2007 FIM 250cc GP World Championship Sachsenring, Germany July 14, 2007 Final Qualifying Results: 1. Mika KALLIO (KTM), 1:24.413 2. Andrea DOVIZIOSO (Honda), 1:24.643 3. Alex DE ANGELIS (Aprilia), 1:24.647 4. Jorge LORENZO (Aprilia), 1:24.735 5. Julian SIMON (Honda), 1:24.845 6. Hiroshi AOYAMA (KTM), 1:24.870 7. Hector BARBERA (Aprilia), 1:24.910 8. Marco SIMONCELLI (Gilera), 1:24.928 9. Alvaro BAUTISTA (Aprilia), 1:25.082 10. Yuki TAKAHASHI (Honda), 1:25.099

2007 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Sachsenring, Germany July 11, 2007 Race Results (all on KTM 125s): 1. Cameron BEAUBIER, USA, 18 laps, 27:45.942 2. Johann ZARCO, FRA, -0.348 second 3. Robert GULL, SWE, -17.293 seconds 4. Markus REITERBERGER, GER, -17.318 seconds 5. Lorenzo SAVADORI, ITA, -17.808 seconds 6. Matthew HOYLE, GBR, -29.787 seconds 7. Daniel KARTHEININGER, GER, -43.997 seconds, crash 8. Lukas SEMBERA, CZE, -48.612 seconds 9. Lucy GLÖCKNER, GER, -52.796 seconds 10. Adam BLACKLOCK, GBR, -53.090 seconds 11. Javier CHOLBI, SPA, -55.088 seconds 12. Peter SEBESTYEN, HUN, -56.142 seconds 13. J.D. BEACH, USA, -63.564 seconds 14. Kris TURNER, USA, -63.656 seconds 15. Christoph SCHÖNBERG, GER, -63.713 seconds 16. Kevin SÁNCHEZ, SPA, -3 laps, pitted 17. Jamie MOSSEY, GBR, -4 laps, pitted 18. Deane BROWN, GBR, -7 laps, DNF, mechanical 19. Cristian TRABALON, SPA, -10 laps, DNF, mechanical 20. Sturla FAGERHAUG, NOR, -16 laps, DNF, crash 21. Cyril CARRILLO, FRA, -16 laps, DNF, crash 22. Stuart MITCHELL, GBR, -17 laps, DNF, crash 23. Luis SALOM, SPA, -18 laps, DNF, crash Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Championship Standings (after 5 of 8 races): 1. SAVADORI, 86 points 2. ZARCO, 84 points 3. BEAUBIER, 56 points 4. HOYLE, 48 points 5. REITERBERGER, 47 points 6. SALOM, 45 points 7. CARRILLO, 35 points 8. TURNER, 34 points 9. GULL, 33 points 10. BROWN, 29 points 11. KARTHEININGER, 28 points 12. SEMBERA, 24 points 13. TIE, TRABALON/GLÖCKNER, 23 points 15. FAGERHAUG, 21 points 16. BEACH, 20 points 17. BLACKLOCK, 16 points 18. SCHÖNBERGER, 12 points 19. TIE, MITCHELL/CHOLBI, 11 points 21. TIE, MOSSEY/SEBESTYEN, 7 points More, from a press release issued by Red Bull: Cameron´s brilliant last lap victory! First victory for an American Rookie. Cameron Beaubier (USA) followed by Johann Zarco (FRA) and then Gull – Reiterberger Savadori in between six tenth of a second. Three German Rookies top ten at their home race: Reiterberger 4., Kartheininger 7.,Glöckner 9.! Overall: Savadori leading by 2 points ahead of Zarco. American Cameron Beaubier stole victory from Frenchman Johann Zarco at the second to last corner after shadowing the Frenchman for the entire 18 laps of Sachsenring. Third man home in the fifth round of the eight race Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was Swede Robert Gull who did a fantastic job to hold off German Markus Reiterberger and championship leader Lorenzo Savadori of Italy. Beaubier rode a perfectly judged race and overcame a rival who he admitted was virtually his equal. “He was quicker than me in the first section of the track so I knew that the only chance I had was in the last few corners. I had to really work at it to get on his tail, slipstreaming him down the hill I just hoped that I could get close enough to make a pass… and it worked out.” Zarco was not happy to come out second. “I race to win, I can’t be happy with that,” was his immediate reaction. After the podium ceremony he had thought better, “Second at least gives me the points to close the gap on Lorenzo so that’s good and it was a great race. I knew that Cameron would try something and when he did I thought I could get him back at the last corner. I tried and I almost had the chance to catch him but he protected the fast line, he played it well.” Like the lead duo Gull was sweating heavily at the end of a hot race and happy to be third. “I was only tenth on the grid but got a great start and managed to get into third. I had to fight them off all the way because I knew that if they got ahead of me they would go away. At the last corner Markus tried