It’s been a rough season for Nicky Hayden, who arrives to this weekend’s Red Bull Indianapolis GP in the unfamiliar territory of 14th in the MotoGP World Championship. Hayden has never finished worse than eighth in six previous years in the world’s premier motorcycle road racing series, and was its champion in 2006.
Hayden, from Owensboro, Ky., closed out a 10-year relationship with Honda — the last six with the Repsol team based in Barcelona, Spain — following 2008 to move to the Ducati Marlboro Team, based in Bologna, Italy. Transitions are never easy, but Hayden’s has been particularly problematic. The motorcycles were …Â Details
Fountain Powerboat Industries Inc., a manufacturer of sleek, fast offshore sport and fishing boats that buys all of its marine engines from Mercury Marine of Fond du Lac, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
The bankruptcy petition, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, lists $18.4 million in assets against $50.2 million in liabilities. Major debts are owed …Â Details
Video Automobile Drifting – Formula Drift Championship in Sonoma
Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California is usually busy around this time of year, and this last weekend was no exception. While much of the attention was on the Indy Car Grand Prix race held on Sunday with commercials pimping such Indy Car stars as Danica Patrick (duh) and Helio Castroneves, the Formula Drift company had an event of its own at Infineon the night before featuring Round 6 of the Locked and Loaded series…Â Details
Practice runs, and some footage of the competition
Video Surfing – “The Present” The latest from Thomas Campbell….for Summer/Fall ’08.