He may be the winner of the last two MotoGP races on American soil, but Jorge Lorenzo continued to insist during Thursdays pre-event press conference that he wasnt necessarily looking for his eighth win of the season this weekend at Indianapolis, but only to finish and add to his already impressive championship points tally.
Yamaha and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are pleased to bring legendary comedian and late-night television host Jay Leno to serve as grand marshal of the Red Bull Indianapolis GP motorcycle race
In just a few days, racers from around the globe will gather to compete at the 2010 Red Bull Indianapolis GP, held August 27 to 29. Many of these GP racers have already gained legendary status the world over. But in addition to these luminaries, a host of young racers aged 12-16 prepare for competition in a special youth class that will see them riding the Moriwaki MD250H powered by Honda. Perched at the brink of their budding careers, these young racers will step onto the biggest stage imaginable.
Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Andrew Hines earned a number-one seed in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship drag racing playoffs with a win in the final round of Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.
Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Andrew Hines claimed his second NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle event victory of the season, riding a Harley-Davidson V-Rod to a final-round win over Geico Suzuki rider Karen Stoffer at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway.
Sundays AMA Pro National Guard SuperBike race at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix was won by a rider who loves everything about Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and he has the record here to prove it. Bostrom and his Pat Clark Motorsports Yamaha team culminated a very special weekend by winning from the pole position to capture his third career AMA Pro SuperBike victory.
When the dust cleared it was Martin Cardenas and his M4 Monster Energy Suzuki that rode to his sixth and maybe best win of the 2010 AMA Pro Daytona SportBike by AMSOIL season. Certainly for Cardenas, winning today at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca had special meaning, but it is the way that he won that also made for another thrilling day of racing in this competitive series.
Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Andrew Hines rode a Harley-Davidson V-Rod to the final round of Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations at the Fram-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway.
Competitors from AMA Pro Road Racing, some of the most daring and talented riders in the world, made Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course their home this past weekend for the Honda Super Cycle Weekend presented by Dunlop Tire.
Take one of the most famous names in motorcycling, Harley-Davidson, add in components from a high performance motorcycle accessories manufacturer, Vance & Hines, and then mix well at one of the classic road courses in the United States, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and you have the makings of a real happening for motorcycle racing fans the world over