Saturday, April 30, 2011

Ridge Motorsports Park Coming to the Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest is about to get a new track day venue, as the�Ridge Motorsports Park has won its special zoning permit, and begun construction in Mason County, Washington.�Ridge Motorsports Park will feature a 2.5 mile road course that incorporates the topography of the area to create a venue with undulating elevation, which should make for a fun and challenging track for car and motorcycle enthusiasts alike. Judging from the track layout, there appears to ...

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Kenny Roberts Jr Raymond Roche Angel Rodríguez

Binder snatches pole

With water still streaming across the track Brad Binder snatched pole position on the final lap of a...

Source: http://www.fim-live.com//en/media/news/news-detail/article/1304164198-binder-snatches-pole/

Russel Wood Tommy Wood Derek Woodman

Manufacturers - can touring cars survive without them?

Very interesting article: http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6071

What do you think? Can touring car racing survive without...

Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?142062-Manufacturers-can-touring-cars-survive-without-them&goto=newpost

Michele Conti John Cooper Mick Coopey

Friday, April 29, 2011

Manufacturers - can touring cars survive without them?

Very interesting article: http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6071

What do you think? Can touring car racing survive without...

Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?142062-Manufacturers-can-touring-cars-survive-without-them&goto=newpost

Àlex Criville Graeme Crosby Francis Cufi

�lvaro Bautista Will Race in Sunday?s Portuguese GP

In the press release announcing �lvaro Bautista’s intent to race in the Portuguese GP, the heading describes the Spaniard as having “true grit” during today’s Free Practice sessions at Estoril. Now normally with MotoGP press releases, these headings are a bit of hyperbole, but considering just over a month ago Bautista’s femur, the largest bone in the human body, was in two pieces, we’re inclined to agree that the Spanish rider has shown remarkable determination ...

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Rodney Gould Leslie Graham Stuart Graham

Ridge Motorsports Park Coming to the Pacific Northwest

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Ruben Xaus Kazuya Yamada Tetsuya Yamaguchi

2011 Estoril MotoGP And Moto2 Press Release Previews, Part 2: San Carlo Gresini And Other Hondas

More Estoril press release previews from the teams:

Year:

2011

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Ingemar Bengtsson Johnny Bengtsson Angelo Bergamonti

Dave Newsham quits Geoff Steel Racing

He's left the BMW squad to join Tom Boardman in a 2nd Special Tuning SEAT. He wont race at Thruxton and GSR will not race there either while they...

Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?142064-Dave-Newsham-quits-Geoff-Steel-Racing&goto=newpost

Neil Hodgson Hernan Holder Francis Hollebecq

Portugal Grand Prix

Grand Prix Portugal, Estoril
Motor racing, the most important are the GP races!

The Portuguese Grand Prix (Grande Prémio de Portugal) was a motorsports event held for several years, mostly in the 1950s and then in the 1980s and 90s. It was a Formula One race between 1958 and 1960 and between 1984 and 1996.

The first event was held on the Boavista street course in Porto on 17 June 1951 as a sports car race.[citation needed] The Grand Prix was moved to Monsanto Park, Lisbon, in 1954 as a one-off. The first Formula One race was held in 14 August 1958 in Boavista, followed in 1959 by a Grand Prix at Monsanto, return to Boavista in 1960, after which it was ended.

Estoril Circuit Deatils
Place : Estoril
Circuit length : 4282 m
Laps : 70
Pole position : left
Width : 14 m
Right turns : 9
Left turns : 4
Longest straight : 986 m
First held : 1951
Last held : 1996

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DETAIL SCHEDULE

Friday, 29 April 2011
125 FP1	12:40 – 13:40
MotoGP FP1	13:55 – 14:55
Moto2 FP1	15:10 – 16:10

Saturday, 30 April 2010
125 FP2	09:00 – 09:40
MotoGP FP2	09:55 – 10:55
Moto2 FP2	11:10 – 12:10

125 QP	13:00 – 13:40
MotoGP QP	13:55 – 14:55
Moto2 QP	15:10 – 15:55

Sunday, 01 May2010
Moto2 WUP	09:00 – 09:20
MotoGP WUP	09:30 – 09:50
125 WUP	10:00 – 10:20

Moto2 RAC	11:15
MotoGP RAC	13:00
125 RAC	14:30

Local Time Zone: GMT +0 hours

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/MmX1Cg7d1HC/Portugal+Grand+Prix

Chris Baert Graham Bailey Steve Baker

2011 Portugal Grand Prix

Grand Prix Portugal, Estoril
Motor racing, the most important are the GP races!

