Monthly Archives: February 2009

EUGENE LAVERTY'S PHILLIP ISLAND DIARY – DAY THREE

The weather was a bit iffy this morning and it rained for a short time at the start of the first session.  We kept our two new rear tyres for …

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PHILLIP ISLAND WSB: TYRES ARE THE KEY, SAYS REA

Ten Kate Honda’s Jonathan Rea says that tyres will be the key to success in tomorrow’s opening World Superbike races at Phillip Island, especially wit…

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Series entries for season opener announced (Motorsport.com)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (February 26, 2009) – A full field of motorcycles and international riders – including 84 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike entries for the 68th annual Daytona 200 by Honda – is heading to Daytona International Speedway next week for the debut event of the new AMA Pro Road Racing series.

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PHILLIP ISLAND WSS: FRONT ROW FOR CRUTCHLOW

Factory Yamaha World Supersport rider Cal Crutchlow has qualified on the outside of the front row for his debut race in the class tomorrow, narrowly h…

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PHILLIP ISLAND WSB: SPIES SETS POLE ON DEBUT

Superpole one
Ben Spies 1’31.069
Max Biaggi 1’31.402
Jonathan Rea 1’31.596World Superbike rookie ri…

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PHILLIP ISLAND WSB: SATURDAY QUALIFYING TIMES

World Superbikes Superpole – conditions dry

1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1’31.069
2 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia…

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Entries High For Daytona (Cycle News)

The following is from AMA Pro Racing… A full field of motorcycles and international riders – including 84 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike entries for the 68th annual Daytona 200 by Honda – is heading to Daytona International Speedway next week for the debut event of the new AMA Pro Road Racing series.

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MOODY AND RYDER BACK ON EUROSPORT FOR MOTOGP

British Eurosport has confirmed it will retain the services of MotoGP commentary team Julian Ryder and Toby Moody but there is no place for pitlane re…

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BULGARIA TO HOST MOTOGP ROUND FROM 2012

Bulgaria will be added to the MotoGP calendar from 2012 after Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta signed an agreement with the country’s motorcycling federati…

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EUGENE LAVERTY'S PHILLIP ISLAND DIARY – DAY TWO

First practice went reasonably well as I reached my target lap time of 1.36.5.  I made a plan with Brains for the afternoon qualifying session…

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