Steve Rapp took his first win of the 2011 XR1200 season today at Miller Motorsports Park. Rapp beat out Danny Eslick and Chris Filmore for the race win. Michael Barnes led for the majority of the race, but a determined Rapp took control with four laps remaining. Rapp was able to hold onto the lead, [...]
Carlos Checa cruised to his second victory today at Miller Motorsports Park ahead of Leon Camier and Max Biaggi. This is Checa’s second double at Miller Motorsports Park and his second double of the 2011 World Superbike season. “I really like this place,” Checa said after the race. “I was able to interpret the track [...]
Blake Young and Josh Hayes put on a fantastic show during the AMA Superbike race at Miller Motorsports Park. Hayes and Hayden swapped spots more than 10 times throughout a thrilling race in Utah, but in the end, it was Young who took home the win. “From the beginning of the race I just tried [...]
The Great Recession hit many people head-on and took from some what had taken many years to achieve. Some lost their homes, some lost their livelihood, but others actually found some inspiration in the tough times which faced them. That is exactly what Mac Patrick found when business at his day job began to dwindle [...]
The CSC-150P is a new, small motorcycle which was recently announced for police use by California Scooter Company (CSC), the manufacturer already known for bringing back the old-school, Mustang-style motorcycle. This news may cause some readers to be a little confused at first glance because, while they call them scooters, the bikes do require using [...]
The Motorcycle Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the fourth member of the class of 2011: Norbert Schickel, an innovative designer and builder in the early years of American motorcycle manufacturing. As the founder of Schickel Motor Co., Schickel was part of the motorcycle design boom that occurred in the United States between 1905 [...]
The World Superbike riders are just about ready for their second race of the day. Carlos Checa took the first win with ease, but against a depreciated field. Max Biaggi, Jonathan Rea, Ruben Xaus, and Michel Fabrizio all crashed during the opening race. Checa will have a target on his back during the second race, [...]
Life In America 1995 – Median household income is $34,076. The Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed killing 168 people. A heat wave strikes the mid-west, killing 6,433, and over 700 in Chicago alone. O J Simpson is found innocent; his televised trial causes daytime soaps to lose massive audiences. DVD optical storage media [...]
On Wednesday, motorcycle riding Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill to regulate motorcycle noise. But before anyone gets up in arms about the “man” taking away his freedom, you should know that similar laws have been in place since 1983. Really, the only thing that changes when Senate Bill 435 goes into effect is that [...]
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