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Ducati: Domenicali Fears Honda Most, And Mamola Agrees
2008-01-15 22:46:00 In an interview on the official MotoGP.com website, Claudia Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Corse told reporters what they already knew: that Ducati is most fearful of the new Honda RC212V for the 2008 season. Domenicali made two very obvious and related points: that Honda will want revenge for their miserable performance in 2007, and that HRC have the technological prowess and means to achieve just that. "They can make a mistake once, but it's difficult for them to make a mistake twice," Domencali said. Former 500cc veteran Randy Mamola backed up much of what Domenicali had to say. Mamola, also present at Ducati's annual press week at the Italian ski resort of Madonna di Campiglio, had a chance to ride all of the 2007 MotoGP bikes after the final race of the season at Valencia, and had some interesting observations to make, which found a willing audience in Italian site GPOne.com. "Of all the bikes present (at the Valencia postseason test ) the Honda has made the most progress during ... More About: Fears
Ryder's Reading List - Essential Motorcycle Racing Books
2008-01-13 16:09:00 Julian Ryder is fast becoming one of the giants of motorcycle racing journalism, thanks to his MotoGP commentary - together with the inimitable Toby Moody - for Eurosport, and his outstanding annual MotoGP season review. Ryder is an occasional contributor to the outstanding American site Superbike Planet run by Dean Adams, and is sometimes to be heard on the site's companion podcast Soupkast. Several months ago, Adams asked Ryder for his list of essential motorcycle racing books, and Ryder has finally put together a list. So, if you want to know what you should be reading, and why, go over and check out Julian Ryder's list of essential additions to your motorcycle racing library. And once you've seen the list, head on over to the MotoGPMatters.com Amazon store and order them. More About: Books , Reading , Racing , Motorcycle , List
Ezpeleta Steps Away From A Spec ECU
2008-01-12 23:33:00 Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna s.l., the body which organizes and runs the MotoGP show, is a shrewd political operator. After his most recent coup, forcing Bridgestone to supply Valentino Rossi with tires for 2008 by threatening to turn MotoGP into a single make series, he turned his attention to the racing spectacle of MotoGP. A much-heard lament in the latter half of the 2007 season was that electronics - and more specifically, traction control - were killing the spectacle of racing, and even, it was muttered, removing much of the skill. And so just before Christmas, Ezpeleta once more tried the "cat-among-the-pigeons" gambit by suggesting that a single, standardized ECU could solve MotoGP's problems. This time, however, he may have pushed the envelope just a fraction too hard: In a fascinating interview with the Italian site GPOne.com, Ezpeleta appears to pull back from the brink, and is now discounting the possiblity of a spec ECU. Rather unsurprisingly, the main objection has... More About: Steps
Kropotkin's Top Ten Motorcycle Racers of the 2007 Season
2008-01-09 23:52:00 In the long, bleak period of the MotoGP winter test ban, it is traditional to look back and assess the season just passed. Although we are no big fans of tradition here at MotoGPMatters.com (tradition, after all, is the enemy of progress), this is one we are prepared to make an exception for. And so, as a prelude to the resumption of testing in Sepang on January 22nd, here's a run down of Kropotkin's Top Ten Motorcycle Racers for 2007. More About: Season
Wild Rumors Abound: Schumacher To Race 3 MotoGP Races In 2008