to pass and he almost got me because my rear slid out and I lost the drive. I stood up on the footrests and just pushed the nose across the line.” Fifth man home was Lorenzo, not happy with the result but knowing that he still had the Championship lead though only by two points. “The bike just did not seem to accelerate that well today so I had to work hard just to hang on to the other guys and get fifth.” In Beautiful sunshine it was local hero Reiterberger who shot off the line first but Zarco stole the lead up the inside going into the first corner. A corner later American Kris Turner was in the dirt and after a few more Spain’s Luis Salom crash out of sixth. End of lap one and it was Zarco from Beaubier and Reiterberger. Then Gull moved into third ahead of a four man battle while Britain’s Stuart Mitchell crashed on lap two at high speed. Starting the second lap Beaubier looked over his shoulder to see a two second gap to Gull, Trabalon, Reiterberger and Savadori. German Lucy Gloeckner had a moment of drama and went from eight to eighteenth and lost twenty seconds while Carrillo and Fagerhaug crashed on lap 4. Onto lap 5 the leading duo had a three second advantage. Back in the pack Americans JD Beach and Turner were trying to make up ground from 16th and 17th respectively. With the leading pair lapping half a second quicker than their pursuers but a second slower than Zarco’s pole time there was a question of who had what up their sleeve for the last laps. Gull continued to hold the advantage in third leading Trabalon, Reiterberger and Savadori. Kartheininger lay seventh half a second ahead of Hoyle with the next man Cholbi twelve seconds adrift of him and leading a five man battle for ninth. Trabalon was in the dirt with a mechanical problem on lap nine leaving three men to contest third. Kartheininger slid off at turn one on lap ten, lost 17 seconds and rejoined 7th, four and a half seconds ahead of Sembera. In the second half of the race Gloeckner started to lap well quicker than those around her and by the end of lap twelve had charged through to twelfth. She finally finished ninth. Five laps to go and the battle for the lead was almost side by side across the line. The battle for third between Gull and Reiterberger was just as hot with Savadori watching just half a second behind. The last lap and Beaubier was right on Zarco’s tail, he chased him and went inside into the fast sweeper at the bottom of the long hill at the second to last corner. Zarco had a good look at passing him back at the final turn but Beaubier kept his head and the lead. Gull held of an equally determined attack from Reiterberger at the last corner to take the final podium place.

2007 FIM 125cc GP World Championship Sachsenring, Germany July 14, 2007 Final Qualifying Results: 1. Gabor TALMACSI (Aprilia), 1:26.839 2. Mattia PASINI (Aprilia), 1:27.255 3. Hector FAUBEL (Aprilia), 1:27.266 4. Bradley SMITH (Honda), 1:27.576 5. Lukas PESEK (Derbi), 1:27.706 6. Sandro CORTESE (Aprilia), 1:27.728 7. Simone CORSI (Aprilia), 1:27.798 8. Randy KRUMMENACHER (KTM), 1:27.829 9. Sergio GADEA (Aprilia), 1:27.839 10. Esteve RABAT (Honda), 1:28.094 30. Steve BONSEY (KTM), 1:29.712

2007 FIM MotoGP World Championship Sachsenring, Germany July 14, 2007 Free Practice Three Results: 1. Casey STONER (Ducati), Bridgestone, 1:22.656 2. Loris CAPIROSSI (Ducati), Bridgestone, 1:23.013 3. Marco MELANDRI (Honda), Bridgestone, 1:23.170 4. Randy DE PUNIET (Kawasaki), Bridgestone, 1:23.202 5. Carlos CHECA (Honda), Michelin, 1:23.220 6. John HOPKINS (Suzuki), Bridgestone, 1:23.339 7. Valentino ROSSI (Yamaha), Michelin, 1:23.347 8. Colin EDWARDS (Yamaha), Michelin, 1:23.380 9. Chris VERMEULEN (Suzuki), Bridgestone, 1:23.408 10. Nicky HAYDEN (Honda), Michelin, 1:23.454 11. Anthony WEST (Kawasaki), Bridgestone, 1:23.585 12. Alex BARROS (Ducati), Bridgestone, 1:23.590 13. Sylvain GUINTOLI (Yamaha), Dunlop, 1:23.617 14. Dani PEDROSA (Honda), Michelin, 1:23.653 15. Michel FABRIZIO (Honda), Bridgestone, 1:23.701 16. Alex HOFMANN (Ducati), Bridgestone, 1:23.764 17. Makoto TAMADA (Yamaha), Dunlop, 1:23.806 18. Shinya NAKANO (Honda), Michelin, 1:23.935 19. Kurtis ROBERTS (KR-Honda), Michelin, 1:25.097 Best Combined Practice Times: 1. Stoner, 1:22.656 2. Capirossi, 1:23.013 3. Rossi, 1:23.083 4. Melandri, 1:23.170 5. De Puniet, 1:23.202 6. Checa, 1:23.220 7. Hopkins, 1:23.339 8. Pedrosa, 1:23.366 9. Edwards, 1:23.380 10. Guintoli, 1:23.387 11. Vermeulen, 1:23.408 12. Hayden, 1:23.454 13. Barros, 1:23.548 14. West, 1:23.585 15. Fabrizio, 1:23.701 16. Hofmann, 1:23.764 17. Tamada, 1:23.806 18. Nakano, 1:23.935 19. Roberts, 1:25.097

