Super Boat International, offshore powerboat racing’s oldest sanctioning body, will host its national championships off Clearwater Beach this weekend.
Organizers are billing this as a family-friendly speedfest with food, entertainment and free fan access to the dry pits.
But when the engines fire up Sunday, all eyes will be on the 50-foot turbine-powered catamaran, some say is the fastest boat ever to run the offshore powerboat circuit…Â Details
New Ferrari signing Fernando Alonso is already under pressure to deliver the Italian team a Formula One title.
Ferrari confirmed Thursday that Alonso would leave Renault and join the team for 2010 on a three-year contract. There had been a previous agreement — made public Thursday — for him to join in 2011, but he will arrive a year early after Ferrari agreed to buy out the 2010 contract of ousted driver Kimi Raikkonen.
“There will be a pressure to win titles,” Alonso said from Suzuka … Details
Life is all about complacency. It’s why you go through the motions during the week at your nine-to-five and the reason why motorcycle manufacturer’s 450cc motocross bikes look and perform so similarly to one and other. Every so often one changes up something major in their life, whether it is a new career or girlfriend; likewise, every decade or so, a new motocross bike breaks the mold, offering riders something fresh and innovative. Yamaha did it with the launch of the original 4-stroke motocrosser, the YZ400F. Now, some 12 years later, Yamaha once again pushes the boundaries of both modern day motorcycle design and performance with the introduction of the 2010 Yamaha YZ450F.
More than just an update, next year’s YZ450F is an all-new platform which incorporates numerous innovative engineering tricks that we’ve never seen on a mass-produced Japanese motocross bike … Details