2008-01-03 11:04:00 It sounds almost too bizarre to be true, and our research has failed to turn up any further confirmation, but the Spanish website DailyMotos.com is reporting that Michael Schumacher is to take part in three MotoGP races in 2008. According to DailyMotos, Ducati were so impressed by the times set by Schumacher during his test after the final race of 2007 at Valencia. Ducati have allegedly put Schumacher on a special diet, given the German F1 World Champion training advice, and banned him from going skiing. Schumacher is supposed to appear at several MotoGP tests in preparation for his wildcard appearances, starting at Sepang. ~~~ UPDATED ~~~ This story was originally posted on the Spanish website DailyMotos.com on December 28th, also known in Spain as "el Dia de los Santos Innocentes", the Day of the Innocent Saints. On this day, it is usual for Spaniards to play tricks on each other, and for the media to try and pass off fake stories as news, as a joke. In other words, this story lo... More About: Rumors , Race , Wild , Races
Rusty Writes - Advice For Carmen Ezepeleta about Standardizing ECUs
2008-01-01 21:32:00 As an American who has as much interest in auto racing as he does motorcycle racing, I was more than a bit nervous as the threat of a single-tire-supplier rule loomed over the Fall of '07. Now that I read of the latest seemingly similar threat of a standardized ECU, I'm begging an inquiry into motive. Valentino Rossi is complaining about the pervasiveness of electronic traction controls. I infer this is a complaint about Dani Pedrosa, since Casey Stoner claims to be using none... More About: Advice , Carmen
A Happy New Year To All Our Readers
2008-01-01 19:03:00 Let me start 2008 by wishing all of MotoGPMatters.com's readers all the best in 2008. May 2008 find you happier, healthier, faster and safer than any year before. Let me next express my deep gratitude to all of you, the faithful readers who keep coming back, and help to bring new readers to the site. I'd also like to especially thank all of you who made a financial contribution to the site, either by donating via Paypal, or by buying something at Amazon or Grand Prix Legends through MotoGPMatters.com. I can't thank all of you by name here, but I am very grateful indeed, and it has kept me motivated. I'd also like to apologize for the lack of new stories to appear here over the past couple of weeks, but life and illness managed to interfere with my plans. We shall be slowly getting back to full speed over the next few weeks, providing you with plenty of fascinating reading. Finally, let's hope that the 2008 MotoGP season is more like 2006 than 2007. The omens are good: We ha... More About: New Year , Readers , Happy , Happy New Year , Year
Standard ECUs Could Come To MotoGP
2007-12-20 16:51:00 The influence of electronics has been growing ever since the MotoGP class entered the four-stroke era. This has caused a great deal of concern among many fans and riders, as the bikes get easier to ride within 99% of their potential. To put an end to this, Carmelo Ezepeleta, the CEO of Dorna, has suggested that MotoGP could switch to a standard ECU, much as Formula 1 has done. Any such move would cast doubt on the rationale for the MotoGP class, which is meant to be the pinnacle of motorcycle engineering. It is also unclear how a standard ECU could be created which could cope with requirements of the many different engine configurations and firing sequences currently in use in MotoGP. Ezpeleta's suggestion should probably be seen in the context of his last proposal: to move to a single tire rule. In retrospect, it seems certain that this threat was meant solely to force the tire manufacturers and teams to reach an agreement on tire rules. The proposal to switch to a single ECU ... More About: Standard
MotoGP Rule Changes: Tire Testing Restricted, Oval Cylinders Banned