After a thrilling day’s practice Frenchman Johann Zarco sits on pole position ahead of arch rival and championship leader Lorenzo Savadori. Completing the front row are American Cameron Beaubier and Spain’s Christian Trabalon. Practice at Sachsenring in Northern Germany for the fifth round of the eight race Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was blessed with a dry track all day. Thanks to only minor falls twenty three Rookies will line up for Saturday’s race at 16:15. “That was great said Zarco,” I have to thank my mechanic and the WP engineer. Some changes to the rear suspension after the first session really helped and I could go quicker and quicker as I got more confident with the track. I have just got to try and make a good start tomorrow and try to hang on to the lead.” concluded the Frenchman who lies second in the championship chase. “That was so much fun,” said Beaubier, “It’s a great track but slippery, I was sliding around everywhere. It is not easy to get it right, especially the first section. It is so tight and all the corners are close together, you just have to be on the right line.” Second Qualifier Savadori agreed that the track demanded a lot. “I like it but it is not easy to get right. For me the hardest thing is that a lot of the fast corners have blind exits, going in you just do not know how much track there is to use.” The morning non qualifying session was shortened to twenty minutes because of track cleaning and was even shorter for American Cameron Beaubier who’s bike stopped at the end of lap one. That still left two thirty minute timed session in the afternoon. In the first session three of the Germans were setting the early pace; Lucy Gloeckner, Markus Reiterberger and Daniel Kartheininger. Fellow countryman Christoph Schönberger was more cautious, back on the bike after recovering from the broken left collarbone he sustained in a mountain bike accident. Deane Browne fell early in the first afternoon session due to mechanical problems, something that he had also done in the morning and banged his right elbow both times. Another early afternoon faller was Assen podium man Kris Turner. “I tried to go around Mossey and he was late turning in so I lost the front trying to keep it on the track going up the hill,” said the American, dusty but unhurt. As the pace quickened it was Gloeckner and Spaniard Cristian Trabalon pushing things along closely followed by Johann Zarco and Spain’s Luis Salom. With eight minutes remaining Trabalon became the first rider into the 1m 32 second bracket and really set the standard. With less than five minutes to go Kartheininger was second fastest but crashed trying to make up the half second deficit to Trabalon. Further down the field Czech Lukas Sembera also fell. Swede Robert Gull was in the picture throughout the session and moved to third with two minutes to go, just ahead of Championship leader Lorenzo Savadori who had made his way steadily up the leaderboard through the period. Frenchman Cyril Carrillo was fifth ahead of Salom and Gloeckner. Beaubier was the first of the front runners to improve on his previous session time and he managed that on lap three, moving himself up to fourth. Then the official live timing system failed to update to the monitors so it was a case of waiting for the end of the session to see who was quickest. With half the session run Carrillo’s bike stopped with a technical problem. Suddenly with three minutes remaining the timing came back. By then Zarco was fastest ahead of Savadori and Beaubier.

