Racing

In an effort to generate awareness and name recognition in the motorcycle industry, the Autoliteﾮ brand, maker of premium application-specific spark plugs, has signed on to sponsor Mike Morgan of RIM Racing for the 2010 American Motorcyclist Association Pro-Racing Series

The Screamin' Eagleﾮ / Vance & Hines team brings Harley-Davidsonﾮ high-performance to the top level of professional drag racing. Champions four of the past six seasons in the Pro Stock Motorcycle division of the National Hot Rod Associationﾮ Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, the Screamin' Eagle / Vance & Hines team wins with American V-Twin powered Harley-Davidson V-Rodﾮ motorcycles. Plus, it teams up two of the best riders in the world, former champions Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec.

Triumph Motorcycles and BE1 Racing will enter four riders in the 2010 Supersport World Championship, including French two-time world champion Sebastien Charpentier, who returns to the series following a two-year absence.

The Kawasaki contingency program is back in 2010 with unparalleled support for its Kawasaki racers. With the confidence-inspiring 2010 Kawasaki line-up, it is a great time to go green and get paid.

Cyril Despres wins his third Dakar in Buenos Aires after a last stage won by his support rider Ruben Faria.

The Dakar bid Chile farewell after 7 special stages and said hello again to Argentina for a tough home straight leading to Buenos Aires. In the bike race, a navigation error put a halt to the fine series of triumphs by Marc Coma. Instead, Dutchman Frans Verhoeven was victorious, offering BMW an unexpected win on the rally.

With a third special stage victory on the Dakar 2010, Francisco Lopez has stolen a march in his combat with Pal-Anders Ullevalseter for 2nd place in the general standings, which are still dominated by Cyril Despres. Two stages remain in the Dakar Rally.

Norwegian rider Pal-Anders Ullevalseter wins the Santa Rosa stage; it is his first Dakar stage victory in any Dakar. He also gets to second place in the general standings.

Before the day of rest that the Dakar will be spending in Antofagasta on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, Cyril Despres wins a stage in which Marc Coma has returned to being his fiercest contender in the overall standings.

n Copiapo, Chaleco Lopez won his second stage in Chile this year and steps onto the provisional podium for the Dakar, on which Ullevalseter also climbed a step, but still with a big gap to race leader Despres.