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Posted on April 19, 2012 by admin

Over the last 6 years RST have been offering an exclusive in-house badging service to their sponsored riders worldwide. And that has kept the guys that do the design and the stitching pretty busy, as a quick glance at Karl Harris’ leathers will make clear – that’s a lot of sponsors Karl! But they are now offering the service to all RST customers. This means that anyone who owns or purchases an RST one-piece suit can take full advantage of their professional badging facility.

Badges are of the highest quality printed vinyl, are professionally-stitched and there are four different levels of badging you can opt for, depending on your budget – and of course on how many times you want your name and your sponsor’s logos to appear whilst you’re whizzing past the competition.

The price for a simple name on the back of your suit is just £75 and a full-factory look, including two front upper chest badges, two arm badges, two leg badges and a chest badge, comes in at £200.

These prices include all badges, stitching, return delivery and VAT but RST warn that you do need to make sure you have the necessary permission to use any logo you want to see on your suit.

For full details go to the RST website at www.rst-moto.com/racedept.

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2012 Southern 100 Coverage Improved

Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin

Here at Racer we love the Southern 100 – (last year’s Martin V Dunlop battle was a cracker wasn’t it!) so we’re pleased to hear that this year the coverage will be even better than last time!

That’s because Greenlight Television have announced that they’ll be continuing into a third year of Southern 100 coverage. But this time, we’ll be able to witness the action in full HD for the first time ever, including all our favourite on-bike and kerbside camera views.

The Southern 100 takes place from Monday to Thursday on the 9^th to the 12^th of July. Entries close on the 7^th of June – check out www.southern100.com for more details.

We can’t wait!

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Bemsee Snetterton Race Report – Updated!

Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin

BMCRC Round 1 Report
Snetterton 24 / 25 March 2012

Minitwins
Jones and Couzens share the spoils in Bemsee Minitwins

Former Superteen rider Jesse Jones looked set to take a brace of wins on Saturday, however technical infringements saw him and three other riders disqualified from the results of the second race. In race one Jones, on a Steve Jordan prepared Suzuki Gladius in an SV650 dominated field, hit the front from pole position, but soon surrendered the lead
to Dan Wright, as five riders broke away at the front.

Starting the last lap and Wright held the advantage from Jones, with Couzens on the Team V Speed Suzuki in third. Tony Russo and Seb Kelly were hanging in there in fourth and fifth, however their races ended early; the pair of them crashing out together at Palmer. Jones snatched the lead back from Wright, and took his first win of the weekend, with Wright second and Couzens third.

In race two Jones looked set to take his second win, crossing the line ahead of Couzens and Wright, however, both Jones and Wright were disqualified for exceeding the horsepower limit, and exempt from the results. Tim Moorhead was also disqualified. Couzens was awarded the win, with Ashley Buxton second and Simon Schug third.

On Sunday morning Jones, Wright and King had to come from the back of the grid, allowing Couzens to get away at the front with 2011 Rookie Minitwin Champion Schug and runner up Buxton. But at the start of the second lap Wright was up to sixth and Jones eighth. Come the start of the fifth lap and the usual suspects were in the podium positions, with Couzens leading Jones and Wright, with Buxton in fourth. The positions remained the same going onto the last lap, before chaos ensued as they entered Murrays for the last time. Jones ran it wide at Corrams in a bid to get the inside line for Murrays, however,
he ran in too hot, and forced Couzens onto the grass. Jones did remain on the
track, and took the win. Buxton also got the better of Wright to take second, Couzens rejoined to get third, and Wright had to settle for fourth.

Couzens took his second win of the weekend in the final race, after Buxton threw away a one second lead starting the last lap. Couzens and Jones found their way by to take positions one and two on the podium; Buxton had to settle for third. Technical issues meant Dan Wright didn’t make the start.

Premier 600s
National riders set pace in Premier 600s

The opening round of the BMCRC Premier 600s started with 2011 Stock 600 champion Jordan Simpkin taking pole, and he was joined on the front row by Jody Lees, Anthony Cooper and Matt Ogden.