2007-12-20 01:26:00 The FIM, the governing body of international motorcycle racing, today announced changes to the technical regulations for the MotoGP series. The changes are numerous, if mostly rather minor, and covered tires, seat units, and cylinder bores, together with a host of minor clean ups and clarifications. The biggest change concerns tire testing, and is aimed at further reducing the sky high costs which developing tires for MotoGP seem to entail. The text, which is a clarification of the new tire regulations released in October, allows MotoGP tire manufacturers to test for up to four whole days using MotoGP machines at a Grand Prix track selected by the teams before the season starts. However, the amended text seems to create some ambiguity in testing. The text reads: Tyre manufacturers that supply tyres to the MotoGP class may, prior to the first event of each year, designate and inform the Race Direction of one Grand Prix circuit as their testing circuit at which they may practice du... More About: Testing , Banned , Rule , Strict , Tire
Kentucky Kid MTV Movie To Be Shown In Canada
2007-12-19 22:37:00 Thanks to reader John Thomson, Canadian MotoGP fans will be able to watch the documentary on Nicky Hayden's 2006 and 2007 season, "The Kentucky Kid" over the holiday season. John e-mailed MTV Canada , and they wrote him back that "The Kentucky Kid" is scheduled to appear in the week of Christmas. So, in addition to the usual fare of movies about Santa, Canadians can relive a bit of the summer's excitement. Exact broadcast schedules are not know yet, but should appear on MTV Canada's website in due course. More About: Movie
Stoner To Run #1 Plate, Vermeulen To Take #7 Sheene Tribute Plate in 2008
2007-12-14 15:27:00 The FIM today unveiled the provisional entry list for the 2008 MotoGP season (PDF document), revealing a couple of important changes in the numbers riders will be running next season. The most important of these is of course the number to be carried by the world champion. Like Nicky Hayden before him, Casey Stoner 's bike will bear the number 1 plate. This will please Dorna and the FIM, as it's much easier to explain to newcomers to the sport who the champion is when the champion is riding around with a great big number 1 on his motorcycle. Although Dorna and the FIM were delighted with Valentino Rossi's popularity as a champion, they always regretted the fact that Rossi never elected to run the #1 on his bike, preferring to stick with #46, his lucky number. The other major, if unsurprising, change is Chris Vermeulen. Vermeulen has made no secret of wanting to run the number 7, in tribute to the late, great Barry Sheene, Vermeulen's hero and mentor. Unfortunately for the Austral... More About: Tribute
Rossi To Stay For "Five More Years"
2007-12-12 16:05:00 One of the specters currently haunting MotoGP is the question of when the series' biggest audience puller, Valentino Rossi , will retire. After losing the title now for two years in a row, speculation had been mounting that Rossi would leave MotoGP sooner rather than later, possibly as early as the end of the 2008 season. In a recent interview with the Italian magazine MotoSprint, Rossi put an end to that speculation, claiming that he is likely to stay in MotoGP for another 5 years, which could see The Doctor remaining in MotoGP until 2012. Those 5 years are not definite, however, as Rossi has said in earlier interviews that the age he is likely to retire at is around 31, which would mean 3 more seasons in MotoGP for the 28 year old. What is certain is that Rossi will race in 2009, "unless I win every race next year", according to MotoSprint. Who Rossi will be racing with is the next area of conjecture, with the Italian's contract with Yamaha due to end after the 2008 season. R... More About: Years , Stay
Final Times From Day 3 of Jerez Test
2007-11-29 19:58:00 1Dani PedrosaHonda1'38.562 2Nicky HaydenHonda1'38.848 3Jorge LorenzoYamaha1'39.464 4Andrea DoviziosoHonda1'39.747 5Shinya NakanoHonda1'40.121 6Colin EdwardsYamaha1'40.184 7Alex De AngelisHonda1'40.185 8James ToselandYamaha1'40.213 9Randy de PunietHonda LCR1'40.398 10John HopkinsKawasaki1'40.984 11Valentino RossiYamaha1'41.538 12Marco MelandriDucati1'41.619 13Tadayuki OkadaHonda1'41.715 14Niccolo CanepaDucati1'41.793 15Ant WestKawasaki1'42.343 16Vittoriano GuareschiDucati1'42.850 17Shinichi ItoDucati1'43.001 More About: Final , Times , Test , Jerez , Erez
