Visordown's Midge Smart, who had been the front runner for the majority of the 10-lap race. Third spot was secured by David Paton, who also challenged Smart in the closing stages of the race.Series leader, BJ Toal, could only manage a fourth, but still has a

on the podium - a first for the Stobart Vent Axia Honda rider.Pole-sitter Cal Crutchlow failed to follow up his impressive qualifying performance, getting pipped to a podium slot by Sykes on the closing stages of the final lap.Croft BSB race 1 results:1. Ryuichi

, the 18-year-old wants to travel to Britain to race in a junior championship."He's already got pins in his legs and arms, so he's got a bit of Barry in him," Steve Parrish, the BBC commentator, former racer and a close family friend, said. "He's quite old

The Bennetts British Superbike championship draws to a close this weekend at Brands Hatch.Leon Haslam and Gregorio Lavilla head to GSE Racing's local circuit in3rd and 4th place respectively in the championship standings. Having achieved 22 podium

closing his gap to the top six significantly." Riding Perspective with Casey Stoner (Ducati Corse) - 2007 MotoGP World Champion "It is going to be a very special feeling to race in front of my home crowd this weekend with the championship decided

had already decided on the repairs, even before the FIM were involved, and that the track would be closed early to mid-August for resurfacing work.

The 1098R is the most powerful V-twin roadbike Ducati have builtA claimed 180bhp in road trim and 200+ with race kit DUCATI have just unveiled their new 1098R - the fastest and most powerful V-twin the company have ever built.The 1098 R closely

. Today I used the same rear tyre as Dani Pedrosa raced with in the Malaysian GP, and a slightly softer front tyre, and my time was only 0.5s slower than my best race time here. This is a very positive start to the test. I tried a different rear link

the race was going to be a tough challenge. He spent the closing stages battling with Alex Barros, just beating the Brazilian. CASEY STONER, race winner, World Champion on 347 points "The bike, the tyres and everything were performing really well

on offer this season. "The championship is decided but we would still like to keep second place and I think it will be an interesting end to the season for us because we have nothing to lose," commented Brivio. "Hopefully we will see some close racing