Young Racer's Club August 2011 - Taylor Blevins

Young Racer's Club August 2011 - Taylor Blevins

This month's lucky YRC contest winner is Taylor Blevins from Canyon, Texas

Taylor Blevins Canyon, TX
Sixteen-year-old Taylor Blevins is this month's Young Racers' Club winner. The high schooler hails from Canyon, Texas, which is just south of Amarillo. Taylor is a third generation racer who has helped maintain and prepare both Modified and Late Models for his father and grandfather. Together those two Blevins have more than 50 years of experience racing and building race cars. So, naturally, with all that experience, as Taylor got older the decision was made to build a car for him to try his hand behind the wheel. They chose the Cyclone Division at the 3⁄8-mile clay oval of Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo. The trio built a '76 Monte Carlo with the original intention of running the local dirt tracks. However, they didn't get the car completed for the dirt season. So they did the only logical thing and went to get a little seat time on the pavement at Altus Speedway in Altus, Oklahoma. After running Atlus three times, Taylor ended up with three Third Place finishes. So, does that early success mean that he's ditching the idea of going dirt racing? Not on your life.

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Roger Burnett  Arthur Burton Otello Buscherini Jose Maria Busquet

2012 Kawasaki ZX-14 Comes Together in Teaser Videos

Kawasaki is gearing up to launch its new hyperbike, the 2012 Kawasaki ZX-14 or the�2012 Kawasaki�ZZR1400 as it’s known to our friends outside of the US market. Keeping a constant stream of video teaser videos over the past few weeks, Team Green has finally given us a glimpse at the new Kawasaki ZX-14 in it’s latest “Ultimate” video. Flashing the dimensions “84 x 65mm” in the video, the new ZX-14/ZZR1400 will surely live up to ...

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Troy Bayliss Teases Ducati Announcement

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSSwEERT6zQ This Friday is looking to be full of videos and teasers, as Ducati has its own announcement that will be coming forthwith on Wednesday next week. Enlisting the help of three-time World Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss, the Australian motorcycle racer teased on YouTube today that he’s seen some interesting things at the Ducati factory, with promises of more to be revealed on the company’s video channel in the coming days. What those interesting things ...

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2011 Aragon MotoGP Saturday Round Up: Going Over Old Ground, Motegi, Rossi, Marquez

There are a number of subjects that it feels like we've been talking about forever this season. The two biggest are obvious: Valentino Rossi's battle with the Ducati Desmosedici, and Motegi, so it becomes tedious to have to talk about them again. But the reason we keep talking about them is simple. They are big. These are the stories that really matter. So we have to keep talking about them.

The subject of Motegi will not be relevant for long. In two weeks' time, the MotoGP circus will alight at the Japanese circuit, most of whom carrying large packages containing food, and for the more paranoid, even water. All of the MotoGP riders will be there, Valentino Rossi announcing at Thursday's press conference that he would be going to Motegi, and HRC issuing a press release announcing they would have eight (count 'em, eight) riders at Motegi, with Japanese veterans Shinichi Ito and Kousuke Akiyoshi entered as wildcards.

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Alex Bedford Günter Beer Albert Beirle Artie Bell

Stoner Stands Firm on Indy

Stoner nails the reasons why Indy is a poor track. From MCN:

The corners get tighter and tighter until you are almost stopped and then you have to get on the gas and exit. It doesn?t flow at all, each set of corners it muddles you up and then you go a little straight.

I, for one, am glad to have Casey as a break from the PR fluff around MotoGP. I am not pleased to see Indy back on the calendar for another three years.

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Kawasakis Still Suck

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Marc Fontan Bob Foster Ted Frend Freddie Frith

Window World of Huntsville Presents World Classic 150 Southern Superstars Super Late Models Race

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease) August 27, 2011 - Window World of Huntsville, Alabama is proud to present the World Classic 150 Southern Superstars Super Late Models Race. The event, taking place at the legendary Huntsville Speedway, will be on Sunday, September 4th.

