Aprilia-Ducati of Oceanside, one of Southern California’s premier Aprilia, Ducati, and Husqvarna dealers, is moving to a new facility in Escondido, California. The doors will open at the new location on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006. Aprilia-Ducati of Oceanside, sponsor of multiple Willow Springs Champion Kenny Kopecky, will also change names to MOTO FORZA. The new shop is located at 572 N. Tulip St., Escondido, CA 92025. New contact numbers are: phone (760)746-6001; fax (760)746-6002. Website remains the same: www.motaliausa.com

WSMC racer Brienne Thomson was released from Kern County Medical Center last night. Thomson suffered a Grade III concussion and facial bruising when she crashed her SV650 at top speed in turn eight at Willow Springs Raceway Sunday. She was airlifted to the hospital, which is the closest Trauma Center to the racetrack.

AMA PRO RACING ON SPEED APRIL 18-25, 2006 (All times Eastern) Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan Tuesday, April 18, 2 p.m. Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas Tuesday, April 18, 3 p.m. Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Lites, Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas Tuesday, April 18, 4 p.m. Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas Tuesday, April 18, 11 p.m. AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited, Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama (Superbike Race 1), Sunday, April 23, 4 p.m. AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited, Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama (Superbike Race 2), Sunday, April 23, 5 p.m. Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, Texas Stadium, Irving Texas Sunday, April 23, 6 p.m. Lockhart- Phillips USA Formula Xtreme Series, Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama Tuesday, April 25, 2 p.m. Pro Honda Oils Supersport Championship presented by Shoei, Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama Tuesday, April 25, 3 p.m. Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, Texas Stadium, Irving Texas Tuesday, April 25, 5 p.m. Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, Texas Stadium, Irving Texas Tuesday, April 25, 11 p.m. All times subject to change. Check local listings.

FASTRACK RIDERS California Speedway AMA Practice Fastrack Riders announces riding rotation for the upcoming Suzuki Privateer Appreciation Practice at California Speedway on Thursday, April 27th presented by Team Hammer, Fastrack Riders, and California Speedway. “We are pleased to be promoting the Suzuki Privateer Appreciation Practice at California Speedway” states David Pyles, “and want to have a format that will give all privateers a real opportunity to gain valuable track time experience and really get their bikes dialed in for the AMA National event. Without the support of Suzuki, California Speedway, and Team Hammer there would be almost no practice time available for the privateer riders.” 600cc Supersport and Formula Extreme bikes will be in Group One with 1000cc Superstock and AMA Superbikes in Group Two. This year the first half of the day there will be half hour riding sessions broken up between the two groups. In the afternoon starting at 1:00 PM each group will get two separate one hour practice sessions. Riders or teams can register on line at www.fastrackriders.com by going to the lower right hand corner and clicking on the AMA logo or call 877-560-2233.

CHARPENTIER READY FOR ANOTHER WIN. SOFUOGLU WANTS THE PODIUM Valencia, and the Ricardo Tormo circuit, welcome the third race of the Supersport World Championship which sees the Winston Ten Kate Honda Rider, Sebastien Charpentier, unquestioned leader after the first two victories in Qatar and Australia. The World Champion has therefore confirmed the great preseason, where he has always been the fastest in the tests, and also in Valencia he will be the favorite, looking for his third victory which would allow him to take a further step towards his second Title, which is of course the objective of the strong French rider. Also Kenan Sofuoglu is looking forward to the Spanish race, after his promising start of the season. The Turkish rider has done well to step on the podium in Qatar while in Australia he crashed while conquering the top positions. Now in Valencia he can demonstrate to be able to steadily fight with the top five, also to take home important points for the constructor’s classification. Ronald Ten Kate Team Manager “Winter test went well and the good start of the season allowed us to concentrate with more tranquility to work on the bike. In Valencia we have some new things to test and the first practice session on Friday will be fully dedicated for this. Of course I know that Charpentier will start as the favorite but for this reason we will work even harder and with more determination, because we want to continue winning. I am also convinced that Sofuoglu could repeat the good result conquered in Qatar and this could be really important for us.” Sebastien Charpentier Winston Ten Kate Honda Rider “Until this moment things went perfectly for me and I hope I can continue in Valencia on this road. In the test I was always fast, we never had any problems and therefore I expect great things from this race, where I won also last year. I want to thanks the Team and Honda because this year they put me in the best conditions to race. For this race I will have a completely new design for the Helmet. It’s fantastic!” Kenan Sofuoglu Winston Ten Kate Honda Rider “I have finally spent some time at home in Turkey with my family and this has been really good for me. It helped me to relax and regenerate. I really needed it, especially after the hard fall in the last test in march. I am learning the bike more and more, the third position in Qatar has made me understand that I can easily end in every race in the top five, and therefore in Valencia I am ready to be between the protagonists. Sebastien seems unreachable but with the rest it will be a great challenge.”

