Turner Motorsports officials say Ricky Carmichael will join the team for the final two races of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, as well as full time in 2010.
Carmichael, 29, has signed a “multiyear†contract, the team said. The former motocross champion will also drive in 10 ARCA events next year for the team owned by Steve and Sandra Turner.
BMW is known the world over for its excellent brand of inline-six cylinder powerplants. In most cases, those supremely smooth and powerful engines power the German company’s cars and trucks. Apparently, that won’t always be the case, though, as BMW has just revealed its new Concept 6 motorcycle at the EICMA Show in Milan.
As the name implies, the Concept 6 boasts an engine with six cylinders, and the best news is that the mill is destined for a new production model in the near future. Expect to see …Â Details
The 800cc formula is dead. MotoGP is set to return to 1000cc from 2012, according to a proposal submitted to the Grand Prix Commission at Valencia today. The 800cc bikes have received a deluge of criticism, almost from the moment they were introduced, and that deluge has finally buried them.
The decision has hinged upon a change of mind by the MSMA, the manufacturers association. So far, the manufacturers have been opposed to any changes to the MotoGP formula, partly because high costs of entry created a barrier to new entrants in the class, allowing the existing participants to dominate the class. But the high costs have taken their toll even on the existing manufacturers, and … Details
Valentino Rossi has warned Yamaha that it must choose between him and Jorge Lorenzo in 2011 – and that he is willing to leave for Ducati if the Spaniard is retained.
The MotoGP champion had already hinted that he was unhappy that Yamaha was trying to…Â Details
BMW is known the world over for its excellent brand of inline-six cylinder powerplants. In most cases, those supremely smooth and powerful engines power the German company’s cars and trucks. Apparently, that won’t always be the case, though, as BMW has just revealed its new Concept 6 motorcycle at the EICMA Show in Milan.