June

Year: 2006

Month: June

Toseland takes pole

24 June 2006

James Toseland has taken a surprise pole position for the Misano round of the World Superbike championship. The Brit had finished all the previous qualifying sessions in eighth place but put in an...

A dramatic days racing at Misano sees Troy Bayliss and Andrew Pitt share the race wins. James Toseland lead the first half of the first race after starting from pole but lost out to Troy Bayliss on...

Podium hopes crash

17 June 2006

Continued from page 2 “A great shame after the Team had done so fantastically this weekend and been lying in third with just two hours to go!” was all Miles needed to say. Alex was unhurt but totally...

Bayliss tops first day

17 June 2006

Troy Bayliss has taken provisional pole for the Misano round of the World Superbike championship. The Ducati rider topped the first qualifying session that saw exactly the same top three as the...

Hodgson secures fourth

17 June 2006

Neil Hodgson had to settle for staying static in fourth place in the American Superbike championship after fourth and sixth place finishes. The former world champion fought to fourth place in...

Bayliss top at Misano

17 June 2006

The two Troys are again battling it out for the top spot after the first practice session for the Misano round of World Superbikes. Troy Bayliss took his Ducati to the fastest lap but Troy Corser was...

Bayliss tops Brno times

10 June 2006

Troy Bayliss has topped the three days of World Superbike testing at Brno with a fastest time of 2:00 on qualifying tyres. The current WSB title leader also recorded a time of 2:00.8 on race rubber,...

Bayliss flies at Brno

10 June 2006

Troy Bayliss has embarrassed the rest of the World Superbike field by setting an incredibly quick lap at Pirelli’s Brno test. The Ducati rider ended the first of three days with and amazing 2:01.5...

Edwards to race Suzuka

10 June 2006

Colin Edwards is teaming up with Yamaha WSB rider Noriyuki Haga to take on the Suzuka 8-hour endurance race in Japan. The pair will ride a factory backed Yamaha R1 on Michelin tyres at the event...

Hodgson still in title hunt

03 June 2006

Britain’s Neil Hodgson took a fourth and fifth place at the AMA Superbike meeting at Road America on Saturday June 3 and Sunday June 4, 2006, as championship leader Mat Mladin took a double win. In...