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Ken Block was lounging on the balcony of a pleasantly elegant hotel in northern France, enjoying a view of rolling hills and vineyards while resisting the urge to theorize how fast he could rip through them in a rally car. In a day he and Ford would unveil his entry for the World Rally Championship, officially making him the first American to compete full-time in at the highest level of the ultra-popular, ultra-difficult off-road racing circuit.

It was a decidedly long way from Long Beach, Calif., and his formative days as a skateboarder, snowboarder, motocross rider, and an unwitting pioneer in what would  …  Details

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ducati-rossiDucati has started cashing in on its biggest off-season acquisition, Valentino Rossi. The Italian firm has revealed the first, in what figures to be many, Ducati models branded by The Doctor. The Monster line is first to get the Rossi treatment, and it will be offered in two new color schemes fashioned after the company’s factory MotoGP racing duo of Rossi and American Nicky Hayden.

The two new colorways will make their official public debut at the upcoming “Ducati MotoGP Night” in Bologna. The GP-themed bikes feature   …  Pictures & Details

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Honda says its winter leap forward is down to a series of small improvements rather than a major design breakthrough with its 2011 MotoGP bike.

The team, which last won a MotoGP title with Nicky Hayden in 2006, has shown commanding form in testing so far with its expanded three-bike works lineup of Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso, while Marco Simoncelli’s factory-specification Gresini bike has also been a frontrunner   …  Details

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