July

Year: 2006

Month: July

Suzuka video highlights

29 July 2006

It doesn’t look like the Suzuka 8 hour endurance race is being shown on UK TV so we’ve had a dig around to find some video of the event. You can read a full report on the race by clicking here or...

Ito wins Suzuka 8 Hrs

29 July 2006

The Suzuka 8 Hours has been won by the F.C.C. TSR Honda team of former GP racer and now triple Suzuka winner Shinichi Ito, and five-time 125cc GP winner Takeshi Tsujimura, on a CBR1000RR. The duo...

Haga takes Brno pole

22 July 2006

Noriyuki Haga has taken his first pole position since 2002 after setting the fastest lap in the superpole session for the Brno round of the World superbike championship. The day’s practice and...

Neil Hodgson took a fine third place in the AMA Superbike round at Laguna Seca, which formed part of the MotoGP weekend. Hodgson rose from sixth place in the early stages to pressure Kawasaki’s Tommy...

Brits take on Suzuka

22 July 2006

The British-based Diablo 666 team has begun the battle against the top Japanese factory teams at the Suzuka 8 Hours event in Japan. The team has been busy preparing since the previous round at...

Top ten for McWilliams

22 July 2006

Jeremy McWilliams took eighth place at the AMA Formula Xtreme round at Laguna Seca on Sunday, July 23, 2006. McWilliams was riding the Warr’s Harley-Davidson Buell XBRR in the race, which was part of...

Suzuka qualifying

22 July 2006

Yoshiteru Konishi is on provisional pole for the Suzuka 8 Hour event on the No 101 Toy Story Honda, ahead of Akira Watanabe and Noryuki Haga. Although the morning qualifying sessions were dry, the mixed weatehr for the afternoon sessions saw them declared officially "wet" sessions, which meant teams could use more than the usual four sets of tyres for qualifying, despite little rain actually...