TOSELAND WANTS THE LEADERSHIP. DEBUT FOR BUSSEI After a month and half of break, the SBK World Championship restarts from the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, the first of ten races which will be raced in Europe. The Winston Ten Kate Honda Team will present in Spain after the strong results obtained in the first two races of the season, which have placed James Toseland at the second position of the standing, only one point behind the leader Troy Bayliss. On the 4005 meters at the Valencia track, a insidious track that doesn’t allow a minimal mistake, which present 9 left turns 5 right turns, the English rider is ready to attack the leadership. Wonderfully supported by his Honda CBR1000RR, which has demonstrated strong since the beginning of the season, and having already won on this track in 2004, the year he conquered the World Title, Toseland is surely between the favourites for the final victory, having fully recovered after the fall in the test in March. In Valencia there will be Giovanni Bussei’s debut with the Winston Ten Kate Honda Team. The piedmont based rider has been chosen to substitute injured Karl Muggeridge for the Spanish race, who will be back in Monza at the beginning of May. Bussei, who will try the bike for the first time in the weekend of race, declared himself really eager to jump into this adventure and will do his best to take home a solid result. Ronald Ten Kate – Team manager “We decided to not participate the Misano test because we needed to work on the bike and the engine in our racing department. In the pre-season test on the Valencia circuit we already obtained positive feedbacks, constantly in the top four or five positions with a race setting, therefore we preferred to concentrate on other priorities. I am sure that James will be one of the protagonists in the race while I am sorry Karl will not be with us: he has been with us for four years and it will be strange to not see him around the box. But I fully believe in Bussei, who could give us a nice surprise.” James Toseland Winston Ten Kate Honda Rider “I really believe in this race, even if I know Bayliss will be really fast like in the Test, and Corser and Haga will be as usual two strong clients. But I am really motivated and concentrated and I want to continue to conquer important results after the great start of the season I had. Bayliss only has one point of advantage and I don’t have any intention to let him go away. I am sorry Karl didn’t make it to race in Valencia and I wish the best of luck to my new team-mate Giovanni.” Giovanni Bussei Winston Ten Kate Honda Rider “I am really happy to be able to compete with the Winston Ten Kate Honda Team and I am aware that I will ride one of the top bikes. It will be hard because I have to get used to the race rhythm but of course I will do all I can to payback the trust has been given to me. It will be nice to be James’ team-mate, even if only for one weekend, and for this I want to thank the Team and the sponsors.”

GREAT BATTLE SHAPING UP IN AMA SUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP PICKERINGTON, Ohio (April 18, 2006) — Kawasaki has it and wants to keep it, while Yamaha and Suzuki both want it back. The prize these manufacturers all covet is the AMA Pro Honda Oils Supersport Championship presented by Shoei. One of the most hotly contested series in the history of AMA road racing, the Supersport series is once again shaping up to be another barnburner in 2006. Kawasaki’s Roger Lee Hayden brings a four-point lead over Yamaha’s Jamie Hacking coming into round two of the 11-race series at Barber Motorsports Park on Sunday, April 23. Hayden feels like it is his time to win the Supersport title. The youngest of the three racing Hayden brothers from Owensboro, Ky., has been runner-up in the series to his oldest brother Tommy for the last two years. This season Tommy is going to concentrate solely on the Superbike class leaving baby brother alone to fight off the horde of Yamaha and Suzuki riders trying to win back the championship. If Roger manages to win the series it would mean that all three Haydens brothers have won the title. Middle brother Nicky is racing for the factory Honda team in the Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship. After winning at Daytona last month Roger Lee said he feels like he’s up to the task of finally earning his first AMA road racing title. He sees 2003 champ Jamie Hacking as his primary competition. “I’m pretty happy that I came through Daytona with a good