August

Year: 2002

Month: August

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…

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...

Now that’s a tan

05 August 2002

This is how brolly babes look, when you’re bike racing on Mars…

Injury hits UK’s speedway final bid

05 August 2002

Britain’s Mark Loram will definitely miss Britain’s bid to make the speedway world cup final. Loram, the 2000 world individual champion, crashed head-first into the starting gate as Britain slipped to...

What lovely bouncers

05 August 2002

You wouldn’t mind too much even if they did tell you that you couldn’t come in

This season, we’ll all be wearing tin foil

05 August 2002

It’s all the rage with the most fashionable brolly girls

Emmett swops 998 for a Virgin R1

05 August 2002

Sean Emmett’s dream of winning the 2002 British Superbike title has taken a battering following the announcement this week that his IFC Ducati team had run out of cash. For more details on Emmett’s...

First pics from Ducati’s V4 and 999 track test

05 August 2002

These are the first pictures from Ducati’s debut track test of both its V4 Desmosedici MotoGP machine and 999 World Superbike at Mugello. You can read about the test in detail in the next issue of...

Chris Walker webchat cancelled

05 August 2002

MCN are very sorry to announce, that due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be able to host the webchat with Chris Walker originally scheduled for Thursday August 8. Unfortunately...

‘Joker’ nets Aussies Sheffield speedway win

05 August 2002

Britain’s speedway team will have to battle through a last-chance qualifier this week if they are to be crowned world champions. They finished second in a rain-shortened qualifying round at...

Rutter and Byrne share Thruxton victories

05 August 2002

Michael Rutter took an overall win in a two-part MCN British Superbike race one at Thruxton today ahead of Steve Hislop and Sean Emmett in third. Rain called a halt just as pole man Rutter had built...

I used to be an actress you know…

05 August 2002

Well I was in a crowd scene….now look at me….

Czechs bounce Britain from speedway final

05 August 2002

Britain narrowly missed out on the final places for the World Speedway final on August 10 on Thursday night. An on-form Czech Republic took the win with Denmark snaring the final qualification...

But where are the bikes?

05 August 2002

With such lovely girls on the grid, nobody seemed to have noticed that the bikes were missing…

Her name is Helga, she is from Sweden

05 August 2002

We’re not just saying that because she is tall, blonde and has pigtails…

Come back….Hodgson’s mine…

05 August 2002

Brolly girls can be awfully competitive when it comes to rich and athletic racers

Sweden cruises to speedway final

05 August 2002

Sweden will join Australia in the speedway world cup final at Peterborough on Saturday. The Swedes, led by world individual champion Tony Rickardsson, cruised past Denmark, Finland and Hungary at...

Edwards leads Eight Hour 1-2-3 for Honda

01 August 2002

Colin Edwards and his Cabin teammate Daijiro Kato lead a clean sweep of the podium at the Suzuka Eight Hour on Sunday. You can read about Honda’s Suzuka victory in more detail in the latest issue of...

Scooter with a roof and a babe?

01 August 2002

That free brolly babe is one hell of an incentive

Someone’s dropped a fiver…

01 August 2002

Someone’s dropped a fiver…

Pere Riba aims for Brno return

01 August 2002

Pere Riba says his broken leg won’t be 100 per cent in time for the Czech GP at Brno on August 25, but he’s going to race anyway. Riba says; ” I’m feeling better and my condition is improving. I...

Superbike rider swaps Hondas with IndyCar champ

01 August 2002

AMA Superbike contender Nicky Hayden and Indy Car racer Michael Andretti are going to swap their race machines in a one-off test at the Mid-Ohio track in America. Hayden will get to drive the Motorola...

Remember when…

01 August 2002

Troy will be back on the FP-1, but in the meantime here’s a reminder of when he was a podium regular.

Crossers escape emissions ban

01 August 2002

Fans of off-road riding can breathe more easily – off-road bikes will escape tough new emission laws – until 2005 at least. The Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations won the reprieve...

A whole herd of babes

01 August 2002

Do you think they need a shepherd?

Checa extends contract with Yamaha

01 August 2002

Carlos Checa has extended his contract with Yamaha to run for another two years. He will continue the ride the YZR-M1 that has taken him to fifth so far this season. The 29-year old Spaniard has raced...

Edwards steps in for Ukawa at Eight-Hour

01 August 2002

Colin Edwards has been drafted in as a last minute replacement for the injured Tohru Ukawa in Honda’s Suzuka Eight-Hour squad on August 4. The Texan will partner Daijiro Kato on a Cabin SP-2. Edwards...