If you weren’t in Indianapolis for the Indy GP, you certainly missed one of the better side events of the weekend: The Lucas Oil Indy Mile AMA Flat Track Grand National. It’s hard to make riding on packed dirt at breakneak speeds with no brakes more exciting, but throw in former flat track Champion Nicky Hayden, the entire Ducati Corse MotoGP team, and a contract announcement and you have the makings for a very special event.
With Ducati Motor Holdings CEO Gabriele del Torchio on-stage to announce Hayden’s new two-year contract, motorcycle racing fans got to see their homeboy do good … Details
Nicky Hayden takes a few laps on a Ducati Flat Tracker at the 2010 Lucas Oil Indy Mile. Also his interview after the laps. Didn’t seem to loose too much after 8 years away.
Because they produce no exhaust gases in operation electric vehicles (EVs) are seen as the eco-friendly alternative to conventional gas-fueled cars. While zero-local emissions is clearly a big plus, other factors contributing to the overall environmental impact of EVs are often overlooked – namely the manufacture, usage and disposal of the batteries used to store the electrical energy and the sources of power used to charge them. Now, for the first time, a team of scientists from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (or EMPA) have made a detailed life cycle assessment or ecobalance of the type of lithium-ion batteries most frequently used in EVs, to see if they really are as environmentally friendly as their manufacturers would have us believe.Â
Stop five of ten on the 2010 ASP world tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti, witnessed six to eight foot blue barrels for the trials before turning lake for the first seven days of the waiting period. It’s a frustrating and familiar anomaly for organisers (they moved the event from May to August/September – the month that local fisherman and surf forecasters insist has the most swell – to get around it). And one that’ s seen tour pros further develop their ability to procrastinate. Here’s how they’ve spent the few days at Lake Teahupoo:Â
The Hobgoods, Bobby Martinez, the Gudauskas brothers and the rest of the crew staying in the waterfront manor of Mama and Papa Teva’s have been checking out waterfalls, lagoons and pools, beating the shit out of a boxing bag, swimming with reef sharks, fishing, snorkelling, and playing hackeysack. Ace Buchan, Mick Fanning, Matty Wilko, Jay ‘Bottle’ Thompson and Bede Durbidge have been playing UFC on Playstation3 and running ping pong tournaments. Others have resorted to …Â Details & Pictures