July

Year: 2007

Month: July

Walker at Oulton

16 July 2007 by Carl Clarke

Chris Walker at Oulton Park, Saturday qualifying… Do you think he’s happy?

Greg's off

16 July 2007 by Alan Sheen

Photo taken at Oulton as Greg Lavilla was dumped in front of me. Wish Greg well – amazed he was back for the second race after this.

Rea's crash

15 July 2007 by GARY BAGSHAW

Taken on Sunday at Oulton Park, BSB race one. Jonathan Rea’s off while leading coming out of Druids. Only a basic digital camera so no zoom options – sorry!

Oulton Park British Superbikes: Jonathan Rea recovers to win race two

15 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

HM Plant Honda’s Jonathan Rea recovered from a massive race one crash to storm to victory in the second British Superbikes’ race at Oulton Park this afternoon. The Ulsterman lost an early lead, which...

Oulton Park British Superbikes: Ian Hutchinson wins British Supersport race

15 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Ian Hutchinson has convincingly won the British Supersport race at Oulton Park this afternoon by more than four seconds ahead of HM Plant Honda’s John McGuinness. Hutchinson took the lead from the...

Oulton Park British Superbikes: Ryuichi Kiyonari paddles to victory in race one

15 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Ryuichi Kiyonari paddled to victory with conviction at a rain hit Oulton Park for race one of the British Superbike Championship. The Japanese rider finished more than 20 seconds ahead of second...

Oulton Park British Superbikes: Jonathan Rea secures pole position

14 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Jonathan Rea claimed his third successive pole position and his fourth of the season at Oulton Park for Sunday’s eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. After wet practice plagued...

Oulton Park British Superbikes: Jonathan Rea goes fastest late on in free practice three

14 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

HM Plant Honda’s Jonathan Rea took advantage of the dry conditions this morning to go fastest in the third free practice session at Oulton Park pipping Gregorio Lavilla in the dying seconds. ...

Oulton Park British Superbikes: Jonathan Rea jumps up timesheets for session two

13 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Jonathan Rea’s confidence returned in the second free practice session for the British Superbikes at Oulton Park this afternoon. The HM Plant Honda rider recorded a best time of 1:45.431 just over...

Oulton Park British Superbikes: Karl Harris goes fastest in first practice

13 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Karl Harris was the leading man at Oulton Park in the first free practice for the British Superbikes this afternoon. The Hydrex Honda rider recorded a best time of 1:48.997 on the final lap of his 11...

Oulton Park British Superbikes: practice halted following oil trail

13 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

British Superbike practice was halted for over an hour after Chris Martin’s Honda dropped a crankcase end bolt cover and laid a trail of oil all around the Oulton Park circuit. The problem was...

Video: Johnathan Rea talks to MCN

13 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Knockhill double BSB race winner Jonathan Rea wasn’t fastest at the Croft BSB test this week but he was right on the pace. MCN spoke to him about the test, his title aspirations and his hopes for the...

Martin tests

10 July 2007 by Anonymous

Steve Martin tested Virgin Media Yamaha’s R1, bearing number 8, at Donington today.

Steve Martin tests Virgin Yamaha British Superbike

10 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Australian Steve Martin has tested the Virgin Yamaha British Superbike at a Donington Park track day. He only had an hour of clear track during lunch, but after 20 laps he proclaimed the Virgin Yamaha...

Hudson Kennaugh released by Virgin Yamaha

10 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Virgin Yamaha have released South African Hudson Kennaugh from his BSB contract to allow him to return to the National Superstock championship with the Raceways Yamaha team. Kennaugh joined the...

Tommy Hill ruled out of Vallelunga test

07 July 2007 by Michael Guy

Virgin Yamaha’s Tommy Hill had his test on the World Supersport factory SSP Yamaha R6 in Vallelunga cancelled just hours before he got on the bike. Hill was due to test the bike after a position...

