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Friday, December 31, 2010
Hamilton hoping for ?smoother? year in 2011 | F1 Fanatic round-up
Lewis Hamilton speak of "personal troubles" that he claims affected his performance in 2010.
Sachsenring 2009 MotoGP race analysis
While the weather had produced torrential downpours thoughout the preamble to this GP, it stayed dry for the action in Germany. As the riders lined up on the grid, there was a real feeling of anticipation as Rossi and Lorenzo, so close through practice until that awesome final qualifying lap from Valentino, pulled up next [...]
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Phillip Island WSBK Test Photos
There may only have been four riders at the Phillip Island World Superbike test - Max Biaggi and Leon Camier of the Aprilia team, and Eugene Laverty and Marco Melandri of Yamaha - but that was reason enough for our good friend Andrew Gosling of TBG Sport to go shoot a few snaps. As always, it was well worth the effort. Enjoy!
It's summer in Australia. This is what summer looks like in Phillip Island
Max Biaggi will be running the #1 plate on the bike and #3 on his helmet. Hope he's not overly superstitious
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all of our members and site sponsors! Hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday.
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John van den Berk Marnicq Bervoets Fritz Betzlbacher Dave Bickers
Overtaking 2010: The most daring moves
Part and parcel of the push for glory, the best overtaking moves witnessed throughout the season are brought together in this special motogp.com video.
Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/oNjllvhRPRx/Overtaking+2010+most+daring+moves
George Holland Jeremy van Horebeek Kent Howerton Neil Hudson
Jimmie Johnson (Who Else?) Named Driver of the Year
Filed under: Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR
Five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has been named Driver of the Year for the fourth time -- tying a record with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon for the most wins in the prestigious award's 44-year history and putting him ahead of three-time winners Mario Andretti and Darrell Waltrip.Johnson, who is the first to win five consecutive Sprint Cup titles, edged drag racing legend John Force, who won a historic 15th National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) championship. Johnson received 10 first-place votes from the 20-member panel of racing journalists and broadcasters while Force earned seven votes. Kyle Busch, who won a NASCAR-best 24 races in three national divisions this season, received one first-place vote.
"Among such tough competition; with the voting panel, who it is and how well-versed they are in motorsports, it's a huge, huge honor," said Johnson, who will receive a Tissot watch and trophy from the organization.
Driver of the Year President Barry Smoyer said the final vote came following one of the most "spirited" debates in the history of the award, which honors the best driver in an American four-wheel racing series or best American driver racing overseas.
"As many people have said already, it will be a long time before anyone will set the bar as high as Jimmie Johnson," Schmoyer said.
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Laguna 2009 tipping contest prizes
Thanks to all our competitors last week - it was a week that was particularly scare on points with Dani Pedrosa hardly featuring in the picks - only four of you had him on the podium at all, and only @rumblestrip as high as second. Elsewhere, he was mentioned but generally only as a crash [...]
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MotoMatters.com HQ Moving - Site Operating At Half Strength
If MotoMatters.com has seemed to be relatively dormant over the past few days, there's a very good reason. MotoMatters.com HQ is being relocated, from the Netherlands' oldest university town to a small town in the east of the country, close to the city at the heart of Operation Market Garden. As a consequence, MotoMatters.com staff - or more specifically, your humble correspondent - is spending an inordinate amount of time on matters such as removing old wallpaper, packing up a couple of years' worth of MotoGP memorabilia, and sorting through those piles of papers that have been sitting there doing nothing for the past thirteen years we have been in the house.
Heikki Mikkola Auguste Mingels Marty Moates Guennady Moisseev
Engineers Assemble In Bologna To Work On 2011 Ducati MotoGP Bike
If anyone thought that the media storm surrounding Valentino Rossi's switch to Ducati for the 2011 MotoGP season would die down once the announcement had been made official, they were to be proven utterly wrong. First, there was the saga of whether Yamaha would release Rossi early from his contract to allow the Italian to test the Ducati at Valencia, then there was the excitement and drama of the Valencia test itself.
Rossi ended the Valencia test 15th fastest, with only MotoGP returnee Toni Elias and MotoGP rookie Karel Abraham behind him, unleashing a tidal wave of speculation surrounding his test result. Rossi's slow time was put down to his still injured shoulder (for which he had surgery a few days later), and in wanting to get acquainted with the Ducati Desmosedici, rather than focus on trying to put in a fast lap.
