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Gary Nixon: RIP
By Visordown News on 05/08/2011 22:25:23
A legend passes
Motorcycle racing icon Gary Nixon died today at the age of 70 in a Baltimore hospital due to complications following a recent heart attack.An AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer, Nixon took back-to-back AMA Grand National titles in '67 and '68. He
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Hopkins quicker than Spies in Valencia
By Visordown News on 03/04/2009 14:40:22
WSB newcomer laps faster than fellow-Yank in opening session
, Carlos Checa and one place ahead of former AMA-stalwart, Ben Spies.Hopkins' team mate, Brit Leon Haslam is 0.2 seconds faster, with a best time of 1.36.407
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Hodgson back to BSB in 2010?
By Visordown News on 14/08/2009 15:22:32
Could our former BSB Champion be making a welcome return to the UK?
might just mean a three man team – if budget and manufacturer support is forthcoming.Hodsgon has been racing in the AMA Superbike series since defecting from the UK scene in 2005.
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Hodgson: "I want to be back in BSB"
By Visordown News on 14/09/2009 09:23:48
Former double WSB champ at Croft looking for 2010 seat
NEIL HODGSON wants to come back to the BSB and finish his racing career in the UK.The former British Superbike and double World Superbike Champion spent the weekend at the tenth round of the BSB series at Croft, talking with team bosses and touting for a ride.He said: "I'm here t...
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Mary Spies on Ben, crashing and being a bad mum
By Visordown on 03/08/2010 15:54:18
We’ve had enough of ‘motocross dad’ Now we’re most proud to introduce… SUPERBIKE MUM! She’s tough, she’s feisty, she’s always there for Ben... she’s Mary Spies
in AMA. That’s
a totally different ball game…I really did not want to travel the world with WSBI had no desire to go anywhere, I saw the world when I was in my twenties with my family, we did a big trip, came to Europe and, well, big screen TVs do it so
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Moto2 and 125 coming to Laguna Seca
By Robin Goodwin on 10/08/2010 10:26:14
MotoGP's support class may change for the 2011 race
THE WORD from the MotoGP grapevine says that Moto2 and 125 will be making future appearances at Laguna Seca, taking over from the AMA support classes that are currently run.The news is strictly a rumour and Dorna's idea for the support class shake
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You don't save these that often
By Ben Cope on 03/10/2011 11:18:26
..unless your name's Taylor Knapp that is
Up and coming young-gun Taylor Knapp gets away with this near-highside at Mid-Ohio in the 2011 Daytona SportBike race.Luck or skill? What do you think?
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Nicky needs to slide
By Robin Goodwin on 10/05/2010 15:56:30
Road Racer X launches petition for Ducati to get Nicky Hayden on the Ducati flat tracker
Following Joe Kopp's historic win on a Ducati in AMA flat track, alarms bells have been going off in the heads of many, "Hey why doesn't Nicky Hayden jump on the Duke flat tracker?"Well the guys at the excellent American publication Road Racer X
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Vintage Laguna: Roberts vs Mamola
By Robin Goodwin on 22/07/2011 10:20:27
From the days when domestic series featured 500GP bikes
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Ben Bostrom's first MotoGP ..at 37 years old
By Ben Cope on 24/07/2011 23:46:42
Ben Boz puts in the hours at Laguna Seca
Ben Bostrom didn't have the weekend he was hoping for at the USGP but the 37-year old American certainly got his fair share of laps of the track. B-Boz was racing in the AMA and as a wildcard entry in the MotoGP, riding for LCR Honda
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