Casey Stoner commenced his first season as a factory Honda rider with victory in Qatar, but the result was not the Honda steamroller that was anticipated. Honda did not even manage to deliver a 1-2, with MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) battling through to second ahead of Honda’s Dani Pedrosa. Valentino Rossi started his Ducati career with seventh place after a hard-fought race.
Stoner had fallen from pole to third at the start, as Pedrosa  … Details
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 19, 2011) – Tonight Jacksonville’s EverBank Field hosted the 11th race of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season, where American Honda’s Trey Canard, of Shawnee, Okla., registered his second career victory. Meanwhile, GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia, of Ochlocknee, Ga., locked in his second Eastern Regional Supercross Lites class victory of the season.
Opening the 20-lap main event, KTM Red Bull Racing’s Mike Alessi squeezed through the pack to claim the holeshot, which was the first of his season. As the riders rounded the first turn … Details
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Casey Stoner claimed pole position for the MotoGP season-opener with another commanding performance in Qatar.
The result came as no surprise after the Australian had been quickest in all three practice sessions, though his Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa made Stoner work for it.
Stoner had been quickest almost from the outset, but … Details
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Overview – Over the years, improvements in motorcycle technology have allowed the extreme sport of dirt biking to evolve. Commonly referred to as motocross, the sport of dirt biking often takes place on carved-out racing tracks. Since the invention of motocross in the early 1920s, the sport has changed to include such disciplines as freestyle and arena cross.
Early Years – In the earliest years of the sport, off-road racing was the only discipline of dirt biking. According to Freestyle Motocross  … More
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