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Nate Kern On A BMW R1200S Fitted With A New Valve Train

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Nate Kern On A BMW R1200S Fitted With A New Valve Train

American Nate Kern rode a BMW R1200S fitted with a new valve train at Le Mans over the weekend, and the bike is believed to be using overhead cams instead of high cams and short pushrods as previously seen on the new generation Boxer engines. Kern served as a reserve rider and did not actually get on the bike during the race, although he did 33 laps in practice. A press release issued by BMW after the race follows: 2007 World Endurance Championship Round 1, Le Mans, France – April 21/22 Crowd: 90,000. Weather: Dry, sunny 19-25 C. BMW BACK WITH A FLOURISH! BMW returned to world championship motorcycle racing with a flourish at the gruelling Le Mans 24 hour race, ending with a win in their class and a highly impressive 16th overall on their Sportsboxer bike. Despite being down on horsepower compared to their rivals, riders Thomas Hinterreiter, Rico Penzkofer and Marcus Barth and hustled the twin round the 4.180 kilometre Bugatti circuit, entertaining the sun-soaked spectators with their late-braking manoeuvres and speed through the turns. Throughout the twenty-four hours and 776 laps, the bike’s twin-cylinder engine never missed a beat. Considering that the bike has only had one shakedown test, and that most of the top teams did not suffer any grave misfortunes or DNFs, to finish sixteenth overall was a tremendous result and one that will give the whole team a huge boost for the season ahead. Marcus Barth It is an amazing result and it’s down to the way that the whole team has worked so well together. The three of us riders put in very close and consistent lap times – probably we were closer to each other then any other threesome – and that made us very competitive. I am very, very happy with this result because, before the race I thought that we’d do well to finish between 20th and 25th place. So to get 16th is super. I want to thank all the mechanics and everybody involved because they all played an important part. Considering we were down on horsepower, I think we’ve done really well. We were good on the brakes and in the turns, but on the exits our horsepower disadvantage showed. I’d pass riders on the brakes and then could only sit and watch them go past me on the straights time and time again. I had no problems at all during the race – apart from a bit of a sore neck – and now I want to celebrate a little with the rest of the team. Thomas Hinterreiter This is a perfect start to this new challenge and I’m so happy because I never would’ve believed that we’d finish as high up as we did. Le Mans is a very tough race and most, if not all, of our rivals had much faster bikes, so to do what we did is great. We knew we’d be at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the field, but this is part of the challenge. I didn’t have any problems during the race and I actually felt that the bike was getting better the longer the race wore on! We’ve not had much time with is bike before coming to Le Mans, so this result makes me very, very happy. Rico Penzkofer I’m very happy with this fantastic performance and result in this tough race. I was thinking about a top twenty-five place before this weekend, so we did very well to finish sixteenth. Not many good teams crashed out or retired, so our sixteenth was through our own hard work and effort. Our bike is very good on the brakes and quick in the corners; we just lose out on top speed and acceleration out of the turns, but that’s to be expected considering that we’re quite a bit down on horsepower and our bike is heavier than our rivals. The team have done absolutely perfect work and the team spirit has been super. This is a great start to the season and it gives us confidence for the next race. Berti Hauser (Director of BMW Motorrad Motorsport) After five years of the Boxer Cup, we wanted a new challenge and we also wanted to give something back to the fans. We wanted to do a big race and knew we couldn’t do Superbike with this bike (because of the regulations) so we chose probably the toughest discipline of all – Endurance! Le Mans is probably the most famous and also the toughest race, with many strong teams, so we knew this wasn’t going to be easy. I never expected we’d finish in the top sixteen and I am both happy and delighted with this performance. The team’s motivation and spirit has been super throughout and this result is a great reward for everybody’s hard work and efforts. From this race we’ve got a lot of ideas to work on and we know we can improve this bike for the next challenge.

Another Assen World Superbike Preview

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Another Assen World Superbike Preview

Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra news 2007 Superbike World Championship Preview: Round 5, Assen, Netherlands – 29th April MAX AND YUKIO READY FOR ASSEN Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Max Biaggi and team mate Yukio Kagayama are looking forward to Assen for different reasons. For Max it will be another chance to put pressure on current series leader James Toseland in his title challenge. For Yukio, it will be a chance to end a disappointing run and get back his form and confidence. Although Max has raced many times at Assen before, this will be his first time on the newly revised circuit, so he will have to start all over from scratch when practice first begins. Yukio rode the revised track last year, failing to finish the first race, which was held in atrocious conditions, but he made up for that by taking a superb fourth in race two. Max I like Assen, but I don’t know how it will be for me now because the circuit has changed since the last time I was there. Most of the Superbike regulars were there last year, so I will be at a small disadvantage because I will have to relearn the track before I can push hard. But normally I learn tracks pretty quick, so I don’t think it’ll be a big problem. I am enjoying this Superbike format a lot and I have no problems at all doing two races a day. It gives you two chances to do well, so if you miss out in the first race, there is always the second to do a good job. Yukio Normally I like Assen, but last year’s first race was not so good because of the very bad weather. The rain was terrible and there was much standing water on the track and that made it very difficult. The second was much better and I had a good fight with Bayliss for most of the race. This year has been a bit strange for me and I have missed too many races because of injury. My aim for Assen is to have a good qualifying, be right up with the top guys in both races and score some good points. I need two good finishes for sure. 2006 results Race 1: 1 Walker (GB-Kawasaki), 2 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha), 3 Fabrizio (I-Honda), Yukio Kagayama (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) DNF, Race 2: 1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati), 2 Pitt, 3 Nieto (E-Kawasaki) , 4 Yukio Kagayama (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) DNF.

Updated: MOTO-ST Moves To VIR’s Long Course This Weekend

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Updated: MOTO-ST Moves To VIR’s Long Course This Weekend

SunTrust MOTO-ST Series Teams Ready to Battle for Points DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — When Round 3 of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series roars to life April 27-29 at Virginia International Raceway, teams will be ready to take to the track in an all out battle for victory and points. Showcasing non-stop action-packed two-wheeled racing complete with pit stops, the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series features three classes; The Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins class (SST), the BMW Grand Sport Twins class (GST) producing 75-90 and Sport Twins (ST) for machines under 75 horsepower. With two out of six races completed (Daytona and Homestead), the points are incredibly close and every team is determined to grab a stronger foothold in the standings. Tied for first in SST with 67 points are Aprilia USA 2 (Aprilia Tuono 1000R) piloted by Ty Howard and Troy Green and Roadracingworld.com (Suzuki SV1000S) with riders Lee Acree and Mark Junge. Each team has won one event with Aprilia taking a first at Daytona and a second at Homestead and Roadracingworld.com grabbing a second at Daytona and a first at Homestead. Just 13 points behind is Vallely Racing (Suzuki SV 1000S) with Mike Himmelsbach and Tom Vallely. In fourth, 17 points behind the leader is San Jose BMW (BMW R1200) with pilots Nate Kern and Brian Parriott and in fifth, 19 points back, is Team Motorrad Touring Sport BMW (BMW R1200) with Frank Shockley, Ivan Messina and James Chance. In the GST class, the points are even tighter with Richie Morris Racing (Buell XB12) leading with 65 points, Touring Sport Ducati (Ducati Supersport 1000DS) in second with 64 points and RPM Motorsports/Keesee Racing (Ducati Multistrada 1000DS) holding down third with 63 points. Last, but not least, in ST the Pair-A-Nines (Kawasaki EX650) team holds an eight-point lead over GoBigRacing (Suzuki SV650). Featuring riders from the United States, Canada and Europe, the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series is not just about the rider and machine. It is truly a team sport with the entire crew playing an all-important part. Just like in NASCAR, pit stops can make the difference between winning and losing. Pitting approximately every 40 minutes for fuel and/or tires and rider changes, each stop is critical. At Homestead, the San Jose BMW team had to make three unscheduled pit stops and due to their excellent teamwork, they still managed to come in third. That’s what great pit stops are all about. A three-hour action packed event, fans will thrill to the action both off and on the track when the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series swings into Virginia International Raceway. In addition to VIR, the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series will also include the Road America 500K, July 7-8 at Road America, the Iowa Speedway 500K at Iowa Speedway July 12-13, 2007 and 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 . More, from a press release issued by VIR: Two and Four-Wheeled Excitement Coming to VIRginia International Raceway DANVILLE, VA., – The most exciting combination of two and four-wheeled race vehicles will be bringing their thrilling races to VIRginia International Raceway April 27-29. The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve VIR400 will be contested by the sleek and exotic Daytona Prototype sports cars in Sunday afternoon’s featured race. Starting at 1:00 PM, the race promised to continue the tradition of tight competition and close finishes that earned last year’s race at VIR the honor of being selected the ‘Rolex Moment of the Year’ after young driver Mike Rockenfeller took advantage of a momentary interference by slower cars to pass the race leader and go on to take the checkered flag. While Max Angelelli and Scott Pruett, running one-two as the trio approached the finish, banged doors as they approached a slower GT car, Rockenfeller slipped through into the lead and headed only the final three turns of the 3.27-mile track. “The VIR win will go down as one of my finest racing memories,” said Rockenfeller, who teamed with co-driver Patrick Long to claim the victory. “You see these bits on the racing highlight clips all of the time; now I am in one!” he said after learning of the honor. Don’t worry about exotic powerplants either. The engines in these prototype racers come from household names such as Pontiac and Ford, as well as BMW, Porsche and Lexus. While there are several engine and chassis manufacturers, the group’s rules keep things even across the board, further assuring good racing. These are the cars driven in the Daytona 24 Hours by Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Rusty Wallace and other NASCAR drivers as well as Road Racing stars like Max Papis, Scott Pruett, Alex Gurney, Boris Said and Max Angelleli. For fans of motorcycle racing, the SunTrust MOTO-ST series is bringing their ‘Super Twin’ bikes to compete in a 500-kilometer race beginning at 9:00 Sunday morning. MOTO-ST is contested by twin-cylinder cycles closely matched in performance, giving crowds of spectators thrills equal to those provided by the Daytona Prototype cars. With various makes such as Aprilia, BMW, Buell, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Moto Guzzi, Suzuki, Yamaha and more, all competing for overall and class honors. If muscle cars and pony cars are more your taste, then the GT class race Saturday may be just what the doctor ordered. With entries from BMW, Corvette, Ford Mustang, Mazda, Nissan, Pontiac and Porsche, there’s something in the GT race for everyone. The 400-kilometer race for GT cars starts at 4:30 Saturday afternoon, after a full day’s action of practice and qualifying for all the groups, including the two special open-wheeled groups. Joining the Daytona Prototypes, GT cars and MOTO-ST motorcycles will be the open-wheeled formula cars from the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by MAZDA racers and the Star Mazda Championship. Similar in appearance, the two classes are both powered by Mazda four-cylinder engines and provide a starting point for ambitious drivers. The Skip Barber National series features a Masters Division for drivers over the age of 40, competing in the same race but for separate point awards and prize fund. If you like thundering V8s, sports cars, sport-twin motorcycles or just great racing in general, come to VIRginia International Raceway and enjoy the best of all of those in just one weekend. While we enjoy the race action, we feel compelled to recognize the losses suffered last week at Virginia Tech. We ask that each of our spectators remember those who suffered loss in that senseless rampage and join us in a moment of silence before the start of each day’s feature race. Tickets can be purchased online through Wednesday, printed conveniently at home and save the trouble of waiting in line to pick up your tickets at the track. To buy tickets this easy way, just point your web browser to http://www.virclub.com and click on the <<>> button at the top of the screen. You may also point your browser to http://www.etix.com and navigate to the track’s location there. We look forward to seeing you at the races. VIRginia International Raceway is a multi-purpose road racing facility, located just on the Dan River between Danville and South Boston, Virginia. In addition to its 3.27 mile natural-terrain road racing circuit, VIR is the cornerstone of VIR Club, America’s first motorsports country club; the VIR Raceplex Industrial Park; the Plantation Valley Kart Track, a 5/8 mile paved karting circuit; The Lodge at VIR, a 27-room trackside hotel; the VIR Paddock Suites and Garages, with 18 dual-purpose hospitality/lodging units and garages; Camp Motorsport; and the Oak Tree Tavern, a full-service restaurant located within the circa-1840 Plantation Clubhouse. More, from another press release issued by Grand American Road Racing: Vallely Racing Team Owner Can’t Stay Away From Racing DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. When the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series gets underway April 27-29 at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, Vallely Racing will be ready to go for glory. A well-known name in racing, it should come as no surprise that when Tom Vallely sold his motorcycle dealership and relocated from his native northeast to Florida he had trouble stepping away from racing. When it comes to motorsports, the 68-year-old co-owner of Vallely Racing has just about experienced it all, racing open-wheel modifieds, running in the Baja 1000 desert race four times, and overseeing motocross and supercross teams. In his current pursuit, Vallely and his wife Gail own the Vallely Racing Endurance Road Race team, which runs two teams in the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series. “My wife says that I’m on about my eighth life right now,” jokes Vallely, who is based in Flagler Beach, Fla., about 20 minutes north of Daytona. Vallely’s No. 32 Suzuki SV1000S sits third in points in the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class after a fifth place finish in the previous round at Homestead-Miami Speedway April 14. The No. 33 SV1000 is ninth in points following a 10th place finish at Homestead. Vallely got into road racing after he had sold his motorcycle dealership, Cycle Sport Centers, in Danbury, Conn. and moved down to Florida, where he and Gail already owned a house. “I sold the business in 1990 and got out of racing,” recalls Vallely, who ran Kawasaki motocross and Supercross teams through the dealership. “But after a while I got kind of bored.” Through his work with Kawasaki in motocross Vallely had become good friends with top racer Jeff Ward, who after he was finished with dirt bikes moved into a very successful car racing career. Vallely worked with Ward at the Indianapolis 500, and while attending the Rolex 24 At Daytona Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race decided that he would like to race at the famed Florida speedway. After briefly considering running a Grand-Am sports car Vallely settled on motorcycles. He attended the Penguin Roadracing School and in 2004 made his Daytona debut. From there the bug took hold and in 2005 Vallely and his new racing team ran a combination of endurance and sprint events. He took the ASRA GTO endurance championship that year, missing out on the overall title by a single point. When the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series was unveiled for 2006, Vallely thought it would be an ideal venue for his road racing ambitions. With backing from Cycle World of Daytona, he entered two Suzuki SV1000s in the inaugural Eight Hours At Daytona last October, and the team of Chuck Ivey, 17-year-old Josh Day and Frank Trombino finished third overall and in the SST class. The second entry of Matt Lynn, Mike Himmelsbach and Joe Ribeiro was seventh overall and in SST. Vallely has continued with two entries for the full 2007 season. “I thought that was the way to go,” he says. “It gives you some back up, plus there’s the opportunity to transfer information, which we’ve found very useful already.” Himmelsbach and Day placed fourth on the No. 32 Suzuki in March’s season opening DAYTONA USA 300 which, combined with a fifth at Homestead has put the team third in SST points with 54, 13 behind joint leaders Aprilia USA and Roadracingworld.com Suzuki, winners of the first two events. “At Homestead the No. 32 had problems with the transmission, jumping in and out of gear,” Vallely explains. “Plus there were a couple of run-offs. The No. 33 broke a shifter rod right off the bat, second lap, and came back from 27th to finish 10th.” Vallely has been pleased with the pairing of young Day and Himmelsbach, an old racing rival of his, but sees some room for overall improvement from his team. “We’re trying to get a little better strategy in the pits,” he explains. “Josh and Mike are doing a great job, and we can’t do any better with the suspension. Mike Fitzgerald, our suspension guy, is outstanding. In road racing you have to be very, very precise with the suspension, very technical. We’ve got good people helping us along the way.” While Vallely hasn’t ridden either of his bikes yet in a race, he is prepared to step in should the need arise. That could be the case at VIR, as Day has a conflicting racing obligation. Himmelsbach and Trombino are both expected to appear. “I’m the alternate guy on both teams and I’m capable,” says Vallely, who also spent 25 years working as a pilot. “I can always jump in if one of our guys eats a bad sardine or something.” In addition to the VIR 500K, the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series will also include the Road America 500K, July 7-8 at Road America, the Iowa Speedway 500K at Iowa Speedway July 12-13, 2007 and 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.