While both these explanations are undoubtedly true, there were also a few of signs of panic among the Ducati team, despite team manager Alessandro Cicognani professing that Ducati was "not worried" about the times. Speaking to the press after the test, Ducati Corse director Filippo Preziosi described the test as a "bad test" and spoke of Rossi's lack of feeling with the front end. But the Ducati team had taken plenty of positives from the test, with Rossi expressing himself to be impressed with the engine and the rear grip, something he had complained about on the Yamaha just about all year.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
The days are getting longer chat
He was asking around $5K before winter rolled in and his words were it is priced to sell, he wants it out. Talk to Santa? :D
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Speed Dating: December 27 ? January 2
This week in Speed Dating: Happy birthday to Kenny Roberts, Phil Read, William S. Harley, Jurgen van den "Flying Dutchman" Goodbergh, Sergio Gadea, Jordan Szoke, Doug ?the Wheelie King? Domokos, and remembering Cal Rayborn.
Source: http://www.roadracerx.com/features/speed-dating/speed-dating-december-27-january-2/
Jacky Martens Christophe Martin Mickael Maschio Connor McGechan
Just in time for Christmas, Alpinestars iPhone 4 Cases
Torrance, CA - December 21, 2010 ? Incipio and Alpinestars have teamed up to bring you two innovative cases for the iPhone 4: Tech 10? and Bionic?. Combining Alpinestars legacy in protective apparel and equipment with Incipio?s precision in design and engineering in the mobile case industry, this alliance has resulted in the highest quality protective carrying cases for the iPhone 4. This project represents a union of two legacies of protection, a true collaboration of resources, experience and creativity.
Source: http://www.roadracerx.com/industry-news/just-in-time-for-christmas-alpinestars-iphone-4-cases/
Tipping contest winners: Donington 2009
It was a freakish race - one which I am still trying to get my head around, let alone write up!
Because of the unusual podium, points were scarce this week with many people striking out. Only one person scored podium points: @leighberwick with his 3rd place for de Puniet. How you picked him out Leigh, [...]
Because of the unusual podium, points were scarce this week with many people striking out. Only one person scored podium points: @leighberwick with his 3rd place for de Puniet. How you picked him out Leigh, [...]
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Hamilton hoping for ?smoother? year in 2011 | F1 Fanatic round-up
Lewis Hamilton speak of "personal troubles" that he claims affected his performance in 2010.
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The days are getting longer chat
He was asking around $5K before winter rolled in and his words were it is priced to sell, he wants it out. Talk to Santa? :D
Source: http://www.esportbike.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144063&goto=newpost
Vermeulen looking forward to racing comeback
“I am going well,” said Chris. “I started walking earlier this week and everything is going to plan. It is not easy, as I can do five or ten minutes of walking around, then I have to sit down for a while. I still have lots of physio exercises to do every day. I can swim, ride a bicycle, surf-ski in the ocean. I am in discussion with Mr Yoda-san from Kawasaki about a comeback at Sepang. For sure I will be right to ride, but at what level I can ride we do not know yet. If I am not at a level that is competitive we are discussion whether it is worth me coming back straight away or not. I would like to ride but Mr Yoda has yet to decide.”
Vermeulen had his first powered two-wheel ride since July today (Tuesday), in very modest circumstances. “I had my first ride on a motorbike today, on a little flat track circuit at my house, which has got a few left and right corners around it. Not motocross or anything like that, just a flat dirt track. I was pretty steady but it was good to get back on a bike. I only rode for about 20 minutes but I hope to ride every couple of days from now on. It wasn’t actually that weird a feeling, but that was the first time I had ridden any motorbike since the Brno WSBK round.”
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Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/vGP2pQ3RK2s/Vermeulen+looking+forward+racing+comeback
Sam Hornish Jr. May Return to Indy 500
Filed under: Sam Hornish Jr., Penske Racing, Indianapolis 500, NASCAR
LAS VEGAS -- Three-time IndyCar champ and 2006 Indianapolis 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr.'s NASCAR future remains in limbo, but his team owner, Roger Penske, said Thursday that he will likely field Hornish in the Daytona 500 and possibly in the Indianapolis 500, too.Penske confirmed the news during a sponsorship announcement at his Ferrari dealership in the Wynn Las Vegas Thursday, where the team unveiled Kurt Busch's new No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Dodge in the Sprint Cup Series and a similar design for the iconic No. 3 Penske car that three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves will drive at Indy next May.
