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Pump them up

19 August 2003

Clearly an expert in pneumatics

Byrne seals championship with victory at Cadwell

19 August 2003

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne is the 2003 British Superbike champion after taking victory in the first race at Cadwell Park today. Byrne pushed pole-sitter and championship rival John Reynolds into second...

TT stars turn out as Manx GP hots up

19 August 2003

Practice continues at the Manx Grand Prix as the weather improves, the lap speeds increase and TT stars come out to show their support. The sun has come out since Sunday night’s downpours, leaving...

Times tumble at Czech GP

12 August 2003

With the track dry after the morning’s downpours the afternoon qualifying session for the Czech GP in Brno has seen the top six riders lapping faster than the race lap record. Max Biaggi took the...

Flares are back in

12 August 2003

Flares are back in but we’re not sure about the medallions.

Foggy drops Haydon

12 August 2003

James Haydon will not be riding the FP1 in World Superbikes next year after the Foggy Petronas team decided not to renew his contract for 2004. The decision comes after Haydon’s disappointing...

Double bubble

12 August 2003

The new line in PVC pit-lane fashion

Goldilocks

12 August 2003

Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, or the wolf, you decided.

Red, white and blue

12 August 2003

Red, white and blue? That colour scheme reminds me of something….

The 80th anniversary Manx Grand Prix gets underway Saturday evening with the start of the first practice session. Evening practice sessions take place throughout the week with two additional morning...

Hizzy’s mother thanks his fans

12 August 2003

Steve Hislop’s mother has expressed her thanks to all his fans for their support after the death of her son in a helicopter crash on July 30. In an open letter Margaret Hislop said, on behalf of...

Edwards tops damp first practice at Brno

12 August 2003

Colin Edwards has taken his Alice Aprilia to the top of the time sheets in a damp first practice session for round 10 of the MotoGP world championship at Brno in the Czech Republic. The skies cleared...

Trouble always comes in thr…fours

12 August 2003

It’s the shifty one on the end you have to look out for.

Anyone for Hoopla?

12 August 2003

She’s enough to blacken any woman’s day

Isle of Man tribute to Hislop

12 August 2003

Steve Hislop will be remembered at a Service of Celebration during the Manx Grand Prix Race week on the Isle of Man. And a permanent tribute to Hislop and David Jefferies will be announced in...

Rossi on pole for Czech GP

12 August 2003

Valentiono Rossi is on pole for round 10 of the MotoGP world championship at Brno in the Czech Republic. Rossi spent the most time out on the track in the final qualifying session for Sunday’s race...

Archibald dominates at Ulster GP

12 August 2003

Saturday’s Ulster Grand Prix saw some of the closest racing of any road race event this year with all the seven races going right to the line. Adrian Archibald dominated the main race of the day...

Rossi wins Czech GP

12 August 2003

Valentino Rossi took the win at round 10 of the MotoGP world championship in Brno after a scintillating race that went right down to the line. The race was dominated by a five way tousle between Troy...

She’s got the look

12 August 2003

Never trust a woman with beady eyes.

CCM launch track day R30

12 August 2003

CCM has launched a new version of its R30 supermoto aimed at riders who do regular track days. The R30t is essentially the same as the standard R30 but has been fitted with the unpainted bodywork used...

Good Fortuna

05 August 2003

Meeting these ladies was certainly good Fortuna…

Yamaha signs van den Goorbergh for 2004

05 August 2003

Yamaha has announced Jurgen van den Goorbergh will continue to race for the Yamaha Belgarda team in World Supersport in 2004. The 33-year-old Dutchman is currently second in the championship on an R6.

Lost for words…

05 August 2003

So we’ll just join you in admiring this young lady in silence….

Three of a kind

05 August 2003

Forget ” The Three Amigos ” , let’s focus on ” The Three Coronas ”

C’mon…smile

05 August 2003

C’mon…give us a grin…

Don’t come crawling…

05 August 2003

Just because you’re gorgeous, don’t think you can come crawling to me young lady.

Oulton Park names chicane for Hislop

05 August 2003

The new chicane at Oulton Park will officially be named Hizzy’s this weekend in memory of British Superbike champion Steve Hislop. The naming will take place immediately prior to the warm-ups for the...

Kagayama on pole for Oulton

05 August 2003

Yukio Kagayama has returned from the Suzuka Eight Hours to put his Rizla Suzuki on pole for the Oulton Park British Superbike races on Sunday. Kagayama posted a time of 1:36.738, putting him in front...

Everts closes on Motocross GP title

05 August 2003

Stefan Everts took his sixth consecutive win in the Motocross GP class on Sunday, August 10, increasing his series lead to 10 points over Joel Smets. Everts lead from the start, building up a lead of...

KTM sacks world champion

05 August 2003

KTM has parted company with reigning 125cc world champion Arnaud Vincent, claiming the Frenchman will be ” released immediately from his contract. ” Finnish rider Mika Kallio will replace Vincent...

Hizzy tributes dominate Oulton Park

05 August 2003

Round nine of the British Superbike championship was dominated by the memory of reigning champion Steve Hislop, who died in a helicopter crash on July 30, with tributes to the rider taking place...

Kato monument unveiled

05 August 2003

Japanese fans of Daijiro Kato have unveiled a monument at his home track, the Autopolis circuit in the Kyusyu district of Japan. Kato, the former 250cc World Champion, began his career at the circuit,...

Foiled again

05 August 2003

The ready-to-bake brolly girl was an instant hit.

Plater and Kagayama share Oulton spoils

05 August 2003

The British Superbike championship is yet to be decided after Steve Plater and Yukio Kagayma shared victories at Oulton Park, denying Shane Byrne the chance to clinch the title. Race Two: A Rizla...

French supermoto victory

01 August 2003

The French team have won the inaugural Maxxis Supermotard Des European Nations, held at Alpe D’Huez in France last weekend (August 2-3). The home nation’s victory came without a race win, but they had...

American GP postponed until 2005

01 August 2003

The plans to run an American Grand Prix have been postponed until 2005. ” There have been talks about having a GP in the U.S. in 2004, specifically in Birmingham, Alabama, ” says Dorna Sports CEO...