In race one Lees and Simpkin got away at the front, however, with the pair of them competing at national level in 2012, they were exempt from the points. Behind, Cooper slotted into third and set about gapping Piers Hutchins in fourth. However, a late race surge from Hutchins saw him battle back, and even though he had to settle for fourth, he made Cooper work hard to fend him off, with the gap at the flag less than one tenth of a second. Sixteen year old Luke Helm, who was the 2011 Minitwin runner up, came home
fifth in his first outing on his SDC sponsored Kawasaki ZX-6R, and third in the
points.

Race two and it was another two horse race at the front, this time between
Simpkin and Cooper. Simpkin triumphed, but Cooper showed he could run at the same pace, and was second by just over half a second. Behind, Helm, Hutchins, Matthew Shellcock and Matt Ogden were locked in a thrilling dice for third. Helm held the position starting the last lap with Hutchins chasing, while Ogden dropped from proceedings a lap earlier. But it was Hutchins who got to stand on the remaining step on the podium. Helm in fourth was the third rider in the points. Shellcock, Tom Hayward and reigning Superteen champion Max Symonds were fifth, sixth and seventh, and split by just half a second.

On Sunday, Go Racing’s Simpkin took another win in the morning on his Yamaha R6, this time ahead of SDC Kawasaki’s Helm. Shellcock was third and Cooper fourth.

It was a thrilling battle for the lead, which saw Simpkin, Helm and Cooper fighting the win. Helm hit the front at Montreal on lap five, and after Cooper made a mistake and dropped to fourth, he managed to put a gap in to Simpkin. Simpkin put in a string of quick laps, and took the win from Helm and Shellcock. In the final race, Cooper and his Yamaha R6 disappeared into the distance to take the win by 10 seconds from Simpkin. 10 seconds behind him Helm took third after a battle with Shellcock. Jed Angles took all four wins in the Clubman 600 class.

Premier 1000s
Fowler takes three from three in season opener

Dan Fowler took all three wins in the team Respro BMCRC Premier and Stock 1000s on the MG Sear Planthire Honda Fireblade, after he qualified on pole position ahead of John Waghorn and Seb Bulpin. Michael Neeves qualified fourth and was the leading Premier 1000 on the BMW Park Lane S1000RR. 2011 Powerbike champion Rob McNealy destroyed his S1000RR in qualifying and didn’t make Saturday’s race, along with Lloyd Sutton Foster, who also wrote off a BMW.

From then on, the front three remained the same until the chequered flag, with Michael Neeves also the leading Premier 1000 home. However, there were worse fortunes for Bulpin, who dropped out of proceedings on lap six. That promoted Edwards to fourth and 2011 Rookie 1000 rider Westley Crozierto fifth.

On Sunday Fowler stormed to another early lead followed by the usual suspects, however the race was red flagged after McNealy, coming from the back of the grid, crashed at Oggies on lap three. After the restart Fowler got away at the front again, leaving Bulpin, Neeves and Waghorn to do battle for second. Neeves eventually bettered Bulpin on lap four, and went on the hunt for the race leader. And with a string of fastest laps, he caught him, too, and was unlucky to not take the win, finishing second by four hundredths of a second. Fowler took the win, but Neeves was leading Premier bike home, with Stock runner Bulpin, third.

In the afternoon Fowler took his third win, this time ahead of Waghorn on the JW Smart BMW, with Neeves third and again leading Premier 1000. Westley Crozier took maximum points in the Clubman 1000s.

Rookie 600s
Fleetwood leads championship in exciting Rookie 600s

Three winners in four races in the Rookie 600s was testament to the weekend-long battles at the front, with five different riders standing on the podium over the course of the meeting.

