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Biker Paul Stars in New PlayStation 2 Game
3 Days ago
A top North Wales biker has a starring role in a new all-action PlayStation 2 game. One of the virtual riders in the game is based on speed king Paul Owen, from Llangollen. Paul, 36, is fresh from competing in the legendary Isle of Man TT series for the 12th time. Bike fans will be able to see his collection of powerful TT motorbikes and trophies in real life soon. He’s going to be putting them on display at the Motorbike Show in his hometown in August. But Paul can next be seen in action on the small screen thanks to Jester Interactive, developers of TT Superbikes Real Road Racing Championship, a PlayStation 2 game that is released this Friday, July 4th.
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Gowland & Berry Team Moving in Right Direction
3 Days ago
Britain’s Graeme Gowland was still getting to grips with his Berry Racing Honda in the 7th round of the World Supersport Championship at the Misano Circuit, after making his debut on it at the last round. The Misano circuit, which is located close to San Marino, was another new circuit for the reigning Spanish Supersport Champion but he improved his lap time in every session to post a lap time of 1:42.162 in the second and final qualifying session to qualify just 2.7 seconds off the pole position man Broc Parkes.
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Solid Results for Andrews
3 Days ago
The Lloyds British Jentin Racing secured some solid results this weekend at Mallory Park, rider Simon Andrews gained two strong seventh places finishes in the sixth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. At one stage in race two Andrews was battling hard with the factory riders for a good podium position. The 25-year-old qualified in 13th position on the grid, it was a dramatic qualifying session for Andrews as he was shown the black and orange flag mid way through qualifying and the youngster was forced to pull in, which lost him valuable track time. On the small 1.4-mile circuit it is difficult to get a clear track during qualifying and this set back lost Andrews vital time. After checking the bike thoroughly no problem was found and Andrews continued with his challenge for a good grid position.
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Cairoli Runner-Up at German Grand Prix
3 Days ago
With a moto victory and second position in front of 34,000 spectators and under hot sunshine at Teutschenthal, Antonio Cairoli took the same points as the winner of the MX2-GP Grand Prix of Germany but walked away from round eight of fifteen in the world championship as runner-up due to the second moto ranking. The fast and hard Talkessel circuit benefitted from bright conditions and warm temperatures as the biggest crowd for more than ten years at the venue close to the city of Halle filled the grassy banks.
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TT Superbike Real Road Racing for PS2
4 Days ago
TT Superbikes Real Road Racing Championship, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the best-selling TT Superbikes game, is here. The new generation of the Sony PlayStation 2 game will be officially released on Friday 4th July 2008. The new generation is the result of years of development by Jester Interactive Publishing. Once again Duke Marketing, the world-leader in powersport entertainment, has been appointed the sole UK & Ireland distributor by Jester.
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Bridewell Gets Eighth in Italy
5 Days ago
After a tentative return from injury at the previous round of the Suzuki GSX-R 750 European Cup in Germany two weeks ago, British teenager Tommy Bridewell defied the heat to record a battling eighth place finish at Misano last weekend. After some technical problems in qualifying saw him languishing down in 14th place on the grid, the 18 year old from Etchilhampton near Devizes in Wiltshire battled through the field after breaking his leg in April and despite a couple of minor errors, eventually took a fine top eight finish at the Italian circuit.
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Double Trouble for McAleer
5 Days ago
With the 2008 British Superbike Championship hitting the half way point today at Mallory Park, Omagh School girl Nicole McAleer was hoping that the double header meeting would signal the perfect start to her school holidays. However luck was not on the teenager’s side this weekend, when her SP 125 Racing Honda seized in the final qualifying session on Saturday afternoon, after only four laps, thus relegating her down to 31st on the grid for the Mallory Park round, although she was due to start the Donington Park rescheduled round, which was held also today, on the third row of the grid.
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McAleer & Heron Share the Stage at ‘Night of the Races’
6 Days ago
With the BSB Championship almost at the half way stage this weekend at Mallory Park, the Omagh school girl Nicole McAleer is hoping to start her summer holidays off with a winning weekend on Friday 4th July, and not it is not the normal 125 race, but rather a ‘Night of the Races’ were both she and Newtownards Pre 97 Clubman’s rider Steven Heron are hoping to make a few pounds to keep the two of the one the track for the second half of the season. The evening will be held in the Windsor Bar, Bangor, Co Down and the starters flag is due to start on the first of the bike races at 8pm sharp. With the evening pack full of racing and a chat show involving both McAleer and Heron also side local Irish Superbike Championship runners Kirk Jamison and Michael Pearson, along with a Dutch auction and tombola it should be an evening of entertainment to remember.
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Double Blow for Kawasaki in Assen
6 Days ago
After the disappointment of the qualifying crash that sidelined John Hopkins, the Kawasaki Racing Team were dealt a double blow at Assen today when Anthony West crashed out of the Dutch TT just 7 laps into the race. The 26-year-old Kawasaki pilot got a good start from the sixth row of the grid, but lost contact with the group ahead of him after losing time avoiding Alex De Angelis, who highsided himself out the race on the opening lap, right in front of West's Ninja ZX-RR.