And Now, The Daily Scam E-mail…

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And Now, The Daily Scam E-mail…

Mrs. Marife C.Derona CREDIT ACCOUNTS OFFICER HEAD OFFICE EQUITABLE PCI BANK TWR. MKT AVENUE. COR.H.V DELA COSTA STR PHILIPPINES EMAIL: [email protected] [email protected] Good Day, Let me start by introducing myself, I am Mrs. Marife Derona CREDIT ACCOUNTS OFFICER EQUITABLE PCI BANK. I am writing you this letter based on the latest development at my bank, which I will like to bring to your personal edification. I am writing you this letter with so much joy and excitement even though my heart goes out to the very powerful and distinguished gentleman who I was fortunate to have worked for and extremely privileged to have known for numerous years. I am a top official in charge of client accounts in EQUITABLE PCI BANK inside the Philippines. In 2001, my client was going through a horrendous divorce in the United States of America and was on the verge of losing most of his estate to his vicious wife. As a result of this alarming predicament, my client came to me with a very brilliant idea. He transferred some funds, ten million two hundred thousand dollars ($10.2m) to a fixed deposit account in my bank under an alias which only the two of us knew about as the confidentiality of the matter was necessary for his protection. Due to his untimely death in early 2002, the funds have been sitting in the account ever since and will continue to do so perpetually unless we do something about it. This is where you come in. I located you through an agency that helps seek people by their email. My client did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I would like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to our client so that you will be able to receive his funds. I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we can come out successful. I will contact the decease attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to my client. All that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide the information below to enable the attorney commence his job. Full Names: Address: Telephone: Age: Nationality: Occupation: After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you. There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we are going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. The allocation of our money will be as follows: 40% ($4.04m) to you for your part in this, 55% for me and my partners and 5% for any unforeseeable expenses. I think this is extremely fair, as you have nothing to lose but just a little time, while on the other hand I am staking my flawless reputation among other things. And besides $4.04 million is not a change. Once you are approved, the entire transaction should take no longer than fourteen working days after which we will go about our daily business, but just millions of dollars richer. As you can see this is easier than taking candy from a baby, but mind you, trust is something that is developed over time and that is something that we do not have. So I have to let you know that it will highly unfeasible to try to run away with the money because even though only you can transfer money in and out of your account, the transfer can only be authorized by my department of which I happen to be the head. The money will be transferred from my bank to an account you will provide. So please, there should be no room for greed because ten million two hundred thousand dollars can quench even the most insatiable desire for the almighty dollar. Again, I will be in charge of everything else. I will assume all responsibilities for this endeavor so you don’t have to worry about any legal ramifications, just what you will do with all that money. Your urgent response is highly anticipated. Please email me through this email; ([email protected] ) for more details on this transaction as soon as possible. Kind regards, Mrs. Marife Derona And here’s another: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL WON!!! MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY TODAY AROUND THE WORLD FROM THE DESK OF E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS.. Reference No:GP 14-M-246-04 BATCH NO: 573881545-NL/2006 WINNER NO: 1 ELECTRONIC E-MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS. 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Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our Promotional Program. This email may contain information which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you ar not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is prohibited.If you have received this electronic transmission in error,please notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the material from your computer. regards, Walter Jones. Lottery Coordinator. SINCERELY, Mrs.Jenneke van Deuren (PROMOTIONS MANAGER). LOTTERY SPONSORS : CHIEF SPONSORS; [email protected] Here’s another one, along with a reply our friend Chris Nugent sent back: From: “rose sohal” Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 1:02 PM Subject: Hello My Dear, Hello My Dear, I am Mrs Rose Sohal from Philipine and I’m married to Dr Patrick Sohal from Kuwait who worked with kuwait Embassy in Cotonou for nine years before he died in the plane crash on Friday,December 26, 2003 with (Beirut-bound charter jet)as you can confirm through this website(http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html) We were married for eleven years without a child. Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($8 Million) Eight Million Us Dollars in a Bank in cotonou,Fed,Rep of enin,Presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank in cotonou,Federal Repubilc of Benin. Recently, I was told by my Doctor to stop doing anything because of my health due to the cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to look for a foreign investor that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein as my late husband has already made the deposit to a foreign associate fully indicated before the bank in Cotonou,Fed,Rep of Benin where the fund was Deposited. However,I want a Trust worthy,reliable and God fearing person that will manage this fund till the next 5 years in any profitable business of your choice in your country.Furthermore,I don’t need any telephone communicationin this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband’s relatives are always around me .I don’t want them to know about this development in acceptance the following requirements stated below are required: 1)Your Full Name and Address 2)Your Marital Status 3)Your Occupation/Profession 4)Your Direct Telephone/Fax Numbers 5)Your Bank Account Particulars where the money will be transffered As soon as i receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank in Cotonou and also the relevant document’s which was issued to my late husband at the day he deposited the money.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.hoping to receive your response immedaitely. EMAIL [email protected], Thanks and Remain blessed in the Lord. I remain yours sincerely. Mrs Rose Sohal (Nugent’s reply follows) Hello Yourself Sweetie Puss Honey Bum So you are ole Doc Paddy’s voice of authority eh? I would have never guessed he was married from the way he carried on. We were together just before he got on that flight.I remember it like yesterday that faithful Dec 26th when we were drinking at the airport lounge. We were having a “bit of the hair” from the Christmas party the night before, (man, for a Satan worshipper Doc could really get his Jesus on), when I told Doc I was going to try one last time to see if I could get the waitress to let me shave her moustache and then pick up another fifth of hooch from duty free for the trip to Beirut. Damned if I didn’t miss the flight. I figured I’d catch up with him in Beirut and get the money he owed me, my end of the $4 mil and change from the UN Aid scam, but…..ah, well, that’s dust in the wind, literally. Didn’t matter much as Bush had sold that WMD hooie and invaded Iraq, and it was time for blondes to become scarce in that neck of the woods. I can’t believe you never had kids with the Doc. Hell, he got everything he ever wagged his weenie at preggers around Kuwait City. Christ, we even discovered the camel he was humping was about 8 months gone before we decided to put her down. It was a tough decision but nobody is that curious. You walk around KCity today and it looks like a Sohal’s family reunion of punks. They all have that characteristic flopped over dog ear look that Doc had that gave him the appearance of an alert Rottweiler. Did you ever see the movie “The Boys from Brazil?” It’s like that but more like The Master’s Voice Race. Sorry to hear about health and the cancer. Hope it’s not with a part you have to use a lot or need every morning, if you know what I mean. Also hope you don’t get stuck in a expensive hospital like my mom. Spent the whole of our savings and then some keeping her there. Left me without an inheritance. Like my father used to tell her, “Hell, for $1000 dollars a day, I could keep you stoned out of you frigging mind myself and pocket the rest!” Good ole Dad…..always looking out for me. Well I hope you get the investor because I hate to bring up the old debts of your camel fornicating mad hubby, but I could really use the scratch. Feel free to keep in touch and track because I certainly will. Peace out, Chris Nugent

Corona Extra Team Filled Paddock With Lawyers, And Other Tales From Barber Motorsports Park

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Corona Extra Team Filled Paddock With Lawyers, And Other Tales From Barber Motorsports Park

