January 24, 2010 12:27 PM
Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike Team finish up the final day at Portimao
Yamaha Racing
Riders Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland completed their final day of testing today at the Portimao circuit in Portugal. The two British riders have worked hard over the three days, experiencing a variety of weather conditions from dry to wet to intermediate as they and the team worked through various electronic and bike set ups ahead of the 2010 season.
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January 18, 2010 3:16 PM
Graves Motorsports' Offers $5000 Per Win in WERA Mediumweight Superbike Endurance Class
Graves Motorsports
VAN NUYS, Calif. (January 18, 2010)
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Graves Motorsports is supporting the sport like never before with a new contingency program for grass roots racers in the WERA National Endurance Series.
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December 10, 2009 7:34 PM
Yamaha Sterilgarda World Superbike riders wrap a successful test in Valencia
Yamaha Racing
The all British line up of Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland wrapped up a successful final day of testing in Valencia this afternoon. Both Crutchlow and Toseland had spent the two day test at the Ricardo Tormo circuit working through electronic and chassis settings on their R1 superbikes ahead of the 2010 season next year.
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December 9, 2009 4:31 PM
Toseland and Crutchlow enjoy a productive first test day at Valencia
Yamaha Racing
Sterilgarda Yamaha world Superbike riders Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland settled in for their second test with their new 2010 team today at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. The British pairing spent the day working through various electronic settings on the bike, including the anti wheelie control and the traction control to find a smoother feeling on the throttle of the championship winning R1. Crutchlow also spent some time working with the team to perfect his positioning on the R1, a larger bike than his championship winning R6.
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November 5, 2009 5:03 PM
2010 AMA Pro Superbike Championship Schedule Showcases Top North American Road Courses SPEED to Return as Broadcast Partner
AMA Pro Racing
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (November 5, 2009)
AMA Pro Racing officials announced today the 2010 race schedule for the AMA Pro Superbike Championship that will see the series visit the foremost road courses in the United States. SPEED will once again serve as AMA Pro's broadcast partner.
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November 4, 2009 10:22 AM
Yamaha unveils Ben Spies’ livery for Valencia
Yamaha Racing
The Sterilgarda Yamaha Team have unveiled the special one-off livery for 2009 World Superbike Champion Ben Spies ahead of his wildcard ride at the final MotoGP race in Valencia this weekend. Spies will be riding the Yamaha YZR-M1 prior to joining the Tech3 Yamaha Team next Monday to start testing for the 2010 season.
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October 28, 2009 6:39 PM
World Championship winning Yamaha team wrap up their first test with Crutchlow and Toseland
Yamaha Racing
Today saw the second and final day of the first test for the Yamaha World Superbike 2010 riders Cal Crutchlow and James Toseland. Both riders spent a second full day testing their new R1 machines as they worked to bring the settings in line with their riding styles. Having come from Supersport and MotoGP machines both riders have to learn a new bike. Regardless of this they both performed well and were consistently fast over the second day, again riding well below the pace of Sunday’s World Superbike race. The technical support and know-how which helped give the team it’s world title was clearly rubbing off on both Crutchlow and Toseland as they got down to business.
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October 25, 2009 2:37 PM
Spies claims the all time World Superbike Superpole record
Yamaha Racing
2009 WSB Portugal
Portimão 24/10/2009
Superpole
Any doubt of Ben Spies' claim to all-time rookie fame was squashed today as he took pole position ahead of tomorrow's races with an incredible flying Superpole lap. This makes eleven poles for Spies, and gives him the record for most poles in a season ever in World Superbike to add to his other records already smashed this year. The American rider had a clear strategy for the three Superpole heats, coming out for just one lap in the first to qualify fifth for the second session with a 1'43.532. He then switched to a qualifier for the second heat and immediately dropped below the 1.43 mark to put in an astonishing 1'42.568, nearly eight tenths of a second faster than the previous lap record held by Troy Bayliss in 2008. Having moved through to the final heat, Spies then made it clear he was here to win this weekend, using his second qualifier to smash his own record, setting pole with an incredible 1'42.412. Spies had spent the earlier qualifying and free practice sessions working quietly on the set up of his race bike, holding out for the Superpole to reveal the Yamaha's balance and turn of speed.
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October 20, 2009 6:26 PM
Yamaha R1 takes yet another National Superbike title with Victory in France
Yamaha Racing
Sebastien Gimbert stepped up on Sunday to add another title to the incredible success story of the 2009 YZF-R1 with victory and the title in the 2009 French National Superbike Championship. Gimbert was on track for success from the beginning of the weekend, claiming his fourth pole of the season, nearly a second faster than the closest competition at the Albi circuit. Gimbert took the title with 195 championship points, 14 ahead of rival Vincent Philippe on 181.
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October 16, 2009 5:11 PM
Orlando's Josh Day Takes Pole for AMA Pro SuperSport National Shootout at Daytona
AMA Pro Racing
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 16, 2009)
SuperSport East Champion Looking For Fifth Straight Win in Sunday's Championship Shootout
Josh Day (No. 4 Team E.S.P. Yamaha YZF-R6) continued his hot streak in AMA Pro SuperSport presented by Shoei Friday at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) where the Orlando native won the pole on his home track for Sunday's season-ending SuperSport National Championship Shootout. The lucrative non-points race is open to any rider that has run at least one SuperSport race this season, with the winner earning the title of SuperSport National Champion.
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October 4, 2009 9:08 PM
Crutchlow takes a big step towards the championship title at Magny Cours
Yamaha Racing
2009 WSS France
Magny-Cours 04/10/2009
Yamaha World Supersport rider Cal Crutchlow stepped closer to taking the 2009 World Supersport championship title today, increasing his lead over rival Eugene Laverty in another Supersport race marred by incident. Crutchlow started well from his pole position on the grid, momentarily taking first going into the second lap before dropping to second again behind Lascorz with a comfortable pace below his proven race pace. Rival Laverty came past on the second lap before going wide a lap later allowing Crutchlow back through along with his team mate Foret. Laverty then came back through, but low sided on lap 12, rejoining in 15th position. Crutchlow then began to close in on Lascorz, and was gaining ground for a pass when the race was red flagged with another rider dropping oil, giving the win to Lascorz. Crutchlow's team mate Fabien Foret had a frustrating race day. Having shown excellent race pace all weekend Foret started well in the race, moving up from his sixth position start he quickly moved through the field, capitalizing on a mistake from Laverty to reach as high as third before crashing out on lap five after losing the front end going into a tight right hander.
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Spies takes another race victory in drama filled Magny Cours
Yamaha Racing
2009 WSB France
Magny-Cours 04/10/2009
It was yet another tough race weekend for Yamaha World Superbike rider Ben Spies at Magny Cours today. The penultimate round of the 2009 championship saw Spies take one race victory, and then hang on desperately for points with a front tyre that struggled to perform in race two.
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