Sport (January 2007)

Village residents in a Shropshire village are protesting over Market Drayton Motocross Club’s plans to hold five race meets this year.  Ollerton residents say the noise and increased traffic...

Veteran Brazilian Alex Barros pulled off a big surprise in Australia today when he clocked the fastest time on the opening day of testing at Phillip Island. Back in MotoGP after a year out in World...

There are just two British riders among the 17 teams that make up the permanent entry list for this year’s World Endurance championship.  North West 200 double-winner and Macau GP winner Steve...

The Speedway Grand Prix promoters are billing the final race at the last round of this year’s World Championship as the richest minute in motorsport. The meeting will take place at Veltins-Arena,...

Tackling the Dakar Rally at 65 and becoming its oldest ever competitor was never going to be easy. But despite being forced out by freak sandstorms Scotland’s Robbie Allan is already targeting the...

If you ever fancied having a go at racing, here’s your chance.  For the price of a £20 competition ticket www.givemethekeys.com are giving away a Cagiva Raptor 650 race bike and full spares...

British hero Billy Mackenzie is aiming to upset the world’s motocross stars at this year’s Hawkstone Park International in Shropshire on Sunday, March 4, 2007. Many of the leading factory riders use...

The stature of the North West 200 road race meeting in Northern Ireland was underlined this week. The Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain attended the launch of the 2007 races at the...

We have exclusive footage of day two at Sepang from MCN's MotoGP, writer Matthew Birt.

Freestyle motocrosser Mike Metzger broke his back attempting a back-flip in Long Beach, California on Wednesday, January 17, 2006. According to reports on the Long Beach Presstelegram Metzger was...

Out of work BSB star Glen Richards has joined the Phase One Endurance team for the seven-round world championship. Since finishing fifth in the 2005 BSB series on a Kawasaki ZX10, Australian Richards...

Spaniard Isidre Esteve took his second Dakar stage victory when he took yesterday’s 12th stage from Ayoun to Kayes. The KTM rider finished over three minutes ahead of Portuguese Paulo Goncalvez...

Seventies road racing star Cliff Carr passed away in hospital on Wednesday, January 10 after suffering a liver-related disease.   Sixty-two-year-old Carr came from Leyland, Lancashire but, after...

There was no special stage counting towards the Dakar times yesterday, just a 280km connection from Nema to Ayuon. Spaniard Marc Coma leads the rally by more than 54 minutes from Frenchman Cyril...

Virgin Yamaha will field Billy McConnell and Tom Grant on R6s in British Supersport this year, in a radical departure for the Rob McElnea-owned outfit. Though McElnea’s Scunthorpe-based crew have won...

Portugal’s Helder Rodrigues won stage 10 of the Dakar Rally, beating overall leader Marc Coma by just 44 seconds. This was also a change to the last few days with Rodrigues on his Yamaha ending the...

Courageous Simon Lawson who was paralysed from the chest down in an accident five years ago has returned to the sport he loves. Lawson, son of Workington Comets speedway star Steve Lawson will ride...

Marc Coma continues to keep ahead of the pack following stage nine of the Dakar Rally. The Spaniard on his KTM now sits 54 minutes 36 seconds ahead of his nearest rival, Cyril Despres, following their...

Thirteen sidecar crews visited the Isle of Man last week in preparation for their circuit debuts later this year at the Centennial TT. The recruitment of high calibre solo newcomers has been well...

The 2007 Endurance World Championship provisional calendar comprises six events, including two 24 hour races in France and one in Germany. This will be the first time the championship has been...

Gwen Crellin, better known as the ‘Lady in White’ in the Isle of Man, has died at the age of 89. Given the nickname by 10-time TT winner Giacomo Agostini, she was a marshall for many years, headed a...

‘Spark of Genius – Breaking Records, Pushing Boundaries’ will be the theme for the 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Included in this will be a celebration of the TT and its Centenary year with iconic...

Kawasaki’s James ‘Bubba’ Stewart remains unbeaten in the AMA Supercross championship after winning the second round at Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday night. For the second week running, Suzuki’s Ricky...

Scot Iain MacPherson is hoping to secure a shock return to big time racing having secured a test ride that could see him line up in this year’s Bol d’Or 24-hour world endurance race. The 38-year-old...

UK Supermoto racing has a new focus in 2007 with a new six-round British championship thanks to the organisers of two previously competing National series combining their efforts. ACU/AMCA British...

Any riders wishing to enter the 2007 British Youth Motocross Championship need to be aware that registration closes on February 1, 2007. With only a couple of weeks left until registration closes,...

MCN backed Mick Extance is out of the Dakar Rally after his bike lost power 80KMs from the finish line of stage six. Stage six is the longest in the Dakar and was exceptionally muddy and wet. At the...

Stage Six of the Dakar Rally saw the competitors race over 817KMs, although most of them will be pleased with the 225 KMs that were on the road. It was also one of the closest races with the first...

Rizla Suzuki pair Chris Walker and Cal Crutchlow have been to Suzuki’s Milton Keynes headquarters to collect their new Swift sports cars. Stalker’s choice is a 1.9DDiS four-wheel drive Grand Vitara.

KTM dominated day four of the Dakar Rally by taking the top seven places at the end of the 679km stage between Er Rachidia and Quarzazate in Morocco. Spanish rider Marc Coma took his second stage of...

Irish 600 champion Raymond Porter will race McAdoo Kawasakis this year in Ireland and in the major road races. At the relatively young age of 28, Raymond is well-established as a leading contender on...

Castle Combe will pay host to the fourth round of the ACU Dunlop Tyres MotoStar Championship on July 28/29 and celebrate the 50th anniversary of legendary Mike Hailwood’s debut at the Wiltshire...

Spaniard Marc Coma took the third special stage of the 2007 Dakar Rally on  Monday 56 seconds ahead of American Chris Blais with Isidre Esteve Pujol (KTM) continuing his run of thirds. This...

Kawasaki’s James ‘Bubba’ Stewart ignored an early crash to secure a thrilling victory in front of a sell-out 45,050 at the Anaheim in the first round of the AMA Supercross series on Saturday night...

Guy Martin has signed to ride for Hydrex Honda to race in the British championship as well as contesting all the major road race classes. Martin is out to secure his first TT win this year and will...