The San Jose BMW team that won the VIR round of the inaugural SunTrust MOTO-ST Championship has pulled out of a 500-kilometer race scheduled for Saturday on the infield road course at Iowa Speedway, in Newton, Iowa, on the grounds that the track is too dangerous for motorcycle racing. “We’ve pulled out of the race,” San Jose BMW lead rider Brian Parriott told Roadracingworld.com via cell phone Friday evening. “It’s too dangerous for a motorcycle to go around this f””king place. We’re going around a Turn One and Two banking situation similar to that of PIR [Phoenix International Raceway], is what it reminds me of.” In the past, motorcycle races have been held on road courses at speedway ovals, using parts of the banked speedways as turns, but few events on similar tracks are still held. “It’s real bad,” Parriott said of riding his 117-horsepower BMW R 1200 S around Turns One and Two of Iowa Speedway’s 7/8-mile Tri-Oval. “Lots of lean angle, knee on the ground, top of fifth gear and no protection on the wall whatsoever, no haybales, no nothing. You enter about mid-bank and then swoop down to the bottom. Then on the exit you come all the way out to the wall again. “I did about eight laps in practice and almost binned it into the wall with just a small mistake, a small wheelslip. I just got off the bike and said, ‘Forget it.’ And the hard tire wasn’t working for the bike in the right-hander, because you’re on the left for the whole lap and you finally get to the one right-hander that they have and the tire’s cold and there’s a wall there. It’s about 30-40 feet [off the track]. You’re only in second [gear] and you probably wouldn’t get to it. But you’re staring at a wall and the tires are loose”¦” Parriott said he and other racers looked into slowing the first section of track down with an artificial chicane, but with only 20 feet of apron to work with, “it looks pretty much impossible to do. “The Aprilia team [Aprilia USA 2], they’re leading the points,” continued Parriott. “We were talking before we even got on the bikes that they would pull out if the top three would pull and it wouldn’t affect points. But the third place guys, Vallely Racing, they wouldn’t pull out. They want to do the race. So in turn, Aprilia is gonna do the race, and I guess I’m the pussy, right? (Tom) Montano [Parriott’s teammate] also said he’s not gonna do it. If I’m not gonna do it, he’s not gonna do it. He’s a veteran Isle of Man contender, and he doesn’t feel it’s safe enough, either. “I hope it doesn’t happen, but somebody’s gonna get hurt. And there’s a CCS race in three weeks time that comes here, and they’re gonna have 1000s out here. “I really think a MOTO-ST official should say this really isn’t a motorcycle track and we should not do it. Have a different outlook than the AMA does,” continued Parriott, who has not competed in an AMA event in recent years. “It’s not just an event that they can make money at. It’s an event where they can keep the riders safe and happy and everybody wants to go around and have a race. They should differentiate themselves from the AMA.” Parriott added that the San Jose BMW team may start the race and do a few laps in order to earn some entry fees back and get some points. Aprilia USA 2’s Ty Howard, the fastest man during practice at Iowa Speedway, said he agreed with Parriott that the track was not particularly safe for motorcycles, saying, “Yeah, for sure. I wouldn’t want to be on anything faster than my Aprilia, that’s for sure. We’re entering that corner [NASCAR Turn One] at 140 mph on the speedometer dragging a knee. We’re accelerating going into it. I probably wouldn’t have to slow down going into it unless I wanted to. “It’s a three-lane NASCAR track. So figure three lanes on the highway and it’s about the same thing. We’re running right around between the first and second lanes. So if we crash we’ll hit the wall in about 20 feet. And there’s no protection at all on the wall. It’s definitely not a place you want to crash.” Howard said the transition from the speedway’s back straightaway to the infield portion was similar to the transition into the infield road course at Pikes Peak International Raceway but with some significant differences. “Coming off the back straightaway, you’ve got a good wall right there,” on rider’s right, said Howard. “I’m kicking fifth gear going down in there. There’s not a whole lot of room for error. Luckily, we’ve got about four or five Airfence right there and there’s two more down deep in the corner. But all of that is not real safe. You’ve got to use a little control through all of that. If there were no walls there I would probably be three or four seconds faster. “It’s a lot like Pikes Peak, but it’s a lot more extreme than Pike’s Peak. We’re a lot straighter to the back straightaway at Pike’s Peak. Here, we’re really having to turn pretty hard.” And that section of track leads to a hard-braking zone with a tight left-hand turn that has little run-off room before another wall. “Like 30 feet off of the track there’s a steel wall,” said Howard. “There’s a tire wall, some Airfence and about a 20-foot-wide gravel trap there. It might slow you down a couple mph before you nail the wall.” Howard said his team, like several others, was willing to sit out the race, but Vallely Racing Suzuki, which runs two teams in the series and has a mathematical shot at the overall Championship, would not join “the boycott.” “I came back [Thursday] night and everyone accosted me quite unexpectedly,” said Tom Vallely, who is a back-up rider as well as being a Team Owner. “I noticed that the MOTO-ST guys were there with all these guys hanging around them. They were talking this and that and the dangers and these things like that. I said, ‘Whoa! Whoa! We haven’t even been on the track yet.’ “So one of the guys asks me point blank, ‘Would you go with a boycott?’ ‘Absolutely not. I’ve already talked to my guys. We’ve got a plan, and I will not boycott it.’ “The town is unbelievably behind this thing. You cannot believe the excitement around here. You can’t believe the crowd here tonight. It’s unbelievable. If you boycott this thing without giving it a chance, that would be the end of the series. No promoter would touch this thing. Like any oval there’s always a risk, but what’s not a risk? You know what I’m saying? Yeah, it could be something better, but the real truth of the matter is it’s more than acceptable.” “It is what it is,” said veteran racer Jimmy Filice, who came out of retirement to run the MOTO-ST series with teammate Jay Springsteen. “I can compare it to maybe Phoenix International or maybe Charlotte. There’s some high-risk areas. We’re running a 650, so the bigger bikes have more of an issue. But we’re all carrying about the same mid-corner speed there [NASCAR Turns One and Two]. “We went out and tried to make some suggestions and look at the racetrack Thursday, the first day of practice, but there’s really no options to make it any different. The risk was basically the same. Everything’s been pretty good so far. Everybody, I think, is aware of it and just trying to be safe with it. But there’s risks everywhere, I feel. “The organization is trying to work with us the best they can, but there’s not a lot of options. There’s some riders who feel it’s just way too risky for them. I fear it, sure, but I fear a lot of different places. But it’s something where we need to try and take care of each other and not race so hard through this area. My son’s racing in this, and I’m nervous for him, of course. I feel everything will go well as long there’s no incident in that corner, no engine failure. And that, I feel, is the biggest risk we have at this point. It’s tough. My goal is to have everyone walk away from here tomorrow night and have a good race and put on a good professional show for all of these fans.” MOTO-ST Race Director Colin Fraser was not on site in Iowa because he was attending to his duties as head of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship this weekend at Mosport. But Roadracingworld.com contacted MOTO-ST founder (and President of Grand American Road Racing) Roger Edmondson at Iowa Speedway for his reaction to San Jose BMW pulling out of the race due to concerns over safety. “I don’t have any problem with any rider, any time, anywhere determining they are not comfortable with the racetrack and withdrawing their participation,” said Edmondson. “That’s a God-given right and it’s a sanctioning body-recognized given right. In other words, we’ve got provisions in our rules for people to make their own decision whether or not a course suits them, and this case it obviously doesn’t suit Brian [Parriott].” Asked if he thinks Iowa Speedway is safe for motorcycles to race on, Edmondson said, “I think, first off, there isn’t any safe racetrack. Certainly, every racetrack could be better, but in this particular situation I think we have a brand new facility holding their first-ever motorcycle event and I believe everything that could be done has been done to make it as safe as possible. “The corner that Brian [Parriott] is having a problem with is an 80-mph corner, according to all the data we have here from the timing systems and from the radar guns. And that’s certainly not an insignificant amount of speed. So if it makes him uncomfortable, if in his view it’s too risky to race it I have to respect that. On the other hand, I think it’s important to respect the opinion of all the other guys who are finding a way to be professional about this and move forward and get the race done.” The SunTrust MOTO-ST 500K at Iowa Speedway is the featured race Saturday at the track during a weekend that also includes a race for Rolex Daytona Protoypes, Friday night, and a Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series, Saturday afternoon. Use this link to view a map of Iowa Speedway: ~http://www.iowaspeedway.com/pdfs/SpeedwayMap.pdf~ The Airfence deployed at Iowa Speedway was issued to ASRA/CCS by the Roadracing World Action Fund, and is on loan to Grand American Road Racing for this event.

