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CSS... Latest News & Availability
09 May 2008
The California Superbike School have more dates for the fab courses! All of the dates are booking fast and we are approaching close to 75% full for the year. If you haven't taken the plunge and booked a Level 1 course with us yet, or still not got round to taking further levels - time is running out to perfect your Cornering for the warm sunny summer ahead ;-)
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Mondello Park Opts Out Of BSB Championship In '08
18 October 2007
Following five years as part of the BSB calendar and following careful consideration, Mondello Park has decided not to take up its option to run a round of the British Superbike Championship in 2008. With the BSB teams looking to reduce the number of races for budgetary reasons, and the fact that it costs Mondello considerably more to host a round than any of the British circuits, the County Kildare venue has decided not to take up its place on the 2008 calendar. The decision comes despite an offer from the MCRCB to allow the Irish round to run over two days, rather than the normal three day event, which would have resulted in reduced costs for the teams, but not for the circuit.
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Extra CSS Date Added Due To Demand...
17 August 2007
California Superbike School have now managed to squeeze one more UK date into their very hectic 2007 schedule, it is going to be on the 1st October at Silverstone, Stowe. Places are filling up very quickly, so please get booking now to save dissapointment. All of the schools until October are Sold Out, if you would like to be added to a cancellation list please email lynnb @ superbikeschool.co.uk or give her a call on the number provided below.
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Difficult Weekend For Krystal at Mondello
21 June 2007
Krystal Racing Space Air endured a tough three days at the weekend’s double-header at Mondello Park in Ireland. As the Metzeler Racetec National Superstock Championship made its annual visit to the tough Irish circuit, the team were left counting the costs from three crashes after both riders took excursions off the track during the course of the weekend.
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Points For Ollie, Pain For Tommy!
20 June 2007
Team NB racing brothers Ollie and Tommy Bridewell experienced contrasting fortunes when round six of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship took place at Mondello Park in County Kildare at the weekend.
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Improvement For Hawk In Ireland
19 June 2007
It was another step in the right direction at Mondello Park Ireland for the Hawk Colchester Kawasaki Team. Both Scott Smart and Peter Hickman gained Championship points. With Smart securing a 12th and 10th position and Hickman scoring a 17th and 14th position the team are making progress and moving in the direction that they want to be going in. In torrential weather conditions during Friday and Saturday practice sessions and a very wet qualifying session on Saturday afternoon Smart qualified in 15th position with Hickman in 21st both riders had to work their way through the strong field to gain the overall results.
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Luckless Laverty As Lowry Closes Gap In Championship
19 June 2007
It could only happen in Ireland! At the sixth round of the series it took three races at Mondello Park to finally get a Supersport result, producing mixed fortunes for the Relentless Suzuki pairing of Michael Laverty and Ian Lowry. Lowry eventually taking a podium position [third] to reduce his team-mates championship lead to only five points, after the luckless Laverty was punted into the gravel somewhat unceremoniously by Billy McConnell, on lap four of a nine lap sprint.
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ISILON MSS Discovery Kawasaki Shows Easton Promise At Mondello Park
19 June 2007
Despite being a rider down at the Irish round of the Bennetts British Superbike championship at Mondello Park today, ISILON MSS Discovery Kawasaki’s Stuart Easton shouldered the hopes of the team and scored two solid results. Regular Superbike rider Michael Rutter was sidelined from the event with a broken left scaphoid in his wrist, picked up at the previous round, so 23-year-old Easton rode in both the Superbike and Supersport classes. Despite having no dry set-up time over the weekend the Scotsman acquitted himself well in the first Superbike outing, taking 15th and the final championship point. The team pulled out of the second race to allow Stuart to concentrate on the two-leg, incident-hit Supersport race where he finished fifth overall. Easton will now be full of confidence for his home round at Knockhill at the end of the month where it’s hoped he will be rejoined by team-mate Rutter. Easton has now moved up to sixth in the overall MAXXIS British Supersport standings.
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First Win For Haslam At Mondello
19 June 2007
Leon Haslam took his first win of the 2007 season in race one at Mondello Park today. He followed it up with a 4th place in race two. Gregorio Lavilla also put in a fantastic performance coming from 12th on the grid to take 3rd place in both races. With conditions dry for the first time this weekend, both races looked set to produce significantly faster lap times than the last two days. Leon had a good start in race one and was in the lead by the end of the first lap. He fought off challenges throughout the race from the Honda’s to take the chequered flag. Greg had moved his way through the field to 5th before overtaking Rea and Kiyonari on lap 13 to finish 3rd.
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Seconds Best For Shakey
18 June 2007
Stobart Vent Axia Motorsport rider Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne overcame a high speed crash during qualifying to record his best two results of the season with a pair of second places at round six of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship held at Mondello Park today. Riding the VK and Vent Axia backed machine Byrne led both races and was looking good for a victory as the races were held in dry conditions after two days of heavy rain but the Dunlop-shod rider repelled the main championship protagonists as he battled it out at the front.
