Former world champion motocrosser Jamie Dobb and British Superbike boss and ex-500GP racer Rob McElnea will both be competing in the gruelling Scottish Six Day Trial in May. The two former racers will be among the 275 starters on Monday May 3, to negotiate what is still one of the most feared events on the global motor sport calendar The...
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- 25 March 2010
Former world champion motocrosser Jamie Dobb and British Superbike boss and ex-500GP racer Rob McElnea will both be competing in the gruelling Scottish Six Day Trial in May. The two former racers will be among the 275 starters on Monday May 3, to negotiate what is still one of the most feared events on the global motor sport calendar The ...
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- 25 March 2010
At the end of a disappointing 2009 season Motorpoint Yamaha team boss Rob McElnea was on the verge of winding up his team. As a last-ditch effort he asked rival team GSE Racing%X92s James Ellison to test their bike - just to see if he could give them a new direction in bike set-up, given his experience of what made the...
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- 16 December 2009
At the end of a disappointing 2009 season Motorpoint Yamaha team boss Rob McElnea was on the verge of winding up his team. As a last-ditch effort he asked rival team GSE Racing’s James Ellison to test their bike - just to see if he could give them a new direction in bike set-up, given his experience of what made ...
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- 16 December 2009
The big debate on the future of the BSB technical regulations is on. BSB Race Director Stuart Higgs has stated his opinion. Now MCN opens the debate to the team bosses. BSB ran FIM regs in 2007, went to a more restrictive supersport-tune engine format last year and is now back to FIM spec again. The talk is now about ...
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- 21 August 2009
BSB team owner Rob McElnea has big plans for 2009 after signing Chris Walker, Graeme Gowland and Michael Rutter. Rob Mac is expecting several race wins from all three of his British Superbike riders on the new Yamaha R1. Zoom & Watch more videos on MCN | TV http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1119137831http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=711881422 // By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher...
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- 09 February 2009
BSB team owner Rob McElnea has big plans for 2009 after signing Chris Walker, Graeme Gowland and Michael Rutter. Rob Mac is expecting several race wins from all three of his British Superbike riders on the new Yamaha R1. Zoom & Watch more videos on MCN | TV http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1119137831http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=711881422 // By use of this code snippet, I agree to ...
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- 06 February 2009
Looking back over a hectic weekend, Karl Harris' replacement Jon Kirkham, finished ninth and 10th in his first races on the Rob Mac Racing Yamaha R1. Reviewing his British Superbike race performances, Kirkham told MCN: "I got a bad start in the first Superbike race and had a lot of work to do but managed 9th. "The second ...
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- 12 October 2008
The paddock looked on in confusion yesterday as it was announced Karl Harris would not be riding for the remainder of the weekend and Superstock rider Jon Kirkham would take his seat on the Rob Mac racing Yamaha R1. It later emerged that Harris had personal problems, and here's what team boss Rob McElnea had to say. "The whole team...
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- 12 October 2008
The paddock looked on in confusion yesterday as it was announced Karl Harris would not be riding for the remainder of the weekend and Superstock rider Jon Kirkham would take his seat on the Rob Mac racing Yamaha R1. It later emerged that Harris had personal problems, and here's what team boss Rob McElnea had to say. "The whole ...
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- 12 October 2008