BOWMANVILLE, ON – Maple Ridge, B.C.’s Steve Crevier claimed pole position for this weekend’s pair of Parts Canada Superbike Championship races at Mosport International Raceway Friday and came within a whisker of breaking the lap record in the process. The ageless six-time national Superbike champion took his Team Toyota Yamaha / Fast Company Yamaha YZF-R1 around the 3.9km (2.459-mile) circuit in one minute, 21.165 seconds, just failing to break the track record of 1:21.160 set by Pascal Picotte in 2005. The performance gave the 41-year-old Crevier his first $500 Inside Motorcycles Pole Position Award of the year and four points toward the Parts Canada Superbike title chase. Series leader Jordan Szoke of Brantford, Ont., who swept both Mosport races last year, will start second in this weekend’s races after setting a time of 1:21.451 on his Canadian Kawasaki Motors Kawasaki ZX-10R, good for three championship points. Kevin Lacombe of Granby, Que. qualified third with a 1:21.649 aboard the Team Toyota Yamaha / Brooklin Cycle Yamaha YZF-R1. “We seem to have turned things around,” said Crevier, whose best finish this year has been a fourth. “We’ve learned a bit about the bike, sort of figured some things out. The lap times are pretty tight and I was certainly pushing. But I’m pretty confident we’ve got a good race set-up.” Szoke topped the session most of the way after turning a lap of 1:21.699 in the opening moments. He managed to lower his time in the closing 10 minutes but crashed in turn 9 near the end. “It was my fault. As soon as I hit the brakes I just tucked the front. I was pushing maybe a little too hard,” said Szoke, winner of the first three races of the 2007 Parts Canada Superbike season. “But the bike is good and my race pace is always good. We did a lot of laps there at the end in the 21s.” Cochrane, Alta.’s Clint McBain will complete the front row for this weekend’s Superbike races after recording a time of 1:21.845 on his Suzuki Acceleration Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000. Nepean, Ont.’s Andrew Nelson will head the second row on his Z1 Cycletech Yamaha YZF-R1, ahead of the Team Suzuki / Blackfoot / Picotte Performance Suzuki GSX-R1000 of Picotte and 15-year-old Brett McCormick on the second Canadian Kawasaki Motors Kawasaki ZX-10R. Picotte’s performance was quite impressive as he is nursing injuries sustained at the previous round. Crevier also claimed the Inside Motorcycles Pole Award for this weekend’s pair of Yoshimura Pro 600 Sport Bike races with a time of 1:23.202 on his Yamaha YZF-R6. Szoke was a close second at 1:23.212 aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R and Nelson placed third at 1:23.927 riding his Yamaha YZF-R6. Toronto racer Paul Penzo qualified on pole for the Thunder twins class at a record time of 1:28.445 aboard his Ducati Hypermotard and Montreal’s Martin Grande led Suzuki SV650 National Cup qualifying at 1:33.956. Bolton, Ont.’s Tim Chemello led practice for the International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW Amateur 600 Sport Bike competitors with a time of 1:27.743 on his Yamaha YZF-R6. Catherine Nadeau of Lachine, Que. paced qualifying for the Pro Honda Oils Women’s Cup Challenge with a 1:30.248 on her Yamaha YZF-R6. The Amateur 600 riders will qualify Saturday for a race on Sunday. The remaining classes will hold their first races of the weekend Saturday afternoon. Practice starts at 9:00 a.m. For more series information, visit www.cdnsuperbike.com Starting line-up for this weekend’s fourth and fifth rounds of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Mosport International Raceway, showing starting position, rider name, hometown, type of motorcycle and qualifying time: 1. Steve Crevier, Maple Ridge, B.C., Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:21.165 2. Jordan Szoke, Brantford, Ont., Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:21.451 3. Kevin Lacombe, Granby, Que., Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:21.649 4. Clint McBain, Cochrane, Alta., Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:21.845 5. Andrew