In race one, eventual winner Ben Gallaway on the Cornerstone Garage Yamaha R6 crossed the line elbow to elbow with second placed Benn Doolan on the Triumph 675, with Sam Fleetwood in third. Fleetwood, on the Fleetwood Grab Services Yamaha R6, went better in the afternoon, taking the win, half a second ahead of Gallaway, with Alistair Dayus third. Fleetwood took his second win on Sunday morning with a 12 second gap back to the battle for second. JRR Racing sponsored Jake Robertson on a Triumph 675 took his first podium with second, while Dayus took his second third placed finish of the weekend.

Robertson took the final win of the weekend, with Dayus getting his best finish of the weekend with a second. Fleetwood was on the podium again with a third, and left Norfolk leading the championship.

Rookie 1000s
Campion off to a flyer in Rookie 1000s

In the new crop of BMCRC Rookie 1000s Danny Campion on the A-Skips Yamaha R1 took three wins and a second, with his nearest rival Michael Honey taking three seconds and a win on the ex Rob McNealy Suzuki GSX-R1000. Steve Paddock took third in race one on Saturday on a Suzuki, before Yamaha R1 mounted Ian Pearson took the bottom step of the podium in the afternoon. Pearson took both thirds on Sunday in a strung out field.

National Junior Cup
Shakedown for new Junior Cup

The new Rapid Solicitors sponsored National Junior Cup, which uses evenly matched Kawasaki Ninja 250Rs, had an unofficial round ahead of their opening points scoring round with British Superbikes over the Easter weekend. Rowan Miller comfortably took all four wins after qualifying pole, with Mason Law taking all four seconds after battles with Aaron Maxfield, Stefan Hill and Adam Cross.

In race one Law, Maxfield and Hill were all vying for second, and on the last lap three went into Murrays, but only two came out, as Hill went down. Red flags meant third went to Maxfield.

In race two Cross took third behind Miller and Law. On Sunday Maxfield took a brace of thirds, seeing off challenges from Hill, the gap between them just two hundredths of a second in race three.

BMZRC
Reigning champ off to flyer

Dean Stimpson took three seconds and a third, proving to be a headache for former champion and 2011 runner up Chris Rogers, who would have been hoping to be closer to Saunders over the weekend. Rogers did take second in the final race, however, to go with two thirds and a fifth. Darren West took the other podium position available over the weekend, with a third in race two.

Thunderbikes
Eyre leads championship after round one

Rob Eyre put his Ducati 916 on pole in the BMCRC Thunderbikes and took three race wins after the disappointment of being disqualified from the results in race one. In that race the win went to Ian Davis from Michael Simmons and Adam Nelson. In race two Eyre took his first win, with Simmons again second on his Yamaha TRX850 and the Tigcraft SV700 of Steve Parrot third. Eyre took both wins on Sunday with Mark Crisp second on both occasions. Simmons and Parrot shared the bottom step of the podium.

EDI Asia Formula 400s

Martin and Welsh share wins in EDI Asia 400s

Colin Martin and Richie Welsh shared two wins and two seconds each in the EDI Asia Formula 400s, to leave Norfolk level on points. Martin took pole and the win in race one, before being bettered by Welsh in race two, while Andrew Gill was third on both occasions.

On Sunday and Martin and Welsh repeated the antics of Saturday, this time with James Runham and Gary Hennings sharing the bottom step of the podium.

Open Championship
Waghorn leads Open Championship

In the popular BMCRC Open Championship, Waghorn Lees and Bulpin were on the podium in race one, before McNealy crashed the party in race two, coming in and taking the win from Waghorn and Lees. On Sunday Waghorn took his second win from Bulpin and Nicky Wilson in race one, but Bulpin went one better in race two and took his first win ahead of
Waghorn and Mike Dawson.

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Bemsee Snetterton Race Report

Posted on March 28, 2012 by admin

Snetterton 24 / 25 March 2012

Minitwins

Jones and Couzens share the spoils in Bemsee Minitwins

Jesse Jones and 2011 champion Dan Couzens took two wins apiece in the opening round of the BMCRC Minitwin championship, as the popular series provided some of the weekend’s best racing, just like it did over the course of the 2011 season. Former Superteen rider Jesse Jones looked set to take a brace of wins on Saturday, however technical infringements saw him and three other riders disqualified from the results of the second race.