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Qualifying Crash Rules Hopkins Out of Assen Race
28 June 2008
Kawasaki's John Hopkins has been ruled out of tomorrow's Dutch TT at Assen, after sustaining a fractured left ankle and suspected compression injuries to his left knee in a high-speed crash during this afternoon's qualifying session. The 25-year-old Anglo-American lost the front of his Ninja ZX-RR under braking for the left-hander at turn 12, one of the fastest corners on the Assen circuit, in the closing minutes of the timed session. Hopkins managed to separate himself from his sliding Ninja ZX-RR, but sustained the injuries to his left leg when he collided with the tyre wall on the outside of the corner.
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Kawasaki's Hopkins on the Pace at Assen
26 June 2008
Kawasaki's John Hopkins completed the opening practice day at the Assen circuit in a confident mood, having made further improvements to his Ninja ZX-RR and finishing in eighth place overall. Hopkins was pleased to be challenging for top positions after finding a good machine setting. With only half a second separating second and 12th position on the timesheet, competition is already fierce on the opening day of the Dutch TT. Hopkins is running an upgraded version of Kawasaki's Ninja ZX-RR engine this weekend and this, together with improvements in set-up over the last two races, means that Hopkins is confident of improving further his position ahead of the race.
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Ivan Lintin Competes in Bush Races
26 June 2008
Bardney road-racer Ivan Lintin was competing at the Bush Road Races in Ireland at the weekend where he notched up two strong finishes, sixth in the 250cc class and 10th in the open class. On a familiar track Lintin completed his qualifying in the dry to claim a second row start to his 250cc race the following day. But a heavy downpour of rain left the track surface damp and slippery for the start of his six-lap race, making any progress forward a dicey affair. He completed the six laps of the 3.307-mile road course in sixth position.
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Domestic Bliss for KRT riders
25 June 2008
Kawasaki Racing Team's Tanel Leok and Manuel Priem battle it out in their own National Championships in Estonia and Belgium. With a weekend off from the World Motocross Championship Manuel Priem and Tanel Leok each participated in rounds of their own National Championships. For Manuel this meant Kester in Belgium while Tanel travelled further afield to Jaanikese Krossirada in Estonia.
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Nina Prinz Extends Lead With Win at Assen
23 June 2008
In the second round of the Women’s Road Racing European Championship at the TT circuit of Assen Nina Prinz again showed her class leading abilities on her Yamaha YZF-R1. As with the first round, there was no real competition for the German Yamaha rider. The reigning European champion from Mannheim / Leutkirch was quickest all weekend, and never looked as if she was going to struggle with the competition.
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Tough Weekend for Graham Gowland in Germany
23 June 2008
Britain’s Graeme Gowland made his debut on the Berry Racing Honda CBR600RR at the Nürburgring in the sixth round of the World Supersport Championship. The weekend proved to be hard as Gowla had not tested the new bike so he had to adapt to it and find a base set up over the race weekend as well as learn the circuit which is new to the Championship.
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Gary Mason Consistent In Changeable Weather at Snetterton
23 June 2008
Gary Mason dominated the Daily Star Cup on the Q8Oils lubricated Quay Garage Racing Honda superbike at Snetterton on Sunday 15th June. Mason started as he meant to continue by qualifying first out of the Cup riders and sixteenth overall on the grid, ahead of several leading Superbike team riders, including Hydrex Bike Animal Honda’s Guy Martin.
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Duke Release IOM TT '61 & '62 on CD
23 June 2008
The Isle of Man TT has produced some of the most memorable motorcycle racing in history, contests which created legends and shaped the modern sport. In the early 1960s, the Isle of Man’s famous Mountain circuit played host to the likes of Mike Hailwood, Bob McIntyre, Jim Redman, Gary Hocking and many more as they battled for the ultimate prize in motorcycle sport.
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Third Row for Wet Weather West
21 June 2008
Kawasaki's Anthony West will start tomorrow's British Grand Prix from the third row of the grid, after qualifying his Ninja ZX-RR in seventh position during this afternoon's rain soaked timed session at Donington Park. The slippery conditions at the 4.023km track caught out many leading riders during the two, hour-long sessions today, although following the developments made in yesterday's dry practice, West managed to find a good set-up aboard his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR.
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Further Improvements for Hopkins & West
21 June 2008
Kawasaki’s John Hopkins and Anthony West finished today’s opening practice sessions at Donington Park in a confident mood, after improvements to their machine set-up saw them finish in 11th and 12th positions respectively. Hopkins bravely ended the day’s proceedings just a fraction of a second outside of the top ten, despite suffering from the discomfort of a back injury sustained in practice at Catalunya. The 25-year-old Anglo-American wisely used today’s dry track time to run through various Bridgestone race tyre combinations ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying session, which is predicted to be wet.
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McAleer Best Race this Season
18 June 2008
Following on from her brief test session at Mallory Park on Wednesday, Nicole McAleer and her SP125 Racing team noticed that her 125 Honda frame was bent, possibly due to her big off at Donington Park during qualifying. On discovering this problem the teenager was forced to change to a new frame and during the free practice sessions and the first qualifying session struggled with the feel of the new frame. She said; “it doesn’t feel like my bike! However after the final qualifying session on Saturday were she was happy enough to qualify in 24th on the grid, as she was feeling much more comfortable with her machinery at this stage and having gone more than a second quicker during the final session, she knew she would be able to improve during the race on Sunday.
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