result,” said Hayden, who is beginning his eighth year as a pro. “It’s going to be a long year. This class is competitive. I know there’s always some other guy that’s going to be strong all year. I know Jamie [Hacking] is fast. He has been the last few years. He just got hurt a few times. I know he’s capable of being up front every race.” Hacking’s primary goal for 2006 is to stay healthy so he’ll have the chance to win back the championship he won three years ago. “It’s going to be a tough battle all year,” Hacking said of the Supersport championship. “We’ve been in this situation before, and hopefully we can have a trouble-free season. The last couple years for us have been pretty bad. So hopefully we can have a clean season and work on our bike some more in testing this next month, and get the thing dialed in just a little bit better. I’m looking forward to it. It’s going to be a good season.” Hacking and Hayden are both former Barber Supersport winners. While the focus is primarily on the battle between Hayden and Hacking, Suzuki has a secret weapon in the class in the form of Ben Spies. Most have considered the young Texan to be a Supersport overachiever on the Suzuki, which has been just a slight click off the Kawasaki and Yamaha Supersport bikes in the last couple of seasons. This year however the new GSX-R600 seems to be closer if not equal to the other factory rigs and Spies hopes to do some damage in the class this season. Suzuki also has depth in the class. In addition to factory rider Spies there are a host of support riders who could contend for podiums throughout the season. Chief among them is former flat tracker Danny Eslick, who is coming on strong on the Matsushima Performance Suzuki, and M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May. Eslick is fifth in the standings coming into Barber, May seventh, by virtue of their Daytona finishes. Suzuki is looking for its first victory in the Barber Supersport event. Another team to watch for at Barber is Attack Performance Kawasaki with the Aussie pair of Damon Buckmaster and Ben Attard. Both are capable of winning on any given weekend. Honda has no factory entry in Supersport this year, but is represented in the class by California speedster Jeffrey Tigert on his Pro Honda Oils backed team. Tigert is 12th in the standings coming into Barber. The Pro Honda Oils Supersport race is part of Barber Motorsports Park’s Honda Superbike Classic that runs from April 21-23. The Barber Supersport final will be televised nationally on SPEED at 3 p.m. EST Tuesday, April 25. To obtain tickets for the Honda Superbike Classic call 800-240-2300 or visit the website www.barbermotorsports.com. About AMA Pro Racing AMA Pro Racing is the leading sanctioning body for motorcycle sport in the United States. Its properties include the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, the AMA Toyota Motocross Championship presented by FMF, the AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited, the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship and the AMA Supermoto Championship. For more information about AMA Pro Racing, visit www.amaproracing.com.

Nowland and Cudlin third at Assen Australians Warwick Nowland and Damian Cudlin have kicked off the 2006 world endurance title in strong fashion, securing third place in the season-opening event at a revamped Assen layout on April 17. After starting from grid position five on the Yamaha Phase One Endurance YZF-R1, the duo circulated consistently for the entire 500km race, eventually finishing two laps down on the victorious Suzuki Castrol combination of Vincent Philippe and Japan’s Keiichi Kitagawa (GSX-R1000). The podium was completed by Yamaha Austria, with Igor Jerman and Sebastien Scarnato at the helm of the team’s YZF-R1. “I had a couple of little problems during the race, but to finish on the podium gives us a lot of confidence heading into the big 24-hour (Le Mans) next weekend,” said Cudlin, who finished fourth at Assen last year. “We changed the bike a little bit in warm up and it wasn’t spot on for me, and when the wind picked during the race up it was a little bit unstable.” Meanwhile, reigning world champion Suzuki Castrol enjoyed the perfect weekend, kick-started when its full complement of riders Matthieu Lagrive is the third went fastest in their individual qualifying sessions. Lagrive was then set aside for the 110-lap race, leaving Philippe and Kitagawa to deliver Suzuki Castrol’s third successive win at Assen and Suzuki’s fourth in a row after