Kendall Norman, Quinn Cody and Johnny Campbell of the JCR Honda Team have won the motorcycle class at the 2010 SCORE Tecate Baja 1000 with an unofficial time of 19:20.52. This is the 14th consecutive and 21st overall motorcycle victory for Honda and fourth win in a row for Norman.
“The fog was really thick for about 100 miles – it was as bad as I’ve seen it. It really tested me and what I had,” said JCR Honda’s Kendall Norman. “It took everything I could to keep the bike moving and keep my goggles clean and just keep going. I can’t say enough for my teammate Quinn, he did an amazing job. It was flawless. It has been a very long year, waking up every day thinking of this race. We finally made it and  … Details
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Nine motorcycling legends took their place in history Friday, Nov. 19, at the 2010 Motorcycle Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, presented by JT Racing, held at the Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa.
Hosted by actor and motorcyclist Perry King, the event kicked off the AMA Legends & Champions Weekend. It recognized the Hall of Fame Class of 2010: legendary two-stroke engine tuner Eyvind Boyesen, dirt-track racer Don Castro, sidecar roadracing champion Larry Coleman, off-road rights activist Clark Collins, AMA 250cc Roadrace Champion David Emde, competition apparel pioneers and JT Racing founders John and Rita Gregory, desert racing champion and team manager Bruce Ogilvie, and championship team owner and Pro Circuit founder Mitch Payton … Details
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After 10 years of research and development, and as announced early this month at the EICMA show in Milan, Dainese’s D-Air race airbag suit system is being released for sale to track day riders and racers in Europe.U.S. consumers should see it for sale stateside by 2012.
While those following D-Air’s development have speculated Dainese might pin an astronomical price to the fruit of its multi-million dollar project, the company says it will charge  … Details
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It’s been a short time since taking on your new role at KTM, how has the adjustment been. And what was it like to pack up your office at Suzuki after so many years?Â
Regarding Suzuki, I never thought it would happen. I thought I was going to be there until my retirement. What I wanted was to do another 3 years and then retire and maybe do a little bit of part-time stuff. After that I don’t know, it would depend on if I’m still healthy or not. Actually it came about indirectly. Usually I don’t start talking about my own situation that early but our team sponsors and the riders including Ryan and Ken Roczen from Germany they were asking questions, was I going to be onboard the following year? I told them that I didn’t have an agreement yet but I assume it’s not going to be a problem especially with the year we had. Then Ryan and Tony had a meeting at Suzuki and asked them specifically who’s staying because there are rumors about budget cuts and this and that and they told him no everything is going to be the same. Then, I had a list of items that I needed to discuss regarding  … Details
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