Sport (Jan - Dec 2008)

Dungannon’s Ryan Farquhar  returns to the TT in 2008 re-united with the McAdoo Kawasaki team. Farquhar, a two-time TT winner, is still looking for a win on a superbike race on the mountain course...

British Supersport regular James Hillier (22) has teamed up with well-known Isle of Man TT team boss Martin Bullock’s Race Team to make his debut on the 37.73miles Mountain Course this year. Hillier...

Dungannon’s Ryan Farquhar returns to the Isle of Man TT in 2008 re-united with the McAdoo Kawasaki team. Farquhar, a two-time Isle of Man TT winner, is still looking for a win on a superbike race on...

The first racing version of KTM’s new RC8 got on track last week for shakedowns at Cartagena in Spain, the factory has revealed. The race bike was piloted by Austrian rider Rene Mahr, who has been...

Colchester Kawasaki is to enter this season’s National Junior Superstock 600 class using Kawasaki ZX-6Rs. Robbie Brown, 18, and 19-year-old AJ Johnson will ride for the team in the championship, which...

John McGuinness will race a Padgetts Honda Fireblade in the Superbike and Senior TTs this year. Honda Racing in Louth, the same team running the HM Plant Honda for Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow, is...

The Aprilia Superteen Championship will be one of the support races at this year’s British MotoGP at Donington Park. The series, which was the breeding ground for Casey Stoner and James Toseland, will...

Every year the annual Dorset Police hare and hounds event attracts greater numbers with riders now drawn from Lands End, London and South Wales.  This year there was a new forest venue at...

Dakar organiser, the ASO, has just confirmed that the 2009 Dakar Rally will be joint-hosted by Argentina and Chile, after this year’s race was cancelled. Cyril Despres on the Dakar cancellation Dakar...

Here are a few vintage pictures from the Silverstone British Grand Prix. Can anyone identify the year or the riders? Picture One - The first picture shows a pair of 250cc Yamahas which I think were...

The funeral of Vernon Edwards, father of international racer Mike Edwards, will take place on Friday February 15, at 11:30am at The Crematorium, Cemetery Road, Ince, WN3 4NN. The family say everyone...

Australia’s Chad Reed took his San Manuel Yamaha out of the gate behind Davi Millsaps at San Diego on Saturday and wasted no time putting a move in for the lead. But Red Bull Honda’s Millsaps bounced...

KTM might not be planning to enter WSB with the new RC8 just yet, but it's hoping to use the machine in Superstock racing and has just unveiled the first race-prepared version of the stunning new...

Chaz Davies served notice that he’d be a major player this year after topping the Supersport class and finished a close second to his teammate in the final all-teams test of the year at California...

American Honda’s Neil Hodgson called the second day of testing “another tough day in the office. It’s always tough around Fontana.” Neil Hodgson finished the two-day, all teams test at California...

Riders who were ‘ready to race’ on the ill-fated 2008 Dakar Rally will be able to take part in a new race this April. Dakar organisers, Amary Sport Organisation (ASO) have announced they will be...

Chaz Davies set a blistering pace on the FX-spec Attack Kawasaki on the first day of testing at California Speedway in the Inland Empire east of Los Angeles. The Welshman lapped the 2.3-mile road...

James Toseland has issued a warning to his MotoGP rivals with quick times at the Phillip Island test last week. The current World Superbike champion has been talking to MotoGP reporter Matthew Birt...

Manxman David Knight has been crowned World Cup Indoor Enduro champion after finishing second in the third and final round of the series in Genoa. Genoa was a cliff-hanger for Knight. He had some...

Chad Reed won again on Saturday as his title bid gathers pace in the AMA Supercross series. The Thunder from Down Under edged a holeshot from Davi Millsaps, but when he tried to pull out, he found he...

Scott “Mr Daytona” Russell will return to the scene of his greatest success when he makes a shock return to AMA professional racing in this year’s Superstock race during Bike Week 2008 in Daytona...

The BSB Donington Park second race was a very close finish. Recorded as a 0.056 second gap between winner Leon Haslam and runner up Tom Sykes. I was fortunate enough to be on hand to capture how close...

In days gone by it was often thought that road racers preparation for a race involved spending the night in the pub knocking back a few vodkas, puffing 20 fags, and munching down a burger and chips...

Brands Hatch has made significant changes to the Clearways corner by increasing the run-off for riders and drivers using the Indy circuit configuration. The alterations have been made as part of...

Chad Reed stormed to victory in a rain-soaked AT&T Park in San Francisco hosted round four of the AMA Supercross series on Saturday. Even with practice curtailed and the track kept under wraps for...

I was at Sepang on Thursday for the Moto GP test. My friend Peter Mitchell took this picture of the back of the Yamaha pit showing Rossi just after he had come in from a run of several laps. You...

South Africa's new Superbike champion; Arushen Moodley, is the first rider of colour to win this prestigious local title. Taken at kyalami on 24th November 2007, during the last Superbike meeting of...

Mallory Park will host this year’s British Motocross Grand Prix and is set to sign an agreement which will see the event return to the Leicestershire track for a further three years. The event...

Me in Antarctica trying out my new winter thermals!

James Stewart has effectively withdrawn from the 2008 Supercross season after a statement from his Monster Energy Kawasaki team announced that the reigning champion would have to undergo knee...

It should be no surprise that Gary Johnson has been snapped up for this year by the Uel Duncan Honda team after his sensational performances on the roads in 2007. MCN spoke to the 27-year-old...

The North West 200 is to receive £100,000 of government funding for safety improvements.  Clerk of the Course Mervyn Whyte said: “It’s a great help to motor sport. Safety is paramount for us and...

A 250 race is being re-introduced to the North West 200 programme this year. The 250 two-strokes, which last graced the NW200 in 2000, was previously run concurrently with the 125 and 400 races. The...