Early Times From Day 3 of Jerez Test
2007-11-29 15:04:00 Times set by 12:30 on the final day of the Jerez test, taken from GPOne.com. Casey Stoner is absent, having decided to head for home to get treatment for his injured shoulder, also choosing to miss the victory festivities Ducati had laid on in his honor. Pos.RiderBikeFastest LapNo. of Laps 1Colin EdwardsYamaha1'40.78119 2Nicky HaydenHonda1'41.0186 3Jorge LorenzoYamaha1'41.13516 4Alex de AngelisHonda1'41.21319 5Andrea DoviziosoHonda1'41.39612 6James ToselandYamaha1'41.41512 7Dani PedrosaHonda1'41.60911 8Shinya NakanoHonda1'41.83011 9Marco MelandriDucati1'41.98219 10Valentino RossiYamaha1'41.98713 11John HopkinsKawasaki1'42.1557 12Randy De PunietHonda1'42.4814 13Ant WestKawasaki1'42.63413 14Niccolo CanepaDucati1'43.25624 15Tady OkadaHonda1'43.37013 16Shinichi ItohDucati1'44.79424 More About: Times , Early , Test , Erez
Final Times From Day 2 of Jerez Test
2007-11-28 22:21:00 Dani Pedrosa ended top of the heap on the second day of the MotoGP test in Jerez , pipping Valentino Rossi to the post, and being the first rider to crack into the 1'39 bracket. Pedrosa set his fast lap on the 2008 version of the Honda RC212V, demonstrating that HRC has learned its lesson from the beating it took early in the 2007 season. Rossi set his fastest lap on qualifying tires, which he commented were not quite as good as the Michelins. Otherwise, Rossi is pleased with Bridgestones, claiming he has found real improvements with edge grip, despite the tires' construction being softer and less rigid than Yamaha expected. Rossi has been testing the 2007 tires, while Casey Stoner went out on 2008 rubber and crashed heavily, which Rossi put down to the tires not warming up quickly enough. Stoner injured some ligaments in his left shoulder, the result of a nasty Turn 3 highsider. His injuries compounded the problems he was already having with his right shoulder, after falling on t... More About: Final , Times , Test , Erez
Latest Times From Day 2 of Jerez Test - 5pm
2007-11-28 18:43:00 Once again, GPOne.com has the latest times from Jerez . Casey Stoner is no longer the fastest man on the track, but this was probably due to the unfortunate world champion suffering another big highside at Turn 3 during the early afternoon. Although Stoner walked away from the crash, he did not return to action. With Stoner gone, Valentino Rossi showed remarkable progress on his new Bridgestone rubber by setting the fastest time of the test so far. With Shinya Nakano second and Alex de Angelis third, the Japanese tires still seem to hold the edge so far. Of the Michelin runners, it was Andrea Dovizioso who was fastest, fractionally ahead of the two factory Hondas. The biggest worry in the paddock must be for Marco Melandri. So far, the Italian has signally failed to get to grips with the Ducati Desmosedici, in an ominous echo of his predecessor at Ducati, Loris Capirossi. Great things were expected of Melandri, but so far, he has been a long way off the pace. Test ing concludes on... More About: Times , Erez
Early Times From Day 2 of Jerez Test
2007-11-28 15:11:00 Testing continues today at Jerez , and once again, GPOne.com has some times, these all taken at 12:45pm. The day got off to a late start, with the night having left the track damp and cold. Casey Stoner leads, as ever, and the task of catching him in 2008 is looking ever more difficult. Stoner's fast time was set despite still suffering some soreness in the shoulder he injured yesterday. Jorge Lorenzo had an innocent fall this morning, but without affecting the test. Pos.RiderBikeFastest LapNo. of Laps 1Casey StonerDucati1'40.83314 2Colin EdwardsYamaha1'40.83819 3John HopkinsKawasaki1'41.074 4Valentino RossiYamaha1'41.37014 5Randy de PunietHonda1'41.48928 6James ToselandYamaha1'41.56321 7Nicky HaydenHonda1'41.57214 8Alex de AngelisHonda1'41.88216 9Ant WestKawasaki1'441.96616 10Dani PedrosaHonda1'42.0184 11Jorge LorenzoYamaha1'42.0297 12Niccolo CanepaDucati1'42.18816 13Shinya NakanoHonda1'42.19615 14Marco MelandriDucati1'42.46420 15Andrea DoviziosoHonda1'42.67815 ... More About: Times , Early , Test , Erez
