2002

Year: 2002

Month: ALL

Crash kills top Irish racer Jess

19 August 2002

Saturday’s Ulster GP at Dundrod was overshadowed by the death of top Irish rider Gary Jess. The 31-year-old painter and decorator from Moira, County Down, crashed his Yamaha 750 at Deer’s Leap and was...

Eenie-meenie-mynie-mo

19 August 2002

Decisions, decision, decisions

Edwards poised to sign for Ducati

19 August 2002

Colin Edwards has exclusively confirmed to MCN that he will sign to the Ducati WSB squad for 2003. He’s told MCN that he has signed a letter of intent to ride for the Italian factory and unless...

Rossi tops Brno free practice

19 August 2002

Valentino Rossi topped this morning’s free practice ahead of Sunday’s Czech MotoGP. The Italian’s time of 2:00.943 was four tenths of a second faster than second place man Alex Barros around the...

Bostroms in serious boat accident

19 August 2002

Ben Bostrom, his former girlfriend Kat and brother Eric narrowly avoided being killed when their dinghy was hit by a motor boat while on holiday in Italy at the weekend. Bostrom said: ” Kat is over...

Teens get new supercross series

19 August 2002

Young off-road talents will get a new 125cc supercross championship this winter, with the overall winner joining the Pro Circuit team for the first three races of the 2003 US Supercross series. The SX...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

19 August 2002

Even superheroes have stooped to advertising. Just look at Castrolwoman here.

Aye Caramba…!

19 August 2002

Latin spirit in every one

McWilliams claims provisional Brno sixth

19 August 2002

He may have been giving away almost 15mph to the top men, but that didn’t stop Jeremy McWilliams from claiming provisional sixth in MotoGP qualifying at Brno today. The Ulsterman lines up alongside...

Pichon claims World 250cc title

19 August 2002

Michael Pichon has claimed the 250cc World Motocross championship with his ninth win in ten races. His latest win at Gaildorf, Germany on August 18, was his seventh in a row, and maintains his chances...

Hislop steams to Cadwell pole

19 August 2002

Steve Hislop steamed through Superpole at Cadwell Park today to pip Michael Rutter for the top spot by just 0.120 of a second ahead of the Bank Holiday race. The MonsterMob Ducati rider set a time of...

Carmichael is 2002 AMA Motorcross champion

19 August 2002

Ricky Carmichael took the 2002 AMA Motocross championship at Spring Creek on Saturday August 17. He has totally dominated the season, winning every single race so far, and wrapped up the championship...

Biaggi busts records for Brno pole

19 August 2002

Max Biaggi became the first man to crack the sub-two minute lap at Brno today to snare pole position in Sunday’s Czech MotoGP. His time of 1:59.646 was fractions faster than Daijiro Kato on the...

Capirossi chooses wife, but not team

12 August 2002

Loris Capirossi is making the most of the break in the GP schedule this year. He officially married long time girlfriend Ingrid Tence at a civil service in Monte Carlo last month, but the couple will...

What’s Whitham thinking?

12 August 2002

We can’t say, but if you think you might know, post your ideas on the News board in Discussion and Chat…

Feeling blue?

12 August 2002

Maybe these ladies will cheer you up a bit…

Euro-butt?

12 August 2002

A simple mistake to make….

Frederic Bolley switches to road-racing

12 August 2002

Frederic Bolley, the two-time 250cc motocross World Champion has announced his retirement from motocross at the end of the current season. The 28-year-old Frenchman has decided to make the move...

Honda may quit WSB in 2003

12 August 2002

There are persistent rumours in the World Superbike paddock that suggest Castrol Honda will either scale down, or even pull, their factory squad next season. The team is currently funded by Honda...

Nicky Hayden is 2002 AMA Superbike champion

12 August 2002

Honda’s Nicky Hayden took the 2002 AMA championship on Saturday (August 10). Victory in the first race of the weekend came after championship rival Eric Bostrom crashed out of the lead on lap seven.

McGrath signs with KTM

12 August 2002

KTM have signed American off-road legend Jeremy McGrath. McGrath has been running his own team for Yamaha, under McGrath Racing Inc. The seven times Supercross champion will race a KTM 250 in AMA...

A healthy young girl

12 August 2002

You can tell by that rosy red glow…

Ueda hopes for Brno return

12 August 2002

Nobby Ueda is hopeful he’ll be back to fitness in time for the Czech GP at Brno on August 25. The 35-year-old veteran of the 125cc class has been out since he injured his neck and hip crashing heavily...

She qualified well

12 August 2002

She made up for not having a bike by running really, really fast.

Aussies strike gold in speedway final

05 August 2002

AUSTRALIA lived up to their favourites tag by winning the speedway world cup final at Peterborough on Saturday night. The Aussies wrapped up the title with 64 points, seeing off Denmark (58), Sweden (54), Poland (48) and the Czech Republic (36). It was the second world cup victory for Australia in as many years. Aussie rider Leigh Adams told MCN: “It was a fantastic job from all the boys. It...