April

Year: 2003

Month: April

Put those away…

29 April 2003

Girls can be so rude sometimes…

Rider: John Butler, Bike: Suzuki GSX-R600 SRAD, Club: NG Road Racing Our race day started at 0530 am on Sunday morning, a time, that in my opinion should be made illegal, especially since at 3am my 1...

What are they looking at?

29 April 2003

My word, that’s a big helmet

Pete Fishwick , Oulton Park, April 19

29 April 2003

Rider: Pete ‘Fish’ Fishwick, Bike: Yamaha TZR 250 Club: Bemsee Oulton Park has to be one of my favourite circuits, so I was hoping for a good result here, the only disappointing thing was I couldn’t...

Richard Halford, Keevil, April 27

29 April 2003

Rider: Richard Halford, Bike: Yamaha FZR400, Club: NG Road Racing John and Nicola stayed at our place on the Saturday and we all left for the circuit at about 6.30am. When we arrived we found Pete Mitchell who had saved us a spot about as far away from scrutineering as you could get without actually having to have to pay to get back in. The paddock was packed. Alan and Lesley had camped the night...

Andrew Sennett, Mallory Park, April 27

29 April 2003

Rider: Andrew Sennett, Bike: Aprilia RS125, Club: New Era Superclub Andrew Sennett the motorcycle roadracer from Terrington St. Clement competed in round one of the New Era Superclub Championship at Mallory Park on Sunday. Still without a new machine Andrew was forced again to ride his older RS125 Honda at the Leicestershire venue. Although having won the Championship last year Andrew was faced...

BMZRC, OULTON PARK, APRIL 19.

29 April 2003

There was a race practice on the Friday and a few riders took advantage of this, it was especially useful as the circuit had been altered to include a new chicane at Knickerbrook. In practice Tim Kaley, the current leader was putting in some very fast lap times, but John Thompson was also lapping very quickly, it was the first race of the season for John. RACE 1 Race 1 saw the usual suspects line...

Phil Bevan Racing, Mallory Park, Sunday 27th April

29 April 2003

Rider: Phil Bevan, Bike: Ducati 996, Club: New Era Superclub A busy weekend for the team as we had a two day track day at Pembrey to organise as well as getting Phil to Mallory Park for the first...

Sam and Alex Lowes, Oulton Park, April 19-21

29 April 2003

Riders: Sam and Alex Lowes, Bikes: Aprilia RS125, Championship: Aprilia Superteens Twelve-year-old identical twins Sam and Alex Lowes produced a mixed bag of results at Oulton Park over the Easter...

Brit MX win for injured Cooper

22 April 2003

The third round of the British Motocross championship took place last weekend at Cadders Hill, Lyng, and saw defending champion Paul Cooper take the overall win despite riding with a broken...

Sombre mood for Welkom GP

22 April 2003

This weekend’s second round of the MotoGP world championship at the Phakisa Freeway in Welkom, South Africa, will not have the usual celebratory atmosphere. Instead the sport will collectively bow its...

Making me shakey

22 April 2003

The girls were tattooed just in case they got lost

Wild-cards threaten Ducati’s winning streak

22 April 2003

The Fila Ducati team will be looking to continue their winning streak at the third round of the World Superbike champioship at Sugo, Japan, this weekend but all the riders in the championship are...

Rossi takes provisional pole at Welkom

22 April 2003

Valentino Rossi has continued his dominance at the Welkom GP by taking the provisional pole at the end of the first qualifying session. The factory Honda rider – who was wearing a black armband in...

Gibernau honours Kato with pole

22 April 2003

Sete Gibernau offered a fitting tribute to his team-mate Daijiro Kato by taking the pole position at the second round of the MotoGP championship in Welkom, South Africa. Gibernau continuously improved...

Take the bull by the horns

22 April 2003

MCN girls never back down from a challenge…

Don’t turn around…

22 April 2003

When she saw the bike going past, she realised what was missing from her life

Laconi takes pole at Sugo

22 April 2003

Regis Laconi took a surprise pole position in today’s Superpole session at round three of the World Superbike championship in Sugo, Japan. The French rider – whose only Superbike podium was when he...

Burns’ WCM fails FIM inspection

22 April 2003

Chris Burns’ GP dream has been dealt another blow this weekend after his Harris WCM machine was banned from taking part in the South African GP. An FIM technical team inspected the R1-derived...

McWilliams fifth fastest on two-stroke at Welkom

22 April 2003

Jeremy McWilliams has taken his two-stroke Proton KR3 to the fifth fastest time in the first practice session at the Welkom MotoGP on what is potentially the last appearance of a two-stroke bike in...

Big hair day?

22 April 2003

Power Horse girls need good teeth and a long, shaggy mane…

Heckles joins Honda full time

22 April 2003

Mark Heckles has impressed Honda Racing team bosses so much that he has now been given a permanent place on the factory British Superbike team. The ex-World Superbike rider was drafted on to the team...

Sixth consecutive win for Hodgson

22 April 2003

Hodgson has continued his unbroken winning streak taking both races at the third round of the World Superbike championship in Sugo, Japan. Race one saw a big crash on the first corner with four Riders...

Walker tops first qualifying at a very wet Sugo

22 April 2003

Chris Walker has topped the time sheets during a wet first qualifying session at the World Superbike round in Sugo, Japan. The session was ended with nine minutes to go, due to poor visibility, and...

Four wins for Steele at Three Sisters

22 April 2003

Warren Steele pulled out all the stops to win all four races at the second round of the NORA British Supermoto championship at Three Sisters last weekend. The first race saw Steele get the best start...

Reynolds overshadowed by giant grid girl

22 April 2003

For the Crescent Suzuki team bigger is obviously better

Gibernau honors Kato with Welkom win

22 April 2003

Sete Gibernau took the win at the second round of the MotoGP world championship as a fitting memorial to his late team-mate Daijiro Kato. The start of the race was delayed by 50 minutes after Kenny...

Are you gonna go my way?

15 April 2003

Noone had trouble spotting this road sign.

All together now

15 April 2003

Eeenie, meenie, mynie, mo. How do you choose your favourite?

Two wheels good, four wheels bad

15 April 2003

We know it’s technically a quad, but sometimes you have to make allowances.

Byrne goes for double at Thruxton

15 April 2003

Round three of the British Superbikes championship at Thruxton this weekend is set to be the most exciting so far. And we’ll be bringing you full coverage here on motorcyclenews.com. Qualifying starts...

999s test at Mugello

15 April 2003

The Ducati World Superbike team has been testing at Mugello this week with test rider Lorenzo Lanzi. The Italian rider spent two days on the 999s that Hodgson and Xaus will be racing at Sugo on...

How can he remain focussed?

15 April 2003

How he can keep looking straight ahead is beyond us…

BMZRC, Lydden Hill, April 5-6

15 April 2003

Contributor: Debbie Welfare, Series: BMZRC 250 MZ Championship Races. The second outing of the season saw a full grid of MZs. Saturday, Race 1: An excellent start off of the line by Jon Hart saw him leading the race for several laps. However never far behind and closing was Tim Kaley. Tim leads the championship at the moment and has not been beaten in any of his races; he was also last season’s...

Up close and personal

15 April 2003

Step away from the brolly babe.

Rutter heads Superpole at Thruxton

15 April 2003

Michael Rutter went 1.5 seconds faster than his best qualifying time to claim pole position for the race at Thruxton on Sunday. Rutter put his Renegade Ducati 0.362 seconds in front of Shane Byrne on...