Come spend your Labor Day Sunday at the race tracks! With over 300 laps of racing, you're sure to have a great time. The Late Models qualifier will begin at 6:15PM, and the race will start at 7PM. Other races to catch include, the Sportsman 25, the Super Trucks 40, the Open Wheel 40, and the Mod Lites 25, just to name a few.

WHAT: Window World Presents the World Classic 150 Southern Superstars Super Late Models Race

WHEN: Sunday, September 4th, 2011

WHERE: Huntsville Speedway, 357 Hegia Burrow Road, Huntsville, Alabama

The gates at Huntsville Speedway will be open for practice from 3:30-8:00PM on Saturday, September 3rd.

For more information about the event, please visit www.huntsvillespeedway.com.

About Huntsville Speedway
The Huntsville Speedway has years of racing history. Huntsville was the location of one of the first races of the NASCAR Grand Touring circuit, which featured the Grand American-type cars like Camaros, Mustangs and Firebirds in 1969. The famous Tiny Lund won the 400-lapper with Buck Baker coming in second. Pete Hamilton, who went on to win the Talladega 500 a few years later, also competed in the race, along with Richard Childress, who is now the car owner for Winston Cup defending champion Dale Earnhardt.

About Window World of Huntsville
Window World of Huntsville, AL is locally owned and operated by Mike & Melissa Edwards, and proudly serves Huntsville, Alabama and all the surrounding areas. Offering limitless replacement window options, including window and frame colors, grids, glass options, Low-E qualifications, doors and vinyl siding, we're sure you will find what you need at Window World. Window World of Huntsville is also a proud sponsor of St. Jude Children's Hospital and the Veterans Airlift Command.

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David Whitworth Peter Williams Warren Willing Mark Willis

Race Car Air Conditioning - Chilled Like No Other

Race Car Air Conditioning - Chilled Like No Other

Resident Freelancer Todd Ridgeway got up close with a new kind of A/C system for your race car. It uses freon and would make a penguin jealous

Staying cool in the race car always has been, and always will be, a very big deal to any driver or race team in the business. The driver's core body temperature has a direct effect on his or her on-track production. That production comes in the form of race results along with a driver's decisions, good or bad. But it almost always hinges on the performance of the guy or gal behind the wheel and their comfort zone. More often than not, staying cool means staying mentally alert and in control ready for any situation. Even when the outside temperature is cool, it can still be a very hot seat in the race car. Drivers make split second decisions in the blink of an eye and any effort made to help make the right decision is an added plus for the race team.

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Cliff Carr Kel Carruthers Alan Carter Phil Carter

Stock Car Legends of the Oval Track - Ray Fox

Stock Car Legends of the Oval Track - Ray Fox

A rival with Smokey, Ray Fox was a master engine builder as well and as Carl Kiekhaefer's chief mechanic in 1956 he won 22 of the season's first 26 races

The Quick Bio
Born: May 28, 1917
Hometown: Pelham, NH
Wife: Patti Fox (deceased)
Children: Ray Jr. (deceased)

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Alex Hofmann Andreas Hofmann Neil Hodgson Hernan Holder

2011 Aragon 125cc FP3 Result: Zarco Leads, While Terol Suffers Mechanical Problems

Johann Zarco topped the timesheets in the final session of free practice for the 125cc class at Motorland Aragon, the Frenchman setting the fastest time in the final minutes of the session, dropping Maverick Viñales back to 2nd, after the Blusens rider had just sneaked ahead of him a few laps earlier. British rider Danny Kent put in yet another impressive performance, ending FP3 in 3rd, just under two tenths slower than Zarco. Nico Terol suffered mechanical problems, and dropped down to 12th, after managing to set just four laps during the session.