Nowland was successful in 2003. The duo was a lap ahead by the 250km mark, and could afford to cruise in the closing stages but not before Philippe set the fastest lap of the race (1:43.659) on the extensively remodelled circuit in northern Holland. “It was an easy race for the team,” said Philippe. “I made good start, and tried to stay constant during the race. I saw Yamaha Austria had a problem, so I kept a good lap time but not too fast; I was thinking about Le Mans next week. It’s been a pleasure to ride at Assen.” Yamaha Austria did manage to keep Castrol Suzuki on its toes in the opening laps, before it was forced to pit early for a new front tyre. Twenty-eight teams completed the distance, with nine DNFs. Round two of the 2006 Endurance World Championship will be held at Le Mans this weekend the first time the iconic 24-hour event has been on the calendar since 2001. A third Australian will join Nowland and Cudlin at Le Mans Damian’s younger brother Alex, who will ride for Kawasaki Diablo 666 on a ZX-10R. Diablo finished eighth at Assen. Provisional results 1st 2 Suzuki Castrol FRA Suzuki GSX-R1000 Philippe, Kitagawa 110 laps 2nd 7 Yamaha Austria AUT Yamaha YZF-R1 Jerman, Scarnato – 1 lap 3rd 3 Yamaha Phase One Endurance GBR Yamaha YZF-R1 Nowland, Cudlin – 2 laps 4th 12 Suzuki Fagersjo-el.se SWE Suzuki GSX-R1000 – Hanson, Andersson, Carlberg 3 laps 5th 8 Kawasaki Bolliger SUI Kawasaki ZX10R Muff, Saiger, Morillon 4 laps 6th 4 Team X-One Yamaha ITA Yamaha YZF-R1 Sanna, Demaneis, Tessari – +35.371 seconds 7th 21 RMT21 Racing Honda GER Honda CBR1000RR Mizera, Seidel – +1:05.900 8th 666 Kawasaki Diablo 666 GBR Kawasaki ZX10R Rohtlaan, Hutchins, Cudlin 5 laps 9th 100 Suzuki Team Endurance Moto45 FRA Suzuki GSX-R1000 Bernon, Briere – +48.871 seconds 10th 199 Yamaha Team Acropolis Zone Rouge FRA Yamaha YZF-R1 – vdBoreck, Pirot, Botton 6 laps

Round 3 – Bennetts British Superbike Championship Meeting Thruxton, Hants. Sunday 16th and Monday 17th April 2006 THRUXTON WOES FOR BRIDEWELL BROTHERS OLLIE CRASHES AT 160MPH AS TOM HITS TROUBLE”¦ Following on from their superb starts to the 2006 British Championship season, Etchilhampton near Devizes in Wiltshire brothers Tommy and Ollie Bridewell both suffered setbacks when round three of series took place at Thruxton in Hampshire today (Easter Monday). Riding at their local track and in front of a sell out record crowd at the historic circuit, neither rider made it to the finish of their respective races due to a number of problems throughout the weekend aboard their respective Vivaldi Suzukis. 17 year old Tommy was hoping to add to his points tally where he was inside the top fifteen at the opening two rounds but handling problems on his 600cc Suzuki hindered his progress in the British Supersport Championship. Faced with an uphill struggle from a lowly sixth row grid position, Bridewell made a good start but following on from a near crash on the opening lap which had him out of the saddle, he decided to call it a day instead of risking a crash around Britain’s fastest race track: “I’m bitterly disappointed as Thruxton is one of my favourite tracks but we just couldn’t get the bike to handle all weekend long. If I’d continued in the race, I would have crashed and the last thing I needed after regaining my fitness was another injury so discretion was the better part of valour today” said a bitterly disappointed Tommy. Meanwhile elder brother Ollie was once again impressive aboard the 1000cc Vivaldi Suzuki which he had taken to top ten placings in the first two rounds of the series but any hopes he had of increasing his score in front of his local fans were thwarted in both 22 lap Bennetts British Superbike Championship races. The 20 year old set an impressive 14th fastest time during the Audi Performance Qualifying session on Sunday but an electrical fault meant he had to retire form race one in the early stages. Determined to put his misfortune behind him, Ollie got a rip-snorter of a start in race two and and inside the top eight for the opening laps when he had to take avoiding action as Rizla Suzuki rider James Haydon crashed in front of him. Undeterred, Ollie set about chasing the leading bunch again when he lost the front end at the 160mph plus Church Corner and crashed out spectacularly, luckily without major injury: “That was the fastest crash I’ve ever had and the bike is looking a little worse for wear now which I’ve apologised to the team for. I was so mad as I was running with the leading bunch and I knew I had the pace to