CORONA EXTRA HONDA RACING ELLISON TAKES TENTH AND ELEVENTH AT BARBER DOUBLEHEADER James Ellison put in two strong rides to place his Corona Extra Honda Racing CBR1000RR SuperBike in tenth and eleventh places at the Barber Motorsports SuperBike doubleheader this weekend. Having had the benefit of testing earlier in the year James was able to get up to speed quickly in practice and qualifying. Changes in the bike since the test and a couple of mechanical hiccups left Ellison short on track time which handicapped his qualifying, settling for fifteenth on the grid, half a second slower than he had achieved in the earlier test. In the first race James was not able to get the best of starts, but did make up a couple of places on lap one and ending up thirteenth by the end of the lap. He then set about a spirited dice with the factory Kawasaki of Roger Hayden and the MV Augusta of Matt Lynn. Eventually he past both but by then was too far from the front pack to make up so settled for the top ten position. In race two a tire problem in the warm up lap meant a quick change on the grid before the start. Unfortunately the replacement was not much better which made Ellison ride conservatively to avoid a fall during the race. He said; “Early in the race the tire was very unpredictable and so I backed it down a notch!” As the race progressed, James found that when the tire started going “off” he could anticipate its response and actually gain confidence and go faster. He started moving up from his first lap fifteenth position eventually getting to eleventh, almost catching factory Honda rider Jake Zemke in tenth. All-in-all, a very good performance for the second race of the season! Ellison is currently eighth in the SuperBike Championship points order. In other Barber news, Balch and Bingham, the areas second largest law firm partnered with the Corona Team and the Barber Motorsports track to bring company personnel to the event for hospitality and to see the excitement of Superbike racing. The feedback – a great time was had by all! “RACING TO THE LIME” More, from a press release issued by Safety First Suzuki: Safety First Suzuki Completes Barber weekend Safety First Suzuki completed the Barber AMA weekend on both high and low notes. Riders Bobby Fong and Scott Ryan were new visitors to the track, finding the 2.3 mile Alabama circuit somewhat daunting. Kevin Hanson- Safety First Suzuki Team Owner “Bobby and Scotty struggled a bit this weekend since it was a new track to them. Scotty previously did a track day at Barber, but at the AMA level, it’s a whole new game for them. We made some progress and found some things that we can apply next week at Fontana where we tested earlier this year. I’m looking forward to the next round.” Bobby Fong: Barber Race Weekend Results: DNF- Supersport (30th overall), 16th- FX (8th overall) “I like this track, it reminds me a bit of my home track of Infinion. It’s a challenging track in trying to set up the gearing, suspension and proper lines, but towards the end of the weekend, it all came together. We are heading in the right direction.” Scott Ryan: Barber Race Weekend Results: 30th- Supersport (39th overall), 24th- FX (38th overall) “Most of the Midwest tracks I race at have little elevation change with the exception of Road America, so I needed to get used to all the blind uphill or downhill corners on this track. I did dial it in and lowered my lap times throughout the entire weekend. I am definitely looking forward to Fontana. I can see we are heading in the right direction. The results so far are not a good reflection of the level of effort we are giving as everyone on the team is working real hard to give me the best bike and Ron Wood from Michelin made sure that we had a supply of really good tires for the race. Case in point, I had the best rear tire that I have ever had this weekend.” Safety First Racing was formed in 2004 by police officer/racer, Kevin Hanson, based out of Chicago, IL. For 2007, Safety First Suzuki will be competing in the AMA Superbike series in the Supersport and Formula Xtreme classes. Checkout www.SAFETYFIRSTRACING.com to see the Safety First Suzuki line of apparel and casual wear. Kevin Hanson continues to educate elementary school aged children nationwide about the importance of helmet usage. More, from a press release issued by Monster Energy Kawasaki: Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Hacking and Hayden Finish in Top 10 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jamie Hacking finished eighth in the AMA Superbike Series on Sunday at the Barber Motosports Park in Birmingham, Ala. Teammate Roger Hayden bettered his position from Saturday’s race, finishing ninth. Coming off a crash in the AMA Supersport race just prior to the AMA Superbike finale, Hacking worked through discomfort and an aching shoulder. He moved quickly from a ninth-place starting position to eighth-place, where he remained until the checkered-flag. “I don’t know if I was 100 percent to go out riding after the crash in the race before,” said Hacking. “My shoulder was hurting and my whole body was pretty much sore. Overall, I think we had a better set up on the superbike today compared to yesterday.” Hayden showed speed aboard his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R. “The superbike race was definitely better than yesterday,” said Hayden. “Next week, we have a few changes in mind for the bike and I should be feeling better than I did this weekend. I’m just happy to get some points and move forward to the race next week.” Hacking and Hayden will return to the AMA Superbike Series next week in Fontana, Calif. at California Speedway. AMA Superbike Championship Barber Motorsports Park — Brimingham, Ala. April 22, 2007 AMA Superbike 1. Mathew Mladin, Las Vegas, Nev., Suzuki 2. Ben Spies, Longview, Texas, Suzuki 3. Miguel Duhamel, Las Vegas, Nev., Honda 4. Tommy Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki 5. Aaron Yates, Milledgeville, Ga., Suzuki 6. Eric Bostrom, Las Vegas, Nev., Yamaha 7. Jason Disalvo, Stafford, N.Y., Yamaha 8. JAMIE HACKING, DENVER, N.C., MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI 9. ROGER HAYDEN, OWENSBORO, KY., MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI 10. Jake Zemke, Paso Robles, Calif., Honda AMA Superbike Standings 1. Ben Spies, Longview, Texas, Suzuki, 103 2. Mathew Mladin, Las Vegas, Nev., Suzuki, 95 3. Miguel Duhamel, Las Vegas, Nev., Honda, 90 4. Tommy Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki, 76 5. Jake Zemke, Paso Robles, Calif., Honda, 75 6. Aaron Yates, Milledgeville, Ga., Suzuki, 73 7. Jason Disalvo, Stafford, N.Y., Yamaha, 71 8. James Ellison, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Honda, 63 9. Eric Bostrom, Las Vegas, Nev., Yamaha, 58 10. JAMIE HACKING, DENVER, N.C., MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI, 47 11. ROGER HAYDEN, OWENSBORO, KY., MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI, 42 More, from a press release issued by Millennium/KWS Suzuki: Millennium/KWS Suzuki has solid weekend at Barber Motorsports Park Leeds, AL April 2007 — Millennium/KWS Suzuki sponsored by Ron Ayers Motorsports had a very promising weekend at Barber Motorsports Park on their new 2007 Suzuki GSX-R1000’s. This weekend was the first opportunity the team has had to run their new bikes and without the benefit of testing time that the bigger teams enjoy, Millennium/KWS Suzuki was forced to sort the new bike at the race track. Despite the lack of set up time both riders turned their fastest times ever at Barber Motorsports Park on Superstock- spec bikes thanks in part to the tireless work from Tim Godshall at Penske suspension and the amazing performance of the Dunlop tires. The Superstock class is the focus of Millennium/KWS Suzuki and John Haner was able to qualify in the eighth position with a time of 1:27.495. Teammate David Weber was able to qualify right behind Haner in the twelfth position with a time of 1:29.254. In Superbike qualifying Haner was able to better his time, but not his position because he was on Superstock equipment in a Superbike class, with a time of 1:27.455 for seventeenth position. Weber also improved his time in Superbike qualifying with a time of 1:29.104 to start in the twenty-sixth position. Superbike race one highlighted the teams lack of development time. Weber had an electrical problem on the warm up lap and had to start the race from pit road two-thirds of a lap down. Even with such a disadvantage from the start, Weber showed perseverance and rode a consistent, smart race to finish in the twenty-fourth position. Haner got a great start and was running in the thirteenth position when he suffered a mechanical problem and retired from the race on lap five. The team was extremely hopeful for a good result in the Superstock race. With Haner starting on the second row and Weber on the third row chances for top ten finishes was good. Haner didn’t get the start he was hoping for but quickly put his head down and started working his way to the front. On lap five he passed MPT Suzuki’s Blake Young for fifth and started to run down Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies in fourth. Unfortunately on lap eight he went a little too deep on the brakes into turn five and crashed. Despite the hard fall Haner’s Komodo gear kept him safe and he was able to escape uninjured. Weber rode a great race to finish in the twelfth position, his best AMA Superstock finish to date. After the crash in the Superstock race, Haner’s crew rushed to prepare the bike for Superbike race two. Both Weber and Haner got good starts and started working their way forward. Haner ran as high as thirteenth place but faded to sixteenth at the finish. Weber continued his weekend long trend of putting in consistent, drama free laps to finish in the eighteenth position. John Haner I am pretty happy about the weekend. The bike is really fast and getting better every time we go out. To be this competitive the first time out on the new GSX-R1000 is extremely encouraging for our chances for the rest of the year. The Dunlop tires were amazing and I have to thank Tim and Shane from Penske for all their help. I also want to thank my crew for all their hard work. David Weber I had a great weekend. The new Suzuki GSX-R1000 is incredible and with the support we are getting from Penske and Dunlop we will be up front in no time. I want to thank my mechanics Rick Matheny and Matt Hill and the rest of the team. This is the best situation I have been in since I started racing and I can’t wait to get to Fontana and continue to improve. Kevin Hunt (Team Owner) I was very happy about this weekend. The team is working really well together and the bikes performed great considering this is absolutely the first time they have been on track. Rick Matheny, Matt Hill, Chip Spalding and the whole team has worked so hard to get us to this point, but I especially want to thank Crew Chief, Michael Godin. Michael has not taken a day off since February in an effort to get the bikes prepared for this weekend and can’t thank him enough. The 2007 GSX-R1000 is all new this year and companies like Catalyst Racing Composites, LeoVince, GP Tech, and Pit Bull have gone the extra mile to make sure we had the parts we needed to race this weekend. Thanks to all involved and I am looking forward see what John and David can do at Fontana next week. More, from a press release issued by Shift: AMA ROADRACING REPORT CORY WEST Check out privateer roadracer Cory West’s latest report from Round 2 of the AMA Supersport and Formula Xtreme Championships at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. By Cory West Since my last report back in March, I’ve managed to keep myself pretty busy. I’ve been helping out Roadracing World magazine part time and getting to ride a variety of street and dirt bikes. I’ve been pretty excited about coming to Birmingham for the races at Barber Motorsports Park, even though I knew things would be tough since I’ve only been there a handful of times. I had a horrible red eye flight that left San Diego at 7:00 pm and didn’t get me to Birmingham until 10:00 the next morning. I can usually deal with that stuff pretty well, but when I got to the track on Thursday I was pretty well exhausted. Our plan was to ride the Thursday promoter practice, but I decided to get some much needed sleep instead. Going into the first practice session on Friday I felt fully charged and ready to go. I did manage to get up to speed pretty quick but I ended the Supersport session in 16th position so I definitely needed to get going a bit faster. Chuck and I made a few changes to the bike and got the thing handling better through some of the real long corners and started dropping small amounts of time each practice session. I rode in both 600 Supersport and Formula Xtreme and the extra track time was really helping a lot. At the end of Friday I had to qualify for the Formula Xtreme race that was set for Saturday and I felt like I got going pretty well. I ended up 11th fastest which was my best qualifying effort to date so we were pretty happy about that. Just to clue everyone in on our program if they didn’t already know, we are focused mainly on the Supersport championship. To have a highly competitive FX bike would cost us way too much money and we are definitely a privateer effort, so we run in FX on our Supersport bikes and use the track time to help prepare us for Supersport battle. Saturday was a busy day with two practice sessions in the morning, our Supersport qualifying session after lunch and the FX race at the end of the day. We had some issues early in the day trying to find a good Pirelli tire that we were going to use for our race tire. We started doing some longer runs on some tires but we were still trying to put in some fast laps on softer tires to bump us up on the leader board. The Supersport qualifying went really well with Pirelli stepping up huge with a special qualifying tire for the last 10 minutes of the session. I was running off and on in the top 10 throughout the session but when the factory guys started throwing their qualifying tires on I started getting bumped down the order. When we used our tire, I instantly dropped a full second off my fastest time and we ended up 11th fastest again. The FX race was good for us but I felt a little disappointed after it was done. I got a good start and had worked my way up to 5th place after about 6 laps and then started having tire troubles. There were places where I was stronger than the guys I was riding with but there are two very long right hand turns at Barber and I was getting killed through both of them. I got passed by 3 people and they slowly just started to inch away from me. It was frustrating but at the same time I knew we had just made the wrong choice with our rear tire and I needed to just hang on to the position I was in. So I ended up 8th which is my best AMA finish to date but I knew I could’ve finished higher with the right tire under me. So for Sunday’s Supersport race I knew right away what tire I wasn’t going to use! I did some consulting with some of my competitors that are also on Pirelli tires and just felt them out on what they were planning to do for the race. After I talked around a bit I decided on something different and just had my fingers crossed hoping that it was the right choice. My start wasn’t the greatest start I’ve ever had but I was in the hunt with a big group of riders. Everyone started to spread out a little bit and I was around 10th place with a good battle going with Blake Young and Danny Eslick. Between the three of us, we must have passed each other twenty times in 17 laps! I did have a much better tire under me for that race and I was trying to conserve as much as I could until I really needed it. On the last lap I was sitting in 10th place and we all caught a lapped rider coming onto the back straight. Danny and Blake kind of got held up a little bit, while I got a very good run on to the back straight and just managed to get by both of them with only three corners to go. I protected the inside through the last few corners and held them off for another 8th place finish. I was definitely more enthusiastic about my hard earned finish in the Supersport race and now I’m sitting in 8th place in points going into the California Speedway round. Barber is a pretty tricky track to figure out but the team was happy with my results and I’m glad we got through it in one piece. I feel like we are getting stronger each event and I’m really hoping for some top 5 finishes. I’ll keep you updated and let you know how next weekend’s race at Cal-Speedway turns out! www.shiftracing.com

Updated: AMA Pro Racing Previews This Coming Weekend’s Fontana Superbike Races

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Updated: AMA Pro Racing Previews This Coming Weekend’s Fontana Superbike Races

MLADIN CARRIES MOMENTUM INTO AMA SUZUKI SUPERBIKE CHALLENGE PICKERINGTON, Ohio After relinquishing the title to Yoshimura Suzuki teammate Ben Spies last year, six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin vowed to come back with renewed vigor in 2007. The 35-year-old Australian has been true to his word. As the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited comes to the AMA Suzuki Superbike Challenge at California Speedway in Fontana, Calif., on April 27-29, Mladin is coming off an impressive doubleheader sweep this past weekend in Birmingham, Ala., and has moved from 10th to second in the standings and drawn within eight points of series leader Spies. Fontana’s doubleheader could provide an important barometer on what direction the rest of the AMA Superbike season will take. Spies, the 22-year-old champ from Longview, Texas, calls California Speedway one of his favorite circuits. He scored his very first career Superbike win there in 2005, his rookie season in the class. He also scored a sweep of last year’s Superbike twin bill on the Speedway’s 2.3-mile road course. “He’s definitely stepped up from last year,” Spies said of teammate and rival Mladin. “In Alabama he did exactly what he had to do and I couldn’t get my rhythm. The only good thing I take from last week’s race is even though we didn’t win we had the pace. We didn’t get outright smoked like we did in ’05. I’m happy with that. We’re going to some good tracks that I like and tracks that he likes too. I’m sure it’s going to be like this all year.” For Mladin the story so far this year has been one of sheer determination. Not only the resolve it took to push his 35-year-old body to the limits in training this off-season, but also the fortitude of racing most of the first round at Daytona International Speedway with a tire that was rapidly deteriorating. Picking up his bike after a crash caused by the chunked front tire, Mladin scored a 10th-place at Daytona when most riders would have pulled into the pits and called it a day. “Going 190 miles per hour around the banking with pieces of rubber flying off and hitting me wasn’t the most fun I’ve ever had on a motorcycle,” Mladin deadpanned. “Of course Daytona was a little bit disappointing. But, you know, those things happen. It certainly didn’t put a damper on what I felt I could achieve this year. “I wasn’t pleased about losing the championship last year, but as I said a number of times, I don’t think I deserved to win the championship. My head and my heart weren’t in it. And as I said earlier in the year, the best rider’s going to win this year and we’ll see who that ends up being because I’m not going to leave anything out there.” While many see the Superbike series as a two-rider battle, veteran Miguel Duhamel continues to feel encouraged with the steps forward he and the Honda team are making. Duhamel is determined to break up the Suzuki domination. “I think Fontana is a place where we can definitely do well,” said Duhamel, the third ranked rider who won the AMA Superbike title in 1995. “I think our bike is good. I’m not going to Fontana to get third. I want to get first. If we’re going to win the championship, we’ve got to make some points on these guys. It’s going to be tough. Ben’s riding great and Mat’s riding great. I think we’re going to start seeing a three-rider tussle and it will be great for the fans and I’m looking forward to it as well.” Only 13 points separate the top three riders in the championship. A host of other top riders will be trying to make it to the podium at California Speedway. Tommy Hayden is ranked fourth in the series coming into the race, having made a smooth transition from Kawasaki to Suzuki. Jake Zemke is still trying to find the combination that brought him a victory last year at Utah’s Miller Motorsports Park aboard the factory Honda. Aaron Yates is bringing Jordan Suzuki unprecedented success. He barely missed a podium finish in Alabama last week. Yamaha is back in the series with a factory team for the first time in five years and the R1s ridden by Eric Bostrom and Jason DiSalvo have shown flashes of their potential. The team would love nothing better than to have a breakthrough this weekend. Kawasaki’s Roger Lee Hayden and Jamie Hacking are hoping to find their way to the front of the field as well. This race will also be the first opportunity for West Coast fans to see the striking new Ferracci MV Agusta Superbikes. This year marks the first time the exotic Italian maker has competed in the series. Matt Lynn and Luca Scassa ride the high-dollar machines. Both rounds four and five of the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited from Fontana will be telecast nationally on SPEED. The races will be shown back to back on Sunday, April 29 starting with Saturday’s race at 5:00 pm Eastern followed by Sunday’s race broadcast live at 6:00 pm. Tickets for the AMA Suzuki Superbike Challenge are available online at www.californiaspeedway.com Admission is free for ages 12 and under with a paid adult General Admission. More, from a press release issued by Safety First Suzuki: Safety First Suzuki Public Appearance at Dave and Buster’s in Ontario, CA Dave and Buster’s, a premier family entertainment restaurant and bar, will be hosting Safety First Suzuki riders Bobby Fong and Scott Ryan this Friday, April 27, from 7PM to 9PM. Dave and Buster’s is located just minutes from California Speedway at 4821 Mills Circle, in the Ontario Mills Mall. The riders will be on hand to sign autographs and interact with race fans and restaurant customers. A Safety First Suzuki GSXR 600 will be onsite from Wednesday through the weekend to promote the event and the AMA race to Dave and Buster’s customers. Dave and Buster’s can be found in over 45 locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The restaurant is known for its food and family entertainment with the latest in video and midway interactive games. For more information and additional Dave and Buster’s locations, please check out www.daveandbusters.com. More, from a press release issued by California Speedway: California Speedway Will Rev Up Motorcycle Fans at Buffalo Wild Wings for the Suzuki Superbike Challenge Weekend Autograph Session with Ben Spies, Aaron Yates, Jake Holden, Steve Rapp and other top riders. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif.— California Speedway and Buffalo Wild Wings in Rancho Cucamonga are teaming up to host a party from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25 to get motorcycle fans revved up for the AMA Suzuki Superbike Challenge weekend, Friday, April 27 through Sunday, April 29. Billed as the kick-off for the highly anticipated AMA Suzuki Superbike Challenge which takes place Friday, April 27th through Sunday, April 29th at California Speedway the celebration gives fans an early taste of the thrilling weekend to come. It’s also a one-of-a-kind opportunity to meet Ben Spies from Team Yoshimura Suzuki and enjoy an autograph session from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. with Aaron Yates and Jake Holden from Jordan Suzuki, and Steve Rapp from Attack Kawasaki, just to name a few. Plus, fans can get up close and check out the entire 2007 GSX-R motorcycle line and race bikes from Jordan Suzuki as well as have the opportunity to win prizes with special drawings throughout the night from X103.9. Also, the all new 2007 Suzuki GSX-R 1000 will have its US launch earlier that day at California Speedway and will be available for an up close viewing, along with the rest of the 2007 GSX-R line of motorcycle line as well as race bikes from Jordan Suzuki at Buffalo Wild Wings. Tickets to the Suzuki Superbike Challenge weekend, Friday, April 27 through Sunday, April 29, are on sale now. Don’t miss out on all of the extreme, two-wheeled action happening at Southern California’s premier sports venue. Prices range from $10 on Friday to $30 on Saturday and Sunday and kids 12 and under are free. Two and three-day packages are also available. For more information call 800-944-Race [7223] or log on to californiaspeedway.com.