Results:

Race Details

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Paolo Casoli Kevin Cass Miguel Castilla Corrado Catalano

Racing Suspension Setup - Complete Setup Guide, Part One

Racing Suspension Setup - Complete Setup Guide, Part One

Bob Bolles penned this guide to help readers rededicate themselves to understanding the setup of race cars

At this time of year I like to do a setup guide and that idea, combined with a number of requests and communications I have had with racers recently, formed this series. Much, if not all of the following, has been covered before, but, maybe not in the way that could be fully understood by everyone. This is my best effort to date to help everyone understand the parts of setup and the combining of these parts into a winning car.

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Pedro Alvarez Luis Alvaro Emilio Alzamora Kunihiro Amano

WSBK: 2009 World Superbike Results from Miller Motorsports Park, Utah

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Roger Beaumont Leandro Beccheroni Hans Becker Alex Bedford

Stock Car Legends of the Oval Track - David Pearson

Stock Car Legends of the Oval Track - David Pearson

Pearson never ran a full season in his 27 years in NASCAR yet still won 105 races. Makes you wonder, how many he would have won if he ran every race?

The Quick Bio
Born: December 22, 1934
Hometown: Spartanburg, SC
Wife: Helen Pearson
Children: Larry, Ricky, Eddie

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Josef Albisser Pierluigi Aldrovanti Alejandro Aleman Eduardo Aleman

Power Failure At Aragon Sees Practice Canceled, New Schedule For Saturday

For the second time this season, the MotoGP series has lost an afternoon to extraordinary circumstances. At Assen, it was a blown engine during Moto2 practice combined with pouring rain to force the cancellation of FP2 sessions for all three classes, while at the Motorland Aragon circuit today, a defective transformer saw all power lost at the circuit, forcing the cancellation of FP2 for the MotoGP and Moto2 classes. The lack of power meant that all of the facilities at the circuit shut down, meaning a lack of power for timing, in the pit garages, and more importantly, in the circuit control tower. Without the ability to monitor the track via CCTV and reliably communicate with all parts of the track, having racing motorcycles circulating posed too much of a danger to the safety of the riders. As a result, the decision was taken to cancel practice for the rest of the afternoon, despite power returning intermittently as the UPS and backup transformer took over.

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Philipp Hafeneger Kensuke Haga Noriyuki Haga Josef Hage

2011 Aragon MotoGP Friday Round Up: Events, The One Thing You Can't Plan For

Friday was a weird one. Normally, I'd be talking about who was fast (Pedrosa), who was not (Rossi), and the implications of the new chassis being used in MotoGP and Moto2, but instead, Friday at Motorland Aragon was all about transformers, UPSes, backup systems and the complex electronics that control them.

Power started going at around lunchtime, the lights and power in the media center cycling on and off continuously for a couple of minutes, before cutting out entirely. It immediately became clear that it was not just the media center, however, as teams came streaming out of garages both into pit lane and out of the rear for a communal gathering to try to figure out what had happened. Power came back after lunch for a short period, allowing the 125cc class to run their FP2 session, before going out again directly after that. There then followed a period of about an hour in which journalists wandered round looking quizzically at each other, while harried members of the Motorland Aragon staff rushed around trying to figure out what was going on.

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Johnny Bengtsson Angelo Bergamonti Werner Bergold Jacques Bernard

Coastal Moto Releases Custom Air Cleaners for Harley Davidson

(1888PressRelease) September 02, 2011 - Coastal Moto is known throughout the world as a leader in the custom motorcycle wheel industry. They stock 100's of custom motorcycle wheels for Harley Davidson, Suzuki M109R, and Sportbike. They now are proud to release their custom line of air cleaners with interchangeable face plates. Each air cleaner is made our of billet aluminum, to the highest standards.

Whether you are purchasing a new set of custom motorcycle wheels for your Harley, and want to complete the look with a matching air cleaner. Or if you are just looking for a cool, high performance air cleaner, look no further.

