9.8.10

Flagler Beach bucks trend, buys Honda bikes - News

Flagler Beach bucks trend, buys Honda bikes - News: "Burns proved the bikes' worth during the Fourth Annual Police Motorcycle Skills Challenge -- also known as a skills rodeo -- in New Smyrna Beach on June 26 when he took home a second-place individual trophy in the non-Harley category"

So a cop bike rodeo has to have a "special" category for Harleys.

6.8.10

High-banking turns still await crew - Racing

High-banking turns still await crew - Racing: "The old asphalt remains in Turns 1 and 2, with the exception of the concrete pad used to patch the racetrack following the Daytona 500 pothole incident, which forced two long delays during NASCAR's biggest event.

The big slab of concrete was extracted from the course by a Lane Construction detail, much like a dentist pulling a tooth.

The Speedway had no comment on what will happen to the large, concrete patch."

6.7.10

Racer's love of bikes, wife a lifelong affair - News

Racer's love of bikes, wife a lifelong affair - News: "'I tell you what does frost me is when people that don't ride, don't have anything, give me a hard time for not having a Harley,' [vintage and former AMA pro rider] Kowitz said. 'Like I'm not a motorcycle guy because I don't have a Harley. Excuse me.'"

17.6.10

Op-Ed Columnist - Dad Will Really Like This - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Columnist - Dad Will Really Like This - NYTimes.com

Nick Kristof plugs Riders for Health (among other charities one could support in lieu of a father's day gift). Is he a MotoGP fan?

19.5.10

Right or wrong, can't beat NASCAR machine - Columns

Right or wrong, can't beat NASCAR machine - Columns

This is really a journalism story, not so much a motorsports story. Not three months after out-of-town interests took over the News-Journal, its motorsports editor is eyebrow-raisingly critical of NASCAR. Maybe there's hope for the paper after all, in some small way.