Possibly the best Motogp race finish ever! Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo battle it out in Catalunya 2009 with Rossi eventually winning the race and making it a staggering career 99 race wins!
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Action sports extravaganza’s Australian tour will be without mainstay Pastrana
It’s a Thursday afternoon in Davidsonville, Md., and Nitro Circus star Jolene Van Vugt is power washing the skate park at Travis Pastrana’s house. “We’re all doing a little spring cleaning,” she says. “Around here, we all chip in and help out.”
Van Vugt has been at the Pastrana compound for a week and plans to stay and train until the end of April, when she and the rest of the Nitro Circus squad pack up and head Down Under for their third tour of Australia  … More
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29 Palms, CA was the site of the 38th annual Hilltoppers MC Grand Prix and nobody could hold back the JCR boys as they cleaned house in every class they entered. The Hilltoppers MC is one of the oldest clubs around and puts on one of the highest speed races of the AMA Big 6 Grand Prix series. They do a fantastic job of prepping the course between races, keeping it fresh and fast for the racers. The course was a speedy 8 miles in length, with high speed graded desert trails and a small twisty MX track. Lap times for the top racers were around 11 minutes and 30 seconds. For Colton Udall the day started off with a solid win in the unclassified event. Leading wire to wire having little difficulty taking the win.
Next up, was the HWT open race  … More
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A downbeat Valentino Rossi conceded that at present he simply cannot get to grips with the 2012 Ducati after struggling to 10th place in the Qatar Grand Prix.
The seven-time MotoGP champion was a long way off the pace throughout the Losail weekend, and could not match team-mate Nicky Hayden’s pace.
While Rossi said an earlier clash  … More
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