stick with them but I tried just a little hard and down I went. Still, apart from some missing skin, I’m OK and hope to get back to scoring points next time out at Oulton Park” said Ollie. The next round of the respective championships takes place in two weeks time at Oulton Park, Cheshire over the weekend of April 30th and May 1st. More, from a press release issued by Cartersport Motorsport Media, on behalf of Stobart Motorsport: STOBART HONDA RIDERS RACK UP POINTS AT THRUXTON Stobart Motorsport riders Michael Rutter and Michael Laverty emerged from round three of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship with some more solid points following on the first dry meeting of the 2006 season at Thruxton in Hampshire today. In front of a record crowd and just prior to celebrating his 32nd birthday, Leicestershire rider Rutter scored a sixth and seventh place finish in both 22 lap races following on from problems encountered during qualifying and as a result goes into the next round at Oulton Park in joint seventh position in the Championship. Meanwhile Michael Laverty also struggled during qualifying to get a race set up but bravely battled on to record a tenth and eleventh place finish to score valuable points and in doing so left Thruxton in ninth position in the Championship. “Everything we tried didn’t work. We went back to the standard setting but we were 22 seconds off in the first race and 30 in the second so we haven’t done very well at all. We had a good set up at Donington and hopefully it is just the circuit here that just didn’t suit how the bike was set up” said Rutter. Laverty added “I just had a nightmare weekend. Everything we tried, we just couldn’t make any improvement. I just couldn’t get anything to work and I rode around like a beginner. I just couldn’t ride it fast, I just had to ride it safely. I’m just frustrated but at least I got some points at the end of the day. Like Michael (Rutter), I believe it’s just the circuit because the bike worked well at Donington and Brands and Thruxton is a unique circuit.” Meanwhile Crew Chief Phil Borley commented “We’ve learned a lot of lessons this weekend and we hope to be challenging a lot higher up the leaderboard at Oulton Park. We now have two weeks to re-group and turn things around before the next round.” The next round of the Championship takes place at Oulton Park in two weeks’ time on Mayday Bank Holiday Monday (1st May). Superbike Race One Result: 1, Gregorio Lavilla (Ducati) 28m47.270s, 2, Leon Haslam (Ducati) +4.460s, 3, Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) +12.742s, 4, Jonathan Rea (Honda) +18.921s, 5, Shane Byrne (Suzuki) +19.058s, 6, Michael Rutter (Stobart Honda) +22.866s, 7, Glen Richards (Honda) +30.839s, 8, Tommy Hill (Yamaha) +30.974s, 9, Dean Thomas (Kawasaki) +34.210s, 10, Michael Laverty (Stobart Honda) +34.252s. Superbike Race Two Result: 1, Gregorio Lavilla (Ducati) 27m58.085s, 2, Leon Haslam (Ducati) +6.337s, 3, Karl Harris (Honda) +15.230s, 4, Ryuichi Kiyonari (Honda) +15.566s, 5, Jonathan Rea (Honda) +21.323s, 6, Dean Thomas (Kawasaki) +25.437s, 7, Michael Rutter (Stobart Honda) +30.305s, 8, Shane Byrne (Suzuki) +34.977s, 9, Tommy Hill (Yamaha) +38.501s, 10, Scott Smart (Suzuki) +42.610s, 11, Michael Laverty (Stobart Honda) +42.842s. Bennetts British Superbike Championship Standings (after round 3) 1, Gregorio Lavilla (Ducati) 132pts 2, Leon Haslam (Ducati) 96pts 3, Ryuichi Kiyonari (HM Plant Honda) 87pts 4, Karl Harris (HM Plant Honda) 57pts 5, Jonathan Rea (Honda) 54pts 6, Shane Byrne (Suzuki) 45pts 7, Scott Smart (Suzuki) 44pts 7, Michael Rutter (Stobart Honda) 44pts 9, Michael Laverty (Stobart Honda) 42pts 10, Dean Thomas (Kawasaki) 40pts 2006 Bennetts British Superbike Race Dates R1: 2426 March, Brands Hatch, Kent (Indy) www.motorsportvision.co.uk R2: 79 April, Donington Park, Leics www.donington-park.co.uk R3: 1417 April, Thruxton, Hants www.barc.net R4: 29 April1 May, Oulton Park, Cheshire www.motorsportvision.co.uk R5: 1921 May, Mondello Park, Co Kildare www.mondellopark.ie R6: 24 June, Mallory Park, Leics www.mallorypark.co.uk R7: 16-18 June, Snetterton, Norfolk www.motorsportvision.co.uk R8: 1416 July, Knockhill, Fife www.knockhill.co.uk R9: 21-23 July, Oulton Park, Cheshire www.motorsportvision.co.uk R10:11-13 August, Croft, N Yorks www.croftcircuit.co.uk R11: 26-28 August, Cadwell Park, Lincs www.motorsportvision.co.uk R12: 15-17 September, Silverstone, Northants www.silverstone-circuit.co.uk More, from a press release issued by Hawk Kawasaki: Top Ten Finishes for Hawk Kawasaki Round 3 – Thruxton – 17th April Hawk Kawasaki rider Dean Thomas secured two top ten finishes at the third round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship on Bank Holiday Monday (17th April). 