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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Economic slowdown claimed another casualty in form of Honda opting out it's factory team from AMA Road Racing championship.
A week ago, Honda has moved out of Formula 1 and this news bades troubling times for motorsports. At time of Formula 1 announcement, Honda had mentioned it's commitment to all other ...
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
FIM has announced the new regulations for the 600cc four stroke class which is slated to replace the two stroke 250cc class currently underway in MotoGP championship. Termed "Moto 2", the new class will come with a slew of new regulations as underneath.
Replacement Regulation for 250cc Class from 2011 (Moto2) ...
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
History could be written again if Michael Schumacher takes up Honda Europe's head Carlo Fiorani on his offer for a ride with the factory Honda team in World Superbike Championship(WSBK).
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Approaching an age of 40, Schumacher has been riding motorcycles in German circuit since retiring ...
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
In qualifying round for the fifth round of UCAL Rolon National Road Racing Championship held yesterday at Irrungattukottai race track in Chennai, Srikandarajah of Team Anya from Bangalore took pole position in both Group D 165cc class & Group B 260cc class. T.K.Vishwanath also from Team Anya took pole position ...
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
KillaCycle being ridden by Scotty Pollacheck broke the world quarter mile drag records yet again with a official record time of 7.89 seconds reaching a top speed of over 270 kmph(178 miles).
The 500hp electric motorcycle has been the fastest electric motorcycle in the world since 1999 breaking world quarter mile ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Valentino Rossi : 2008 MotoGP ChampionValentino Rossi won decisively at the Montegi round of MotoGP becoming the 2008 World MotoGP Champion.
Winning in style, Rossi started from fourth position in second row of the grid and quickly overtook the likes of Pedrosa and Lorenzo to take the fight to Casey Stoner ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
The Grand Prix Commission, in a meeting held on Saturday at the circuit of Motegi, unanimously decided to introduce the following change to the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations.
125cc class
Teams may present only one motorcycle per rider in the 125cc class for Technical Control (as from 1.1.2009).
Future ...
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Valentino Rossi today became the most successful rider in motorcycle racing history after overtaking Giacomo Agostini's 68 MotoGP wins record with his 69th victory at Indianapolis Brickyard race track in the United States.
Rossi goes a step ahead of Agostini since he has won in not 1 or 2 but in ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Casey Stoner slides at 2008 MotoGP round at Brno Casey Stoner had a terrible weekend when he crashed out of race at Brno while holding a second's lead over Valentino Rossi. Rossi has now increased his lead over Stoner to 50 points in the overall championship points tally.
Stoner was a ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Full race results from the Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno, round twelve of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship.
1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 43min 28.841 secs
2. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 43min 43.845 secs
3. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 43min 50.530 secs
4. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 43min 54.700 secs
5. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 43min 58.306 secs
6. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 43min 59.449 secs
7. Marco Melandri ...
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