Nelson, Nepean, Ont., Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:21.862 6. Pascal Picotte, Granby, Que., Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:21.983 7. Brett McCormick, Saskatoon, Sask., Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:21.998 8. Francis Martin, Sherbrooke, Que., Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:22.105 9. Frank Trombino, Vaughan, Ont., Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:22.884 10. Csaba Werner, North York, Ont., Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:22.888 11. Erick Beausejour, Val Senneville, Que., Honda CBR1000RR, 1:23.151 12. Matthew McBride, Mississauga, Ont., Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:23.436 13. Jean-Paul Tache, North Bay, Ont., Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:24.745 14. Yoshi Hamaguchi, Toronto, Ont., Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:25.976 15. Dave Young, Woodstock, Ont., Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:26.032 16. Dany Jourdain, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:26.384 17. Sean Heydorn, Stouffville, Ont., Honda CBR600RR, 1:26.679 18. Zenon Nelson, Bowmanville, Ont., Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:26.886 19. Ross Millson, Hamilton, Ont., Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:27.516 20. Elie Daccache, Ottawa, Ont., Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:27.536 21. Larry Orde, Peterborough, Ont., Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:27.549 22. Chris Murray-Audain, Scarborough, Ont., Kawasaki ZX10R, 1:27.723 23. Franklyn Dominguez, Santo Domingo, D.R., Kawasaki ZX-6R, 1:27.851 24. Alain Campagna, Macouche, Que., Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:27.913 25. Stephane Chabot, Oshawa, Ont., Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:28.011 26. Craig Atkinson, Toronto, Ont., Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:28.075 27. Jeremy Stepper, Calgary, Alta., Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:28.623 28. Terry Steeves, Dartmouth, N.S., Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:29.003 29. Mark MacDonald, Sydney, N.S., Kawasaki ZX-6R, 1:31.560 30. Dean Plater, Ottawa, Ont., Kawasaki ZX-6R, 1:31.869 31. Andrew Dunlap, Truro, N.S., Kawasaki ZX-6R, No Time 32. Dan Kruger, Montreal, Que., Kawasaki ZX-6R, No Time

2007 SunTrust MOTO-ST Championship Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa June 13, 2007 Provisional Practice Results: 1. Aprilia USA 2 (Ty Howard/ Troy Green/Henry Wiles), Apr RSV1000 Tuono, SST, 48.329 seconds 2. Team Rightsforbikers.com Suzuki 69 (Mark Crozier/Nathan Dressman), Suz SV1000S, SST, 49.113 seconds 3. Vallely Racing Suzuki 32 (Mike Himmelsbach/Chris Pyles), Suz SV1000S, SST, 49.525 seconds 4. Team Florida Ducati (Rodolfo Ramirez/Armando Ferrer/Gustavo Laya), Duc 749R, SST, 49.627 seconds 5. Team Motorrad Touring Sport BMW (James Chance III/Brad Hendry), BMW R 1200 S, SST, 49.961 seconds 6. Vallely Racing Suzuki 33 (David Hudson/David Loikits), Suz SV1000S, SST, 50.159 seconds 7. Richie Morris Racing Buell (Shawn Higbee/Dan Bilansky), Buell XB12R, GST, 50.395 seconds 8. San Jose BMW (Brian Parriott/Tom Montano), BMW R 1200 S, SST, 50.431 seconds 9. Pair-A-Nines Kawasaki 9 (Jay Springsteen/Jimmy Filice), Kaw EX650R, ST, 50.468 seconds 10. Speedwerks.com Suzuki (Brian Kcraget/Scott Ryan), Suz SV650, ST, 50.635 seconds More, from a press release issued by Grand American Road Racing: Aprilia Tops Tight Field During First Official Practice at Iowa Speedway NEWTON, Iowa (July 13, 2007) The first official practice session for Round 5 of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa concluded with the No. 6 Aprilia USA 2 team fastest overall and first in the Buell Motorsports Company SST class. Ty Howard set the fastest lap time of 48.329 seconds (96.836 mph) early in his short session on the machine, then let teammates Troy Green and Henry Wiles continue set-up for Saturday’s race. Close behind came the No. 69 RightsforBikers.com team of Mark Crozier and Nathan Dressman on their Suzuki SV1000 with a 49.113 (95.290 mph) lap