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Daytona Beach Bike Week Features Full Slate Of Two-Wheeled Fun
On Jan. 24, 1937, the first running of the Daytona 200 took place on the hard sand of Daytona Beach, Fla. Since that race, won by AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Ed Kretz of Monterey Park, Calif., the annual event has grown into a motorcycling mecca, packed full of racing and recreational riding events. This [...]
Ken Roczen To Race 450SX Class At Daytona Supercross
Red Bull KTM Factory rider Ken Roczen recently announced that he will race the 450SX class at round 10 of the AMA Supercross Series this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. Roczen, the current point leader in the West 250SX Supercross class, is excited to return to the series in the big bike class. Having raced [...]
Marco Melandri Undergoes Shoulder Surgery
The World Superbike season has barely begun and a top rider has already hit a speed bump. BMW competitor Marco Melandri, who was one of the preseason favorites to win the motorsports title after finishing third overall last year, recently underwent surgery on his right shoulder. The pain had been nagging the Italian throughout the winter [...]
Jorge Lorenzo Leaves MotoGP Testing On Top
The second day of MotoGP testing in Malaysia has come and gone, and after all was said and done a familiar face was on top of the motorsports timesheets. Defending champion Jorge Lorenzo shaved almost a second and a half off rival Dani Pedrosa‘s best time from the opening round of testing the day before [...]
Dani Pedrosa Leads After First Day Of MotoGP Testing
It may feel like every other motorsports series is already underway, but there’s still several weeks to go before MotoGP kicks off its official season. Teams are working around the clock to get ready for the opening round, however, and the prep continued in Sepang as riders started three days of testing on the Malaysian track. [...]
World Superbike Gets Underway In Australia
The 2013 World Superbike season kicked off at Phillip Island, Australia, over the weekend. Sylvain Guintoli and Eugene Laverty finished in the top two of both races, swapping wins to emerge with 45 points each after the first round of the motorsports series was complete. In the first race, Guintoli came from behind during the 15th [...]





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