In race one Jones, on a Steve Jordan prepared Suzuki Gladius in an SV650 dominated field, hit the front from pole position, but soon surrendered the lead to Dan Wright, as five riders broke away at the front. Starting the last lap and Wright held the advantage from Jones, with Couzens on the Team V Speed Suzuki in third. Tony Russo and Seb Kelly were hanging in there in fourth and fifth, however their races ended early; the pair of them crashing out together at Palmer. Jones snatched the lead back from Wright, and took his first win of the weekend, with Wright second and Couzens third.

The positions remained the same going onto the last lap, before chaos ensued as they entered Murrays for the last time. Jones ran it wide at Corrams in a bid to get the inside line for Murrays, however, he ran in too hot, and forced Couzens onto the grass. Jones did remain on the track, and took the win. Buxton also got the better of Wright to take second, Couzens rejoined to get third, and Wright had to settle for fourth.

Premier 600s

National riders set pace in Premier 600s

The opening round of the BMCRC Premier 600s started with 2011 Stock 600 champion Jordan Simpkin taking pole, and he was joined on the front row by Jody Lees, Anthony Cooper and Matt Ogden.

In race one Lees and Simpkin got away at the front, however, with the pair of them competing at national level in 2012, they were exempt from the points. Behind, Cooper slotted into third and set about gapping Piers Hutchins in fourth. However, a late race surge from Hutchins saw him battle back, and even though he had to settle for fourth, he made Cooper work hard to fend him off, with the gap at the flag less than one tenth of a second. Sixteen year old Luke Helm, who was the 2011 Minitwin runner up, came home fifth in his first outing on his SDC sponsored Kawasaki ZX-6R, and third in the points.

Race two and it was another two horse race at the front, this time between Simpkin and Cooper. Simpkin triumphed, but Cooper showed he could run at the same pace, and was second by just over half a second. Behind, Helm, Hutchins, Matthew Shellcock and Matt Ogden were locked in a thrilling dice for third. Helm held the position starting the last lap with Hutchins chasing, while Ogden dropped from proceedings a lap earlier. But it was Hutchins who got to stand on the remaining step on the podium. Helm in fourth was the third rider in the points. Shellcock, Tom Hayward and reigning Superteen champion Max Symonds were fifth, sixth and seventh, and split by just half a second.

On Sunday, Go Racing’s Simpkin took another win in the morning on his Yamaha R6, this time ahead of SDC Kawasaki’s Helm. Shellcock was third and Cooper fourth. It was a thrilling battle for the lead, which saw Simpkin, Helm and Cooper fighting the win. Helm hit the front at Montreal on lap five, and after Cooper made a mistake and dropped to fourth, he managed to put a gap in to Simpkin. Simpkin put in a string of quick laps, but Helm held on to win by two tenths of a second.

In the final race, Cooper and his Yamaha R6 disappeared into the distance to take the win by 10 seconds from Simpkin. 10 seconds behind him Helm took third after a battle with Shellcock.

Premier 1000s

Fowler takes three from three in season opener

In Saturday’s race Fowler hit the front from the off and led to the flag, three and a half seconds ahead of second placed Waghorn, who had a lonely race. Behind, James Edwards on the Go Racing Honda CBR1000RR sat third ahead of Matt Stone, Neeves and Bulpin. But three laps in and Neeves and Bulpin were running at a quicker pace than the two in front, and cut through to sit third and fourth by lap five. From then on, the front three remained the same until the chequered flag, with Michael Neeves also the leading Premier 1000 home. However, there were worse fortunes for Bulpin, who dropped out of proceedings on lap six. That promoted Edwards to fourth and 2011 Rookie 1000 rider Westley Crozier to fifth.

Rookie 600s

Fleetwood leads championship in exciting Rookie 600s

Three winners in four races in the Rookie 600s was testament to the weekend-long battles at the front, with five different riders standing on the podium over the course of the meeting.