For all his success in open-wheel racing, Hornish has never managed to make a big splash in NASCAR's big leagues, with only a pair of top-five finishes and eight top-10 efforts in 108 starts over three full seasons. And with no primary sponsor signed for his No. 77 Dodge, Penske said Hornish still doesn't have a full schedule set for 2011. Penske said both a limited Cup and Nationwide Series slate were possibilities.
"I told him that, at the end of the day, I'd much rather do a program where we can support you 100 percent than have some pick-up program with not enough sponsors,'' Penske said. "We need to have the continuity. We have a number of opportunities, but we just couldn't get them closed at this point.
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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/12/03/sam-hornish-jr-may-return-to-indy-500/
Sachsenring 2009 MotoGP race analysis
While the weather had produced torrential downpours thoughout the preamble to this GP, it stayed dry for the action in Germany. As the riders lined up on the grid, there was a real feeling of anticipation as Rossi and Lorenzo, so close through practice until that awesome final qualifying lap from Valentino, pulled up next [...]
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Thnx everybody for 2010 forum
The only purpose of this thread is to give thanks to everyone at this forum for a lot of good moments at 2010. I�ve enjoyed a lot ( Sulland, Wim,...
Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums//showthread.php?t=140809&goto=newpost
Jean Todt?s Approval Rating XII | Debates and polls
Are you happy with how F1 is being run by the FIA president?
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Cspeedphotos from Laguna Seca
MotoGPBlog has been following Dan Lo of CornerSpeedPhoto, (Twitter: @cspeedphoto) for a while now. He’s a talented photographer based in the States, and we’re honoured to feature some of his shots from this year’s Laguna Seca MotoGP round. In particular, the shot of Canepa at turn 2 is awesome. Thanks Dan!
Dan used the following kit [...]
Dan used the following kit [...]
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon Part of Hendrick Crew Chief Swap
Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Crew Chiefs, Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR
Hendrick Motorsports may have won its fifth-straight championship just last Sunday, but it took only a matter of days for the organization to make some of its biggest changes in years."This will improve us as an organization, across the board," team owner Rick Hendrick (right) said Tuesday.
Save for champion Jimmie Johnson, each of the three other drivers in the Hendrick stable will have new crew chiefs for the 2011 season.
Steve Letarte, the crew chief on Jeff Gordon's No. 24 since the end of the 2005 season, will now oversee Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 team. Meanwhile, Gordon will now have Alan Gustafson managing his team in Daytona.
Gustafson leaves the No. 5 team and driver Mark Martin, who will now have Lance McGrew in his ear for the 2011 season. McGrew has spent part of 2009 and all of 2010 as Earnhardt Jr.'s crew chief.
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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/11/23/earnhardt-gordon-part-of-major-hendrick-crew-chief-swap/
Spotter's Stand: Carl Edwards Has Offseason Momentum in His Back Pocket
Filed under: Carl Edwards, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, NASCAR
He may have won the two races that dole out the least amount of recognition of the entire season, but Carl Edwards doesn't much care. "For our team, to finish like this and to be on the upswing that we are, this is as good as it gets," Edwards said after winning Sunday at Homestead, his second in a row.
Of course, Edwards was overshadowed by an incredibly dramatic championship fight that he watched from the outside looking in Sunday, largely in his rear-view mirror.
Jimmie Johnson overcame Denny Hamlin and held off Kevin Harvick to win the 2010 title, and proceeded to spin through a burnout as Edwards celebrated with his traditional backflip.
"I tell you, it's a lot more frustrating to not be in victory lane and watching somebody out there doing their donuts and all that stuff," Edwards said.
Interview with Rick Broadbent
MotoGPBlog was lucky enough to catch up with Rick Broadbent, Times journalist and author of Ring of Fire. You can also read our review of his book, and while you’re there, pick up your copy though our Amazon store - see links at the end of the articles.
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Happy Holidays from Asphalt & Rubber
Seasons Greetings from A&R.�While we stoke the fires on the yule log, everyone at Asphalt & Rubber would like to wish our readers a Happy Holiday. We’ll be taking the weekend off as we gear up for the new year, but should be back in the swing of things on Monday. Whatever you denomination, we hope it’s spent with good friends and family, and that the two-wheeled vehicle in your garage gets some merriment bling ...
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