Vermeulen Tops MotoGP Test In Turkey Monday

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Vermeulen Tops MotoGP Test In Turkey Monday

Monday Apr 23 2007 Testing session after Turkish GP STONER AND CAPIROSSI BACK ON TRACK AFTER SUNDAY PODIUM CELEBRATIONS Just a few hours after the podium celebrations of the Grand Prix of Turkey, Casey Stoner and Loris Capirossi were out on the track again for a supplementary one-day testing session at the Istanbul Park circuit. After the poor weather encountered in Monday testing following the first two races, the Ducati Marlboro Team riders were finally able to enjoy sunny conditions for tyre and development tests with the Ducati Desmosedici GP7, which produced promising results for both riders. Half-way through the day Stoner had a harmless crash that failed to prevent him from resuming the test almost immediately and complete the work schedule. The Ducati Marlboro Team are now preparing for the next flyaway event in this year’s calendar, round 4 in Shanghai (China) on May 6. Casey Stoner (41 laps) Best lap on race tyres: 1m53.54s Best lap on qualifying tyres: 1m53.34s “It was hard to get out of bed this morning after yesterday’s race, but I knew I had to do some work because I want to do the same in China! We did some tyre testing on race and qualifying, and found some good solutions for both. We also worked on engine mapping and managed to get through a lot of work because we had good weather in the post-race test sessions for the first time. The only thing that went wrong was that I had a stupid crash. I was on my exit lap, I wasn’t pushing hard and I crashed in a slow corner. It wasn’t a big crash but I got a knock on the head which I’m sure will make me go quicker in China!” Loris Capirossi (51 laps) Best lap on race tyres: 1m54.04s Best lap on qualifying tyres: 1m53.61s “Today was a positive test session, with ideal weather conditions which were very similar to yesterday’s. We were hampered by a few minor technical problems, especially electronic, but I’d rather they happened today than yesterday! I tested a different front fork and liked it and I’ll probably try it again in China. We also tested some rear race tyres. Here they went really well, but in any case we found something that goes even better! I also tried some new qualifying tyres and they seemed to work better than the ones we had on Saturday. At this point I can’t wait to get back on the track at Shanghai!” Unofficial best lap time Vermeulen 1’53.1 Barros 1’53.2 Stoner 1’53.3 Elias 1’53.3 Melandri 1’53.4 Hopkins 1’53.5 Capirossi 1’53.6 De Puniet 1’53.6 Hayden 1’53.8 Rossi 1’54.0 Hoffmann 1’54.2 More, from a press release issued by Fiat Yamaha: Event: Istanbul Test Date: Monday, 23rd April 2007 Ambient temperature: 24 degrees C Track temperature: 40 degrees C Humidity: 14% BUSY DAY’S TESTING FOR ROSSI AT ISTANBUL PARK Valentino Rossi was back in the saddle in Turkey today, keen to erase the memory of a disappointing Turkish Grand Prix with an afternoon of hard work on his Yamaha YZR-M1. His Fiat Yamaha team-mate Colin Edwards was forced to sit out today’s test and rest his swollen knee, which he hit hard when he was knocked off during the first lap of yesterday’s race. Rossi completed 66 laps and spent the entire time working on tyres with Michelin, both in order to gather more information about the tyre problem which forced him into tenth place yesterday and with a view to gathering information for the next race. Rossi’s best lap of the day was a 1’54.0 on race tyres, which put him 12th in the order according to the unofficial lap times. The MotoGP paddock now has a week’s rest before reconvening in Shanghai for the Grand Prix of China. Fiat Yamaha Team Davide Brivio Team Director “Today we decided it was better if Colin rested because he had some pain and a lot of swelling in his knee following yesterday’s unlucky crash. It’s not a serious injury but together we agreed it would be better for him to stay off the bike and save himself for China. As a result Valentino had a lot of work to do because he had to take on some of Colin’s workload. We tried some things in order to gather information to help Michelin to understand what happened yesterday, and then tested many tyres in order to find a way forward for China. We learnt a lot and we think we’ve found a good direction for the next race. Now Yamaha and Michelin will work on this information together and hopefully we can have a better race in Shanghai.” Test Times 1. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1’53.1 2. Alex Barros (BRA) Pramac d’Antin 1’53.2 3. Toni Elias (SPA) Honda Gresini 1’53.3 4. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro Team 1’53.3 5. Marco Melandri (ITA) Honda Gresini 1’53.4 6. John Hopkins (USA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1’53.5 7. Carlos Checa (SPA) Honda LCR 1’53.6 8. Randy de Puniet (FRA) Kawasaki Racing Team 1’53.6 9. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Ducati Marlboro Team 1’53.6 10. Nicky Hayden (USA) Repsol Honda Team 1’53.8 11. Kenny Roberts Jr (USA) Team Roberts 1’53.9 12. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1’54.0 13. Alex Hofmann (GER) Pramac d’Antin 1’54.2 14. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 1’54.5 Istanbul: Lap Record D. Pedrosa (Honda) 2006, 1’59.318 Istanbul: Best Lap S. Gibernau (Honda) 2005, 1’52.334

Assen World Superbike And World Supersport Previews

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Assen World Superbike And World Supersport Previews

HANNspree Ten Kate Honda leads the way to Assen World Superbike Championship Round five: Assen, The Netherlands Monday 23 April 2007 Event preview HANNspree Ten Kate Honda will head home to northern Europe this weekend for the fifth round of the 2007 World Superbike Championship in Assen. The thrilling fourth round in Valencia saw James Toseland extend his series lead in one of the most exciting races of the season so far. The British rider racked up his fourth race win of the year in a spectacular 23-lap battle with Noriyuki Haga and Max Biaggi. The three rivals were rarely more than a second away from each other as they fought for the top place on the podium. In the end, Toseland was triumphant as he secured a 151-point lead in the championship standings. Team-mate Roberto Rolfo fought hard from 17th on the grid to take tenth and 12th places in race one and two respectively. The Italian is aiming to step up his campaign in The Netherlands to bring in those all-important points for HANNspree Ten Kate Honda’s home race. Ronald ten Kate, Team Manager: “Assen is the home round of the team and we will have over 400 guests on the race day, including all the wives and girlfriends of the team members. For sure we are going to give it 100% yet again. James has done really well at Assen over the past few years, although last year it was wet so it wasn’t so good for him. However, the forecast for the weekend is good so we are keeping our fingers crossed for that. The fast and flowing characteristics of the circuit will suit Roby’s riding style a lot better so we believe he can get a good result and do well for the home race.” James Toseland: “So far we’ve won a race at every round so I’m hoping to keep this going at Assen. It’s more or less like a home round for me with all the British fans that come over, and of course it’s the home race for the team so it should be a good one. I’m really looking forward to the racing and hopefully I can keep and extend my championship lead.” Roberto Rolfo: “Things did not go so well for me in Valencia – the feeling on the bike just wasn’t there and I struggled to get on the pace. I hope to be able to get back on track at Assen because although this is a challenging circuit, I think it will suit my style. We’ll see how things go. I am looking forward to racing at the team’s home track as there should be a lot of extra support in the crowd – it should be a good weekend.” More, from another press release issued by HANNspree Ten Kate Honda: HANNspree Ten Kate Honda brings in wingman to support top riders World Supersport Championship Round five: Assen, The Netherlands Monday 23 April 2007 Event preview The fifth round of the 2007 World Supersport Championship at Assen will see HANNspree Ten Kate Honda contest its home race with a formidable line-up of three riders. Defending champion Sébastien Charpentier returns from injury to battle for the title alongside current series leader Kenan Sofuoglu and Valencia stand-in Andrew Pitt. HANNspree Ten Kate Honda made the decision to run a three-man team following Pitt’s impressive performance in Spain. The Australian rider crossed the finish line in second position behind Sofuoglu to secure a spectacular one-two finish for the team. Pitt will be able to offer invaluable support for the two permanent riders in the continuing development of the new Honda CBR600RR. After securing his third race win of the season in Spain, Sofuoglu heads to Assen with a stunning 95-point championship lead – a huge 44 points clear of second place rider Fabien Foret. Although not complacent, the Turkish rider is confident that he can do his team proud once again in The Netherlands this weekend. Sébastien Charpentier has been undergoing an intensive rehabilitation programme since his free practice crash at Donington Park just over three weeks ago. He has made a good recovery from his pelvic and coccyx injuries and is looking forward to making a triumphant return to the Supersport series. Ronald ten Kate, Team Manager: “Assen is a special event for us as it is our home round. The riders know how important it is to us and so they see it as their home round also. We have Sébastien back for Assen, which makes us truly happy. It has been very strange racing without him because he has been a part of the team for so long. I’m sure he will give it 100% to make a remarkable return to the championship. “Assen is a track with good memories for Kenan as he got his first ever Supersport win there last year. I know that he will be giving it his all again this year. For Assen, we have decided to bring in a wingman to support and two top gun riders. Andrew impressed us a lot in Valencia so we see this as thank you to him for all his efforts. He is able to do some very important testing work on the new CBR600RR, which is still in the early stages of development. All in all, we are ready to race. we are ready for Assen!” Kenan Sofuoglu “I am still feeling very happy about the results in Valencia and want to thank the team once again for all the hard work that went into achieving the win. I am focusing on the future and I just want to keep getting good, consistent results for the team. This race is important because it is the home race for Ten Kate. I won here last year, so I am confident about the track, but I know that anything can happen so I’m just going to keep my head down and concentrate on bringing in the points.” Sébastien Charpentier “I am feeling a lot better and I’ll be coming to Assen with a clear mind. I’m determined to be back at the front and I just want to forget the beginning of the season and concentrate on the future. The championship is long and I’m going to give it everything I’ve got to get back the title.” Andrew Pitt: “I am really happy to be riding for HANNspree Ten Kate Honda again. I had a great time in Valencia and I felt like I worked well with the guys so it’s an honour to be asked to ride in Assen. I understand how important this race is for the team so I’m going to come and do my absolute best – let’s hope we can go one better than Valencia and see a full HANNspree Ten Kate line-up on the podium.”

More From Sunday’s MotoGP Race In Turkey

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Bridgestone celebrates tenth MotoGP victory with first ever 1-2-3 Round 03 – Turkey – Race Istanbul Park, Istanbul – Sunday 22 April 2007 Bridgestone is celebrating an historic performance this afternoon after its riders dominated the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul. Ducati’s Casey Stoner took the lead on the opening lap and never looked back, leading home Honda Gresini’s Toni Elias and team-mate Loris Capirossi for the first ever Bridgestone 1-2-3 in a MotoGP event. The win marked the tenth victory on Bridgestone tyres in MotoGP. Pramac d’Antin’s Alex Barros hounded Capirossi for the final podium place in the closing laps but settled for an equally impressive fourth at the chequered flag. Marco Melandri took fifth for Honda Gresini with Suzuki’s John Hopkins in sixth, both men putting in excellent performances. Kawasaki’s Randy de Puniet and Pramac d’Antin’s Alex Hofmann made it eight Bridgestone-shod riders in the top ten, by far the most competitive performance by Bridgestone tyres in the corporation’s comparatively short MotoGP history. An early crash involving Dani Pedrosa (Honda), Colin Edwards (Yamaha), Olivier Jacque (Kawasaki) and Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) resulted in only Vermeulen able to rejoin the race. Such was his competitiveness coming back up through the field, the Australian was able to set the quickest lap of the race (1m54.026s) on his penultimate lap to reclaim a fighting eleventh place. The consistency of Stoner’s race winning pace meant that the young Australian posted seven laps of 1m54.2s with only his opening and final lap over 1m54.8s, a variation of just 0.6s over twenty laps. Hiroshi Yamada Bridgestone Motorsport – Manager, Motorcycle Sport Department “Today’s result is fantastic for Bridgestone as we celebrate our tenth MotoGP victory with our first ever MotoGP 1-2-3. For me this is a real dream come true. Congratulations to Ducati, who sit at the top of the championships, as well as to the Honda Gresini team for their first podium this year. Turkey has always been a tough track for us and it has been particularly gratifying that we have been able to find a breakthrough for this year’s performance. We had five riders in the top eight with each of our teams, which is an incredible achievement. I would like to express my thanks to all five of our teams for their patience and support while we have worked hard to find solutions for this circuit and we look forward to continuing this trend in the upcoming races.” Tohru Ubukata Bridgestone Motorsport – Manager, Motorcycle Race Tyre Development “We are obviously delighted with the results from today’s race. As an engineer, we are always looking for continuous improvement in our technological development, so we are not going to take today’s performance for granted. Nevertheless we take great pride in the technical advances we have made since last year’s Turkish GP, a race in which we really struggled. Our direction for tyre development appears to be correct and certainly paid dividends today. I hope we can confirm this in the next GP in China in two weeks’ time.” Casey Stoner Ducati Corse Race Winner “We had a great race today. Really, with the way the Ducati and the Bridgestone tyres were today we couldn’t do anything wrong. I got past Colin (Edwards) on the first lap because I wanted to make sure I didn’t get held up and bumped back like in Jerez. Then Valentino ran off the track, pretty much gifting me first position. From there we put some good laps together, built a gap and continued from there because some of the other riders were having a battle. The Bridgestone tyres were absolutely perfect, in fact the whole package was just perfect. With everybody working together I think we can do a really good job and I think and I hope that we can get stronger as the season goes on.” Bridgestone Race Results Front Rear P1 Casey Stoner Ducati 42m02.850s Winner Slick Hard Slick Hard P2 Toni Elias Honda Gresini 42m09.057s +6.207s Slick Hard Slick Medium P3 Loris Capirossi Ducati 42m10.952s +8.102s Slick Hard Slick Hard P4 Alex Barros Pramac d’Antin 42m10.985s +8.135s Slick Hard Slick Hard P5 Marco Melandri Honda Gresini 42m11.139s +8.289s Slick Medium Slick Hard P6 John Hopkins Suzuki 42m13.036s +10.186s Slick Hard Slick Hard P8 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki 42m17.584s +14.734s Slick Hard Slick Medium P9 Alex Hofmann Pramac d’Antin 42m18.892s +16.042s Slick Hard Slick Hard P11 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 42m29.099s +26.249s Slick Hard Slick Medium DNF Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Did Not Finish First Lap Slick Medium Slick Medium Weather: Dry. Air 23°C, Track 38°C, Humidity 13%

Thursday Practice Scheduled At Fontana For AMA Pro Riders

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California Speedway Suzuki AMA Privateer Practice Reminder Fastrack Riders with assistance from Team Hammer, California Speedway and Suzuki will be providing a Privateer Practice day on Thursday, April 26th just before the AMA National at California Speedway on the AMA Track. It will be a two group format: 600 Supersport and Formula Extreme in Group A Superstock and AMA Superbikes in Group B Registration can be on line at www.fastrackriders.com or sign up at the event. It is $175.00 per licensed AMA rider. Registration opens at 8:00 AM. The first session will begin at 9:00 AM. In the morning there will be half-hour sessions for each group. Beginning at 1:00 PM there will be two one hour sessions for each group.