Fleetwood took his second win on Sunday morning with a 12 second gap back to the battle for second. JRR Racing sponsored Jake Robertson on a Triumph 675 took his first podium with second, while Dayus took his second third placed finish of the weekend.

Rookie 1000s

Campion off to a flyer in Rookie 1000s

National Junior Cup

Shakedown for new Junior Cup

In race one Law, Maxfield and Hill were all vying for second, and on the last lap three went into Murrays, but only two came out, as Hill went down. Red flags meant third went to Maxfield. In race two Cross took third behind Miller and Law.

On Sunday Maxfield took a brace of thirds, seeing off challenges from Hill, the gap between them just two hundredths of a second in race three.

BMZRC

Reigning champ off to flyer

Reigning MZ champion Andy Saunders took all four wins in the first round of the BMZRC championship, in the year of their silver jubilee. Saunders’ winning margin was never less than three seconds, getting his title defence off to a great start. Dean Stimpson took three seconds and a third, proving to be a headache for former champion and 2011 runner up Chris Rogers, who would have been hoping to be closer to Saunders over the weekend. Rogers did take second in the final race, however, to go with two thirds and a fifth. Darren West took the other podium position available over the weekend, with a third in race two.

Thunderbikes

Eyre leads championship after round one

Rob Eyre put his Ducati 916 on pole in the BMCRC Thunderbikes and took three race wins after the disappointment of being disqualified from the results in race one.

In that race the win went to Ian Davis from Michael Simmons and Adam Nelson. In race two Eyre took his first win, with Simmons again second on his Yamaha TRX850 and the Tigcraft SV700 of Steve Parrot third. Eyre took both wins on Sunday with Mark Crisp second on both occasions. Simmons and Parrot shared the bottom step of the podium.

EDI Asia Formula 400s

Martin and Welsh share wins in EDI Asia 400s

On Sunday and Martin and Welsh repeated the antics of Saturday, this time with James Runham and Gary Hennings sharing the bottom step of the podium.

Open Championship

Waghorn leads Open Championship

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NG Road Racing Pirelli UK GP45 Championship

Posted on March 23, 2012 by admin

NG Road Racing enjoyed a season of unusually complementary weather conditions through 2011 – perfect for the inaugural season of their Pirelli backed GP45 Championship. The 450 Super Singles and Super Twins battled head-to-head with each other and the mini-twins, regularly featuring on the front row, swapping paint with the leaders and taking overall podium finishes. Following a long winter the 450cc regulars, plus some new faces and machines, arrived at Brands Hatch for the opening round of the 2012 season, eager to get back in the saddle.

Saturday 17th March, round one qualifier
Despite a week of unseasonal balmy weather, the famous undulating Kent circuit was well and truly cold and wet and so under tricky conditions the riders assembled on the heavily cambered grid. Amid a blast of spray and thumping twins and singles Matt Andrew, returning Super Single Champion, made his charge for the front of the pack. Andrew took his ADP Group Suzuki GP45 to an impressive 2nd place on-the-road and an easy GP45 win – 11 seconds clear of the next mini-twin riders challenging for their podium positions.
Robbie Robson on board the distinctive orange Trevor Pope Racing KTM and fellow GP45 regular Tony Bridgefoot on his Bluebell Lakes’ Honda, claimed 2nd and 3rd Super Single positions respectively. Bridgefoot’s team mate James Stacey wasn’t so lucky, suffering a DNF for his first meeting of the year. The soggy conditions also sealed the fate of new GP45 entrants Alan Cragg and Peter Carr. However, before retiring with a snapped chain, Carr showed his hand as a serious contender on board the ex-NGRRC GP45 Kawasaki with a dynamic run at the front of the mini-twin/GP45 field and putting pistolracing.co.uk into the spotlight.

