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Sports Features Communications™ - Sports Newsfeeds 24/7 TNT NASCAR reporter Dave Burns sat down with NBA legend Michael Jordan to discuss Jordan’s latest endeavor, the Michael Jordan Motorsports team, a part of the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) Superbike circuit.
19.3.06
18.3.06
Irony: Japanese Parts Caused Buell Retirements In Daytona 200 News Article // RoadracingWorld.com Funny thing is, Buell stopped me from taking pictures of their German "Hillbilly" clutches before the race. I guess the Hillbilly clutches didn't work so they changed to the FCC units at the last minute. Yeah, that must be it.
17.3.06
CAPE BRETON FESTIVAL OF SPEED Cape Breton Festival of Speed race in jeopardy after losing CMA sanctioning
16.3.06
15.3.06
Life & Leisure News Article | Reuters.com As the Baby Boomers who transformed Harley's rumbling, lumbering bikes from countercultural totems into American icons enter their senior years -- the leading edge of the generation is turning 60 this year -- they're increasingly in the market for knee and hip replacements, not Harley's notoriously bone-shaking bikes.
14.3.06
Speedway officials reach deal on lease - OrlandoSentinel.com: Volusia County News: "under the circumstances, it's probably the best you could expect, given the fact that the authority [racing board] is more or less chosen by the Speedway"
13.3.06
2theadvocate.com | Police | Police clock motorcyclist at 155 on I-12: "That may be the fastest of all-time in the state"
State Police sanction record-setting speed runs.
State Police sanction record-setting speed runs.
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- Columns Society column covers annual reception for Bike Week notables.
11.3.06
Crash.Net MOTOGP: Latest Motorsport news, results with radio player Colin Edwards Responds to Ron Barrick
Honda PD President Says No to NASCAR - News - EEMS: "it's probably unfair for us to say that their technology is dumbed-down or at a lower level, but it's clearly a different kind of technology"
10.3.06
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - News In English DUCATI TO LAUNCH OFFICIAL BLOG MANAGED BY ITS PRESIDENT
9.3.06
8.3.06
Harley puts brakes on warehouses - MarketWatch "some dealers conceded they're using the space because they bought more bikes than they can possibly sell"
7.3.06
6.3.06
WhoWon.com ... The Internet Source for Motorsports News and Information: "the first time in 36 years that the national motorcycle tour has visited the state of Virginia"
5.3.06
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- Racing News Not that there was any doubt whether Buell had a deal with the AMA before starting development on the XB12RR, but Erik acknowledges it here.
3.3.06
Mike the Bike will race the screen - The Hollywood News - www.TheHollywoodNews.com - The Ultimate News and Previews Website: "Widely hailed as the greatest motorcycle racer ever known, Mike Hailwood will make one more triumphant run, this time on the big screen."
Belfast Telegraph Irish Superbike champion Alistair Seeley leaves today (March 1) for Florida where he takes part in the Daytona 200 on March 11.
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1.3.06
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- Columns: "'Loud pipes make entire communities go murderously nuts after a week and a half and then you feel like bees are living in your head' won't fit on a bumper sticker except in the tiniest of type."
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High speed claims Broward biker - OrlandoSentinel.com: State News: "Fatal motorcycle crashes are all too common in South Florida, and too many riders wrongly think helmets and other gear can prevent death, officials say."
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Independent Online Edition > Motor Racing After a disastrous defence of his World Superbike crown, Britain's top rider has swapped Ducati for Honda and is determined to blow everyone away.
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Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- Business: "While product tie-ins and sponsorships are common to almost all professional sports, NASCAR fans are different from all other fans in the degree of loyalty they exhibit, according to Larry DeGaris, director of James Madison University's Center for Sports Sponsorship in Harrisonburg, Va.
'They've been educated to be different,' he said in a telephone interview, pointing out NASCAR has always emphasized to fans how crucial corporate financing is to the continuation of racing....[A recent] national study... found that nearly 48 percent of NASCAR fans and 59 percent of self-described 'big' fans buy products or services specifically because the brand or company has a sponsorship in NASCAR."