More Times From Day 1 of Jerez Test
2007-11-27 18:52:00 Times from 5:30 pm, from GPone.com. Casey Stoner had a fall shortly after lunch, but was not badly hurt. He decided to pull out of the rest of today's session. Pos.RiderBikeFastest LapNo. of Laps 1Casey StonerDucati1'40.22135 2Dani PedrosaHonda1'40.35560 3Valentino RossiYamaha1'40.51456 4Colin EdwardsYamaha1'40.79047 5Nicky HaydenHonda1'40.92363 6Alex de AngelisHonda1'41.11158 7Jorge LorenzoYamaha1'41.23090 8Shinya NakanoHonda1'41.27765 9Randy de PunietHonda1'41.31379 10John HopkinsKawasaki1'41'41449 11James ToselandYamaha1'41.77669 12Marco MelandriDucati1'41.88962 13Andrea DoviziosoHonda1'42.03360 14Niccolo CanepaDucati1'42.66667 15Tady OkadaHonda1'43.05142 16Ant WestKawasaki1'43.57673 17Shinichi ItohDucati1'44.53050 18Vito GuareschiDucati1'44.58851 More About: Times , Test , Jerez , Erez
Early Times From Day 1 of Jerez Test
2007-11-27 15:11:00 Pos.RiderBikeFastest LapNo. of Laps 1Casey StonerDucati1.40 93222 2Valentino RossiYamaha1.41.47221 3Dani PedrosaHonda1.41.61023 4Colin EdwardsYamaha1.41.71418 5Nicky HaydenHonda1.41.99125 6Jorge LorenzoYamaha1.42.09338 7Shinya NakanoHonda1.42.12133 8Randy de PunietHonda1.42.17825 9John HopkinsKawasaki1.42.26922 10James ToselandYamaha1.42.63432 11Andrea DoviziosoHonda1.42.67727 12Alex de AngelisHonda1.43.67016 13Marco MelandriDucati1.44.02929 14Ant WestKawasaki1.44.722(32 15Tady OkadaHonda1.44.89516 16Niccolo CanepaDucati1.45.13030 17Vito GuareschiDucati1.45.52720 18Shinichi ItohDucati1.46.32920 Times courtesy of GPOne.com More About: Early , Test , Jerez , Erez
Final 2007 MotoGP Test Sees Important Debuts
2007-11-26 23:30:00 On Tuesday, the final MotoGP test of the 2007 season will start at Jerez before the long winter test ban sets in. And the Spanish track will see some of the most significant pieces of the 2008 season puzzle make their debut, and giving MotoGP fans a first taste of what next year is likely to hold. Probably the most eagerly awaited event is Valentino Rossi's first outing on Bridgestone tires. Rossi already believes he has some idea of what to expect after spending all season watching how the Japanese tires react at close quarters. And being in a position to watch the tires so closely is probably what convinced Rossi to make the switch: after all, if you're ahead of your opponents, you can't see what their tires are doing. And Rossi's debut on Bridgestones will also see the first outing of the Split Yamaha Garage, with Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo's garages and pit crews carefully shielded from each other, despite the assurances made to Lorenzo before the Spanish prodigy signed for ... More About: Final , Test , Sees
MTV's The Kentucky Kid Now Available Online
2007-11-19 19:40:00 The MTV show about Nicky Hayden's 2006 and 2007 season, The Kentucky Kid, generated a lot of interest throughout the world, but so far, viewers outside the US were out of luck. Now, MTV have put the show on their website, so that international viewers can see it as well. Watch The Kentucky Kid over at MTV.com Special thanks to regular reader Synnae for bringing that to our attention. Synnae also writes that the online feed only seems to work for continental Europe and Australia, but won't work for Canada, the UK and Ireland. More About: Online
Sepang November 2007 Testing Times - Day 3