Saturday 17th March, round one final
Conditions for the final remained extremely tricky with a drying track. Matt Andrew had clear tarmac ahead in P2 on the front row. In contrast another GP45 competitor, Mark Carkeek on board the Corby Kawasaki FXF450, was forced to join the back of the grid after failing to start in race one. Joining Carkeek on row six sat Peter Carr clearly champing at the bit and eager to turnaround his bad luck from the previous outing.
Matt Andrew dropped a couple of places on-the-road in the opening laps but soon got into his stride once again heading up the GP45s. Andrew enjoyed battling with the #1 plated mini-twin of Ben Marsden and after 11 laps crossed the line in 3rd overall and the first 2012 GP45 points victory was in the bag. Hot on Andrew’s heels came Peter Carr with an inspired charge from the back to clinch 4th on-the-road, his first GP45 2nd place finish and fastest Super Single lap of 57.99 – only a fraction off Ben Marsden’s mini-twin best lap of 57.80. Mark Carkeek also made a notable debut on the 450 single taking the Corby Kawasaki machine from the rear of the pack to eighth spot overall and 3rd GP45.
This time out all the Super Singles completed the race giving Alan Cragg his first GP45 finish for cumbriacoldstorage.co.uk. Unfortunately Robbie Robson proved a little too keen and was handed a jump start plus 10 second penalty.

Sunday 18th March, round two qualifier
Round two and the paddock was treated to bright sunny conditions although the air and track temperatures remained bitterly cold. With the qualifier scheduled for a lunchtime slot GP45 riders could look forward to some of the best conditions of the chilly weekend. Matt Andrew set about securing the best grid position he could for the ADP Group Suzuki although only half a second off the best mini-twin lap time he settled in 6th place on-the-road.›
Whilst battling a clutch of mini-twins Mark Carkeek was determined to outshine fellow class newbie Peter Carr. Carkeek finished just two seconds clear of his rival but grabbed 2nd of the Super Singles and a healthy 9th overall. CRF450 Honda mounted riders, Bluebell Lakes’ James Stacey and cumbriacoldstorage.co.uk’s Alan Cragg, enjoyed a race long tussle for 4th and 5th spot. Robbie Robson managed a clean getaway from the line this time and successfully fended off the CRF450 Honda of Bluebell Lakes’ rider Tony Bridgefoot.

Sunday 18th March, round two final
Come the final the clouds had begun to gather but the weather remained dry for the time being. Following a strong performance in the qualifier Mark Carkeek, on the Corby Kawasaki Super Single, was on a quest to bring the race to Champion Matt Andrew, positioned just one row in front. Andrew however had other ideas and with a season of GP45 experience on his side took flight as soon as the lights changed finishing some 14 seconds ahead of his nearest Super Single rival.
Despite achieving the fastest lap of the Super Singles Carkeek was unable to catch Andrew and had to settle for 2nd GP45 spot and 7th on-the-road, rounding out a successful debut for rider and machine in the class.
Next to take the flag and 3rd Super Single was Peter Carr on the pistolracing.co.uk Kawasaki. Carr enjoyed a close fought battle with the mini-twins and arrived at the line less than three tenths behind Carkeek, enough to secure joint second place in the Championship standings. All the GP45s came through to the finish line to complete the opening rounds of the Pirelli UK GP45 Championship in time to avoid the heavy downpour looming above Clearways.

Pirelli UK GP45 Championship results:
Super Singles: Matthew Andrew 50, Peter Carr 36, Mark Carkeek 36, James Stacey 26
Next round: Mallory Park 29th April.
Check www.ngroadracing.org and www.gp45.co.uk for the lastest information.

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Wet Weather Doesn’t Dampen Spirits At Darley

Posted on March 23, 2012 by admin

The Darley Moor Motorcycle Road Race Club’s 2012 season woke up to snow on the ground last weekend, Sunday 18th March, although by the time practice was due to get underway, the temperature had risen enough for the track to begin to dry for a period of time at least.

First out on track were the Peak Cup machines and current champion, Jim Hodson, asserted his authority on the newcomers with a double victory.

In a packed schedule, every rider was keen to make the most of the track time and the ‘ride of the day’ came from Stoke on Trent rider, Richard Wardle. As the rain poured down in the first Formula 600 race Wardle, without wet tyres, came right from the back of the grid, cutting through the whole field, to take race victory.