All products are on their website, so stop in today! Coastal Moto offers their air cleaners in both chrome, and black anodized. Call or click today! 1-888-899-MOTO (6686) www.coastalmoto.com

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Derek Minter Kevin Mitchell Luca Morelli Chas Mortimer

Philip Island World Superbike Results 2011

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Guy Cooremans Frank Cope Angelo Copeta Roel Cornelis

BSB: British Superbike Oulton Park Results

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Paul Berwick Kees Besseling Max Biaggi Pier Paolo Bianchi

Engine Failure Analysis - So It Broke, Now What?

Engine Failure Analysis - So It Broke, Now What?

Jeff Huneycutt tells you what now in this investigation of two grenaded motors that wound up at KT Engines in North Carolina

In racing, just as in life, eventually bad things are going to happen. It's a lesson most of us learn as kids when that great toy we got for Christmas broke on the 26th.

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Johnny Lockett Bill Lomas Dino Lombardi Enrico Lorenzetti

USGP: MotoGP from Laguna Seca 2009 Results

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Steve Bonsey Paul Bordes Juan Bordons Andrea Borgonovo

WSBK: Monza and Kyalami 2009 Highlights

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Guy Bertin Franco Bertoni Juan Bertran Willi Bertsch

FIM Women's Vice World Title to be decided

Although Spaniard Laia Sanz ? Repsol Montesa has already been crowned the 2011 FIM Women's Trial World Champion, this Friday will see the final two positions of the championship podium decided. Celebrating the final round of the three round series, thirty-eight riders from eleven different countries will look to settle their individual battles as the competition comes to a head in Tolmezzo, Italy on Friday.

After claiming back-to-back victories at the first two chapters of the competition, twenty-five year old Sanz has lifted her eleventh FIM Women's title. Whilst she may feel a weight has been lifted from her shoulders, history would suggest that Laia's drive and determination will not be satisfied with anything other than another commanding win this time out.

As has been the case since the opening event in Germany, British riders Emma Bristow ? Ossa and Rebekah Cook ? Sherco look set to continue their close rivalry into the final stage of the series. Having finished as Vice World champion to Laia during the last three years, Cook is perhaps favourite to do the same again this time around. However, it has been twenty-year old Bristow who has somewhat set the pace behind Sanz.

The youngster from Boston produced two accomplished performances at the opening rounds of the series and currently finds herself second in the general standings. Training hard over the winter months and moving to Spanish manufacturer Ossa at the start of the current season, Bristow has shown a marked improvement in her riding and possibly will pose the greatest threat to Sanz in the future. After recently claiming a deserved runners-up position in the UEM Women's European Trial Championship, Bristow will now look to replicate her incredible achievement on the World stage.

Meanwhile Cook will arrive in Italy this weekend focused on improving on her previous results. After placing third at the previous two rounds of the series, the twenty-five year old seasoned campaigner currently finds herself third in the general standings. Presently just four points behind Bristow, Cook is aware that she must produce a strong performance this Friday if she is to move up the championship rankings. Sitting just outside of the top three Sandra Gomez ? Gas Gas finds herself in fourth position and only six points less than Cook.

Having finished fifth at the end of 2010, Gomez will look to show that her ability has progressed since last season. Although Sandra will be focused on the riders in front of her, she must also refrain from making any costly mistakes as German rider Rosita Leotta ? Gas Gas sits only one point behind her in fifth spot, so there is little room for error.

Further down the general standings competition is as close as ever with only four points separating the next three riders. Currently positioned sixth in the table, Donna Fox ? Beta will aim to record a strong result in Italy in order to advance inside the top five. Similarly seventh and eighth placed Sandrine Juffet ? Gas Gas and Ina Wilde ? Sherco respectively will look to end their season campaigns on a high. Ultimately Tolmezzo looks set to bring to a close another exciting chapter of this ever emerging female championship.