WATCH NOW

DETAIL SCHEDULE

Friday, 29 April 2011
125 FP1	12:40 – 13:40
MotoGP FP1	13:55 – 14:55
Moto2 FP1	15:10 – 16:10

Saturday, 30 April 2010
125 FP2	09:00 – 09:40
MotoGP FP2	09:55 – 10:55
Moto2 FP2	11:10 – 12:10

125 QP	13:00 – 13:40
MotoGP QP	13:55 – 14:55
Moto2 QP	15:10 – 15:55

Sunday, 01 May2010
Moto2 WUP	09:00 – 09:20
MotoGP WUP	09:30 – 09:50
125 WUP	10:00 – 10:20

Moto2 RAC	11:15
MotoGP RAC	13:00
125 RAC	14:30

Local Time Zone: GMT +0 hours

Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/LPYeGDF7gOP/2011+Portugal+Grand+Prix

Derek Minter Kevin Mitchell Luca Morelli

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Dave Newsham quits Geoff Steel Racing

He's left the BMW squad to join Tom Boardman in a 2nd Special Tuning SEAT. He wont race at Thruxton and GSR will not race there either while they...

Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?142064-Dave-Newsham-quits-Geoff-Steel-Racing&goto=newpost

Ronald Mead Marco Melandri Jack Middelburg

Plains Rally 2011

Anyone got some good info and recommendations for a first time visitor to the Plains rally? I should be saving for my road tax and MOT but I REALLY...

Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?142054-Plains-Rally-2011&goto=newpost

Jock West David Whitworth Peter Williams

2011 Estoril MotoGP Press Release Previews, Part 5: Pramac Ducati

Yet another press release prior to Estoril, this time from the Pramac Ducati team:

Year:

2011

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotoGPMatters/~3/TSJHd9t53DM/2011_estoril_motogp_press_release_previe.html_1

Geoff Duke Boet van Dulmen Barry Ditchburn

World Superbike 2009: Donington Highlight Vids

Source: http://sportbikeblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/world-superbike-2009-donington.html

Harold Clark John Clark Brendan Clarke

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

125cc: Nico Terol will be the man to beat at Estoril

With two victories from the opening two rounds of the season Nico Terol is in fearsome shape, and wi...

Source: http://www.fim-live.com//en/media/news/news-detail/article/1303806109-125cc-nico-terol-will-be-the-man-to-beat-at-estoril/

Chris Conn Craig Connell Giuseppe Consalvi

2011 WSBK Assen Sunday Roundup - Of Heartstopping Spectacle, And Champions

Assen always provides spectacle, whatever the classes are racing here, but today, there was perhaps a little too much of a good thing. The World Supersport race saw two horrific-looking crashes, and required two restarts before the race finally got done. The crashes were truly gut-wrenching, the kind of incident that makes you fear another Shoya Tomizawa or Craig Jones, but amazingly, everyone came away relatively unscathed.

The first crash was doubly disconcerting, involving Sam Lowes of the Parkalgar Honda team. It was the same team that Craig Jones was riding for when he died in a crash at Brands Hatch. The Parkalgar team boss Simon Buckmaster has an uncanny ability to spot young talent, Lowes just the latest in a line of promising riders, and seeing Lowes tumbling end-over-end through the gravel after an inexplicable highside was a sickening sight.

But medics responded immediately and effectively, and Lowes was quickly conscious again. The young Englishman suffered a concussion and a broken collarbone, and the whole paddock breathed a collective sigh of relief when World Superbike press officer Julian Thomas passed on the news that Lowes was OK.

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Gilbert Argo Manuel Arias Ken Armstrong

MotoGP: No Replacement Race if Japanese GP Falls Through

Ever since the Great East Japan Earthquake,�there’s been a great deal of speculation in the MotoGP paddock about the status of the Japanese GP. Although postponed until October, the reality that the Motegi circuit will be able to safely host a MotoGP event is still dubious in many minds, and accordingly names of alternate venues have been banded about as replacements for the Japanese round. At the top of the list has been Istanbul, which ...

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Marco Lucchinelli Thomas Lüthi Ernie Lyons

Sachsenring tipping contest scores

A quiet week at the top of the standings, with @daveminella just inching away from the pack by a single point. Shouts out to @Brian_GP, @danzero and @ducatinewstoday for pulling off their Minellas. Had you guys been around earlier you would be pushing the top spots. The good news is, there is plenty of time [...]

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Teuvo Länsivuori Carlos Lavado Eddie Lawson