2007-11-17 16:43:00 Testing finished on Saturday at Sepang in cooler, but still hot, tropical conditions, and thankfully without any of the rain which had plagued the two previous days.. At the end of the three-day test, it was Nicky Hayden who came out fastest, shaving one hundredth of a second off Valentino Rossi's pole record, set on the 990 cc Yamaha M1. Next fastest man was Colin Edwards on the Tech 3 Yamaha, down 1.2 seconds, but as the Texan's time was set on race rubber, still 0.2 seconds faster than Casey Stoner's lap record set during the race here in October. Andrea Dovizioso was the fastest rookie, setting an impressive 4th fastest time, keeping the Suzuki veterans of Chris Vermeulen and Loris Capirossi behind him. Jorge Lorenzo significantly improved his time on Saturday, as did the other Yamaha rookie James Toseland, despite setting the slowest time of the day on his first outing on the Yamaha M1. Testing continues in 10 days time at Jerez in Southern Spain, where Dani Pedrosa will o... More About: Testing , Times , November , November 2007
Sepang November 2007 Testing Times - Day 2
2007-11-16 13:53:00 Conditions started wet on the second day of testing at Sepang , much as they did yesterday. Times were a little improved from yesterday, with John Hopkins being fastest on Friday on the Kawasaki, ahead of his former team mate Chris Vermeulen on the Suzuki. The two Yamaha newcomers, Jorge Lorenzo and James Toseland, both improved their times from yesterday, Lorenzo by 0.4 of a second, and Toseland by 1.2 seconds. Meanwhile, Lorenzo's archrival in the 250 class, Andrea Dovizioso, is settling in extremely well at JiR Team Scot, and continues to set fast times. Testing finishes tomorrow, in the hope that the weather will improve. Pos.RiderTeamFastest LapNo. of Laps 1John HopkinsKawasaki Racing02'02.20063 2Chris VermeulenRizla Suzuki02'02.34470 3Randy de PunietHonda LCR02'02.55071 4Andrea DoviziosoJiR Team Scot02'02.59155 5Loris CapirossiRizla Suzuki02'02.69865 6Nicky HaydenRepsol Honda02'02.80065 7Colin EdwardsYamaha Tech302'02.83152 8Anthony WestKawasaki Racing02'03.09371 9J... More About: November , November 2007
Sepang November 2007 Testing Times - Day 1
2007-11-15 12:20:00 1De PunietHonda2'03.033 2VermeulenSuzuki2'03.357 3EdwardsYamaha2'03.406 4DoviziosoHonda2'03.607 5CapirossiSuzuki2'03.478 6WestKawasaki2'04.068 7HaydenHonda2'04.164 8HopkinsKawasaki2'04.316 9LorenzoYamaha2'04.433 10ToselandYamaha2'05.438 More About: Testing , Times , November , November 2007 , Sepang
Rusty Writes: Tourist Trophy - The best way to learn in the off-season
2007-11-14 23:12:00 This will likely appear to be a paid commercial for a video game. Sorry for that, but I assure you, it isn’t. Rather, I beg your indulgence to consider one of the best ways to keep your mind racing while the sport is on its long hiatus. As I sit to write this, the game is at least a year-and-a-half old, and it was probably considered outdated when I started playing it just under a year ago. I insist that you trust me: this is much more than simply a “video game” with which you can avoid reality and otherwise escape being productive. Tourist Trophy was a product developed, in conjunction with the last generation of Gran Turismo for the PlayStation 2 platform. GT4, like its predecessors, was the best vehicle dynamics simulation available (prior to PS3 and GT5) without a race team contract or a manufacturer’s super-computer. This point alone, could be labored over for an entire column, and certainly has been elsewhere, so I will not do that here. Suffice to say, Tourist Troph... More About: Season , Learn , Off Season
A New Writer Joins MotoGPMatters
2007-11-14 23:04:00 Over the past couple of months, we have had a little help from guest writers. First, Mike did a fantastic job filling in for me while I was away on vacation, and later, The Duke from Rumblestrip Radio sent us an excellent article on the single tire situation. And now, another writer will be contributing to MotoGPMatters. He will be writing under the pseudonym Rusty Bucket, and I first started corresponding with him over a year ago. His e-mails to me have always been thoughtful and interesting, and offer fresh perspectives on things that I have missed, or just plain got wrong. As a consequence, I asked him if he would like to write for the site, and he has kindly agreed. His first piece is a discussion of the Tourist Trophy game, and how it helps him understand MotoGP, while later on, Rusty will be examining the Musco lighting company, the company responsible for the floodlights at MotoGP's first night race in Qatar. I hope you enjoy his contributions, I know I will. More About: Writer
