway.
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More Points & Podiums for HM Plant Honda at Donington
27 May 2008
Leon Haslam took two strong second positions during today’s blustery Bennetts British Superbike races at Donington Park. In the first race, Haslam suffered a bad start but fought back to finish behind winner Shane Byrne, while in the second the Derbyshire rider led for almost 18 of the 20 laps but Byrne made a pass on the HM Plant Honda rider going into the Melbourne hairpin and pulled away to take his second win of the day. Haslam’s team-mate Cal Crutchlow took a disappointing sixth in race one after suffering from a lack of grip towards the end of the race. Cal made amends with a fighting third place in the second outing.
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Bladeday2 & Bank Holiday Racing for HM Plant
23 May 2008
It’s a long weekend of activities for the HM Plant Honda team this Bank Holiday weekend at Donington Park. Tomorrow sees Bladeday2, which celebrates this legendary Honda sportsbike, before practice, qualifying and racing takes place on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. All three HM Plant Honda riders race Fireblades in some form and they will be in attendance along with a host of celebrities from the history of this amazing motorcycle.
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GR Motosport – SsangYong Racing
23 May 2008
We are delighted to unveil our new livery for the next round of the British Superbike series. Again, we have been working very hard to attract new sponsors to the sport, and with the help of Les Waterfall of Beechdale Motor Group in Derby, we have put together a fantastic deal bringing SsangYong Motor into the sport for the first time, as a Team sponsor. SsangYong has been manufacturing vehicles for longer than most people think, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2004. SsangYong had sales of 136,581 in 2007
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