The ‘race of the day’ came in Race One of the Open Solo class, and it was that man Jim Hodson again – this time in a battle with Lee Vernon. Hodson led across the line for the first four laps, but Vernon managed to edge in front when it mattered and snatched victory.

Despite the less-than-perfect weather, all the competitors dug in and produced some enthralling racing, but everyone will be hoping for better conditions in Round Two on the 9^th of April.

Richard Wardle

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The heat is on at Hottrax Motorsport Racing Club

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

After a fantastic opening meeting of 2012 at Brands Hatch, Hottrax Motorsport Racing Club are eagerly awaiting round two at Snetterton.

The opening round at Brands was played out to a backdrop of glorious sunshine, and it featured a massive range of races from National and Clubman 600 and 100 three-hour endurance races, to MotoGrande 600 and 1000 and much, much more.

It was a dream start for Piers Hutchins, who only appeared on the Sunday of race weekend, yet he racked up two wins in the MotoGrande 600.

The endurance guys have all got a marker to beat this season, after a comprehensive performance and victory by the vastly experienced Sweatshop team. Riders, Mick Godfrey and Simon Gardiner ruled the National 1000s on their new Kawasaki ZX10, finishing a full 7 laps ahead of their nearest rivals.

You can expect more thrilling racing at the next meeting, which takes place at the Snetterton 300 circuit on the 21^st and 22^nd of April 2012. For more info check out http://www.hottrax-motorsport.co.uk/

Where's number 19 going?

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Become a Triumph Young Gun!

Posted on March 21, 2012 by admin

Fancy yourself as a future racing star? If so, then here’s the perfect way to kick-start your racing career: the 2012 Triumph Young Guns Competition. But you’ll have to be quick – the application deadline is this Friday!

If you’re aged between 15 and 20 and hold an amateur ACU racing licence then you’re in with a shout of winning a factory-supported ride in the 2013 Triumph Triple Challenge series.

If you’re one of the ten lucky riders selected to take part in this year’s competition, you will receive the ‘money-can’t-buy’ experience of being mentored by experts on the core skills you need to make it in professional motorcycle racing.

You’ll then be assessed by a panel of judges and, if you make the final three, you will battle it out with the other contestants on track, with the winner being announced at the final round of the MCR British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch on October 12-14^th 2012.

Sounds amazing, doesn’t it? So make sure you hurry! Remember the deadline for applications is this Friday the 23^rd of March 2012.

Application forms can be obtained via the Triumph website: http://www.triumphmotorcycles.co.uk/triumph-world/young-guns

It’s open to EVERYONE aged between 15 and 20, who has an amateur ACU licence, so get your entry in today! What’ve you got to lose?

Last year's Young Guns Finalists

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Vote for Racer!

Posted on December 9, 2011 by admin

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Bemsee Open Day

Posted on December 8, 2011 by admin

Here at Racer we’re getting very excited, why you ask? Well I think the title may have given it away, but we’re off to the Bemsee Open Day this Sunday the 11th of December at Brands Hatch!

We know the season hasn’t long finished but for many it’s time to start thinking about next year’s racing. The British Motorcycle Racing Club (better known as Bemsee) is hosting their free Open Day to give people an idea of what they need to do to start racing in 2012.

The event is open to anybody, and is a great way for people who are interested in racing to learn exactly what to do in order to get out on the grid next year. It covers everything you’re likely to need including: a guide to the paperwork, the eye test (which is part of the licence application) and a chance to chat with reps from each Club Racing Class to find out which is the best class for you. Club Technical Officials will also be on hand to answer any of your questions and give you the best guidance on all things racing.

You’ll also be able to book in to the Rookie Rider School in February, which will teach you all the basic skills you need to get out on track and is a requirement for your licence.

So, if you’re thinking of getting in to racing for 2012 but you’re still not sure then get down to the Kentagon at Brands Hatch this Sunday the 11th of December between 12.30-5.30pm. Remember, it’s free!

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