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Rea Takes His First Victory
18 June 2007
Jonathan Rae enjoyed maiden victory in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship in front of his enthusiastic home supporters at Mondello Park on a day that also saw Leon Haslam win for the first time this season. The day however belonged to the HM Plant Honda rider. He had finished the opening race back in a fourth place in which Leon Haslam had powered his Airwaves Ducati to victory, but better things lay ahead for the 20 year old Ballyclare rider.
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Cal Disappointed But Unbowed In Ireland
17 June 2007
Rizla Suzuki racer Cal Crutchlow crashed out on the final lap of the second race while competing for a career best sixth place in today’s sixth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship in the Republic of Ireland. In the opening race Cal dropped from fifth on the grid to 11th on lap two, before coming through to finish eighth. In the second event he got away in fourth and spent the whole race battling for the top six in his strongest showing in the Superbike class to date. On the last lap he crashed out unhurt while in seventh and challenging for sixth.
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McConnell On Pole At Mondello
17 June 2007
Virgin Media Yamaha Supersport rider, Billy McConnell claimed his second pole position of the British Supersport season at a wet Mondello Park near Dublin in Ireland today (16 June). McConnell topped the time sheets early into the first qualifying session only momentarily slipping back to fifth. However, Billy fought back with a lap time two seconds faster than his competitors to put his Yamaha YZF-R6 back in provisional pole position. Billy continued to improve on his blisteringly fast pace to leave him as the only rider in the 1:50's and over a second faster than the rest of the field.
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Haslam On The Front Row At Mondello
17 June 2007
Leon Haslam will start from the front row of the grid for round 6 of the Bennetts British Superbike championship after qualifying in 3rd today. Gregorio Lavilla had a difficult day, qualifying in 12th place. Throughout qualifying Leon was setting consistently quick times and battling for front row places with the Honda’s. He recorded his fastest time of 1:48.534 towards the end of the session to finish 3rd. Greg did not get on terms with the fastest riders until the final minutes of the session when he looked to be on course for a fast time. However mid-way through the lap a red flag halted the session. With 2 minutes of qualifying remaining Greg was able to improve slightly setting a time of 1:51.464, resulting in a 3rd row start for tomorrow’s race.
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Season Best For Cal As He Heads Up The Second Row
17 June 2007
Rizla Suzuki’s Cal Crutchlow scored his career best British Superbike Championship qualifying position by taking fifth place at the sixth round of the Bennetts Championship at Mondello Park in the Republic of Ireland today. In heavy rain at the 2.18-mile-long water-logged track, Cal only came in once to clean his visor and add a touch of preload to his forks. He completed 19-laps and was consistently in contention at the head of the timesheets, ending up just one tenth of a second off the front row.
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Rea Splashes To Pole
17 June 2007
Jonathan Rea claimed his second pole start of the campaign with a stylish performance in rain-lashed qualifying for the sixth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mondello Park. The 20 year old Ballyclare claimed his first ever pole start at the County Kildare circuit two years ago but this time around he left it late to enjoy an action-replay, powering in two consistently fast laps in the closing minutes.
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Tom Benefits From Shakey’s Misfortune At Mondello
17 June 2007
The Stobart Vent Axia Motorsport pairing of Shane Byrne and Tom Sykes will start both of tomorrow’s races from row two of the grid following an incident packed qualifying session at Mondello Park today. In wet weather conditions, Byrne, who qualified on pole position at the previous round at Snetterton, was looking good for a front row start but late in the session crashed at high speed causing the session to be stopped.
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Championship Resumes For Airwaves Ducati
15 June 2007
Airwaves Ducati got round 6 of the Bennetts British Superbike championship underway at a grey and wet Mondello Park. Leon Haslam came 9th in first 50 minute session and 4th in second practice, whilst team mate Gregorio Lavilla came 10th and 5th. Both Airwaves Ducati riders used the very wet first practice to acclimatise to the conditions and test their wet settings, which have not been required so far this season. Greg completed 12 laps clocking his fastest time of 1:55.085 on lap 7. Leon Haslam completed 18 laps with his fastest time of 1:54.317 on lap 14.
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Crutchlow Competitive At Wet & Windy Mondello
15 June 2007
Rizla Suzuki’s Cal Crutchlow posted the seventh fastest time during today's practice for the sixth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Mondello Park in the Republic of Ireland. It rained consistently during the day at the 2.18-mile twisty and bumpy circuit near Dublin, but in the afternoon the clouds broke slightly, allowing the riders to post faster times in the second 50-minute long practice session.
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Kiyonari Fastest As Lavilla Slides Off
15 June 2007
Ryuichi Kiyonari proved the man for all conditions at Mondello Park as he ran fastest in both the morning rain and then eased comfortably ahead of the pack as the Irish circuit began to dry in the afternoon. Riding the HM Plant Honda, the defending champion had put in a lap of 1m 51.052secs, as the heavy rain brought back memories of last year’s aborted meeting, but Kiyonari was unconcerned by the conditions, running half a second up on Karl Harris, aboard the Hydrex Honda.
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