Looking for his own version of ‘Spring Break’, NASCAR Cup team owner/driver Robby Gordon will spend his week off from pavement racing by returning to his desert racing roots as one of 10 overall winners from the last 13 years entered in this week’s 23rd Annual Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250.
Round 2 of the 2009 SCORE Desert Series will be held Friday through Sunday in Mexico’s quaint and picturesque fishing village of San Felipe, located on the East side of the Baja California peninsula along the azure waters of the tranquil Sea of Cortez.
Gordon, who won this race in 1996 and whose only attempt here since then was a did-not-finish …Â Detail
Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed celebrated his first AMA Supercross victory of the year and the first Supercross win for a fuelinjected motocross bike – the Suzuki RM-Z450 – at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. Reed and Suzuki followed that victory with another at the AMA Supercross in Daytona,Florida, on March 7.
The Suzuki RM-Z450 impressed the racing world by making its mark in history as the first four-stroke motocross motorcycle to win the AMA Supercross Championship in2006. Adding to its list of achievements…Â Details
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Aprilia USA recorded a 66.4% increase in U.S. sales despite the slumping economy, and the company says it expects further growth in 2009.
Aprilia credits a strengthened dealer network, the introduction of several new models and success in racing events including first place in the 2008 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 750cc class and a second-consecutive MOTO-ST title for the growth.
“Our 2008 sales results are remarkable, especially in light of overall declining motorcycle industry sales… Details
Harley-Davidson may have a winner with its “trade in, trade up†marketing strategy, which the company says is moving bikes in a desperate economy. It almost makes you wonder: Would such an idea work with cars?
It wasn’t that many years ago that H-D couldn’t keep up with demand for its motorcycles. In 2006 it shipped nearly 350,000 bikes. But as the economy started to tank last year, so did H-D sales.
Harley-Davidson’s 2008 sales were down more than 7 percent, after a 5.3 percent drop in 2007…. Details
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