Nate Kern On A BMW R1200S Fitted With A New Valve Train

American Nate Kern rode a BMW R1200S fitted with a new valve train at Le Mans over the weekend, and the bike is believed to be using overhead cams instead of high cams and short pushrods as previously seen on the new generation Boxer engines. Kern served as a reserve rider and did not actually get on the bike during the race, although he did 33 laps in practice. A press release issued by BMW after the race follows: 2007 World Endurance Championship Round 1, Le Mans, France – April 21/22 Crowd: 90,000. Weather: Dry, sunny 19-25 C. BMW BACK WITH A FLOURISH! BMW returned to world championship motorcycle racing with a flourish at the gruelling Le Mans 24 hour race, ending with a win in their class and a highly impressive 16th overall on their Sportsboxer bike. Despite being down on horsepower compared to their rivals, riders Thomas Hinterreiter, Rico Penzkofer and Marcus Barth and hustled the twin round the 4.180 kilometre Bugatti circuit, entertaining the sun-soaked spectators with their late-braking manoeuvres and speed through the turns. Throughout the twenty-four hours and 776 laps, the bike’s twin-cylinder engine never missed a beat. Considering that the bike has only had one shakedown test, and that most of the top teams did not suffer any grave misfortunes or DNFs, to finish sixteenth overall was a tremendous result and one that will give the whole team a huge boost for the season ahead. Marcus Barth It is an amazing result and it’s down to the way that the whole team has worked so well together. The three of us riders put in very close and consistent lap times – probably we were closer to each other then any other threesome – and that made us very competitive. I am very, very happy with this result because, before the race I thought that we’d do well to finish between 20th and 25th place. So to get 16th is super. I want to thank all the mechanics and everybody involved because they all played an important part. Considering we were down on horsepower, I think we’ve done really well. We were good on the brakes and in the turns, but on the exits our horsepower disadvantage showed. I’d pass riders on the brakes and then could only sit and watch them go past me on the straights time and time again. I had no problems at all during the race – apart from a bit of a sore neck – and now I want to celebrate a little with the rest of the team. Thomas Hinterreiter This is a perfect start to this new challenge and I’m so happy because I never would’ve believed that we’d finish as high up as we did. Le Mans is a very tough race and most, if not all, of our rivals had much faster bikes, so to do what we did is great. We knew we’d be at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the field, but this is part of the challenge. I didn’t have any problems during the race and I actually felt that the bike was getting better the longer the race wore on! We’ve not had much time with is bike before coming to Le Mans, so this result makes me very, very happy. Rico Penzkofer I’m very happy with this fantastic performance and result in this tough race. I was thinking about a top twenty-five place before this weekend, so we did very well to finish sixteenth. Not many good teams crashed out or retired, so our sixteenth was through our own hard work and effort. Our bike is very good on the brakes and quick in the corners; we just lose out on top speed and acceleration out of the turns, but that’s to be expected considering that we’re quite a bit down on horsepower and our bike is heavier than our rivals. The team have done absolutely perfect work and the team spirit has been super. This is a great start to the season and it gives us confidence for the next race. Berti Hauser (Director of BMW Motorrad Motorsport) After five years of the Boxer Cup, we wanted a new challenge and we also wanted to give something back to the fans. We wanted to do a big race and knew we couldn’t do Superbike with this bike (because of the regulations) so we chose probably the toughest discipline of all – Endurance! Le Mans is probably the most famous and also the toughest race, with many strong teams, so we knew this wasn’t going to be easy. I never expected we’d finish in the top sixteen and I am both happy and delighted with this performance. The team’s motivation and spirit has been super throughout and this result is a great reward for everybody’s hard work and efforts. From this race we’ve got a lot of ideas to work on and we know we can improve this bike for the next challenge.

Another Assen World Superbike Preview

Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra news 2007 Superbike World Championship Preview: Round 5, Assen, Netherlands – 29th April MAX AND YUKIO READY FOR ASSEN Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Max Biaggi and team mate Yukio Kagayama are looking forward to Assen for different reasons. For Max it will be another chance to put pressure on current series leader James Toseland in his title challenge. For Yukio, it will be a chance to end a disappointing run and get back his form and confidence. Although Max has raced many times at Assen before, this will be his first time on the newly revised circuit, so he will have to start all over from scratch when practice first begins. Yukio rode the revised track last year, failing to finish the first race, which was held in atrocious conditions, but he made up for that by taking a superb fourth in race two. Max I like Assen, but I don’t know how it will be for me now because the circuit has changed since the last time I was there. Most of the Superbike regulars were there last year, so I will be at a small disadvantage because I will have to relearn the track before I can push hard. But normally I learn tracks pretty quick, so I don’t think it’ll be a big problem. I am enjoying this Superbike format a lot and I have no problems at all doing two races a day. It gives you two chances to do well, so if you miss out in the first race, there is always the second to do a good job. Yukio Normally I like Assen, but last year’s first race was not so good because of the very bad weather. The rain was terrible and there was much standing water on the track and that made it very difficult. The second was much better and I had a good fight with Bayliss for most of the race. This year has been a bit strange for me and I have missed too many races because of injury. My aim for Assen is to have a good qualifying, be right up with the top guys in both races and score some good points. I need two good finishes for sure. 2006 results Race 1: 1 Walker (GB-Kawasaki), 2 Pitt (Aus-Yamaha), 3 Fabrizio (I-Honda), Yukio Kagayama (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) DNF, Race 2: 1 Bayliss (Aus-Ducati), 2 Pitt, 3 Nieto (E-Kawasaki) , 4 Yukio Kagayama (J-Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) DNF.

Updated: MOTO-ST Moves To VIR’s Long Course This Weekend

SunTrust MOTO-ST Series Teams Ready to Battle for Points DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — When Round 3 of the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series roars to life April 27-29 at Virginia International Raceway, teams will be ready to take to the track in an all out battle for victory and points. Showcasing non-stop action-packed two-wheeled racing complete with pit stops, the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series features three classes; The Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins class (SST), the BMW Grand Sport Twins class (GST) producing 75-90 and Sport Twins (ST) for machines under 75 horsepower. With two out of six races completed (Daytona and Homestead), the points are incredibly close and every team is determined to grab a stronger foothold in the standings. Tied for first in SST with 67 points are Aprilia USA 2 (Aprilia Tuono 1000R) piloted by Ty Howard and Troy Green and Roadracingworld.com (Suzuki SV1000S) with riders Lee Acree and Mark Junge. Each team has won one event with Aprilia taking a first at Daytona and a second at Homestead and Roadracingworld.com grabbing a second at Daytona and a first at Homestead. Just 13 points behind is Vallely Racing (Suzuki SV 1000S) with Mike Himmelsbach and Tom Vallely. In fourth, 17 points behind the leader is San Jose BMW (BMW R1200) with pilots Nate Kern and Brian Parriott and in fifth, 19 points back, is Team Motorrad Touring Sport BMW (BMW R1200) with Frank Shockley, Ivan Messina and James Chance. In the GST class, the points are even tighter with Richie Morris Racing (Buell XB12) leading with 65 points, Touring Sport Ducati (Ducati Supersport 1000DS) in second with 64 points and RPM Motorsports/Keesee Racing (Ducati Multistrada 1000DS) holding down third with 63 points. Last, but not least, in ST the Pair-A-Nines (Kawasaki EX650) team holds an eight-point lead over GoBigRacing (Suzuki SV650). Featuring riders from the United States, Canada and Europe, the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series is not just about the rider and machine. It is truly a team sport with the entire crew playing an all-important part. Just like in NASCAR, pit stops can make the difference between winning and losing. Pitting approximately every 40 minutes for fuel and/or tires and rider changes, each stop is critical. At Homestead, the San Jose BMW team had to make three unscheduled pit stops and due to their excellent teamwork, they still managed to come in third. That’s what great pit stops are all about. A three-hour action packed event, fans will thrill to the action both off and on the track when the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series swings into Virginia International Raceway. In addition to VIR, the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series will also include the Road America 500K, July 7-8 at Road America, the Iowa Speedway 500K at Iowa Speedway July 12-13, 2007 and 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 . More, from a press release issued by VIR: Two and Four-Wheeled Excitement Coming to VIRginia International Raceway DANVILLE, VA., – The most exciting combination of two and four-wheeled race vehicles will be bringing their thrilling races to VIRginia International Raceway April 27-29. The Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve VIR400 will be contested by the sleek and exotic Daytona Prototype sports cars in Sunday afternoon’s featured race. Starting at 1:00 PM, the race promised to continue the tradition of tight competition and close finishes that earned last year’s race at VIR the honor of being selected the ‘Rolex Moment of the Year’ after young driver Mike Rockenfeller took advantage of a momentary interference by slower cars to pass the race leader and go on to take the checkered flag. While Max Angelelli and Scott Pruett, running one-two as the trio approached the finish, banged doors as they approached a slower GT car, Rockenfeller slipped through into the lead and headed only the final three turns of the 3.27-mile track. “The VIR win will go down as one of my finest racing memories,” said Rockenfeller, who teamed with co-driver Patrick Long to claim the victory. “You see these bits on the racing highlight clips all of the time; now I am in one!” he said after learning of the honor. Don’t worry about exotic powerplants either. The engines in these prototype racers come from household names such as Pontiac and Ford, as well as BMW, Porsche and Lexus. While there are several engine and chassis manufacturers, the group’s rules keep things even across the board, further assuring good racing. These are the cars driven in the Daytona 24 Hours by Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Rusty Wallace and other NASCAR drivers as well as Road Racing stars like Max Papis, Scott Pruett, Alex Gurney, Boris Said and Max Angelleli. For fans of motorcycle racing, the SunTrust MOTO-ST series is bringing their ‘Super Twin’ bikes to compete in a 500-kilometer race beginning at 9:00 Sunday morning. MOTO-ST is contested by twin-cylinder cycles closely matched in performance, giving crowds of spectators thrills equal to those provided by the Daytona Prototype cars. With various makes such as Aprilia, BMW, Buell, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Moto Guzzi, Suzuki, Yamaha and more, all competing for overall and class honors. If muscle cars and pony cars are more your taste, then the GT class race Saturday may be just what the doctor ordered. With entries from BMW, Corvette, Ford Mustang, Mazda, Nissan, Pontiac and Porsche, there’s something in the GT race for everyone. The 400-kilometer race for GT cars starts at 4:30 Saturday afternoon, after a full day’s action of practice and qualifying for all the groups, including the two special open-wheeled groups. Joining the Daytona Prototypes, GT cars and MOTO-ST motorcycles will be the open-wheeled formula cars from the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by MAZDA racers and the Star Mazda Championship. Similar in appearance, the two classes are both powered by Mazda four-cylinder engines and provide a starting point for ambitious drivers. The Skip Barber National series features a Masters Division for drivers over the age of 40, competing in the same race but for separate point awards and prize fund. If you like thundering V8s, sports cars, sport-twin motorcycles or just great racing in general, come to VIRginia International Raceway and enjoy the best of all of those in just one weekend. While we enjoy the race action, we feel compelled to recognize the losses suffered last week at Virginia Tech. We ask that each of our spectators remember those who suffered loss in that senseless rampage and join us in a moment of silence before the start of each day’s feature race. Tickets can be purchased online through Wednesday, printed conveniently at home and save the trouble of waiting in line to pick up your tickets at the track. To buy tickets this easy way, just point your web browser to http://www.virclub.com and click on the <<>> button at the top of the screen. You may also point your browser to http://www.etix.com and navigate to the track’s location there. We look forward to seeing you at the races. VIRginia International Raceway is a multi-purpose road racing facility, located just on the Dan River between Danville and South Boston, Virginia. In addition to its 3.27 mile natural-terrain road racing circuit, VIR is the cornerstone of VIR Club, America’s first motorsports country club; the VIR Raceplex Industrial Park; the Plantation Valley Kart Track, a 5/8 mile paved karting circuit; The Lodge at VIR, a 27-room trackside hotel; the VIR Paddock Suites and Garages, with 18 dual-purpose hospitality/lodging units and garages; Camp Motorsport; and the Oak Tree Tavern, a full-service restaurant located within the circa-1840 Plantation Clubhouse. More, from another press release issued by Grand American Road Racing: Vallely Racing Team Owner Can’t Stay Away From Racing DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. When the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series gets underway April 27-29 at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, Vallely Racing will be ready to go for glory. A well-known name in racing, it should come as no surprise that when Tom Vallely sold his motorcycle dealership and relocated from his native northeast to Florida he had trouble stepping away from racing. When it comes to motorsports, the 68-year-old co-owner of Vallely Racing has just about experienced it all, racing open-wheel modifieds, running in the Baja 1000 desert race four times, and overseeing motocross and supercross teams. In his current pursuit, Vallely and his wife Gail own the Vallely Racing Endurance Road Race team, which runs two teams in the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series. “My wife says that I’m on about my eighth life right now,” jokes Vallely, who is based in Flagler Beach, Fla., about 20 minutes north of Daytona. Vallely’s No. 32 Suzuki SV1000S sits third in points in the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class after a fifth place finish in the previous round at Homestead-Miami Speedway April 14. The No. 33 SV1000 is ninth in points following a 10th place finish at Homestead. Vallely got into road racing after he had sold his motorcycle dealership, Cycle Sport Centers, in Danbury, Conn. and moved down to Florida, where he and Gail already owned a house. “I sold the business in 1990 and got out of racing,” recalls Vallely, who ran Kawasaki motocross and Supercross teams through the dealership. “But after a while I got kind of bored.” Through his work with Kawasaki in motocross Vallely had become good friends with top racer Jeff Ward, who after he was finished with dirt bikes moved into a very successful car racing career. Vallely worked with Ward at the Indianapolis 500, and while attending the Rolex 24 At Daytona Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race decided that he would like to race at the famed Florida speedway. After briefly considering running a Grand-Am sports car Vallely settled on motorcycles. He attended the Penguin Roadracing School and in 2004 made his Daytona debut. From there the bug took hold and in 2005 Vallely and his new racing team ran a combination of endurance and sprint events. He took the ASRA GTO endurance championship that year, missing out on the overall title by a single point. When the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series was unveiled for 2006, Vallely thought it would be an ideal venue for his road racing ambitions. With backing from Cycle World of Daytona, he entered two Suzuki SV1000s in the inaugural Eight Hours At Daytona last October, and the team of Chuck Ivey, 17-year-old Josh Day and Frank Trombino finished third overall and in the SST class. The second entry of Matt Lynn, Mike Himmelsbach and Joe Ribeiro was seventh overall and in SST. Vallely has continued with two entries for the full 2007 season. “I thought that was the way to go,” he says. “It gives you some back up, plus there’s the opportunity to transfer information, which we’ve found very useful already.” Himmelsbach and Day placed fourth on the No. 32 Suzuki in March’s season opening DAYTONA USA 300 which, combined with a fifth at Homestead has put the team third in SST points with 54, 13 behind joint leaders Aprilia USA and Roadracingworld.com Suzuki, winners of the first two events. “At Homestead the No. 32 had problems with the transmission, jumping in and out of gear,” Vallely explains. “Plus there were a couple of run-offs. The No. 33 broke a shifter rod right off the bat, second lap, and came back from 27th to finish 10th.” Vallely has been pleased with the pairing of young Day and Himmelsbach, an old racing rival of his, but sees some room for overall improvement from his team. “We’re trying to get a little better strategy in the pits,” he explains. “Josh and Mike are doing a great job, and we can’t do any better with the suspension. Mike Fitzgerald, our suspension guy, is outstanding. In road racing you have to be very, very precise with the suspension, very technical. We’ve got good people helping us along the way.” While Vallely hasn’t ridden either of his bikes yet in a race, he is prepared to step in should the need arise. That could be the case at VIR, as Day has a conflicting racing obligation. Himmelsbach and Trombino are both expected to appear. “I’m the alternate guy on both teams and I’m capable,” says Vallely, who also spent 25 years working as a pilot. “I can always jump in if one of our guys eats a bad sardine or something.” In addition to the VIR 500K, the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series will also include the Road America 500K, July 7-8 at Road America, the Iowa Speedway 500K at Iowa Speedway July 12-13, 2007 and 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.

