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Valentino Rossi reflects on reaching century of Grand Prix wins

Valentino Rossi appears to reach a Grand Prix milestone with every victory added to his legacy, and the Italian reached a century of World Championship wins with his latest triumph on Saturday in Assen. (Read the Full Story)

Rossi vs Lorenzo: Analysis and celebrations

Get a sample of the Italian and Spanish media views on Sunday�s superb Valentino Rossi-Jorge Lorenzo battle in Barcelona and see how the Fiat Yamaha team reacted to the race. (Read the Full Story)

Motorcycle Racers Coming to VIR This Weekend

WERA motorcycles racers are headed into VIRginia International Raceway for the series� second event of the new season. (Read the Full Story)

FIM announce changes to 2009 regulations

Details of the changes to the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations for the 2009 season as announced by the FIM on Wednesday. (Read the Full Story)

Valentino Rossi gains Monster sponsorship for 2009

MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi has been announced as the latest sportsman to associate themselves with energy drink Monster, and will ride with the company�s �M-claw� logo on his helmet in 2009. (Read the Full Story)

Rossi´s Fiat Yamaha launch Q&A

2008 was difficult because it was the year in which I had to give the most of myself in order to win. In 2009 it will be even more difficult because my adversaries, who suffered in 2008, are now out for payback and will be looking to beat me. I think it�s going to be even harder than 2008! (Read the Full Story)

AMA announces 2009 AMA Racing Winter Dirt Track Series schedule

The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) announced today the 2009 schedule for the AMA Racing Winter Dirt Track Series. Kicking off on Saturday, Feb. 28, and running through Wednesday, March 4, the series will feature five days of short-track, half-mile and TT racing at three separate venues. (Read the Full Story)

WERA Season Opener has Highs and Lows!

The 2009 Season kicked off at Autoclub Speedway (formerly California Speedway) in Fontana, CA on January 4, 2009 with the Pirelli/WERA Sportsman Series presented by Lucas Oil. Fastrack Riders held a Practice on January 3, 2009 that saw many of the WERA riders taking advantage of track time to prepare for the WERA races on Sunday, the 4th 2009. (Read the Full Story)

Casey Stoner strolls to sixth win of 2008 in Spanish sunshine

Casey Stoner ended the 2008 season as he began, victorious onboard the Ducati Desmosedici GP8. The Australian took the win at the Gran Premio Parts Europe de la Comunitat Valenciana in emphatic fashion, breaking away from pole for triumph number six of the year. (Read the Full Story)

Rossi wins curtailed maiden Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix, Hayden gets second

The first ever MotoGP race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was won by Valentino Rossi, having been stopped with just a handful of laps left on the board. (Read the Full Story)

Vermeulen and Capirossi extend Suzuki deals for 2009

Rizla Suzuki�s current lineup of Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen will be riding alongside each other once more in 2009, with both having agreed terms for a further season with the MotoGP factory outfit. (Read the Full Story)

Mladin Disqualified from Virginia Int'l Raceway Superbike Races

AMA Pro Racing announced today that Mat Mladin has been disqualified from the August 16-17, 2008 AMA Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited round at Virginia International Raceway following the outcome of post-race technical inspections. (Read the Full Story)

Pressure pays off for Valentino Rossi in Brno

Valentino Rossi once again benefitted from Casey Stoner´s misfortune for a second consecutive MotoGP victory, crossing the finish line first at the Cardion ab Grand Prix Ceske republiky. The Fiat Yamaha rider´s win �coupled with an early crash from his title rival- increased his lead to 50 points in the standings and dealt a crucial strike to his World Championship chances. (Read the Full Story)

Mat Mladin delivers crushing performance at VIR

Rockstar Makita Yoshimura Suzuki´s Mat Mladin walked away at the front on Saturday at VIRginia International Raceway to claim his fifth consecutive AMA Superbike win in most convincing fashion. (Read the Full Story)

Valentino Rossi and Brivio look forward to Brno visit

While Mat Valentino Rossi and his Fiat Yamaha team are intent on maintaining their title assault as battle recommences with the trip to the Czech Republic this week. (Read the Full Story)

VIRginia International Raceway; Suzuki Big Kahuna Nationals

The 2008 AMA Superbike Championship is headed down the homestretch at VIRginia International Raceway on Aug. 15-17 for a pair of the season's final five Superbike-class contests. (Read the Full Story)

Matt Mladin wins #70 in Mid-Ohio

While Mat Mladin delivered Rockstar Makita Yoshimura Suzuki their 40th consecutive win in unconventional fashion on Saturday at Mid-Ohio, his 70th career AMA Superbike victory that came a day later was strictly by the books. (Read the Full Story)

Ben Spies Will Race Mid-ohio

Ben Spies plans to race in the upcoming AMA Superbike Championship doubleheader at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Aug. 1-3. He was released from the hospital today and is home recovering well from Tuesday's appendix surgery. (Read the Full Story)