Damp trip to Knockhill

07 July 2007 by golach808

Just travelled from Kettering to Scotland for the BSB round at Knockhill. Rode up Saturday and was soaked, went to watch races on Sunday and was soaked, then rode up to mate’s house in Forres and was soaked. Went for a ride on Monday and was soaked, rode home Wednesday and was soaked. All in all, a very wet time. Maybe next year i’ll buy a jet ski…

Croft wet testing

07 July 2007 by Top Dog

At the official testing at Croft this week wet weather settings were the order of the day. Cal Crutchlow and Kiyo seemed happy to go it alone while others chose to follow the lead of Chris Walker...

Surely a hindrance?

06 July 2007 by Baz

Cal Crutchlow hitching a lift from Chris Walker at the end of second BSB race at Knockhill.

British Superbikes: Steve Martin to complete test for Virgin Yamaha

06 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin / Michael Guy

World Superbike man Steve Martin is set to complete a one day test onboard the British Superbikes Virgin Yamaha R1 at Donington Park next Tuesday. The former Foggy Petronas rider has a wealth of...

British Superbikes: Chris Walker fit to race at Oulton Park

06 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Chris Walker is fit to race his Rizla Suzuki British Superbike at Oulton Park next weekend, after a broken arm scare. He crashed at over 120mph at the Croft test on Wednesday morning and sustained...

Buildbase ducati's new signing Brendan Roberts speaks to MCN

05 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Brendan Roberts won the National Superstock title last year riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000 and earned a place in the factory Xerox Ducati 1098 team in the 2007 European Superstock series. Now the...

Revised timetable for British Superbike support races announced

05 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

British Superbikes Race Director Stuart Higgs has announced the revised championship schedules following the cancellation of various championship races at Knockhill circuit on Sunday July 1, 2007 due...

HM Plant Honda's Jonathan Rea talks to MCN

05 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Tom Sykes fastest at Croft British Superbikes test

04 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Stobart Vent Axia’s Tom Sykes was the fastest rider at Croft for day two of the British Superbikes test. The 21-year-old recorded a best time of 1:19.8 just as the chequered flag was waved for the end...

Knockhill reporter competition winner meets her heroes

04 July 2007 by Dave Rawlings

As winner of the MCN and THINK! road safety reporter competition, Janice Cheetham, a Training Manager and keen biker from Manchester, was on hand at a rain soaked Knockhill for round 7 of the British...

Brendan Roberts gets a chance on Buildbase Ducati

03 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Brendan Roberts first chance to ride the Buildbase Ducati 1098 were in far from ideal conditions but he and the team made dramatic progress. 2006 National Superstock champion Brendan Roberts is the...

Rain brings British Superbike test to premature end

03 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Persistent monsoon showers brought the first day of the two-day official British Superbike test at Croft to a premature end. Rain caused disruption throughout the day but each class got two sessions...

Gary Pinchin's British Superbikes Knockhill blog

03 July 2007 by Gary Pinchin

I flew home from Scotland yesterday afternoon, dashed home to get a fresh set of clothes and then drove up to stop overnight at Darlington ready for the start of a two-day official British Superbikes...

Knockhill British Superbikes: Michael Laverty wins the tyre game at Knockhill

01 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Michael Laverty won not only the race but also the tyre game on way to victory in the British Supersport race at Knockhill by just under two seconds from Triumph rider Paul Young. The race was moved...

Knockhill British Superbikes: First career double win for Jonathan Rea

01 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

HM Plant Honda’s Jonathan Rea mastered the wet conditions at Knockhill to record his first double race win of his British Superbike career. The Ulsterman once again repeated his success from race...

Knockhill British Superbikes: Torrential rain plays havoc with timetable

01 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Torrential rain has hit the Knockhill circuit again this afternoon causing havoc with the timetable for the latest round of the British Superbike Championship. Organisers managed to get the British...

Knockhill British Superbikes: Jonathan Rea wins race one at rain soaked Knockhill

01 July 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Pole man Jonathan Rea paddled his way to victory by more than six seconds at a soaking wet Knockhill in race one of the British Superbikes Championship. The race was delayed by almost an hour to allow...

BSB babes

01 July 2007 by Kerry Green

The kids took these pictures recently in the BSB pitlane walkabout. Well that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.