And Now, The Daily Scam E-mail…

Mrs. Marife C.Derona CREDIT ACCOUNTS OFFICER HEAD OFFICE EQUITABLE PCI BANK TWR. MKT AVENUE. COR.H.V DELA COSTA STR PHILIPPINES EMAIL: [email protected] [email protected] Good Day, Let me start by introducing myself, I am Mrs. Marife Derona CREDIT ACCOUNTS OFFICER EQUITABLE PCI BANK. I am writing you this letter based on the latest development at my bank, which I will like to bring to your personal edification. I am writing you this letter with so much joy and excitement even though my heart goes out to the very powerful and distinguished gentleman who I was fortunate to have worked for and extremely privileged to have known for numerous years. I am a top official in charge of client accounts in EQUITABLE PCI BANK inside the Philippines. In 2001, my client was going through a horrendous divorce in the United States of America and was on the verge of losing most of his estate to his vicious wife. As a result of this alarming predicament, my client came to me with a very brilliant idea. He transferred some funds, ten million two hundred thousand dollars ($10.2m) to a fixed deposit account in my bank under an alias which only the two of us knew about as the confidentiality of the matter was necessary for his protection. Due to his untimely death in early 2002, the funds have been sitting in the account ever since and will continue to do so perpetually unless we do something about it. This is where you come in. I located you through an agency that helps seek people by their email. My client did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I would like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to our client so that you will be able to receive his funds. I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we can come out successful. I will contact the decease attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to my client. All that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide the information below to enable the attorney commence his job. Full Names: Address: Telephone: Age: Nationality: Occupation: After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you. There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we are going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. The allocation of our money will be as follows: 40% ($4.04m) to you for your part in this, 55% for me and my partners and 5% for any unforeseeable expenses. I think this is extremely fair, as you have nothing to lose but just a little time, while on the other hand I am staking my flawless reputation among other things. And besides $4.04 million is not a change. Once you are approved, the entire transaction should take no longer than fourteen working days after which we will go about our daily business, but just millions of dollars richer. As you can see this is easier than taking candy from a baby, but mind you, trust is something that is developed over time and that is something that we do not have. So I have to let you know that it will highly unfeasible to try to run away with the money because even though only you can transfer money in and out of your account, the transfer can only be authorized by my department of which I happen to be the head. The money will be transferred from my bank to an account you will provide. So please, there should be no room for greed because ten million two hundred thousand dollars can quench even the most insatiable desire for the almighty dollar. Again, I will be in charge of everything else. I will assume all responsibilities for this endeavor so you don’t have to worry about any legal ramifications, just what you will do with all that money. Your urgent response is highly anticipated. Please email me through this email; ([email protected] ) for more details on this transaction as soon as possible. Kind regards, Mrs. Marife Derona And here’s another: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL WON!!! MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY TODAY AROUND THE WORLD FROM THE DESK OF E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS.. Reference No:GP 14-M-246-04 BATCH NO: 573881545-NL/2006 WINNER NO: 1 ELECTRONIC E-MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS. 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LOTTERY SPONSORS : CHIEF SPONSORS; [email protected] Here’s another one, along with a reply our friend Chris Nugent sent back: From: “rose sohal” Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 1:02 PM Subject: Hello My Dear, Hello My Dear, I am Mrs Rose Sohal from Philipine and I’m married to Dr Patrick Sohal from Kuwait who worked with kuwait Embassy in Cotonou for nine years before he died in the plane crash on Friday,December 26, 2003 with (Beirut-bound charter jet)as you can confirm through this website(http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html) We were married for eleven years without a child. Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of ($8 Million) Eight Million Us Dollars in a Bank in cotonou,Fed,Rep of enin,Presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank in cotonou,Federal Repubilc of Benin. Recently, I was told by my Doctor to stop doing anything because of my health due to the cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to look for a foreign investor that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein as my late husband has already made the deposit to a foreign associate fully indicated before the bank in Cotonou,Fed,Rep of Benin where the fund was Deposited. However,I want a Trust worthy,reliable and God fearing person that will manage this fund till the next 5 years in any profitable business of your choice in your country.Furthermore,I don’t need any telephone communicationin this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband’s relatives are always around me .I don’t want them to know about this development in acceptance the following requirements stated below are required: 1)Your Full Name and Address 2)Your Marital Status 3)Your Occupation/Profession 4)Your Direct Telephone/Fax Numbers 5)Your Bank Account Particulars where the money will be transffered As soon as i receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank in Cotonou and also the relevant document’s which was issued to my late husband at the day he deposited the money.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.hoping to receive your response immedaitely. EMAIL [email protected], Thanks and Remain blessed in the Lord. I remain yours sincerely. Mrs Rose Sohal (Nugent’s reply follows) Hello Yourself Sweetie Puss Honey Bum So you are ole Doc Paddy’s voice of authority eh? I would have never guessed he was married from the way he carried on. We were together just before he got on that flight.I remember it like yesterday that faithful Dec 26th when we were drinking at the airport lounge. We were having a “bit of the hair” from the Christmas party the night before, (man, for a Satan worshipper Doc could really get his Jesus on), when I told Doc I was going to try one last time to see if I could get the waitress to let me shave her moustache and then pick up another fifth of hooch from duty free for the trip to Beirut. Damned if I didn’t miss the flight. I figured I’d catch up with him in Beirut and get the money he owed me, my end of the $4 mil and change from the UN Aid scam, but…..ah, well, that’s dust in the wind, literally. Didn’t matter much as Bush had sold that WMD hooie and invaded Iraq, and it was time for blondes to become scarce in that neck of the woods. I can’t believe you never had kids with the Doc. Hell, he got everything he ever wagged his weenie at preggers around Kuwait City. Christ, we even discovered the camel he was humping was about 8 months gone before we decided to put her down. It was a tough decision but nobody is that curious. You walk around KCity today and it looks like a Sohal’s family reunion of punks. They all have that characteristic flopped over dog ear look that Doc had that gave him the appearance of an alert Rottweiler. Did you ever see the movie “The Boys from Brazil?” It’s like that but more like The Master’s Voice Race. Sorry to hear about health and the cancer. Hope it’s not with a part you have to use a lot or need every morning, if you know what I mean. Also hope you don’t get stuck in a expensive hospital like my mom. Spent the whole of our savings and then some keeping her there. Left me without an inheritance. Like my father used to tell her, “Hell, for $1000 dollars a day, I could keep you stoned out of you frigging mind myself and pocket the rest!” Good ole Dad…..always looking out for me. Well I hope you get the investor because I hate to bring up the old debts of your camel fornicating mad hubby, but I could really use the scratch. Feel free to keep in touch and track because I certainly will. Peace out, Chris Nugent

Corona Extra Team Filled Paddock With Lawyers, And Other Tales From Barber Motorsports Park

