For only the second time in his Formula One career, Lewis Hamilton failed to graduate from the first session of qualifying yesterday. That the only other time was in the previous race at Monaco underlines the depressing competitive trend the reigning world champion faces. “The car just got slower and slower throughout the weekend,†he said, after qualifying 16th in Turkey.
“We just don’t have any grip in the high-speed corners with this car,†Hamilton explained, “and this is a circuit with a lot of high-speed corners, so it’s hard to compete here.†He could only stand and watch as … Details
Today the second annual Old School BMX Reunion and Show went down in Arcadia, California. There were hundreds of old bikes on display and a handful of BMX’s living legends were on there to enjoy some BMX history and have a jam session in the parking lot. Check out these two photo galleries of the riders and, of course, the bikes.
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HONOLULU — Maui’s Tanner Hendrickson, Imaikalani Devault and Ian Gentil each qualified for today’s finals of the Hard Rock Cafe State Surfing Championships at Ala Moana Bowls.
Hendrickson won his semifinal heat in the open men division Friday, when waves topped out at two feet.
Other open men’s finalists are Oahu’s Richard Tom, Scott Shimoda, Thomas Spear and Kylen Yamakawa and Christian Enns of the Big Island.
Gentil won his …Â Details
The limiting of motorcycles with a displacement of 450 cc forces the long term dominator of the Dakar Rally to withdraw
Following the announcement at a press conference on June 4, 2009 of the French “ASO†– the organisers of the “South American Dakar“ that from 2010, only motorcycles with a maximum displacement of 450 cc will be permitted to compete, KTM, after eight consecutive victories, has decided to immediately accept the consequences and announces its withdrawal from the “Dakarâ€. The company will no longer be represented at the rally in South America either with an official factory team or a KTM-supported team. At the same time, KTM underlines that the company remains committed to rally sport and will now concentrate its efforts on the world championship and other important rallies. The organiser’s short term change to the rules, designed to end the dominance of KTM, and which comes without any advance warning, hits the KTM factory hard… Details