33-year-old Thomas gained a ninth and sixth place in the two Superbike races at Thruxton Circuit. After a fantastic qualifying position of fourth place on the grid, his second front row start this season, it was always going to be a difficult task to stay with the factory machines of Ducati and Honda at the super fast 2.4-mile track. It was the first dry race day so far this season and with a bumper crowd of 35’000 spectators it was a great day for some fantastic racing. Hawk Kawasaki Team Manager Stuart Hicken made the decision to pull the injured Craig Coxhell out of the two races to avoid further damage to his injured shoulders. Coxhell made a valiant attempt all weekend to try and bear the pain but it was obvious the 23-year-old Australian was in a lot of discomfort. Youngster of the pack, 19-year-old Peter Hickman was once again unlucky not to score his first points of the season. Tied up in some of the best battles of the race Hickman was dicing for 14th place in the first race and ended just outside the points in 18th after a fraught battle with Gary Mason, Steve Plater and Privateer Champion James Buckingham. In race two, Hickman lead a freight train of five riders for 12th position but sadly ended up crashing on lap 19 of the 22. Sheffield based Thomas was content with his results saying “I had a disaster with tyres in the first race and to avoid crashing I just wanted to ensure that I brought the bike home. This made it difficult for me to stay with the front runners, as I had no grip what so ever. The second race was much better and the ZX10 felt a lot smoother to ride. I knew we would struggle with horsepower here and the likes of Kiyo and Lavilla came past me like I was stood still. I tried to conserve my tyres a little more and managed to get past Michael (Rutter) in the closing stages of the race. We still have a lot of work to do with the bike but we are definitely getting there.” Lincolnshire rider Hickman was disappointed not to have scored points saying “It’s very frustrating not ending up in the points as I know there is a strong possibility that I can do, I think I proved that this weekend. I really enjoyed the racing today but riding a Superbike round here, certainly is a scary affair and so fast it’s untrue. It’s a very difficult circuit to learn in such a short space of time, I’ve been here on a Superstock bike but the Superbike is like an animal around here. I’m not sure what happened in the crash as it all happened so quickly but I’m just thankful I walked away from it uninjured. I’m looking forward to Oulton as it’s a track I know.” Injured Coxhell said, “I really wanted to ride this weekend to try and get some Championship points. Although I made a big effort all weekend I knew that it was going to be nearly impossible for me to finish the races in the points. Both shoulders were sore all weekend but during morning warm up I was in the slip stream of Scott Smart and pulled out the pass him and got the bike into a huge tank-slapper which ripped the muscle in my right shoulder. It was so painful and knew then that I couldn’t ride in the two races. I’m hoping to be fit for Oulton in a few weeks time.” The Hawk Kawasaki riders will be testing at the official British Superbike Test Day at Oulton Park this Friday (21st April) and will race there on the May Bank Holiday weekend (29th, 30th April and 1st May). For more details please see www.hawkkawasaki.co.uk. BSB Race 1 Result: 1.Gregorio Lavilla – 22 Laps, 2. Leon Haslam + 4.460, 3. Ryuichi Kiyonari + 12.742, 4. Jonathan Rea + 18.921, 5. Shane Byrne + 19.058, 6. Michael Rutter + 22.866, 7. Glen Richards + 30.839, 8.Tommy Hill + 30.974, 9. Dean Thomas + 34.210 (Hawk Kawasaki), 10. Michael Laverty 34.252, 18. Peter Hickman + 53.786 (Hawk Kawasaki) BSB Race 2 Result: 1.Gregorio Lavilla 22 Laps, 2. Leon Haslam + 6.337, 3. Karl Harris + 15.230, 4. Ryuichi Kiyonari + 15.566, 5. Jonathan Rea + 21.323, 6. Dean Thomas + 25.437 (Hawk Kawasaki), 7. Michael Rutter + 30.305, 8. Shane Byrne + 34.977, 9. Tommy Hill + 38.501, 10. Scott Smart + 42.610 Championship Standings after Round 3 Lavilla 132 Haslam 96 Kiyonari 87 Harris 57 Rea 54 Byrne 45 Smart 44 Rutter 44 Laverty 42 Thomas 40 15th Craig Coxhell 18 R13: 29 September 1 October, Brands Hatch, Kent (GP) www.motorsportvision.co.uk