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Motorcycle Racer magazine     ISSUE 120 July 2009 - £3.75 | Subscribe to MCR | Buy current issue only | Back issues
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inside Issue 120, JULY 2009

Inside this issue Ben Spies
Problem Kid...

•SIMON GILLETT -
CAN DONINGTON DELIVER...?
•CAPIROSSI & PERNAT -
THE DREAM TEAM…

PLUS:
• BSB SCOTT SMART
• ROADS KEITH AMOR
• TESTED MOTOCZYSZ C1
• WSB TOMMY HILL
• AMA DAVIES & LAVERTY

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Online blogs / articles
Larry Carter

Larry Carter

Ten year itch...

11 June 2009

When I’m patrolling pit lane at a BSB round, people sometimes ask me how much longer I’ll continue after ten years in the job and the truth is, I just don’t know.

I’m extremely lucky to be part of some very privileged furniture, have an envied rapport with the teams and enjoy a mutually and very healthy respect with and for the riders. I’m forever playing little jokes on them, I laugh with them, but never at them, and the intimidating and cruel nature of the sport means we occasionally have to cry together too...

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Dangerous Bruce

4 June 2009 | BW

WEEKEND HIGHS AND LOWS

What a weekend! My car set on fire, my debit card was stolen, and to top things off, I had a 140mph crash at Thruxton. All that aside, I had another mint round of BSB.

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LATEST NEWS

BRADLEY DOES IT!

11 June 2009 | MCR News

Race ReadyFormer 125cc British Championship contender Bradley Smith finally managed to claim his first 125cc World Championship win when he stormed to victory in the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez last month.

Now in his fourth year of world championship action, and having come so close in the past what with five podium finishes, the 18-year-old Oxfordshire ace rode a storming race to bring his Bancaja Aspar Aprilia home some 13 seconds ahead of teammate Sergio Gadea with fellow Spaniard Marc Marquez on the KTM just pipping Brit Scott Redding on his Aprilia.

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ANSTEY SETS SUPERSPORT LAP RECORD

11 June 2009 | TT 2009 news

Bruce Anstey is now the fastest ever rider around the Isle of Man TT Circuit on a Supersport machine, after recording a lap of 126.549mph on his GSX–R600 in the Relentless Supersport race on Tuesday.

Unfortunately, both Bruce and the Relentless Suzuki team suffered cruel luck in the same race, when a broken rectifier cable forced a retirement at Brandywell after 146 miles of racing. Bruce was less than five miles away from TT win number eight and win number sixteen for the TAS Racing team.

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Island Racer Goes On Sale

14 May 2009| MCR News

Island RacerAs the Isle of Man TT draws nearer, so does the only magazine that gives the fans the full coverage and the chance to capture the event’s fantastic atmosphere… Island Racer 09.

This year’s edition is the best yet, bringing road racing fans bang up to date with every class of racing and every superstar of the world’s toughest road event. Fourteen-times TT winner John McGuinness will be explaining why this is going to be one of his best years ever on The Island, while Guy Martin opens up about his heartbreak at being robbed of his first win last year plus much,much more.

Written by Motorcycle Sport & Leisure Editor and Eurosport TV Presenter Tony Carter, Island Racer 09 has exclusive interviews from the biggest names and is just filled with all the stories from behind the scenes so don’t miss out!

Filled with stunning photography from acclaimed road racing photographer Stephen Davison, Island Racer 09 delivers all the excitement and thrills of the toughest two weeks on two wheels as never seen before. Covering the triumphs and feats from the event’s history, all superbly collated in one 148-page perfect-bound publication.

Island Racer 09 will be on sale from 14th May for only £6.99 and will be found in all good newsagents or can be bought direct from Mortons Media Group Ltd on 01507 529529.

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