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Tomoko Igata Dennis Ireland Fumio Ito Shinichi Itoh

Melandri quickest in Misano testing

Marco Melandri set the quickest time for Yamaha on day 1 of Misano testing. The Italian lapped the World Circuit in a time of 1 minute 36.0 seconds, half a second quicker than June?s race record lap set by Carlos Checa (1?36.520). The Althea Ducati man however still holds the best unofficial time around Misano, with a 1?34.9 set in May?s testing. This time round Checa was three-tenths slower than Melandri and shares the slot with Eugene Laverty on the other Yamaha.

One-make tyre supplier Pirelli brought along the latest 2012-spec material, in particular for the Phillip Island opener, to the test as well as the tyres that will be used in the final three rounds of this year?s championship.

With testing taking place in perfect conditions (air 31� / track 44�C), much interest surrounded the debut of Toni Elias (LCR Honda?s MotoGP rider) on the BMW Italia machine vacated by James Toseland, who retired this week. The Spaniard, for the first time ever on a Superbike, did have one harmless crash and finished the day with a best lap of 1?38.1.

Excellent form was also shown by Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) with a time of 1?36.5, the British rider galvanized by his recent win in the wet at the Nurburgring. Joan Lascorz and the recovering Chris Vermeulen were also testing for the Akashi manufacturer, the Australian set to return to race action at Imola after a difficult season.

With Max Biaggi still convalescent after fracturing a bone in his left foot in Germany, Aprilia?s testing duties were carried out by its test-team and German rider Alex Hofmann (1?37.0). The reigning world champion will attempt to return at Imola.

Unofficial Tuesday times: 1. Melandri (Yamaha) 1?36.0; 2. Checa (Ducati) 1?36.3; 3. Laverty (Yamaha) 1?36.3; 4. Sykes (Kawasaki) 1?36.5; 5. Badovini (BMW) 1?36.8; 6. Rea (Honda) 1?36.9; 7. Lascorz (Kawasaki) 1?36.9; 8. Hofmann (Aprilia) 1?37.0; 9. Martin (BMW) 1?37.9; 10. Xaus (Honda) 1?38.0; 11. Elias (BMW) 1?38.1; 12. Vermeulen (Kawasaki) 1?38.4; 13. Tamada (Honda) 1?39.8.

Supersport: 1. Salom (Kawasaki) 1?39.4; 2. Parkes (Kawasaki) 1?39.7; 3. Morais (Kawasaki) 1?40.6.

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Frank Fry Sergio Gadea Roberto Gallina Wayne Gardner

Stock Car Legends of the Oval Track - Smokey Yunick

Stock Car Legends of the Oval Track - Smokey Yunick

There was no one better at interpreting the rule book, but his true talent lay within unmatched engineering skills

The Quick Bio
Born: May 25, 1923
Hometown: Daytona Beach, FL
Died: May 9, 2001
Wife: Margie Yunick
Children: Smokey Jr., Rex Henry (deceased), Betty Ann with first wife. Trish, William Sam (deceased), Steven with second wife. He and Margie had no children.

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Valentino Rossi Michel Rougerie Bruno Ruffo Jarno Saarinen

The S1000RR... How it Should Have Looked

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Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rodney Gould Leslie Graham Stuart Graham

Yamaha Rider - Giacomo Agostini

The Italian was already a living legend when he joined the Yamaha Factory Team for the 1974 500cc and 350cc World Championships. The YZR500 OW20 had already proved its potential in the hands of Jarno Saarinen when the four cylinder two-stroke hit the Grand Prix stage in 1972 and the superstar from Brescia identified the changing scene in the premier class by embracing the new technology. ?Ago? was a thirteen-time world champion by 1974 (six in the 350cc and seven in 500cc classes) when he joined Yamaha seeking a fresh challenge. The combination began in fierce fashion with a victory in all five races on the 350cc 0W16 for title number fourteen. The following year, in 1975, Giacomo?s four wins and two additional podiums on the formidable 500cc 0W23 gave Yamaha their first championship in the premier-class; a watershed moment.