CORONA EXTRA HONDA RACING ELLISON TAKES TENTH AND ELEVENTH AT BARBER DOUBLEHEADER James Ellison put in two strong rides to place his Corona Extra Honda Racing CBR1000RR SuperBike in tenth and eleventh places at the Barber Motorsports SuperBike doubleheader this weekend. Having had the benefit of testing earlier in the year James was able to get up to speed quickly in practice and qualifying. Changes in the bike since the test and a couple of mechanical hiccups left Ellison short on track time which handicapped his qualifying, settling for fifteenth on the grid, half a second slower than he had achieved in the earlier test. In the first race James was not able to get the best of starts, but did make up a couple of places on lap one and ending up thirteenth by the end of the lap. He then set about a spirited dice with the factory Kawasaki of Roger Hayden and the MV Augusta of Matt Lynn. Eventually he past both but by then was too far from the front pack to make up so settled for the top ten position. In race two a tire problem in the warm up lap meant a quick change on the grid before the start. Unfortunately the replacement was not much better which made Ellison ride conservatively to avoid a fall during the race. He said; “Early in the race the tire was very unpredictable and so I backed it down a notch!” As the race progressed, James found that when the tire started going “off” he could anticipate its response and actually gain confidence and go faster. He started moving up from his first lap fifteenth position eventually getting to eleventh, almost catching factory Honda rider Jake Zemke in tenth. All-in-all, a very good performance for the second race of the season! Ellison is currently eighth in the SuperBike Championship points order. In other Barber news, Balch and Bingham, the areas second largest law firm partnered with the Corona Team and the Barber Motorsports track to bring company personnel to the event for hospitality and to see the excitement of Superbike racing. The feedback – a great time was had by all! “RACING TO THE LIME” More, from a press release issued by Safety First Suzuki: Safety First Suzuki Completes Barber weekend Safety First Suzuki completed the Barber AMA weekend on both high and low notes. Riders Bobby Fong and Scott Ryan were new visitors to the track, finding the 2.3 mile Alabama circuit somewhat daunting. Kevin Hanson- Safety First Suzuki Team Owner “Bobby and Scotty struggled a bit this weekend since it was a new track to them. Scotty previously did a track day at Barber, but at the AMA level, it’s a whole new game for them. We made some progress and found some things that we can apply next week at Fontana where we tested earlier this year. I’m looking forward to the next round.” Bobby Fong: Barber Race Weekend Results: DNF- Supersport (30th overall), 16th- FX (8th overall) “I like this track, it reminds me a bit of my home track of Infinion. It’s a challenging track in trying to set up the gearing, suspension and proper lines, but towards the end of the weekend, it all came together. We are heading in the right direction.” Scott Ryan: Barber Race Weekend Results: 30th- Supersport (39th overall), 24th- FX (38th overall) “Most of the Midwest tracks I race at have little elevation change with the exception of Road America, so I needed to get used to all the blind uphill or downhill corners on this track. I did dial it in and lowered my lap times throughout the entire weekend. I am definitely looking forward to Fontana. I can see we are heading in the right direction. The results so far are not a good reflection of the level of effort we are giving as everyone on the team is working real hard to give me the best bike and Ron Wood from Michelin made sure that we had a supply of really good tires for the race. Case in point, I had the best rear tire that I have ever had this weekend.” Safety First Racing was formed in 2004 by police officer/racer, Kevin Hanson, based out of Chicago, IL. For 2007, Safety First Suzuki will be competing in the AMA Superbike series in the Supersport and Formula Xtreme classes. Checkout www.SAFETYFIRSTRACING.com to see the Safety First Suzuki line of apparel and casual wear. Kevin Hanson continues to educate elementary school aged children nationwide about the importance of helmet usage. More, from a press release issued by Monster Energy Kawasaki: Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Hacking and Hayden Finish in Top 10 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jamie Hacking finished eighth in the AMA Superbike Series on Sunday at the Barber Motosports Park in Birmingham, Ala. Teammate Roger Hayden bettered his position from Saturday’s race, finishing ninth. Coming off a crash in the AMA Supersport race just prior to the AMA Superbike finale, Hacking worked through discomfort and an aching shoulder. He moved quickly from a ninth-place starting position to eighth-place, where he remained until the checkered-flag. “I don’t know if I was 100 percent to go out riding after the crash in the race before,” said Hacking. “My shoulder was hurting and my whole body was pretty much sore. Overall, I think we had a better set up on the superbike today compared to yesterday.” Hayden showed speed aboard his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R. “The superbike race was definitely better than yesterday,” said Hayden. “Next week, we have a few changes in mind for the bike and I should be feeling better than I did this weekend. I’m just happy to get some points and move forward to the race next week.” Hacking and Hayden will return to the AMA Superbike Series next week in Fontana, Calif. at California Speedway. AMA Superbike Championship Barber Motorsports Park — Brimingham, Ala. April 22, 2007 AMA Superbike 1. Mathew Mladin, Las Vegas, Nev., Suzuki 2. Ben Spies, Longview, Texas, Suzuki 3. Miguel Duhamel, Las Vegas, Nev., Honda 4. Tommy Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki 5. Aaron Yates, Milledgeville, Ga., Suzuki 6. Eric Bostrom, Las Vegas, Nev., Yamaha 7. Jason Disalvo, Stafford, N.Y., Yamaha 8. JAMIE HACKING, DENVER, N.C., MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI 9. ROGER HAYDEN, OWENSBORO, KY., MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI 10. Jake Zemke, Paso Robles, Calif., Honda AMA Superbike Standings 1. Ben Spies, Longview, Texas, Suzuki, 103 2. Mathew Mladin, Las Vegas, Nev., Suzuki, 95 3. Miguel Duhamel, Las Vegas, Nev., Honda, 90 4. Tommy Hayden, Owensboro, Ky., Suzuki, 76 5. Jake Zemke, Paso Robles, Calif., Honda, 75 6. Aaron Yates, Milledgeville, Ga., Suzuki, 73 7. Jason Disalvo, Stafford, N.Y., Yamaha, 71 8. James Ellison, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Honda, 63 9. Eric Bostrom, Las Vegas, Nev., Yamaha, 58 10. JAMIE HACKING, DENVER, N.C., MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI, 47 11. ROGER HAYDEN, OWENSBORO, KY., MONSTER ENERGY KAWASAKI, 42 More, from a press release issued by Millennium/KWS Suzuki: Millennium/KWS Suzuki has solid weekend at Barber Motorsports Park Leeds, AL April 2007 — Millennium/KWS Suzuki sponsored by Ron Ayers Motorsports had a very promising weekend at Barber Motorsports Park on their new 2007 Suzuki GSX-R1000’s. This weekend was the first opportunity the team has had to run their new bikes and without the benefit of testing time that the bigger teams enjoy, Millennium/KWS Suzuki was forced to sort the new bike at the race track. Despite the lack of set up time both riders turned their fastest times ever at Barber Motorsports Park on Superstock- spec bikes thanks in part to the tireless work from Tim Godshall at Penske suspension and the amazing performance of the Dunlop tires. The Superstock class is the focus of Millennium/KWS Suzuki and John Haner was able to qualify in the eighth position with a time of 1:27.495. Teammate David Weber was able to qualify right behind Haner in the twelfth position with a time of 1:29.254. In Superbike qualifying Haner was able to better his time, but not his position because he was on Superstock equipment in a Superbike class, with a time of 1:27.455 for seventeenth position. Weber also improved his time in Superbike qualifying with a time of 1:29.104 to start in the twenty-sixth position. Superbike race one highlighted the teams lack of development time. Weber had an electrical problem on the warm up lap and had to start the race from pit road two-thirds of a lap down. Even with such a disadvantage from the start, Weber showed perseverance and rode a consistent, smart race to finish in the twenty-fourth position. Haner got a great start and was running in the thirteenth position when he suffered a mechanical problem and retired from the race on lap five. The team was extremely hopeful for a good result in the Superstock race. With Haner starting on the second row and Weber on the third row chances for top ten finishes was good. Haner didn’t get the start he was hoping for but quickly put his head down and started working his way to the front. On lap five he passed MPT Suzuki’s Blake Young for fifth and started to run down Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies in fourth. Unfortunately on lap eight he went a little too deep on the brakes into turn five and crashed. Despite the hard fall Haner’s Komodo gear kept him safe and he was able to escape uninjured. Weber rode a great race to finish in the twelfth position, his best AMA Superstock finish to date. After the crash in the Superstock race, Haner’s crew rushed to prepare the bike for Superbike race two. Both Weber and Haner got good starts and started working their way forward. Haner ran as high as thirteenth place but faded to sixteenth at the finish. Weber continued his weekend long trend of putting in consistent, drama free laps to finish in the eighteenth position. John Haner I am pretty happy about the weekend. The bike is really fast and getting better every time we go out. To be this competitive the first time out on the new GSX-R1000 is extremely encouraging for our chances for the rest of the year. The Dunlop tires were amazing and I have to thank Tim and Shane from Penske for all their help. I also want to thank my crew for all their hard work. David Weber I had a great weekend. The new Suzuki GSX-R1000 is incredible and with the support we are getting from Penske and Dunlop we will be up front in no time. I want to thank my mechanics Rick Matheny and Matt Hill and the rest of the team. This is the best situation I have been in since I started racing and I can’t wait to get to Fontana and continue to improve. Kevin Hunt (Team Owner) I was very happy about this weekend. The team is working really well together and the bikes performed great considering this is absolutely the first time they have been on track. Rick Matheny, Matt Hill, Chip Spalding and the whole team has worked so hard to get us to this point, but I especially want to thank Crew Chief, Michael Godin. Michael has not taken a day off since February in an effort to get the bikes prepared for this weekend and can’t thank him enough. The 2007 GSX-R1000 is all new this year and companies like Catalyst Racing Composites, LeoVince, GP Tech, and Pit Bull have gone the extra mile to make sure we had the parts we needed to race this weekend. Thanks to all involved and I am looking forward see what John and David can do at Fontana next week. More, from a press release issued by Shift: AMA ROADRACING REPORT CORY WEST Check out privateer roadracer Cory West’s latest report from Round 2 of the AMA Supersport and Formula Xtreme Championships at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. By Cory West Since my last report back in March, I’ve managed to keep myself pretty busy. I’ve been helping out Roadracing World magazine part time and getting to ride a variety of street and dirt bikes. I’ve been pretty excited about coming to Birmingham for the races at Barber Motorsports Park, even though I knew things would be tough since I’ve only been there a handful of times. I had a horrible red eye flight that left San Diego at 7:00 pm and didn’t get me to Birmingham until 10:00 the next morning. I can usually deal with that stuff pretty well, but when I got to the track on Thursday I was pretty well exhausted. Our plan was to ride the Thursday promoter practice, but I decided to get some much needed sleep instead. Going into the first practice session on Friday I felt fully charged and ready to go. I did manage to get up to speed pretty quick but I ended the Supersport session in 16th position so I definitely needed to get going a bit faster. Chuck and I made a few changes to the bike and got the thing handling better through some of the real long corners and started dropping small amounts of time each practice session. I rode in both 600 Supersport and Formula Xtreme and the extra track time was really helping a lot. At the end of Friday I had to qualify for the Formula Xtreme race that was set for Saturday and I felt like I got going pretty well. I ended up 11th fastest which was my best qualifying effort to date so we were pretty happy about that. Just to clue everyone in on our program if they didn’t already know, we are focused mainly on the Supersport championship. To have a highly competitive FX bike would cost us way too much money and we are definitely a privateer effort, so we run in FX on our Supersport bikes and use the track time to help prepare us for Supersport battle. Saturday was a busy day with two practice sessions in the morning, our Supersport qualifying session after lunch and the FX race at the end of the day. We had some issues early in the day trying to find a good Pirelli tire that we were going to use for our race tire. We started doing some longer runs on some tires but we were still trying to put in some fast laps on softer tires to bump us up on the leader board. The Supersport qualifying went really well with Pirelli stepping up huge with a special qualifying tire for the last 10 minutes of the session. I was running off and on in the top 10 throughout the session but when the factory guys started throwing their qualifying tires on I started getting bumped down the order. When we used our tire, I instantly dropped a full second off my fastest time and we ended up 11th fastest again. The FX race was good for us but I felt a little disappointed after it was done. I got a good start and had worked my way up to 5th place after about 6 laps and then started having tire troubles. There were places where I was stronger than the guys I was riding with but there are two very long right hand turns at Barber and I was getting killed through both of them. I got passed by 3 people and they slowly just started to inch away from me. It was frustrating but at the same time I knew we had just made the wrong choice with our rear tire and I needed to just hang on to the position I was in. So I ended up 8th which is my best AMA finish to date but I knew I could’ve finished higher with the right tire under me. So for Sunday’s Supersport race I knew right away what tire I wasn’t going to use! I did some consulting with some of my competitors that are also on Pirelli tires and just felt them out on what they were planning to do for the race. After I talked around a bit I decided on something different and just had my fingers crossed hoping that it was the right choice. My start wasn’t the greatest start I’ve ever had but I was in the hunt with a big group of riders. Everyone started to spread out a little bit and I was around 10th place with a good battle going with Blake Young and Danny Eslick. Between the three of us, we must have passed each other twenty times in 17 laps! I did have a much better tire under me for that race and I was trying to conserve as much as I could until I really needed it. On the last lap I was sitting in 10th place and we all caught a lapped rider coming onto the back straight. Danny and Blake kind of got held up a little bit, while I got a very good run on to the back straight and just managed to get by both of them with only three corners to go. I protected the inside through the last few corners and held them off for another 8th place finish. I was definitely more enthusiastic about my hard earned finish in the Supersport race and now I’m sitting in 8th place in points going into the California Speedway round. Barber is a pretty tricky track to figure out but the team was happy with my results and I’m glad we got through it in one piece. I feel like we are getting stronger each event and I’m really hoping for some top 5 finishes. I’ll keep you updated and let you know how next weekend’s race at Cal-Speedway turns out! www.shiftracing.com

Updated: AMA Pro Racing Previews This Coming Weekend’s Fontana Superbike Races

MLADIN CARRIES MOMENTUM INTO AMA SUZUKI SUPERBIKE CHALLENGE PICKERINGTON, Ohio After relinquishing the title to Yoshimura Suzuki teammate Ben Spies last year, six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin vowed to come back with renewed vigor in 2007. The 35-year-old Australian has been true to his word. As the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited comes to the AMA Suzuki Superbike Challenge at California Speedway in Fontana, Calif., on April 27-29, Mladin is coming off an impressive doubleheader sweep this past weekend in Birmingham, Ala., and has moved from 10th to second in the standings and drawn within eight points of series leader Spies. Fontana’s doubleheader could provide an important barometer on what direction the rest of the AMA Superbike season will take. Spies, the 22-year-old champ from Longview, Texas, calls California Speedway one of his favorite circuits. He scored his very first career Superbike win there in 2005, his rookie season in the class. He also scored a sweep of last year’s Superbike twin bill on the Speedway’s 2.3-mile road course. “He’s definitely stepped up from last year,” Spies said of teammate and rival Mladin. “In Alabama he did exactly what he had to do and I couldn’t get my rhythm. The only good thing I take from last week’s race is even though we didn’t win we had the pace. We didn’t get outright smoked like we did in ’05. I’m happy with that. We’re going to some good tracks that I like and tracks that he likes too. I’m sure it’s going to be like this all year.” For Mladin the story so far this year has been one of sheer determination. Not only the resolve it took to push his 35-year-old body to the limits in training this off-season, but also the fortitude of racing most of the first round at Daytona International Speedway with a tire that was rapidly deteriorating. Picking up his bike after a crash caused by the chunked front tire, Mladin scored a 10th-place at Daytona when most riders would have pulled into the pits and called it a day. “Going 190 miles per hour around the banking with pieces of rubber flying off and hitting me wasn’t the most fun I’ve ever had on a motorcycle,” Mladin deadpanned. “Of course Daytona was a little bit disappointing. But, you know, those things happen. It certainly didn’t put a damper on what I felt I could achieve this year. “I wasn’t pleased about losing the championship last year, but as I said a number of times, I don’t think I deserved to win the championship. My head and my heart weren’t in it. And as I said earlier in the year, the best rider’s going to win this year and we’ll see who that ends up being because I’m not going to leave anything out there.” While many see the Superbike series as a two-rider battle, veteran Miguel Duhamel continues to feel encouraged with the steps forward he and the Honda team are making. Duhamel is determined to break up the Suzuki domination. “I think Fontana is a place where we can definitely do well,” said Duhamel, the third ranked rider who won the AMA Superbike title in 1995. “I think our bike is good. I’m not going to Fontana to get third. I want to get first. If we’re going to win the championship, we’ve got to make some points on these guys. It’s going to be tough. Ben’s riding great and Mat’s riding great. I think we’re going to start seeing a three-rider tussle and it will be great for the fans and I’m looking forward to it as well.” Only 13 points separate the top three riders in the championship. A host of other top riders will be trying to make it to the podium at California Speedway. Tommy Hayden is ranked fourth in the series coming into the race, having made a smooth transition from Kawasaki to Suzuki. Jake Zemke is still trying to find the combination that brought him a victory last year at Utah’s Miller Motorsports Park aboard the factory Honda. Aaron Yates is bringing Jordan Suzuki unprecedented success. He barely missed a podium finish in Alabama last week. Yamaha is back in the series with a factory team for the first time in five years and the R1s ridden by Eric Bostrom and Jason DiSalvo have shown flashes of their potential. The team would love nothing better than to have a breakthrough this weekend. Kawasaki’s Roger Lee Hayden and Jamie Hacking are hoping to find their way to the front of the field as well. This race will also be the first opportunity for West Coast fans to see the striking new Ferracci MV Agusta Superbikes. This year marks the first time the exotic Italian maker has competed in the series. Matt Lynn and Luca Scassa ride the high-dollar machines. Both rounds four and five of the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited from Fontana will be telecast nationally on SPEED. The races will be shown back to back on Sunday, April 29 starting with Saturday’s race at 5:00 pm Eastern followed by Sunday’s race broadcast live at 6:00 pm. Tickets for the AMA Suzuki Superbike Challenge are available online at www.californiaspeedway.com Admission is free for ages 12 and under with a paid adult General Admission. More, from a press release issued by Safety First Suzuki: Safety First Suzuki Public Appearance at Dave and Buster’s in Ontario, CA Dave and Buster’s, a premier family entertainment restaurant and bar, will be hosting Safety First Suzuki riders Bobby Fong and Scott Ryan this Friday, April 27, from 7PM to 9PM. Dave and Buster’s is located just minutes from California Speedway at 4821 Mills Circle, in the Ontario Mills Mall. The riders will be on hand to sign autographs and interact with race fans and restaurant customers. A Safety First Suzuki GSXR 600 will be onsite from Wednesday through the weekend to promote the event and the AMA race to Dave and Buster’s customers. Dave and Buster’s can be found in over 45 locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The restaurant is known for its food and family entertainment with the latest in video and midway interactive games. For more information and additional Dave and Buster’s locations, please check out www.daveandbusters.com. More, from a press release issued by California Speedway: California Speedway Will Rev Up Motorcycle Fans at Buffalo Wild Wings for the Suzuki Superbike Challenge Weekend Autograph Session with Ben Spies, Aaron Yates, Jake Holden, Steve Rapp and other top riders. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif.— California Speedway and Buffalo Wild Wings in Rancho Cucamonga are teaming up to host a party from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25 to get motorcycle fans revved up for the AMA Suzuki Superbike Challenge weekend, Friday, April 27 through Sunday, April 29. Billed as the kick-off for the highly anticipated AMA Suzuki Superbike Challenge which takes place Friday, April 27th through Sunday, April 29th at California Speedway the celebration gives fans an early taste of the thrilling weekend to come. It’s also a one-of-a-kind opportunity to meet Ben Spies from Team Yoshimura Suzuki and enjoy an autograph session from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. with Aaron Yates and Jake Holden from Jordan Suzuki, and Steve Rapp from Attack Kawasaki, just to name a few. Plus, fans can get up close and check out the entire 2007 GSX-R motorcycle line and race bikes from Jordan Suzuki as well as have the opportunity to win prizes with special drawings throughout the night from X103.9. Also, the all new 2007 Suzuki GSX-R 1000 will have its US launch earlier that day at California Speedway and will be available for an up close viewing, along with the rest of the 2007 GSX-R line of motorcycle line as well as race bikes from Jordan Suzuki at Buffalo Wild Wings. Tickets to the Suzuki Superbike Challenge weekend, Friday, April 27 through Sunday, April 29, are on sale now. Don’t miss out on all of the extreme, two-wheeled action happening at Southern California’s premier sports venue. Prices range from $10 on Friday to $30 on Saturday and Sunday and kids 12 and under are free. Two and three-day packages are also available. For more information call 800-944-Race [7223] or log on to californiaspeedway.com.