'They've been educated to be different,' he said in a telephone interview, pointing out NASCAR has always emphasized to fans how crucial corporate financing is to the continuation of racing....[A recent] national study... found that nearly 48 percent of NASCAR fans and 59 percent of self-described 'big' fans buy products or services specifically because the brand or company has a sponsorship in NASCAR."
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- Business: "Beachside resident Pam Woods said she and others in her Seabreeze neighborhood use earplugs, at times, to deal with noise generated during Bike Week in March and Biketoberfest in October."
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online The Speedway owner is holding out a $100 million carrot in exchange for a longer lease on the public land it uses.
18.2.06
A new lease on daytona - OrlandoSentinel.com: Volusia County News: ISC's latest offer of $500,000 annually to lease the DIS property "is less than a quarter of what ISC pays the city of Homestead today to lease its track there.
Bob Leib, the consultant the racing district hired to analyze the Speedway's offer, said the tracks can't be compared because Homestead taxpayers invested a huge amount to build that track and deserve to get more back.
However, in 2016, ISC's payments [on Homestead] will decrease to $1 million a year because the city's investment will be repaid at that point. That would still be twice as much as ISC proposes to pay for the Daytona track.
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The nearly 450 acres the track sits on is valued at $32.7 million, Gilreath said. If the land were taxed, it would bring in $832,715 a year to the county -- more than $300,000 above what ISC wants to pay in rent."
Bob Leib, the consultant the racing district hired to analyze the Speedway's offer, said the tracks can't be compared because Homestead taxpayers invested a huge amount to build that track and deserve to get more back.
However, in 2016, ISC's payments [on Homestead] will decrease to $1 million a year because the city's investment will be repaid at that point. That would still be twice as much as ISC proposes to pay for the Daytona track.
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The nearly 450 acres the track sits on is valued at $32.7 million, Gilreath said. If the land were taxed, it would bring in $832,715 a year to the county -- more than $300,000 above what ISC wants to pay in rent."
17.2.06
Bloomberg.com: U.K. Haynes Publishing Group Plc (HYNS LN), the world's biggest producer of car and motorcycle repair manuals, tumbled 47.5 pence, or 13 percent, to 325. Net income dropped to 2.53 million pounds in the six months ended Nov. 30, from 2.73 million pounds, as sales declined and raw-materials prices increased, the company said.
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Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA: "MV Agusta Not Wholly Responsible For Proton Losses, Says Mahaleel"
Guangdong Tops No1 Motorcycle Producer: "Guangdong produced 4.56 million motorcycles in 2005 while Chongqing produced 4.2 million"
Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA: "Former Proton chief executive officer Tengku Tan Sri Mahaleel Ariff has criticised Proton Holdings Bhd for not replying to his queries and that of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad late last year over its sale of MV Agusta for just one euro"
11.2.06
Budweiser Announces Sponsorship of Daytona International Speedway - Auto Racing Daily “The Budweiser Bistro.”
10.2.06
Soup :: AMA: The Buell XB12RR Is Legal "air-cooled V-twins are afforded the most latitude"
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Is Daytona losing race for shrine? - OrlandoSentinel.com: Volusia County News The city's effort also isn't getting a lift from the drivers in town for the Daytona 500, many of whom said Thursday that the hall should be in Charlotte, N.C., where a majority of them live.
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28.1.06
Belfast Telegraph FORMER World Superbike Champion, Neil Hodgson, is keen to compete at the North West 200 in May.
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online A federal judge ordered Friday that Kentucky Speedway can move ahead with its $400 million antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR.
23.1.06
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- Breaking News: "Toyota will be in 2007 Nextel Cup"
Yeah but will they offer a Performance Reduction Kit?
Yeah but will they offer a Performance Reduction Kit?
Buell | Bike Specs: Buell XBRR optional "POWER REDUCTION KIT"
Includes:
a) Straight Pipes
b) Beer Gut
c) Fringe
Includes:
a) Straight Pipes
b) Beer Gut
c) Fringe
22.1.06
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