Giacomo forged a strong association with Yamaha and returned to the 0Ws and steered the 0W35 in his final season (his fourteenth) in 1977 where he gained two more podium results. After a brief attempt at car racing Agostini started a successful managerial career and helmed the factory squad at a time when Kenny Roberts and Eddie Lawson were at the heights of their powers.

Needless to say the records (15 titles, 122 wins, 68 500cc triumphs, 159 podiums in all classes) mean that Agostini will always hold an elevated position in the annals of motorcycle sport. His flamboyance and charm made him a household name in Italy and he is a figure that commands the upmost respect when he makes annual promotional appearances at the age of 68. Ago has also been an important part of the Yamaha Classic Racing Team and takes great delight in wheeling out his rasping ?smokers? for the older generation of fans to roll back the years and a younger audience to wonder at a bygone age.

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Adriano Cocchi Christophe Cogan Bob Coleman Rod Coleman

Yamaha Rider - Giacomo Agostini

The Italian was already a living legend when he joined the Yamaha Factory Team for the 1974 500cc and 350cc World Championships. The YZR500 OW20 had already proved its potential in the hands of Jarno Saarinen when the four cylinder two-stroke hit the Grand Prix stage in 1972 and the superstar from Brescia identified the changing scene in the premier class by embracing the new technology. ?Ago? was a thirteen-time world champion by 1974 (six in the 350cc and seven in 500cc classes) when he joined Yamaha seeking a fresh challenge. The combination began in fierce fashion with a victory in all five races on the 350cc 0W16 for title number fourteen. The following year, in 1975, Giacomo?s four wins and two additional podiums on the formidable 500cc 0W23 gave Yamaha their first championship in the premier-class; a watershed moment.

Giacomo forged a strong association with Yamaha and returned to the 0Ws and steered the 0W35 in his final season (his fourteenth) in 1977 where he gained two more podium results. After a brief attempt at car racing Agostini started a successful managerial career and helmed the factory squad at a time when Kenny Roberts and Eddie Lawson were at the heights of their powers.

Needless to say the records (15 titles, 122 wins, 68 500cc triumphs, 159 podiums in all classes) mean that Agostini will always hold an elevated position in the annals of motorcycle sport. His flamboyance and charm made him a household name in Italy and he is a figure that commands the upmost respect when he makes annual promotional appearances at the age of 68. Ago has also been an important part of the Yamaha Classic Racing Team and takes great delight in wheeling out his rasping ?smokers? for the older generation of fans to roll back the years and a younger audience to wonder at a bygone age.

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Christophe Cogan Bob Coleman Rod Coleman Renzo Colleoni

Yamaha Confirm Lorenzo And Spies To Race At Motegi

Another major stronghold in the resistance to the Japanese round of MotoGP has crumbled: the Yamaha Factory Racing team has announced that the team and both of its riders will attend the Motegi MotoGP race on October 2nd of this year. The announcement means that both Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies will be present at Motegi, lining up alongside the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha team - the first team to officially announce they would be going - of Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow, as well as Hector Barbera and the Mapfre Aspar team.

Jorge Lorenzo was one of the first riders to state categorically that he would not go to Japan, leading a general revolt against the decision at Barcelona after a debate which had kicked off at Le Mans, and was soon joined by most of the MotoGP riders, with the backing of many team members and crew. Lorenzo found a powerful ally in Casey Stoner: with both championship contenders initially refusing to race, the grid felt they were capable of withstanding the pressure from Dorna and the race organizers to attend the race. Behind the scenes, Valentino Rossi lobbied hard to have the race either scrapped or moved to Suzuka, both using his acknowledged political power inside the paddock, and representing many people inside the paddock who came to him because of his unique position.

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Werner Bergold Jacques Bernard Adrian Bernetic Manfred Bernsee