time on the 1.3 mile circuit. The No. 32 Vallely Racing entry of Mike Himmelsbach and Chris Pyles slotted into third with a lap time of 49.525 (94.498) on their Suzuki SV1000. First in the BMW GST class and seventh overall with a time of 50.395 seconds (92.866 mph) was the No. 8 Richie Morris Racing Buell XB12 of Shawn Higbee and Dan Bilansky, with Shawn riding the Iowa Speedway course today for the first time. The No. 70 James Gang Racing Buell XB12 of Paul James and Jeff Johnson turned a lap time of 51.666 seconds (90.582 mph), with the No. 89 RightsforBikers Ducati PS1000LE of Chris Boy, John Linder and C.J. Czaia close behind with a 51.909 (90.158 mph). The ST class continued to be a dogfight with the top three teams bunched together on the timesheets. The No. 9 Pair-A-Nines Kawasaki EX650 turned a 50.468 (92.732 mph) to post the fastest ST class time and 9th overall with Jay Springsteen and Jimmy Filice at the controls. The No. 87 SpeedWerks.com Suzuki SV650 of Brian Kcraget and Scott Ryan were nipping at their heels throughout the session, turning in a best lap of 50.635 seconds (92.426 mph). Right behind them was the ST class No. 16 RightsforBikers.com entry of Justin Filice (Jimmy Filice’s son) and Robert Fisher with a lap time of 51.178 seconds (91.446 mph) on their Suzuki SV650. A 45-minute warm-up tomorrow morning at 9:50 a.m. precedes the start of the Iowa Speedway 500K scheduled for Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. Following this event, the 2007 SunTrust MOTO-ST Series season will conclude with the 8 Hours At Daytona Finale, October 19-20 at Daytona International Speedway. MOTO-ST is organized and sanctioned by Professional Motorsports Productions (PMP) of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the Grand American Road Racing Association, based in Daytona Beach, Fla., provides the series with administrative and commercial support. The MOTO-ST advisory board features some of the most respected individuals in the world of motorsports, including Hall of Fame members, respected motorcycle racing journalists and renowned officials from various forms of road racing. Learn more about MOTO-ST at www.moto-st.com.

Rizla Suzuki’s Chris Walker was ninth and Cal Crutchlow 10th after today’s two water-logged 50-minute-long practice sessions for the eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park in Cheshire. Set against a backdrop of unrelenting heavy rain, the riders had to cope with a much delayed first practice session after oil and water mixed on the 2.69-mile long circuit forcing the organisers to clean the surface. ‘Stalker’ and Crutchlow made steady progress throughout the day, improving their lap times progressively in the treacherous conditions. Honda’s Jonathan Rea was fastest. Due to noise restrictions, racing at the eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship starts slightly later than normal, with the premier class taking to the track at 1350 on Sunday, July 15th. Chris Walker: “I rode my Rizla Suzuki as hard as I could in the wet conditions. The circuit was soaked with water and it made riding both difficult and dangerous. That many bikes fell down at Druids it looked like a bike park. I’m hoping it will be dry tomorrow.” Cal Crutchlow: “My only issue was my Rizla Suzuki was backing in a lot and that was because of the wet weather reducing grip and not allowing my slipper clutch to work properly. We changed the settings on the clutch late in the day and that sorted it straight away.” Simon Buckmaster – Team Manager: “It’s been a very wet and difficult day for Rizla Suzuki. Both riders improved as the day wore on and there is more to come – ideally we want to be on the first or the second row of the grid for the races.” Friday Practice Times: 1: Jonathan Rea (Honda) 1:45.431 2: Karl Harris (Honda) +0.471 3: Leon Haslam (Ducati) +1.456 4: Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) +2.050 5: Tom Sykes (Honda) +2.220 6: Gregorio Lavilla (Ducati) +2.597 7: Michael Rutter (Kawasaki) +2.852 8: Shane Byrne (Honda) +2.921 9: Chris Walker (Rizla Suzuki) +3.907 10: Cal Crutchlow (Rizla Suzuki) +4.067