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Ducati North America Announces New Fall Sales Promotion

DUCATI LAUNCHES THE “FALL OPPORTUNITY” PROMOTION Fall 2010: 3.99% financing or up to $1,500.00 in store credit. Cupertino, Calif. - Ducati is delighted to announce the “Fall Opportunity,” a sales event that gives people a reason to ride thro...

Canadian Superbike Champ Szoke Withdraws From AMA Pro Superbike Event At NJMP

Jordan Szoke 7 Time Canadian National Superbike and 5 Time Sportbike Champion withdraws from Round 9 of the AMA American Superbike Championship held this weekend Sept 3-5 at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Unsuccessful negations for extra sponsorship has fo...

Bonneville Vintage Grand Prix Happening This Weekend At Miller Motorsports Park

TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH — For motorcycle racing enthusiasts, this weekend’s Bike Fest at Miller Motorsports Park will be a chance to turn back the hands of time. On Saturday and Sunday, September 4 and 5, the historic racing machines of the American Hi...

More On The Historic Moto Gran Prix, Which Is Scheduled For September 17-19 At Road Atlanta

EVENT UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 17-19, 2010 Historic Moto Gran Prix (HMGP) most recent news on riders and some of the motorcycles that will be displayed during our upcoming event at Road Atlanta includes one of the greatest riders, Mr. Paul Layman, seven...

Updated With Other Team Previews: World Supersport: Parkes Will Ride In Place Of Kawasaki's Injured Lascorz At Nurburgring

Parkes Joins Fujiwara in Germany As Lascorz Is Ruled Out Katsuaki Fujiwara will have the experienced Broc Parkes as his team-mate in Germany after Joan Lascorz was ruled out of the running due to injuries suffered in a crash at the previous round. K...

FIRST PERSON/OPINION: A Simple Question For People Who Say Kids Aren't Capable Of Racing Motorcycles

FIRST PERSON/OPINION By John Ulrich There were two USGPRU races held on the motorcycle road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. There were 24 entrants in the two USGPRU races, all kids riding 250...

USGPRU Stats: 114 Race Weekends With About 1000 Riders In Nine Years With Zero Deaths Before Peter Lenz Tragedy

Roadracingworld.com asked for participant data from USGPRU and received the following for the organization's nine years of operation: Year, Number Of USGPRU Event Weekends, Number Of Participating USGPRU Riders 2010, 13 USGPRU event weekends, 116 ...

Peter Lenz: Another Thoughtful Look From The General Media

See it here: ~http://blogs.trb.com/sports/jjs-audibles/2010/08/emotional-day-at-the-speedway.html~...

Fulton Wins Junior Race Wednesday At The Manx GP

FULTON AWARDED JUNIOR RACE WIN AFTER RED FLAG INCIDENT AT MANX GRAND PRIX Phil Taubman, Clerk of the Course, described conditions as perfect for the second race day at the 2010 Manx Grand Prix, sponsored by visitisleofman.com, although a diesel spill m...

Services Set For USGPRU Racer Peter Lenz

Services for USGPRU racer Peter Lenz will be held on Thursday and Friday of this week. On Thursday, there will be a viewing from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m, followed by a vigil at 7:00 p.m. Friday at 10:00 a.m. there will be a Funeral Mass, followed by a rece...

Dominguez Wins Five CMRA Races At Eagles Canyon Raceway

The Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA) returned to Eagles Canyon Raceway (ECR) in Decatur, Texas, this past weekend, making its third stop at the venue for the season, the eighth event of the ten event 2010 race season. Racers found the wea...

American Honda Announces A Portion Of Its 2011 Model Lineup

Torrance, CA: American Honda Motor Company’s Powersports Division announced to its dealers today an additional release of street bikes and off-road models for the 2011 model year. These Hondas include the Fury®, Interstate™, Shadow® RS and Shadow Ph...

Traffic Collision: Electric Racebike Builder Matthew Dieckmann, R.I.P.

~http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15950617?nclick_check=1~ FIRST PERSON/OPINION: Via e-mail: Matt Dieckmann, Electric Vehicle Pioneer, Dies at 29 Matt Dieckmann, an electric vehicle pioneer and owner of Electric Race Bikes, died o...

Fillmore Wins Four MRA Races At High Plains Raceway

The MRA returned to High Plains Raceway for Round 6 on August 28th & 29th. With temperatures hovering close to 100F all weekend, the heat was testing the stamina of both riders and machines. The middleweight and heavyweight classes showcased some of the...

Updated: More Previews Of This Coming Weekend's AMA Pro Road Races At New Jersey Motorsports Park

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - - This year's AMA Pro SuperSport competition has seen two divisional champions crowned and a number of other exciting things happen. Joey Pascarella took the West Division title on the strength of his three early season victories a...

Up To Speed: Video Preview Of This Coming Weekend's AMA Pro National At New Jersey Motorports Park

OnTheThrottle.TV's Cristy Lee brings you "Up To Speed" on the movers and the shakers at the AMA Pro White Lightening Nationals from Virginia International Raceway. Keep up with the action as we roll into The AMA Pro National Guard Superbike Championship w...

Yamaha Introduces New 2011 And 2012 Street Models

Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A. is importing the FZ8 into the U.S. market starting in December of 2010. Originally developed for the European market, the 2011-model FZ8 is the first naked sportbike Yamaha has imported into the U.S., and Yamaha hopes that it wi...

Updated: More Previews Of This Coming Weekend's MotoGP Races At Misano

MotoGP and Moto2 preview San Marino Grand Prix, Misano September 3/4/5 2010 PEDROSA AIMS TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM AT MISANO Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V) goes into this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix aiming to maintain his momentum following...

Updated: The Final Round Of Press Releases From Last Weekend's Various Races

Hard earned points for Walker at Cadwell Chris Walker fought hard at Cadwell Park on Monday to earn himself and the sorrymate.com/SMT Honda team six championship points at round 9 of the British Superbike Championship. The 'Stalker' battled against ele...

Video: British Superbike Race Two From Cadwell Park