Inspired Matt Mladin dominates Laguna Superbike final

It's a strange day indeed when Valentino Rossi and Mat Mladin can register back-to-back victories and both are viewed as upsets, but that's exactly what happened on Sunday at Laguna Seca. (Read the Full Story)

Valentino Rossi stops Casey Stoner for first Laguna Seca victory

Rossi stops Stoner for first Laguna Seca victory World Championship leader Valentino Rossi put an end to Casey Stoner�s victory run with a win at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix. (Read the Full Story)

Stoner leaves rivals in his wake for A-Style TT Assen victory

Casey Stoner gave himself, Ducati and Bridgestone a first premier class Assen victory with a superb breakaway from pole. (Read the Full Story)

Stoner takes comfortable Donington victory

Casey Stoner proved uncatchable for his MotoGP rivals as he cruised to a second Donington Park victory in as many years. The 2007 World Champion was the fastest off the line from pole position, taking the kind of runaway victory typical of his title winning year at the bwin.com British Grand Prix. (Read the Full Story)

Stoner takes second consecutive pole with Donington masterclass

As the rain continued to fall on Donington Park, Casey Stoner performed the MotoGP equivalent of walking on water in the Saturday afternoon qualifying session. The Ducati Marlboro rider was unstoppable in an amazing hour-long demonstration of 800cc riding en route to his second consecutive pole position of the year, continually lowering his times right up to the final moment. (Read the Full Story)

Spies confirmed for Donington debut

AMA Superbike star Ben Spies has been confirmed as Rizla Suzuki´s replacement rider for next weekend´s bwin.com British Grand Prix, standing in for the injured Loris Capirossi. (Read the Full Story)

Mladin snaps Spies' streak at seven

Rockstar Makita Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin ended teammate Ben Spies' AMA Superbike win streak at seven with a brilliant performance on Sunday afternoon at Road America. (Read the Full Story)

Pedrosa wins at home in peerless display

Dani Pedrosa won the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya with a terrific ride, taking the holeshot and never looking back. (Read the Full Story)

Record-breaking Spies gets #7

Ben Spies notched up another historic achievement in his brief yet remarkable AMA Superbike career, establishing a new all-time record with a seventh consecutive race win this afternoon at Road America. (Read the Full Story)

Stoner plays the spoiler with Catalunya pole position

With his first pole position since the race at Misano in 2007, World Champion Casey Stoner broke his top spot drought in qualifying for the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya. (Read the Full Story)

Rossi extends Mugello streak and World Championship lead

World Championship leader Valentino Rossi took his seventh premier class home victory at Mugello, in a dominant display by the Italian. (Read the Full Story)

Rossi prepares for Mugello showdown with first pole of 2008

The man with a perfect record of four stroke MotoGP victories at Mugello, Valentino Rossi will make his attempt at a seventh consecutive home win in Sunday�s Gran Premio d�Italia Alice from pole position. (Read the Full Story)

Spies does the double-double

While Ben Spies was carrying the #1 plate for the second consecutive season, following the Barber Motorsports Park round it felt more like six-time AMA Superbike champion Mat Mladin was the man in charge. (Read the Full Story)

Rossi takes 90th victory and World Championship lead with runaway Le Mans triumph

Valentino Rossi took a runaway triumph at the Alice Grand Prix de France, equalling Angel Nieto�s record of 90 World Championship wins with a superb solo run. (Read the Full Story)

Spies On Infineon Superbike Pole; Mladin goes down and in second!

Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Ben Spies has taken provisional pole for this weekend's two AMA Superbike Championship races at Infineon Raceway in California from team mate Mat Mladin. (Read the Full Story)

Dani Pedrosa was the fastest rider of the morning in practice France

MotoGP World Championship leader Dani Pedrosa kicked off the premier class activity in France on Friday morning with a 1�34.646 lap of Le Mans, building his case for victory at the Alice Grand Prix de France. (Read the Full Story)

American rider Ben Spies will make his Grand Prix debut at Laguna Seca in July

Rizla Suzuki have confirmed the participation of Ben Spies at two of this year�s MotoGP rounds on a third GSV-R, making official a decision widely anticipated throughout the paddock. (Read the Full Story)

Neukirchner and Haga share the wins in World Superbike action at Monza

Max Neukirchner (Alstare Suzuki) and Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) shared the wins in the IDS Italian Round of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in front of a record crowd of 112,000 spectators. (Read the Full Story)

Sinan Sofuoglu dies in accident

Kenan Sofuoglu's brother Sinan, has been involved in a fatal accident while racing. (Read the Full Story)

The Doctor is back on top!

Rossi announces return to winning ways with China triumph (Read the Full Story)

Marco Melandris climbing up!

Marco Melandris point scoring endeavours turned into top five form in China (Read the Full Story)

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