Nicky Hayden To Appear On TRL To Talk About MTV Show
2007-11-13 00:14:00 As a prelude to the screening of The Kentucky Kid, the MTV show following his 2006 and 2007 seasons, Nicky Hayden is due to make an appearance on MTV's TRL on Wednesday to talk about the show. TRL is a video request show featuring interviews with people making the news on MTV. You can catch TRL on MTV in the US at 3:30pm Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, November 14th, and watch The Kentucky Kid, the documentary about Hayden, on Friday November 16th. We fervently hope the show will be a hit, as major exposure for MotoGP and motorcycle racing can help to bring in more fans, and consequently more money and more coverage, across the US. More About: Show , Talk , Ayden
Qatar Night Race Receives Official Approval
2007-11-12 23:52:00 When Dorna first announced that the opening round of the 2008 MotoGP season in Qatar was to be run at night, they were met with a great deal of skepticism. The fear was that the race would be too dangerous, with riders either being blinded by the floodlights, or else not being able to see the track well enough to race safely. To allay those fears, Dorna and the FIM, together with the MotoGP Riders Safety Commission, agreed to organize a test under night conditions at Qatar once the floodlighting had been completed. That test has now been completed, and the verdict is unanimously positive. Loris Capirossi, Ant West, James Toseland, Marco Melandri and Alex de Angelis, representing each of the manufacturers, ran several laps of the track on roadgoing supersports bikes, concentrating on the first section of track for which the floodlighting has already been completed by the American company Musco Lighting. All of the riders were very impressed by the floodlighting, and happy to give t... More About: Race , Night , Official
TV Schedule For "The Kentucky Kid" On MTV
2007-11-10 18:49:00 The TV schedules have been posted on MTV's website for Friday, November 16th, and the Hayden real life show, The Kentucky Kid, will be screened at 10pm Eastern Standard Time, and repeated a few hours later at 2am on Saturday, November 17th Eastern Standard Time. If you were intending to watch it, then better set your VCR / DVR / TiVo to record. If you want to a taster of the show, then check out the trailer for The Kentucky Kid. More About: Schedule
Phillip Island Faces "Upgrading" For Formula 1, But Ruin For Motorcycle Rac
More articles from this author:2007-11-09 23:31:00 Reports emerged from Australia yesterday that the Phillip Island circuit has become a possible future venue for the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. The option was mooted by Andrew Fox, managing director of the Linfox Property Group, the circuit's owners. Linfox are already planning an 18 hole golf course and a 5 star hotel at the facility, and are trying to lure Australian Formula One Grand Prix to the circuit, which is currently run on a street circuit around Albert Park in Melbourne. Fox suggested the move in an interview with a chain of Australian newspapers, after complaints in Victoria, the Australian state of which Melbourne is the capital, that the current street course in Albert Park cost local taxpayers some AUS $35,000,000 to stage. He told News Ltd that all it would take is for Ron Walker, chairman of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, to pick up the phone and make the call. If a 10 year deal could be reached, then Fox could see no problem making the investment re... More About: Motorcycle , Faces , Formula 1 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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