Carl Fogarty
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WSBK: All the stats ahead of this weekend’s Assen round in Holland
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The Superbike World Championship is heading back to the Assen circuit in the Netherlands this weekend – and in preparation for the action packed weekend, here’s a bunch of facts and figures about WSBK racing at the iconic Dutch track. Assen has held 50 WSBK races over the years, and is second only to…
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Aussie legend Troy Bayliss to headline April’s Stafford show
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Aussie legend Troy Bayliss to headline April’s Carole Nash-sponsored Stafford Show – April 22-23 – at Staffordshire County Showground… Oh yes! As if we weren’t looking forward to the Stafford show enough already, they’ve only gone and confirmed TROY BAYLISS as star guest. Troy, one of the nicest guys in racing, will be at the event to be interviewed by…
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Motorcycle Live! WSB World Champ Jonathan Rea confirmed to be at the show on opening day
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Motorcycle Live! WSB World Champ Jonathan Rea confirmed to be at the show on opening day. Recently-crowned double World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea (above, the bigger fella in the picture) will be one of many racing stars to appear at the UK’s biggest bike show, Motorcycle Live, which opens at The NEC, Birmingham on 19…
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Photos: Nitrous-powered custom Kawasaki Vulcan S ‘The Underdog’
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We have seen Kawasaki Vulcan S inspired custom bikes before, but this one is definitely one of the coolest so far: meet The Underdog, a nitrous oxide guzzling sprint racer. The bike was created for the Essenza Sprint Challenge at the Glemseck 101 festival in Germany. A race, which was won by one Carl Fogarty…
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WSB preview: Round 9, Laguna Seca – the stats that matter
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Ahead of this weekend’s WSB round at Laguna Seca, California here’s a vast stack of excellent stats to get your bike racing brain firing on all cylinders. Check out the amount of time that Tom Sykes appears in the important-stats list! 17 – A European rider won here for the first time after 16 races:…
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WSB Donington: Everything happening on and off track
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Round 7 of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship gets underway at the undulating parkland circuit at Donington in the UK tomorrow (Friday), and there is more happening across the weekend than ever before. With the new WorldSBK schedule of Race 1 on Saturday and Race 2 on Sunday meaning there more even more…
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WSB Preview: Donington Stats and Facts
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Fancy being one of the WSB ‘experts’ this weekend? Then here’s all you need to know. Some fascinating numbers from the world of top-flight production-based racing going on here: 1988 – Donington was the stage of the birth of the Championship, back in 1988: Davide Tardozzi (Bimota) and Marco Lucchinelli (Ducati) split wins on…
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WSB in Sepang: The facts and figures cheat sheet
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You’ll hear a lot of this stuff trotted out over the weekend – but why wait for someone to read this lot to you off this sheet? Here’s the official cheat doco from WSB for those who aren’t into the sport (and for those who are, it’s a cool bit of reading). Check it…
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WSB Assen preview – all the stats you need to know to be an expert for the weekend
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WSB is getting out and about this weekend at Assen and before it does here’s a wedge of stats and information for you to take in. It’s the sort of stuff that ‘experts’ use to bluff their way through the meeting, so arm yourself with the info beforehand and get the one-up on them. After…