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Biker Paul Stars in New PlayStation 2 Game
Yesterday
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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TT Superbike Real Road Racing for PS2
Yesterday
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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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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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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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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Rob Barber Exceeds Expectations at IOM TT
12 June 2008
After a bad start to Rob’s TT. The next 4 races would exceed everyone’s expectations including Rob's. Superstock race: The weather wasn’t brilliant as it was cloudy but very hot and humid, also damp under the trees. Rob set of 65th on the road and quickly set a fast pace doing an 118mph average first lap aboard his Dave Cottrell Suzuki GSXR 1000. But he was struggling with his visor steaming up due to the humid conditions so was having to mess with his visor throughout the race, opening for slow sections and closing it for fast sections. Not letting that hinder him, he pushed on at good pace to finish the race in 27th doing a 118.896mph average lap on his last lap achieving a Bronze replica for finished within 110% of the winners pace.
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Pegram Places Third in Formula Xtreme After Two Restarts
12 June 2008
It was a stormy weekend at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. But despite the weather and two restarts it was Larry Pegram, of the LeoVince Foremost Insurance Ducati Team taking another third place finish, his third this season. The race at Road America was the sixth of the ten-race series. Pegram is currently in third place in the point's standings with 167 points, just three points away from second overall.
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Pietri On The Superstock Podium at Road America
12 June 2008
Team Roadracingworld.com overcame adversity to claim a tremendous double top-five result in this weekend's AMA Superstock race at Road America. The weekend started on a down note when Chris Ulrich, who entered the weekend ranked fourth in the Superstock points chase, was injured in a Thursday practice crash and was forced to join team-mate Santiago Villa on the shelf. However, former Latin American and Venezuelan Superbike champ Robertino Pietri and super-sub Michael Barnes came through and stepped up in his absence.
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Mat Mladin Wins Road America 2nd Leg
12 June 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's Mat Mladin captured the win in the second of two AMA Superbike races at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, on Sunday.
In spite of semi-wet conditions, six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mladin rode hard on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSXR-1000 and picked up his fourth win of the season and his 67th career AMA Superbike victory.
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Relentless TT Domination For Suzuki
11 June 2008
In what turned out to be a dream week, the Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing team ended the 2008 Isle of Man TT races victorious in virtually every solo category last week, taking Superbike, Supersport and Superstock wins on their Suzuki GSX-R race machines. Starting with a perfect result on the first race day (Saturday 31st May), Australian Cameron Donald took his GSX-R1000 to victory in the coveted Superbike TT, followed home by team-mate Bruce Anstey and Adrian Archibald to complete an impressive all-Suzuki podium.
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Record Breaking Win For Spies
10 June 2008
Rockstar Makita Suzuki Factory Racing's Ben Spies won Saturday's AMA Superbike race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, which was a record breaking seventh AMA Superbike wins on the trot!
The two-time AMA Superbike Champion was the pole-sitter in this race, the first of two in the double-header weekend, and led all 16 laps to victory on his Rockstar Makita Suzuki GSX-R1000. In addition to this being Spies' seventh win of the season, it also marks his 25th AMA Superbike career win.
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Third and Fifth For AIM Yamaha in Senior TT
10 June 2008
Steve Plater and Ian Hutchinson saved the best until last when they both put in a fine performance in the Senior TT on Friday, Hutchy sealing third place and Steve fifth for AIM Yamaha. Hutchy has not had the best of luck this week but turned the corner on Wednesday when he claimed the runner up spot for the team in Wednesday’s Junior TT. He then went out in practice for the Senior TT, was happy with the bike and looking forward to Friday’s big race confident he could record a strong finish.
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Injured Villa Out For 2008 Season
10 June 2008
Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki's Santiago Villa will miss the rest of the 2008 AMA road racing season due to injuries suffered in a crash Sunday at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah. Villa, a promising racer from Bogota, Colombia with several Colombian National Championships to his name, joined Team Roadracingworld.com for 2008 and has been competing in the AMA Superstock Championship. Villa broke his femur and his hip at Miller Motorsports Park and doctors have told him he will be unable to race for three to four months while he recovers.