Vermeulen Tops MotoGP Test In Turkey Monday

Monday Apr 23 2007 Testing session after Turkish GP STONER AND CAPIROSSI BACK ON TRACK AFTER SUNDAY PODIUM CELEBRATIONS Just a few hours after the podium celebrations of the Grand Prix of Turkey, Casey Stoner and Loris Capirossi were out on the track again for a supplementary one-day testing session at the Istanbul Park circuit. After the poor weather encountered in Monday testing following the first two races, the Ducati Marlboro Team riders were finally able to enjoy sunny conditions for tyre and development tests with the Ducati Desmosedici GP7, which produced promising results for both riders. Half-way through the day Stoner had a harmless crash that failed to prevent him from resuming the test almost immediately and complete the work schedule. The Ducati Marlboro Team are now preparing for the next flyaway event in this year’s calendar, round 4 in Shanghai (China) on May 6. Casey Stoner (41 laps) Best lap on race tyres: 1m53.54s Best lap on qualifying tyres: 1m53.34s “It was hard to get out of bed this morning after yesterday’s race, but I knew I had to do some work because I want to do the same in China! We did some tyre testing on race and qualifying, and found some good solutions for both. We also worked on engine mapping and managed to get through a lot of work because we had good weather in the post-race test sessions for the first time. The only thing that went wrong was that I had a stupid crash. I was on my exit lap, I wasn’t pushing hard and I crashed in a slow corner. It wasn’t a big crash but I got a knock on the head which I’m sure will make me go quicker in China!” Loris Capirossi (51 laps) Best lap on race tyres: 1m54.04s Best lap on qualifying tyres: 1m53.61s “Today was a positive test session, with ideal weather conditions which were very similar to yesterday’s. We were hampered by a few minor technical problems, especially electronic, but I’d rather they happened today than yesterday! I tested a different front fork and liked it and I’ll probably try it again in China. We also tested some rear race tyres. Here they went really well, but in any case we found something that goes even better! I also tried some new qualifying tyres and they seemed to work better than the ones we had on Saturday. At this point I can’t wait to get back on the track at Shanghai!” Unofficial best lap time Vermeulen 1’53.1 Barros 1’53.2 Stoner 1’53.3 Elias 1’53.3 Melandri 1’53.4 Hopkins 1’53.5 Capirossi 1’53.6 De Puniet 1’53.6 Hayden 1’53.8 Rossi 1’54.0 Hoffmann 1’54.2 More, from a press release issued by Fiat Yamaha: Event: Istanbul Test Date: Monday, 23rd April 2007 Ambient temperature: 24 degrees C Track temperature: 40 degrees C Humidity: 14% BUSY DAY’S TESTING FOR ROSSI AT ISTANBUL PARK Valentino Rossi was back in the saddle in Turkey today, keen to erase the memory of a disappointing Turkish Grand Prix with an afternoon of hard work on his Yamaha YZR-M1. His Fiat Yamaha team-mate Colin Edwards was forced to sit out today’s test and rest his swollen knee, which he hit hard when he was knocked off during the first lap of yesterday’s race. Rossi completed 66 laps and spent the entire time working on tyres with Michelin, both in order to gather more information about the tyre problem which forced him into tenth place yesterday and with a view to gathering information for the next race. Rossi’s best lap of the day was a 1’54.0 on race tyres, which put him 12th in the order according to the unofficial lap times. The MotoGP paddock now has a week’s rest before reconvening in Shanghai for the Grand Prix of China. Fiat Yamaha Team Davide Brivio Team Director “Today we decided it was better if Colin rested because he had some pain and a lot of swelling in his knee following yesterday’s unlucky crash. It’s not a serious injury but together we agreed it would be better for him to stay off the bike and save himself for China. As a result Valentino had a lot of work to do because he had to take on some of Colin’s workload. We tried some things in order to gather information to help Michelin to understand what happened yesterday, and then tested many tyres in order to find a way forward for China. We learnt a lot and we think we’ve found a good direction for the next race. Now Yamaha and Michelin will work on this information together and hopefully we can have a better race in Shanghai.” Test Times 1. Chris Vermeulen (AUS) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1’53.1 2. Alex Barros (BRA) Pramac d’Antin 1’53.2 3. Toni Elias (SPA) Honda Gresini 1’53.3 4. Casey Stoner (AUS) Ducati Marlboro Team 1’53.3 5. Marco Melandri (ITA) Honda Gresini 1’53.4 6. John Hopkins (USA) Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1’53.5 7. Carlos Checa (SPA) Honda LCR 1’53.6 8. Randy de Puniet (FRA) Kawasaki Racing Team 1’53.6 9. Loris Capirossi (ITA) Ducati Marlboro Team 1’53.6 10. Nicky Hayden (USA) Repsol Honda Team 1’53.8 11. Kenny Roberts Jr (USA) Team Roberts 1’53.9 12. Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1’54.0 13. Alex Hofmann (GER) Pramac d’Antin 1’54.2 14. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 1’54.5 Istanbul: Lap Record D. Pedrosa (Honda) 2006, 1’59.318 Istanbul: Best Lap S. Gibernau (Honda) 2005, 1’52.334

Assen World Superbike And World Supersport Previews

HANNspree Ten Kate Honda leads the way to Assen World Superbike Championship Round five: Assen, The Netherlands Monday 23 April 2007 Event preview HANNspree Ten Kate Honda will head home to northern Europe this weekend for the fifth round of the 2007 World Superbike Championship in Assen. The thrilling fourth round in Valencia saw James Toseland extend his series lead in one of the most exciting races of the season so far. The British rider racked up his fourth race win of the year in a spectacular 23-lap battle with Noriyuki Haga and Max Biaggi. The three rivals were rarely more than a second away from each other as they fought for the top place on the podium. In the end, Toseland was triumphant as he secured a 151-point lead in the championship standings. Team-mate Roberto Rolfo fought hard from 17th on the grid to take tenth and 12th places in race one and two respectively. The Italian is aiming to step up his campaign in The Netherlands to bring in those all-important points for HANNspree Ten Kate Honda’s home race. Ronald ten Kate, Team Manager: “Assen is the home round of the team and we will have over 400 guests on the race day, including all the wives and girlfriends of the team members. For sure we are going to give it 100% yet again. James has done really well at Assen over the past few years, although last year it was wet so it wasn’t so good for him. However, the forecast for the weekend is good so we are keeping our fingers crossed for that. The fast and flowing characteristics of the circuit will suit Roby’s riding style a lot better so we believe he can get a good result and do well for the home race.” James Toseland: “So far we’ve won a race at every round so I’m hoping to keep this going at Assen. It’s more or less like a home round for me with all the British fans that come over, and of course it’s the home race for the team so it should be a good one. I’m really looking forward to the racing and hopefully I can keep and extend my championship lead.” Roberto Rolfo: “Things did not go so well for me in Valencia – the feeling on the bike just wasn’t there and I struggled to get on the pace. I hope to be able to get back on track at Assen because although this is a challenging circuit, I think it will suit my style. We’ll see how things go. I am looking forward to racing at the team’s home track as there should be a lot of extra support in the crowd – it should be a good weekend.” More, from another press release issued by HANNspree Ten Kate Honda: HANNspree Ten Kate Honda brings in wingman to support top riders World Supersport Championship Round five: Assen, The Netherlands Monday 23 April 2007 Event preview The fifth round of the 2007 World Supersport Championship at Assen will see HANNspree Ten Kate Honda contest its home race with a formidable line-up of three riders. Defending champion Sébastien Charpentier returns from injury to battle for the title alongside current series leader Kenan Sofuoglu and Valencia stand-in Andrew Pitt. HANNspree Ten Kate Honda made the decision to run a three-man team following Pitt’s impressive performance in Spain. The Australian rider crossed the finish line in second position behind Sofuoglu to secure a spectacular one-two finish for the team. Pitt will be able to offer invaluable support for the two permanent riders in the continuing development of the new Honda CBR600RR. After securing his third race win of the season in Spain, Sofuoglu heads to Assen with a stunning 95-point championship lead – a huge 44 points clear of second place rider Fabien Foret. Although not complacent, the Turkish rider is confident that he can do his team proud once again in The Netherlands this weekend. Sébastien Charpentier has been undergoing an intensive rehabilitation programme since his free practice crash at Donington Park just over three weeks ago. He has made a good recovery from his pelvic and coccyx injuries and is looking forward to making a triumphant return to the Supersport series. Ronald ten Kate, Team Manager: “Assen is a special event for us as it is our home round. The riders know how important it is to us and so they see it as their home round also. We have Sébastien back for Assen, which makes us truly happy. It has been very strange racing without him because he has been a part of the team for so long. I’m sure he will give it 100% to make a remarkable return to the championship. “Assen is a track with good memories for Kenan as he got his first ever Supersport win there last year. I know that he will be giving it his all again this year. For Assen, we have decided to bring in a wingman to support and two top gun riders. Andrew impressed us a lot in Valencia so we see this as thank you to him for all his efforts. He is able to do some very important testing work on the new CBR600RR, which is still in the early stages of development. All in all, we are ready to race. we are ready for Assen!” Kenan Sofuoglu “I am still feeling very happy about the results in Valencia and want to thank the team once again for all the hard work that went into achieving the win. I am focusing on the future and I just want to keep getting good, consistent results for the team. This race is important because it is the home race for Ten Kate. I won here last year, so I am confident about the track, but I know that anything can happen so I’m just going to keep my head down and concentrate on bringing in the points.” Sébastien Charpentier “I am feeling a lot better and I’ll be coming to Assen with a clear mind. I’m determined to be back at the front and I just want to forget the beginning of the season and concentrate on the future. The championship is long and I’m going to give it everything I’ve got to get back the title.” Andrew Pitt: “I am really happy to be riding for HANNspree Ten Kate Honda again. I had a great time in Valencia and I felt like I worked well with the guys so it’s an honour to be asked to ride in Assen. I understand how important this race is for the team so I’m going to come and do my absolute best – let’s hope we can go one better than Valencia and see a full HANNspree Ten Kate line-up on the podium.”

More From Sunday’s MotoGP Race In Turkey

Bridgestone celebrates tenth MotoGP victory with first ever 1-2-3 Round 03 – Turkey – Race Istanbul Park, Istanbul – Sunday 22 April 2007 Bridgestone is celebrating an historic performance this afternoon after its riders dominated the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul. Ducati’s Casey Stoner took the lead on the opening lap and never looked back, leading home Honda Gresini’s Toni Elias and team-mate Loris Capirossi for the first ever Bridgestone 1-2-3 in a MotoGP event. The win marked the tenth victory on Bridgestone tyres in MotoGP. Pramac d’Antin’s Alex Barros hounded Capirossi for the final podium place in the closing laps but settled for an equally impressive fourth at the chequered flag. Marco Melandri took fifth for Honda Gresini with Suzuki’s John Hopkins in sixth, both men putting in excellent performances. Kawasaki’s Randy de Puniet and Pramac d’Antin’s Alex Hofmann made it eight Bridgestone-shod riders in the top ten, by far the most competitive performance by Bridgestone tyres in the corporation’s comparatively short MotoGP history. An early crash involving Dani Pedrosa (Honda), Colin Edwards (Yamaha), Olivier Jacque (Kawasaki) and Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) resulted in only Vermeulen able to rejoin the race. Such was his competitiveness coming back up through the field, the Australian was able to set the quickest lap of the race (1m54.026s) on his penultimate lap to reclaim a fighting eleventh place. The consistency of Stoner’s race winning pace meant that the young Australian posted seven laps of 1m54.2s with only his opening and final lap over 1m54.8s, a variation of just 0.6s over twenty laps. Hiroshi Yamada Bridgestone Motorsport – Manager, Motorcycle Sport Department “Today’s result is fantastic for Bridgestone as we celebrate our tenth MotoGP victory with our first ever MotoGP 1-2-3. For me this is a real dream come true. Congratulations to Ducati, who sit at the top of the championships, as well as to the Honda Gresini team for their first podium this year. Turkey has always been a tough track for us and it has been particularly gratifying that we have been able to find a breakthrough for this year’s performance. We had five riders in the top eight with each of our teams, which is an incredible achievement. I would like to express my thanks to all five of our teams for their patience and support while we have worked hard to find solutions for this circuit and we look forward to continuing this trend in the upcoming races.” Tohru Ubukata Bridgestone Motorsport – Manager, Motorcycle Race Tyre Development “We are obviously delighted with the results from today’s race. As an engineer, we are always looking for continuous improvement in our technological development, so we are not going to take today’s performance for granted. Nevertheless we take great pride in the technical advances we have made since last year’s Turkish GP, a race in which we really struggled. Our direction for tyre development appears to be correct and certainly paid dividends today. I hope we can confirm this in the next GP in China in two weeks’ time.” Casey Stoner Ducati Corse Race Winner “We had a great race today. Really, with the way the Ducati and the Bridgestone tyres were today we couldn’t do anything wrong. I got past Colin (Edwards) on the first lap because I wanted to make sure I didn’t get held up and bumped back like in Jerez. Then Valentino ran off the track, pretty much gifting me first position. From there we put some good laps together, built a gap and continued from there because some of the other riders were having a battle. The Bridgestone tyres were absolutely perfect, in fact the whole package was just perfect. With everybody working together I think we can do a really good job and I think and I hope that we can get stronger as the season goes on.” Bridgestone Race Results Front Rear P1 Casey Stoner Ducati 42m02.850s Winner Slick Hard Slick Hard P2 Toni Elias Honda Gresini 42m09.057s +6.207s Slick Hard Slick Medium P3 Loris Capirossi Ducati 42m10.952s +8.102s Slick Hard Slick Hard P4 Alex Barros Pramac d’Antin 42m10.985s +8.135s Slick Hard Slick Hard P5 Marco Melandri Honda Gresini 42m11.139s +8.289s Slick Medium Slick Hard P6 John Hopkins Suzuki 42m13.036s +10.186s Slick Hard Slick Hard P8 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki 42m17.584s +14.734s Slick Hard Slick Medium P9 Alex Hofmann Pramac d’Antin 42m18.892s +16.042s Slick Hard Slick Hard P11 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 42m29.099s +26.249s Slick Hard Slick Medium DNF Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Did Not Finish First Lap Slick Medium Slick Medium Weather: Dry. Air 23°C, Track 38°C, Humidity 13%

Thursday Practice Scheduled At Fontana For AMA Pro Riders

California Speedway Suzuki AMA Privateer Practice Reminder Fastrack Riders with assistance from Team Hammer, California Speedway and Suzuki will be providing a Privateer Practice day on Thursday, April 26th just before the AMA National at California Speedway on the AMA Track. It will be a two group format: 600 Supersport and Formula Extreme in Group A Superstock and AMA Superbikes in Group B Registration can be on line at www.fastrackriders.com or sign up at the event. It is $175.00 per licensed AMA rider. Registration opens at 8:00 AM. The first session will begin at 9:00 AM. In the morning there will be half-hour sessions for each group. Beginning at 1:00 PM there will be two one hour sessions for each group.

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