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Molyneux & Sayle Take IOM TT Podium
07 June 2008
Dave Molyneux and passenger Dan Sayle took an impressive runner-up finish in today's Sure Mobile Sidecar race two at the 2008 Isle of Man TT races. Following the disappointment of a 'DNF' earlier in the week, Team Molyneux Suzuki were back at the sharp end once more, battling with rivals Nick Crowe and Mark Cox for the three lap race this afternoon.
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High Hopes for Wisconsin Team SunTrust MOTO-ST Debut
07 June 2008
Despite going into this weekend’s SunTrust MOTO-ST Series event at Road America with a new motorcycle and inexperienced road racers, KTM HMC team owner Mitch Hansen is full of optimism. Hansen’s squad will give KTM’s Super Duke R its series debut in the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class in the Road America 500K with 21-year-olds Troy Herfoss and Chris Fillmore handling the riding.
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Cameron Donald Second in Senior TT Thriller
07 June 2008
Cameron Donald and Bruce Anstey both left an indelible mark on today’s prestigious six-lap Senior TT on the Isle of Man. On his GSX–R1000 K8 Relentless Suzuki Superbike [a bike Anstey said, was the best he’s ever ridden] the flying Kiwi led at the end of laps one and two, before being forced to retire in pit lane with a broken chain. His teammate Cameron Donald then took the challenge to John McGuinness with the lead swapping between the pair on more than five occasions during the six-lap thriller. But with only one lap remaining, Donald’s Relentless Suzuki began leaking oil from a crankcase wound, caused by the constant pounding at the bottom of Barragarrow. Not content to pull out of the race, the 30-year-old Aussie nursed his ‘sick’ Suzuki home in a valiant effort that was rewarded with second place in the world’s highest profile pure road race.
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Senior Disappointment for Guy Martin
06 June 2008
Any hopes that Hydrex Bike Animal Honda rider Guy Martin had of claiming his maiden TT win were dashed when he retired in today's Dainese Senior TT on lap three. After the disappointment of retiring in Saturday's Superbike TT when well in command, the 26 year old from Kirmington in Lincolnshire was hoping for a change of fortune on the Shaun Muir Racing Honda CBR1000 Fireblade and traded blows in the leading group on the opening lap held in perfect conditions.
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Justice for Anstey on the Mountain
06 June 2008
Bruce Anstey put the disappointed of Monday’s supersport race firmly behind him, taking an emphatic 34 second victory in the Relentless Supersport TT Race 2 earlier today. Anstey and Ian Hutchinson couldn’t be separated at the end of the opening lap, but the 39-year-old Kiwi dropped the hammer on lap two, opening up an eight second lead, also recording a new lap record of 125.359mph. From there in, Bruce’s GSX–R600 Relentless Suzuki never missed a beat and the quietly spoken Kiwi took the chequered flag and his seventh Isle of Man TT victory. The win also completed the set for TAS Racing, having now won every available solo four stroke class in TT racing history.
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Martin Bags Sixth in Junior TT
06 June 2008
Following on from Monday's disappointment when he retired after only five miles in the opening Supersport TT, Hydrex Bike Animal Honda's Guy Martin bounced back with a battling sixth place finish in today's four lap Relentless Junior Supersport TT. The 26 year old from Kirmington in Lincolnshire, running as number one on the road once again, was hoping for better luck and at Glen Helen on lap one, he held fourth place just three seconds down on the lead. At the end of the opening lap, Martin still held fourth just two seconds off third place with a lap of 122.659mph.
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Steve Plater Wins Junior TT for AIM Yamaha
05 June 2008
Steve Plater rode a scintillating race on Monday to take his maiden victory in the Relentless Supersport Junior TT run over four laps of the 37.73-mile Isle of Man mountain course. But Ian Hutchinson suffered more bad luck as he retired at Sulby Bridge with a blown engine on lap two. Plater opened his account with a strong 10th place in Saturday’s Dainese Superbike race, the same position as in last year’s event, although this time his lap speeds had increased considerably. In glorious sunshine and perfect conditions on Monday, the Junior TT got underway at 1.15pm. Plater made good progress and was clocked through Glen Helen in seventh place to complete the first lap in the same position.
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